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New article by Marsha West
By Marsha West
March 30, 2007
Christians are being exhorted to put their minds on hold through meditation and take a step into the supernatural realm. Is it biblical to connect with the supernatural realm? In an interview with Emergent leader Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill in Grand Rapids, MI, he made the following comment: "Central to the Christian tradition, for thousands of years, have been disciplines of meditation, reflection, silence, and breathing. It was understood that to be a healthy person, to be fully connected with God, and fully centered you would spend significant parts of your day in silence–breathing, meditating–praying allowing the Spirit of of God to transform you and touch you." So ordinary people spent significant parts of their day in silence, meditating?
Even if it were true, nowhere in the Bible are God's people encouraged to stop using their minds and to connect with the supernatural world. Believers are to worship God with their heart, strength, mind and soul. In an altered state of consciousness the mind is not engaged, it's blank!
For over two thousand years (not "thousands of years") Christians have followed a whole host of unbiblical practices that God regards evil. But that hasn't stopped untold numbers from participating. Example: Even though God forbids fortune telling (divination) countless people, including Christians, have visited mediums to "look into the future."
For over 5,000 years meditation has been practiced by Eastern religions and has become mainstream in Western culture. It's true, as Bell says, that Christian's have been practicing meditation for centuries. Christian meditation came about when monks began reading the Bible slowly. As they read they would ponder the deeper meaning of each verse. This is called "divine reading," or lectio divina. As a result of their Scripture meditation the monks found themselves spontaneously praying. Their prayer would move them to a wordless focus on God. They called this "wordless love for God" contemplation. More on contemplative prayer later.
Lacking a biblical worldview and an understanding of Scripture is the main reason Christians are dipping into the forbidden waters of Eastern meditation to "know the unknowable."
Contemporary Christianity is following "every wind of doctrine." Believers are listening to what their "itching ears want to hear." Regrettably, their itching ears are tuned to neo-gnostic heresy. One of the obstacles the Apostles faced were false teachers, the Gnostics being the most prevalent of the bunch. Gnosticism was condemned as a heresy in the first century church. Here's the crux of Gnosticism:
"Christian Gnosticism is the belief that one must have a "gnosis" (from Greek "Gnosko," to know) or inner knowledge which is mystical knowledge obtained only after one has been properly initiated. Only a few can possess this mystical knowledge, limiting the number of those "in the know". … Gnosticism today seems to provide a lot of the form and color for the New Age portrait of Jesus where Jesus is seen as the illumined Illuminator: one who serves as a cosmic catalyst for others' awakening. As such it is as false and heretical as the Gnosticism of the first century and needs to be roundly condemned for the heresy that it is."[1]
Most of us think it's cool to have inside information. Makes one feel important. Even special. Who wouldn't want to cultivate a special experience with God that no one else has?
Sadly, Christians involve themselves in New Age practices like yoga meditation so they'll "be in the know."
You say, "My church isn't into any of that New Age stuff." No, but you'll read about the New Age stuff in books purchased in your local or online Christian bookstores. You'll also see an abundance of false teaching on Christian blogs all over the Internet.
Or you'll hear name it and claim it prosperity preachers on TV acting as if the Almighty is actually whispering into their ear as they impart their false teaching to millions of viewers.
You can't even escape Gnostic heresy in modern Christian music. You could be singing it in church! Listen to the lyrics of so-called worship songs and be amazed! And be sickened.
Last, but not least, the Oprah Winfrey Show if rife with Gnosticism. Those who tune into Oprah's program (a number of gullible Christians do) will hear her guest's share their esoteric mystical experiences.
It's all about experience. "The Gnostics thought that one must directly experience the spirit to learn the truth, this being apart from the word. Stepping over into the supernatural, experience becomes the teacher and gives them real knowledge. What was and is now being taught is spirit to spirit communication that is completely outside the Biblical revelation given by the apostles."[2]
This fits liberal "Christianity" to a tee. The Word of God is out of date so experience becomes the teacher. In his essay "What are we talking about?" DA Carson points out that some leaders in the Emergent Church movement claim "changing times demand that fresh questions be asked of Scripture, and then fresh answers will be heard. What was an appropriate use of Scripture under modernism is no longer an appropriate use of Scripture under postmodernism." This is a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater! But I digress.
The "knower" believes that the masses are not in possession of spiritual knowledge, and only the truly "enlightened" can experience God. Thus the reintroduction of contemplative, aka centering, prayer into the Church.
How is centering prayer different from biblical prayer? Centering prayer is a meditative practice where the focus is on having a mystical experience with God. Individuals choose a sacred word or symbol (such as God, Jesus, Father) and repeat it over and over during the twenty-minute exercise. Sitting comfortably in a meditative posture, with back straight and eyes closed, the sacred word is introduced as the symbol of consent to God's presence within. Should outside thoughts emerge in your mind, you must return "ever-so-gently" to your sacred word. At the end of your prayer time you're to remain in silence with eyes closed for a few minutes.
Sounds like a good way to relax, doesn't it? Trouble is, contemplative prayer has no Scriptural support whatsoever. Moreover, it's the exact opposite of how the Bible instructs believers to pray. Read the prayer of Jesus in Luke 11:1-4 below.[3]
"In that day you will no longer ask me anything," said Jesus to the apostles. "I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete" (John 16:23-24).
Paul says, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God" (Philippians 4:6, NLT).; "Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured" (Col. 4:12).
Biblical prayer advocates engaging your mind, even wrestling in your mind, as did Epaphras, not emptying your mind! Yet Pastor Rob Bell encourages Zachary Lind to do just that. Following is a snip of an interview Lind did with Bell. (For clarity I edited out phrases like "like," "you know" and "I mean."):
Interviewer Lind: … the book you recommended to me a few weeks ago [by] Richard Rohrr…talked about contemplative prayer … [I read] half of the bo book and still don't really know what his definition of that is. But he starts getting into it. And he says … you have to at least sit … past 20 minutes.
Bell: Yeah, yes.
Lind: It takes a certain amount of time before you're sort of selfish things get aired out. Like you might be all about you for 20 minutes, but then after that it's like, you're kind of a blank slate. You know…
Bell: Uh-huh.
Lind: You're kind of ready to intake anything. He talks a lot in that book about a beginners mind and … being kind of like a child and coming up to Jesus, and really just ready to be written on. And … maybe I'm wrong but I kind of feel like from what I hear … there's a lot of that going on …
Bell: Yeah, well you have to essentially discipline your life around forming the depths, and that takes just phenomenal discipline that I don't even pretend to have.[4]
At this point the conversation drifts away from contemplative prayer. Bell gave no warning with regard to the dangers of meditation even though Lind admits that he's ready to take anything, "Ready to be written on." Written on by whom? The Bible warns of deceiving spirits! "The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved" (2 Thess. 2:9-10).
After listening to the interview what you will come away with is that Rob Bell is leading Christians into dangerous Eastern religious beliefs and rituals. Convinced they're having an esoteric experience with "God," many Christians are actually embracing Hinduism.
Biblical prayer is comprehendible communication with God. Prayer is not an esoteric, yoga meditation. Granted, many contemplatives are ignorant of the true nature of meditation—but such ignorance is inexcusable and indefensible! The truth about the dangers of meditation is readily available in books and on the Internet. Contemplative spirituality, like Gnosticism, promotes pursuing a magical mystical experience with "God."
Overlooked are passages such as Joshua 1:8: "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." This command is from God! He wants His people to meditate on Scripture; He doesn't want them emptying their minds. Leaders in the Emergent movement have succeeded in persuading those who practice centering prayer to put aside God's Word and focus on a blank wall!
Will practicing Eastern mysticism really help to open you up to a greater spiritual experience with God, or just the opposite? Since God opposes mysticism in any form, perhaps contemplatives are really experiencing visits from demonic spirits. Meditate on that!
In 1 Cor. 2:15-18 Paul informs us that we have "the mind of Christ." In Romans 12:2 he reminds us that God's people are not to kowtow to this world, "but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
In the words of William Hendrickson, "Even if we or a holy angel must be the object of God's righteous curse, were any of us to preach a gospel contrary to the one we humans previously preached to you, then all the more divine wrath must be poured out on those self-appointed nobodies who are now making themselves guilty of this crime."
1, What is Christian Gnosticism? - Got Questtions website2, The Gnostic Jesus, a Gnostic Christianity - Let Us Reason website3, Luke 11:1-4 - Bible Gateway website4, Interview With Rob Bell - Finding Rhythm website
© 2007 Marsha West - All Rights Reserved


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The people have spoken, and they want a bigger and better Memorial Day Parade in Honey Brook.
Frank Fredella, a member of Wawassan Post 422 of the American Legion (also known as The Honey Brook American Legion), and Donna Horvath, Chair of the Honey Brook Community Partnership, are two key figures in seeing a more expansive parade become a reality, and they have been working together with other community members and organizations toward making the May 27 Honey Brook Memorial Day Parade the most memorable in recent history.
Fredella, a former Commandant and Post 422�s current historian, said that he recently looked at old pictures of the parade, which then enjoyed larger turnouts compared to the latest parades, and felt that something needed to be done to help this Memorial Day tradition gain its highest possible levels of attendance and support.
