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I am still having problems with very low water volume in my 2 story house. Water pressure has always be lower on the second floor which is understandable but lately if the washer is running or a toilet is flushed there is no water on the second floor at all.
I am on a 160 foot well with a 3/4 hp pump at 140 feet with at static water level of about 30 feet.
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Scott Groene, executive director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance addressed the Emery County Public Lands Council at their meeting on Feb. 3. Groene requested to be put on the agenda to discuss the Washington County Land Use bill which is through the Senate and currently before the House in Washington. He also discussed the existing Wilderness Study Areas, Re-inventory Areas and the "America's Red Rock Wilderness Act," which has annually been proposed in the House and Senate since Wayne Owens first introduced the bill in the 1970s.
In the Washington County bill Groene said, "No one got all they wanted, but everyone got enough that they all supported it."
Groene mentioned land exchanges that have taken place over the years. In the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, school lands were traded out for resources elsewhere. SITLA received land in Emery County where the Cottonwood tract coal leases are located. "With lands issues there is a lot of room for common ground. In-holdings, like SITLA has are difficult to manage." said Groene. If the state legislature passes legislation for land trades then this can benefit the economy of the county of the land being traded. He mentioned a trade of Grand County land for land in Uintah County and Grand County will still receive a portion of the revenues for the trade lands.
Groene showed maps of Emery County which outlined the areas in Emery County with wilderness characteristics. The maps showed the amount of wilderness being considered for Emery County in "America's Red Rock Wilderness Act" which would comprise 51 percent of the entire land in the county. Groene said wilderness designation doesn't mean the land had to be untouched but could still have fences and stock ponds. No mineral extraction or motorized travel is allowed. Livestock, hunting and fishing is still allowed. Groene said, "Is there a way to reach an agreement? We realistically recognize there is a lot of rancor about this issue." Groene said it is good to find out where you do agree and everyone gives up a little. Potentially over a million acres are under consideration.
Gary Petty, lands council member said he was concerned about the grazing rights on the affected areas. Since the GSENM has been there a number of grazing permits have been retired and purchased by the Grand Canyon trust and the BLM said after three years of nonuse of a grazing permit it would not be re-issued. Groene said the permittees willingly sold those permits.
Sherrel Ward, lands council member wondered about the impact this bill would have on the county residents.
Groene said there doesn't have to be a negative economic impact on the county. Those are the issues Groene hopes to work through. "Our intent is not to shut down," said Groene.
The question was raised, "If a large percentage of the county can't develop its resources then what are we going to do? The wilderness boundary runs up against the newly created Mancos Hills Industrial Park in Green River. It would also take in areas where proposed clean coal power would be located as well as the area where the nuclear power plant is looking at for development. Plans were recently announced for new power corridors through this area and those could be affected as well by any wilderness designation.
Petersen said the lands council had been approached by SUWA and they wanted to have some dialogue to discuss wilderness. Petersen encouraged them to attend the public lands council meeting.
The reason the council was originally formed in 1995 was to consider public lands legislation.
Petersen said, "The wilderness issue can't be separated from the other public lands issues. Wilderness designation is a resource, just as mining, grazing, historical sites, wildlife, water resources and recreational uses. This council doesn't agree on every issue, but it is an advisory committee to the county commission. It makes recommendations, but the commission makes the final decisions. This is a starting place. This council worked very hard to develop our Off-highway vehicle ordinance within the county. It is one of the best in the state. This is the place for those issues to be addressed. We encourage you to come and we appreciate the dialogue."
Commissioner Gary Kofford said the Resource Management Plan the BLM recently completed was successful. Some lands were opened for oil and gas exploration. Areas with wilderness characteristics were pared down quite a bit and the lands council and the commission were fairly satisfied. Kofford said he views the current Wilderness Study Areas and the Wilderness Characteristics areas as well as the Areas of Critical Environmental Concern as a starting point. If SUWA is willing to start there then the county is willing to continue the dialogue. Emery County might have a bill like the Washington County bill. Kofford said it has been frustrating to work with SUWA in the past because they have been unrelenting and unwilling to give any concessions and they had a win at all costs attitude.
Kofford said he is in favor of dialogue and getting the community involved and hopefully come to something that's a win/win for everyone.
Groene said there are going to be disagreements, but it is important to negotiate.
Kofford said the county is not willing to go back and renegotiate any of the travel plan and the roads which are now open for use.
Randy Johnson has recently been retained as a lobbyist for Emery County. He said that from the beginning the Washington County Commissioners backed and supported the Washington County bill. It created a process where people came to the table who previously were fighting on land use issues. It was a stretch for their commissioners and a stretch for the environmental community but it was good legislation which sets a pattern. The Washington County process can be used as a template and everyone kept the big picture in mind and everyone gave up something. "It's not about so much what's in the bill but what it represents. Sen. Bennett has worked hard to establish relationships with the environmental community. Sen. Bennett considers this bill important in his legacy as a senator. He's motivated to do it again," said Johnson.
Washington County was a good place to start with a lands use bill. They have problems and issues with growth that aren't seen in Emery County. There are a variety of species there they don't have anywhere else and it was a good accomplishment to get that bill.
