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Girls volleyball: Lake County all-area team
Mickenzie Andrews Lake Zurich
Clearly under the radar with the power hitters in Lake Zurich's lineup, Andrews made a name for herself as a blocker. Make that a very good blocker. She's been a staple in coach Matt Aiello's lineup since her sophomore season. "She has developed into our best blocker and arguably the best blocker in the area," Aiello said. "She uses speed, athleticism and a long reach to help control a match." For the NSC champs, she collected 107 blocks and added 115 kills and 27 aces. The junior is versatile as well as she can play all three front row positions for the Bears. "As the season has gone on, Mickenzie has become an even greater part of our offense as well," Aiello said. "She can get kills from anywhere on the court. We are excited to have her as our anchor next season."
Alyssa Armada Carmel
The funny thing is this talented senior may not know how good she is. This is the key player in Carmel's magical season. She's the setter who feeds the hitters on nightly basis. The New Jersey Institute of Technology was wise enough to offer her a full ride to set for them next year. "She brings a competitive fire that keeps our team focused and upbeat," said coach David Pazely. "She is a two-year starter for us and runs our balanced 5-1 offense aggressively." For the season, the senior rang up 572 assists, 115 kills, 33 blocks, 69 digs and 26 aces. She is a two-time ESCC all-conference selection. "Her presence will be missed next year,'' Pazely said. "But her legacy of energy, competitiveness and leadership will continue on because of how she has positively influenced her teammates."
Alex Basler Libertyville
This junior is an imposing blocker for the surging Wildcats. Her future looks so bright. Libertyville coach Greg Loika did some research and found out his latest star provided the most kills (218) out of the middle since Ali Haws back in 2007. And, yes, the recruiters are out. The Ivy League is interested in Basler's services since she stands nearly 6 feet 2. "Alex is the focal point of the Wildcats offense and defense," Loika said. In addition, Basler stepped up with 73 blocks.
Megan Behrendt Lakes
Where did the Eagles find this player? Just a sophomore, the grand daughter of former Antioch girls basketball coach Dave Woods is making her mark on Lakes volleyball. "Megan has really stepped up in her leadership role," said coach Katie Cheek. "She continuously strives to get better and she set the bar high. We would not have had a successful season without her. When it is crunchtime, Megan will make the go-to play." Behrendt's 245 kills led the NSC Prairie champions. She didn't back down on defense and notched 311 digs. The sophomore also had 34 aces and 31 blocks. "I can't wait to see how she progresses in the sport of volleyball," Cheek said. "I am lucky to have her as part of the team."
Gabi Casper Grayslake Central
They won't soon forget what Casper brought to the Central program. She played varsity volleyball for four years. "Gabi has truly embodied what it means to be a Grayslake Central volleyball player," said coach Jason Janczak. "She is the smartest hitter I have coached and has the ability to get solid kills off broken plays or bad sets. She is also the heart and soul of our team -- and sets the tone for our practices and our match." Her defense stood out this year with 290 digs. In addition, she had 149 kills and 33 aces. "Her passion for this sport and her team raises the bar for what future GCHS volleyball players should aim for," Janczak said. "We have been very lucky to have her as a part of our program for the past four years."
Beka Couch Grant
Evidently, every team that took on Grant this fall knew to look out for the senior. She seemingly had one main job for the Bulldogs. That was to pound the volleyball. "She was our go-to player all season," said coach Susan Thompson. "And took the majority of our swings. She really focused on improving her passing and defense so she could play the back row for us." For the campaign, Couch had 202 kills. She also added 29 blocks. At the serving line, this jump server notched 40 aces. In addition, she had 55 digs. "She had a good deal of success with her jump serve and became one of the power hitters in the division," Thompson said. "Good things always happened when she was on the floor. She was also selected as our team MVP."
Alex Dahlstrom Grayslake Central
Even in the powerful Fox Valley Conference, they knew who Dahlstrom was. That's the girl who puts the ball away for the Rams. Officially, it was a team-best 303 kills in her final campaign at Central. She was tough at the serving line, too, with 67 aces. "She is an incredibly strong hitter," said coach Jason Janczak. "She has superior placement and ability to get clutch kills in tight matches. Alex is arguably one of the most powerful hitters in the county." No one would argue with that comment as Dahlstrom dominated at times this fall. She will bring that heavy hitting to Lindenwood University in Missouri next year. "Alex's blocking ability also allowed us to neutralize any threats from the right-side that other teams had," Janczak said. "Alex also had a very strong year at the serving line for us with her tough jump float serve."
Maddie Demo Lakes
Another excellent find for the Eagles. How good this player will be remains to be seen but right now she's on target for an excellent career. Demo is another reason the Eagles succeeded this fall. "Maddie is completely coachable," said coach Katie Cheek. "She has great sportsmanship and is very team-oriented. She works for the team and is the definition of a team player. She always wants what is best for the players." In her first season directing the Eagles' offense, Demo collected 542 assists. She was also effective from the serving line with 47 aces. Demo had 161 digs and 54 kills.
"I can always count on her to run the floor and make game time decisions that will better our offense," Cheek said.
Ashley Dina Lake Zurich
Clearly the defensive star for the NSC champs. The way she digs volleyballs makes you wonder how she would look playing third base on the softball team. "She makes the difficult play look easy," said coach Matt Aiello. "And she has worked so hard to play under control. We funnel our blocking scheme toward Ashley, just begging teams to challenge her. I actually think her passing has allowed us to create the balanced offense that we have." Who approaches the 1,000 mark in digs? Dina may reach that magic number if the Bears go deep in the playoffs. She finished the regular season with 902 digs. "She is able to take a lot of pressure off our other players," Aiello said. "And makes up half of our 2 person serve receive. Ashley has a court awareness and presence that has stabilized our team this season. She is also our emotional charge that keeps our team intensity up at all times."
Khaila Donaldson Stevenson
Before she heads to the nation's capitol and Howard University, it's time to salute this senior. Donaldson has made herself into an excellent volleyball player. At Stevenson, she led the way on offense with 279 kills and 41 serving aces. "She has done a tremendous job for us once again," said coach Tim Crow. "Her focus and competitive spirit has been a huge asset to our program. She has taken over many matches for us this season both front row and back row." Even with her ability to take over matches, she found time to play defense as she was second on the team in digs (218). "She has had one of the most dominant seasons statistically to date," Crow said.
Samantha Falco Antioch
Eastern Michigan University didn't waste any time signing this 6-foot-4 middle blocker. After all, you can't teach height. She naturally gained attention playing for the Sequoits. This tall team captain was fun to watch. "When Sam is fired up, the team follows right along with her," said coach Jamie Atkinson. In her final season, Falco's kill efficiency was a sharp 45 percent. She was third on the team in blocks with 30.
Marissa Grant Antioch
The setter isn't afraid to swing away. Grant dished out 395 assists in her junior year. She's already committed to Central Michigan. "Marissa isn't afraid to take control as a hitter," said coach Jamie Atkinson. The team's top setter was second in total blocks with 33. She also worked hard on defense and registered 81 digs. "Marissa ran the court for us," Atkinson said.
Haley Halberg Lakes
While the younger players stood out for the surprising Eagles this year, there was a strong senior who helped the cause as well. Even thought Halberg stands just 5 feet 8, she became a potent force at the net. She led her team in blocks (65) and turned in exactly 100 kills, good for third on the team. "She has developed great court sense and strong leadership skills in her third varsity season," said coach Katie Cheek. "Voted a co-captain, she wanted to set the bar high and give the underclassmen someone to look up to." Halberg was also effective at the serving line with 37 aces. "She pushes the other players in practice everyday and is helped to promote team chemistry," Cheek said. "Her drive and desire to compete is amazing and has a positive effect on everyone around her."
Yasmeen Johnson Mundelein
Coach George Dressen Jr. is well aware he has a special athlete in the junior. She can do so many things on a volleyball court and he's glad she's coming back for another season." She's our junior captain who leads by example," Dressen said. "She's good at placing the ball very well. She also jumps out of the gym. She could be exceptional next year." Place her on a list of players to watch next year.
