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Two Hermosa Beach councilmen are pushing to suspend City Treasurer David Cohn's authority to manage public funds until an investigation into an alleged extortion attempt and audit of city finances has been completed.
In a letter sent to Hermosa Beach City Manager Tom Bakaly on Monday, Councilmen Kit Bobko and Michael DiVirgilio said they are concerned about the recent criminal allegations surrounding Cohn and the impact those allegations could have on city finances.
"Clearly, Mr. Cohn is in a sensitive position," Bobko said. "He just negotiated with banks over the transfer of millions of city dollars. Now we learn he was the victim of an alleged crime where he was in a position to be blackmailed. Because of the nature of his office, that is a big concern.
"The goal is to make sure everybody money's safe," Bobko added.
As the city's treasurer, Cohn manages the city's investment portfolio and advises the council on financial matters. Cohn was elected in November 2011.
The request by Bobko and DiVirgilio is expected to be discussed at tonight's council meeting.
The letter comes just over a week after revelations first surfaced publicly that Cohn, 72, had his iPad stolen by a woman and her boyfriend after receiving a massage on Nov. 3 in his Hermosa Beach home.
The couple, 26-year-old Yuritsi Garcia and 29-year-old Gustavo Ceron, were later arrested at a Chase bank near their Maywood home by Hermosa Beach police after agreeing to deliver the tablet computer back to Cohn in exchange for $6,000. After the arrest, Cohn's iPad was taken from Garcia and seized as evidence.
The couple face felony extortion charges. Ceron remains jailed, while Garcia was released on bail. They are scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 3.
Cohn told police that Garcia had stolen his iPad 2 after he cut short a one-hour massage, according to a report released last week by Hermosa Beach police after a public records request. After realizing the device had been stolen, Cohn called and texted Garcia demanding the iPad back, but she refused unless he deposited money in her bank account.
But in an interview with the Daily Breeze last week, Garcia said Cohn gave her the iPad after he refused to pay her in full for the massage. Garcia, a mother of two young children, said Cohn asked her for sex during the massage and then attempted to grab her, forcing her to retreat to his bathroom and call Ceron, who was waiting outside the house.
Garcia said the iPad contained pictures of Cohn's family and friends. Laura Mecoy, a city-hired public relations consultant, said last week the iPad did not contain any city-related correspondence or documents, and no resident account information had been compromised.
Cohn and Garcia first connected through Craigslist after Garcia posted an ad offering deep tissue and sensual massages, Garcia said.
After her arrest, Garcia said she tried to make a police report detailing the assault allegations, but Hermosa Beach police refused, instead telling her to report the crime with her local police agency in Maywood. However, she did not follow up.
The alleged iPad theft and massage incident has sparked two criminal investigations.
The extortion case is being handled by Hermosa Beach police.
Last week, Bakaly and interim Police Chief Steve Johnson asked investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to look into the assault claims made by Garcia.
"It was done to ensure an independent review of the claims made by the woman," Bakaly said.
Meanwhile, Cohn has remained silent. He has not responded to repeated phone messages and emails requesting comment. And on Monday, a knock on the door of his Sixth Street house went unanswered.
Deputy Treasurer Maria Ghassemi said Cohn had called periodically to check in through the past week but had not been to his office at City Hall.
Bakaly said he has not had any recent contact with Cohn.
"His job is to invest the city's funds, and at the end of day he would need to come in here," said Bakaly, who noted he typically sees Cohn a couple of times a week. "But my assumption would be that he is doing his job as normal."
The city's fourth-quarter investment report is scheduled to be detailed by Cohn at the council's Dec. 11 meeting.
Meanwhile, Bobko and DiVirgilio said Monday they have heard from residents who are troubled by the allegations surrounding the treasurer and the potential impact they could have on the city.
"I think people are unnerved and concerned about the allegations and worried about how they will impact the community and municipality," DiVirgilio said. "Those are fair things to be concerned with."
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Jeffrey Yonker
November 30, 1967 - September 9, 2012
Jeffrey Jerald Yonker, age 44, of rural Osceola, IA died Sunday, September 9, 2012 from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident. He was born the son of Jerald Monroe and Faye Elizabeth (Engelhorn) Yonker on November 30, 1967 in Des Moines, IA. Jeff accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at a young age. He graduated from Waukee High School in 1986. As a young man, he began working at the family business, Grimes Asphalt and Paving Corporation.
On March 19, 1988, he married the love of his life, Michelle Diane Ballanger at First Church of the Open Bible in Des Moines, IA. To this union two children were born; Jerald Jeffrey, on November 22, 1989, and Megan Michelle, on November 9, 1991.
In April 2002, Jeff and Michelle moved their family from Des Moines to the place they made home near New Virginia, IA. Jeff adored Michelle and they worked hand-in-hand with everything they did. Along with the great love he had for his family, he established many strong friendships with neighbors, business associates, and numerous acquaintances near and far.
Jeff was extremely proud of his children and their accomplishments. He pushed them to success in education, sports and 4-H. He demonstrated to them the importance of values such as hard work, honesty, integrity, and most importantly, love. Jeff enjoyed working with his family and friends. He made time for his passions, golfing, grilling on the Big Green Egg, riding horses, working on his farm, and vacationing with Michelle. He was always tender with his animals -- cattle, horses, Joanna, and Lucy.
Preceding him in death were grandparents John Yonker, Paul Engelhorn, Edith and Oliver Sandine; and brother-in-law Rusty Ballanger.
Those left to preserve his memory are his loving wife of 24 years, Michelle; children, Jerry and wife Anne, and Megan and special friend Daren Durell; parents, Jerry and Faye; brother, Mike and wife Tanya; grandmother, Lillian Yonker; parents-in-law Ralph and Linda Ballanger; sister -in-law, Denise and husband Rick Hook; nieces and nephews, Maria and husband Tim Lewis, Michael Yonker, Champ Long, Chanda Long, and Haley Ballanger; as well as a host of extended family and friends. ~ The Kale Funeral Home, Osceola, Ia 09 Sept 2012.
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Who will last longer: Gov. Scott or the Dream Defenders?
When the Florida Department of Law Enforcement agreed to let a group of student activists spend the night in the Capitol last month, nobody expected they would stay long.
But three weeks later, the young protesters are still there, with the tacit approval of Gov. Rick Scott. Scott doesn't support the protesters' calls for a special session on the Stand Your Ground law, and has met with them only once. But he has allowed them to stay in the Capitol for an unprecedented length of time.
It's a distinctly different approach than the one taken by former Gov. Jeb Bush, who quickly grew impatient when two lawmakers refused to leave the lieutenant governor's office in 2000. Bush famously instructed his staff to "kick their asses out," a quote he later said was directed at the reporters covering the protest.
Scott isn't a fan of confrontation. He is also hamstrung by social media in a way his predecessors weren't. The protesters currently in the Capitol are documenting their stay in real time on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Any attempt to kick them out would almost certainly go viral — and resurface when Scott runs for reelection in 2014.
"The governor is in a tricky spot," said Florida State University sociologist Deana Rohlinger, who studies mass media and social movements. "He doesn't want to address [the protesters'] issues, but he also wants to come across as a consensus builder."


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Holiday Concert Dec. 15th
The Seaford Community Band, di- rected by Joseph Manso, along with the Marion Male Chorus and Seaford Women Chorale will perform their 19th Annual Holiday Concert at Seaford High School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. at Seaford High School. The high school is on Seamans Neck Road, north of Sunrise Highway in Seaford.
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Candia voters cripple incinerator site plan, force a new directionBy BRENDAN CLOGSTON
Union Leader Correspondent
February 02. 2013 3:42PM
Candia voters at the town's deliberative session took a preemptive move on one of the Candia's most contentious issues of late – the Department of Environmental Services mandated closure of the town's incinerator site – neutering a warrant that would have funded contractor work on the project and, as a result, forcing the town to take a different approach to the project.