Kofford said it would be good for the county to unilaterally sit down and use the Washington County Bill as a model, not necessarily doing the same things, but have input and formulate a plan and we would be better off than having SUWA putting a bill forward. Forming legislation is not new for Emery County. Ward wondered how far the county went with prior legislation.
Dennis Worwood, founding member on the lands council, explained some of the prior legislation Emery County tried to get passed. There is a lot of precedence for land use bills in the county. The county is well ahead of other counties in the planning process.
Bruce Wilson, chairman of the lands council said it is best to be proactive and not sit back and let others dictate to us.
Ward wondered where we go from here. Petersen said the RMP for the BLM has an addendum from Emery County which has copies of the documents of past efforts by Emery County.
To begin work on a possible bill, Wilson suggested meeting an hour early for the next public lands council meeting on March 3. Other work sessions will be scheduled in the future too. Wilson said, "We will want a lot of public input. It will take a lot of time and effort.
Vernell Rowley, lands council member said he thinks we do a good job here in the county of using our public lands, but not abusing them. "I can't see locking up a lot of land and taking away mining and recreation. I think we can work with them (SUWA) but be real careful we don't want people to lose rights on the desert.
Groene said discussions shouldn't center around whether wilderness is bad or good, but should just discuss specific places.
The "America's Redrock Wilderness Act" hasn't been introduced yet in this new congress and that will happen sometime in the House and the Senate in the next couple of months. At the end of the last Congress, there were 20 Senate sponsors and 161 House co-sponsors.
Since the public lands meeting on Feb. 3, the council has made the following statements:
The Emery County Public Lands Council does not endorse SUWAs Redrock Wilderness Bill. Wilderness is a public lands resource and should be addressed in a manner consistent with how other resource issues are addressed. It is not in the best interest of Emery County for the Public Lands Council to deny legitimate requests by the public to address public lands resource issues within Emery County. The Council intends to conduct some work meetings intending to educate and inform the current council on this issue.


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That's exactly why you blame Herm & Co.....not Chad. Herm has to remember that it's he who had to make that call. He's the coach, not the other way around. Brooks should've been in that game. No question.
Herm & co are completely responsible for it. As for Chad's fault. I say that it's not his fault because he didn't reinjure the same tear. It's a new tear. He wanted to try to help the team. If the damn O line would've actually blocked for him, he wouldn't have gotten hurt again.


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Combining an extremely open string pattern with an aerodynamic and powerful beam, a la the Babolat Pure Drive, the One Strings Spin Deeper 315g is a very lively spin monster. Italian engineers have given this racquet all the ingredients needed to hit a powerful, spin loaded ball that explodes off the court. With its grippy 14x19 string pattern, 100 sq. in. head and bright white cosmetic, this speedy stick certainly piqued our playtesters' interest. Right away, we enjoyed massive bite and huge spin. The open pattern also translated into very effective kick serves. When returning, the combination of maneuverability and power lent itself to some very offensive returns. At net, the Spin Deeper 315g moved into position without a hitch, and our playtesters had no problems blocking the ball back effectively or putting it away. The only problem our playtesters had was controlling the depth on flat strokes, an understandable limitation given the extremely open pattern. Overall, the Spin Deeper 315g looks like a no brainer for topspin players looking for big spin and plenty of power.
With a 14x19 string pattern and a stiffness rating of 68 RA, the Spin Deeper 315g promised power and spin, and as expected, our playtesters found both in abundance. They loved the heavy shots they could hit off the baseline, but they also realized the best way to use this racquet was to hit with spin. Mark, who is no stranger to all of the spin technologies and calls the Wilson Steam 99S his racquet of choice, was looking forward to testing this offering from One Strings. He instantly connected with the racquet and said, "Within five minutes of play I was able to apply my style of game, which is primarily placement of my groundstrokes. The average 11.6 oz weight, firm beam and 14x19 string pattern all came together for me off the ground. With the easy development of a ball pocket, I felt like I could grab the ball (even in an extended position), and send it back without much effort; no doubt the open string pattern helped with that."
Karly found quick and easy depth with extra pace. She liked that there was enough mass in the racquet head to provide good leverage behind her strokes, and she was able to consistently send balls back deep into the court. Once she got comfortable with the swingweight, she was dialed in. She offered, "Power was definitely more prominent than control, but I never felt like I had to be careful of overhitting my shots. The spin potential was excellent, and I could easily put a ton of topspin on the ball to help keep my shots from sailing long. The Spin Deeper 315g has a slightly higher swingweight than other racquets with similar weights, so it took me a little bit of time to get used to it. At first it felt like my strokes were a little sluggish, but once I adjusted to the swingweight I didn't have any issues swinging this racquet. It just took me a few hits to get my timing down with its swingweight. My biggest complaint would be the lack of vibration dampening and the unforgiving feel. When I hit outside the sweetspot there was a lack of power and a lot of shock."
"This is certainly a fun racquet to wield around the baseline," began Andy. "Racquet head speed is easy to come by, and the spin potential is great with the wide open string pattern. When going for topspin shots I was able to have good directional control and put the ball where I wanted with heavy pace and spin. I did lose some control when going for flatter shots or slices; the ball would fly on me and I'd miss long at times. I also thought the racquet got pushed around at times by bigger-hitting opponents, but overall this was fun to bang around groundstrokes."