Susan Karloff Wauconda
Karloff didn't leave much behind in her final season at Wauconda. She had a whopping 241 kills and 292 digs, both tops on her team. Those 50 serving aces also led the team. "Susan was a two-year captain for us and provided leadership on the court by stepping up when we needed her," said coach Alison Williams. "She also provided guidance to the younger players on the team. She will be greatly missed next year." And for good measure, Karloff was second on the team in assists (250).
Sierra Kepski Carmel
Opponents' first mistake is underestimating this junior. Sure, she's 5 feet 2 but in this sport it really doesn't matter. "This girl lives in the gym," said coach Dave Pazely. "What she lacks in height she more than makes up for in speed, strength, intelligence, anticipation, energy, competitiveness, consistency and, most importantly, heart." Kepski helps out on the court on three of six rotations but that didn't stop her from getting 239 digs. She also added 35 aces. She's been a varsity starter since her sophomore season. "Having Sierra on the roster is like having another coach in the locker room," Pazely said. "She will keep our defense solid next year as our libero. Sierra is another player who I'm sure will continue competing at the college level and afterward will probably be a coach. This game is in her blood."
Vicky Liu Libertyville
The word versatile comes to mind when discussing Liu's attributes. This senior can play just about every position for the Wildcats. "Vicky has played every defensive position for the Cats this season," said coach Greg Loika. "And that includes setter. She also played one match as an outside hitter." Her serving has provided the Wildcats with 53 aces. And that paced the team this fall. She also gave Libertyville 223 digs.
Kara Maleski Stevenson
The big block in Stevenson's attack this fall, this is one player who improved seemingly every time she took the court. Evidently that made an impression in Kansas. So Maleski will continue her volleyball career at Wichita State University. "Kara has made huge strides over the past three seasons," said coach Tim Crow. Of course she paced the team in both solo blocks (43) and assist blocks (62). She also had time for 108 kills. "Her leadership has gotten stronger this season," Crow said. "And she has been a difference maker in many matches."
Kiley McPeek Lake Zurich
Here's another Bears player who will take volleyball to college. McPeek is headed to New York and Cornell University. "Kiley has developed into one of the more consistent all around players in the area," said coach Matt Aiello. "She is an integral part of our two-person serve receive alignment and covers a lot of court. She plays fast and knows how to find court space when hitting." McPeek was certainly a force with 258 kills, including a career-high 19 kills against Libertyville. "She can play a finesse game or a speed/power game," Aiello said. "It doesn't matter to Kiley how she scores points. She is always a positive influence on the court, in practice, and with her teammates. When Kiley gets it going, she is really fun to watch." McPeek excelled on defense with 344 digs.
Allyson Mitchell Warren
Coach Julie Filippo considers Mitchell her most improved player of the fall season. A year ago, the senior was a JV player and now she'll take her game to the next level at Greenville College. In addition to her 155 kills and 253 digs, Mitchell also took a turn setting the ball and notched 32 assists. She also paced the Blue Devils with 37 aces.
Shauna Meagher Carmel
This three-year starter gives the Corsairs special defense. "She has made plays that no one has any business making," said coach David Pazely. "And she is a consistent defender every time she steps onto the court." The libero had 406 digs and added 43 serving aces. "She has been a model of excellence and that has rubbed off on her teammates," Pazely said. "That causes all of them to step things up defensively as well. She has had over 20 digs in a match multiple times this season and is the reason we have stayed alive against tough competition all year long."
Mallory Parsons Lake Zurich
Just another power hitter in Lake Zurich's lineup. Parsons is headed to Carthage College next season for more volleyball. At the top of volleyball resume is those 270 kills and 278 digs. "Mallory is extremely athletic and a powerful player," said coach Matt Aiello. "She gets kills from all spots on the court. She has grown into an all-around player who plays with a lot of intensity. Her ability to get kills front and back row places a lot of pressure on the opposition."
Rhiannon Prentiss Libertyville
The senior doesn't look intimidating on a volleyball court. Of course that was before that kill went whistling past the other team. Prentiss is natural libero who moved to outside hitter in the Wildcats lineup. No matter, she still managed 212 kills and also showed off her libero skills with 298 digs. "Prentiss has been an outside hitter for two seasons," said coach Greg Loika. "And a steady swinger with an error in only one of 10 swings." Prentiss also checked in with 31 blocks and 17 aces. She's been a three-year starter.
Elizabeth Rengers Carmel
She's been a fixture in the middle for the Corsairs. And now she's a big part of this very successful team. "Ellie has set the tone up front all year long," said coach David Pazely. "Our other hitters would not be as effective as they are if not for Ellie being such a threat out of the middle. Because other teams have to respect her when she goes up, she opens things up for our pin hitters to get one-on-one blocking where we can usually convert for a kill. She spent the club season playing with (teammate) Alyssa (Armada) and the two of them found a chemistry that coaches can only dream about between players." Rengers paced the Corsairs with 70 blocks and was second on the team in kills (126).
Grace Schofield Carmel
It's simple really. Schofield is the girl in the Carmel lineup who can really pound the volleyball. "Gracie is a big impact player and has been a varsity starter since her sophomore year," said coach David Pazely. "At Six feet tall and with a powerful arm, she can hurt a defense all night long. But she has more in her bag of tricks than just a strong swing. She's smart and can tip, roll, cut, tool or turn line at any time." Schofield's power game helped her to 236 kills this fall. Also, 60 digs, 34 blocks and 34 aces. "She is a huge reason why we have been so successful this year," Pazely said. "And she will only get better her senior year when she is able to play all 6 rotations instead of just 3."
Amanda Spera Antioch
Coach Jamie Atkinson may be new to girls volleyball but she knows what a middle blocker is supposed to do. And she likes what she sees from Spera. "Amanda is the most fluid middle hitter I have seen," Atkinson said. "She effortlessly dishes out a quick middle attack from all spots on the court." Spera paced the Sequoits with 46 blocks. She also took top honors on the team with 107 kills and a sparkling 45-percent kill efficiency. And when she headed to the back row she picked up 66 digs.
Kristen Walding Lake Zurich
Simply grand. For the third year in a row, the senior setter dished out 1,000 assists. She's the captain of the Daily Herald Lake County all-area team. "Along with great talent and physical attributes, she has an incredible volleyball IQ," said coach Matt Aiello. "I have put a lot on Kristen's shoulders during her career and she has thrived with that responsibility. Kristen has earned the respect of her teammates by always putting them first. She is genuine in everything that she does." Walding will continue her volleyball career at Northeastern University in Boston.
Jenna Walczak Warren
When coach Julie Filippo thinks about the future of Warren volleyball, the name Walczak comes up. Now a 6-foot sophomore, her future seems bright. "Jenna is a diamond in the rough," Filippo said. "She is a talented outside hitter who is only going to get better with training. Jenna is always open to instruction which makes coaching her a bonus. She's also one of the best passers on the team."
In her sophomore season, she had 153 kills and 232 digs.
Madi Wilcox Mundelein
No wonder Wilcox has a college scholarship. It doesn't long to figure out this senior is a pretty good setter. Make that an excellent setter. She will play next at Florida Gulf Coast University on a full ride.
In the final match of the season for the Mustangs, Libertyville coach Greg Loika commented that Wilcox was "a fantastic setter who runs a smooth offense." Mundelein coach George Dressen Jr. has had Wilcox on the varsity since her freshman season. "She pushes the team in practice," Dressen said. "She's a take charge senior captain."
Rachel Ziegler Warren
Ziegler might have felt a little lonely at the start of the volleyball season. That's because she was the lone returning starter. But she had no problem helping her Blue Devils. This captain and team leader did plenty of setting and also hit on the right side. Her setting duties in the 6-2 offense helped her collect 247 assists. "She has proved to be again a valuable player on this team," said coach Julie Filippo. In addition, Ziegler had 106 digs, 83 kills and 32 blocks.