�(Legion members) looked at how the parade has not been popular in recent years, and we said to ourselves �this is not right�,� stated Fredella.
Fredella told those at the Legion that he wanted to bring the Honey Brook Community Partnership into the picture because the issue was bigger than the Legion � it was about the community at large. The Honey Brook Community Partnership was more than happy to get involved.
�The Honey Brook Community Partnership is always looking for projects that bring the community together and facilitate cooperation,� Horvath explained. �Our goal was to help in any way, so we brought in different community organizations and formed a monthly (parade) committee. The businesses community and other organizations came together because everyone is interested in seeing this grow and prosper.�
When word of a concerted effort to improve upon the parade �got around� the support grew quickly, with organization such as the Honey Brook Lions Club, the Honey Brook Harmony Day Committee, the Honey Brook Women�s Club, and area Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups coming into the fold.
�There are a lot of people involved in this because there is a lot of passion for this parade,� said Horvath.
Among those participating in this year�s parade will be veterans� groups from Tel Hai, Knob Hill, and Heatherwood.
Further, the parade will be open for any veteran who wants to join in the parade. There will be no need to contact anyone ahead of time, Fredella explained, simply show up at Post 422 at 9 a.m. on the day of the parade so that all can organize for the parade�s 10 a.m. start.
�We thought of the veterans who can�t march,� Horvath explained, �and John�s Supply agreed to volunteer the company�s new flatbed to allow those veterans to ride in the parade. It�s neat when you have people working together.�
There will be at least 100 kids and 100 adults marching in the parade, and that is before adding in the Honey Brook Fire Company and the Fire Police.
�The fire company and the fire police always support us, and God bless them,� said Fredella. �We also receive a lot of support from (Honey Brook Borough Police) Chief Ely.�
As is custom, the different internal groups making up Post 422 will all be involved. The Legion Auxiliary will be making red, white and blue ribbons for lapels for veterans, the Sons of the American Legion will be handing out small American flags to children, and the recently formed Legion Riders of Post 422 with their motorcycles will make an inaugural Memorial Day Parade appearance.
Another first for this year�s parade will be the Memorial Day Bike Contest, which is being organized by the Honey Brook Women�s Club. Kids aged 4 � 16 can enter their patriotically decorated bikes, scooters, or wagons (pulled by participants� parents/guardians) will appear in the parade. There will be different categories and age groups judged, and those deemed the most patriotic will receive prizes provided by Hickory House.
Pat Frankel, a member of the Honey Brook Women�s Club and the club�s liaison to the parade committee said that the idea for the contest came from the parade�s own past.
�I have lived in Honey Brook for 42 years (and) kids on bikes with red, white, and blue streamers used to ride in the parade. The kids always got a large charge out of it, so the Women�s Club thought it would be a great idea,� she said.
By involving the kids in Memorial Day, Fredella believes that they can learn the importance of acknowledging the sacrifices of those who came before them.
�If the children do not understand what came before them, and what patriotism is about, then we will cease to exist,� he said.
The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Wawassan Post 422 (4820 Horseshoe Pike ) in Honey Brook and head east on Horseshoe Pike. The route will then leave Horseshoe Pike to visit the cemeteries of Honey Brook Presbyterian Church and Honey Brook United Methodist Church, where the legionnaires will perform short memorial ceremonies for veterans in those cemeteries.
Fredella said that the public is encouraged to observe the ceremonies, and should feel welcome to follow them to the cemeteries.
�If they want to join us in honoring a vet I will carry them piggyback,� he said.
Following those ceremonies the legionnaires will return to Post 422 for dedications at their own memorials, after which all participants are invited back to the social hall for refreshments.
The public is encouraged to support Memorial Day by bringing banners, posters, etc.
For questions and information contact Frank Fredella at email@example.com or 610-273-0213 (groups interested in becoming involved in the Honey Brook Memorial Day Parade are encouraged to call).
For Bike Contest questions/info call Pat at 610-273-2461
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Wednesday Science Night for November 30th presents:
Nature: Why We Love Cats and Dogs? 7 pm
Ask anyone and they immediately know — they're either a dog person or a cat person. What is this all about? Follow an in-depth investigation into the great divide between dogs and cats and just what draws us to these two polarizing pets. Animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners all weigh in. Dogs, we discover, are geniuses at reading what we want and the complex cat-human bond can be as fickle or as deep as a marriage. Funny, touching and provocative, we ask how well we really know our best friends and why we love them so much.
NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies 8 pm
Every year, 100 million monarch butterflies set off on an incredible journey across North America. These beautiful creatures fly 2,000 miles to reach their remote destination: a tiny area high in the mountains of Mexico. Yet scientists are still puzzling over how the butterflies achieve this tremendous feat of endurance – and how, year after year, the monarchs navigate with such hair's-breadth precision. NOVA flies along with the monarchs, visiting the spectacular locations they call home and meeting the dangers they encounter along the way. As this program reveals, the monarch is a scientific marvel locked in an inspiring struggle for survival.
Through A Dog's Eyes 9 pm
This program is about dog trainer Jennifer Arnold, the service dogs she trains and the families whose lives they have changed. Arnold's non-profit organization, Canine Assistants, trains dogs to assist people with a variety of disabilities. Based in part on Arnold's forthcoming book of the same name, the film also presents the science that explains the amazing dog/human bond and what makes Arnold's training techniques so effective for anyone with a canine in the family.


text: I recieved my Icon 6000 on June 8th, but didn't open it up until the 11th since my wife had our first baby on the same day so I was a little preoccupied. So, about the weight. I scaled mine and with the included velcro pouch(which I will probably not use due to its small size), my pack came in at 5 LB 12.5 OZ. So yes, they came in heftier than advertized. Their weight claims were a major factor in my decision to try one out. So, it was disappointing to see it come in almost a LB heavier than the projected 4 LB, 14 OZ. Is it a deal breaker? Well, I almost sent it back just on principle and I am sure for some folks, they did just that. However, I decided to keep it because I really like the layout, the build quality seems excellent, and it fits me well with better functioning loadlifters than my mystery ranch 6500. It still saves me more than 3.5 LBS from my 6500 as well. I loaded it up with about 30 LBS or gear and food to just get the feel of it and I like it. I saw the prototype at their shop in Dixon a while back as I passed through on a road trip and it seems that the shoulder straps were beefed up a bit material-wise on the front, which I like. I was concerned on the prototype that it may easily rip, but with the one I received, that will not be an issue. The main pack fabric should be sturdy enough to withstand brush, snags, and the like. I haven't taken it out yet with my current baby duties, but I am looking forward to it. Around the house and up and down the stairs it feels good as far as how it fits my back. Of course I will need some trail time to test it well and through some serious weight in it. I was concerned as well about being able to attach pouches, rangefinder, holster, etc to the waistbelt. I have found that my Serpa paddle holster slides into place nicely behing the strap.and even better if I undo the lower shoulderstrap and run it through the paddle as well. I will throw up a picture of it soon to illustrate the point. My rangfinder case fits okay on the other side as well. Not as good as on my pals webbing with MR pack, but it should be sufficient to get the job done. The spotting scope pouch fits my Vortex Nomad and a Slik Compact XL tripod nicely together. I didn't use the bungee to secure them and I will probably remove it from the pouch. With both in the pocket, I can't see how either would just fall out when opened up. My Slik Pro 614CF does not fit though. It is a couple inches too long to make it in that pocket. With the pack fully loaded, it doesn't seem possible to use the exterior bottom flap to secure a bow cam. With the spotter and tripod, it doesn't give me a good angle and I can't secure the bow close to the pack. With it set up in a daypack mode it is possible though. Fully packed, you will have to just use the crossing staps to secure your bow. I am fine with that setup since that is how I usually secured my bow on previous packs or with extra staps that I jimmy-rigged. I think for pack in hunts, I will hunt without the lid as it compresses well and simplifies the setup. The straps that secure the lid can reach all the way over the top and attach to each other without the lid and could come in handy to hopefully secure a big fuzzy set of antlers without the lid on the way back to spike camp. One detail I really like is that they have sewn a webbing loop that you can pass the backside lid attachment straps through so that it helps cinch a taller load in closer. With my old crewcab, on tall loads heading out, I have used an extra strap around the top of the pack to accomplish the same thing. As far as stuffing the pack. If you have a lot to get in there, stuff from the top because it is hard to stuff from the front and be able to close it without putting strain on the zippers. The meat cell has a pouch at the bottom that may catch some of the blood, but I don't think it will contain it all. It tightens down really well though and should keep the meat evenly distributed. I think I will continue to use my gamebags and drop those inside the meat cell to help keep it a little cleaner. Anyway, those are my initial impressions after messing with it for a few days. I will report back after I get some trail time and also post a few pictures as well.


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STERLING –Rockridge first-year head coach Sam Graves knew coming into Saturday's game against Newman there were people who felt that Darren Southwell should have remained a fullback instead of switching to quarterback.
Some of those thoughts probably changed after the Rockets upset the second-ranked team in Class 2A, 21-9 at Roscoe Eades Stadium.
"I think there were people that thought he should be playing fullback," Graves said. "We saw today that he can be that threat in the passing game, and then when he tucks it under, he becomes that running back again."
