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Religious fervour can have some strange manifestations. At the ancient Spartan festival of Artemis Orthia, for example, it was customary to severely beat teenage boys. It probably originated as a rite of passage, an ordeal proving the boy's incipient manhood, important for a warrior society. But the decline of Sparta as an independent city-state didn't end the practice, and by Roman times it had become a tourist attraction. Pausanias described it thus:
They claim that this (the statue of Artemis Orthia) is the idol that Orestes and Iphigenia stole from the Taurians...Astrabacos and Alopecos, the sons of Irbos, suddenly went mad when they found the statue, and when the Spartans sacrificed to Artemis she cursed them through this statue with quarrels and then with murders; many of them died at her altar and disease devoured the rest. This is the reason why they bloody the altar with human blood. They used to slaughter a human sacrifice chosen by lot; Lycurgus substituted the whipping of adolescent boys, and the altar still gets its fill of human blood. The priestess with the idol stands beside them; it is small and light, except that if ever the scourgers pull their strokes because of a boy's beauty or his rank, then the woman finds the idol heavy and hard to carry; she blames the scourgers and says they are hurting her, such is the taste for human blood that has survived in that statue from the time of the Taurian sacrifices.
I thought about this passage when I heard about the case of Syed Mustafa Zaidi, who has been convicted for coercing two teenage boys to whip themselves raw using a zanjeer zani - a wooden-handled implement containing five curved blades - during the Shi'ite festival of Ashura, which commemorates the 7th century martyrdom of Husain, grandson of Mohammed and spiritual lodestar of Shia Islam.
According to one report:
Manchester crown court heard how Zaidi, 44, flagellated himself at an event held in January in Manchester until his back was bloody and cut. Others at the event also flogged themselves. Some of those present, fearing Zaidi would seriously harm himself, asked him to calm down. Zaidi agreed, only to turn his attention to the two boys.
The 14-year-old, who was 13 at the time, told the jury that neither he nor the other boy wanted to injure themselves. He said Zaidi was insistent with the older boy, "pulling him and pushing him, 'keep doing it', telling people 'this is a sad moment and look, he's not doing it'.
"He goes, 'I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it'. He kept pressuring him, make him do the knife thing, pulling him, trying to get his T-shirt off, pulling and pushing him. He was saying, 'just do it, just do it'." He said the 15-year-old "swung it once or twice and said 'I don't want to do it any more'." The older boy was then pulled away by another man.
After the ceremony, the boys went home to their mother, who noticed several deep wounds on their backs and multiple slash wounds. She took them to Manchester Royal infirmary and the matter was reported to the police.
A disturbing, not to say horrifying case. Yet it would seem that, apart from the involvement of children, there is little we are meant to be shocked by. Beating oneself into a bloody pulp might not bear much superficial similarity to Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral, but it's still religion. The man's culture. We're supposed to respect that. Indeed, it's the sort of diversity we're supposed to celebrate in this vibrant multi-faith society of ours. As Riazat Butt's report continues:
Carol Jackson, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the prosecution was not an attack upon the practices or ceremonies of Shia Muslims, adding that the prosecution relied partly on evidence given by the president of the local Shia community centre.
So why not put the alternative point of view? Let's hear it for the flagellants.
In case you've missed it, the Guardian have decided - presumably in the cause of mutual understanding, though in that case it has backfired somewhat spectacularly - to open their floor to Nadeem Kazmi, who would appear to be an out and out enthusiast for Shi'ite rituals of flagellation.
Kazmi writes that he was "disheartened" to hear about Zaidi's conviction. As were most people who learned that children in 21st century Britain were being made to participate in bloody, violent and barbaric rituals in the name of religion. But that wasn't quite what Kazmi means, of course. No: what he finds most disheartening is that the case may cause some people to think negatively of Ashura. As he writes, "the danger of this case is that the ritual of self-flagellation itself is demonised." Indeed it is.
Kazmi is most anxious that everyone reading should realise just how normal the whole flagellation business is. It will "sound familiar", he writes, to anyone who has grown up in a Shia household (though some Shi'ites came on the thread to disagree). "There is nothing odd in the father of the household engaging in this particular practice," he claims. What he means of course, is that to anyone who has been brainwashed by - sorry, "brought up in" - this crazy practice it will seem normal. Just as someone who has spent his entire life in a sewer is unlikely to realise that he smells.
I have personally never seen anybody coerced into it, although coercion can, admittedly, take many indirect forms. There is also nothing strange in seeing participants who, immersed in what appears to be a spiritual ecstasy, are made to calm down, often to prevent further injury to themselves.
Before they actually kill themselves, you mean? Allah forbid.
Kazmi is good enough to point out that "Zaidi's actions crossed the boundaries of what is acceptable"; it's unclear whether he means by this the involvement of children, or the element of coercion, or both. But his description of the ritual is so lyrical that it seems unlikely that he really believes encouraging children to whip themselves with chains and knife-blades constitutes abuse. Certainly, the evidence from Iran, the heartland of this practice, would tend to suggest otherwise. Even young children - like this boy here - are permitted, even enjoined to take part. Babies are baptised in blood, and thus the tradition is handed down from father to son. As the Jesuits liked to say, give us the boy and we will give you the man. In Britain, of course, it doesn't do to involve children - as the Zaidi case shows. But don't pretend it doesn't happen.
This passage is revealing:
Those adults who engage in self-flagellation with knives, chains or blades, do so with a consciousness of the ceremonial nature of the act, keenly watched by onlookers, children and adults alike, who, though they have seen it all before, continue to be mesmerised by the sheer spectacle of it – the display. This excitement is, for most, mixed with an actual sense of profound identification with the suffering of Imam Hussain
Ah yes, group of men flaying the skin from their own backs. Seen it all before. In Kazmi's parallel universe, there's nothing whatever wrong with encouraging children to watch this bloodthirsty spectacle. It's probably essential. After all, if they're not inured to the sight of all that blood and ecstasy from an early age they might find the whole spectacle revolting. And that would never do, would it?
Zaidi claims that the Ashura ritual "paradoxically, provides an antithesis to extremism and violence." How? "The point about the apparent extreme self-violence is that extremism and violence in and of themselves are condemnable. Thus, without the essential dramatic immediacy that the practice conveys to both participant as well as audience, the rituals that comprise the passion of Hussain would be rendered meaningless." That is tantamount to saying that the only way for Christians to find meaning in the death of Christ would be to crucify themselves - like a few enthusiasts (always attended, and possibly egged on, by camera crews) do every Easter in the Philippines. As an explanation for the Ashura, it isn't very convincing.
But what was that word again? Excitement. Dr Freud, awaken from your slumbers. Watching bloodshed can be exciting, no doubt about it. Ask any fan of the Corrida. Ask one of those Romans who were unwillingly caught up in the fervour of the gladiatorial games - Seneca, for example, who wrote that "nothing is more ruinous to character as sitting in the arena". Or St Augustine, who has this tale to tell of his friend Alypius:
But what of the excitement of those actually involved? Many have compared and contrasted this case - in which the "extreme" rituals of a religion are treated indulgently in press accounts - with the less polite hearing that BDSM practitioners typically receive when, as with Max Mosley and his four delightful female companions, they find themselves under public scrutiny. But there's a big difference, isn't there, between undergoing painful self-flagellation in the interest of religious piety, and just doing it for kicks. Isn't there?