Mickenzie Andrews Lake Zurich Jr. MH
Alyssa Armada Carmel Sr. S
Alex Basler Libertyville Jr. OH
Megan Behrendt Lakes So. OH
Gabi Casper Grayslake Central Sr. OH
Beka Couch Grant Sr. OH
Alex Dahlstrom Grayslake Central Sr. OH/MH
Maddie Demo Lakes So. S
Ashley Dina Lake Zurich Sr. L
Khaila Donaldson Stevenson Sr. OH
Samantha Falco Antioch Sr. MB
Marissa Grant Antioch Jr. S
Haley Halberg Lakes Sr. OH
Yasmeen Johnson Mundelein Jr. OH
Susan Karhoff Wauconda Sr. S/OH
Sierra Kepski Carmel Jr. DS
Vicky Liu Libertyville Sr. DS
Kara Maleski Stevenson Sr. MH
Kiley McPeek Lake Zurich Sr. OH
Shauna Meagher Carmel Sr. L
Allyson Mitchell Warren Sr. OH
Mallory Parsons Lake Zurich Sr. OH
Rhiannon Prentiss Libertyville Sr. OH
Elizabeth Rengers Carmel Sr. MH
Grace Schofield Carmel Jr. OH
Amanda Spera Antioch Jr. OH
*Kristen Walding Lake Zurich Sr. S
Jenna Walczak Warren So. OH
Madi Wilcox Mundelein Sr. S
Rachel Ziegler Warren Sr. RS/S
* captain
Honorable mention
Ashley Anderson (Wauconda So. L), Val Barybina (Vernon Hills Jr. MH), Lexi Beckman (Grayslake Central Sr. MH), Melinda Blomberg (Round Lake So.), Sarah Bregenzer (Mundelein Sr. OH), Destiny Brown (Round Lake Sr. OH), Alexa Bykowski (Stevenson Sr.), Peyton Bykowski (Stevenson Sr. L), Summer Camper (Grayslake North Sr. OH), Teresa Curtis (Grayslake Central Sr. L), Kasey Firnbach (Vernon Hills Jr. MH), Maggie Fish (Grayslake North MH), Alaina Geissberger (Grayslake North Sr. MH), Sydney Glover (Lake Zurich Sr. OH), Elena Kelsh (Antioch Sr. OH), McKenna Lahr (Lakes Fr. OH), Morgan Meade (Carmel Jr.), Dana Meline (Vernon Hills So. OH), Morgan O'Brien (Libertyville Fr. L), Julia Osmond (Stevenson Sr. MH), Carly Ostmeyer (Libertyville So.), Cassie Ostmeyer (Libertyville Sr.), Hayley Peterson (Grayslake Central Jr. S), Izzy Rodriguez (Round Lake Sr.), LeAnne Sakowicz (Wauconda So. S/OH), Tori Smith (Vernon Hills Jr. S), Hannah Thomas (Grayslake Central Sr. DS), Marisela Valadez (Round Lake So.), Allie Wayland (Carmel So.)
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By Margaret Chadbourn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Wednesday drew battle lines ahead of the next fight over the government's role in the mortgage finance system, focusing on the cash-strapped Federal Housing Administration.
The House Financial Services Committee opened a series of hearings to look into ways to shore-up the finances of the FHA, a government mortgage insurer that is facing a projected $16.3 billion shortfall in its insurance fund.
The projected losses on the $1.1 trillion in mortgages it backs could lead the agency to turn to the U.S. Treasury for a cash infusion for the first time in its 79-year history.
Republicans, who control a majority in the House, want to shrink the FHA's market share. At the hearing, they said the agency's problems were so severe that it needed to be reformed, while Democrats defended the agency as a vital source of funding for low-income and first-time home buyers.
"It is going to be a priority of this committee to forge a sustainable housing finance system in this country," Representative Jeb Hensarling, the Republican chairman of the committee, declared at the hearing.
The FHA's presence in the mortgage market expanded rapidly after the U.S. housing bubble burst. It now insures about 1.2 million mortgages, supporting about 15 percent of all U.S. home loans, up from 5 percent in 2006.
It has faced mounting losses from defaults on mortgages it guaranteed from 2007-09 as the housing bubble deflated.
"If the FHA were a private financial institution, likely somebody would be fired, somebody would be fined and the institution would find itself in receivership," said Hensarling. "It is merely and merrily on its way to becoming the recipient of the next great taxpayer bailout."
House Republicans have not said what steps they believe are needed to bolster the agency, but they are likely to face push-back from Democrats if they seek to curtail the FHA's reach and make it harder to obtain FHA-backed loans. If the House were to pass a bill only along party lines, it would likely not clear the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The determination of whether or not FHA needs to draw funds from the Treasury will come later this year. The White House will issue a projection of the agency's capital needs in the president's upcoming budget proposal.
The FHA's financial woes have become a pressing priority for lawmakers, deflecting attention away from efforts to reform government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the biggest providers of mortgage funds to the U.S. housing market.
Those two firms, put under government control in 2008, have drawn almost $190 billion in taxpayer aid. They have started to return to profitability in recent quarters.
Hensarling, one of the most conservative members in the House, has angled to push lawmakers to take a more aggressive approach to changing the current housing finance system. Combined, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA back about nine of 10 new U.S. home loans.
Democrats on the committee argued that the agency had helped prevent a deeper housing bust. The FHA does not make loans but instead insures qualified lenders against losses if borrowers default. With an FHA loan, buyers can put down as little as 3.5 percent.
"It is important to acknowledge FHA's crucial role in our housing finance system, particularly in the last few years," said Representative Maxine Waters, the committee's ranking Democrat. "All the members here today are deeply concerned about the health of the FHA's mutual mortgage insurance fund."
So far, the agency has been able to cover its costs and avoid asking for a Treasury subsidy by raising premiums that borrowers pay and tightening credit standards.
Julia Gordon, director for housing finance and policy at the liberal Center for American Progress, said those actions needed more time. "It is now important to give sufficient time to see the results of the significant improvements made by FHA before adding still more changes to the mix," she said in her testimony.
Gordon said that while the FHA's losses from problem loans will be on the agency's books for several years, more recent business would likely be very profitable.
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When is a child's tantrum normal developmental behavior for his age, and when is it a sign of a deeper underlying problem?
This question was at the heart of a new study, which concluded that – even in young children – daily tantrums could suggest deeper problems.
As part of the study, conducted at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, researchers asked nearly 1,500 parents of children ages 3-5 about the frequency and severity of their children's tantrums.
The survey found that 84 percent of preschool kids had thrown a tantrum within the past month, but just 8.6 percent had daily tantrums. Some 8.3 percent of the kids threw a sudden tantrum at least once a week.
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Science Educators and Musicians, "Jeff and Paige", will present a high-energy, live, nature-themed kids' concert. Expect plenty of educational antics from this husband and wife duo: original, science-based songs and skits, quick costume changes and lots and lots of audience participation. Learn more at www.jeffandpaige.org.
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Cary Eades, one of the more recognizable assistant coaches in college hockey, will be leaving North Dakota, the school announced this press release today:
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - University of North Dakota head men's hockey coach Dave Hakstol announced today that associate head coach Cary Eades will not have his contract renewed as part of a restructuring of UND's coaching staff for the 2012-13 season.
Eades has been a member of the Fighting Sioux coaching staff for each of Hasktol's eight seasons behind the bench and was elevated from assistant coach to associate head coach prior to the 2006-07 season.
"Cary has provided tremendous leadership to our program and to the individuals within our program," Hakstol said, "and I truly appreciate the loyalty and dedication he has demonstrated throughout his time at North Dakota. At this point in time, I felt a need to redefine and restructure the roles and duties within our coaching staff. There are no additional, underlying reasons for my decision, which was an extremely difficult one to make."
During his eight years as a member of Hakstol's staff, Eades helped lead the Sioux to six seasons of 25-plus victories, five NCAA Frozen Four appearances, four WCHA Final Five championships and two MacNaughton Cup titles as WCHA regular season champions. Eades coached UND's defensemen and power play, and also served as the program's recruiting coordinator.
"I am very appreciative of the past eight years at the University of North Dakota and am very proud of my contributions to the team's success that we've enjoyed. Winning some form of a championship - WCHA league, WCHA playoff or NCAA regional - in each season is a testament to that," Eades said. "I can also hold my head high knowing that our shelves are stocked with talent for next year's team and beyond.