A complicated issue, the debate surrounding the closure site deals largely with the scope of work, using local contractors or the larger bidding companies, and whether or not studies on leftover incinerator ash should be conducted before going ahead with the work.
The plan which the warrant was to fund would have hired the Epping contractor EnviroVantage to demolish the buildings and remove the waste at the site, with supporters arguing that breaking up the work could scare away their low bidding and well qualified contractor and force them to work with bidders who asked for twice the price.
The opposition generally wants local, cheaper contractors to handle the demolition work (if at all, as the demolition is not required by the state) and has called for geological testing to be done on the ash to determine just what is in the site's waste piles, believing that a more specific disposal request could yield lower bid figures as contractors may "bid high" given the ambiguity of how much hazardous waste disposal will be a part of the work.
A motion by budget committee member Judith Szot and passed 46 to 38 reduced the warrant from $100,000 to $1. As a result, the town will likely use money from the $35,000 in a budget line which was previously set to be used to contribute to the contactor's fees to conduct geological testing of the site's ash piles.
Those in support of the plan, who criticized the motion itself as a derailment of proper debate on the merits of the proposed plan (amendment motions require that conversation be confined to the amendment until a vote is cast), expressed disappointment with the vote.
"The deliberative session has taken away the opportunity of the voters to vote on whether this article will be accepted or not," said Selectman Richard Snow.
The issue of deliberative session versus the much larger town election was raised several times, as several warrants were similarly diluted and stripped of their power.
A warrant to mandate the town clerk's office hours was amended to allow the clerk to set her hours "as needed" after the clerk herself spoke against the warrant and offered a motion to amend. A petition warrant to abolish the town's conservation commission was also amended to become a vote of "continued support" for the body.
Snow, while noting that he was a member of the commission and would never vote to abolish it and would in fact campaign against the warrant, cautioned against making such nullifying amendments at the deliberative session.
"The results of those kinds of actions are to generate, within the entire population of the town which is not here, anger," he said.
The amendment passed 34-32.
Another amendment of note involved a revolving fund set up for the Police Department in which fees collected through police detail work will be deposited, both allowing police details to become self-funding (currently they require a warrant article, with the revenue going into the town's general fund) and allowing the small profit made to grow incrementally for the purpose of offsetting the price of capital purchases, such as a new police cruiser.
An amendment was added to this article stating that should it pass, the previous article granting $55,000 to fund police details would be reduced to $5,000, enough to fund the transition.
Warrants moved to the ballot without amendment include the town's proposed operating budget, a $190,000 Currier Road paving project, 12 warrants providing support to various organizations such as the American Red Cross, a loan for the restoration of the Smyth Memorial Building (the old town library),a property tax exemption on added home value as a result of solar panel installations.


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Beyond Theism: A Grammar of God-Language
Oxford University Press, 1985 - Dieu - Cognoscibilité - 272 pages
What do we mean when we talk about "God?" Does this term actually refer to anything in our experience? This book opens up significant new approaches to one of the most important problems confronting theology and the philosophy of religion, namely, the problem of "God-language." Current philosophical concerns over language have intensified the difficulty of talking about God: The necessity of formally proving the "meaningfulness" of statements about God has led to theological dead ends on the one hand and a retreat to mysticism or irrationality on the other. This book moves the discussion of God-language to a new plane, arguing that God-language cannnot be understood within a traditional "theistic" framework. Instead, a "grammar" of God-language must be identified, and in doing this Jennings reaches a fresh view of language, one that is applicable to all religions and all human experience--the religious as well as the secular.
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Can thyroid storm cause increased blood pressure and thickening of the heart wall?
Thyroid storm is a life-threatening critical illness. It wouldn't last long enough to cause thickening of the heart wall. The patient would either recover (in which case there shouldn't be much effect on the heart wall) or die. Patients with thyroid storm can have an increased blood pressure, at least initially.
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Barbarians claim first Elite Cup victory with 33-28 win against Glendale
DENVER, Colo. -- The USA Rugby Elite Cup was kicked-off on Saturday at Littleton's Shea Stadium as the Denver Barbarians and Glendale Raptors began the tournament's inaugural session with a lively display of sport. Neither side was able to gain the complete upper hand as three lead changes and single-digit leads separated the sides throughout the contest, making for a thrilling spectacle.
Glendale began strong with the speed of their forwards enabling first show at breakdowns and putting Denver on its rear leg. A failure to release at tackle by the Barbarians resulted in a penalty awarded to the Raptors within range of scrumhalf Shaun Davies' boot and the visitors went up 3-0 in the second minute.
The Barbos were dealt another early setback as Chris Moreno was shown a yellow card by referee Time Luscombe in the sixth minute.
But the hosts did not allow Glendale to capitalize on the advantage thanks to Raptors handling errors and a good defensive line.
With the sides at full strength and Denver attacking inside the Raptors' 22, flyhalf Taylor Howden found a crease in the defense and slipped through for the try and took the conversion himself to extend Denver's lead to 7-3 after 18 minutes.
The Barbarians increased their lead with a 60-meter sideline run by outside center Kyle Hitt. Hitt alternated his shifty step with speed bursts to make his own space for the grounding that put the score at 12-3 after 26 minutes.
With Denver back on attack inside the Raptors' 22, Howden received swift service from Tom Staabb, calmly stepped behind his scrum and successfully kicked a drop goal for a 15-3 lead.
In the 36th minute, Dewon Reed found space along the touch line and sidestepped a few Barbos for a 45-meter run to goal for the try. Davies' splendid sideline conversion brought Glendale within five at 15-10.
Howden stretched the lead to 18-10 with a penalty strike in the 38th minute, but the Raptors were quick to reply as Davies stroked a sticksplitter of his own as halftime arrived and the lads went to the lockers at 18-13.
The first half was well matched, with the Barbos' slight advantage in territory and possession reflected in the scoreline.
Glendale opened up the second stanza in the 44th minute with a blast as Reed fended his way into space at his own 10-meter line and outpaced the Denver defenders for the try. Davies' conversion gave the Raptors a 20-18 lead.
The Barbos reclaimed the lead after frantic work by captain and openside flanker Logan Collins, who reached across the paint for a try. Howden nailed the conversion and Denver was once again on top, 25-20.
Howden struck a penalty through the sticks from 35 meters out in the 56th minute to extend the lead to 28-20.
A second Barbarians yellow card, this time to hooker Rob Moreno in the 60th minute meant a second man-advantage for Glendale. The Raptors took just two minutes to capitalize, as wing Dustin Croy struggled across goal, assisted by the powerful Raptors' maul for the touch down that drew the Raptors within three at 28-25.
The stage was set for an extraordinary finish and the sides did not disappoint. A Raptors lengthy territorial boot was collected by wing Phil White inside his own 10-meter line near touch. A dizzying screamer down the sideline and more than 60 meters later, White's try extended the Barbarians' lead to 33-25 in the 73rd minute.
Glendale returned upfield and managed another try by Davies to make it 33-28, but ran out of time. The whistle marked the end of the first ever USA Rugby Elite Cup match.
If you missed the action on this day, there will be another opportunity to see these two sides battle again this spring. See them in action at the provincial tournament on April 20 at Infinity Park.
Next up for the Barbarians is a trip to Kansas City Blues, 3.23, 1pm at Swope Park in KC.
Next for Glendale is the Denver Highlanders, 3.23, 6pm at Infinity Park.