Southwell gave the Rockets (1-0) the lead late in the first half with a spectacular 38-yard touchdown scramble, and then put the game away late in the fourth quarter with an 18-yard touchdown run.
In all, he had 96 rushing yards on 14 carries, and he had 120 passing yards. Dalton McManus added 115 rushing yards, as the Rockets' no huddle offense methodically ate chunks of time off the clock.
"We didn't block, and we didn't tackle," Newman coach Mike Papoccia said. "Not to take away from the quarterback who played great, and they ran their offense really well, but we didn't perform the way we have been practicing. It's disappointing."
Rockridge grabbed the lead on the first drive of the game, going 71 yards in 1 1/2 minutes. The big play was a 35-yard pass from Southwell to McManus. McManus capped the drive with a 16-yard touchdown run.
Newman drove to the 14-yard line on the next drive, but stalled out there.
"We knew they liked to go downhill like we did last year," Southwell said. "They are a very physical team, but our defense played as one unit."
The Comets pulled within a point on a 1-yard plunge by Dillan Heffelfinger with 11:12 left in the second quarter.
Southwell then made the play of the game on a first-down play at the Newman 38. Southwell was flushed from the pocket toward the Rockridge sideline. He eluded two tackles, before heading across the field. Three more missed tackles by Newman, and Southwell found open field all the way to the end zone.
"Football is a simple game of never giving up," Southwell said. "I wasn't going to give up on that play. Our team wasn't going to give up."
Newman answered by going to the air. A 40-yard pass and run from A.J. Sharp to Jake Snow put Newman on the Rockridge side of the field. A nice 18-yard catch by Shayne Allen put the Comets in field goal range. Brandon Ahlgrim took advantage, hitting a 30-yard attempt as time expired in the half.
"Those were a huge three points," Papoccia said. "We were able to move the ball in less than a minute. We thought that would turn it around."
Sharp finished with 84 yards passing. Elliot Jensen had 41 yards on the ground. The Comets were held to 184 total yards.
Brandon Neisewander picked off Southwell on the Rockets' first drive of the second half. The Comets gave the ball right back, fumbling the ball away on the second play of the ensuing drive.
"That was a huge play in the game," Papoccia said. "We got momentum, and we blocked the play perfectly. We just dropped the ball."


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Then just as another white jersey was barreling toward him—and 26 yards behind the line of scrimmage—he launched a pass that Edward Pope grabbed for a 12-yard gain on third down. Four plays after Manziel's sparkling highlight, the Heisman Trophy winner was picked off in the end zone, the Crimson Tide soon had the lead and Alabama didn't trail again in a 49-42 win on Saturday.
"We were just kind of on a different page and that's on me," Manziel said of the play. "It's either our ball or nobody's and I know that and I know better than that. A big turning point in the game so that one's on me."
Manziel finished with a school-record 464 yards passing with five touchdowns. He added 98 yards rushing to finish with 562 yards of total offense, which is the second-most in school and SEC history behind the 576 yards he gained last year against Louisiana Tech. A&M's 628 yards of total offense were the most Alabama has ever allowed.
"He played Johnny-like," coach Kevin Sumlin said. "He scrambled around and made some plays but he also stayed in the pocket and remained efficient."
But the Aggies had lost, despite the monster numbers.
The sophomore had another major miscue on A&M's first drive of the second half.
It was a stark contrast to last year's upset of Alabama when Manziel and the Aggies played a charmed game to get the 29-24 win in Tuscaloosa. Manziel's nearly flawless performance helped catapult him into becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
"I was proud of the way they kept fighting until the very end," Manziel said. "That's impressive to me."
Manziel's favorite target on Saturday was Mike Evans, who caught seven passes for a school-record 279 yards receiving with a score. Malcome Kennedy added 57 yards receiving with three touchdowns.
Manziel's mistakes were far from A&M's only problem on Saturday. The defense was back to full strength after missing several starters due to suspensions for the first two games, but the unit couldn't slow down Alabama's offense, allowing 568 yards.
"There are a lot of things that we have to fix, but you give a lot of credit to Alabama," Sumlin said.
The Aggies took solace in the fact that they beat Alabama last season and the Crimson Tide went on to win the national championship.
"This isn't the end of our season," Manziel said. "This wasn't the Super Bowl. This wasn't the last game of the season ... you never know how things will turn out. All we can do is take care of ourselves and continue to get better as a team."
Johnny Football and the Aggies looked unstoppable early, scoring touchdowns on their first two drives to take a 14-0 lead. Evans powered that hot start, piling up 135 yards receiving in the first quarter alone.
Alabama got going on offense on the second drive, with Jalston Fowler breaking through the line for a 15-yard run. Kevin Norwood extended and reached over the defense to grab a 22-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 14-7.
The Crimson Tide then called a flea-flicker where AJ McCarron found DeAndrew White for a 44-yard score to tie it at 14-all in the second quarter.
Manziel's interception came on A&M's next drive. Alabama took advantage of that error when Kenny Bell took a short pass 51 yards for the go-ahead score.
Alabama tacked on another touchdown to push the lead to 28-14 at halftime. That score came on a 4-yard run by T.J. Yeldon. He mocked Manziel's touchdown celebration where he rubs his fingers together after the score before running his arms across his throat to draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
Manziel got A&M within 35-21 with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Kennedy in the third. The defense couldn't come up with a stop though, with Kenyan Drake pushing the lead to 42-21 with a 3-yard touchdown run.
Manziel connected with Kennedy again early in the fourth quarter, this time on a 12-yard pass to cut the lead to 42-28. Manziel found Evans on a 95-yard score to get A&M within a touchdown with eight minutes left, but Alabama responded with a 5-yard touchdown by Fowler.
Kennedy's last touchdown got A&M within 49-42 with 15 seconds left, but Alabama recovered the onside kick to secure the win.
The Aggies host SMU next weekend.


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The Courier and Daily Comet asked their more than 18,000 Facebook fans: What qualities help make up an extraordinary teacher?
The Courier and Daily Comet asked their more than 18,000 Facebook fans: What qualities help make up an extraordinary teacher? Tell us about a local teacher who embodies those qualities and/or helped guide you, a child or someone else close to you.
Here are some of the edited answers:
Audrey Marcel, 34, Chauvin: I have a few teachers who inspired me to always do my best and not worry about the bullies — Mrs. Loraine Beasley, Mrs Leelee Trosclair, my mom, Mrs. Lisa Authement. I have one who stood over my daughter and brought her from c-d to a-b honor roll and helped her master the LEAP. Her name is Mrs. Mysti Robichaux.
Tammy Lecompte, 30: My daughter had Mrs. Sierra Kennedy from East Houma Elementary. She was a wonderful teacher. She worked hard with her students. It wasn't all about teaching. She taught her kids with games to make it fun, and my daughter had a very good year and learned so much. That's the kind of teachers you need to keep the kids' interest.
Celia Chauvin Stevens, 24: I'm an education major at Nicholls State University. I worked with Angie King Fremin at Schriever Elementary. It was the best semester I have ever had. She is an awesome teacher and an amazing role model, not only to me but also to every student in her class. Each and every student would be lucky to be placed in her class.
Celeste M. Roberts, 24, Schriever: I can't name just one teacher; every teacher I have had has helped inspire me and encourage me to pursue goals I didn't think I was capable of. From pre-school to university classes, every man and woman who taught me provided so much more than the classroom material. I learned about real life issues and decisions I have had to face. Inside those small rooms I felt safe, comforted, important and loved. If a teacher can make students feel that way, he or she has succeeded in a fashion that surpasses any written test.
Jessika Bergeron: Any teacher at Houma Christian. Every year. I feel so blessed that my children had such awesome teachers. I worry the next won't be as good. But every year, to my surprise, they are excellent, loving, caring, supportive and guide them in the right way. Mrs. JoBeth & Mrs. Heather are the two who stand out the most to me.
Kim Isham-Detro, 42, Thibodaux: Ashley Knoblock Savoie at WS Lafargue in Thibodaux. We homeschooled until fourth grade. My daughter had a terrible time transitioning when she returned to the classroom, and her grades showed it. I was so worried I had messed her up. She had Ms Ashley for fifth grade, who helped my daughter socially and academically. My daughter finished sixth grade as an honor student and has lofty goals for next year. Ashley meets the students where they are and brings them up which is what a good teacher does.
Melody Weaver, 42, Chauvin: Cherise Henry of Boudreaux Canal, soon to be at Upper Little Caillou. She is an awesome second grade teacher. She gives all her students the time and attention they need. A few of my children have had her and she has helped them all profoundly She boosted their confidence and helped them realize they could do it and improve and they have. My twins made the honor roll and are doing amazing, and I owe it all to Ms. Henrys guidance. If I ever had any questions how I could help them more at home, she was sure to answer me back right away with suggestions. Thank You Ms. Henry for the amazing job you do with the children. The qualities Ms. Henry has is her patience to show a child what they can do and also the ability to teach and really make a child understand what she is talking about.
Angelle Ardoin, 36, Kraemer: A good quality teacher has to have a big heart. She has to realize she isn't there just to teach the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic. She is a person who loves and cares about your child just like she would care about her own. Someone who wakes up in the morning still loving what she does daily. There are a few at my child's school who still embody these great qualities: Mrs.Penny Martinez, Mrs. Lizzie Daigle, Nicolle Borne and many more.