Although he had been utterly opposed to such spectacles and detested them, one day he met by chance a company of his acquaintances and fellow students returning from dinner; and, with a friendly violence, they drew him, resisting and objecting vehemently, into the amphitheater, on a day of those cruel and murderous shows....When they got to the arena, and had taken what seats they could get, the whole place became a tumult of inhuman frenzy. But Alypius kept his eyes closed and forbade his mind to roam abroad after such wickedness. Would that he had shut his ears also! For when one of the combatants fell in the fight, a mighty cry from the whole audience stirred him so strongly that, overcome by curiosity and still prepared (as he thought) to despise and rise superior to it no matter what it was, he opened his eyes and was struck with a deeper wound in his soul than the victim whom he desired to see had been in his body. Thus he fell more miserably than the one whose fall had raised that mighty clamor. For, as soon as he saw the blood, he drank in with it a savage temper, and he did not turn away, but fixed his eyes on the bloody pastime, unwittingly drinking in the madness -- delighted with the wicked contest and drunk with blood lust. He was now no longer the same man who came in, but was one of the mob he came into, a true companion of those who had brought him thither. Why need I say more? He looked, he shouted, he was excited, and he took away with him the madness that would stimulate him to come again: not only with those who first enticed him, but even without them; indeed, dragging in others besides.
(Confessions, Book 6, Ch8)
Of course not.
Physical self-abuse can be found in many religious traditions, though rarely in so extreme a form as Ashura. Flagellation was a common form of penance in Christianity in the middle ages and beyond. But it isn't just organised religions that tend this way. Shamanic forms of spirituality frequently use pain - as they use drugs, dancing, and sometimes sex - as a means to achieve a trance-like state of mystical communion with the spirit world. And the reason is not hard to find. Sex, pain, and intense emotional or religious experiences are all associated with the release of the body's natural analgesics, endorphins.
Whether you're engaging in masochistic practices like self-flagellation for religious reasons, or for those of "sexual" gratification matters less, at a physiological level, than the endorphin rush that these intense experiences generate. Subjectively, the experiences will have much in common; they will produce the same high, the same emotional release. And they will be similarly addictive. With a ritual such as Ashura, however, the private mystical experience of the flagellant is allied to a powerful group dynamic. According to professor Robin Dunbar of Durham University,
There's little doubt, too, that such rituals, over time, tend to become more extreme, just as a heroin addict needs increasingly large fixes to satisfy his need to get high. In his notes on the passage from Pausanias quoted at the beginning of this article, Peter Levi writes as follows:
In the classic case of Bushman trance dances, they are very much designed to bond everybody to the common project of the group. They are very experiential, of the person. There is no grand theology - it's very much a religion of "doing" and "being". And it's this ecstatic element that I think cues us in to what's going on, because something seems to happen when you engage in these ecstatic activities that makes you feel more part of the community. It gets everyone signed up to the group project once again, especially if relationships within the community have become rather tense and fractured. I put it all down to endorphins myself, but you can argue a case there are other neuro-endocrines such as oxytocins. The rituals of religion seem to be especially good at triggering a cascade of neuro-endocrines, and it is these that are responsible for that "kapow" effect we get in ecstatic experiences. But in my view, what's really underpinning it in the end is the endorphins. It seems to be the endorphins that create this sense of communal belonging, of being a member of the group, when you engage in these activities with others.
What Pausanias says about human sacrifice is nonsense based on Euripides. This primitive ritual beating had in the classical period the character of a very rough initiation; in the Roman period the ancient disciplines of Sparta were not only revived by exaggerated to a horrifying degree. The disgusting 3rd century AD addition of an amphitheatre for tourists to watch boys being savagely beaten can reasonably be related to other entertainments of that age.
Those sadistic Romans would certainly have enjoyed Ashura.
Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Religious fervour can have some strange manifestations. At the ancient Spartan festival of Artemis Orthia, for example, it was customary to severely beat teenage boys. It probably originated as a rite of passage, an ordeal proving the boy's incipient manhood, important for a warrior society. But the decline of Sparta as an independent city-state didn't end the practice, and by Roman times it had become a tourist attraction. Pausanias described it thus:
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Well thank goodness I missed this one with all the Big Butt stuff going on. Will have a look at the article tomorrow - i guess all the obvious jokes and the senible comments have been done.
Am unfamiliar with these rituals also and am sure Peter Levi is right (incidentally - as i am sure you know - some modern Spartan myths have been created by Stephen Pressfield in his Gates of Fire and are apparently being taught as fact!).
Actually, judging from your extracts, this guy seems a bit creepy, I may not bother.
- 28 August 2008 at 22:09
The righteous fog of religion hides the nature of its practices from believers and from society at large. Imagine if someone from the BDSM scene was inflicting their lifestyle on children! I doubt the Guardian would be defending them.
- 29 August 2008 at 11:26
Lost causes said in response to heresiarch's blog, "The righteous fog of religion hides the nature of its practices from believers and from society at large".
I have to say I find that a somewhat dispiriting comment to see on a heresy corner thread (which tries to invite deeper analysis I think) since it indulges in rather lazy stereotyping. If it had taken a more discriminating view and said, "The self-righteous fog of some religions hide the nature of their practices from believers and society at large" I could have agreed, but the assertion as made is just too sweeping to stand up to proper analysis. For example, AFAIK, no Quaker groups go in for self-flagellation, or flagellation of others so it's certainly not a feature common to all religions.
I also find myself wondering what the essential difference is between a religious believer who would wish to watch such an abhorrent spectacle or a non-believer, heck, let's use the word atheist if we are going to be lazy in our characterisations, who might volunteer to witness an execution for example, or a flogging if execution is too extreme an example.
It's all a little too easy to suggest the desire to watch such spectacle is just a religious quirk, but since such sentiments, particularly fascination with violence, are widespread within the non-religious as well (why would WWF be such a financially lucrative franchise otherwise)that seems rather lazy thinking to me. Is the religion simply an excuse to indulge a tendency to glorify violence and the desire to watch it? Or is the religion actually causative of such a desire? Does anyone suggest that there are not non-believers who get turned on by such sights?
If such sights/practices turn on both some believers and some non-believers does that not tend to suggest that in fact there is no association with religion per se? If not, why not?
I suggest a spot more thinking and self-reflection is required on all sides here.
Though just in case anyone cannot work out my own view, I unequivocally condemn both the self-inflicted violence as well as the coerced violence and also ask why would anyone even want to watch such a spectacle anyway, so I guess I condemn that as well, though not all of those three are equally culpable. (And IMHO, any religion which does not teach/enable in its adherents a way to rise above such atavistic desires doesn't appear to me to be much of a religion ...
- 30 August 2008 at 22:43
Come on! Kazmi does NOT try to justify it but attempts to explain its significance to some. If you read the whole piece his approach is social anthropology - don't shoot the messenger! He condemns the practise of allowing children to both watch and engage in it and says he was part of a consultation that discouraged it.