Denver – Try: Howden, Hitt, Collins, White; Con: Howden (2); Pen: Howden (2); Dropped Goal: Howden
Glendale - Try: Reed (2), Croy; Con: Davies (2); Pen: Davies (3)
Match Officials: Tim Luscombe, Mark Huff, Greg Wolf


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Hello everyone,
I am currently working my way through wheelock's (chapter 36) and I feel fairly confident in what I've learned so far. However on the side just for fun I like to write my on little stories trying to use what I've learned. I've come across a question about the word 'should' while I'm making up sentences. For example "a man should be wise". I've considered two ways of writing this in latin one is the use of 'debere' as in "vir debet sapere" or something like that but it seems like that would be translated "a man ought to be wise". The second way I've considered is with the jussive subjunctive which although most commonly translated with "let" wheelock says 'should' can also be used as in 'vir debeat sapere'. So my question is, is either of these correct or both or neither?
Thank you for all your help,


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Get your schedules cleared up. Fri and Sat are going to rock. Make sure your small stuff is ready.
Oh yeah, it's going to blow pretty much everywhere (3rd, alameda, crissy) especially the coast. If you don't have much wave experience, this is NOT the time to "give it a shot" it's going to be big, fast and bad ass.
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Weymouth police arrest suspected bank robbers
Weymouth police arrested three suspects in a Friday bank robbery who allegedly had searched the Internet for information on what happens to bank robbers, the department said in a statement.
Sarah J. McLoud, 27, of Weymouth; Robert W. Owens, 28, of Bridgewater; and Daniel M. Murphy, 30, of Quincy, were arrested following the midmorning robbery of Weymouth Bank at 51 Columbian St., police said in the statement on the department's Facebook page.
Witnesses said a blond woman in a baseball cap and New England Patriots sweat shirt, later identified as McLoud, demanded money from a teller and said not to include a dye pack and no one would be hurt, police said. She did not show the teller a weapon.
The teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash, police said, and the woman fled down an adjacent residential street.
Narcotics detectives who viewed surveillance footage believed they recognized McLoud, a suspect in the ongoing investigation of a heroin ring based at 51 Torrey St., just around the corner from the bank, police said. Owens was also a suspect in that investigation.
Police found McLoud and Owens at the Torrey Street address shortly after 4 p.m. and arrested them, according to the statement. Police did not disclose the arrests until Monday.
Officers then secured a search warrant for McCloud's room at Torrey Street and found the clothing she wore during the robbery, the stolen cash, and "a significant quantity of heroin packaged for sale,'' police said.
Officers also found a computer recently used to search the phrases, "What happens if you rob a bank,'' "What happens if you rob a house,'' "What happens if you rob a drug dealer,'' and "If you're going to rob a bank,'' police said.
The investigation showed that Owens was McLoud's accomplice in planning and executing the robbery, police said, and that Murphy had driven the getaway car.
At about 8 p.m. Saturday, Weymouth police pulled Murphy over in the getaway car on Middle Street and arrested him on charges of being an accessory after the fact in the robbery and possession of Suboxone, an opioid drug.
Police charged McLoud and Owens with unarmed robbery, conspiracy to commit unarmed robbery, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession with intent to distribute Xanax. They were held over the holiday weekend on $10,000 cash bail.
Murphy was held on $25,000 cash bail.
The three will be arraigned in Quincy District Court on Tuesday.


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elGrande wrote:I am a bit confused as to why you don't choose to run 'round robin' as you like. Who has decided that the way you had it outlined in your initial post is the correct way. My first tournament was round robin, and I used a points system to determine the winners and it was also NOT 1v1. There are many ways to do things and to decide tiebreakers.
If I was running a 1v1 group play with 4 players..
It would be a 3 map series (means you play ALL 3 maps.. not a best of)..
Each map is worth 2 points win, -1 for DQ.
So each map can be 6:0, 4:2, 6:-3, ..etc..
Each player would play the others in their group 1 time (1 match)..
A maximum of 18 points can be earned.
This will help lower the number of possible ties and the fact that each match is a 3 map series.. you will always have a tie breaker already decided between players. There will never be a tie among players..
However, in cases that 3 players are tied in points..
You first look at their head to head, then you look at only the matches (wins/losses) among the 3 players that are tied..
Using this system, you will hardly ever have ties that need additional matches.
John "El Grande" Clark
Executive Director of Operations
Cyber Sports Network
You make lots of points and I will try to answer all of them. No one said the way I do it is the correct way. There are many different formats to the RR.
I chose to run the RR tournaments like this as they are fast. The 1 v 1 games can take a long time but the majority of the 120 games are finished with in under 5 days. It is intense. HighlanderAttack and SirSebstar can and have finished all games in 2 days.
Your tournament is not what I would call a round robin but a group tournament. You had 4 player games with the same 4 players in each game. Similar to these two.
The Expanding Horizons uses the same format as yours as well as the points system. Less chance of a tie I agree, but there is still a chance which is why, even with this one I placed the rule of a points tie, they play another game.
Another good example of a RR would be the Berlin 1961 that is going on now with each player playing each other 5 games and points being awarded for how ever many games you beat over your opponent. This one however is played over a much longer period of time.
As you can see, with 3 rounds left, the top 4 are within 30 points of each other. Again it may come down to two players being tied on points and it being decided over there 5 games. Same situation as mine with the games between players deciding the outcome. It does not matter how you do it, at some point, you have to award the win to someone.
With your one, how did you decide on the ties in the groups?
No matter what system you employ in a RR tournament, you will always have ties. With my one, more so maybe, which is why the rule was written. The players who sign up know this and accept it. My question is, can it be done fairer within the parameters of the format I have chosen to do the tournaments in?


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Cautious without being hesitant, self-confident with no trace of presumption, she's become a star in the briefest time with her "exceptionally musical mezzo-soprano, sweet and tangy in its timbre" (said the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel). Music is her world, singing her language. Magdalena Kožená, Deutsche Grammophon's beautiful exclusive artist, is already being confronted with the torments of having to choose - both in the international opera and concert scene and in the studios of the Yellow Label. She began her recording career in 1997 with Bach arias, followed it in 2000 with an album of songs by her compatriots Dvorák, Janácek and Martinu - which recently received the coveted Gramophone Award - and one of Handel's Italian cantatas, and now she's set herself on the trail of a late-18th-century Bohemian composer with the tongue-twisting name of Myslivecek. "Czech music lovers know Myslivecek's symphonies very well indeed. And musicologists have even unearthed his long-forgotten operas. Of course, he's nowhere near as popular as Mozart," Magdalena Kožená adds, "but there have already been performances at the National Theatre in Prague and the Brno Opera!"
Myslivecek is therefore celebrating a sort of modern premiere outside his native land in Magdalena Kožená's latest album. And that's saying something: the Bohemian composer who lived in Italy, and whose music stands clearly between Gluck and Mozart, could hardly have wished for a more committed advocate than the Czech mezzo. "With all their italianitŕ, one hears Slavic echoes in his melodies. At a time when most composers wrote ŕ la mode, that lent him a special distinction and earned him the nickname Il divino boemo." And that is just how he sounds - divine, with a hint of Bohemia about him. "But in comparison with the other two composers on the new album - Gluck and Mozart - he naturally has the most traditional style," the singer concedes, "although, like the other two, he made a real contribution to the reform of Baroque opera."
Mozart, Gluck, Myslivecek: the three composers brought together here weren't just contemporaries; they also shared in Prague a geographical point of reference. Myslivecek and Gluck studied in the "Golden City" on the Moldau, and Mozart celebrated some of his greatest triumphs there. There were also personal connections, for example the moving story of Mozart's visit to the sickbed of Myslivecek in a Munich sanatorium, about which he wrote to his father in such consternation. In fact, Myslivecek is mentioned frequently in Mozart's correspondence, and he was a close friend of Wolfgang Amadeus and Leopold Mozart for many years, ever since their first encounter in Bologna in 1770. (Myslivecek's oratorio Abramo ed Isacco was even attributed to Mozart by scholars at one time!) Gluck and Mozart not only both spent their final years in Vienna, but also set - some 40 years apart - the same text by the famous librettist Metastasio: La clemenza di Tito. Magdalena Kozená compares Mozart's opera, which incidentally had its premiere in 1791 at the National Theatre in Prague, with Gluck's version, now utterly and unjustly neglected; and - lo and behold! - Gluck passes the exam with highest honours.