Tammy David, 46, Thibodaux: They have to have love for the children and the qualities you want to instill in your child as parents. Teachers should have a postive attitude, patience and be very caring. A good teacher is one that you know has the best intentions for each and every child. I would like to congratulate Mrs. V, a pre-K teacher at South Thibodaux, for the excellent job she did teaching my granddaughter, Shylee David.
Kimberly Sampay: It takes a special person to be a true teacher. I have one graduated and one graduating next year. I have come in contact with lots of teachers over the years, but one went above and beyond for my child: Mrs. Keisha Guidry Nall at Central Lafourche High School. My child is no longer in her class, but she always takes the time to ask about him, his education and family. She is foremost the best I have come in contact with. She stands out.


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In case you missed Saturday's game-ending brawl between the Reign and Bakersfield Condors, here is the YouTube video:
A couple things about this video:
Continue reading "Brawl video goes viral; Estrada is suspended; Reign react." »
In case you missed Saturday's game-ending brawl between the Reign and Bakersfield Condors, here is the YouTube video:
A couple things about this video:
Continue reading "Brawl video goes viral; Estrada is suspended; Reign react." »
This is usually the time of year when the ECHL is making preparations for its annual All-Star Game. However, for the first time since 1993, there will be no game this season.
In its stead is something much cheaper and arguably more fun. Through February 5, fans can vote online for the "2012 Silver Skater Fantasy Team," a concept that seems entirely unique based on its description on the ECHL website.
Fans are allowed one vote per e-mail address to choose one player on each team who will wear a "special Silver Skater jersey" during a select home game. There are no criteria for how to vote. You could, conceivably, vote for the worst player on each team — although this appears to be discouraged by listing four players under each team's logo (they all seem to be having good seasons). Write-in votes are allowed, however. The top two vote-getters will wear the special jersey.
We don't know what the jerseys will look like, but an educated guess is that the snazzy logo you see at right will be featured prominently. No word yet as to when the Reign have scheduled their "Silver Skater" home game.
The four Reign players listed are C.J. Stretch, Derek Couture, Vincent LoVerde and Chris Huxley. It's tempting to list the merits of each player at this point, but since there really are no voting criteria, it's hard to tell where to begin. (Who looks best in silver??)
Still, as alternate ideas go, this one has its merits. The concept of minor-league all-star games is inherently flawed, since the best players in the league are getting promoted to the AHL on a daily basis. Staging a game is a logistical headache — just ask anyone who was around when the ECHL All-Star Game was played at CBBA in 2010. This is less formal and less expensive and, thus, more appropriate to the concept. Even if it has no criteria.
Former Reign forward Aaron Lewadniuk probably planned on making three trips to Ontario before this season ended — two in February, one in March. Now he figure to make just one, on Monday.
The Idaho Steelheads traded Lewadniuk to the Bakersfield Condors on Thursday for forward Michael Gergen. The struggling Condors (8-24-3-1), already 13 points behind the Steelheads for the seventh and final playoff position in the ECHL's Western Conference, visit the Reign for a rare 1 p.m. game Monday at CBBA. That is Bakersfield's only road game against the Reign the rest of the way; the Condors also host the Reign Jan. 27 and 28.
Lewadniuk has seven goals and six assists in 31 games this season for the Steelheads. In his first game against his former team, Lewadniuk scored a goal last Friday in a 5-1 loss to the Reign — the only goal the Reign have allowed in their last four games.
Incidentally: Geoff Irwin, the player Lewadniuk was traded for, has eight goals and 10 assists in 30 games this season.
Here are some facts and figures that didn't make the game story from the Reign's latest blowout, a 6-0 shutout against Las Vegas last night:
Continue reading "Trade brings Lewadniuk back to Pacific Division; more notes." »
Monday's practice at Citizens Business Bank Arena was the last for Sean Murray in a Reign uniform, at least for now.
Murray was released Monday afternoon, probably not coincidentally the same day Mike Montgomery was released from his tryout contract with the American Hockey League's Houston Aeros. The timing of the move suggests that Montgomery could well be in the lineup Wednesday, when the Reign host the Las Vegas Wranglers.
In five games with the Reign, playing exclusively as a third-pair defenseman, Murray was scoreless with a minus-1 rating. Montgomery was a minus-5 with no points in 18 games for the Reign during two separate stints.
A couple more notes from practice:
Continue reading "Change on D, other notes from practice." »
J-F Berube will get his first start since Dec. 26 tomorrow when the Reign host the Bakersfield Condors.
Berube's last outing was a forgettable one – down to 13 skaters, he was the unlucky goalie as the Reign lost 5-0 to the Las Vegas Wranglers. Still short-handed, the Reign reached back the next four games and went 2-0-1, averaging 36 shots a game with goalie Chris Carrozzi in net.
That impressive feat will be the focus of tomorrow's notebook in the Sun and Daily Bulletin.
Berube has not faced the Condors since opening night, a 5-4 Reign loss.
A few more notes from practice:
Continue reading "Berube in goal, plus more notes." »
Passing this along from the team's weekly newsletter:
The Bantam B Junior Reign Hockey team won the Silver Stick Regional Championship in San Jose on Sunday, November 27, 2011. As champions, the Jr. Reign will now represent the Pacific District in the Silver Stick International Finals in Pelham, Ontario, Canada from January 5-9, 2012.
In order for the team to be able to travel to Canada to compete in the finals, they need your help with donations for transportation, lodging costs, etc. for the team.
Any donations, no matter the size, would help this team represent Southern California. IVHA – Jr. Reign Hockey Club is a Non-Profit 501-(c)3 organization. Your donation would be tax deductible.
Please contact Jeff Wilhelm, President, at (951) 377-3823 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
In case you missed the invitation yesterday on Facebook or Twitter, this week's Ontario Reign newsletter included at least one photo that deserves a funny caption. I thought the second photo was rife for satire, but some people have already submitted caption suggestions for the first.
**As a bonus, I've been told that the winning caption will be shown on the big video board at the next Reign game. Can't make a promise on that one, but there's your added incentive.
The Reign will be without two-thirds of their top line when they return to the ice next Monday in Las Vegas.
Left wing Geoff Irwin was suspended four games, and Derek Couture one, by the ECHL on Tuesday for their actions Sunday in Alaska.
Aces defenseman Brandon Gentile slew-footed Couture at 14:30 of the second period of Sunday's game, moments after Francois Brisebois scored the Reign's first goal of the game. That set off a massive brawl with Couture and Gentile in the middle. You can see how it started at the 2:27 mark of this video:
At the 3:08 mark, Couture appears to be the second man in on a fight between Gentile and Reign defenseman Chris Huxley. Couture was given a double game misconduct for his role in the altercation.
Irwin was suspended for an illegal hit to the head; his only penalty in the game was a second-period elbowing minor. "He went through the body clean and he obviously came up high on his follow-through on the hit," Reign coach Jason Christie said. "That's what they're trying to get rid of. It's understandable. He came up a little too high. You don't want to put anybody in jeopardy. "
Kyle Kraemer, who fetched a 10-minute misconduct penalty after taking a hard hit from Alaska's Kane Lafranchise at the end of the second period, was fined an undisclosed amount along with Irwin and Couture.
The Reign kicked off their three-game weekend series in Alaska on Friday down two men and two goals.
The Aces walked away with a 3-1 win despite being outshot 34-24. Kevin Estrada scored the Reign's only goal at 7:41 of the third period. It was his first of the season, his first since the 2009-10 season in Germany, and his first in the ECHL since April 10, 2008 as a member of the Victoria Salmon Kings.
Per the Anchorage Daily News account, Estrada "walked out of the right corner, made it to the net and jammed a shot on [Alaska goalie Gerald]
Coleman, who had the paddle of his stick down along the ice. Estrada
jammed his own rebound through Coleman to cut Alaska's lead to 2-1."
That was as close as the Reign would get. Three minutes and one second later, Wes Goldie scored his 12th goal of the season to make it 3-1. Steve Ward and Gary Nunn scored power-play goals in the second period for the Aces (19-4-1-1), who finished 2-for-5 on the power play.
The Reign (12-10-1-1) are stuck in sixth place in the Western Conference standings, third in the Pacific Division, and failed to gain ground on the second-place Stockton Thunder, who lost 6-2 to Idaho earlier in the night.
Chris Carrozzi stopped 21 of 24 shots. J-F Berube made his first appearance (albeit on the bench) since sustaining a neck injury in practice last month.
Forward Matt Tassone (back) did not accompany the Reign on the trip. Shayne Neigum skated at forward, giving the Reign nine forwards and five defensemen. The 14 skaters are two below the ECHL maximum.
The Reign lost their second forward in three days to the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday.
Left wing Chris Cloud, who leads the team in major penalties, signed a pro tryout contract with the Kings' American Hockey League affiliate, joining linemate J.D. Watt at the next level. Cloud has five goals, 10 points and 84 penalty minutes this season, appearing in all 22 games. He is tied for second in the ECHL in major penalties with 10.
The Monarchs recently lost center Cam Paddock to a four-game suspension, so Cloud and Watt could conceivably return to the Reign soon.
Still, it's quite an opportunity for Cloud, who spent the last two seasons in the Central Hockey League and has never played in the AHL before.