He points out the fact that children do watch the spectacle – he is NOT justifying allowing children to watch it. He also does not try and justify it but tries to explain its meaning. He clearly states in his piece that the guy's actions crossed the boundaries of what is acceptable.
- 31 August 2008 at 01:41
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You raise some interesting questions, Peitha. Of course, I alluded to the psychological impact of watching violence by referring to the Roman arena; but there are obviously two contrary views here, both supported by some degree of evidence. One sees the watching of violence as purgative in some way; I think that was what Kazmi was trying to suggest in his defence of the Ashura rituals. One can point to other examples: for example, the coexistence of high degrees of violence in Japanese cinema and low levels of violence in Japanese life, or indeed the practitioners of quite violent forms of S&M (and most forms of S&M are not really violent, of course) who lead blameless lives and are certainly unlikely to drunkenly smash other people's faces in with beer glasses.
Peitha's example of public execution is a salutory one. At the time such practices were commonplace, they were commonly justified in terms of being a safety valve, of purging the community's sense of righteous indignation that might otherwise result in violent retribution, of chanelling aggression. Yet a society that has public execution is definitely coarsened by it, and the evidence shows that they were anything but solemn affairs.
It might be relevant to note that the country which has the most elaborate and officially sanctioned Ashura rituals is Iran, which also practices public executions, and it not known as a haven of liberalism.
As for the role played by religion, this is probably a chicken and egg problem, but I find Dunbar's view of religious activity as associated with endorphin release highly persuasive. Uncomfortable as most liberal, inoffensive modern Christians might find it, religion everywhere and throughout history (including Christianity itself in some of its guises) has been a theatre of blood and death, with bloody sacrifices, scarifications, circumcisions, mortifications of the flesh, ordeals seeking vision (as in some Native American initiations of the Man Called Horse variety), stigmata, Flemish altarpieces (and The Passion of the Christ), Autos da fé, omophagia, maenads, martyrdoms. All this divinely-sanctioned blood. In today's world, Ashura looks more unusual than it once did, I suppose: it is a throwback, an atavism. Perhaps that is what is most disturbing about it.
- 31 August 2008 at 11:14
Peitha - you're right, I don't think I was clear enough and I think I did unfairly tar all religious activity with the same brush. To abuse that old cliché, some of my best friends are religious! Again, I'll agree that the Heresiarch analyses things more deeply than I ever could.
All I was trying to say in my (overly) flowery prose is that within the context of religion there are some pretty weird practices about which nobody bats an eyelid because of tradition and the privileged place of religion.
For some quick examples - what if I wanted to set up my own school to teach children that they are born wicked? That's child abuse. What if I want to erect effigies of men being tortured to death around town? That's public indecency. What if I want to tell women they're worth less than men? That's misogyny. Yet within the context of a religion, society will tolerate these things.
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I remember the challenge of that first architecture commission: how to cram enough cool modern moves into it to ensure you win a P/A Award and become instantly famous. And then the sad reality: Not every mother has the Mrs. Venturi spirit of architectural adventure. How disappointing to be faced with a brief stating that vernacular architecture is what's called for—pitched roofs, clapboard siding, perhaps a porch with some gingerbread trim.
But, ever crafty, the young architect will attempt an end run around his hopelessly unhip client, perhaps slipping in some slats disguised as a sunshade or maybe a small area of titanium shingles; or, if he is possessed of a truly golden tongue, he might finagle a small section of flat roof. Certainly, this was my business partner and me when we first began our careers. It took us a long while to realize that the result of our efforts was less a stunning hybrid of old mixed with modern, and more a disappointing stew, neither fish nor fowl.
Flash-forward several years. Our local vernacular architecture is now a familiar friend, and our appreciation for its flexibility has grown along with our vocabulary of forms and details. It has gradually dawned on us that architecture doesn't need modern interventions to feel new and that we can be creative within the vernacular language.
industrial age Playing an important early role in our revised way of thinking was Hancock Shaker Village, a neighbor in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. The Village couples late 18th- and 19th-century power and beauty with a minimalist sensibility. We have borrowed many details over the years from one particular building, the Laundry and Machine Shop: its stone columns, its monochromatic exterior, its asymmetrical bold massing, its very delicate eave detail—even its interior color scheme of a pale milky green and barely off-white. In addition, this building gave us the idea that vernacular architecture does not necessarily mean a rose-covered cottage.
We've learned that when our clients request a "farmhouse," what they're really asking for is traditional detailing, windows made up of relatively small units, and a rhythm of massing of component parts that feels "New Englandy." The Shaker Laundry and Machine Shop is not a residential building at all, but it has the desired elements that make it feel familiar and accessible. In fact, New England industrial buildings from the 18th century to the present have become a mainstay of our new vernacular vocabulary. An unusual pair of commissions highlighted the diversity possible within this single genre when two brothers hired us to do two houses. Both loved the idea of industrial buildings—the grittier the better—but had differing ideas on how to transform them into domestic structures. One wished for an unarticulated Butler building, inscrutable from the street, with a dynamic interior. The other wanted a narrative exterior recalling old mill buildings in a historic continuum, with the restraint on the inside. The resulting houses are as different from one another as the brothers themselves.
Another typology we frequently go to, and a good choice for the vernacular-lover on a budget, is the barn. A farmhouse requires dormers, porches, brackets, and small-scale parts to feel right, but all of this costs a lot of money. A barn, on the other hand—with its simple massing, simple eave details, no porches, no gingerbread, and no dormers—can be built for far less without cutting corners. Even for the client with a huge budget, the barn and the industrial building are good models for another reason: their scale works well with large programs, avoiding the undesirable look of a farmhouse on steroids.
outside influences We've come to realize it is not the building type itself that is desirable, but rather other, less quantifiable aspects of massing and detailing. This knowledge has freed us up to look for inspiration beyond our local New England region. The ad hoc shapes of rural 18th- and 19th-century English industrial buildings are wonderful; massing quirks, born of necessity, give personality and infinite variety. Equally inspiring are the sublime vertical airiness and industrial bombast of mine shaft cable-winding towers in coal-mining country in the United States and Europe, as photographed by the influential German team of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Those have been tougher to modify to our needs, but they're always at the back of our consciousness. Last year we finally found an opportunity to introduce a bit of the 19th-century winding towers captured in the Becher photos into yet another vernacular typology: the Main Street mixed-use commercial building.
Tapping regional forms has yielded results that please both us and our clients. The growths and bumps—and the look of a building added onto over many years—work well with the programmatic complexity of a modern residence and satisfy clients' desires for a vernacular feel. The starkness of cable-supported overhangs, factory sash windows, enclosed bridges connecting separate buildings, and the absence of gingerbread all appeal to our own desire for simplicity, even austerity.
No longer do we resent the client who isn't looking for a modernist statement. Instead, we try to do work that pushes forward the continuum, breaking new ground within a venerable vernacular tradition.
Ann McCallum, FAIA, is a principal of Burr and McCallum Architects in Williamstown, Mass. She teaches architectural design at Williams College.