"I am a much better person and hockey coach because of this experience and I truly appreciate all of the current and former players, coaches, administration, alumni and, of course, our loyal, diehard Sioux fans for their part in my personal growth. It's now time for me to look forward and pursue other career opportunities, and embrace the challenges that lie ahead in my life."
Eades' association with UND hockey extends well beyond his most recent stint as assistant and associate head coach. Eades previously was an assistant coach for the 1987 NCAA and WCHA champion Sioux while serving as a member of former UND head coach John "Gino" Gasparini's staff for seven seasons from 1984-91.
"I learn from the people I work with, and I've learned a lot from Cary," Hakstol said. "He's been an outstanding friend and coach to work with."
Prior to embarking on a coaching career, Eades played hockey at UND for four seasons (1978-82), playing on two UND NCAA championship teams (1980 and 1982) and three WCHA championship teams (1979, 1980, 1982). He was UND's team captain his senior season (1981-82). Eades played in 144 games for the Sioux, scoring 85 goals and 79 assists for 164 points. His 85 career goals are tied for ninth in program history. UND compiled a 117-47-3 (.710) record during Eades four years of college.
Hakstol said a definitive timeline for naming a replacement has not yet been determined.
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King's Speech, The (US - BD RA)
Ironically enough Gabe can't find his own voice while reviewing this Blu-ray...
The BBC original The King's Speech is among the best made for TV I've ever seen, right up there with And the Band Played On, Brian's Song and Duel. The story follows King to be, Prince Albert, or 'Bertie' as he's known to his family (Colin Firth) as he struggles with a crippling speech impediment. Following a string of failed meetings with various speech therapists, his wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) finds an unconventional Australian named Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Meanwhile, King George V's (Michael Gambon) health begins to recede, and Bertie is thrust into the limelight. The fact that the film swept many of the major categories at this year's Emmy Awards was no surprise based on its historical pedigree, and even less surprise following waves of critical acclaim upon release, and… I'm sorry say again? It didn't win any Emmys? Well that's surprising I assumed… It what? The Oscars? No, I'm afraid you're mistaken. The Oscars are reserved for only major theatrical releases. The King's Speech was a major theatrical release? Uh huh… Almost $400 million world wide? Really? Wow, that is unexpected.
My snarky, perhaps entirely unamusing joking aside, The King's Speech is about to join a pantheon of perfectly good films that would likely be forgotten by mass society had it not been for their undeserved Best Picture wins. This club (arguably, of course) includes the likes of Wings, The Greatest Show on Earth, Ordinary People, Gandhi, A Beautiful Mind and Crash. More importantly, the club features The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love, two underdogs that were reportedly ushered to the top using less than reputable means by the Brothers Weinstein, the same pair of infamous production masterminds that bought and distributed The King's Speech in America. Here's to hoping Peter Biskind is prepping a conspiracy fueled follow-up to 'Down and Dirty Pictures' as we speak. The King's Speech is a very good, very well made, well acted, and entertaining movie that doesn't beg multiple viewings, or inspire vivid memories.
Director Tom Hooper does a lot to make this stage play worthy of a big screen treatment, but none of it really makes a difference – it's still a glorified TV movie. If David Slade can make something as location-deficient as Hard Candy look perpetually interesting, something set against the backdrop of London on the verge of war should have the capacity for scope. Cinematographer Danny Cohen and Hooper pull out a very specific framing style to help stem the boring image tide. This look involves framing the characters in a far corner of the screen, seemingly in an effort to clue the audience into their isolated emotional states, or something. The look grows exhausting, and even devolves a bit in to self parody at times, but without some kind of visual trademark I fear we'd be left with nothing put the performances. And if I were to strip it further I'd be left with little to celebrate outside of another perfect performance from Geoffrey Rush. Guy Pearce is certainly amusing as David, Prince of Wales, and I find no fault with Firth, Bonham Carter, or any other expressly capable member of the King's Speech cast, but there wasn't any performance outside of Rush's that left me gob-smacked. It all comes down to more expectations met, and none of them exceeded.
The film's version of the story tends to marginalize the river of misery British's less monarchal citizens experienced leading up to, and following the events of the UK declaration of war on Germany. Sure, Hooper, Firth and editor Tariq Anwar do a commendable job tugging the old heart strings with that climatic speech (don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant sequence), but in the back of my mind I was left wonder why I should care about this prissy royal overcoming his nerve, when his people are about to take about a million tons of Blitzkrieg to the face. Kind of puts a damper on the achievement. This is my own fault for bringing too much baggage to the film, and generally bad criticism, and I assure everyone that the symbolism of the act isn't lost on me, but I'd like to think that screenwriter David Sidler's is at least somewhat to blame. Sidler's taste in adaptation and abilities with dialogue are solid, certainly Oscar-worthy in their way, but he misses a lot of chances for more poignant storytelling. Arguably, there's little need for yet another film about the trials and tribulations of WWII, but why ignore so much of the rich, historical framing, even when aiming for a more character-centric take on events? Seeing the film did the service of convincing me to do some research, yes, but I was left frustrated by the script's habit of focusing on the more mundane elements in an effort to make The King's Speech a character piece. There's also the matter of putting the audience in a position where they have to root for the status quo, which just generally makes me uncomfortable. Again, my problem, not yours.
The King's Speech is, as stated, a very stylistically interesting film, and this 1080p transfer is a fine sampling of Danny Cohen's best cinematographic abilities. The palette is quite limited, feeding our American assumptions about the dire, overcast look of London. Besides the pale skin tones, most everything is either blue, green, yellow or brown from background elements and props, to wardrobe and gels. Occasionally warm elements will surprise the composition, but for the most part this is a consistently cool and under lit production (watching the film a second time I notice that the entire film becomes noticeably more vibrant and colourful the minute the climatic speech is delivered). Cohen changes up his focus quite a bit, from crisp wide angles, to fuzzy spot focus, so detail levels are all over the place. This isn't a problem, though the lack of sharp contrast keeps the transfer from what I'd call reference quality. I have zero complaints concerning artefacts, aside from some incredibly minor halo effects along the darkest edges, and am impressed with the fine frequency of grain.
Sound design is among the film's most admirable assets, and the production pulls out all the stops while still maintaining utter silence as the most important element (it accentuates the awkward qualities of stammering, you see). There aren't many DTS-HD Master Audio tracks that are this impressive from an almost exclusively vocal standpoint. There are a few minor directional effects that don't concern voice or music, such as moving vehicles, falling trees, or air raid sirens, but mostly we're dealt a series of vocal tweaks. Sometimes voices reverberate through microphones, creating rhythm through the repetition of echo. Other times the warmth of a room is represented in the way vocals bounce against the walls. And even when they aren't echoing throughout the rear channels, vocals are often separated effectively based on character placement, and characters are well represented by their LFE presence (the contrast in bass between Michael Gambon and Colin Firth is especially telling). Funnily enough, I saw The King's Speech on an airplane, where all the naughty words were silenced. Amusingly, sound effects were not silenced as well, which turned the big cursing scene into a bizarre series of echoing footsteps.
There isn't a lot here in terms of special features for a Best Picture Oscar winner, but fans should be at least somewhat satisfied. Extras begin with director Tom Hooper's solo commentary track. I dreaded listening to this track based on my devolving opinion of the film, and Hooper's nonplused Oscar acceptance speech. My assumptions are mostly valid. Hooper is tonally about as exciting as a napping dog, and his content is technical minded with almost no curious tales of behind the scenes excitement, but the track is not without merit, and the technically minded discussion is plenty informative, thoughtful, and on some rare occasions even entertaining (at one point he recalls the lyrics to the song 'Montage' from Team America). I could certainly use more historical perspective, but Hooper doesn't leave me entirely high and dry. Next time he makes a historical flick staring Geoffrey Rush, I suggest Hooper gets himself a lively historian, and talks Rush into joining them on the feature commentary.