The delightful mezzo, predisposed equally to reflection and laughter, makes no bones, however, about expressing her preference. "If I had to chose between the three, I'd give Mozart the crown! Mozart is and will always be my favourite, even though nowadays, of course, everyone wants to sing his music and it's much more exciting to surprise the musical world with brand new finds like arias by Myslivecek. After all, I went down into the archives for that purpose and examined ancient, unpublished manuscripts and yards of microfilm," she states, recalling the beginnings of her Myslivecek research. "But as you can hear, it was worth it!" And she adds, not without a touch of pride: "Of course it's really also my duty as a Czech to present a composer like Myslivecek outside of my homeland. I do feel myself to be a kind of musical ambassador of my country. And I'm glad to be one, because there's still so much more to discover!"
Above all and once again, there is an impressive young singer to discover, one who's been enrapturing audiences from Paris to Prague and eliciting hymns of praise from veteran critics. "Warm, silvery brilliance, radiant timbre, captivating, incredibly beautiful, crystalline" read some of the attributes compiled in the opera journal Das Opernglas. Orphée in Paris, Sesto in Edinburgh, Paride in Stockholm, Idamante in Antwerp and Cherubino in Aix-en-Provence - the roles speak for themselves. On stage this tall, willowy, lovely woman is usually turned into an attractive young man. "As a young mezzo one can hardly avoid trouser roles. And inevitably most of the arias on the new album are from trouser roles. It's by no means so easy for a woman to enact the part of a man, and no doubt for that reason in the Baroque era male characters tended to be more interesting and provided with stronger music. And because of that, I'm glad from time to time to play the man!"
The names Christoph Willibald Gluck, Josef Myslivecek and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are
closely bound up with the immensely dynamic developments which opera underwent during the second half of the 18th century. During a time of conflict between the supporters of Gluck and Piccinni, and despite the fact that they belonged to different generations, these three composers were responsible for the unique interweaving of European musical cultures - Italian, German, French and Czech - which were a mutual source of inspiration, and all three were closely connected with Bohemia which had a great influence on Viennese Classicism. All three composers took the Italian opera as their starting point, setting texts by Pietro Metastasio (among others), the most famous librettist of grand opera seria in the Baroque era; all three composed an opera entitled La clemenza di Tito, for example. Each of the three underwent to varying extents a development which resulted in a modern, more realistic style of composition.
Gluck, who originally came from Erasbach in the Upper Palatinate, lived as from the age of three in Liberec (Reichenberg) and other places in Bohemia; his name even appeared in the matriculation register of Prague University in 1731. Where else other than in Bohemia could Gluck have received his musical education? In the mid-1730s Gluck travelled from Bohemia to Vienna in the services of Prince Lobkowitz; he furthered his musical knowledge in Milan, where, in 1741, he gave a performance of his first opera Artaserse, composed to a libretto by Metastasio. Present at the first performances in Prague of his operas Ezio (1750) and Issipile (1752), given by Locatelli's opera company, was Josef Myslivecek, who himself directed a performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in 1773. Gluck initially wrote traditional Italian operas and oratorios for the Viennese court but in the mid-1750s he turned his attention to the entertaining French opéra comique. Of decisive importance was his cooperation with the librettist Calzabigi whose new ideas about opera, published as from 1755, were taken up by Gluck. "Semplicità, verità, naturalezza" - simplicity, truth, and naturalness were the bywords for the reform of opera and printed in the preface of Gluck's Alceste dated 1767. It was not only the call for true and intense emotions but also the doing away with castrati and the introduction of ballet and choruses which caused a break with Italian operatic traditions.
Gluck composed his opera La clemenza di Tito in 1752 for the Neapolitan court's Teatro San Carlo shortly after Issipile, composed for the carnival season. In the second act, Tito's friend Sesto accuses Vitellia, Tito's sweetheart, of ingratitude, leaving her perplexed and filled with despair. The melody of his aria "Se mai senti spirarti sul volto" was used once more by the composer in his opera Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). Paride ed Elena, along with Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, are counted among Gluck's Italian "reform" operas. The five-act work, written to a libretto by Calzabigi which tells the love story of Paris and Helena before the Trojan war, was first performed in Vienna's Burgtheater in 1770.
Josef Myslivecek, a miller's son, grew up in Prague and enjoyed a musical background. With the support of the Benedictines, the Cistercians, and Count Vincenz von Waldstein he left Bohemia in 1763 to study composition in Italy. Myslivecek, had, how-ever, already become acquainted with the Italian style while in Prague; among his teachers there was Joseph Seger, a pupil of Cernohorsky, who had spent ten years in Italy. Myslivecek's reputation grew in Venice and Florence, and in the 1770s
"Il Boemo" (The Bohemian) as he was known was counted among Italy's ten most successful opera composers. He was also admitted to Bologna's renowned Accademia Filarmonica. Further proof of his fame is provided by the fact that envoys from the Portuguese court had calligraphic copies made of his operas in Naples and Genoa for the collection at the Ajuda library and for performances of his works in Lisbon: with 18 different titles, the library possesses the largest collection of his operatic scores to this day. Myslivecek, died a pauper in 1781. His sole worldly goods, left behind in a rented room in Rome, amounted to a port manteau containing old clothes, "diverse carte di musica" (various sheets of manuscript paper) and eight pawn tickets.
Throughout his life Myslivecek, remained true in his compositional style to the traditions of opera seria and the oratorio. On 26 December 1773, the overture to the opera Antigona, to a libretto by Roccaforte, opened the carnival season at the Turin Royal Theatre. The second act closes with a da capo aria sung by the raging Creon (originally written for tenor) "Sarò qual è il torrente" with an onomatopoeic glissando on the word "torrente".
The Neapolitan Gazzetta universale of 10 November 1778 reported on the premiere in the Teatro San Carlo of L'Olimpiade by Myslivecek, "named Il Boemo, which the audience accorded a remarkable ovation". Metatasio's libretto is based on an intricate love story. Argene, a Cretan woman, arrives in Olympia disguised as a shepherdess in order to win back her beloved Lycidas. She unburdens her distress over her lover's faithlessness to Aminta, Lycidas's tutor, and to the gods.
Myslivecek took Gluck's opera reforms to their very bounds in his oratorio Abramo ed Isacco, which he composed in 1776 in Florence, and which was at one time attributed to Mozart. By now he was al-ready a very sick man and he never recovered his health. The anguished recitative and aria of the mother, Sarah, at the beginning of the second act constitutes one of the dramatic climaxes of the work: "Ah, l'innocente già spirò forse l'alma in man del padre ...".
Mozart's connection with the city of Prague was filled with happy events. His opera Le nozze di Figaro was received with far greater enthusiasm there in 1786 than in Vienna, and the following year he triumphed with the extremely successful premiere of Don Giovanni. Four years later he was commissioned to compose La clemenza di Tito for the Prague National Theatre.
Mozart's operas cover a very wide range - from the Italian opera seria to the German singspiel. On 26 December 1772 Milan saw the premiere of Lucio Silla, a fiery opera seria. Leopold Mozart wrote to his wife in Salzburg about the first performance of his son's masterpiece: "The theatre had already filled up by six o'clock but one had to await the arrival of the Archduke. Only at eight o'clock - by which time the audience had become very impatient - could the performance begin, which lasted until two in the morning."
At the end of 1774 Mozart composed the first opera buffa of his mature period, La finta giardiniera, as the result of a commission from the Elector of Munich. In the third act, Ramiro, the rejected lover of Arminda, is prepared to die: "Va' pure ad altri in braccio".
