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Help Fill Sandbags
On May 18, at 10:30 a.m., a sandbagging effort will be held at the State Park in Green River. Sandbags will be filled and made ready for distribution. Agencies involved will be Emery County Sheriff's Office, Grand County Sheriff's Office and Utah State Parks. Volunteers from the community are needed and are welcome to participate. The Green River is expected to reach flood stage this year.
Flood Watch
The Emery County Sheriff's Office has issued an alert to those farmers and ranchers with properties along the Green River. The Green River is expected to reach the flooding stage in mid-May. This high water warning will be in effect until the first of July.
Anyone with livestock or water pumps or equipment along the Green River is urged to move them to higher ground to avoid loss of property and livestock. The snow pack is much higher than normal for the Green River drainage. There is more snow pack left in the mountains than during the flooding years of 1983 and 1984.
All creeks and waterways in Emery County could be running 50 percent higher than what is usually seen this time of year. Extreme caution is needed around waterways.
Flowers for No Grave Unadorned Project
Volunteers will gather at Desert Edge Christian Chapel, 500 South Main in Huntington, at 10 a.m. on May 20 to make flowers for the No Graves Unadorned project sponsored by the Emery County Progress and the Sun Advocate. Everyone is welcome to come out and help make flowers.
American Legion Yard and Bake Sale
A yard sale and bake sale will be held at Mayor's Park in Ferron on May 21 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. All proceeds from the sales will go toward Utah Girls State, Operation Home Support, and Sub for Santa. These sales will be hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 42.
Castle Dale Library To Begin Saturday Hours
The Castle Dale Library will be opening its doors on Saturdays beginning June 4. The Saturday hours will be from 9:30 a.m-5 p.m. and there will be a Story time at 1 p.m.
East Carbon High Reunion
The East Carbon High Class of '66 is holding a 45th reunion and is attempting to contact the following graduates: Randy Collins, Alice Hancock, Evelyn McManus, and Donna Waring. If you have any information, please contact Don Logston at (435) 888-6679 or (435) 636-2877.
Relay For Life
It's time to get ready for Relay For Life 2011. It will be held on July 15-16 at the Emery High School track. Get a team together and come and support a great cause. Sign up your team online @ www.relayforlife.org/castledaleut. Team captain meetings will be held the first Wednesday of every month upstairs in the old courthouse at 6:30 p.m. Questions? contact Valarie Farnsworth 749-0367 or Amanda Bjarnson 749-1516.
Little Miss Emery Pageant 2011
The Little Miss Emery Pageant will be held on June 16 at Huntington Elementary. Categories for the pageant are: Miss Teen; 13-17 years, Jr. Miss; 9-12 years, Little Miss; 5-8 years, Miss Photogenic, Participants must pre-register by May 25. For more information contact: Tifnie Hansen at 820-1431 or Becky Bunnell at 687-2632.
Princess Tea Party Fundraiser
June 4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Museum of the San Rafael, tickets $6 adults, $12 children. Pictures will be taken from 12-1 p.m. Must pre-register online at www.emerycounty.com by no later than May 21. Questions contact the Emery County Recreation Center. 381-2108.
You Can Help
Natasha Nicole Brinkerhoff, the daughter of Dave and Joan Brinkerhoff of Orangeville, is a 19 year old vibrant girl. In 2009 she was diagnosed with Melanoma skin cancer localized on her head. She beat that cancer like a champ.
But on April 5, 2011 she was diagnosed with stage IV Melanoma in her lungs, the most severe type of melanoma. She has tumors all over her lungs. Treatment will cost up to hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Anyone wishing to help out Natasha and her family may donate through an account that has been set up at Zions Bank in the name of Tasha Brinkerhoff.
Food Handler's Classes
Emery County: June 15 at 4 and 7 p.m. Southeastern Utah District Health Dept. 25 W. Main (next to Boyd's Pharmacy).
Carbon County: June 14, at 9 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Southeastern Utah District Health Dept. 28 S. 100 E. in Price.
The cost is $15 (cards are good for 3 years). Classes are 2 hours long. Current cards are required for all people working in, but limited to restaurants, bars, nursing homes, school cafeterias, convenience, stores, deli's and The Department of Agriculture Cottage Food Rule. For more information call 435-381-2252.
Miss Congeniality Pageant
August 2-6, 2011 Castle Dale. Winner will recieve $1,500 scholarship, gifts, crown, and will compete at Miss Utah 2012.
For more information about this pageant please contact: Laurie Pitchforth 435-749-2127 or e-mail email@example.com
Narcotics Anonymous
Drug Problem? We can help. We're Narcotics Anonymous.
Wednesday evenings 7 p.m. 765 Valley View Drive Castle Dale.
Learn to sew
Jody Porter will be holding Sewing Days on the 2nd and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Free of Charge. You can learn to sew, or work on any project you desire. Bring materials & sewing machine. For questions call 749-9478. Beginners are welcome. Come and learn self-reliance skills. Class runs from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. anytime between those hours. Class at the Orangeville community center.
Utah Center for
Rural Health
Health Career Exploration Camp
High School students interested in a future health care career are invited to participate in the annual Health Career Exploration Camp at Southern Utah University. The camp will take place June 20 - 22 and is open to all 10th - 12th grade high school students who have a minimum 3.0 GPA (students who have finished their 9th grade year prior to camp are eligible to attend).
The camp is designed to teach students about health care careers in a hands-on learning environment with health care professionals. Participants will participate in 7 different workshops, as well as participate in the SUU-Rocky Mountain Power Challenge Course to learn leadership skills. Workshops are hands-on and teach students about careers such as: Veterinary, Dentistry, Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Medical Technologist, Respiratory Therapy and many more. Group activities, including keynote speakers and an outdoor dinner and dance are also included.