' The King's Speech: An Inspirational Story of an Unlikely Friendship' (23:00, SD) starts with footage from the trailer, which sets the tone for the entire behind the scenes journey. This is about as EPK as EPKs get, including fluffy interview footage with the cast and crew, choice footage from the film itself, and some vaguely staged behind the scenes footage. This is followed by a Q and A with Hooper and the cast (22:00, HD). This is a line up before an audiences with a moderator, and though it's clearly also meant as an ad piece proves to be genuinely charming. 'Speeches from the Real King Georg VI' features two recordings of the actual King actually speaking – the pre-war broadcast as seen in the film itself (HD still, 5:40) and a May 14th, 1945 post-war broadcast (SD video, 2:30). 'The Real Lionel Logue' (10:30, HD) is a discussion with Logue's grandson, who apparently knew nothing of the story portrayed in the film until 2001 when his father passed away, and he found a mass of diaries and letters. Extras end with a PSA from the Stuttering Foundation, and a few Weinstein trailers.
So to reiterate, The King's Speech didn't really do it for me, but most of my complaints are superficial, and I can't say I recommend against seeing the film for a first time. It didn't deserve the Oscar, and I can't imagine ever watching it again. Those on the other side of the fence should be very happy with this Blu-ray's image and audio quality, which is especially impressive considering the film's modest look and sound. The extras could've been something special given the film's historical place, but the stuff we get isn't terrible.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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So what film should've won the Best Picture Oscar in your opinion? Inception? The Social Network? Black Swan? True Grit?
I love The King's Speach. I don't mind the fact that it won, although I would've preferred The Social Network or Black Swan. It has a wonderful story, a beautiful soundtrack, amazing actors (huge fan of all three major players) and best of all: dense atmosphere, lacking in a lot of historical dramas.
I'm buying the UK release as I see this as a UK film (has better artwork as well) and I'm planning on watching it multiple times.
I love The King's Speach. I don't mind the fact that it won, although I would've preferred The Social Network or Black Swan. It has a wonderful story, a beautiful soundtrack, amazing actors (huge fan of all three major players) and best of all: dense atmosphere, lacking in a lot of historical dramas.
I'm buying the UK release as I see this as a UK film (has better artwork as well) and I'm planning on watching it multiple times.
mlcm Member Join Date: November 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 922
Oh my god. Finally somebody else who disliked this movie. I actually loathed this movie, from Hooper's bizarre camera angles (shooting from upward angles gives the actors the appearance of big heads, Hooper - that's elementary) to the drab and murky production design. It's 2011, who gives a fig about a rich kid's father issues that manifest in a stutter? It's this type of empty pablum that takes away from better more emotionally mature movies. Toy Story 3 should have won Best Picture. It was easily the best film out of those choices, but it would never win if only because it's considered a kid's film, although it's far more complex and universal than The King's Speech. I actively hate The King's Speech.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,713
I didn't see anything in 2011 that positively blew me away, but of the nominees I'd prefer to see Social Network, Black Swan or Winter's Bone take the Best Picture slot.
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I did like this movie. For me, it probably helped knowing absolutely nothing about the story or the real history going in. That, and I love Firth and Rush. Their friendship is what made the movie endearing to me, but I don't think I'm going to be talking about it to anybody in 10 years. The Social Network will be a different story.
I somewhat agree with mlcm about the bizarre camera angles. It worked really well at times, but more often than not it just didn't fit with the modest storytelling style. I can stomach King's Speech winning Best Picture. It is, after all, the definition of Oscar bait and I should expect it. But Hooper for Best Director over Fincher? Yiiiikes.
I somewhat agree with mlcm about the bizarre camera angles. It worked really well at times, but more often than not it just didn't fit with the modest storytelling style. I can stomach King's Speech winning Best Picture. It is, after all, the definition of Oscar bait and I should expect it. But Hooper for Best Director over Fincher? Yiiiikes.
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Cannot believe Fincher didn't win Best Director
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I have the movie at my house (I rented it), and in all honesty, I'm not expecting much. I can't believe a film 100+ minutes long would just be about a wealthy man with a speech impedement. However, I am keeping with an open mind. Who knows, this movie could actually be good.
Gabe Powers wrote: I didn't see anything in 2011 that positively blew me away, but of the nominees I'd prefer to see Social Network, Black Swan or Winter's Bone take the Best Picture slot.
I thought "Black Swan" should've won, but I can see how you wanted "Winter's Bone" to win. That was a fantastic movie, and showed you didn't have to have a mammoth budget, A-list actors, or this deep, complex story. It was told in a simplistic, yet effective fashion.
Gabe Powers wrote: I didn't see anything in 2011 that positively blew me away, but of the nominees I'd prefer to see Social Network, Black Swan or Winter's Bone take the Best Picture slot.
I thought "Black Swan" should've won, but I can see how you wanted "Winter's Bone" to win. That was a fantastic movie, and showed you didn't have to have a mammoth budget, A-list actors, or this deep, complex story. It was told in a simplistic, yet effective fashion.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 19th April 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, The King's Speech: An Inspirational Story of an Unlikely Friendship, Q & A with Tom Hooper and the Cast, Speeches from the Real King Georg VI, The Real Lionel Logue, Trailers, Stuttering Foundation PSA
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Robert Portal, Richard Dixon
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 118 minutes
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Old Testament Texts / Another Look
03-09-2012, 01:50 PM (This post was last modified: 29-10-2014 08:39 PM by Bucky Ball.)
Old Testament Texts / Another Look
In his book "Jesus, Interrupted", the prominent, well-known and respected New Testament scholar and agnostic Dr. Bart Ehrman wrote:
"Scholars of the Bible have made significant progress in understanding the Bible over the past two hundred years, building on archaeological discoveries, advances in our knowledge of the ancient Hebrew and Greek languages in which the books of scripture were originally written and deep and penetrating historical, literary and textual analyses. This is a massive scholarly endeavor. Thousands of scholars just in North America alone continue to do serious research in the field, and the results of their study are regularly and routinely taught, both to graduate students in universities and to prospective pastors attending seminaries in preparation for the ministry. Yet such views of the Bible are virtually unknown to the population at large."
Ehrman is a New Testament scholar, and this applies to the Old Testament as well. The general public and especially those attending conservative and fundamentalist churches have no idea what's going on in classrooms and in major academic centers of biblical scholarship. They would be shocked if they did. In order to provide you with an insight into the current progress in their field of study, let's have a look at the works of some real scholars.
Before we get started, I want to make clear that I don't want to denigrate the efforts of those involved at a popular level, such as Dr. Dawkins and the speakers/members of Skepticon, knowing that they are supported by real scholarship and by working academics who are not involved in promoting their own ideas because they are busy teaching and writing. The public would be amazed if they knew that the views of real scholars and those of fundamentalists have little to nothing in common. I often wonder if Dawkins realizes what a great help a biblical scholar on his team would be.
The following is a brief glimpse into the works of some scholars, with respect to the Old Testament texts. I hope that it will provide you with a little context for the later developments in that culture (i.e. "Christianity").
Why were the first texts that have been voted non-unanimously into the canon of the Bible ever written in the first place?
First of all, it's impossible that a man named Moses, if he ever existed, set in a Biblical time frame, wrote the Pentateuch. In the introduction to his book "Who Wrote the Bible?", Dr. Richard Elliot Friedman points out a number of reasons that support this claim. One of them is the fact that the Kings of Edom, (they happen to be listed in the wrong order in the text BTW), as listed in Genesis, existed after Moses' death, meaning that he couldn't have known anything about them. There are a few others. One is that the phrase "there never arose in Israel another prophet like Moses, (Deut 34)" implies a later view, with an historical vantage point, which he would not have had. And one more, "These are the words which Moses spoke to the children of Israel across the Jordan" (??). But we thought he never WAS in Israel. Did he yell across the river ?
The central organizing factor of Ancient Hebrew culture and life was never the Bible. Instead, the central organizing factors were living together as a community, maintaining their political relationships and possessing their own worship centers and temples, eventually including a central Temple. The Bible didn't gain any importance until the society as they knew it began to unravel and another organizing factor was needed. Contrary to the assumptions of people today, the Bible itself was never the central organizing factor in their society. The most important factor was the family and assuring the birth of sons to carry on their line. This is difficult to imagine, in our day. There was no such thing as "religion", as a separate "feature", or "optional" part of life. There was only life. The group's god(s) were unquestionably a part of that life. That life was not organized by Bible texts. It would be like someone today, saying "Oh I think I will go practice some science, AND go to the doctor". No...you just go to the doctor. It's assumed he is a scientist. It's an assumed part of life.