The Reign could be without two-thirds of their toughest line Friday in Alaska. Count on Shayne Neigum seeing plenty of time at forward, and Kevin Estrada getting a long look in his debut game, with Bill Bagron centering the line.


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This week, as my 5-year-old son, Jayden, opened his Christmas gifts, I got to thinking about the world he lives in, comparing it to the world I lived in at the same age.
This year, we watched an array of Christmas "classics," none of which were even around yet when I was 5. We didn't even have a VCR — VHS or Betamax — much less a DVD player, for a few more years.
In fact, when I was 5, the TV didn't come on at all on Christmas Day. We just opened presents, seemingly all day in my case.
We started at home with the presents Santa left under the tree. Barely over the excitement, I had to tear myself away from those gifts to get dressed and go to my paternal grandparents' home for more presents.
After getting what was always the biggest gift of the year — when I was 5, it was my first "real" electric train set — from the "Santa room," we would settle in for a Christmas meal.
The meal was always my grandmother's special hamball recipe. I'd sit at the counter and watch as she ground the ham, pork loin and hamburger she would use with an "old fasioned" meat grinder.
She cooked them in the broiler, while her mashed potatoes were going on the stovetop. She cooked "little smokies" — sorry, their "official" name is just too weird for me to say even as an adult — in her fondue pot.
She didn't get her first microwave oven for a couple more years. I remember it was quite expensive. My grandfather bought it from the local Amana dealer downtown.
I was the "only grandchild" at the time, and my uncle had just married his wife, so the table wasn't all that crowded. But, there would be just enough time afterward to load up the presents and head off to my maternal grandmother's home in Ames.
At the time, that's the side of my family that had produced all of my cousins (eight of them). So, there were a lot more gifts, and much more food. As the third-youngest, I also was relegated to the "little kids table" for the meal — there was the adult table, the young adult table, the kids table and the little kids table.
I usually fell asleep somewhere between Ames and Boone on U.S. Highway 30 late Christmas Night.
I don't think I ever actually played with a toy received on Christmas Day on Christmas Day. I always assumed that's what it meant on the calendar when it said Dec. 26 was "Boxing Day."
"Time to finally crack into these boxes and play with some toys!"
Back then, we lived in a two-story home my father purchased for $15,000. Sure, it was a little bit of a fixer-upper, but it was a very fine house.
I still remember my dad going on and on about the purchase price of that house when we went "car shopping" for the first time when I turned 16.
One of the gifts we got for Jayden this year was a videogame. When I was 5, all we had for home videogames was a box that gave you five variations of "Pong."
The Atari 2600 came out the next year. We had the six-switch console that allowed you to transmit a color or black-and-white signal to the television.
Yes, we had black-and-white TVs "back then." In fact, I purchased my first personal TV for my own room with money I saved up when I was 11 years old — it was black-and-white, too.
Our living room TV was color, but frequently blew through color tubes. Yes, I watched a lot of black-and-white TV as a kid. A lot of black-and-white TV.
So, it was a lot of fun to help Jayden crack open his toys — including his first "real" electric train set — and help him set them up. On Christmas Day, no less.
To a certain extent, it was a little bit like reliving that part of my life all over again.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Revise, Respond (5 R's)
The Garbage and Recycling project will increase the awareness of students concerning the need for solid waste management, and give students a sense of individual and community responsibility, as well as global responsibility to care for the environment. A desired outcome is that students will take what they learn home and families will recycle more, thereby reducing the amount of solid waste our communities produce.
Grades 4-8 (adaptable to all grade levels)
Environmental science, math, geography, language arts, and health
This unit is designed to take approximately 10 forty minute class periods, depending on how you as the instructional leader choose to branch out.
This project is an engaged learning project with students putting lessons to real-life application. It is directed at improving students' knowledge of science and math, as well as their attitudes and behaviors. Students will use real-world scientific and mathematical procedures, such as collecting data, finding patterns, and assessing results.
Student activities will include an introductory activity using Recycle City, defining a scientist's role, defining what trash is and discovering how their community manages solid wastes. They will identify trash categories and items included in each category. Students will compare their trash habits, school/community trash disposal methods, and school/community use of recycling, and create a trash profile of a typical student.
Students will explore questions such as: What is trash? How much trash do they produce as individuals? families? schools? communities? How is their trash disposed of? recycled? reused? How could they reduce the amount of trash they generate? What does their trash consist of? What does it mean to recycle? What can they do to promote recycling at school? How much trash do residents create? What are some concerns of the businesses and residents of the community? How do items persons throw away hurt the environment? What concerns do communities have about trash?
As a result of these activities, students will see ways in which they can have an impact on reducing the amount of trash produced by their community, and ultimately, realize how the environment affects our culture and how our culture affects the environment.
Students will assume the role of a student-research scientist. Students will collect and weigh their classroom trash as well as the lunch food waste and trash. This data will be compared with data from other participating classrooms. Students will investigate and communicate with trash pals using e-mail and the World Wide Web; collect, analyze, organize, and display data through graphs and maps; access the Internet to find resources on solid waste management and recycling; collaborate with a waste disposal company in the development of their school recycling center.
Assessments are meaningful, challenging experiences that involve presenting students with an authentic task, project, or investigation, and then observing, interviewing and/or examining their artifacts and presentations to assess what they actually know and can do.
Students and their teachers create the assessment criteria and/or tools so that they are meaningful and generate knowledge.
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Instruction and assessment are integrated; assessment of the process and products occurs throughout the instruction.


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With Chelsea having kicked off their Europa League campaign after becoming the first Champions League winners to end their defence of the trophy at the group stage, we examine the other European Cup finalists to have fallen at the first hurdle.
Real Madrid (1960-61)
After five glorious years of domination, Madrid's monopoly on the European Cup came to an end at the hands of their domestic rivals as Barcelona claimed a 4-3 aggregate victory in the first round.
The exit came amid significant controversy. Madrid, having had to settle for a 2-2 draw at home in the first leg after the award of a dubious penalty, proved much the better team at the Camp Nou but saw three goals disallowed.
Barca vice-president Antonio Julia de Capmany felt the officials had done nothing wrong.
"From where I was sitting, the decision to disallow the goals looked perfect," he said in El Mundo Deportivo. "The linesman was right to raise his flag both times. Today on the television I could see the other was a foul too. However, I can understand that having three goals ruled out could irritate even the most balanced person."
'Irritation' did not quite capture the mood. Club president Santiago Bernabeu afterwards labelled referee Reg Leafe "Barcelona's best player", and many Madrid players confronted the Englishman as he left his hotel later that night. Two of them, Francisco Gento and Luis del Sol, apparently followed him to his car, with the latter said to have pulled him onto a low hedge and attempted to headbutt him.
Barca, meanwhile, went on to reach the final that year, but lost 3-2 to Bela Guttmann's Benfica.
Real Madrid (1962-63)
Madrid bounced back from the disappointment of the 1960-61 season to reach the final the following year, where they were defeated 5-3 by Benfica, but the great side assembled by Santiago Bernabeu was ageing. Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas had entered their mid-30s and, although Madrid remained as dominant as ever on the domestic stage, the need for an overhaul was becoming apparent.
After a 3-3 draw with Anderlecht in the first round, first leg of the 1962-63 European Cup, Madrid were booed by their own fans at the Bernabeu. In the second leg, a Jef Jurion goal five minutes from time condemned Madrid to a 1-0 defeat and another early exit.
"Twenty-four hours on, it is impossible to deny the obvious," Madrid's ABC newspaper solemnly reported. "The glorious era of the five-time champions has long passed. That fabulous squad - which was worthy of the [Austrian] 'Wunderteam' and Honved, maybe even superior - has died."
The regeneration of the squad came in 1964, after a defeat in that summer's final to Inter Milan, and the new-look team claimed a sixth European crown in 1966.
Celtic (1967-68)
Jock Stein's legendary "Lisbon Lions" secured a famous victory in 1967 when Celtic, with all but one of their number being born within ten miles of Parkhead, came from behind to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Inter Milan, the two-time kings of Europe led by Helenio Herrera.
As champions, Celtic had expected to be given a bye into the second round but were instead handed a tough tie against Dynamo Kiev. The Bhoys were defeated 2-1 at home, and in the second leg - after the dismissal of Bobby Murdoch in the 55th minute - they netted to level the aggregate scores at 2-2 on 67 minutes. However, because of the newly introduced away-goals rule, they were obliged to press for an equaliser and ended up conceding to Anatoliy Byshovets in the 89th minute, losing 3-2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord (1970-71)
Celtic returned to the European Cup final in 1970 but were beaten 2-1 by Feyenoord, who became the first Dutch side to lift the trophy.
Ajax chairman Jaap van Praag had expressed the view that that Feyenoord side would be "unbeatable" in the decade to come, and when they were drawn against Romanian minnows UT Arad in the first round of the following season's European Cup, coach Ernst Happel suggested his team might even reach double figures in the home tie.
However, the first leg, played a week after Feyenoord had beaten Estudiantes to lift the Intercontinental Cup, resulted in a highly disappointing 1-1 draw at De Kuip. The second leg - which had to be played in the afternoon as Arad did not have any floodlights - ended in a 0-0 draw, and the Dutch giants were eliminated on away goals.