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Shomron Residents Hold Second Protest Against Dangerous Road (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Elad Benari 04/02/12)
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For the second time in three days, residents of the northwestern Shomron Jewish community of Avnei Hefetz demonstrated on Sunday against the removal of a roadblock which prevented residents of the neighboring Arab village of Shufa from crossing the highway.
The residents last protested the removal of the blockade on Thursday, and Sundays demonstration was held after the communitys secretariat decided to demonstrate every day until the road is once again closed to Arabs, or alternatively a different road is opened to Jewish residents.
The residents blocked traffic on the road for about an hour without any resistance from IDF soldiers stationed nearby. A local youth representative told Arutz Sheva that residents plan to be on the road every day and hold afternoon prayers and a daily Torah lesson.
During the demonstration, the head of the Shomron Regional Council, Gershon Mesika, said, This road has known shooting attacks in the past. If the security situation is so good, why not open the other traffic arteries to Jewish traffic?
Mesika added, Opening the road to Arabs makes it easier for them to mistakenly enter Avnei Hefetz.
Tzvi Dardik from the secretariat of Avnei Hefetz said during last weeks demonstration, The IDF decided to remove the barrier despite having promised not to do so until the road is adjusted to accommodate the large masses of residents of Shechem who will travel through it. We once again warn that if no changes are made, including widening the road and adding lighting - the road will become a death trap. The road is not built to accommodate the great mass of Arabs who will pass through if the barrier comes down.
The opening of the road near Avnei Hefetz comes after another road between Beit Furik and Elon Moreh was opened to Arabs for the first time in 12 years last week.
The road, which is known as the Madison Route, connects to the Samaria Brigade base, passes through the entrance to Itamar and ends at the community of Elon Moreh.
The road was closed to vehicles with the onset of the Second Intifada, also known as the Oslo War, in 2000. Since then, the IDF has prohibited Arab residents of the area to drive through the road, after terrorists carried out a number of shooting attacks directed against Israeli vehicles.
On Wednesday, residents of Elon Moreh protested against the opening of Madison Route and prevented Arabs from passing through.
Elon Moreh resident Davidi Ben-Zion told Arutz Sheva on Sunday that the road was opened to Arab traffic following the demand of extreme left-wing activists and Palestinians. The IDF surrendered easily.
He added, This is a very difficult period in terms of security. Only recently there have been several attempts to infiltrate the community.
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I have started getting pain in the front of the wrist around the carpal area on both wrists.
I also recently started practising kettlebell snatches.
The pain only really started after I started the snatches, chances are they are causing the problem.
The pain occurs at random and sometimes when I am using the kettlebells.
Has anyone else had this experiecne or know if the snatches are likely to cause this kind of pain, or have any advice apart from the obvious, stopping the excercise?


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Harrogate, Tenn. – The Brevard College women's tennis team wrapped up their 2007-08 season on Saturday afternoon, as the Tornados defeated Lincoln Memorial University 5-4 in Harrogate, Tenn.
The Tornados overcame an early 2-1 deficit, as the Lady Railsplitters' took two out of the three doubles matches from Brevard. The lone doubles win for BC came at the No. 1 position, as the team of Kimberly Dixon and Lindsay Shaeffer beat LMU's Kathleen Rollet and Sophie Denlinger, 5-4.
In singles action, Brevard won four out of the six bouts to pickup the 5-4 overall victory.
At the No. 2 singles spot, Dixon cruised past LMU's Denlinger in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
Brevard's Kayley Duval overcame a 2-6 first set loss at the No. 3 spot, bouncing back to defeat Rachel Redmond of LMU, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
At the No. 4 singles position, the Tornados Sara Douglas dominated her opponent Emily Osborne, winning in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.
BC junior Merek Slagle picked up the win at the No. 6 spot, as she won the third set super-tiebreaker 10-7, ultimately defeating LMU's Nicole Combs 5-7, 6-3, (10-7).
With the win the Tornados finish the season 14-8 overall and 11-8 in the spring. BC also finished 7-1 at home on the year.
Brevard 5, Lincoln Memorial 4
(BC) Dixon/Shaeffer def. (LMU) Rollet/Denlinger – 8-5
(LMU) Redmond/Mills def. (BC) Cooper/Duval – 8-5
(LMU) Combs/Osborne def. (BC) Douglas/Slagle – 8-6
(LMU) Kathleen Rollet def. (BC) Lindsay Shaeffer – 6-4, 6-4
(BC) Kimberly Dixon def. (LMU) Sophie Denlinger – 6-3, 6-4
(BC) Kayley Duval def. (LMU) Rachel Redmond – 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
(BC) Sara Douglas def. (LMU) Emily Osborne – 6-1, 6-0
(LMU) Mandy Mills def. (BC) Kimberlee Cooper – 6-1, 6-2
(BC) Merek Slagle def. (LMU) Nicole Combs – 5-7, 6-3, (10-7)


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Brevard, N.C. - Kaitlyn White and India Kornegay led the Pacers to a 6-0 shutout victory in the opener between USC Aiken and Brevard, but the Tornados battled back in the second game as Emily Boykin drove a three-run double and Alyssa Miller excelled on both the mound and at the plate as Brevard earned the split with the 5-2 victory in the nightcap.
Brevard moves to 20-21 on the season with the split, while the Pacers move to 24-11 on the year after the Wednesday contests.
Game One: USC Aiken 6, Brevard 0
Box Score
White went 4-for-4 from the plate with a run and an RBI, while Kornegay shut down the Brevard offense, scattering five hits while striking out eight in recording the 6-0 shutout in the first game at the BC Softball field.
Kornegay (19-8) and Clemens (12-13) traded scoreless innings through the first three frames before Lindsey Jones reached on a one-out single up the middle in the top of the fourth for the Pacers. Cortney Sadler followed, reaching on an error to move Jones into scoring position. Victoria Burkett followed with an RBI single through the left side of the infield, plating the first run of the ball game.
The Pacers added two more runs in the top of the fifth as Kayla Denham drove in Brandy Bossle as the Tornados misplayed a bases loaded popup, allowing a run to score from third. Sadler followed two batters later with a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring White to improve the visitors lead to three.
White added an RBI in the top of the sixth, doubling in Bossle, while Hillary Stewart added an RBI single to left in the seventh inning. Denham scored the final run of the contest, crossing the plate on a wild pitch to give the Pacers a 6-0 lead heading into the final frame.
Brittany Jones reached on a one-out single to right centerfield, but Kornegay closed out the game retiring the final two batters to end the contest.
Game Two: Brevard 5, USC Aiken 2
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Emily Boykin cleared the bases in the bottom of the first with a double to the fence in centerfield, while Alyssa Miller (8-8) went a perfect 3-for-3 from the plate and pitched four innings to pick up the win as the Tornados earned the split against the Pacers.
White continued to have the hot stick on the day, leading off the game with a triple to the left centerfield gap, but Miller pitched her way out of trouble to keep USC Aiken off the board.
The Tornados offense erupted in the bottom of the frame, leading off with Brittany Fowler reaching on a walk from Samantha Lemm (5-3). Brittany Tucker sacrificed her over to second, and Brevard loaded the bases as Chelsi Mallory drew a walk and Clemens reached on a fielder's choice. Miller snapped the string of shutout innings with a base hit up the middle, scoring Fowler, and Meredith Davenport followed with a grounder deep in the hole at shortstop, with all runners advancing safely to keep the bases loaded.