Cost for the camp is $100.00, which includes housing during the camp at The Eccles Living & Learning Center, meals, workshop supplies and a camp t-shirt. Scholarships are available to reduce or waive the cost of camp for individuals who qualify based on household income. Transportation to and from Southern Utah University is up to the individual attendee.
The Health Career Exploration Camp is sponsored by the Utah Center for Rural Health at Southern Utah University. For more information you can contact Carrie Torgersen at 435-638-7449 or email@example.com. Application packets for the camp can be downloaded at www.suu.edu/ruralhealth. Space is limited and participants will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Stitches From The Heart
Stitches From The Heart needs volunteers to knit, crochet or quilt blankets, little sweaters and hats for babies in need. These items are donated to hospitals all over the country. Patterns available. Donated yarn appreciated for our seniors. Toll free 877-985-9212 or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com or write us at 4572 Telephone Road, #909, Ventura CA 93003. Our web site www.stitchesFromTheHeart.org.
Drug Tip Hotline
Report any suspicious activity to 381-2888. You can remain anonymous.
Attention Class of 2001
We are trying to contact our classmates. Our class reunion will be on July 16. Please contact us with your information. Contacts: Amy Stevens Jones (435) 650-4194, Brena Gomez Simkins (435) 650-0290.
New Website for Desert Edge
Desert Edge Christian Chapel in Huntington has a new website, www.desertedge.info. Sermons, worship times, and other important information can be found on this site. Check it out.
Huntington Zumba
Zumba dance will be held at LaRae's Dance Studio in Huntington on Monday and Wednesday mornings at 6:30 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. The cost is $35 a month or $5 a class.
Lodge meetings
Orient Lodge #15 Free And Accepted Masons Of Utah - Regular meetings for
Orient Lodge #15 F&AM In Green River, Utah are on the first Mondays of the
month at 7 p.m. The Lodge is located at 30 West 3rd Ave. Green River, UT
84525. Call Sean Bailey - Senior Warden for more information 435-650-8033.
687-9746 with questions.
Alcoholics Anonymous
An AA meeting will be held every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Ferron at the Senior Center, 190 N. 300 W. For information call Paul -749-9697 or Jan - 384-2773. Volunteer Drive


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
Forgetting the nonsense that had taken place a week earlier in a game at Park City, the Emery High Spartan football team opened the 2007 3-A football playoffs with a resounding 35-14 win against the Uintah Utes in Castle Dale. In another dominant performance, the Emery offense rolled up 449 yards of total offense while the Emery defense held the Uintah passing attack to a total of 66 yards.
Most teams that Emery has played this season have been running teams that throw the ball once in a while to keep other teams honest. Uintah is a team that bases their offensive efforts on throwing the ball and they run it once in a while to keep other teams honest. Against Emery, the effort failed.
Emery allowed Uintah to complete only 10 passes in 26 attempts. Cody Allen, Emery's free safety, had two interceptions for the Spartans and had another ball bounce off his face mask as he led the pass coverage effort. Jordan Gee, Gatlin Huntington and Colby Snow also were out in coverage all game long and each did a commendable job. The Emery defensive backs, if their man actually caught the ball, were there to make the hard hit and bring them immediately down as they all tackled well throughout the game.
Emery allowed the Utes to rush for 91 yards with 48 yards coming on a play that was a touchdown for Uintah. Uintah only picked up 51 yards in the second half as Emery's half time adjustments must have worked. Emery also recovered a fumble on a kick-off that nearly led to another score at the end of the first half.
Dempsey Jeffs had another good game at quarterback. Jeffs completed six of nine passes in the first half and seven of nine in the second half for a total of 13 for 18. The passes picked up 160 yards and they included three tosses for touchdowns. Jeffs hit wingback Jordan Gee for a 16-yard touchdown on Emery's first series of the game. Just before halftime, Jeffs completed a 22-yard pass to Colby Snow for another touchdown. In the second half, Jeffs hit Cody Allen for another touchdown, this one from 20 yards out.
Mike Jones led the Spartan ground attack. As a team, Emery picked up 289 yards on the ground. Mike had 144 yards and had a 48-yard touchdown run in the second series of the game. Gee, Allen, Snow and Jeffs accounted for most of the other yardage. Senior Ryne Jones, who has been nursing a foot injury since the Carbon game, returned to action for the first time and ran the ball for 35 yards.
Emery's offensive line and defensive front seven also did a great job of controlling the line of scrimmage and not allowing Uintah to ever get up a head of steam and cause a real threat.
The only negative in the game was the fact that Emery lost the ball three times in the first half with a fumble. The first fumble did Emery no harm but the second led to a Uintah touchdown, their first of the game. The last fumble occurred at the Uintah goal line and prevented another Emery touchdown.
In 11 possessions for Uintah they ran a total of 44 plays. Those 44 plays included two interceptions, a fumble and three punts. Emery, on the other hand had 78 offensive plays in the game.
Emery now will play Wasatch High in Heber City this Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. Wasatch was the region champion for region 10 but lost earlier in the season to North Sanpete so the game could be a toss up.
Three teams from region 8 won their games last weekend. Delta defeated Hurricane and Juan Diego defeated Ben Lomond besides Emery winning. Wasatch, Union and Judge Memorial won from region 10 and region champs Cedar and Logan also were victorious. Logan's win came with 18 seconds left in the game. They blocked a Park City punt that they recovered in the end zone for a touchdown.


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Mercanti Fiorentini Classic Slip-On
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — What if nobody is No. 1?
Maybe college basketball overflows this season with a lot of No. 2s and 3s, and we wait for someone's signature victory to give us a clue, as they come and go at the top. A sign that karma might indeed choose a frontrunner by March.