Another opera written for the Elector of Munich was Idomeneo, re di Creta in which Mozart was influenced by Gluck's opera reforms. The story takes place during the Trojan war and was first performed on 29 January 1781, six days before Myslivecek's death in Rome. In Munich, where "Il Boemo" had once vainly promised Mozart that he would recommend him to the Naples theatre, Idomeneus's son Idamante now sings a heart-rending aria "Il padre adorato ritrovo, e lo perdo" in which he bewails his father's rejection.
Le nozze di Figaro brought a whole series of lifelike characters from all walks of life, social and political, on to the stage of the Burgtheater in 1786; its complexity constituted a tremendous stride in the development of opera buffa. Cherubino the page, who is in love with the Countess, sings a wonderful, youthful song to her in act two: "Voi che sapete che cosa è amor".
Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito, composed for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, was given its first performance on 6 September 1791 under the composer's direction. Although this work, written and rehearsed in a remarkably short time, meant a return to a libretto by Metastasio (re-worked by Caterino Mazzolà) and to the opera seria, Mozart's free and highly imaginative treatment of the genre cannot be overlooked.
It is quite typical for Mozart that at almost the same time he wrote Die Zauberflöte, a work sui generis, which appears to defy generic categorization.
Stanislav Bohadlo
(translated from the German)
Magdalena Kožená was born in Brno, Czech Republik. She studied at the Brno Conservatory and continued her studies with Eva Blahová at the Bratis-lava College of Performing Arts from where she graduated in 1995. She has won several major prizes at competitions in the Czech Republic and internatio-nally, culminating in the Sixth International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1995. She has sung both Mozart's Dorabella (Cosě fan tutte) and Rossini's Isabella (L'italiana in Algeri) for the Janácek Opera House in Brno and appears regularly at the Prague Spring and Concertus Moraviae Festivals. In 1996/97 she was a member of the Vienna Volksoper, and in 1998 she sang the role of Paride in Gluck's Paride ed Elena at the Drottningholm Festival in Sweden.
Magdalena Kožená's recent engagements have included several notable opera debuts: the title role of Gluck's Orphée at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris under John Eliot Gardiner; Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Vienna Festival and Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Leipzig Opera, both conducted by Marc Minkowski; Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Edinburgh Festival; and Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She also appears regularly as a recitalist and has given concerts of Bach arias at the Wiener Konzerthaus, Prague Rudolfinum and Bratislava Primacialny Palace. She has sung Mahler's Fourth Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic conduc-ted by Libor Pesek and has appeared throughout Europe with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.
An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Magdalena Kožená has released recordings of Bach arias, Handel's Roman Motets and Italian Cantatas with Marc Minkowski on the Archiv label, and her first solo recital disc of love songs by Dvorák, Janácek and Martinu with Graham Johnson on the Yellow label.
Michel Swierczewski was born in Paris in 1955. He studied under Jean-Claude Hartemann in Paris and Sir Charles Mackerras in Vienna and gave his conducting debut in 1976.
An enthusiast of 20th-century music, Michel Swierczewski directed the Ensemble Musique Oblique from 1981 to 1985, and became Pierre Boulez's assistant at the Ensemble Intercontemporain in 1983. From 1985 to 1986 he acquired international experience with Claudio Abbado at Milan's La Scala and with Georges Prętre at the Paris Opera. He subsequently conducted numerous French orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Opéra de Lyon, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Pays de la Loire National Orchestras.
Michel Swierczewski has also led many great orchestras outside France including London's and Stockholm's Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Bamberg and Berlin Sym-phony Orchestras, Vienna's Tonkünstler Orchester, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Flanders Royal Philharmonic, the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig's MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig with whom he has worked intensively for almost eight years. Most recently the conductor was asked unanimously by the artistic direction and musicians of the Prague Philharmonia to take up a permanent position.
Michel Swierczewski's participation at the Opera of the Imperial Theatre of Compičgne since 1991 has revived the public's interest in some of the most important French operas including Auber's Gustave III and Le Domino noir, Milhaud's Christophe Colomb, Monsigny's Le Déserteur, Chabrier's Une Education manquée, Thomas's Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, and Cherubini's Médée. He has also won international acclaim and several awards for his recordings with the Gulbenkian Orchestra.
The Prague Philharmonia is an ensemble which is made up of young musicians and was founded in August 1994 by Jiri Bűlohlávek who was appointed its chief conductor.
The orchestra is based on the classical Viennese ensemble, but can be reduced or supplemented as required. The ensemble not only performs works from the Classical and Romantic eras but also devotes itself to rarely played music of the 20th century, and new pieces by contemporary composers from the Czech Republic and elsewhere.
The Prague Philharmonia does not only work with numerous internationally acclaimed artists but also offers young prize-winners and music students the opportunity to appear with them in concert. The orchestra has participated in many renowned music festivals, including the Flanders Festival, Europhalia, Prague Spring, the Bratislava Musical Festivities, the Janácek May Festival in Ostrava, and the festivals in Berlin, Leipzig, Schleswig-Holstein and Brno, and has appeared in Europe - in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Spain and Italy -, Jordan, Japan and also on Czech television and radio.
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Researchers Create the Largest Seed Plant Tree of Life
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Working with colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the New York Botanical Garden, and New York University, Museum scientists have created the largest genome-based tree of life for seed plants. Their findings plot the evolutionary relationships of 150 different species of plants based on advanced genome-wide analysis of gene structure and function. This new approach, called "functional phylogenomics," allows scientists to reconstruct the pattern of events that led to the vast number of plant species we see today and could help identify genes used to improve seed quality for agriculture.
The research, performed by members of the New York Plant Genomics Consortium, was funded by the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program to identify the genes that caused the evolution of seeds, a trait of important economic interest.
Studying Massive Supernovas at AMNH
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The fifth floor of the Rose Center for Earth and Space is home to the Museum's Department of Astrophysics, which includes a research group of two dozen graduate students, research scientists, and postdocs. Michael Shara, curator of the new exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration, is one of three curators in the department. Below is the first in a series of features on the curators' areas of research.
Curator Michael Shara studies stellar populations in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies. Over the last decade, he has focused on stars known as Wolf-Rayets—hot, ephemeral bodies that start their lives 20 to 80 times more massive than the Sun and then shed much of that mass over a lifespan of a few hundred thousand years until they explode as Type 1b or 1c supernovae, which occur when a massive star's core collapses. There are now 600 Wolf-Rayet stars known in the Milky Way, an 80 percent increase since 2006. Shara's team has found and characterized the majority of them. His "best" and rarest specimens are from the far side of the Milky Way, which is still terra incognita to astronomers.
Beyond Planet Earth: Starting with Sputnik
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In December 1957, two months after the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to enter space and the catalyst for the space race, the Museum published a memo titled "Calling All Scientists," which observed how the lone satellite had shifted the public appraisal of scientists. "[P]ress people dashed up to the museum to get the Planetarium staff to help them explain to the public what had happened," the memo read. "The scientists are now being turned to for guidance."
From Sugar Skulls to King Cakes: Dec. 14 Global Kitchen Explores Holiday Foods
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Another fast-approaching holiday season brings a rush of food, fun, laughter, and memories. Fabio Parasecoli, an associate professor in The New School's Food Studies program, explores the ways food memories shape how we view ourselves and our connection to communal and cultural memories. Join Parasecoli on Wednesday, December 14, for this month's Adventures in the Global Kitchen, Sugar Skulls to King Cakes: Global Memories and Holiday Traditions, to learn about holiday food traditions from around the globe, to taste a variety of beloved holiday desserts, and for the chance to win an authentic Mexican sugar skull. Recently, Parasecoli answered a few questions about holiday foods.
Graduate Student Links Dino Eggshells and Ancient Climates
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Fourth-year Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS) doctoral student Shaena Montanari uses her geology training and subtle clues left by dinosaurs to reconstruct the environment of Mongolia's Gobi Desert as it was 70 million years ago. Based on an innovative approach that takes cues from the geochemistry of dinosaur eggshells, Montanari's latest findings—that late in the Mesozoic "age of the dinosaurs" the Gobi desert was a much wetter and warmer place than today—were presented this week at a poster session of the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.