Michelle quickly realized this racquet did a lot of things in a big way. She explained, "I could attack the ball and go big, but I also missed in a really big way when I did miss. If I didn't really commit to accelerating up and under the ball the ball would fly in unpredictable ways. I felt like I really needed to add the extra spin to get a hold of the ball and keep it in the court. I didn't feel like I could consistently get away with driving flatter balls. When I did add arch to the ball I had to be committed to accelerating or it just would fly. The stringbed and launch angle felt erratic, and I didn't feel super confident with this racquet in hand. When I was playing well and had the lead, I had it in the budget to go for it, and if I missed, I missed. But, it was tough in tighter situations because I couldn't consistently execute my strokes. Since the success of my game is made up of winners and errors, I would have liked a bit more consistency. However, I do like the stiffer setup. I just really struggled to confidently and consistently put flat balls away."
The Spin Deeper 315g was maneuverable at the net, and offered decent stability and directional control on volleys, which helped when our playtesters were hitting put away volleys. "What was great about volleying with the Spin Deeper 315g was that I could use the weight of the racquet to drive through the ball to hit hard shots with good precision," stated Karly. "The amount of power and control I could get on my volleys reminded me of a heavier racquet with a smaller head size, except there was more room for error with its 100 square inch head size -- which was great! However, even with that larger head size I had to make sure to make contact within the center of the stringbed because of the unforgiving response outside the sweetspot. The closer I hit toward the frame the more unstable the racquet felt, and my shots felt dead. The uncomfortable feel and lack of power let me know immediately if I hit outside the sweetspot."
Andy was surprised at the control and feel he had around the net with this racquet. "I felt connected to the ball, and, for the most part, was able to consistently put the ball where I wanted. Like on my groundstrokes, there were occasions where I'd lose control and the ball would fly on me, but I felt it happened less often at net than it did from the baseline. It offered decent stability when reaching out for a stab volley."
This racquet got the job done at the net for Michelle. She said, "I didn't have too many issues here. It was a pretty simple racquet to volley with. I didn't do anything fancy, but it was simple to block big balls back. There isn't too much touch in the racquet, but that really isn't my game, so I'm OK with that!"
Mark said, "It did take a bit of time to adjust, but overall, I did feel connected to the racquet. It was pretty stable for most any volley scenario, including the half volley."
When it came to serving with the Spin Deeper 315g our playtesters found pace and spin galore! Andy used the 14x19 string pattern to make his kick serves jump even higher. He explained, "I enjoyed serving with this racquet, and it really stood out for me on my kick serves. I was getting my kick serve to jump much higher than it normally does. The maneuverability and wide open string pattern allowed me to generate tons of topspin. Flat and slice serves worked well, too, but the kick serve was the most fun to hit. Once again, power and spin were easy to generate. Control continued to be the weakness of this racquet, except when I was hitting kick serves."
Mark found that he began to serve more effectively the more time he spent with the racquet. He said, "When I started playing with the Spin Deeper 315g I wasn't able to figure out how to get more out of my serve. However, the more I practiced with it the more effective my serve became."
Michelle honed in on the spin and power this racquet had to offer. She found it easy to hit big flat serves and to get the ball to jump off the court with her second serves. She said, "Both my kick serves and slice serves really were enhanced with this racquet. It was fun to pull my opponents off the court or kick a ball up high out of their strike zone to open up the court for a put away shot."
Having no problems generating power and spin with the Spin Deeper 315g, Karly didn't have to put very much effort into hitting a big serve. She elaborated, "The power came naturally. I especially liked adding spin and going for my kick serve. This racquet offered an exceptional amount of spin and power, so I could send over some pretty tough second serves. I did find control a little harder to come by on my serves than it was from other areas of the court, although I could use the extra spin to keep the ball in."
Our playtesters were hitting massive returns with the Spin Deeper 315g when they made contact in the sweetspot." I enjoyed returning with this racquet more than hitting groundstrokes. I am a bit more disciplined and compact on my returns, and I could key in on the maneuverability that the racquet offers," began Michelle. "I really could get a hold of returns and focus on dipping and ripping balls or driving them deep. With a bigger target and my mind set on what I was doing with each return, I could start the point off pretty aggressively right off my first strike."
As long as she got her timing down and hit the sweetspot, Karly was able to fire back some powerful returns. She said, "There was a little bit of an adjustment period for me to get used to the swingweight of this mid-weight racquet, especially against faster servers, but once I adjusted my timing I could hit big shots back. Generating powerful returns was a piece of cake when I made contact in the center of the stringbed, and I could use its great spin potential to add variety to my shots and help spin the ball in. However, the Spin Deeper 315g lacked stability if I hit near the frame, and my shots lost power and landed short. With how unforgiving and inconsistent the stringbed felt, it was hard not to get frustrated if I hit outside the sweetspot."
The maneuverability and responsive feel of this racquet helped Andy return effectively. "I did find my chip returns flying on me at times, so I just made sure to go for more topspin returns than I might normally. As long as I picked a big target I was able to return offensively. I just never felt that I had the precision to go for the lines consistently."
The weight and balance of this racquet was close to ideal for Mark when he was hitting his consistent, lefty returns. He elaborated, "It had enough mass to be stable on my chip returns, but it was light enough to actually hit through the ball with topspin."