"We had to play Feyenoord - the European and intercontinental champions!" Florian Dumitrescu, a member of the Arad team, told evz.ro. "The fear motivated us all. We had an extraordinary desire to win."
In the second round, Arad suffered a 6-1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade.
Ajax (1973-74)
After Feyenoord's exit, it was Ajax who took the baton for Dutch football, reigning supreme for the next three years in the European Cup, but their time at the top also came a humbling end.
Having been given a bye for the first round of the 1973-74 competition, they were drawn against CSKA Sofia, whom they had dispatched 6-1 at the same stage in the previous season's competition. However, with Johan Cruyff departing for Barcelona in the summer of '73, Ajax were a shadow of their former selves. They won the first leg 1-0 in Amsterdam, but looked lost as they succumbed to a scrappy 2-0 defeat in Bulgaria.
Barcelona coach Rinus Michels, who had left Ajax in 1971 after laying the blueprint for their world-conquering Total Football style, said: "It's too early to say whether Cruyff leaving means the end for this Ajax team. This is a surprise, but anything can happen in a cup tie."
Club Brugge (1978-79)
Brugge had defeated Atletico Madrid and Juventus to book a place in the 1978 final, where - as in the 1976 UEFA Cup final - they were edged out by Liverpool.
In the first round of the 1978-79 European Cup, though, the Belgians suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Wisla Krakow of Poland, losing 4-3 on aggregate after conceding two goals in the final eight minutes of the second leg. It was one of a number of poor results in a highly disappointing start to the campaign for Brugge and led them to dismiss the great Ernst Happel in December, drawing the curtain on the club's golden era.
Liverpool (1978-79)
Liverpool sparked a spell of English dominance in Europe as Bob Paisley's men claimed continental glory in both 1977 and 1978, but their bid for a third successive triumph foundered in a first-round meeting with Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest.
Forest, promoted from Division Two in 1977, had already bloodied Liverpool's nose in 1978, first beating them in the League Cup final and then finishing seven points clear at the top of the First Division.
The following season, they claimed a 2-0 win in the European Cup first round, first leg at the City Ground before drawing 0-0 at Anfield. In the second leg, Forest were outclassed but - as in the League Cup final success - clung on for a seismic victory.
Clough was unusually quiet about the successes - he was warned by UEFA after failing to attend the post-match press conferences after each leg - but Paisley had words of encouragement: "When I said that the Anfield match would be Forest's biggest test, I wasn't boasting on our behalf but trying to say there is nothing much to worry about on the continent."
He was proved right. As well as Brugge's early exit, the first round of that year's competition saw Juventus - among the pre-tournament favourites - lose to Rangers. Real Madrid were beaten by Grasshoppers in the following round, eventually leading to a battle of the minnows in the final as Forest defeated Malmo 1-0.
Nottingham Forest (1980-81)
Forest defended their trophy in 1980 with a 1-0 victory over Hamburg, but their two-year reign came to an end with a whimper as they lost 1-0 in each leg to CSKA Sofia in the following season's first round.
"This is an absolute disaster," a disconsolate Brian Clough said afterwards. "I am bitterly disappointed. We barely had a shot on goal. I could sit in a deck chair for three weeks and still not work out just what went wrong. We had nothing up front, nothing in midfield and nothing at the back. The people on the bench didn't do very well either."
Liverpool went on to reclaim the continental crown that season.
Hamburg (1983-84)
Hamburg, who beat Juventus in the 1983 final, were given a first-round bye in the following season's competition, but it did little to help them. Dinamo Bucuresti, described in The Times as "one of the most popular clubs in European football for the simple reason they are among the most consistent losers in the history of the European Cup", beat them 3-0 in the first leg to leave the German side's hopes hanging by a thread.
Hamburg were so injury-hit that coach Ernst Happel could name only three substitutes for the second leg, but his side levelled on aggregate on home soil after going 3-0 up with just over an hour played. "It seemed nothing could go wrong," Happel said.
As a veteran of early exits, he should have known better: the visitors netted two goals in the final five minutes, and Hamburg were out.
Steaua Bucuresti (1986-87)
Steaua Bucuresti became the first Eastern European side to be crowned continental champions in 1986 when they defeated Barcelona on penalties. Their presence in the final came after a victory over a heavily fancied Anderlecht side in the last four, with the Romanians winning 3-0 at home in the second leg to secure a famous 3-1 aggregate victory.
In the following season's competition, though, the Belgians had their revenge. With Steaua handed a first-round bye, they made their return to European Cup action with a 3-0 defeat at Anderlecht, ultimately bowing out 3-1 on aggregate.
Even so, they showed that their triumphant campaign was no fluke: Steaua would go on a run of 104 league games undefeated from August 1986, and they reached the European Cup semi-final and final in 1988 and 1989 respectively.
Manchester United (2011-12)
Manchester United, finalists in three of the previous four seasons' Champions League tournaments, saw their campaign come to a remarkably early close in 2011-12 as they failed to negotiate their way through a group containing Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati.
Perhaps emboldened by his decision to play a weakened team in the 4-1 semi-final second-leg victory over Schalke earlier in the year, Sir Alex Ferguson took to rotating his squad, blooding his young players. After defeating only Otelul Galati across the six games, though, they were condemned to the Europa League.
"It hurt last year," Ferguson said in September 2012. "It hurt everybody. It's not good to go out at the group stage, particularly when we were in control. Over the previous few years we'd gone through the group stage pretty comfortably, so we were playing a lot of young players, but we never got out of the group last time."
With thanks to Max van der Put for providing information on Feyenoord's exit


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Beware banks bearing hybrid offers
The spruikers are out pitching NAB convertible preference shares and Westpac capital notes – the latest hybrid offers from our major banks.
If you've logged on to your CommSec account recently, you'll have seen the "apply now" button. If you've got an adviser or broker you've probably received a call. These latest offers are no worse than earlier hybrid offers, but there's no reason to be clicking buttons or saying "yes".
In early 2012, when the hybrid market was going gangbusters, investors were eschewing cheap bank shares with double-digit dividend yields in favour of equity-like hybrids paying single-digit returns.
Investors wanted higher returns than term deposits were offering, but didn't want to watch share prices bounce around like a yo-yo. We thought a simple strategy – term deposits and ordinary shares – was better, but we understood investors' desire to avoid volatility.
Now, we human beings are a crazy lot, particularly when it comes to investing. Bank shares have been on a roll recently, so they are far more expensive than they were in 2012, and hybrids, in comparison, are more attractive. Plus, a key risk of the earlier hybrids – exposure to falls in the price of the ordinary shares – has been alleviated by the recent good performance.
You'd think this might see the earlier hybrids – for instance, CBA PERLS VI, ANZ CPS3 and Westpac CPS – in demand. But, whilst bank shares have been shooting for the stars, their prices have been drifting.
ANZ CPS3 has recently traded at a slight discount to its $100 issue price.
You'd also be forgiven for thinking it would be tough to sell the new NAB and Westpac hybrid offers when investors can buy the earlier, risk-reduced hybrids at similar or better margins.
NAB and Westpac are offering 3.2 per cent above the bank-bill rate for investors willing to fill out the application forms and wait. A few computer keyboard strokes might get you CBA PERLS VI or Westpac CPS (already listed on the ASX) at the same margin or better.
The earlier hybrids aren't identical to the new offers, so be sure to understand the fine-print before signing up. Mind you, we'd argue they're better (and some even earlier versions better again).
The point is, if you've applied for NAB CPS and Westpac Capital Notes, you've either formed the view that they are superior to the earlier hybrids or you've sacrificed both risk and returns. We suspect, in many cases, retail investors have blindly followed "advice" and done the latter.
If the retail investing world was fully informed and devoid of skewed financial incentives, NAB and Westpac would be struggling to get their offers away. Why would someone try to sell you Westpac capital notes when Westpac CPS is simpler to buy, lower risk and offers similar returns?
But it's not. Retail investors face an information asymmetry – they know less about the products they are buying than those being rewarded for selling them. So ask yourself the question: why are you buying NAB and Westpac hybrids?
If you can't mount a more convincing argument than "my adviser recommended them" then you should think again.
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By Army Pfc. Christopher Holton
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KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2011 – A soldier serving in Task Force Duke here leads a double life.
In his Army life, Pfc. Zachary William Charles Short is a combat medic with the 1st Infantry Division's Battery A, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. But the 22-year-old native of Bend, Ore., records music under the stage name Zac Charles, and his single "Until I Get Home" became the third-most-requested song on country music radio stations in the Elizabethtown, Ky., area.
This is an accomplishment in its own right for any aspiring musician, but judging by the number of fans he's amassed, it may be only the beginning of Short's musical journey.
Short said he began writing music at age 12, and that he grew up listening to country music artists such as Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Jeremy Camp. Like that of many other artists, he said, his music reflects his life experiences.
"I write about things I see and feel around me," he explained. I think music turns out better that way."
Short said he put his music career aspirations on hold when he joined the Army at age 19 to support his family, because his wife and son are the most important aspects of his life.
"My wife has been a big inspiration for a lot of my songs," he said.
But today, his military duties and missions come first, he added.
"It has been interesting to see my military career form," he said, "and I have learned so much."