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Bachelor alum Jake Pavelka found himself the latest 'star' to be booted from Dancing With The Stars.
The 32 year-old Texan tried to choke back his tears as he gave his farewell speech. "I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed this," he said through tears. "I didn't imagine how hard it would be to say goodbye."
"I was so honored to be here. I enjoyed every second of this," continued Jake. "Thank you for keeping me here for six episodes. I can't even put it into words how much I enjoyed this." And despite the reports of a rift between Jake and his partner, Chelsie Hightower, he thanked her last night and called her "one of my best friends," in what he believed to be "the best season of Dancing With the Stars I've ever seen."
It however seems the best part of the show came once the cameras were turned off. According to UsWeekly, Jake and his fiance Vienna Girardi, who was shown last night looking rather sad at her man's elimination, reportedly really took things to heart.
The two reportedly looked absolutely miserable, depressed and inconsolable as they hugged and chatted when the cameras went off. Deena Katz, the head producer/casting director of the show, had to walk over to comfort Jake. Jake then took to his twitter after the show and posted the following, "Well guys, I did everything I could, layed it all out there on the dance floor. I'm pretty bumbed… 🙁"
And despite calling his partner Chelsie his best friend last night, the two immediately parted ways after cameras stopped rolling. Chelsie however reportedly got a "long" hug and "sweet kiss on the cheek" from her new beau Mark Ballas.
In other DWTS news, Kate Gosselin's departure didn't put a damper on the ratings as expected. Monday's night's show still averaged over 20 million viewers, meaning Kate's reported impact in the ratings boost this season was well overestimated.
Six couples remain on the show with just four weeks of dancing left. The season finale is set to air May 25th.


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Administrative Staff
Judge Frederick T. Moses
Clerk of Courts / Court Administrator Michele L. Bell
Bailiff William Simons
|Chief Deputy Clerk:
Chief Deputy Clerk/
Deputy Clerks:
|Kyle Walker
Cindy Kasler
Brittnee Speakman
Faith Todd
Krista Rollins
Traffic Division:
Civil Division:
Criminal Division:
Court Security:
Paula Wallace
Melissa Queen
Seanna Gompf
Matt Mellinger
Office Hours8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Monday Through Friday
(closed legal holidays)
Location105 West Hunter Street
Logan, Ohio 43138
Court Schedule
|Monday and Wednesday
|State of Ohio cases
|City of Logan cases
|Drug Court, Vivitrol Court
|Civil Cases and Jury Trials
|*Arraignments held Monday
through Wednesday begin at 8:15 a.m. except
for video arraignments which are done at the Judge's convenience.
*All cases are subject to be scheduled with the availability of the court calendar.
Dress Code and Behavior
With the exception of Law enforcement officers, probation officers and other persons authorized by this court, No weapons of any kind are to be brought into or near this court:
- No public displays of affection on or near court
- All persons except Law enforcement officers, Attorneys and court
personnel will stay at least 10 feet away from prisoners
- No person except Law enforcement officers, Attorneys and court personnel
are permitted to give a prisoner any items or material
- No hats, shorts, tank tops, tube tops, sandals, mini skirts, sunglasses
or other improper clothing are to be worn in court
- All persons entering the court room will be wearing clean and proper
- No children under the age of 13 in court without permission of the judge
- All pagers, cell phone and other electronic devises must be turned off
before entering court
- No pager, cell phone or other electronic devises are to be used by
defendants or the public in the Clerk's office without permission of the
clerks or judge
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- No clothing with Pro-Drug or Pro-Alcohol messages permitted in or near
- No food, drinks or muddy shoes in or near court
- No loud voices or disturbances in or near court
- No one is to sit on steps outside the courtroom area
- No person shall sit with their feet on chairs
Prohibited Items
The following are a listing of items that are prohibited in or near the Hocking County Municipal Court or Probation Department:
- Firearms/Deadly Weapons
- Brass Knuckles
- Switchblades
- Ammunition
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- Caustic chemicals
- Chemical Mace/Pepper Spray
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- Knitting needles
- Handcuffs/handcuff keys
- Toy guns/knives
- Stun guns
- Chains
- Cat eyes (key ring)
- Large straight or safety pins
- Asp/blackjacks/batons
Court DutiesThe Clerk's Office Can:
- Help you understand how court works;
- Answer questions about court procedures;
- Help you find information about your case;
- Answer questions about monies owed to the court;
- Direct you to other agencies who can provide assistance;
- Direct you to where you have to appear in court;
- Give you legal advice;
- Fill out forms for you;
- Tell you what to say or write;
- Recommend Lawyers or Bonding Agents;
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*If a warrant has been issued for your arrest from the Hocking County Municipal Court, it is your responsibility to turn yourself in to the court during normal business hours.
*We do not schedule hearings for Defendants who have a warrant.
*If a Defendant has been arrested in another county for a warrant issued from our court, their video arraignment will be scheduled after we have been notified that they have been transported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.
*Fax filings are accepted, however the original must follow within five business days.
*Please include as much information as possible when faxing court filings. (i.e. case number, SSN, name, address, phone number and/or violation.)
*Marriage ceremonies are performed during regular business hours by appointment only.
*There is no fee for the Judge performing your ceremony.
*Upon arrival, check in with the Bailiff or the Clerk's office.
*Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment so that your paperwork can be prepared.
Record Search
*Record searches are done by fax and website search ONLY!
*The filing fee for an expungement is $60.
*The court DOES NOT provide legal advice on filing paperwork for an expungement. It is recommended that Defendants contact an attorney for the necessary information.
Court Appointed Attorneys:
*The Court does not appoint attorneys for minor misdemeanor citations.
*If you do not have the funds to hire an attorney, you may apply for a court appointed attorney by filling out an application which you can pick up from the clerk's office.
*After the notarized application is submitted to the clerk's office, accompanied by proper proof of income and mandatory $25 fee, it is then given to the Judge for his approval.
*You may call the clerk's office the following afternoon to see if your application is approved and which attorney has been appointed to your case.
*You may be required to pay part of your court appointed attorney fees prior to being assigned an attorney to represent you.


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For those of us who were taught, and came to accept, that the Universe is a machine, the journey back to wild water is a long one. We find our way one step at a time.
-Stephen Buhner
Down on our bellies on the grass, we take a flower's view of the world — the huge blue sky, the ancient sheltering trees, the dance of the wind with every being and the rain drizzling down, iridescent drops spilling onto skin and petals and fingers and roots. From this perspective we're children again, speaking in the primal wordless hum of ancestors and plants, animals and delighted babies. We're here, in the truest sense of the word, in this moment and place Immersed in the fragrance and feeling, engaged in the timeless exchange of human being and earth.
Once we've begun the process of opening up to our own connections and relationship with the plants, we can begin to engage on a deeper level. Engagement comes from the 17th century French word engager which means "to pledge". So then, to engage with the plants is to pledge to them, to commit to being present and fully ourselves when with them, which is always.
Perhaps the simplest and most effective way to begin this process is simply to spend time with the plants we feel called to. Seek out plants in as natural a setting for them as possible. For a Wild Rose this may mean a green riverbank and for a Dandelion it may mean a sidewalk crack outside a gas station. Meeting the plant in its chosen habitat helps to provide a context for our experience and the building of the relationship.
Many exercises, suggestions and books have been written or spoken on the subject of how best to spend focused time with the plants. Stephen Buhner, Susun Weed, Paul Bergner, Rosemary Gladstar and Matthew Wood have all written admirably on the subject. What I recommend and practice is that we each find a meaningful way to consistently spend time with the living plant. This could be simply sitting with the plant for some, performing some kind of personally significant ceremony with the plant for others, or even sleeping outdoors with it for a few nights for some. Whatever we find that works for each of us, do it on a consistent basis. Just as with human relationships, while love may spark at first sight, the relationship depends on time invested and commitments made.