Sunday, it looked like Indiana.
BOX SCORE: No. 1 Indiana 81, No. 10 Ohio State 68
RECAP: Hoosiers avoid letdown vs. Buckeyes
Here, at last, was a No. 1 team playing like a No. 1 team, dominating No. 10 Ohio State 81-68. A day when three players — Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo and Christian Watford — all had at least 20 points and missed only 10 of 32 shots. A day when the Hoosiers beat a top-10 team on the road for the first time in more than 12 years.
Finally, an unimpeachable argument for a No. 1 team to stay No. 1. Finally, you begin to see the makings of a team comfortable with its burden.
"I really don't think we've scratched the surface on how good we can be,'' Oladipo said. "We want to be the last one standing.''
Except the Hoosiers will probably be voted out of the top spot Monday because of a stunning loss at Illinois. The curvy road in the rankings.
"The only one that will matter is the one at the end of the season,'' Zeller said Sunday. "So we don't worry about it too much.''
WHO'S NO. 1?: Making the case for Miami
Lots of bad things have happened this season to lots of good teams.
Duke went from No. 1 to losing by 27 points to Miami.
Louisville and Kansas went from No. 1 to three-game losing streaks.
Three days ago, the No. 1 Hoosiers blew a 10-point lead in the last minutes, and left an Illini player alone in his own ZIP code for a game-winning layup at the end.
Two days ago, Tom Crean began Indiana practice with a homily on the need to put teams away.
Sunday, the Hoosiers grabbed Ohio State by the throat and never let go.
"It's one thing to talk it as a coach, it's another thing to see it on film, it's a whole other thing when they absorb it,'' Crean said.
Which they did. This was an aberration in what has become a blood-curdling Big Ten season, where it seems every game is played to the last gasp.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Vote on which team should be No. 1
The Buckeyes tried everything. That including having the first two letters of the O-H-I-O cheer on the scoreboard screen uttered by one Bob Knight. That name might ring a bell in Indiana.
But not even Knight with the O and the H could save the Buckeyes.
"Playing to win and not just playing for the time to run out,'' Zeller called it. "I think we grew up a lot tonight.''
The Hoosiers have had do a lot of that.
There was the pressure of starting the season No. 1 and losing the position. Twice.
"We've never really been down this road,'' Crean said. "You get that ranking back and then you lose the game and there are all kinds of emotions and thoughts going through your heads, and the tough ones, they figure out that it's all about improvement.''
INSTANT CLASSIC: Breaking down Louisville, ND's thriller
There was pressure of Zeller as a magazine cover pick to be national player of the year as a sophomore.
"I feel like sometimes I have to defend them, especially Cody'' Crean said. "When you have a player like Cody, what you learn is the expectation for him is going to be different. It's going to different with the media, it's going to be different with the public. The thing you can't ever do is buy into what an outsider's expectation level is. You've got to make sure what his expectation level should be.''
And there is Oladipo. If Miami is the trendy pick for the new No. 1, Oladipo is the flavor of the month for national player of the year with his do-it-all game. Which is a nice thing to be when the month is February, but it's all new stuff to a guy with light national renown before the past two months.
Sunday was typical Oladipo — 26 points, eight rebounds, three assists, lots of defense. No wonder the buzz is growing.
"That's nice and all, but I remember where I came from,'' he said Sunday. "I don't really think of myself as that. I just want to win ballgames.
"There wasn't nobody saying that about me last year. That all can be taken away from you in the blink of an eye.''
Just like the No. 1 ranking, for a lot of teams, in a season where everyone is vulnerable. But at least Indiana looked the part Sunday.


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Skip to comments.Severe Weather Outbreak, Day 2 (OK TX KS MO MI for starters) - Moore, OK devastation
Posted on 05/20/2013 12:46:11 PM PDT by dirtboy
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Tornado warning just SW of OKC, pronounced hook echo on radar.
Ahhhman! Getting ready to hit the road ... NTX to TUL.
Family member passed.
Live Doppler radar for Kansas City area:
I can see them firing up after crossing lake Michigan.
Give it a few minutes and the storms may be east of I-35.
Wait a minute, just last week the "expert" on the Climate Change Channel was telling us the lack of tornados was due to polar ice cap melting.
Coverage for Oklahoma City
KFOR showing a huge cone tornado.
Heading for Newcastle Casino.
Reports of a tornado on the ground and 4" hail in Garvin County, S Central OK.
Fox showing live coverage of huge twister south of Ok City...right near Shawnee again...
That storm to the south of OKC heading towards Purcell is rotating way up there in height.
That one could turn out a long duration event...!
Fox News has it LIVE.
Prayers for OKC please, huge tornado right in the middle of the city!
Seems like Moore gets hit every year.
"Could be a May 3rd Event".
Everyone in Moore knows what that means.
Unreal seeing this live on FOX ..it is enormous
Oh my, one of those worst case scenarios. Huge tornado cutting a swath through a large city. Prayers up.
Some areas need to just start living in Hobbit Holes...
The Shire must have Tornadoes all the time....
God Bless our neighbors to the north in Oklahoma, great people, always enjoy visiting the state, but man, it is cursed with these tornadoes.
Sure we get our share in Texas, but not like they get it.
This is a big one on the ground south of Ok.City.
News9: "Houses are disappearing right in front of us. This thing is a F4-F5"
Looks like a mini-hurricane, complete with an eye.
I don't think I have ever seen a tornado as evident as in that radar loop. Almost like watch the path of hurricane.
I'm in Texas, too, and know this could be us. Numerous times I end up in the first floor bathroom with my Yorkie when I get an automated call from the city.