The long complex historical processes and roots whereby Israel, and Judah became separated, and the waring factions of the clans, tribes, and groups of priests which resulted in the outcomes that happened are WAY too long to go into. Friedman's book does an excellent summary, both of the political-geographical events, and the historical roots of the sources, (below). NO scholar today seriously disputes the multiple source hypothesis.
The original seat, pre-kingdom, of the Arc of the Covenant, in tribal days, was at Shiloh, in central Israel, about 50-75 miles South of Galilee. Shiloh had it's own established group of priests. The long complicated, interwoven, political, and familial rivalries, both in the establishment of the kingdoms, and their associated rival priest groups is fascinating, but, again, too long to go into. However, what is in the Bible today, is a direct result of this complex human story. One simply cannot understand the Bible, without knowing that complex geo-political history. If you're interested, here is some of it. http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...ble-Bull-s
Today we know that the Judean priests cooked up/assembled Genesis for political reasons in Babylon as a text for reference for the return, to provide a national story and a legal system for a basis for the return. They did it around 575-550 BCE, in order to promote political unity during a crisis caused by the exilic experience in Babylon, after having written the book of Job, (as an attempted "spiritual" response to the question of suffering). While the "Persian Imperative" is now discounted by scholars, it was probably on the right track in some ways, i.e. the unification of the waring priestly class with the Yahwist land owners into a unified, post exile state. In any case in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah it describes the Return from Babylon, with Ezra carrying two things, ... the letter from Artaxerxes giving him and the King the power to rule in his name, and the Torah of Moses --- the first time in human history what is now the beginnings of "The Bible" (The Scroll of Moses), are ever mentioned.
Regardless of whether or not this was the actual impetus, it was a politically motivated document, aimed at cohesion and unification in a "created national story", today called "PR".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_R._Davies (The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls)
In 1952, a team was set in place by the world-famous, preeminent scholar, archaeologist and pioneer discoverer of Holy Land historical sites and documents, Dr. William Foxwell Albright, the professor of Semitic languages at the Johns Hopkins University. Their job was to write criticisms and scholarly work concerning all biblical texts. The team was composed of the most respected biblical scholars in the US and Europe, including Dr. John W. Bailey, Professor Emeritus, New Testament, Berkley Baptist Divinity School, Dr Albert E. Barnett, Professor Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Dr. Walter Russell Bowel, Professor, The Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Virginia, Dr. John Bright, Professor, Union Seminary and many others.
The team of 124 clergymen and scholars came mostly from conservative, mainline universities and churches for the most part, the likes of whom will never be seen again in one place, whose names evoke the utmost and deepest respect, even if one completely disagrees with their religious views. They wrote the huge 13 volume set, now considered a valuable rare book, called "The Interpreters Bible". Today it is usually kept under lock and key in seminaries and libraries. This set includes an introduction to scholarship and looks at every single verse and word in the Bible, discusses their origins and possible meanings from various points of view. It has been updated in the 1990's, but the original scholarship is still the central fundamental summary of knowledge, which summarized scholarship from the Medieval period (1850's -1950's) and is therefore considered to be an interesting historical snapshot. It is also an assurance that these absolutely respected leading intellectuals from the 20th Century scholarship, of whom most were religious, have agreed to have each other's names associated with their own and that they felt comfortable with what each other were saying in an academic setting and commanded world-wide respect as conservative, careful, and sincere, life-long teachers, academics and scholars.
On page 15 of "The Interpreters Bible", Dr. Herbert F. Farmer, Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University wrote about the indispensability of the texts, their importance and how the "truth" of them should be approached, after an exposition of the traditional conservative Christian view of person-hood, sin and the salvific actions of Jesus (aka Yeshua ben Josef), known as "the Christ" in human history.
"The reason has to do with the evidence afforded by the texts themselves, and calls for fuller treatment. Scholarly research into the texts themselves, has convincingly shown that they cannot be accepted in detail as they stand."
He then continues by discussing the details of what a "faith document" is and how it differs from what we would consider an historical text today. The next chapter, authored by Dr. Arthur Jeffrey, Professor of Semitic Languages at Columbia, deals with the formation of the Old Testament canon. He wrote what is seen as the fundamental insight in modern Biblical Study and summarized the central academic position of every mainline, respected, and credible center of Biblical scholarship in the world today :
"Historians can merely state that a canon of scripture is not something given, but something humanly devised. From the historical point of view, the canon is the result of human decision as to which among the religious writing existing in a community are those in which it recognizes the authentic voice of religious authority speaking to man."
This is affirmation that what ultimately is included in a Biblical text, is a subjective reflection of the experience of an already believing, religious community, meaning that it's purpose is to reassure them of what they already believe in. The content of the texts does not consist of "externally received" information. It is information they already possessed and the community accepted as a reflection of their prior experience, and belief.
There are three important things to understand about this shocking statement. First of all, humans decided what would go into the texts. Secondly, the process of inclusion was, in general, a community decision. Third, both in the Christian and Hebrew culture, the community stood as the decision maker and guardian/gate keeper,of what went into a text. Last but not least, the decisions were never made by individuals, acting alone.
Judeo-Christianities, by historic definition, only come and exist in groups/communities. A decision reflected a community's collective experience of what it determined to be it's authentic faith experience of God's work among them. They believed that the process of this "determination"/discernment actually constituted the activity of God among them, in their community, as a bottom up, collective experience, i.e. the working of the Holy Spirit. The authority for their textual decisions was the experience of authenticity of and by the community. This is the actual undisputed methodological approach to texts which ended up in the Bible. The communities received and authenticated texts, based on their beliefs, which were already in place. The texts were not accepted as "new information". If the text did not reflect what they thought was an "authentic" (historical) experience, they would not be used or included in the final text. Is is of utmost importance to understand the direction of reception and authentication.
To sum it up, the texts did not contain any new information received from God, the authentication was done by an already believing community, as an affirmation that the text reflected their communal experience(s). They wrote the texts to confirm their beliefs.
This raises the question of "circularity". What came first, the chicken or the egg ? If I affirm a text as authentic, based on what I already believe, and throw out the ones that I don't agree with, then continue claiming that it teaches me the truth, it is obviously only going to teach me what I already know. This community-based authentication is somewhat difficult for modern humans to completely wrap their heads around, since the modern/post-modern concept, especially in America, of "rugged individualism" as a value (system), which underlies all of this present day culture, as is not always "seen", as it is so ingrained as an assumption, in the Hollywood Era, e.g. the "post John Wayne" culture.
This community decision process is also the historical basis for what came to be known as "heresy". Heresy was a minority view, in a community, which the majority sincerely saw as inauthentic. Heresy was also a community-generated phenomenon, based on a communal experience of authenticity. Unfortunately, this is also the useful working standard for the definition of "cult". If a belief system arises, which is not a community-authenticated system, then the criteria are clear. The new system may be a system, but historically, it is not how Christianity developed. There are exceptions to this method of historical, community-generated authentication, such as Mormonism, because their texts were written by an individual, not by the judgement of a community that shared the same experiences.
This poses an important challenge to authority systems which posit that authority is a "top down" process, (such as Roman Catholicism), because it shows that they stand as essentially non-historical, and outside the traditional process of revelation, (bottom up), in the face of their own development and non-biblical, in terms of the development process. Judgements about these things are not made by these scholars mentioned above. However, they are considered to be fairly obvious.
The Canon
So what is a "canon" and what does it mean ? The word canon is a translation of the Greek word "κανών", which strictly translated means "reed" or "straight rod". It is usually said to be a "rule" or "measuring stick". The actual word translates to "reed" and was a unit of measurement in Ancient Greece. The word thus is a standard for strict "comparison". That which is canonical passes the test of "strict comparison" to a text which was accepted as authentic or to what a community accepted and agreed was their authentic experience. The first known use of the was by Origen Adamantius, an Alexandrinian theologian and scholar who lived in the early Third Century.