It is only when we are aware of the earth and of the earth as poetry that we truly live.
-Henry Beston
In the knowing of vine and tree, earth and stone we come closer to our selves, our own innate and authentic beings. And the better we know ourselves the less likely we are to project or anthropomorphize upon our fellow beings, and the more we appreciate the unique being of the plant as well as the threads that weave us all together. Time spent in communion with our allies allows us to nurture our knowings of both self and plant, teaching us the balance that is so integral and yet so fragile. From the plants and the earth, we remember how to be human being in relationship with the world that is our larger, and more comprehensive, being.
When we have been with the plant for a while, but before we begin to speak, we practice feeling the plant's presence with us wherever we go. This may at first sound a bit silly or new-agey, but most of us carry a sense of our children, or siblings, lovers, friends of each other with us, and often posses some awareness of their well-being at all times. In this, is the great beauty of the intense connectedness of all things. This evolved yet often unconscious awareness is one that children innately embody and that our culture often smirks at — as media propaganda constantly reinforces the great human fear that we are, in the end, all completely alone in the world. That we are separate and lonely beings lost in a dark void where the only possible meaning stems from consumerism and competition. As adults, we often fear we've left behind something important and valuable, something magical, in order to survive or succeed in the "real world". And yet, that lost something, that joyful connected child isn't gone but only submerged.
To practice feeling the plant with us means simply opening ourselves to the recognition of its presence. At first, this may feel like pretending because of the programming most of us have endured, but after some time –a few days, weeks or even months and years– we'll start to notice the naturalness of having other beings connected to us in intimate, constant ways.
Ways of facilitating this connection can include carrying a bit of the plant around with us, or sleeping with it under our pillow. We can create special pouches or containers for the plant piece in whatever feels most appropriate to us. Natural materials seem best for this so that the plant piece can more freely share its scent and energy with us.
Plant communications are like stones in water. The ripples they create move throughout ecosystems; they wash up against us. That we take plant words in through our nose or our skin or our eyes or our tongue instead of our ears does not make their language less subtle. or sophisticated, or less filled with meaning.
-Stephen Buhner
Now that we know the plant on a more energetic level, we immerse ourselves physically in the experience of the plant. If the plant is one that can be ingested, we might consider eating small portions of the plant on a daily basis. Michigan herbalist jim mcdonald recommends carrying about small chunks of root and chewing them. This works especially well with herbs such as Calamus, Osha and even Burdock. Herbal baths, footsoaks, massage oils and etheric doses of the tincture or provide us with myriad ways to envelop ourselves in the physical presence of our ally. Whatever way we use, we try to engage every sense. Awash in the essential, sensual immediacy of the body of the plant, its essence is pressed into our very being, recorded in our cells and spirits.
If we feel called to work with a potentially poisonous plant such as Sacred Datura, or a less than palatable ally it may be preferable to experiment with homeopathic doses used externally or in a bath. A single Datura flower floating on the bathwater is a wonderful way to evoke the magic and power of this intense spirit without inviting the physical malaise possible with larger doses.
When we find the ways we feel most able to connect and hold on to the presence of the plant, then we use these methods as a meditation, a discernible practice upon which to build a lasting relationship. An internal map to the terrain that leads us back to the awareness of the spirit underlying all things.
Up in the trees with our face pressed against leaves, as dandelion seeds float effortlessly past, we remember what it is to be whole, with roots deep in the warm, wet earth and our wings spread out on flower fluff. We remember what it is to be home.
3 Responses to "Talking with Plants 2: Engagement and Immersion"
Nicely put, thanks!
I love how you described the feeling of the plant's presence, that is exactly how I have felt and you put it beautifully into words! And the way you compare it to having a sense of your friends, lovers, children when they are away, makes it so much easier for people to understand! The only way I have been able to describe it is "feel the plant's energy" people often give me the weird look lol, *connectedness* AWESOME post!
Oh Kiva! Thanks so much for this sharing about ways that we can get more in touch with the plants of our choice! I will go ahead and try everything you wrote about in this good article…
Ever since they raised me up out in Nature, kinda without no human blood family, and then especially after that time when crowfoot went back to the woods when he was 19 years young until he come back out of those woods when he was 24 years older– ever since that time i have done some peculiar things with plants almost every day i can…
For instance, crowfoot sure does make a point to get right out into wild Nature almost every day for most of the day, from here on out– forever. And one thing he does is make sure that he goes ahead and puts into his mouth some parts of at least three, but more often five, different plants every day he is blessed enough to be out in wild Nature. Of course, each loverly plant is being worked around in my mouth separately, so as to savour each in their own unique way. This is very good for crowfoot. The other thing that he does very, very often when he is out into wild Nature is to wad up a plant part and then go ahead and stick the plant part wads up into his nostrils. That way, we gets to smell the plant with every in-breath. Purty darn nice– i can tell you! Sure do gets to know a plant purty good that way.
Of course, some things is bad or at least hard on a person to put up yer nostrils. Like one is California Bay Laurel, Umbellularia californica. She is a very fine, medium sized tree native to California, especially on the coasts. There is a small commerce in native California Bay Laurel leaves because they smell and taste and flavour stews almost exactly like the Greek Laurel tree leaves do!
Anways, you dasn't go ahead and put a couple wads of California Bay Laurel leaves up yer nostrils, like I have around 15 times, without knowing what you are doing– i can tell you! For the etheral mists of the essential oils of that there wonderful tree's leaves go right up in to yer nostrils and then they just shoot up into the networks of sinus passages that go up into our heads from our nostril tops. And that fine mist of california bay laurel tree plain old hurts like a son of a gun– sooo strong they are. I warned mz willow rain good that one time we was standing on the University of Santa Cruz bridge before a giant California Bay Laurel tree, and she sez to me that she did not much mind a little pain in her sinuses for a little while so as she could really, really get to know this plant. So willow went ahead and did like i did with those wads of laurel leaves and that tree did hurt us both in all of our sinuses for a little way– but it was worth it… Thanks california bay laurel giant green beings! Thanks!
And Thanks! Kiva Rose for yer excellent blog! We sure are going to be reading your evolving blog from here on out, over here on the northern flanks of the great Sandia Mountains…


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The 6th annual FlightSimCon convention announces initial sponsors, speakers, highlights and exhibitors for the 2018 event to be held in June in Dallas. For the first time, FlightSimCon is being joined by Cockpit-Fest USA, an annual event for cockpit enthusiasts with roots dating back to 1999. Top tier sponsor has been announced to be Gleim Aviation, well known for their pilot training materials.
Allan Jones brings us a story that combines some real aviation history and some flight simulation. Learn about WWII pilot Joy Lofthouse and the Air Transport Auxiliary who delivered newly built military aircraft. Then take on the challenge of an FSX flight in WWII Great Britain, flying VFR only through limited "balloon lanes".
During 2018 there will actually be two Cockpit-Fest USA events. "Warbirds On Parade 2018" will be held at the Cold War Air Museum in September. Cockpit-Fest USA will also team up with FlightSimCon which is holding their sixth annual flight simulator conference in Dallas during June.
The Blackburn Firebrand is not one of the more famous planes of WWII, but it does have an interesting history and some interesting flight characteristics as well. Martin La Grange tells the story of how the Firebrand came to be and developed during use, and also introduces the Alphasim version that you can use in your flight simulator.
Continuing from the previous "Going Places" installment where he arrived in Montevideo, Rodolfo Astrada turns around and heads back north. As before, he weaves in stories of the regions being traveled, including Uruguay and Madeira, and aircraft history, including the Boeing 727.