Mark - "The Spin Deeper 315g is a frame type that I am familiar with and like. It has a modern firm, oval beam shape down toward the 'Y' and the throat, with a forgiving angular shape in the hoop portion. I liked the easy access to power and spin with a full bed of poly."
Karly - "The power and spin. I loved being able to consistently hit deep within the court or mix up my shots with a variety of spin."
Andy - "I enjoyed the maneuverability and easy access to power and spin. The feel is quite responsive, too, and I felt very connected to my shots. This is a fun racquet to hit with for sure!"
Michelle - "Powerful and stiff...two things I enjoy in my racquets! I also like the unique paint job."
Mark - "As with the other wide open string pattern racquets I play with, I benefited from being able to hit the ball higher over the net. If my ball landed short it sat up perfectly for my opponents to approach the net. I suppose that is more of a 'me' thing than anything else, as I have the same issue with my Steam 99S."
Karly - "The lack of dampening technologies made this racquet hard on the arm, and it felt a lot stiffer than the actual RA rating."
Andy - "At times I felt out of control, especially on my slice backhand or chip return. I also felt the racquet got pushed around at times by big-hitting opponents."
Michelle - "I felt like there was a pretty erratic response off the stringbed, and if I didn't make contact under the ball and accelerate just right the ball had a tendency to fly. It didn't pair great with my flatter game and was a bit erratic for my tastes. With that being said, there hasn't been a spin racquet yet that I have really liked. Also, there isn't a lot of dampening in the racquet and that made it feel harsh when I hit outside the sweetspot."
Mark - "I have to mention the Wilson Steam 99S, the Steam 99, the Head YOUTEK IG 2.0 Extreme MP/Pro 2.0, Babolat Pure Drive Roddick, and the Wilson Blade 98 16x19 as comparable options."
Karly - "The Spin Deeper 315g reminded me a lot of the Gamma RZR 100 - powerful, great spin potential and similar feel. The biggest difference was the control and maneuverability. The RZR 100 was easier to swing, but the Spin Deeper 315g offered more control."
Andy - "It felt like an older-generation Babolat Pure Drive to me, with a more open, spin-friendly string pattern. It doesn't have quite the same level of power and stability that the Pure Drive has, though. I'd also compare it to the Head YOUTEK IG Extreme Pro 2.0."
Michelle - "I find it to be similar to a Babolat AeroPro Drive Plus, or even a Wilson Juice 100S. Unfortunately, it doesn't feel as solid to me and doesn't have the technologies that those racquets have to keep it comfortable."
(Scores are determined by averaging individual play test scores)
|Mark's Scores
|Karly's Scores
|Andy's Scores
|Michelle's Scores
Mark: 5.0 lefty all-court player with a one-handed backhand. He currently plays with the Wilson Steam 99S.
Karly: 4.0 baseline player currently playing with the Volkl Organix 10 Mid. She hits with a semi-western forehand grip and uses a two handed backhand.
Andy: Open level all court player with a semi-western forehand grip and a two handed backhand. Andy currently using a Wilson Blade 98 18x20.
Michelle: Open level baseline player with a semi-western forehand and a two handed backhand. She currently plays with the Babolat Pure Drive Roddick.
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Tim Kurkjian's Catching ArticleJanuary 6, 2011
Baseball journalist and ESPN analyst, Tim Kurkjian just came out with an excellent article about the importance of the intangible aspects of catching and the impact they have on a team. Game calling, managing personalities, controlling the pace of game – all the subtle things make a catcher so important.
He called me the other day for some information and here's a couple small excerpts of what I had to say from Tim's article…
"You're preaching to the choir, you're talking to a guy who made his house payments [by calling and running a game]," said Brent Mayne, who caught in the major leagues from 1990-2004. "What's the most important part of the game? Pitching. If it wasn't, why would teams throw this kind of money around lately? [That said] you have to have a good catcher. It's like having a phenomenal race horse, but no jockey. Will the horse win the race without one? Probably not. Someone has to know when to use the crop and when not to."
"Some pitchers need to be patted on the back, some need to be kicked in the ass, and a catcher has to have a feel for that," Mayne said. "That's extremely important, and it's rare today. You have to be able to sense that. You have to be an amateur psychologist in some ways. There's so much more to pitching than following a scouting report to a tee. That's not how it works. That's not the ultimate decision. The ultimate decision is the feeling in your gut. Carlos Ruiz has that, and Cliff Lee knows he has that. Anyone can sit in the stands and look at a scouting report, or an iPod, and know what to throw next. But sitting in the stands, you can't see the subtle shift that the hitter makes after a pitch. Only the catcher can see that. And that's where the feel for the pitcher comes in. The best pitch any pitcher can throw is the one he can throw with conviction, whether it's the right pitch or the wrong pitch. The catcher's job is to give him that conviction."
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Manly Beacon Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Nov 21, 2016
|Finally went up this after eyeing it on several hikes near it, by it, and around it. Glad I did it! Fun!
|Posted Dec 1, 2016 4:51 pm
|Knife Edge Dried Mud
Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2012
|This was incredible!!
|Posted Oct 30, 2015 12:20 pm
Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2013
|Pretty slippery and muddy. Short and fun.
|Posted Nov 26, 2013 1:23 pm
|Stu Brandel
|Second Time, With Evan
Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2013
|Did this one again because my son saw the photos from my first time and insisted on going up himself. From Golden Canyon this time.
|Posted Mar 28, 2013 10:01 pm
|Manly Beacon
|2010 - solo
|Posted Feb 24, 2013 10:32 pm
|Stu Brandel
|Exposure is Intense
Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2012
|Exposure of the route is intense, as is exposure to sun. Carry more water than you know you will need. We didn't and paid on the climb back to Zabriske Point.
|Posted Mar 22, 2012 10:37 pm
|Matt Lemke
|Summit Sunset!
Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2012
|Climbed up the north ridge...fun little scramble
|Posted Feb 22, 2012 3:59 pm
|The Best
Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2012
|This is the most bad-ass little peak. After one month I just had to come back.
I made a 3rd ascent with Heather, January 3, 2015.
|Posted Jan 22, 2012 8:25 pm
|Great time
Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2012
|Posted Jan 18, 2012 8:20 pm
|Josh Lewis
Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2011
|This was certainly a surprise from any other kind of mountaineering I have ever done. I give the standard route 5 stars just because of how interesting the terrain was. I would recommend this place to a friend.
|Posted Dec 19, 2011 4:49 pm
|A Wicked Little Peak
Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2011
|Golden Canyon is definitely one of the neatest places on earth and Manly Beacon is an awe-inspiring sight. This is the only peak I have climbed that has a negative starting elevation. The day after climbing Mount Whitney we came to Golden Canyon with only an hour left of daylight. Josh Lewis and I ran up and down a number of narrow ridges in a geological maze until we found the right way to access the beacon. Talk about knife-edge dirt! We barely made it out before dark. Very exciting terrain!
|Posted Dec 12, 2011 1:59 pm
|A Required Visit at Death Valley
|Climbed several times over the years.
|Posted Aug 13, 2011 10:15 pm
|Bob Sihler
|Third time
Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2008
|It had been eleven years and was nigh time for another visit to this neat little summit. Just as much fun as before, and a good place to reminisce since this was my first summit in the West. I hope to go up with my son in April 2011.
|Posted Jan 30, 2011 3:42 pm
|Matt Horbal
|From Zabriske via established social trail
Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2009
|Posted Dec 13, 2009 3:29 am
|Sunset on the Summit
Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2008
|My first visit to Death Valley and my first peak in the area. I watched the sunset from the summit. I did Pyramid Peak and Eagle Mountain the following days.
|Posted Nov 10, 2008 3:57 pm
|Bob Sihler
|Route Climbed: from Zabriskie Point, from Golden Canyon Date Climbed: April 2, 1996 and March 23, 1997
|My brother Chris and I hiked up here twice; it was my introduction to the Great Golden West. Easy hike, a little steep and loose near the summit, but the most memorable part (both times) was being dive-bombed by birds that must have been nesting up there.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 8:15 pm
|Route Climbed: Southern-most ridge Date Climbed: Dec. 27th, 2003
|Ascended the Beacon with hyperboliticians after following Gower Gulch up to Zabriskie Point. The purchase was quite loose as the soil condition is quite powdery. The views of the Badlands, the Red Cathedral, and Death Valley below were spectacular. The variation in colors is remarkable!
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My Advent of Magnanimous Despair: Doubt and Depression Mediated Through Poetry
For me, Advent means that God is coming into your life — is already there, in fact, has always been there, but you are about to experience that fact in an unprecedented way. I have come to view my experience of losing my faith and falling into anxiety and depression, into fear of damnation, into hopelessness, as being God's advent into my life.
My first 25 years as a devoted member of a conservative, Protestant Christian tradition were never easy, and I had always been plagued with doubts and fears from early childhood on, but I never anticipated the traumatic loss of faith that I experienced in my 25th year.
About a year and a half ago, my doubts became unrelenting. And suddenly the only framework I ever had for understanding life and for making meaning was whisked away. This coincided with an event that sparked a year-long cycle of severe anxiety and depression unlike anything I had ever experienced. I was going through each day in terror and despair, literally shaking — for months.
On the one hand, I no longer believed in hell; on the other, I very much believed that I was destined for it because of my loss of faith and that I was experiencing only a foretaste of untold suffering in my anxiety and depression.
This spiritual agony was exacerbated by an anxiety disorder I have had since I was very young as well as concomitant depression, which I had never before experienced.
My intention is not to elicit pity or to exaggerate my experience for dramatic effect. I simply want to give a context for the poem below — and, as unlikely as it may seem, to link it to the idea of Advent.
In that time, I often remembered some of those who had experienced the same darkness I was undergoing. There was the ultimate example of Christ on the cross, when the Father turned His back, and I really should invoke that example more than any here, as I'm discussing the Christian idea of Advent. But, as you can imagine, that example was problematic for me in my loss of faith, and it often served only to increase my distress. Instead, I turned more often to the book of Job, the most distressed psalms, and to poets like George Herbert and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
In "The Search," Herbert addresses God, writing, "Be not Almightie, let me say, / Against, but for me." Hopkins writes, "That night, that year / Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God."
There were others who had fallen into darkness, who had wrestled with God before me. This fact did not often feel like any consolation at all, but it did keep me from the danger of ultimate self-absorption — perhaps the primary danger for anyone undergoing anxiety or depression or trauma of any kind — thinking my situation utterly unique.