Boykin followed with a blast to the fence in centerfield clearing the bases and chasing Lemm from the contest as the Tornados went up 5-0 in the first inning. Kornegay closed out the inning, but the damage was done as Brevard held the lead early.
Aiken battled back with two runs in the top of the fourth as Jones and Bossle reached with singles in the inning. White brought both home with a triple down the left field line, past the diving Brevard left fielder to cut into the Brevard lead.
Clemens came in relief for Brevard in the fifth, escaping jams in both the sixth and seventh innings to record three scoreless frames, striking out one to record her first save on the season.
Brevard returns to the road tomorrow evening as the Tornados travel to Bristol, Va. to take on Virginia Intermont College. First pitch between the Tornados and the Cobras is set for 4 p.m.


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BREVARD, N.C.-The Newberry College Wolves used a scoring surge in the second half to seal a 94-71 victory over the Brevard College men's basketball team in South Atlantic Conference action in Boshamer Gymansium on Saturday afternoon.
The Wolves (4-0, 2-0 SAC) outscored the Tornados (0-3, 0-2 SAC) 52-28 in the second half to earn their second conference win.
Newberry used a 13-2 run out of the break to gain the advantage and remained in front for the rest of the contest. The Wolves pushed their lead to 10 on a Dondray Walker free throw with 12:26 left in the game, and the Tornados never cut the lead back down to single digits.
Newberry's Demarkus Smith led all scorers with 19 points, finishing 7-of-11 from the field in the game. Walker and Cole Birchfield also scored in double figures for the Wolves, combining for 31 points.
The Tornados came out with their guns blazing to start the game, surprising Newberry to score the game's first nine points over the opening 3:10. BC's Darius Moose scored the first six points of the game on his way to a 12-point, seven-rebound game for the Tornados.
The Wolves settled in and countered with an 11-2 run to tie the game at 11-11 at the 14:08 mark in the first half.
The Tornados eventually used 10 unanswered points to turn a five-point deficit into a 34-29 lead on a Miles Leathers basket with just under six minutes to go before the half. The Tornados held a 43-42 advantage at the break.
The Tornados displayed a balanced scoring attack that saw four players score at least 11 points, paced by Dominique Pickett's 16 points. In addition to Pickett and Moose, Miles Leathers had 13 and Alex Moe chipped in 11. Moe pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.
Newberry's depth played a huge factor in the game's outcome as 10 Wolves saw at least 15 minutes of action. Newberry's bench poured in 42 points in comparison to only 10 points from the BC reserves.
The Tornados continue conference action as they visit the Tusculum College Pioneers on Tuesday night. Tipoff from Pioneer Arena is set for 8 p.m.


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Taylor Swift was photographed kissing her rumored boyfriend Harry Styles when the clock struck midnight in New York City on New Year's Eve.
Taylor Swift was the marquee performer New Year's Rocking Eve on ABC, performing her two biggest 2012 hits, "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." She looked lovely in her shimmery red zip-up and leather pants, and the crowd (including always-game correspondent Jenny McCarthy) seemed enraptured by her performance.
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Suicidal behavior is defined as a preoccupation or act that is focused on causing one's own death voluntarily. An intent to cause one's death is essential in the definition. Suicidal ideation refers to thoughts of suicide or wanting to take one's own life. Suicidal behavior refers to actions taken by one who is considering or preparing to cause their own death. Suicide attempt usually refers to an act focused on causing one's own death that is unsuccessful in causing death. Suicide refers to having intentionally caused one's own death.
Adolescence is a stressful developmental period filled with major changes - body changes, changes in thoughts and changes in feelings. Strong feelings of stress, confusion, fear and uncertainty, as well as pressure to succeed and the ability to think about things in new ways influence a teenager's problem solving and decision making abilities. For some teenagers, normal developmental changes, when compounded by other events or changes in their families such as divorce or moving to a new community, changes in friendships, difficulties in school or other losses can be very upsetting and can become overwhelming. Problems may appear too difficult or embarrassing to overcome. For some, suicide may seem like a solution. As many as 12 to 25 percent of older children and adolescents experience some form of thoughts about suicide (suicidal ideation) at one time or another. When feelings or thoughts become more persistent, are accompanied by changes in behavior or specific plans for suicide, the risk of a suicide attempt increases.
Over the last several decades, the suicide rate in young people has increased dramatically. In 1996, suicide was the third leading cause of death in 15 to 24 year olds and the fourth leading cause of death in 10 to 14 year olds. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), reliable scientific research has found the following:
The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent Suicide, 1999, reported the following:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the following:
Suicide risk factors vary with age, gender and cultural and social influences and may change over time. Risk factors for suicide frequently occur in combination with each other. The following are some suicide risk factors that may be present:
Many of the warning signs of possible suicidal feelings are also symptoms of depression. Observations of the following behaviors by parents and care givers may be helpful in identifying adolescents who may be at risk of attempting suicide:
Threats of suicide communicate desperation and a cry for help. Always take statements of suicidal feelings, thoughts, behaviors or plans very seriously. Any child or adolescent who expresses thoughts of suicide should be evaluated immediately.
The warning signs of suicidal feelings, thoughts or behaviors may resemble other medical conditions or psychiatric problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
Specific treatment for suicidal feelings and behaviors will be determined by your child's physician based on:
Any adolescent who has attempted suicide requires an initial physical evaluation and treatment until the teen is physically stable. Mental health treatment for suicidal feelings, thoughts or behaviors begins with detailed evaluation of events in the adolescent's life during the two to three days preceding the suicidal behaviors. A comprehensive evaluation of the adolescent and family contributes to decisions regarding treatment needs. Treatment recommendations may include individual therapy for the adolescent, family therapy, and, when necessary, hospitalization to provide the adolescent a supervised and safe environment. Parents play a vital supportive role in any treatment process.
Recognition and early intervention of mental and substance abuse disorders is the most effective way to prevent suicide and suicidal behavior. Studies have shown that suicide prevention programs most likely to succeed are those focused on identification and treatment of mental illness and substance abuse, coping with stress and controlling aggressive behaviors.
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Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart 's odds of playing in Week 7 are looking good. Stewart, who is currently on the Physically Unable to Perform list, is not eligible to play prior to Week 7, but the Charlotte Observer's Joseph Person writes that Stewart is on track for that game, Oct. 20 against the Rams. Stewart underwent surgery on both ankles during the offseason, but his right ankle gave him so much trouble, Stewart couldn't participate in training camp.
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DeAngelo Williams has been a very solid RB2 this season, rushing for 291 yards on 62 attempts. That yardage total is the third-most by a running back this year. But the 30-year-old is on pace for a career-high in carries, and I'm sure the Panthers would like to get Stewart on the field as soon as possible to take some of the load off. Despite Williams' success, this backfield should take on more of a committee look when Stewart comes back. I would advise Williams' owners to sell high while they can.