As you of course know, we run a variety of advertising on FlightSim.Com in order to help pay the bills. One of the ad agencies we use, Network N, has asked for our users to complete a short survey. Your answers will help ensure that the ads we run are more relevant to your interests.
The Collings Foundation is one of the premier restorers and operators of historic aircraft, and through their "Wings Of Freedom Tour" bring a variety of WWII era aircraft all around the U.S. for people to experience. Earlier this week, Nels Anderson had the opportunity to visit one of their stops and fly in their B-25 Mitchell "Tondelayo", and shares his experience here in words and photos.
Justplanes.com presents their new St Maarten Airport video, plus videos of Saba and St Barths and old St Maarten. The video shows some of the best views of the famous beachfront runway in action, including the last year of the 747 at St. Maarten.
Mahan Air becomes the 271st airlines in the Justplanes.com Cockpit Series, with a video featuring the A300-600, A340-600 and for the first time in their HD series, the 747-300. Fly within Iran and Dubai with lots of presentations and explanations.
The newest video from Justplanes.com is the Turkish Airlines A330 in HD and A340 in DVD.
FlightSimCon 2017 was held this past weekend at KBDL in Connecticut. This event has grown to be a major gathering of flightsimmers and developers, the biggest such event in America. While it's impossible to really capture the event without attending, here we offer a report and some personal observations on what went on.
Justplanes.com announces four Royal Cockpit Films released. Each of these four classic films, showcasing the L1011, B727, B737 and A310, are now available for immediate download.
2017 marks the fifth year of the annual aviation and flight simulation conference, FlightSimCon. Since its humble beginnings in 2013, the event has grown in both size and popularity. What began as only a small gathering of enthusiasts, has grown into a global attraction, with the event now attracting a far larger audience, many of whom have traveled great distances! As a preview to the event, we had the chance to interview several of the developers who will be attending.
The latest video from Justplanes.com features Aurigny, "The Channel Airline", and their Saab 340, Shorts 360 and Trislander. Destinations include Alderney, Dinard, Guernsey, Jersey, Southampton, Amsterdam and London.
The newest video from Justplanes.com is Flight in the Cockpit: Alaska Airlines 737-200, capturing the final days of the 737-200 at this airline. Also just released is a video featuring Penair, another classic Alaskan airline.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices are up. Foreclosures are down. Construction is up. And now comes the latest sign of the U.S. home market's revival: Fannie Mae, the mortgage giant that nearly collapsed five years ago, has earned its biggest yearly profit ever.
Fannie Mae earned $17.2 billion last year and said Tuesday that it expects to stay profitable for "the foreseeable future." It also paid $11.6 billion in dividends to the U.S. Treasury in 2012.
And last year was Fannie's first since its takeover by the government in 2008 that it asked for no federal aid. As recently as 2011, Fannie lost nearly $17 billion and requested and received nearly $26 billion in aid.
The speed of Fannie's resurgence is a testament to a much healthier U.S. mortgage market.
Fannie's "profit recovery has come at a faster pace than I thought it would," said Bert Ely, a banking industry consultant.
Once symbols of the reckless risk-taking that fed the housing bubble, Fannie and the smaller firm Freddie Mac were seized by the government in 2008 after they were buried by bad mortgages. Taxpayers have spent $188 billion to rescue the two — collectively the costliest bailout of the financial crisis.
During much of the 1980s and 1990s, Fannie's stock was a darling of Wall Street, thanks in part to home-price increases and the government's implicit backing. In 1988, it was added to the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index. In 1996, Fannie reported its 10th straight year of record profits.
Pay for Fannie's top executives soared. One former CEO, Franklin Raines, received roughly $90 million in compensation from 1998 through 2003, according to Fannie's regulator. The regulator concluded that some Fannie employees had rigged accounting so the company could meet earnings targets and top executives could receive bonuses.
The excesses at Fannie paralleled the housing market's surge — until they fizzled along with the industry boom.
Fannie still has a long way to go to repay taxpayers. It received $116 billion in aid. So far, it's repaid $35.6 billion.
Fannie and Freddie don't actually make loans. Rather, they buy mortgages from lenders, package them as bonds, guarantee them against default and sell them to investors. In doing so, they help make loans available and exert influence over the housing market.
Together, Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee about half of U.S. mortgages — nearly 31 million home loans worth $5 trillion. And along with other federal agencies, they back about 90 percent of new mortgages.
The two companies nearly folded during the financial crisis because of huge losses on risky mortgages they bought. Fannie and Freddie bore some responsibility for those losses. Like banks, they relaxed their standards on the loans they bought or guaranteed during the boom and failed to thoroughly check incomes and assets. High-interest loans, some with low "teaser" rates, were given to risky borrowers.
Fannie and Freddie grew spectacularly as demand for mortgages exploded. The two firms, championed by powerful Washington lawmakers, rushed to compete with big banks for dominance in the home-loan market. In doing so, they bought or guaranteed mortgages they once would have deemed too risky.
Now, the two companies are benefiting from the home market's steady recovery. Previously occupied homes are being sold each month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of nearly 5 million, compared with a recession low below 4 million. Nationally, prices have risen nearly 9 percent since bottoming in March 2012. The number of homes repossessed by lenders has reached its lowest point since September 2007, according to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure listing firm.
And the proportion of loans Fannie holds or guarantees that are at least 90 days' delinquent is down: The figure dropped to 3.3 percent at the end of 2012, compared with 5.5 percent in early 2010.
Ely, the industry analyst, thinks their financial improvement also reflects higher fees that Fannie and Freddie now charge banks to guarantee their mortgages.
Fannie earned $7.6 billion in the October-December quarter, a quarterly record for the company. About $1.3 billion of the gain came from a settlement paid by Bank of America Corp. related to mortgages that soured during the housing crash.
Fannie paid the Treasury a quarterly dividend of $2.9 billion. Under federal policy, Fannie and Freddie must give their profits to the government. Fannie's fourth-quarter earnings compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion in the final quarter of 2011.
"Our financial results improved significantly in 2012, and we expect our earnings to remain strong over the next few years," Timothy Mayopoulos, Fannie's CEO, said in a statement.
After their takeover by the government, Fannie's and Freddie's pay and bonus structure came under fire when it was revealed that 12 executives received a total of $35.4 million in salary and bonuses in 2009 and 2010. Fannie's chief executive received about $9.3 million for the two years, Freddie's $7.8 million.
Once mainstays of the New York Stock Exchange, the stocks of both companies traded above $60 in 2007. Since 2010, both have been listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, an electronic quotation service. They're trading below $1.
Since taking control, the government has owned 80 percent of each company, and a federal regulator has made financial decisions.
The government provided taxpayer aid in exchange for preferred stock in the two companies. The stock pays 10 percent interest, which Fannie and Freddie have been repaying in dividends each quarter in which they make a profit.
Freddie has received $72 billion in federal aid and paid back nearly $24 billion. Freddie has reported positive earnings for five straight quarters.
Fannie and Freddie have since tightened their credit standards for the borrowers whose loans they back. And early last year, under pressure from Congress, the companies' regulator capped pay for their CEOs at $500,000 a year and eliminated annual bonuses for all employees.
As recently as mid-2011, some experts had suggested that Fannie and Freddie were so deep in debt to the government that it could take decades for them to repay taxpayers. But the past 12 to 18 months have marked a solid advance for the housing market, noted Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, and Fannie and Freddie will continue to benefit.
"It's a spirited recovery," he said. "The housing sector will be by far the strongest (economic) sector growth-wise."


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Join us for some holiday cheer (and beer).
Friday, December 6th at 8PM | Angel City Brewery
216 S. Alameda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
The USC Student Health Council is hosting a highly-anticipated holiday soiree with other USC graduate healthcare organizations. Come out and enjoy a brewery tour with your fellow peers. Bring your holiday spirit and a gift for the needy. SHC will be accepting donations for charity.
For more information, click here.


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