Writing and playing music in Afghanistan helps to lift his and other soldier's spirits, Short said.
"My morale has improved greatly being able to do music out here," Short said. "I have also had the opportunity to improve the morale of the soldiers around me. On many occasions, a bunch of us have sat around at night after missions and sang a few songs."
Short said his music serves as a constant reminder of how much he loves and misses his family. "I wrote ["Until I Get Home"] when I was away from my wife, and it reflects on the feeling I had then," he said.
While in Afghanistan, Short acquired another supporter: U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Bova, a Houston native and fellow soldier in Battery A. Bova said he became an instant fan after hearing Short's music.
"He could be an instant star in the world of country music," Bova said of Short's potential. "He just needs to be heard."
Upon returning from deployment, Bova plans to be part of Short's public relations team. "Good Morning America" producers, he said, have expressed interest in having Short appear on the program.
Bova said he hopes Short can obtain a record deal, "so people who haven't heard him can, and so his fans can hear him more often."
Short said he plans to record some tracks in Nashville, Tenn., shortly after he returns to the United States from Afghanistan. "I've got a good studio lined up, and I'll be excited to start recording," he said.


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US Announces $1.2B Toyota Settlement
The government has announced a $1.2 billion settlement with Toyota that Attorney General Eric Holder says is the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on an auto company.
It also filed a criminal charge alleging the automaker defrauded consumers by issuing misleading statements about safety issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Under a deferred prosecution agreement, an independent monitor will review policies, practices and procedures at the company.
The action concludes a four-year criminal investigation into the Japanese automaker's disclosure of safety problems, which focused on whether Toyota was forthright in reporting problems related to unintended acceleration.
Toyota has blamed drivers, stuck accelerators or floor mats that trapped the gas pedal for the acceleration claims that led to massive recalls of Camrys and other vehicles. The company has repeatedly denied its vehicles are flawed.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration never found defects in electronics or software in Toyota cars, which had been targeted as a possible cause.
Toyota says it has made fundamental changes to become "a more responsive and customer-focused organization."
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LIVE from the NYPL: INVISIBLE SYMPOSIUM: European Dream Festival with CHARLES GRODIN, master of ceremonies
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To kick off the first ever European Dream Festival, a six-week celebration of the most vibrant and innovative artistic productions from a new Europe, The Invisible Symposium will transform the Celeste Bartos Forum into the scene of a classic symposium in antiquity. Charles Grodin will be the master of ceremonies. The idea of the Invisible Symposium originated with the Hungarian art movement, The European School. In 1948, their members circulated a questionnaire to artists, writers and philosophers asking them to define the relationship of art and politics to artists, writers and philosophers.
To make the invisible visible in this new symposium, American actors will do a staged reading from the collected texts of over a dozen contemporary European intellectuals to render their intriguing and sometimes disturbing reflections on the present dilemmas facing the European Union. Here are some of the questions that were posed to these European intellectuals:
Do you have a European identity? What does it mean for you?
Is it important to build a European mass culture or to combat American mass culture?
Is the European Union a political necessity, or has it any political advantages for your country
What are the driving forces of European unity and what is its future?
This event is co-sponsored by Altria and the Hungarian Cultural Center.
Curated by Jakab Orsos, Director of the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York, and Paul Holdengraeber, Director of Public Programs at NYPL. Texts edited by Roger Conover, Executive Editor, The MIT Press.
Metin Arditi (Switzerland)
H?l?ne Cixous (France)
Leonidas Donskis (Lithuania)
Agnes Heller (Hungary)
J?rg Lau (Germany)
Dusan Mitana (Slovakia)
Gerard Mortier (Belgium)
Peter Nadas (Hungary)
Dan Perjovschi (Romania)
Marieke Sanders-ten Holte (The Netherlands)
Marek Tamm (Estonia)
Mart Valjataga (Estonia)
Mitja Velikonja (Slovenia)
Vittorio Zucconi (Italy)
About Charles Grodin
Charles Grodin is a movie star, an author, a playwright, a director, a screenwriter, an Emmy Award winning writer, a commentator, a celebrated raconteur, and a successful advocate. He is credited with gaining clemency for four women imprisoned for several years under New York?s draconian Rockefeller drug laws. For this he recently received the William Kunstler award for racial justice. He has also received the Help Hero award in appreciation of his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the homeless. He is the author of the book, I Like It Better When You?re Funny and the screenplay Movers and Shakers. Grodin was a commentator for 60 Minutes II and had his own show on CNBC and MSNBC. Also a playwright, he wrote The Right Kind of People and Price of Fame. As a theater director and actor on Broadway, he directed Lovers and Other Strangers and starred in Same Time Next Year. Grodin is best known as a movie actor in such movies as The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, and the Beethoven movies. Currently Grodin is a commentator for CBS News radio. He is working on a book Getting Smarter? (learning from our mistakes), a compilation of mistakes and what people have learned from them from such luminaries as Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Judge Judy. His play, The Prosecution of Brandon Hein, will be presented at the Culture Project in New York this fall. In early 2007 Mr. Grodin returns to the screen starring in Fast Track.


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Ugh! Help! I am making this for my work pot luck tomorrow.. Doubled the recipe (except the butter.. Did 1.25 sticks) and it *just* fit beautifully in my 9x13.... BUT! I FORGOT TO GREASE THE PAN! And didn't realize until 10 minutes into baking... So I couldn't try dumping it out and cleaning pan, greasing, etc. I am so mad at myself! Do you think it will be a big deal?
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Just a guess: "copying folders instead of moving them" sounds like it could be a problem with your permissions; if you have read but not write permission to a directory, you won't be able to move folders out, but you will be able to copy them.
First off, the single user is $129. That's just blatent laziness on your part.
Secondly, don't let the version numbers fool you. This isn't just a feature upgrade like going from 8.5 to 8.6 was. This is more like switching from 8.5 to 9. 10.2 is a signifigant upgrade from 10.1.5.
Thirdly, you're an idiot (or a troll). Where has something broken that forced you to upgrade from 10.1.5 to 10.2? That's just nonsense that you've been forced to upgrade to 10.2. These compatibility problems are just third party software makers having to make some changes so that their software works with 10.2. Having software (especially drivers like the one listed in this article) break between major OS version is perfectly acceptable and expected.
Oh, maybe I could find out from the SourceForge link (and eventually I did, but it took some finding, since my first inclination was to go to FAQ rather than Home), but maybe a quick "Hey, WirelessDrivers, which is, according to the SourceForge home page
etc.The WirelessDriver is an open source driver supporting Prism/Prism2 wireless cards such as the WaveLAN/ORiNOCO, Cabletron, SkyLINE and D-link PCMCIA cards for use with MacOS X and the Darwin operating system from Apple.
Or at least a direct link to what it is, rather than having to go to the site and then look around. Yeah, I know, I'm lazy, but it's a lot easier for the poster to make the information easily accessible than to have everyone who doesn't know what the thing does have to look around for it.
Well, that and it came with the Powerbook. Heh.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Starving For Skill, Not Work Ethic
Since I last had the time to sit down and post something, all hell has broken loose in Ottawa after two straight losses to the New York Islanders, a team that most prognosticators had as fresh meat for the Senators dine on.
Now is probably a good a time as any to panic so I might as well add to the frenzy.
This is not just a good team on a modest losing streak. It's much more complicated than that.
It's not just a matter of the players working harder. From what I've seen, this team has worked harder this year under Craig Hartsburg than they ever did under John Paddock or Bryan Murray. To just blame the work ethic only ignores the obvious structural problems of the team.
I've said it so many times that I'm probably boring you all to death, but this team is just not skilled enough and they're just not fast enough.
It's that simple.
They've got loads of character (allegedly...) and a trio of star players who want to win more than anyone. But this team is just not elite anymore and the sooner that Bryan Murray realizes he's made some grievous mistakes and makes a move to get some flash and dash, especially on the blueline, the better this team will be.
They need to revamp that blueline with at least two guys who can execute simple transition plays. The only player who can reasonably be expected to move the puck with some skill on the blueline is Filip Kuba and it's not like anyone can compare him to Scott Niedermayer, or even Wade Redden, despite his surprising point total. When the forwards can't get the puck in the neutral zone to start their break out, they expend twice as much energy fighting for the puck all over the ice. You think they look worn out now? Wait until January.
Alex Picard is regressing at a shocking rate and Christoph Schubert only has a wildly erratic but hard shot to rest his laurels on. Both of these players wouldn't be missed, in the short term or the long term.
As for the forwards, it's been a depressing run for the Big 3 and they have to be better one way or the other.
In the short-term, Hartsburg should just swallow his pride and reunite the big line, just to try and end this miserable streak. I understand the idea of trying to spread the offense around but if having the big line together improves your chances of winning, Hartsburg has to do what's best for the team here.
He's tried to go one way and he failed. Good coaches know when to admit they're wrong and change things. The Senators only spark against the Islanders came when he re-united the line in the 3rd period.
Chances are he'll remain stubborn and split them up for the Rangers on Monday night.
If that's so, I don't like their chances against a confident and superior New York team who have no trouble creating plays from their backend with skilled rushers like Redden and Daniel Girardi.
Ottawa doesn't have an answer for these types of players and unless Murray fixes his mistakes, the Senators won't have an answer for any of the upper level teams in the Eastern Conference.
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Well said. We have three tough games this week (NYR, MTL, NYR), then a four day layoff. If things don't look better a week from now, you gotta think that someone will pay the price at that time.
If we win all three we're at 500. If we lose all three, we're looking at a team that will have won 6 out of 20. That would probably put us at the bottom of the NHL standings.
- November 16, 2008 at 3:49 PM
I do think they need an extra defenseman and a bit of luck .. I was looking at Carey Price how he let one soft goal after another when playing another team last week.. I think they miss Redden so they need a replacement. I am not sold on Hartsburg.
- November 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM
There's not a lot of talk about how bad we played last year without Redden.
We need to replace him.
Ohlund or Boumeester would be good additions, just not sure how offensive Bouwmeester is.
I would rather dance with FLA. Vancouver is doing much better in the standings.
Fisher and Vermette need to be replaced regardless. Neither are living up to their contracts.
And as for Spezza, well he has trouble playing with anyone beneath his level, which Alfie and Heater don't seem to have an issue with.
Which means you can't make two lines involving him unless the skill is very high. Kinda ties Hartsburgs hands.
- November 17, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Excellent post, you are one of the few people ive seen in any form of media who really gets this team. Where would we be if the sens blueline resembled anything close to what it did last year... possibly 1st in the coinference right now. You notice a similar situation in Tampa bay where the blueline has an equally stagnant transition game. The top players start getting blamed for not producing chances, but how can they not be frustrated if they cant get a freaking breakout pass. Is it just a coincidence that ottawas shot totals have gone down by about 30%?? Has anyone in the media been reading into this at all...? Is it a coincidence that teams like Toronto and Vancouver with very little up front and great puck moving defenses are having alot of success?Many "experts" are now starting to question the huge salaries given to heatley and spezza, but is there any doubt that with any other defense in the league they would be producing?
- November 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Great points, Mickey. Especially the insight into Toronto's success. I just checked the stats, and the Leafs are tied for fifth in the league in scoring. Pretty amazing when you consider that Fletcher said, at the beginning of the year, that they only had one legitimate top six forward in Antropov.
San Jose and Detroit are the highest scoring teams in the league. SJ has four d-men in double digits scoring while Detroit has three.
The funny thing is that we used to have an abundance of d-men who could move the puck. Amazing how quickly things can change.
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My New Favorite Commercial As "Shark Week" On Discovery Channel Kicks Off
Okay, so I like a little off the wall humor. I mean like, really like it. What fits in perfectly with this kind of humor? Shark Week on Discovery Channel! I saw the funniest commercial ever last night and I almost cried laughing!


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Jeez, how many guys are we interviewing tomorrow? Where was the sense of urgency before all the other teams filled their vacancies?
Jerry Angelo is awful. I rather hire a new guy.
Jeez, how many guys are we interviewing tomorrow? Where was the sense of urgency before all the other teams filled their vacancies?
I would prefer AJ smith over this guy
Yikes. This is getting nutty
Really starting to look like Cohen's the guy.
They are interviewing every big name there is for the show they're putting on.
Angelo is one of Bill Belichick's closest NFL friends. It would be a very strange hire for the Jets (not just for that reason).
I hear Woody is reaching out to Vince McMahon to get permission to interview th GM of Raw. He also asked who was the best GM in the XFL, because hed like to interview them as well.
This is really becoming a circuspe
So what Caldwell signed with the Jags? How do you know he or Keim or Gettleman or Teleseo is going to be any better than who the Jets get?
Aren't you happy, if you are even a Jets fan, that they're trying to get it right? Talking to as many candidates as possible to see who the best fit is instead of closing their eyes and throwing a dart at the board?
If we hire Jerry Angelo, I'll watch Lacrosse next year instead.
Interviewing 10-15 candidates is taking a shotgun approach and shows that there was little planning or thought behind who to interview. It is how people who have no clue as to what they are doing operate. Thats what we are now, a circus, a bunch of clowns who dont know what they are doing.
And yes I am a Jet fan, have been since 1983 and stuck with this team through all the bad years and will continue to do so. But when I see such ridiculousness, I have no problem calling it what it is.
Nobody knows the specifics of the arrangement that KF has with the Jets, only that the end game is finding a strong GM. Between now and then, KF may be showing them what they want to avoid, and Angelo could be the poster child.
Or maybe he's exactly whet they think we need right now. We'll find out soon enough.
How can you identify 4 or 5 candidates who would best serve the team before interviewing them? If you use that line of logic, you have the mindset that "Okay, I'm goine to hire a man who was already a GM because I see his previous work and I know what I can expect from him"Originally Posted by kennyo7;4769595[B
But most of these candidates have never been GM's before, you don't know what to expect from them or what their plan would be. They have not put together teams where you can look back and say, well I really liked what he did in San Diego...
So the only way you can find out who would best serve the team, is to set up interviews with every candidate, find our what their plan for the team is, and pick who you thought would best serve the team.
It happens everyday in the real world, why should it be different for the jets?!?!?
Our offense could get WORSE with the addition of Jerry Angelo.
This is comedic.
If Jerry Angelo is hired I'm gonna start a "Free Mike Tannenbaum" thread on the strip......


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OHA grant to support culturally-based academics for Native HawaiiansUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Director Media Relations
The University of Hawaii at Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language has received a $100,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Moamahi project grant will assist in the production of the revised edition of the Nā Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiʻi Guidelines for Culturally Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments and its teacher preparation program Kahuawaiola.
The one-year Moamahi project will revise and publish edition two of the Nā Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiʻi Guidelines book which will contain a new toolkit section for students, educators, schools and institutions, community and families.
"More than 10,000 copies of the original book have been disseminated and are now being used by schools and programs across the state, nationally and internationally," said Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, programs director of the Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center. "In response to numerous requests, the revised edition will include a section on the cultural pathways, strategies and rubrics."
The project will also develop a team of culture-based/honua mauli ola teachers qualified to work in Hawaiian immersion settings, highly populated Hawaiian communities, and secondary education in Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian language Statewide through its Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program. Their task will be to initiate a new cohort during its phase onePale Kahikole, from June-July 2008.


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First published more than 50 years ago, this award-winning classic brings Rachel Carson's unique vision to a new generation of listeners. The Sense of Wonder is Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, Roger, as they enjoy walks along the rocky coast of Maine and through dense forests and open fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight, and storm clouds, and listening to the "living music" of insects in the underbrush. It is a refreshing antidote to indifference and a guide to capturing the simple power of discovery that Carson views as essential to life.
The Sense of Wonder is a timeless volume that will be passed on from children to grandchildren, as treasured as the memory of an early-morning walk when the song of a whippoorwill was heard as if for the first time.
After finishing Stephen King???s post-apocalypse epic fantasy The Stand, I needed something beautiful, uplifting, healthy, delightful, and short???something like Rachel Carson???s The Sense of Wonder. As she remembers her rambles along the Maine coast and woods with her young nephew Roger, Carson writes a paean to the beauty of the world, to the magic of nature, and to the wonder of life. She writes a down to earth and ethereal manual that inspires you to open your eyes, ears, nostrils, and hands with the clear senses and enthusiastic mind of a child.
It???s a poignant audiobook. I???m happy without children of my own, but listening to Carson sharing with her nephew the pleasure and wonder of things like booming and froth-throwing ocean waves at night, ???sand-colored, fleet-legged??? ghost crabs on the beach, ???deep and springy??? lichens in the rainy woods, and migrating birds flying ???from darkness into darkness??? across the moon, moved me to tears of joy and longing.
The Sense of Wonder is filled with beautiful and vivid descriptions, as when Carson and Roger find the source of some ???living music???: a ???creature of palest green, with wings as white and insubstantial as moonlight.??? The most important thing is not to know the names of what we find in the earth, sea, and sky, but rather to feel everything fully. The 32 minutes of The Sense of Wonder have more of the richness of life than do the 48 hours of The Stand.
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If you have kids, The Sense of Wonder will inspire you to nurture and participate in the tingling awareness they have of the natural world. If you have no kids, The Sense of Wonder will remind you of your childhood???s vast and pure perception of that world. The audiobook is like the ???fairy bell ringer,??? the secretive insect whose ???inexpressibly clear and silvery??? song, ???so faint, so barely-to-be-heard that you hold your breath as you bend closer,??? so thrilled Carson to hear and not to find.
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I should have noticed that this was barely 30 minute long reading. I was so much hoping for more for the price.
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Evelyn Ruth Simonson, 92, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Apple Springs Assisted Living in Omak, Washington, on Oct. 28, 2013.
She was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, to George and Amelia Simonson on Nov. 14, 1920. She was one of ten children.
Evelyn graduated from Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, Minnesota in 1940. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1945.
During World War II, she served her country by working in a factory making ammunition for the troops. Most of her adult years were spent in Minnesota and Michigan working in the automotive industry.
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There's at least one Gronkowski who won't play a down this year.
That would be Chris Gronkowski, the Chargers fullback, who was placed on injured reserve today as the team got down to the 75-man roster limit.
Gronkowski had been bothered by an ankle injury.
He was joined on the IR by wide receivers Dan DePalma (shoulder) and Mike Willie (knee), taking care of their roster moves for the day.