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Historian's star is on the rise
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A young history scholar at the University of South Carolina is a finalist for one of the most coveted awards for the study of the African-American experience.
R. Blakeslee Gilpin, an assistant professor of history, was named one of four finalists for the 14th annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book, "John Brown Still Lives!: America's Long Reckoning With Violence, Equality, and Change." He is the second USC scholar to be selected a finalist for the award.
John Brown Still Lives!
Matt Childs, an associate professor of history, was named a finalist in 2007 for his book, "The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery."
"I am honored and thrilled to be a finalist," said Gilpin, who joined the College of Arts and Sciences' faculty last year. "My advisor at Yale, David Blight, won this prize in 2001, and I have always dreamed of having a book that would be considered. It is flattering to be associated with Frederick Douglass in any way but particularly for a prize that has honored so many books and scholars I admire."
Released last November, Gilpin's book challenges long-held notions by writers, artists and activists about the 19th-century abolitionist who was associated with the Bleeding Kansas conflict and Harper's Ferry raid. Throughout the book he addresses numerous distortions about Brown's legacy, some more troubling than others.
"I'd call it a tie for most glaring distortions about John Brown," Gilpin said. "I am equally disturbed by the approach of generations of the devoted, who treat Brown as a peaceful saint, and the equally passionate treatment of his detractors, who portray Brown as an insane and unscrupulous criminal."
While understanding history may not solve our nation's problems, including race relations, Gilpin said it can be a step in the right direction.
"When we think about our history and legacy of American slavery, everyone would like a more straightforward and more positive story," he said. "Because our nation's path toward racial justice is filled with wrong turns, Brown provoked generation after generation to sound out what racial equality could and should mean.
"Tracing Brown's persistent presence across nearly 200 years of American life shows us that we are still trying to sort out the meaning of our founding documents and the way they would be applied. History does not always provide answers but it shows us where we've stumbled and trumped before – those are valuable lessons."
The Frederick Douglass Prize is awarded by Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. The other finalists include "The American Crucible," by Robin Blackburn; "Black Gotham," by Carla Peterson; and "Domingos Alvares," by James Sweet. The winner will be announced mid-Fall and awarded Feb. 28 in New York City. A $25,000 award comes with the non-fiction prize.
Gilpin, who earned his doctoral degree from Yale University in 2009, won the 2010 C. Vann Woodward Prize from the Southern Historical Association for the best dissertation in Southern history.
His passion for Southern history extends to his sophomore year at Yale when he visited Monument Row in Richmond, Va., and was sealed by a chance encounter with Blight, the Yale professor who was lecturing at Cambridge University while Gilpin was working on a master's degree in British history. "I've always had a passion for music, particularly the rural music of North Carolina and Mississippi. It was serendipity that David Blight spoke to the American historians' group about the song 'Home Sweet Home,' which I had been playing quite frequently on the banjo. His talk sparked my obsession with exploring the connections between music, literature and history of the American South."
It was Blight who would later plant the seed with Gilpin for writing a study of how America remembers Brown.
"I delved and was amazed at the personalities who had been drawn to Brown both during this lifetime but especially after his death. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, W.E.B Du Bois, Robert Penn Warren, Orson Welles and the list went on and on," Gilpin said. "Brown was sung about, painted and eulogized for 150 years. I quickly realized that I had found a rich vein to explore big questions surrounding what Brown stood for: racial equality and violence as a tool for social change."
Prior to joining USC's faculty, Gilpin was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina and the United States Centre at the University of Sydney.
Gilpin's co-edited volume of Virginia writer William Styron's correspondence, "Selected Letters of William Styron," will be published by Random House in December. His teaching this year will include "American to 1877" and "Southern Intellectual and Cultural History."
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Upper Pines Campground located at the far east end of Yosemite Valley is open year round. Reservations are required from March 15th through November. This campground becomes a first come first served campground in late November.
Click the "Reserve Now" icon to the right to make a reservation at Upper Pines.
There are 238 campsites that can accomodate RV's up to 35' in length and trailers up to 24' in length.
Upper Pines Campground is the largest of the three reservation campgrounds in Yosemite Valley. North Pines Campground and Lower Pines Campground are basically across the street from each other and within walking distance. The Merced River flows adjacent to the campground. To reach the Mirror Lake trail , a very popular trail in the valley floor, exit the campground and head across the bridge towards the trailhead. You can also jump on the Yosemite Shuttle and get off on stop 17 (Mirror Lake Trailhead).
If you plan on hiking the Mist Trail, Upper Pines Campground is the closest campground to Happy Isles , the starting point of the hike.
There are no water or electric hookups for RV's in the campground. There is a dump station and water station for RV's at the entrance to the Upper Pines and is free to use for registered campers.
Restrooms are spread throughout the campground and the toilets are flush type.
Each campsite includes a fire ring, a table and bear proof food lockers [33"(D)x45"(W)x18"(H)]. Some sites have larger food lockers. Storing all of your food items, toiletries and coolers is required for the protection of the bears in the area. DO NOT LEAVE FOOD IN YOUR CAR OR RV. Please dispose of all trash immediatly in the bear proof trash cans located around the campground.
Some sites are ADA accessible. Campsites 21, 27, and 42 are suitable for wheelchairs. Picnic tables at these sites have extended tops. These campsites are limited to people with disabilities.
Pets are allowed but must be kept on a 6' leash and may not be left unattended.
When you arrive, have your reservation receipt with you and check in at the kiosk at the entrance of the campground. ID will be required to occupy your site. Any questions you might have about Upper Pines Campground can be answered at the kiosk or any of the camp hosts on site. If you show up after the kiosk is closed (usually 5pm) then just go to your site and check back in the morning.
Campsites at Upper Pines as with all of the pines campgrounds are pretty cramped, But it seemed to me that Upper Pines had slightly more room between campsites than the other two.
Upper Pines is at an elevation of 4000', and is located near many of the features that make Yosemite Famous including Half Dome, Mirror Lake , Yosemite Falls , the Mist Trail , Nevada and Vernal Falls.
For those interested in horseback riding, the Yosemite Stables are located at the entrance of North Pines Campground . To get there, when you get to the entrance to Upper Pines, turn right and go over the bridge and the stables will be on the left. The walk to Yosemite Stables is about 300 yards.
Raft and Bicycle rentals are next to Half Dome Village at the Half Dome Village Recreation Center get off at Shuttle Stop 13a.
Cost per night is $20 and each site can accomodate up to 6 people.
Nearby Half Dome Village (click for a fantastic map from the National Park Service) offers several restaurants including a Pizza Deck (some of the best Pizza I have ever had and should be a stop on everyone's trip to Yosemite), ice cream shop/ coffee bar, a taqueria, a Dining Pavilion (Buffet style), the Half Dome Bar and Grill serves an excellent local draft selection located next to the Pizza Deck. Also at Half Dome Village is a mountaineering shop and mountaineering school, a store and gift shop, an amphiteather, a public pool, showers and a Lounge that has open WIFI access.
Road conditions can change at any time. Please check road and weather before arriving at (209)372-0200 for conditions inside Yosemite, and 1-800-427-ROAD for conditions outside the park. Highway 120 over Tioga Pass from Lee Vining and the Glacier Point Road are closed seasonally.