My situation was not unique, of course, and my sense of that was mediated through the work of poets, both ancient and more recent. And when I found myself able to write during this period of darkness, it was the styles of those poets that were meaningful to me, that showed up in my own writing and enabled me to explore my own experience.
For that reason, the styles of the sections of "Weak Devotions" are various; they are different ways of examining, thinking about, expressing my struggle; they are hands reaching out to those who had undergone similar struggles. Much of the poem was written over the course of the most acute period of my difficulty.
I have not returned to and do not anticipate returning to the kind of orthodox Christian faith I once had. I do, however, in my better moments, believe in God and God's goodness, and say with Herbert, "if I imp my wing on thine, / Affliction shall advance the flight in me".
I have a very strong sense that I have been taken through these experiences. That sense has often caused me terror and anger, but I know that the way I think and feel has been changed and will never be the same, and out of my despair I have been brought to a place of faith, weak though it may be. Now perhaps I have some idea of what Andrew Marvell meant when he wrote in "The Definition of Love": "Magnanimous Despair alone / Could show me so divine a thing, / Where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, / but vainly flapped its tinsel wing".
We have faith; we lose faith. We have times of peace; we have times of great distress. And I have found that God enters life not only through belief but also through unbelief, not only through rejoicing but also through fear and outrage. As the angel says to Caedmon in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, "Nevertheless, you must sing."
Weak Devotions
Why do You leave
some recess of my mind,
my heart, unlorded?
Leave nothing behind
that will linger in shit
and wallow and grind
itself in filthy defiance,
in masochistic, blind
groping after further
blasphemies. Furnace, kind
Lord, the furthest reaches
of me—make me refined.
Make me new. Take me to You.
Why have You assigned
this torture to me,
this desperate mind
that thinks inevitably
what it fears to think? Be kind
and do not let me be.
Need I remind
You, Lord, that You lay claim
to even the blindness of the purblind
worm—not only its righteous
wriggling? Be kind and be, kind
Lord, what You rightly are.
Rule what—whatsoever—you find.
Rein me in and reign in me.
There is freedom only when You bind.
Take me wholly, holy God.
Wholly, Holy. Mind my mind.
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul longs for You, O God.
I would rather be afflicted at Your hand forever
than be coddled by the hand of the devil.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
I trust Your affliction, and hardship from Your hand gives me hope.
But the ease and luxuries of the evil one I despise.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
All Your waves and breakers have swept over me.
Religion is a Crutch
but not at first—first it is the diagnosis
and the medication prescribed,
it is the scalpel and the surgeon's hand,
it is the surgery and the hospital bed,
the death of anesthesia and the waking up.
And yes it is the crutch by which one heals
and learns to walk and live all over again.
And you say crutch as if it were an easy thing.
In my mind there is a population of squirrels
in a field of doubt, each one a question
about You. They are not pretty squirrels.
They are mangy, trembling things with teeth.
They are rummaging in the grass and darting
up and down the trees, gnawing and twitching.
But when they feel the wind of Your passing,
they freeze where they are and lean back on their haunches,
hands folded in front, asking forgiveness.
They become so beautiful I forget they're mine.
Sometimes I'm afraid that I am damned
by God. Such blasphemies have entered my mind
as I dare not repeat for fear of making others stumble.
And once something enters my mind,
I have to wonder if it originated in my heart.
(Let it not be so!)
Sometimes the only relief
is this feeling that, even if I were damned,
I would say: If it be Your will, may it be so.
Is this something someone who was damned
would say—or hope to say?
Our holiest act is to enter into mystery,
just as God's holiest act was to enter
into mortal flesh, into death—
the only mystery available to Him.
The Harrowing
not of Hell only, but of the earth,
and not in strength of arms, but in assumed
vulnerability, in mortal flesh,
in sacrifice. What kind of God creates
a world that will necessitate His own
suffering, His harrowing of Himself?
That God and no other would I have
harrow my heart and be hallowed in it.
Sometimes I don't want to praise You, Lord.
I'd rather let the stones cry out
and see if they can shame me into song,
rid me of my muting doubt.
Here's my voice in praise—though it seems wrong
for You to prefer my stony song to the stones' accord.
Spring again.
Rain showers beat the dogwood and lilac.
Glory petals strew the path
of my undeserving.
He does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
The next day, I walk by again.
The petals are sliming in the sun,
stricken with flies,
and the world is briefly
telling the truth about me.
and if in spring it suddenly turns
cold and a dead brown leaf scritches
against a branch
harsh thing
are You saying to me
over and again
My heart is creaturely before You.
And if I am full of anger, have mercy.
And if I am crooked, remember me.
And if my thoughts are (all my thinking isisis)
perverse, release me.
And if I know love only from a fearful distance,
take me to You, writhing and undone.
I do not want I want I want I want
(kicking and yelping) Your law,
a leash around my neck. (Have mercy.)
Without it I am not fit for company.
Do not leave me
feral and alone—yank
my heart that it may come heeling
and creaturely before You.
Remember my partitioned
hearts, sevenly seeking to
love You, little seats for Your
smallest mercies to topple
in their lightest sitting down.
I grew older. The terrors of my childhood—
anxious days, sleepless nights weeping,
gasping for breath, afraid of the strangeness
of death and afraid of the strangeness
of existence—became mostly a memory.
I thought I had become a man.
I thought I had learned how to live.
But You said, Look, you are a child again,
and in that moment I suffered Your terrors anew,
and they did not end. Week one. Week two. Week three.
Over and over I despaired of peace, of life itself.
You said, Look, you are a child again.
And in my self-pity and in my anger
I was not listening. You terrified me,
You terrified me, You brought me down
into the pit. And You said, Look,
you are a child again. And I said,
How dare You? I cannot endure.
And You said, Nevertheless.
And I said, Why? And I raged
and I shook and I wept for weeks,
and then I fell silent in my despair.
And You said, Look, you are a child again,
and now you can call me Father.
I have envied, yes,
the dog that cannot think of hell—
I have envied the dust mite,
the palm tree and the stone.
And can I say
(can I tell You something
I've never told You before?)
that I have envied nonthings
because they do not exist.
There is so much anger in me
because we are mortal and suffer
in body and soul—
I am full of bile,
but won't You turn it into sweetness?
If You can make honey
in the carcass of a lion,
can't You do this in me?
Though there is a sorrow comes
that cannot be dissuaded,
and a fear that will not subside,
beauty insists—
little imperfect trumpet
of God's glory blown into purple bloom
on the chain-link fence. And you see it.
"Weak Devotions" originally appeared in Poetry East (#69, Fall, 2010).
Image above: "We Wait Bowing I" by Grace Carol Bomer
Luke Hankins is an associate editor of Asheville Poetry Review and lives in Asheville, North Carolina. His poetry, translation, and prose have appeared in many places, including The Cortland Review, New England Review, and Southern Poetry Review. A chapbook of his translations of French poems by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu is forthcoming from Q Ave Press and regularly posts to his blog A Way of Happening.
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I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
^ Because the world literally turned into Ice before his eyes, by the Silver's magic. Everything that was in his spectrum of vision, have been turned into an ice land.
The first thing one should first understand, is that this is a village, but this not a humans village, it is a Village of Giants, thus it's quite likely even bigger than human towns, since every building and street were made for the Giant's size and not humans.
Not to mention that mountains around the village also got frozen.
In other words, the amount of power that Siver posses is immense, he not only slew a Dragon, but even turned a big amount of land into pure ice. Compared to Ul, who was considered to be at the level of the 10 Saint Wizards, was only able freeze one Demon, the Absolute Zero must be at level of the top 4 Saints, or even stronger than that.
Of course, saying that he is stronger than Ul, who was considered on the level of the 10 Saints Wizards, is pretty safe. Everything else, no to so much.
First of, from the Skiadrum's and Weisslogia's example, we know that Dragons can get sick and old, which might result with their power rapidly dropping (though it wasn't said that they have become weaker, only that they didn't have much time left to life, IIRC). Similar thing might have become with Atlas Flame, who might have been injured in the war, or simply became weaker in time.
A whole other case is that he was acting as a Guardian Dragon, along with the fact that Silver's magic seemingly works very similar to Iced Shell, which means that like Atlas Flame, every thing else should be dead or slowly dying in that ice, which turned out that only Atlas died. It's quite possible, that Atlas, acting as a Guardian, used his power to protect every living thing in the village that was blessed by him, which in turn would explain why plants and giants are alright, yet Atlas being the only dead one.
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Another thing is Atlas Flame melted his ice magic in his spirit form with what little magic he had left, if he was there alive like during the GMG I'm sure it would've went the other. I think Atlas died since the inception of the village, he probably sacrificed himself to create that eternal flame and keep his spirit intact to act as a guardian.
P.S. is it just me that noticed the giants don't have a clue what happened, it's like they weren't aware Silver froze their entire village.
I'm starting to wonder if there a "Dark Version of the Wizard Saints" for the Dark Guilds. And Silver is one of them, and he might be related to Grey, his look, his name and his magic are VERY close.I still wonder why Natsu had to give Atlas his fire to help him out since its Milky Way anyways I thought they couldn't do anything since its a ghost form. I predict they're might be a series of Slayer Magics, We have yet to see a Ice Dragon Slayer or Ice God Slayer Magic. Also Why does Silver hate or he demons if he's apart of an dark guild XD.
Well, if we take into consideration Atla's words that he mistook Silver for something else than a human, Silver words about eating the demons and the fact that he belongs to a powerful dark guild, it might mean that Silver is not fully human.
[QUOTE=kiduka;1334497]You know, I don't think Silver actually slew Atlas Flame, otherwise he would've froze Atlas Flame's actual physical form not the eternal flame he left behind. I think Atlas Flame spirit was there just observing much like Mavis during the Tenrou Ark, unless Silver can summon spirits like Wendy I don't think they had any confrontation.
Another thing is Atlas Flame melted his ice magic in his spirit form with what little magic he had left, if he was there alive like during the GMG I'm sure it would've went the other. I think Atlas died since the inception of the village, he probably sacrificed himself to create that eternal flame and keep his spirit intact to act as a guardian.
P.S. is it just me that noticed the giants don't have a clue what happened, it's like they weren't aware Silver froze their entire village.[/QUOTE
Well Atlas says that he continued to burn strong for 400 years, this means that 400 years later something happened (Silver came) and he no longer could burn strong. It sounds more like his way of saying that he survived all this time (which is quite something seeing as most Dragons died 400 years ago and not many survived).
The phrase "I am... not longer of this world... but that is something from distant past..." might be because of his memories deteriorating and the fact the he doesn't know for how long was he frozen (we don't really know how long ago was Atlas frozen, but seeing as even Wendy says: "by being frozen from Ice Magic for so long", might actually mean that it might even been a decade ago, since supposedly Flare was young when she left the village).
Atlas was most likely alive, because he was conscious this whole time even without the Milky Way. He does mention that he have seen the man and mistook for something else and the man did the same, he even knows that Silver took down the whole village along with him ("a single human... changed the world to Ice").
Also, if Atlas wasn't alive, then what would be the point of hunting a dead "Demon" ?
We don't know exactly how Silver's magic works, but Atlas mention that he froze the village to erase him. It's possible that he froze the village because he know that most of Atla's magic will go to guarding the villages, thus leaving him vulnerable. The other possibility is that the magic was simply that powerful, that the after effect, or splash effect, also froze the villagers, while the main portion hit Atlas.
Atlas was on the verge of death anyways, his life span might be up. I'm not sure but are the dragons mortal or immortal within the series? I think Milky Way put Atlas in a state where he could talk. Milky Way power is still kinda vague on information. What's with all these Dark Guilds XD. I seriously think there might be a Evil Version of the Wizard Saints, because some of these people are really Over Powered.


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Comments: These are one of my favorite baits right now, I put these 4.8in on a 3/8 lead head or the 2.8in on an under-spin and its GAME OVER for the LMB's. The strike that you'll get on these baits are RIDICULOUS!!!!! I usually stick to my Green/black in color, try it you wont be disappointed. The only down side to the bait is that after one fish the Bait is pretty much trashed because the head wont hold to the lead head after its been pulled back. Just my 2 cents.
From: Ricky: Diamond Valley Lake CA.
Comments: I have only used the 4.8's. these are awsome swimbaits. On the A Rig they are deadly. They swim so good in the water and the fish can't resist them
From: Rob: East Bay, CA
Comments: These are terrible baits, they wreck giant smallmouth which are no fun to catch. Buy something else! Seriously guys.. If you fish tournaments whats an extra $10 in baits a tournament especially if you cash a cheque?
From: Tim: Canada
Comments: Awesome baits. Price doesn't bother me, but the durability does to some extent. These are loaded with salt, similar to Yamamoto baits. Because of this I feel that they do get bit more than the average paddletail, but at the expense of durability. When rigged on a jig head, it only takes a few fish to tear the bait down off the hook holder. Even with super glue, mend-it, etc..the salt in the bait makes it tough to be repaired effectively. Packaging is great, action is great, effectiveness is great.
From: Justin: Long Beach
Comments: This is a great bait!! For all you whiny kids that complain about price, they are worth it! I even caught bass on a bait after it got its tail ripped off hahaha!!! You definitely want to get the biggest size and rig with a 6/0 owner beast hook. I used that and caught a 7lber!
From: Ryan: CA
Comments: Very much worth the price. Comes in great packaging, keeping tails straight until use. Great thumping action on the tail. Was fishing for smallies w/ a 2.8" and they loved it, as did the crappie!
From: Jon: WY
Comments: Insane swimming action fish can't resist . When nothing works this thing will procedures fish . Caught few descent size bass on first day testing with 4.8 , but fish tear them up very easily.
From: Fishkiller01: NYC, NY
Comments: Let peeps keep crying about the price. Cool, dont use em. More fish for me! Just a simple 1/8 oz round jig head with a good hook works fine. Superglue the bait to the jig head. Slow roll. These things are the real deal, homie.
From: Meatwad: Swimmin FAT
Comments: The KEITECH 3.8 and 4.8 is all i throw in the spring and Fall once you really figure out how to properly rig and use them there is no other bait that will come close !!! Best Bag using the 4.8 !!! on Champlain fish 22.63lbs !!!!
From: Clemente: Farmington, CT
Comments: Killer baits. The best for me have been the 3.8, they slay smallmouth up North. Throw them for smallies on shallow sand flats in the spring and you can't go wrong. The 4.8 has an awesome action on a weighted swimbait hook; these have been my go to baits for quite a while. The 5.8 has been a great throwback Muskie bait for me, wish they would come out with a 6.8 size.
From: Zach: NJ
Comments: Absolutely awesome, caught two citation smallies here in virginia in the past week on the 5.8 inch version with a 1/2 oz swimbait jig head. The action is unmatched, I wont throw another paddle tail after using these. The fish honestly seem to go after the bigger types, A buddy threw the 4.8 the whole day and couldnt get bit!
Comments: amazing biat great action i caught a 10 lb bass on one fish love the feel of them when the fishing is hard thats my go to bait also it is a wonderful trailer to spinner baits
From: Joey: NJ
Comments: this bait is the real deal for northern waters, 3.8 for smallies and 4.8 for largies. so many ways to fish them. don't leave the dock without them or mend-it because when the fish tear them up you'll need to perform surgery.
From: Jeff: Jersey
Comments: Although we dont have Bass here in Switzerland (except in 1 lake) i have found these to be my favourite lure for Perch in 2.8" with dark colours and amazing for Pike in any size over 3.8". Got my biggest Pike of 95 cm on a Ayu 4.8"
From: Dooly: Baar, Switzerland