Using the fact that archaeology has proven that the domestication of camels did not occur in the Ancient Near East until after 1000 BCE, the fact that camels have not been portrayed on pottery, ceramics, buildings and decorations earlier than 1000 BCE, (except on royal buildings), we know they were not a regular, general part of their culture. That and the fact that the Sea Peoples (aka Philistines) did not arrive in the Levant until about 1200 BCE tells us that the dating of any possible Genesis as real history is impossible before that. We know from location citing, that the Patriarchs were not related, and that the priest-authors invented the "family" of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, meaning that the Patriarchs are mythological, as well as unrelated. Camels were used in the Southern trade route to Arabia, where they transported the gum, ointments, tragacanth and labdanum mentioned in Genesis. The trade was at it's height around 700 BCE, making it the approximate likely date for Joseph, in case he ever existed. That being said, he was probably a myth as well.
How do we know that? Because Genesis is a conflation of J-1, the Yahwist-1 source, with J-2, E, and P. The "4 source hypothesis" was originally proposed by the French phsyician Jean Astruc in his monumental work, published in 1753, which forever changed our view of the Bible and the way it was written. His discovery forms the basis of present day scholarship by every mainline Biblical Studies department in the world and is confirmed by most scholars, including Dr. Cuthbert Simpson, who was Sub-Dean and Professor of Old Testament at the General Theological Seminary, in the US, in his chapter of Albright's Interpreter's Bible.
The most important early historical person we know of in the history of Isra-EL is Deborah. She organized the tribes (Judges 5) in combating their neighbors. Judaism should therefore rather be called Debra-ism. She is the Mother of the Nation and actually existed, whereas Abraham did not.
Jean Astruc noticed that the name of God alternated in the Genesis text and he and scholars in the years to follow, were able to figure out what the probable source documents were. They separated the ones that were used by the Judean priests, who combined the J-1 (Yahwist doc) with J-2 and E (Elohim doc) and added their own P (Priestly) material. There is also evidence for further work, which is called "R" for "redactor". This multiple source "hypothesis", has been accepted by scholars for hundreds of years, except for a very small radical fringe of fundamentalists who refuse to accept the facts that are lying right in front of them. The reason Abraham was created as "Father of the Nation", is that he was associated with local geographical sites from the Kingdom of Judah. The Judean priests were trying to centralize and give importance to their own location in Judah by making Abraham hold primacy of importance, thus giving Judah, (and themselves) primacy. This is all proven by the archaeology. There is another theory which proposes that since J is more concerned with women, women's issues and more sensitive to women, that at least one of the major authors of J was a female. Dr. Richard Elliot Friedman does not discount this. In fact, in his book "Who Wrote the Bible?", written in 1987, Dr. Friedman raised the question of whether or not J was a woman. In comparing J with E, he pointed out that the J documents originate from the Judean court, "from a circle in which both men and women had a certain status. The possibility of J being a woman is thus much more likely than with E. More important, the J stories are, on the whole, much more concerned with women and much more sensitive to women than are the E stories."
This became what is known in Biblical scholarship as the Source Hypothesis, or Documentary Hypothesis. There is no longer any dispute in scholarly circles about this hypothesis. Why ? Because it it confirmed by 6, independent sets of supporting evidence.
1. The linguistic dialect in each source is known, and can be documented as separate by decades, or longer.
2. The terminology for the same idea, person, object, or place is different in each source.
3. The content of each of the sources is different.
4. The "flow" of the story works if the source materials are combined.
5. The same known sources are similar or connect to the same known sources in other books.
6. The inferred political motivations for each source matches the material and it's apparent goals.
A lot of the J traditions came from Sumeria, the Enuma Elish and the Gilgamesh Epic. They were used as sources for the Creation myth and the Flood myth.
The mythic origins: http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...=salvation
Archaeology has scientifically proven that the Genesis environment, as described in the Bible, was around 700 BCE (first video).
It is fascinating that King Jeroboam, the first king of Isra-EL in the North, as opposed to Judah in the South, installed golden calves in the temples of Yahweh around 925 BCE, in Dan and Beth-EL. This means that they were acceptable (at least for a while), that Moses' traditions obviously would have had to be formed later and also that the "golden calf" theme resonates later in the Exodus story as unacceptable is also useful for dating purposes. (second video)
There are no original Old Testament texts known to historians. There are very few in existence which are even 1000 years old. The ones that exist today are
1. The Masoretic text, which is almost the same as the texts found at Qumran, though it does have some significant differences. However, since the Qumran texts date from only a couple hundred years later, that is not all that surprising.
2. There is another version in Leningrad, called Septuagint, which is Greek.
We know that deception was considered as acceptable by the Church Fathers as an "ends justify the means"-morality. This means that whatever they say about the Bible is unreliable.
In many cases, they simply would have no way of knowing anything about a culture which they were not a part of.
In Part 2, I will discuss more about the extant texts, and the views of the Church Fathers.
The original texts of the Pentateuch/Hexateuch were formed from the (J-1/J-2)+E+D+P sources. Actually, the "D" source is sort of a misnomer, and it was written once for one purpose. It's origin is the simplest of all, as we know the one writer/compiler, but the rest is a very complex process. Every time there is an alteration from those using the P source, the texts were changed. There are thousands of these. I will try to make a list of the more significant ones.
Deuteronomy was simply written at King Josiah's command, (or was revised and included at his command), and then the priests said they just happened to "find" it during temple restorations. They made it up from scratch. Though it's important to understand one thing. The laws in it, meaning all laws and regulations in the Bible, came originally from the culture, and not the other way around. This has important implications for believers today. If they understood that the culture was the driving force, instead of god's command, things would look very different with respect to some issues that are being discussed today. Scholars agree with this.
"Already extant law codes, were placed under religious sanction, not the other way around"
(Dr. Arthur Jeffrey)
The law was not given by religion. Religion appropriated already extant law and custom.
So, what do Dead Sea Scrolls tell us? Not much, as they come only a few hundred years later, (500 - > 200 BCE), 400-300 BCE was only 100 years later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls ,
http://espliego.wordpress.com/2012/08/26...a-scrolls/ ,
The attempt to say that the Dead Sea Scrolls prove inerrant transmission from thousands of years is simply wrong. The original texts were not written that long before.
If you have not seen theses, you should know about these two scholars.
As for the legal injunctions, don't forget that anything found in a Biblical legal code/commandment/injunction is there not because it was "received" from god, but because religious legal injunctions appropriated already extant, secular/cultural codes and systems, and not the other way around. There is no "original" or "free-standing" or "divinely transmitted" law from (a) god, which originated/operated independently from the culture.
Here's where Yahweh came from: http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...ght=yahweh
That's how the Bible came about, kids.
The texts were not actually assembled into one discrete book set, called "Ta Biblia", until much later and some still argue about what belongs in, and what should be out. I'll talk about that next time.
Part 2 will take up Exodus, and a few other OT topics, such as the "goof" of "prophesy", and then I'll move on to a brief sample of scholarship for the New Testament, that Ehrman presumes, as he's so familiar with things, he forgets that us lay people are nowhere near as knowledgeable as he is. It might be useful to have a summary for us in one place that we can use as reference.
At some point it, would be useful to review what the philosopher Richard Porty (Princeton) said about Semiotics, as well as the other greats in that field, and review the logic of unspoken premises, as they are rampant in any discussions of these things.
Here is a link to my thoughts on the texts that relate to the issues of same-sex behaviors, and how they relate to the (supposed) laws in the Genesis, and Leviticus.
Thanks to Vosur, and DLJ for helping to edit, and re-write this. Anyone who has suggestions for additional points, and edits, PM me, I'll see what I can do to work them in.
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RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
Sorry to say that, i appreciated your work on the text, but thats to much letters for my poor brain.
I read once a book of the origin of the bible and i can barely recall the context, but i thing they wrote about 15 maybe 20 writers and blocktextpassages a.b.c.d and soforth.