If arriving one or more days late, call (209)372-8502. Your reservation will be forfeited if we do not hear from you within 24hrs of your arrival date.
Entrance Fee to the park is $20 per private vehicle.
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Ol' Dillo is back home. The Capitol Theater's Tom Bailey tells New York's "Journal News" someone - not the suspected thief - returned the stuffed armadillo that had been taken after Willie Nelson's concert at the venue on September 19th.
Bailey explains that late Friday morning a person hand-delivered a sealed box to the theater's box office, and Ol' Dillo was inside. Bailey adds that Ol' Dillo has returned to Nelson, and the singer doesn't plan on filing charges. Nelson later confirmed the recovery on Facebook.
The country legend expressed his gratitude to everyone who helped in the search, and praised the Capitol Theater "for having an amazing staff and hunting down clues." Willie added that the "lesson of the week" is "only cowards steal from another person, don't be a coward!"
Nelson's publicist Elaine Schock says Ol' Dillo has the singer's stage mascot for the past few years. The taxidermied critter sits on a mixing console during the shows, and the theater's security cameras caught the 'dillo-napper in the act.
The Port Chester, New York police were investigating the incident, and the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain had offered a one-thousand-dollar reward for information on Ol' Dillo's disappearance.


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2011-12: The club's primary threat from behind the arc and one of the premier three-point shooters in the GSAC, she returns for what should be a productive senior campaign…the development of putting the ball on the floor will keep defenses honest…unorthodox, but effective around the rim…has worked on being a pesky, tenacious defender…designated as a team captain, she'll be expected to lead on and off the court.
2010-11: Earning a starting spot out of training camp, she proved to be more than a one-dimensional, long-range bomber…finished third on the team in scoring and steals…drained a team-high 73 three-pointers, the third-best mark in the GSAC…sank a career-high five treys vs. Pt. Loma Nazarene on 1/8/11 and threw in four trifectas seven more times…scored in double figures 17 times, highlighted by a season-high 15 points vs. La Sierra on 12/29/10 and vs. Pt. Loma Nazarene on 1/8/11…had a season-best four steals vs. Simpson on 12/18/10…pulled down a season-high seven rebounds vs. Vanguard on 2/26/11.2009-10: Preceded by a reputation for being a long-range bomber, the sophomore transfer struggled with consistency but still finished second on the team in three-pointers…poured in three or more trifectas five times…drained a season-high four treys vs. Freed-Hardeman of Tennessee on 11/19/09 when she also tallied a season-best 12 points.
Union University: Played one year (2007-08) for the Lady Bulldogs and was part of a 35-1 squad that played in the NAIA National Tournament.
Barking Abbey HS: Started and excelled in her final two prep years, leading her squad to a pair of district and English school cups…averaged 15ppg and five assists per game as a junior…a year later, she upped those numbers to 18ppg and six assists an outing while leading the team to an undefeated campaign (23-0)…drained a team-high seven three-pointers in one game…a two-time BAHS female athlete of the year choice.
The Angmering School: A two-year starter, she scored 53 points against London's St. Mary's HS in her sophomore year.
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St. Kate's Newswire :: St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN :: News and Events
John Fleming named Occupational Therapist of the Year
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy John Fleming, Ed.D., OTR/L, has been named the Occupational Therapist of the Year by the Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA).
Fleming, who has taught at St. Catherine University since 1985, was honored by MOTA for the impact he has had on countless students, clients, faculty and clinicians. In the 27 years he has been at St. Kate's, he has taught between 1,200 and 1,300 students, inspiring them to make their mark on the field of occupational therapy.
Fleming's passion for teaching extends beyond the classroom—to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the history of the University and the impact St. Kate's has on the greater community.
Inspired by the Sisters of St. Joseph
Fleming had the privilege of working under the revered Sister Genevieve Cummings, CSJ, who served as the first department chair for occupational therapy at St. Kate's. Her successors were also educated in the tradition of Catholic social teachings, bringing their commitment to social justice to the occupational therapy department.
"The sisters have done so much through their social services," says Fleming. "It's pretty amazing to be part of a group that is still able to do that kind of social service."
Along with other faculty, Fleming has continued to work with the sisters, partnering with them for community service projects and learning opportunities for his students. He says the early work of the sisters, and especially of Sr. Genevieve, still inform what the occupational therapy department does today.
"That really creates a character and flavor to the program that you can't replicate," says Fleming. "It creates a very special experience for the students."
Writing history
Fleming also has an enduring love of history.
In his office in Fontbonne Hall, he points to a shelf of textbooks that are all the same title, in different editions. Some of the more stunning photographs he has taken accent the wall, and stories from projects — both past and present — fill up his office cabinets.
Fleming was among the contributors for a text detailing the history of St. Catherine that was published in 2011 by Lexington Books, "Liberating Sanctuary: 100 Years of Women's Education at the College at St. Catherine."
To more fully understand the impact of the sisters, Fleming also chose their work as the subject of his doctoral dissertation when he completed a Doctor of Education in Leadership at the University of St. Thomas last year.
His dissertation, Reframing Mission: A Study of Institutional Change and Reinventing Healthcare Services in an Order of Catholic Nuns, used oral history to detail the CSJ's change from brick and mortar hospitals to a neighborhood system of primary clinics.
Par for the course
Fleming, who also continues his work as an occupational therapy practitioner, will take his interest in history a step further in 2013. He is designing and teaching a new course at the graduate level — a course on the history of occupational therapy and occupational science.
"The course itself is trying to explore philosophical ideas and concepts that have helped developed the field of occupational therapy," says Fleming.
Among other things, the course will ask students to analyze past, present, and future trends in the national and international practice of occupational therapy. It will explore the philosophical assumptions, societal influences, and environmental factors surrounding the development and practice of occupational therapy.
The course, entitled Evolution of Ideas in Occupational Therapy, will be offered for the first time in the summer of 2013, in the Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy program.
Fleming is also interested in doing more with oral history, in order to explore the impact of occupational factors on our daily lives.
He is especially interested in learning about the effects of Superstorm Sandy on residents of New York and New Jersey in the areas that were hardest hit by the storm. Fleming poses the question: How do occupational routines and selected paths change in the face of such an event?
"That is the kind of thing that occupational therapy should be interested in," Fleming says.
Regardless of the research potential that exists, Fleming continues to be a valued colleague at St. Catherine University and in the OT profession. Already, he meets many of his former students out in the field, even as he is teaching new classes of students.
"Because we have such a regional presence, it's not unusual to take students out into the field to work with other St. Kate's grads," says Fleming. "It is pretty amazing when I think about how many students I have taught over the years. That's humbling to realize that you've affected so many people."
Fleming calls his a "lifetime approach" to the occupational therapy discipline, the University and the greater community.
"I've always been of the opinion that you should be as giving as you can to as many people as you can," he says.
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*A continuation of the Counting My Chickens series*
I'm soliciting advice on how to present a particular argument. Your input would be most appreciated.
I am prepping to give a writing workshop at CPS on Friday, and I was going through the folder of information Dr. Wong gave me a few weeks ago when I first visited the school. In it are fliers about the grading system, the dress code, tuition, things like that. Included in the packet is the school's handbook, and in that handbook is a whole section about "Respectful Language."
Oh, boy; here we go….
I've written about how I feel about "colorful language" a number of times (notably here. There are other posts, too, I'm sure, but I don't have the patience to look them up right now). I feel – and have always felt – as though it's my job as a teacher to give kids a strong command of their language – ALL of their language – and to teach them when it's appropriate to use which rhetorical strategies. Sometimes, and particularly when we're engaging in creative endeavors, a particular of class of words is required to get across the true tenor of one's meaning. Those words exist for a reason, and part of my job is to make sure my students understand both when they need to employ them and when the rhetorical situation allows for it.
The upshot of the section in the handbook is that if you have a strong enough vocabulary, you don't need to utter imprecations. I'm sorry, but I just don't buy that, and I'm trying to figure out a way to present that case in a way that is clear, logical, and defensible. If I'm going to be asked to join this staff, I cannot have a limitation placed on what I can and cannot accept from students in terms of their own self-expression (and, not for nothing, "blasphemy" is listed as a no-no, as well. Insert derisive snort here).
I have success with my students because I work hard to build an environment where they know they're safe to explore what they really think and feel, not just what they think they're expected to think and feel. I work hard to create a truly judgment-neutral zone in the classroom so that kids can dismiss their inner critics and stroll out on limbs of thinking they're not certain will support their weight. I want them to dig under their proverbial beds, to open their proverbial closet doors, and to peek at their proverbial boogeymen, and to trust that I'm going to be there to help them find a way to get those ideas out of their heads in satisfying ways; the only way I can do that is if I let them know that – at least in this class – they're free to express themselves as authentically and as openly as they're able to. Sometimes (often, in fact), that expression is raw and painful and ugly, and that HAS TO BE OKAY. Sometimes, the only way into a really great idea or a profound self-discovery is through the fucking wars, and that HAS TO BE OKAY.
If I'm going to be asked to teach anything beyond the basics of grammar and business writing etiquette (I can NEVER spell that word right the first time!), I'm going to require that there be nothing off limits for my students to write or say within the walls of our classroom. I will make certain that they have a very clear and firm understanding of social contracts, and I will continue to reinforce the concept of rhetorical situations and the importance of tailoring one's message to one's audience, but I can't function if I'm to treat an entire mode of expression as taboo.


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Many ask about the differences between the Barbour Beaufort and the Barbour Bedale.
Here are examples of each. One of the best ways to organize the differences is to understand that the Bedale was designed (in 1980) for equestrian purposes while the Beaufort was designed (in 1983) for shooting, both by Dame Helen Barbour.
As a result, the Beaufort feels a bit more protective, especially in the rain, and the longer length does cover more, obviously. But it also feels somewhat heavier when wearing it. The Bedale, as is appropriate for riding, is shorter.
|Beaufort in Sage
|Bedale in Navy
"In 1894, John Barbour established himself in the burgeoning port of South Shields, supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen, rivermen and dockers from the worst of the North Sea Weather."
- John Barbour & Sons
|Bedale in Navy
|Bedale in Sage
|The Bedale (in Sage) has two snap studded gusseted side vents to accommodate a saddle.
|Barbour Beaufort Wax in Sage
|The Beaufort (in Navy) has a rear nylon-lined game pocket (aka poacher's pocket) with zippered access on both sides.
|This can be used for game or simply to keep the post dry.
|The Beaufort has Velcro fastening nylon inner cuffs, originally designed to break away when lifting your arms quickly to shoot.
|The Bedale has woolen knitted inner storm cuffs, originally designed to keep the rain from running down your arms as you hold the reins. The knitted cuffs are warmer but fit less well over a thick cuff of a heavier sweater.
|The Bedale has this inner pocket.
|The Beaufort has this zipped pocket.
|The longer Beaufort has the cotton tartan lining to the hem. The shorter Bedale has nylon on the bottom third. (Both of these jackets are a size 36.)
|Both have zip in liners (available separately).
|The liners add a considerable amount of warmth, but also bulk.
|Both have studs for optional hood (also bought separately). The hoods are now manufactured outside of the UK.
|It may be wise to consider over what garments you will be wearing your jacket and what work you will be doing in it. Some size up one or two sizes to accommodate the heaviest Aran jumpers or sweaters.
|Trying on the Barbour Beaufort in Sylkoil
|Tartan Lining of the Sylkoil
|Bedale in Sage....
|...and one for the Norfolk.
|An Old Gamefair
|An original Liddesdale quilt (with knit cuffs and Made in England) under a 1980s Gamefair.
|Barbour Bedale (in Oil)


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Quintessentially French, Fermob's line of outdoor furniture pays homage to the past while maintaining forward-thinking ideals. A mix of historical as well as modern designs, all presented in a beautiful range of vibrant colors equal a recipe that makes Fermob an icon in furniture. Based in Thoissey, France, Fermob designs and manufactures rust-proof metal outdoor furniture that is accessible and full of joie de vivre.
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'Gaustad scored after a mad scramble in front of the Toronto net. Pogge stopped the initialm shot, but on a clearing attempt hit the forward and went past the Leafs' netminder to give Buffalo the 5 to 3 lead. The lead would hold, the team surviving a late surge by the Leafs, including an extra attacker for the final two minutes with the net empty.'
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Talking baby photo album
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Don't want to record a message? A fun sound will play in its place. Photo album is a perfect way for
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Sweet Message Photo Bug Dimensions: 13.5" x 2.5" x 9.5"


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Convert Epoch Seconds to DMYHMS
You have a date and time in Erlang Epoch seconds (i.e., Gregorian calendar year 0 seconds), and you want to calculate the individual DMYHMS values from it.
In recipe TimeToday we did exactly this but only for the current date. How about if we wanted to get the date, and time (DMYHMS) associated to a particular number of seconds? Once more we would use gre.
1> Seconds = 1083022458. 1083022458 2> DateTime = calendar:gregorian_seconds_to_datetime(Seconds). {{34,4,26},{23,34,18}} 3> {{Year, Month, Day}, {Hour, Min, Sec}} = DateTime. {{34,4,26},{23,34,18}} 4> io:fwrite("Today's Date is ~2B/~2B/~4B ~2B:~2.10.0B:~2.10.0B\n", 4> [Month, Day, Year, Hour, Min, Sec]). Today's Date is 4/26/ 34 23:34:18 ok
In recipe TimeToday we discussed how to convert a date structure to a string. Convert in the opposite direction is also possible, and useful. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of build-in Erlang plumbing to do so. However, if we are very sure of the format we can easily extract the data we need using Erlang's ever-helpful io and io_lib modules:
5> Some_Date_String = "2004-04-26T18:26:18-0500". "2004-04-26T18:26:18-0500". 6> {ok, [YYY,MMM,DD,HH,MM,SS,ZZ],_} = 6> io_lib:fread("~4d-~2d-~2dT~2d:~2d:~2d-~4d", Some_Date_String). {ok,[2004,4,26,18,26,18,500],[]}