Prayers up for those affected.
crap, weather channel guy says at least a 4.
says a mile wide. this is awful.
Comment I saw is that massive amounts of debris are what is causing the rotation to be so evident.
At least! That thing is huge
Live feed from TV9
Whoa. .
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Skip to comments.Tales of Persias Wondrous Past [The Shahnameh mourns the loss of Irans pre-Islamic...]
Posted on 07/25/2009 7:51:02 PM PDT by sionnsar
Before the Islamic Revolution dimmed the Iranian literary imagination in 1979, and before an expanding Islam swept Iran into its Arab empire in the seventh century, there existed the rich and colorful Iran recounted in Ferdowsis Shahnameh, or the Book of Kings. Nearly four centuries after the Arab conquest, the Shahnameh tells the story of pre-Islamic Iranwhen Persian civilization was at its zenith.
The epic proceeds through the reign of many monarchs, chronicling the at times legendary, at times mythological, and at times quasihistorical stories of each reign. Then, with the Arab conquest, the chronicle comes to an end. This might seem to mark the end of Persian civilization, too. But Ferdowsis masterpiece, composed about A.D. 1000, both went on to inspire the greatest Persian miniature paintings and retrieved Irans lost identityalong with its language, which still survives.
The epic is not only a remembrance of a wondrous past but a mourning of the passing of that history and all that falls prey to the absolute of all tyrants, time, says Azar Nafisi. ...
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Pre-islamic Persia would definitely be in my top ten time travel destinations...
True. Abbasids. "1001 Nights." Sheherazad. Numerous others. Beautiful architecture. Rife with Byzantine intrigue. The Hashisheen. Library at Merv that Genghis Khan destroyed.
Pre-WWI book, "Ali & Nino" is back in print. Marvelous but sappy. Good description of the period including Georgia.
Farsi is Indo-European, so it has the verb 'is' and some related words to English. Written in Arabic letters though.
Oh yes. Hellenic culture. Alexander went through there & back, but got stuck at the Indian elephants. Alexander married a Persian whom his Greek wife killed. Actually, she was Afghan. Killed her in Persia though.
I'm told that the best printed Shahnameh are from Moscow, and the best movies made based on Shahnameh are Russian also.
Early in the Islamic conquests, it wasn't so bad. However, things went south fast. Even the Jews were incorporated into the mix fairly nicely, since they were "of the book".
That's certainly no longer the case. Unearned wealth, coupled with relatively uneducated populations has resulted in some crazy contemporary Islamic populations. That, and some truly mind boggling inbreeding (but that's another story). All told, Arabic Islam is living through their own version of the dark ages, and afflicting themselves on innocent populations just like they did on the Hindus and Sikhs of India. Even though they were invaded over a thousand years ago, they are still viewed as the boogey men by those populations.
"Im told that the best printed Shahnameh are from Moscow"
I'm wondering who told you that, and in what context?
"and the best movies made based on Shahnameh are Russian also."
And, to which best movies you're referring?
"True. Abbasids. 1001 Nights. Sheherazad."
The Abbassids were the second Arab-Muslim Caliphs (not Iranians or Persians), who ruled Iran immediately after the first Arab-Muslim rulers of Iran (the Umayyads Arab Caliphs).
"1001 Nights" is, essentially, known as The "Arabian Tale"; it is from the Arab-Muslim Caliphate era in Iran. It is a hotpotch of certain pre-Islamic Persian folklore & literature, combined with the Egyptian, Indian, Mesopotamian ones. It has little to do with the intentions of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.
hotpotch = hotchpotch
If you look at where Ferdowsi is from, and the history of that region, it may make more sense. Also, since Iranians don't trust the regime, the best versions along with the movies (and some of the most expensive printed books) are considered from Moscow.
lol, I know where Ferdowsi is from, thanks. Since you don't read or speak Persian, I am wondering where you got the Persian link from. I found your comment misleading.
Had you said Tajikistan or even Afghanistan (about Ferdowsi)- "in the region" - it would have made much more sense to me; historically too.
Try looking for Tajikistan in particular & for "movies" about Shahmaneh too. By the way, Afghans & Tajiks are not Russians; certainly not "the Moskovite Russians" to have had any historical interest in Shahmaneh.
As for region: Iran, as known for past 100 years, at least & today, shares a massive border with Russia & is in "the region"; not to mention that centuries ago, prior to and during Ferdowsi's era, Iran actually included Afghanistan & Tajikistan, republic of Azarbaijan and a few others on its Eastern border, which you now call in "that region".
"prior to and during Ferdowsis era, Iran actually included Afghanistan & Tajikistan, republic of Azarbaijan and a few others on its Eastern border,"
I know that - thanx. And Tajikistan was part of USSR
I'll see your Firdowsi & raise you Umar Khayyam's "Rubaiyyat" and Rumi's "Masnavi." I'll even throw in Bernard Lewis & Samuel Huntington. Oh, & Ibn Sina.
If you didn't want opinions and agreement, which the post was ment to do, why not expect someone whose study goes back decades?
The Abbasid absored the Arab influence, just like with Alexander. Khorasan was the most interesting to me though. The waves of invasions and conquest. And Georgia/Azerbaijan. The edge of culture.
The writings of Mary Renault in their entirety, though largely about WWI, are nevertheless intriguing, especially "The Persian Boy." She was from Mozambique.
All those off-coast listeners learning from desert-loving English. DLI knows its stuff.
I suppose I should ask LoM about this, for something accessible to one who does not know Parsi (or Russian).
Thanks sionnsar.
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Maybe Odds can make some suggestions
The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi,
tr by Dick Davis,
foreword by Azar Nafisi
additional titles
Penguin Classics
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Thanks, we needed that.
I was going to just let it slide, but someone encouraged me not to. There are smart, informed people on FR, many who are powerful people. We're studied by smart, informed opposition in power, too. I'm talking all over the world. Private. Public. Retired. Rich. Barely making it. Many experts. Even people who were killed in 9/11 showed up previously (Barbara Olson comes to mind).
I've only tangled with a few folks here, and I'm not one to start something, either.
Signing up to post is a big decision for any of us. Respecting those that have (except the zot worthy, Viking Kitty, bunny pancake types) is critical. No one here knows all of what the other guy knows—or who.
But you knew all that. Thanks for the comment.
Odds, do you have suggestions for an English/American translation of "Shahnameh" (Shahmaneh?)?
Sorry for late reply, I've been offline last 24 hours.
I think the English translation of Ferdowsi's Shah-Nameh
(Shah"maneh" was a typo of course) by Dick Davis is a very good one - it is generally accepted by quite a few Iranian scholars as being one of or the best in English. Although, personally, I have not read the entire publication in English. When I went to school in Iran during the Shah's era we read the Shah-Nameh in Persian.
"If you didnt want opinions and agreement, which the post was ment to do, why not expect someone whose study goes back decades?"
Nothing against your opinion. I'm sure there are a lot of non-Iranians who are knowledgeable about many aspects of Iranian literature, history and so forth.
Since I happen to be part Iranian, and went to school in Iran during the Shah's era, the foundation of my knowledge about Iranian history, folklore, literature and poetry comes from that source.
Thanks for mentioning Mary Renault. I'd also suggest you read Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub's classic book entitled "Two Centuries of Silence". It is considered one the most reliable sources on the history of Persia after Islam (which includes the Abbassid Arab Caliphate rule of Iran).
p.s. - as much as your opinion is respected & we aren't playing poker, your opinion does not change the facts outlined in comment #10. Particularly the last paragraph.
nuconvert: I had a closer look at a couple of articles in the google (Persian) search page you posted earlier. They suggest that there are numerous mistakes and shortcomings in the Moscow edition. The one replacing the infamous Moscow one, in Farsi, is a critical edition by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh (1988). This won the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award (first prize) in 1996.
sionnsar: an additional note about Dick Davis: his is the prose version in English, and is somewhat condensed, although still very good. A more complete earlier English translation in full and in verse is by Arthur and Edmond Warner. It is quite expensive too, apparently, around $180 per volume - there are 9 volumes. I have not, personally, read this one.
Hope this helps.
odds, no problem. When I travel (even domestic travel) I often spend much more time than that away from FR.
I don't know Parsi and only know a little of the alphabet, so my only hope right now is a translation. Though I suspect a translator would have a very difficult task to translate the nuances of Persian expression into English (and vice versa). I remember years ago trying to read Pushkin's poetry in English... though the translator was highly regarded, it fell absolutely flat. Lifeless. Dead. Not even up to pining for the fjords.
The Shahnameh by Dick Davis -- LoM, taking note?... never mind, just placed it on hold with the library.
You're very right, a translator won't do at all.
Even reading it in its original Parsi verse, for a native, educated & fluent Persian speaking person, it requires quite a lot of interpretation, as well as cultural understanding of the time/era during which it was written. That is why the critical edition (in Persian) by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh (#26) is so very important.
I just noticed the previous link doesn't work any more. Hopefully this one will last a bit longer.
" Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, who has also given us the only critical edition of this major text, the Shahnameh, has now provided several volumes of notes to his edition. The Notes clarify not only the form and meaning of words, their developments and their orthography, but also discuss the structures and the authenticity of dubious verses through a careful examination of their episodes in a comparative context."
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The Art of Fielding
. The main character, Henry Skrimshander, is an undersized, weak, small-college shortstop who has simply worked his way from a nobody into the nation's best defensive player at his position and one heck of a hitter as well.
Agents and others start voicing his name in conversation for the MLB draft after his junior year and Henry doesn't know what to do or think. He mentions it to his best friend on the team and mentor, Mike Schwartz.
Schwartz's response to Henry's worry, concern, and anxiety is simply dead on. This is what we've been working toward for the past four years so the key is to stick to the plan. You can't control the draft. And if you can't control it, it's not worth your time. You can only control how hard you work today. Well put Mike Schwartz. Easier said than done, but definitely hit the nail on the head.
I'll be back with more right before draft night. Thanks for following, thanks for all the support, and remember, if you can't control it, it's not worth your time.
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Zack Rosen: One Month To Go
by: Zack Rosen - NBA Draft Prospect Blogger
June 1, 2012
Zack Rosen
discusses his two NBA workouts thus far in Philadelphia and New Jersey, the value of the private workout setting and their role in the decision making process, his relationship with his high school coach Danny Hurley, and more.
I have a great relationship with my high school coach, Danny Hurley. We rarely go a week without a phone call or text and a couple days ago he reached out with a message. Zack, you just gotta be relentless. No matter what, good day, bad day, just wake up and be relentless. Perfect timing coach.
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With NBA teams holding their pre-draft workouts, guys have opportunities to present themselves in small settings to coaching staffs, management, and scouts alike. All you can really do is make the most of the opportunities that you do get to play in front of these people.
Some situations are conducive to your style and strengths; others aren't. Sometimes you'll have a good workout; sometimes you won't. The key is to stay grounded and, like any season, just keep pushing through. These next two months or so is now the time to really dig in and be, as Coach Hurley said, relentless.
The real question here is what do all of these workouts mean and how much are they valued? Does everything you did in your four year college career just go out the window? Fortunately, your performance in college does carry some weight. One of the 76ers executives told me in my interview that if teams have waited for a sixty minute workout in May or June to evaluate a player then they aren't really doing their job. So the good news is that Synergy and live evaluations do hold up and tell executives a lot about what they want to know.
The other component, though, is that these workouts might be the first or second live look that teams have of me because I played at a non-BCS school. These workouts are a great platform to display my competitiveness, leadership, and work ethic.
I have participated in two workouts to this point and I've learned a fair share from both. The Nets/Rockets combine, which was held at the Nets practice facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was nice because we got a chance to play 5 on 5. There was some skill work, some 1 on 1, and a lot of controlled 5 on 5 scrimmages.
All 30 teams were represented and there were a lot of familiar faces. Former Duke star
Chris Carr
awell gave me some poignant coaching points and for me, the combine was interesting because in the testing, I ran
the fastest ¾ court sprint time
. I thought I wasn't athletic? (Insert shoutout to Jim Ferris here- my guy)
I also worked out for the 76ers. Our group was
Scott Machado
Maalik Wayns
Terrell Stoglin
, and myself. We tested again and were on the court for about an hour doing some shooting drills and a lot of 1 on 1. Scotty Mac was a high school teammate of mine and Maalik and I have gone at it for the past three years in Big 5 matchups. All three guys were at the New Jersey workout, so again a lot of familiarity. The workout went well and wearing a real Sixers jersey someday would be a dream come true.
Other than these two workouts, I am scheduled to visit some other teams in the month of June. Phoenix on the 12th, Detroit on the 15th, and Sacramento on the 24th are the knowns. We are waiting on dates from Atlanta, Chicago, Indiana, and New York.
It's an exciting time and while there's a lot of uncertainty, there's just so much to be thankful for. Bottom line here is that there's a chance. And when there's a chance, there's hope. I'm just going to go to any workout I have and as my man
Kim English
likes to say, Show em my Ace.
Kim was in Philly on Tuesday because he worked out for the Sixers on Wednesday. He wanted to stay sharp so I picked him up from the hotel and we got some shooting and 1 on 1 in at the Cathedral. Kim is a straight gym rat like myself and dude just loves to put in work. We've known each other since high school and it's been a pleasure to follow his progress. He's now reaping all of the rewards of his hard work. Guy is a soldier and he's someone who really deserves it.
Speaking of guys who love to put in work, I left Philly Wednesday morning for Queens, New York, to do a mini-camp of sorts with Kyle Fogg and two former Johnnies,
Justin Burrell
and Paris Horne. I've had the extreme privilege to meet and get to know coach Mike Dunlap through his relationship with our assistant coach Dan Leibovitz and my agent Leon Rose, and it was his idea to bring us together during this time when we need to be on top of our games.
So Coach Dunlap is leading the show and over the next few days we will be working our tails off. I've gotten to know Kyle a little bit over the past month or so and he's an extremely hard worker and gifted athlete. Paris and I actually played AAU together in high school and we all always knew he had a serious motor and that he was gifted. And the guy Burrell looks like he was chiseled out of granite.
There will probably be some other guys who mix in over the course of the week here and it's awesome because it's a great group of guys and every waking minute is one of learning and growth with Coach Dunlap. Teacher supreme.
That's all for now. June promises to be an exhilarating month leading up to the draft on the 28th when a lot of players' lifetime dreams will be realized. I'll be back with an update soon but until then, go out there and be relentless!!!
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Why Not?
by: Zack Rosen - NBA Draft Prospect Blogger
May 15, 2012
Yesterday I walked in the 256th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania. While a majority of the guys going through this draft process have vacated their respective schools to train at select spots throughout the country, I decided to stay here in Philly so I'd be present to walk in my graduation. The four years that I've spent at Penn have really shaped who I am as a person and I thought it extremely important to go out with the people who influenced me and shaped my perspective- classmates, professors, teammates, administrators, and religious figures alike. So a special shout out to all of the people who made my experience at the place that Ben Franklin founded an extremely special and rewarding one. You know who you are. Thank you.
Graduation has been a time of excitement and celebration, but I've been grinding on the hardwood. I've been spending long hours in the gym getting my work in and honing my skills. My roommate and I have been playing a ton of 1 on 1 and as a lot of our opponents over the last four years can attest to, there aren't many guys in the country (I don't care where it is or what level) who can guard like Rob Belcore. The guy looks like a football player and he can barely get over a piece of paper but dude has some serious toughness, exceptional anticipation, and a will like no other. So we play one dribble games from the elbows, two dribble games from the wings and top, and then some live dribble games, and we beat each other up for an hour or so. The games are ultra-competitive and I'll leave the results out of this
Also in the way of training, a new tool has come into the repertoire for me and that is
Synergy Sports Technology
(Synergy). Synergy is used by almost everyone in the professional basketball ranks and it's the most comprehensive game footage tool out there. You can literally watch all clips of any college or NBA player in any situation.
I've been living on the thing for the past two weeks, specifically watching
Steve Nash
in pick and rolls,
Goran Dragic
Jose Juan Barea
in isolation plays, and
Kirk Hinrich
Ray Allen
in spot up situations. You can learn so much from the film and in addition to watching some of the pros, I have watched all of my footage from this season. While my game has really evolved throughout my college career, I'm so excited for the next level because there's a lot of areas in which I can improve. The intricacies. The little tricks. Now that basketball is the only thing I really have to focus on, I'll be able to get that much better on a daily basis. Thank you Synergy!
[editor's note: Synergy
offers a service
for fans, as well as professionals]
In the absence of schoolwork and exams, I've had the opportunity to catch up on some personal reading and go back to some books I really love. I'm big on giving and making those around you, in every walk of life, better. With that, I'd like to share some of the books that have drastically impacted my life in the hope that you might pick them up and get to reading.
Seth Hauben, a former Division 3 All-American and a teammate of mine in the Maccabi Games three summers ago, suggested that when we got home from Israel I pick up
Lone Survivor
by Marcus Luttrell. Great call Seth. The book is the story of a Navy SEAL who is the only survivor of a mission in Afghanistan and it provides true insight into the military and America's approach to war. Lone Survivor is probably the best book I've ever read.
by Tony Dungy is another one of my favorites. My teammate and role model Dau Jok lent it to me two years ago and I haven't managed to give it back. Coach Dungy's message is simple: you have a purpose in this life that is divine and you must be willing to be different. In order to truly fulfill your destiny, you must go left when everyone else is going right and dare to be an uncommon man.
The Winner Within
Pat Riley
is a classic and a great selection for anyone trying to harness their inner competitor. A main takeaway from Riley is his opinion of sympathy, stating that sympathy is like junk food- it has no real nourishment.
Riles' Rule on Beating the Sympathy Syndrome is: Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss. If you don't steel yourself to other people's sympathy, you cheat yourself and your team. Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback. These three selections should get you started. If you're interested in some additional titles,
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Aside from attending graduation, staying in Philly has meant I can catch the 76ers playoff run. Last week, when
Andre Iguodala
hit those two free throws to advance the Sixers into the second round of the playoffs, I was so damn happy for the guy. He takes an exorbitant amount of criticism in this city and people simply hate on him.
Sitting in the second row at the Wells Fargo Center that night, witnessing the place standing and applauding the team with special recognition of Iggy's efforts, it was just a special moment for a star athlete. I was at the game with my agent and his family and we stuck around afterwards to chat. I saw a lot of familiar faces and as we were walking out, Sixers assistant coach Brian James grabbed me and congratulated me on a great season. He pointed out to the court, looked me in the eye and said, Hey man, you can do it. This NBA thing is for you.
Why not?
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Zack Rosen: More than Talent
by: Zack Rosen - NBA Draft Prospect Blogger
April 27, 2012
Zack Rosen walks us through his preparation for NBA workouts, focusing on both his off-court routine (strength and conditioning, plyometrics, yoga, mental strategy) and his on-court skill-work.
Jim Ferris is a master of the body. We meet six days a week, and with class and all, the times vary but we try to stick to the AM or early afternoon. He comes in the Palestra with a big bag of contraptions, and I just show up ready to work.
Ferris is the former strength coach for the 76ers, and he works or has worked with the likes of
Rob Kurz
, Matt and Pat Carroll,
Kyle Korver
Sean Singletary
, and
Dwayne Jones
His designs require using muscles I didn't even know existed and my movement patterns have really improved in a short period of time. We do three total body lifts a week and then throw in three different types of plyometric workouts.
To give you a better idea of what I'm working on, here are three of the specific workouts:
Monday is for straight-away speed and jumping. Wednesday focuses on lateral movement and jumping. And Friday is a combination, centered on transitional running and jumping.
We also mix in my favorite, yoga, when we can. I try to get to yoga at least once a week. My mom's a yoga instructor and so I kind of grew up with the practice. Yoga helps me to relax and to really tune in to my body and mind, aligning everything in an hour and a half of pure concentration.
It didn't take long for me to realize as a kid that I didn't have the genetic advantages of the other great players that grew up with. But from a very early age in my life, I have had coaches and people around me who have made it clear: if I want to be successful and close the gap, I better get out there and work my butt off.
I remember how, when I was in high school at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey, coach Danny Hurley kicked me out of practice. Kicked me out! It wasn't rare for him to send guys home, but in my case he said it was because I was slacking and that I wasn't focused. Thanks coach
Psychological tactic or not, I came back the next day with a vengeance and just took it to another level. I feed off that stuff. Ask anyone who knows me and the first thing they'll probably mention is my extreme capacity for work. I go like crazy and I'm constantly looking for ways to improve because I understand that the only shot I have at rising to the top of the basketball world is to outwork everybody.
With that, I've been working extremely hard in preparation for the NBA individual workouts. My day usually consists of an hour and half of skill work, and hour and a half of competition (one on one, three on three, five on five) and either a weight room or agility/movement session.
In the skill session, whether on my own, or with
Mike Penberthy
, Mike Lintulahti, Coach Lebo, or Coach Allen, I work on a variety of skills, shots, and situations. I do a lot of catch and shoot from deep, creative shots off the dribble into the paint, and pick and roll scenarios from both wings and in the middle.
I also do a series of fast break transition looks, getting it all the way to the rim and pulling up from both foul line area and from range. One of the things I've been working on diligently is a floater. I've never really had a floater in my game but it's a necessity for all small guards who want to play in the league to be able to get into the paint and float it up right over the closing 7-footer.
There are a number of guys who I work out with and who I've come to know over the years in Philly, but I've been blessed that
Sean Singletary
has been around and working out this past month or so. We have developed a great relationship and he's a hell of a competitor. We play a lot of 1 on 1- dude is a tough cover and he challenges my lateral quickness. I try to find a 5 on 5 game either here at Penn with my teammates or over at Temple.
But basketball is not just a physical game. The mechanics of anything can be figured out by anyone. I think you can teach yourself to hit that deep three sure, everyone's learning curve is different, but it is attainable. But I'm a big believer in what Tony Robbins professes: everything in life is 80% mental and 20% physical.
I like to say that I'm half-Buddhist. I started to realize that around my sophomore year when I began meeting with a professor on campus. Keith Weigelt teaches strategy here at the Wharton School of Business and he has been instrumental in shaping my mental approach to the game.
Keith has convinced me to take a long look at Eastern Philosophy. Together we've read and analyzed
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu and
The Book of Five Rings
by Musashi.
Basically, we determine to maintain the normal mind in all situations. We try to limit any variance in our state of mind so that our results will be consistent. The elimination of value judgments and the commitment that you will never, ever get discouraged are paramount to adopting this way of thinking. As Keith professes, I will always believe in myself because I know that I work hard and that I'm prepared.
A lot of this mental strategy is about detaching from the results and simply focusing on the process. In that vain, I'm totally immersed in the process of improving my game. I'm just trying to gain small victories every single day. Inch by inch.
Wherever it all leads me (the NBA, or somewhere else), I'll know that I have done my best. And hey, what more can you do than your best?
I'm new and lonely on the Twitter scene, so follow me
for some updates and pictures as I continue on this journey. Catch you next time.
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Zack Rosen: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!
by: Zack Rosen - NBA Draft Prospect Blogger
April 15, 2012
Welcome, welcome, welcome! My name is
Zack Rosen
and I'd like to thank you all for allowing me to take you on this journey. This is a pretty exciting time for me and I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my experiences with you. I'm a graduating senior from the Wharton School of Business and last season my play earned me Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Year honors. Unfortunately, we fell just short of making the NCAA Tournament (and the taste is still bitter) but my individual efforts earned me an invite to the 60th annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and that's where we find ourselves now.
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From April 11th-14th, 64 of the top seniors in college basketball gathered in Portsmouth, Virginia, with hopes of making a lasting impression on the NBA representatives in attendance. Portsmouth is viewed as a potential springboard for the majority of the guys here, some of whom are considered borderline second rounders. The idea is to play well and use this as a springboard for your stock as a player. The field is typically loaded with talent, and this year is no different. Most college basketball fans would recognize the names participating, mine being one of the less familiar because we never made the tourney and the Ivy League is not a BCS conference.
As far as the actual play at Portsmouth, I wanted to come down here with a plan. In these types of settings, there's usually bad shot selection and an absence of unselfishness. I knew I could fill a void by picking my guy up full court, displaying leadership, and making the right play on the offensive side of the ball. For a guy like me, I have to overcome so many obstacles and infinite doubt because of my size and lack of athleticism. In order to do this thing, I am going to have to convince teams over and over again that I belong. Portsmouth was a good first step for me in terms of garnering some more belief, but it was the first of many more to come over the next two months.
Our team, comprised of some guys I knew prior to the event like
Truck Bryant
from West Virginia and
Rakim Sanders
from Fairfield, and some I had never heard of like
Cameron Moore
of UAB and
Laron Dendy
of Middle Tennessee, struggled a bit to build chemistry and find a rhythm. In our first two games, we were right there at the half and then let one run halfway through the second half kill our chances of a W.
We definitely played hard and guys attempted to play together but we struggled to feed off of each other's strengths and we didn't gang rebound on the defensive side, stifling our chances of converting easy transition buckets- a key to winning in this style of play. Overall, I hope the guys enjoyed the experience and even though we lost, I hope we all found joy in competing.
I was thoroughly impressed with Rakim. We played against each other in high school and I knew right then and there that he was a great player. St. Benedict's beat St. Andrew's at the PrimeTime Shootout in Trenton, NJ, but Rakim straight up killed us. Fast forward four years and he's doing the same things down here that he did to us in high school. Dude is a flat out scorer and matchup problem. He plays above the rim and he can post smaller defenders. On the other side, he can guard one through three and he even defended some opposing fours in this tournament when we went small. Rakim was a joy to do battle with and I wish him and all my other teammates (and peers) nothing but the best in the future.
Personally I'd like to thank everyone involved who puts Portsmouth together and sacrifices some time in his or her life to make it the great event that it is. Just WOW. The people who run the event are top notch, the volunteers are incredible, and the community is 100 percent behind the event. There are little kids constantly running around asking guys for anything they can get their hands on, from autographs to sneakers. There are local fans who have been attending the play at Churchland High year after year who really appreciate the game and who thank us for participating.
And there are representatives from every NBA organization with an eye on the games, hoping to learn just a little something more that they didn't know before. Again, thank you for creating this opportunity for young men like myself to climb one rung higher on the ladder that is the NBA dream.
That's all for now. I'll be back soon with some insight into the training process and all of the hard work that goes into getting a leg up on the competition. Later!
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That's What Friends Are For: Mentors, LAP Lawyers, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Clients with Mental Illness
David B. Wexler
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; University of Puerto Rico - School of Law
October 16, 2013
Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-33
This chapter serves first to introduce briefly the concept of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) — the study of the impact of the law, legal procedures, and the role of legal actors on the emotional well-being of those affected by the law. It explains how TJ practices of lawyers and judges often find application in special problem-solving or 'solution-focused' courts — such as drug treatment courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts, DWI courts, and most recently veterans courts. Many of those courts also have volunteers — often clients who have themselves successfully completed programs in such courts — who now serve as mentors for clients newly-admitted to those courts.
The chapter continues, however, by taking the 'mentor' concept to the professional level: speaking of lawyers and judges who have themselves confronted issues of drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness. In prior work, the author opened up this topic principally in the context of drug and alcohol addiction. Here, that work is summarized but the analysis is broadened focus principally on lawyers who have had their own struggles with mental illness — a newer area of consideration, opened up principally by a few law professors brave enough to come forth and to tell their stories of struggles with mental illness.
The chapter then compares these lawyers and their 'mentoring' opportunities with the work of lawyers with addiction issues and begins a discussion of how they may serve, often in a 'second chair' advisory capacity, in civil commitment cases, mental health court cases, veterans court cases, and the like.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 19
Keywords: therapeutic jurisprudence, LAP programs, lawyer assistance programs, disability, pro bono, civil commitment, mental health court, veterans court, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, alcoholism, mental illness
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