Anyway were the bible comes from, anyway wich famous professor is wasting his lifetime to read it and wrote more boring shit about it, it is a book that has no relevance to our life today and it needs to be handled like any other book.
Take it in a library, next to Lord of the Rings.
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03-09-2012, 05:03 PM (This post was last modified: 03-09-2012 05:31 PM by Bucky Ball.)
RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
(03-09-2012 02:54 PM)Marco Krieger Wrote: Sorry to say that, i appreciated your work on the text, but thats to much letters for my poor brain.
Yeah, I do get that. It's like going to the dentist. I wish there was a way to post a thread, and not have it show up, on the front of our new threads. I really did it, because I have discovered, that many guests come and look for a subject, and long after they are gone from the most recent post, they will find things and read them. The only way to start one is to have it show up in chronological order. But once the guts of a subject is done, we can just link to other threads, and not really do all the work all over again.
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RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
Bucky - did you work on this all week?
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(03-09-2012 05:22 PM)Seasbury Wrote: Bucky - did you work on this all week?
Nah. I assembled it. It' been in the works for a long time. I'm gonna do a series, I think.
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RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
Quote:3. In Christianity, and Hebrew culture, the community stood as the decision maker, and guardian/gate keeper, of what went into a text....A COMMUNITY....NEVER AN INDIVIDUAL.
Except for the book Deuteronomy, which was written mostly by the high priest under King Josiah, claimed to be a "lost book of Moses" that was added to give religious validity to various political stances held by Josiah, and to advance the idea of loyalty to Yahweh, the Jewish war god, ahead of any other of the gods the Jews believed in at the time. Deuteronomy was written by the court of King Josiah, not by the Jewish community.
E 2 = (mc 2)2 + (pc )2
614C → 714N + e– + ̅νe
2 K(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H2 (g) + 196 kJ/mol
It works, bitches.
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03-09-2012, 07:38 PM (This post was last modified: 12-12-2012 08:50 PM by Bucky Ball.)
RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
(03-09-2012 07:14 PM)Phaedrus Wrote:Quote:3. In Christianity, and Hebrew culture, the community stood as the decision maker, and guardian/gate keeper, of what went into a text....A COMMUNITY....NEVER AN INDIVIDUAL.
Agree. I said that somewhere, I hope, ("Oh look, we just happened to find this book, Mr. King dude, when we were doing our renovations. Why, it must be the Lost Book of BS, I mean Moses".) Yeah Right.
And "why Yahweh ?". Because Yahweh's cult was centered in Jerusalem, and the court wanted central power.
Actually they also shut down the other two centers of Yahweh worship, one in Beth-El, North of Jerusalem, and one, up in the far North at Dan, so everyone had to do their thing in Jerusalem.
It is really difficult for us today to understand how important that sort of centralization was for power, and Jerusalem grew into a HUGE (almost totally temple based economy). And if you get that, you can see why, when Jeebus came along later, and threatened the economic base of that city, (the "money changer" stuff), they said "off with his head".
Edit : I have come to understand, in studying the Documentary Hypothesis, that the business with Deuteronomy is not quite this simple. There are definite elements of the Elohist writer in it, and it, (the writings of the Deuteronomist) extends beyond just the Book of Deuteronomy. I will take that up a bit later.
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RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
I forget, are you a theist or an atheist?
E 2 = (mc 2)2 + (pc )2
614C → 714N + e– + ̅νe
2 K(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H2 (g) + 196 kJ/mol
It works, bitches.
RE: The Old Testament Texts / Another Look
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Don't forget to mention how the guy who wrote Matthew basically went through all the old Jewish prophecies looking for anything that could be written into Jesus' story in any way to make him seem more legitimate, and how Paul didn't write the letters attributed to him since he was actually illiterate, and how Peter and Luke, who weren't even Jesus' disciples but lived after he died, basically made up their own religion around Jesus' teachings, and how the guy who wrote Revelations was probably on hallucinogenic mushrooms, and how the entire bible was essentially assembled by committee at the Council of Gnicea.
Basically all the New Testament horse shit as well as the Old.
E 2 = (mc 2)2 + (pc )2
614C → 714N + e– + ̅νe
2 K(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H2 (g) + 196 kJ/mol
It works, bitches.
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Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Vent Deposits from Two Atypical Vent Sites on the Ultraslow Spreading Mid-Cayman Rise
Meg Tivey, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
A major goal of the Ocean Ridge Initiative is to make new discoveries along the dynamic mid-ocean ridge system, and investigate the impact of ridge processes on the global ocean. A recent exciting discovery was made in 2010, using the deep-diving vehicle Nereus, under the direction of Chief Scientist Chris German. Two sites of hydrothermal venting were discovered using a systematic surveying technique along the Mid-Cayman Rise (MCR). The two hydrothermal systems are both atypical relative to known systems. One is venting moderate temperature (≤226ºC) fluids and hosted in an oceanic core complex (a section of lower crust/mantle rocks exposed during seafloor spreading/faulting) at a depth of ~2350m (Von Damm Vent Field – VDVF); the other is hosted in basalt at nearly 5000m (Piccard Vent Field), making it the deepest active seafloor hydrothermal system sampled to date. In January 2012 these two vent fields were mapped and sampled using Jason 2 and the RV Atlantis, and samples of vent fluids, plume particles, biota, and vent deposits were recovered.
The focus of this study is on understanding vent deposit formation under conditions that differ significantly from those at other seafloor vent sites. The suite of collected seafloor vent deposit samples to be used include five hydrothermal deposit samples from the VDVF that include minor amounts of sulfide minerals, four recovered from the same locations where vent fluids were sampled (measured fluid temperatures ranged from 114 to 226ºC), and fifteen seafloor massive sulfide samples, including two black smoker chimneys that were taken from the same location as high quality fluid samples (measured fluid temperatures were 395 and 398ºC) from the Piccard Vent Field. The objectives of the project are to 1) identify mineral content and geochemistry of these MCR vent deposits, and major differences relative to other seafloor massive sulfides; and 2) acquire preliminary data to submit a mature proposal to the NSF for study of MCR samples and partitioning of trace elements into sulfide minerals (e.g., pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite). Interpretation of all data (bulk geochemistry, mineralogy, trace element concentrations in specific minerals measured using both electron microprobe and ion microprobe) will be made with knowledge of the vent fluid chemistry.
Vent deposit mineral assemblages are records of current and past hydrothermal activity, and provide information about the conditions of deposit formation. A major goal of studies of active seafloor hydrothermal systems has been to correlate mineral assemblages and trace element concentrations to known vent fluid concentrations and geologic setting. While vent systems are ephemeral, the deposits remain and can be used to deduce past conditions. The atypical nature of the two MCR vent systems offer an important opportunity to expand our understanding of the effects of extreme depth and source rock composition on hydrothermal circulation, metal transport, and formation of mineral deposits in the deep ocean.


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But today's commercially grown romaine is vulnerable to what's known as lettuce dieback disease. The disorder, which can easily devastate entire fields of this popular lettuce, is caused by one or more soil-dwelling Tombusviridae viruses. These include lettuce necrotic stunt virus, and tomato bushy stunt virus. Lettuce dieback disease doesn't afflict crisphead -- also known as iceberg -- lettuce or certain leaf lettuces.
Two Agricultural Research Service plant geneticists have now bred what are apparently the first parent romaine lettuces that are resistant to these pernicious plant viruses. Edward J. Ryder and colleague Rebecca C. Grube developed the three novel lettuces, known as 01-778M, 01-781M and 01-789M, at the agency's U.S. Agricultural Research Station in Salinas, Calif.
Area tests ahead
These lettuces result from about three years of research and testing in both infested and disease-free fields at Salinas and two other coastal California sites. The scientists noted that the lettuces have not yet been tested in other regions of California or Arizona where romaine lettuce is grown.
Small supplies of the seeds of the new lettuces are available to plant researchers and breeders.
Ryder and Grube plan to discuss their research today with visitors at the research station's day-long Open House. Other Salinas scientists from ARS, the University of California at Davis, and the Artichoke Research Association also are scheduled to describe their experiments for the guests.
ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency.