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Tijuana, Mexico, July 18, 2009 – Germany scored an overwhelming 25-12, 25-16, 25-10 victory over China to win Pool B with 3-0 win-loss record and move to the Final Eight round starting next Monday in Mexicali.Janine Volker and Sarah Petrausch led the powerful and balanced German attack with 12 and 11 points while China didn't have any player in double-figures.
Germany jumped over China to the lead 8-2 with a flurry of spikes by Weihenmaier and Petrausch and expanded the gap to 16-5 in the second pause. Attacks by Volker and Brandt helped to maintain the difference and the lopsided first set finished 25-12.
The Germans went ahead 8-5 in the second set behind the attacks of Volker. The strong Germans continued on a roll and arrived to the second pause with a 16-8 advantage. Unforced errors of Germany and consecutive spikes of Sun Mingjian and Zhang Yichan closed the distance to 18-14 but Germany recovered and won 25-16 with a four-point rally capped by two bombs by Petrausch.
In the third set, Germany led 8-2 at the first pause with Petrausch, Weihemaier and Volker as the providers and Sun Mingjian scoring twice for China via blocks. The score was 16-6 at the second technical time-out with Volker's consistent production heating-up. The Germans' domination continued and closed the set 25-10 with a block by Kostorz.

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In setting forth the case for creation, and establishing the existence of a Creator, creationists often employ what is commonly called the "design" argument. Put into logical form, the argument looks like this:
Even atheists and agnostics admit that the form of argumentation is correct. Paul Ricci, an atheistic philosopher, has admitted in his book, Fundamentals of Critical Thinking, "...it's true that everything designed has a designer.... 'Everything designed has a designer' is an analytically true statement" (1986, p. 190). Their disagreement, however, has been with the second premise, which affirms that the Universe does evince purposeful design. In the past, evolutionists simply denied the existence of any purposeful design in the Universe, and busied themselves in attempting to prove that point. For example, in 1986 Richard Dawkins, lecturer in animal science at Oxford University, wrote The Blind Watchmaker, in which he attempted to establish the case for no design in the Universe. Were such design to exist, evolutionists would be driven to admit, as Ricci concedes, that "everything designed has a designer." And that, to them, is unthinkable.
At least that is the way it used to be. But, evolutionists apparently are beginning to recognize that they simply cannot explain away what the "man on the street" can so easily see as evidence of design in the Universe. Now, as unbelievable as it may seem, even evolutionists are finally admitting that design does, in fact, exist. Douglas Futuyma, for example, admits: "We look at the design of organisms, then, for evidence of the Creator's intelligence, and what do we see? A multitude of exquisite adaptations to be sure; the bones of a swallow beautifully adapted for flight; the eyes of a cat magnificently shaped for seeing in the twilight" (1983, p. 198).
Does this mean, then, that evolutionists like Dr. Futuyma are admitting defeat, and becoming committed creationists in light of these new revelations? Hardly. Rather than abandon their sacrosanct theory of evolution, they have decided to "put their heads together" in an effort to explain all of this. The resulting argument is, admittedly, unique. It goes something like this.
If design in the Universe proves the existence of a Designer, says the evolutionist, then "non-design" disproves the existence of that same Designer. Put into logical form, here is the argument.
In recent years, this argument has grown in popularity. Dr. Futuyma, in Science On Trial, devoted almost an entire chapter to examples of "non-design" in nature. Other evolutionists are joining in the fracas. For example, Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard has written extensively about examples of non-design in nature.
As a result of all this attention to the matter of design versus non-design, a new term has even been coined to express the evolutionary argument. It is called the argument from suboptimality. That is to say, if all design were considered perfect, everything would be optimal. However, since there are items in nature that (allegedly) are imperfect, there is suboptimality in nature. [NOTE: The argument sometimes is known as the argument from dysteleology.] It is my contention that the argument is flawed for several reasons.
First, in arguing the case for design, creationists are not obligated to show obvious design in every single feature of the Universe. It is necessary to produce only a reasonable number of sufficient evidences in order to establish design. For the evolutionist to produce an example of something which, to him, evinces either non-design, or poor design, does not somehow magically negate all the other evidences of obvious design!
Second, it is possible that an object possesses purposeful design, but that it is not recognized by the observer. Consider the following two cases. Percival Davis, in the book he co-authored with Wayne Frair, A Case for Creation, gives the following story.
My daughter was playing with her pet rat one day when a question occurred to her. "Daddy," she said, "why does a rat have scales on its tail?"
"You know perfectly well," I replied. "The reptiles that were ancestral to rats and all other mammals had scales on their tails as well as on the rest of their bodies. Because there was no particular disadvantage to having them, they persisted in rats to this day."
"Quit putting me on, Daddy. I know you don't believe that!"
You cannot win, it seems. But it is true that one is hard put to discern the reason for the manifold adaptations that organisms possess. What I should have said to my daughter (and eventually did say) was that God had put the scales there for reasons He knew to be perfectly good ones but which may take us a lot of research to discover, since He has not told us what they are. Still, the fact was that I could not explain the presence of those scales... (1983, pp. 30-31).
"You know perfectly well," I replied. "The reptiles that were ancestral to rats and all other mammals had scales on their tails as well as on the rest of their bodies. Because there was no particular disadvantage to having them, they persisted in rats to this day."
"Quit putting me on, Daddy. I know you don't believe that!"
You cannot win, it seems. But it is true that one is hard put to discern the reason for the manifold adaptations that organisms possess. What I should have said to my daughter (and eventually did say) was that God had put the scales there for reasons He knew to be perfectly good ones but which may take us a lot of research to discover, since He has not told us what they are. Still, the fact was that I could not explain the presence of those scales... (1983, pp. 30-31).
Dr. Davis has raised two very important points with this simple story. First, we may not presently know why an organism is designed the way it is. To us, the design is either not yet recognizable, or not well understood. Second, with further research, the heretofore unrecognizable design eventually may be discovered. And, in the case that follows below, that is exactly what happened.
In his 1980 book, The Panda's Thumb, Dr. Gould (one of suboptimality's most vocal supporters) presented what he believed to be perhaps the finest known example of non-design ever to be found in nature—the panda's thumb. After providing an exhaustive explanation of how the panda has 5 other digits in each "hand," which function quite well in the panda's everyday life, Dr. Gould then provided an equally exhaustive explanation of the panda's "thumb." It is, he says, "a somewhat clumsy, but quite workable" appendage which "wins no prize in an engineer's derby." His whole essay was intended to portray this as good evidence of suboptimality—non-design in nature. In fact, lest the reader miss his point, Gould says that "odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution—paths that a sensible God would never tread, but that a natural process, constrained by history, follows perforce" (pp 20-21).
Interestingly, while Dr. Gould was writing about the non-design that he felt was so evident, research (the same kind of research Dr. Davis said would be needed to elucidate the purpose of design in certain structures) was ongoing in regard to the panda's thumb. And what did that research show? The panda's thumb now has been found to exhibit design for very special functions, as the following information attests.
First, the San Diego Zoo's Giant Panda Zoobook states: "In fact, the giant panda is one of the few large animals that can grab things as tightly as a human can" (n.d., p. 6). Second, in 1985 Schaller et al. authored The Giant Pandas of Wolong, in which they state: "The panda can handle bamboo stems with great precision by holding them as if with forceps in the hairless groove connecting the pad of the first digit and pseudothumb" (p. 4).
Do these kinds of statements seem to describe the panda's thumb as a "jury-rigged" device? Does being able to grasp something tightly, with great precision, using a "pseudothumb" that is compared to surgical forceps seem to convey non-design? Such statements remind us of the point originally being made: an object may possess purposeful design, but that design may not be immediately evident to the observer. Dr. Gould could not see (for whatever reasons) the design in the panda's thumb. Nevertheless, such design now is known to be present.
There are other flaws with the suboptimality argument as well. One of the most serious is this: those who claim that something is "suboptimal" must, by definition, set themselves up as the sole judge of what is, and what is not, "optimal." In other words, those who would claim non-design in nature must somehow "know" two things: (1) they must know that the item under discussion positively evinces no design; and (2) they must know what the absolute standard is in the first place (i.e., "the optimal") in order to claim that something has become "suboptimal."
These points have not escaped the evolutionists. For example, S.R. Scadding of Guelph University in Canada has commented that the suboptimality "argument is a theological rather than a scientific argument, since it is based on the supposed nature of the Creator" (1981, p. 174, emp. added). That is to say, the evolutionist sets himself up as the Creator, presupposes to know the mind of the Creator, and then presumes to say what the Creator did, or did not, do. Observe how one evolutionist does just that:
The case for evolution then has two sides; positive evidence—that evolution has occurred; and negative evidence—that the natural world does not conform to our expectation of what an omnipotent, omniscient, truthful Creator would have created (Futuyma, 1983, p. 198, emp. added).
Notice the phrase, "that the natural world does not conform to our expectation of what an omnipotent, omniscient, truthful Creator would have created." The evolutionist looks at the creation, sees that it does not fit what he would do if he were the Creator, and then suggests on that basis that evolution is true. And all of this is from someone who does not even believe in a Creator in the first place! Such thinking makes for an extremely weak argument. As Frair and Davis have remarked: "It could be considered arrogant to assume knowledge of a design feature's purpose in an organism, even if it had a purpose" (1983, p. 31). But such arrogance does not stand in the way of the evolutionists.
There is yet another flaw in this "suboptimality" argument. And, like the one just discussed, it has to do with theology, not science. First, the evolutionist sets himself up as the Creator and proceeds to note that since things weren't done as he would do them, there must not be a Creator. Second, when the real Creator does try to explain the evidences of "non-design" in the world (as the evolutionist sees them), the evolutionist refuses to listen. Consider the following as an explanation of this point.
It is at least possible that an object once clearly reflected purposeful design, but as a result of a process of degeneration, the design has been clouded or erased. Consider the following analogy:
Suppose a gardener, digging in a pile of rubbish, discovers an ancient book. Its cover is weathered, its pages are mostly stuck together, the type has faded, etc. It is, for all practical purposes, completely illegible. Does the current condition of the book mean that it never had a message—that it never evidenced design? Of course not. Though the book is in a degenerative condition, and the message has faded with time, there is no denying that the book was at one point quite communicative (Jackson, 1989, p. 2, emp. added).
The evolutionist surveys the Earth and finds examples of what he believes are evidences of "suboptimality." Yet in many cases he may be witnessing simply degeneration instead. In fact, that is exactly what the Creator has stated. When man sinned, and evil was introduced to this planet, a state of progressive degeneration commenced. The whole creation suffered as a result of man's sin (Romans 8:20-22). The Hebrew writer, quoting the psalmist, observed that "the earth, like a garment, is wearing out" (Hebrews 1:10-11).
Also consider this important point: the fact that the product of an orderly mechanism is flawed does not necessarily reflect upon either the initial design or the designer.
For example, if a machine which manufactures tin cans begins to turn out irregular cans, does this somehow prove the machine had no designer? Must one postulate that the machine's inventor intended for mutilated cans to be produced, or that the machine was imperfectly designed? Surely we can conceive that the failure could be on the part of those who failed to follow the correct procedures for maintaining the machine, or who abused it in some fashion. When man rebelled against his Maker, the Lord allowed, as a consequence of that disobedience, degenerative processes to begin, which eventually result in death (Romans 5:12). But the fact that we have eye problems, heart failure, diseases, etc., does not negate the impact as a whole that the human body is "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14). We will not assume, therefore, that because our critic's reasoning ability is flawed, this proves his brain was not designed. The "design" argument remains unscathed! (Jackson, 1989, p. 3, emp. in orig.).
Evolutionists, of course, ignore all of this. After all, they already have set themselves up as the Creator, and have determined that none of this is the way they would do it. When the real Creator speaks, they are too busy playing the Creator to hear Him. Here is a good example. Futuyma says:
The creationists admit that species can undergo limited adaptive changes by the mechanism of mutation plus natural selection. But surely an omniscient and omnipotent Creator could devise a more foolproof method than random mutation to enable his creatures to adapt. Yet mutations do occur, and we have experimental demonstration that they are not oriented in the direction of better adaptedness. How could a wise Creator, in fact, allow mutations to happen at all, since they are so often degenerative instead of uplifting? According to the creationists, there is "a basic principle of disintegration now at work in nature" that we must suppose includes mutation. But why should the Creator have established such a principle? Didn't He like the perfection of His original creation (1983, p. 200)?
Dr. Futuyma acknowledges that creationists have tried to get him to see that there is "a basic principle of disintegration now at work in nature." Then he asks, "But why should the Creator have established such a principle? Didn't He like the perfection of His original creation?" This is why we say that the problem is rooted in theology, not science. Dr. Futuyma questions why the Creator enacted this "principle of degeneration," then makes it clear that he has no intention whatsoever of accepting the answer provided by the very Creator he questions. If Dr. Futuyma had studied what the Creator did say, he would have the answer to his question. Yes, the Creator liked His original creation, so much so He pronounced it "very good" (Genesis 1:31).
It was not God's fault that the principle of degeneration became a reality. It was man's fault because the first man wanted, like evolutionists today, to be the Creator. Is there a "principle of degeneration" at work? Indeed there is. Might it cause some organisms or structures to have their original message (i.e., design) diminished, or to lose it altogether? Certainly. But does that mean that there never was any design? Or, does it reflect poorly on the Designer, proving somehow that He does not exist? In the eyes of the evolutionists, the only possible answer to these questions is a resounding "yes." As Scadding says:
Haeckel makes clear why this line of argument was of such importance to early evolutionary biologists.... It seemed difficult to explain functionless structures on the basis of special creation without imputing some lack of skill in design to the Creator (1981, p. 174).
So, God gets the blame for man's mistakes. And, the evolutionists get another argument for their arsenal. Here, in a nutshell, is that argument, as stated by British evolutionist Jeremy Cherfas:
In fact, as Darwin recognized, a perfect Creator could manufacture perfect adaptations. Everything would fit because everything was designed to fit. It is in the imperfect adaptations that natural selection is revealed, because it is those imperfections that show us that structure has a history. If there were no imperfections, there would be no evidence of history, and therefore nothing to favor evolution by natural selection over creation (1984, p. 29).
Henry Morris, speaking specifically about the comments made by Cherfas, made an interesting observation:
This is an amazing admission. The main evidence against creation and for evolution is that natural selection doesn't work! If there were no "imperfect" structures in nature, the evidence would all favor creation. No wonder evolution has to be imposed by authority and bombast, rather than reason, if this is its only real evidence! (1985, p. 177).
Yet this is exactly what Gould has suggested: "Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution..." (1980, p. 20, emp. added).
The creationist, however, is not willing to usurp the Creator's prerogative and, like the evolutionist, tell Him what He can (and cannot) do, or what is (and what is not) acceptable. As Frair and Davis noted:
Yet the creationist lacks the option (open to the evolutionist) of assuming purposelessness. Human curiosity being what it is, the creationist will be motivated to inquire concerning the purpose of the universe and all its features. The purpose for most things will not be found. What we do find may, nonetheless, be sufficient justification for the endeavor (1983, pp. 31-32).
It is clear that evolutionists are "grasping at straws" when the "new" argument from suboptimality is the best they can offer. Actually, this argument is not new at all. Darwin, in his Origin of Species, addressed this very argument in 1859. Modern evolutionists—desperate to find something they can use as evidence against design in the Universe (and thus against the Designer)—have resurrected it from the relic heaps of history, given it a different name, and attempted to foist it upon the public as a legitimate response to the creationists' argument from design. Once again they have had to set themselves up as the Creator in order to try to convince people that no Creator exists. And once again, they have failed.
Cherfas, Jeremy (1984), "The Difficulties of Darwinism," New Scientist, 102:28-30, May 17.
Davis, Percival, and Dean H. Kenyon (1989), Of Pandas and People (Dallas, TX: Haughton Publishing).
Dawkins, Richard (1986), The Blind Watchmaker (New York: W.W. Norton).
Frair, Wayne A. and Percival Davis (1983), A Case for Creation (Chicago, IL: Moody).
Futuyma, Douglas (1983), Science on Trial (New York: Pantheon).
Giant Panda Zoobook (undated), (San Diego, CA: San Diego Zoo).
Gould, Stephen Jay (1980), The Panda's Thumb (New York: W.W. Norton).
Jackson, Wayne (1989), "Some Atheistic Arguments Answered," Reason & Revelation, 9:1-3, January.
Morris, Henry M. (1985), Creation and the Modern Christian (El Cajon, CA: Master Books).
Ricci, Paul (1986), Fundamentals of Critical Thinking (Lexington, ME: Ginn Press).
Scadding, S.R. (1981), Evolutionary Theory, May.
Schaller, George B., Hu Jinchu, Pan Wenshi, and Zhu Jing (1985), The Giant Pandas of Wolong (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press).
Originally published in Reason & Revelation, November 1991, 11[11]:41-44. Copyright © 1991 Apologetics Press, Inc. All rights reserved.


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As he listens from the audience of Boston's Jordan Hall on Jan. 19, Hubie Jones will experience a project that's been six years in the making. An adventure that began in 2002 when the Newton resident first heard the Chicago Children's Choir at the City Year National Convention, the creation of the Boston Children's Chorus has been a dream fulfilled.
As he listens from the audience of Boston's Jordan Hall on Jan. 19, Hubie Jones will experience a project that's been six years in the making.
An adventure that began in 2002 when the Newton resident first heard the Chicago Children's Choir at the City Year National Convention, the creation of the Boston Children's Chorus has been a dream fulfilled.
As the harmonies of children's voices flow together for that mid-winter concert, Jones will smile with pride.For on that day, the entire nation will be watching.
"Most people are blown away that we've achieved this much," Jones said from a practice space in its downtown Boston offices in late December. "It's been a phenomenal rise."
Since he began knitting together the frameworks of a children's chorus in Boston, Jones has played witness to the transformation of nearly 300 children through music and watched as they've shaped a community where racial and socio-economic differences no longer divides.
On Jan. 19, those children will perform in a Martin Luther King Jr. Concert that will be broadcast on television screens from Boston to San Francisco.
"This year, for the first time, it will be seen nationally," he said. "This is huge."
Through the concert, Jones wants to ensure that the holiday is not forgotten amid ski trips and shopping excursions, but that it continues to be celebrated in meaningful ways.
It was from those chairs in Jordan Hall that he watched Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a speech in the 1960s, and he's determined to make that message continue to ring through the hall and beyond.
Bolstered by inspiration from King's speech, Jones launched his lifelong struggle for social justice. Whether it was through advocacy work in the Boston Public Schools, serving on dozens of boards for local nonprofits, including City Year, or working as a professor at Boston University's School of Social Work, he's fought to make Boston a better community for everyone.
But his work in establishing the Boston Children's Chorus is probably the pinnacle in his career.
"He is a visionary. Few visionaries are able to make their visions a reality, but he's done it," said Annette Rubin, executive director of the Boston Children's Chorus. "It's his brainchild. This is his baby."
It's also a second home for the hundreds of children from a wide gamut of backgrounds who come here to rehearse on a weekly basis.
"I feel like I am part of something that is larger than myself," said Georgia Halliday, a member of the premier chorus and a Newton South student. "I love it. I spend as much time here as possible."
Cyrus Dahmubed, a sophomore from Auburndale who is home-schooled, said, "You come here and it's like home. It's better than home. And then you have to go back to reality."
When Jones first began the process of creating a children's chorus in Boston to match the excellence of the one in Chicago, he envisioned an organization that would not only lift children up and provide them opportunities they couldn't get elsewhere, but would also act as an extended family.
"I woke up late in life and realized music is the best way to bring people together," he said. "I had tried everything else."
Within the last few months, he's seen singers stand in to help when a member's home was destroyed by fire; support a member whose friend passed away; and launch an extensive volunteer operation at a local homeless shelter.
As high school students filed in for that evening's practice, Jones said, "The empowerment of kids was part of my vision, but to see this actualized is unbelievable."Chrissie Long can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Newton TAB
The sixth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. concert begins at 6:45 p.m. at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Admission is $25, and tickets are on sale now at the BCC's Web site: www.bostonchildrenschorus.org. A dress rehearsal will also take place at 2 p.m. on Jan. 19. Tickets are available online for $10.


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Psychotherapy Net necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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We need a logo for a new blog by Psychotherapy.net called The Therapeutic Dialogue, which is a blog about current issues in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy.net is an online resource, magazine and dvd distributor for psychotherapists.
The Therapeutic Dialogue
Psychotherapy.net is launching a new blog called The Therapeutic Dialogue. This is a play on words, as the therapeutic dialogue in therapy terms means the dialogue between therapist and patient. In our case, the blog will be a discussion between two psychotherapists on current issues in the field. The new logo will show off the blog.
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The title and subheading of this chapter ("Children are not born bad but with possibilities for good and evil") are enough to raise quite a lot of anti-Charlotte Mason hackles. "What do you mean, children are not born bad? That's anti-Christian." "We are born with evil natures. End of story, next?" "I'm going back to classical."
Here is Charlotte's word on this issue: "The fact seems to be that children are like ourselves, not because they have become so, but because they are born so; that is, with tendencies, dispositions, towards good and towards evil, and also with a curious intuitive knowledge as to which is good and which is evil. Here we have the work of education indicated. There are good and evil tendencies in body and mind, heart and soul; and the hope set before us is that we can foster the good so as to attenuate the evil; that is, on condition that we put Education in her true place as the handmaid of Religion." "In every child there are tendencies to greediness, restlessness, sloth, impurity, any one of which by allowance may ruin the child and the man that he will be."
You can argue about the theological side of it after class. But that is NOT what Charlotte wanted to focus on, in this chapter; not totally. What she seemed to be doing, simply by way of introduction, was to compare the way religious attitudes and Christian education had changed towards children, with the way that she felt educational attitudes could similarly change.
She believed that Christian thought had previously over-emphasized the issue of personal salvation, to the neglect of concern for "the community, the nation, the race."[See Note Below] She got excited when she thought about the educational possibilities that could go beyond just one child or one group, ideas that could affect "every class and country." "The recognition of the potentialities in any child should bring about such an educational renaissance as may send our weary old world rejoicing on its way."
Well, Charlotte was never accused of thinking small.
Yes, she is thinking somewhat of a child's inborn moral status here. But, again, she is comparing his or her spiritual tendencies to sin; AND the parent or teacher's responsibility, within certain limits, to teach and train those tendencies out of a young child; with his or her intellectual makeup and needs. (The last section of this chapter deals specifically with "the soul," or the spiritual realm.)
And this is where she starts to do something interesting with this chapter. Have you read her earlier book Ourselves, which she wrote to be read to children? The next parts of chapter 3 are a very close summary of the first few chapters of Ourselves. Ourselves begins in an allegorical style, something like John Bunyan's The Holy War. Every person is a kingdom, and in the kingdom there are governors, and good servants (who can also be bad masters), and troublemakers, and beautiful lands…all kinds of things, which she tries to put in order. "It is important that we should have before us a bird's eye view, let us call it, of human nature."
First off, we have the physical body, including the needs of the nervous system. Then she moves on to children's intellectual tendencies, appetites, and needs: "We do not perceive that the mind, too, has its tendencies both good and evil and that every inclination towards good is hindered and may be thwarted by a corresponding inclination towards evil; I am not speaking of moral evil but of those intellectual evils which we are slow to define and are careless in dealing with."
Do you catch her point about "evils" here and in the upcoming paragraphs? The "intellectual evils" are mainly on the part of the educational system, the school, the teacher. The "evils" include dumbing-down, dullness, diagrams; competition for marks; token rewards (like stickers). "Good teachers know that they may not drown their teaching in verbiage." "A child's intercourse must always be with good books, the best that we can find." "No child would forget the characterization of Charles IX as 'feeble and violent,' nor fail to take to himself a lesson in self-control. We may not point the moral; that is the work proper for children themselves and they do it without fail."
Do you know where the "feeble and violent" reference comes from? The History of Modern Times, from the Fall of Constantinople to the French Revolution, by Victor Duruy. Here's a longer excerpt:
Charles IX. was then twenty-one, of good intellect, but of a character at once feeble and violent; spoiled by absolute power, surrounded by Italian favorites who perverted his heart, he played very well and sometimes unwittingly the role which his mother [Catherine de' Medici] left him. He had more than once found that the Huguenot chiefs carried their heads too high, and had not forgotten the homicidal counsels given him by the Duke of Alva at Bayonne. But then he was impatient of his mother's yoke and envious of the victories ascribed to his brother. Inconstant and passionate, he entered with ardor into new projects, wrote to Coligny, to Jeanne d' Albret, and urged the prompt conclusion of the marriage of Henry of Beam with his sister. The Queen of Navarre decided to come to Paris; so too did the admiral. "At last we have you, my father," said to him the young king, embracing him, "and you will not escape from us when you wish."Later in Volume 6, Charlotte writes, "Now Plutarch is like the Bible in this, that he does not label the actions of his people as good or bad but leaves the conscience and judgment of his readers to make that classification. What to avoid and how to avoid it, is knowledge as important to the citizen whether of the City of God or of his own immediate city, as to know what is good and how to perform the same." It seems that the writing of Victor Duruy would fall under the same classification. Intelligent children reading this…assuming that they have the bits of background and vocabulary they need to make sense of the story…wouldn't need to fill out a worksheet or be drilled by a teacher afterwards to show their understanding of Charles's character flaws. They would get the issues with the mother and the brother, and ponder that mixed message in his greeting to the admiral. This is obviously not someone we want to emulate.
What bores children in school? Is it that they need more chance to play? Oh, said elementary teachers of years gone by—yes, what a wonderful idea! So let's try sand tables! Classroom games! Puppets! In my time: let's videotape the puppet shows! And the teachers of today—stop-motion Lego projects! Abraham Lincoln Rap! Classroom reality shows! Because yes, we teachers get…so (yawn)…bored…hm? Oh, yes, we were saying…"What reason have we to suppose that children are not equally bored? They try to tell us that they are by wandering eyes, inanimate features, fidgetting hands and feet, by every means at their disposal; and the kindly souls among us think that they want to play or to be out of doors. But they have no use for play except at proper intervals."
Play is for recess time. Play is for after school. If the children are bored in school…says Charlotte…it's not because they need more play. It's because they need more more. More stories like the one above. More to really think about and remember.
"That is the capital charge against most schools. The teachers underrate the tastes and abilities of their pupils. In things intellectual, children, even backward children, have extraordinary 'possibilities for good'––possibilities so great that if we had the wit to give them their head they would carry us along like a stream in spate." "Just so of our parsimony do we fling aside the minds of the children of our country, also capable of being wrought into pleasaunces of delight, structures of utility and beauty, at a pitifully trifling cost. It is well we should recognise that the business of education is with us all our lives, that we must always go on increasing our knowledge."
Chapter 3 is long, and that's enough for one post. More in the next. NOTE ON "Savin' Yer Dirty Sowl": This is not Charlotte Mason's original thought or phrase, nor did it originate with the Irish woman she mentions. The line actually comes from Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho!, in Chapter 7. The character Sir Richard says, "But this is the way with your Anabaptists, who, by their very hatred of forms and ceremonies, show of how much account they think them, and then bind themselves out of their own fantastical self-will with far heavier burdens than ever the lawful authorities have laid on them for the sake of the commonweal. But what do they care for the commonweal, as long as they can save, as they fancy, each man his own dirty soul for himself?" (I'm not agreeing with him, I'm just giving you the quote.) Kingsley's line here was quoted and misquoted in various publications; for example, "'Save your souls,' says Charles Kingsley, 'each man his own dirty soul for himself.'" I don't think that's exactly the point Sir Richard was making, but in any case--the issue that the woman seem to have is the idea of someone else saving their own soul by making her their evangelical project.


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Nine Months
March 01, 2012
It takes nine months to go from zygote to newborn. And things don't really slow down from there, no matter how much I would like them to, sometimes.
Actually, forget nine months, my head is still spinning over all the changes that have happened just in the past nine days.
After learning to pull to a stand in his crib (which he now does constantly, even in his sleep, so I occasionally have to go in and reposition a confused-as-hell, half-awake baby who doesn't understand why he's standing up or what he's supposed to do about it), yesterday marked learning to pull to a stand everywhere, anywhere, on everything, anything.
He is so proud of himself that I can almost ignore the bruises.
(Approximately 30 seconds later we were both VERY grateful for the strategically placed dog bed, however.)
He waves hi and signs "more" and is consistently mimicking a handful of words -- dada, kick, yum. Those chubby cheeks are the result of an appetite EXPLOSION, as he's suddenly eating everything under the sun with great enthusiasm, and in even greater quantities. He will always, always have some of what you're having, so please hand it over. (Especially if it's Indian food. That's my boy, and so very much the product of my non-stop pregnancy craving of saag paneer.)
He loves riding in the Ergo, bouncing in his jumper and listening to strangers freak out over the size of his giant saucer eyes. He hates diaper changes and injuring himself, even though both of those things seem to occur at least a dozen times a day.
This morning he found the Lego basket. Poor Hagrid's hut never saw it coming.
(Although thanks to this photo I now see the curtain-blinds-string-pull situation that I need to rectify, because THIS MOBILITY THING REALLY CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE FOR SOME REASON.)
I'll tell you what, though: It never gets old, it never gets less amazing, the novelty of the rapid-fire milestones of the first year never wears off.
From this:
To this:
...in just nine months. Ike, you're absolutely amazing.


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Facebook introduces news feed redesign
Facebook's latest redesign to create 'personalized newspaper'
Big changes are coming to facebook. On Thursday, company chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a radical redesign of the social site's news feed.
SLIDESHOW: Facebook's most annoying changes
With the new look, Facebook's 1-billion plus users can customize their news feed to the articles, posts and images that most interested them.
The upgraded feeds will feature larger photos and videos, feeds organized by content type including music, games and followed pages.
It also makes the site look the same regardless of whether you're on a computer, smart phone or tablet.
The new feed provides Facebook more users data, allowing better targeting for advertisers, something the company has struggled with.
READ: What does the Internet look like? There's an app for that
Zuckerberg said, "Because of the history of news feed, it's easy to think of it as a single stream of content but our goal is actually a lot broader. What were trying to do is give everyone in the world, the best personalized newspaper that we can. How we are all sharing is changing and the design of the news feed needs to reflect this evolving face of news feed."
The director of design for Facebook, Julie Zhuo added, "They say a picture is worth a thousand words and today's design is more like 500. In the new Facebook design we are really taking these photos and putting them front and center so they are more visual more beautiful and more immersive so you can get a sense of the experiences that your friends are sharing from the moment they are captured in their daily lives."
READ: Facebook out of favor with teens, tweens
The redesigned news feed will start rolling out to a small number of people on the web today and will then show up on phones and tablets over the next few weeks.
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Max Rodriguez
Hometown and high school? Severna Park, MD/ Severna Park HS
Campus Involvement
- Major: Business Management
- Admissions tour guide
- President - Wakeboard & Waterski Club
Curing The Job Market Blues
In his final year of school, Max Rodriguez '10 has a single objective in mind: get a job. The business management major is hedging his bets by interning with two companies near his home in Severna Park, MD.
"I've received a lot of help from my faculty advisor, Professor Harvey, and Professor Scout, who coached me into my credit-bearing internships," says Max who, as a third-year summer intern at Aerotek, has put in more time with the staffing company than many full-time employees. As a recruiter, he brings in clients, conducts interviews and background checks, and makes hiring recommendations.
With an eye on a career as a financial advisor, Max is also studying the stock market and the compression of the nation's financial institutions. During his internship with Merrill Lynch, which merged with Bank of America in January, he has watched the unfolding restructuring process that corporate leaders promise will produce one of the country's strongest financial institutions. In August, Sallie Krawcheck, the former Citigroup Inc. executive named to head Bank of America Corp.'s wealth-management business, said she wants to build on Merrill Lynch's history and preserve its culture as a leading financial service firm where the client comes first.
For his senior capstone project, Max will focus on Bank of America's role in the nation's economic recovery, as well as its approach to helping its clients navigate some of the most turbulent financial markets in recent history. "I enjoy client analysis and strategic management," he says. "During my internship, I've done some research. I've learned how the stock market operates. I follow the daily activity. This is definitely something I'm interested in."
Even the most goal-oriented student needs some downtime: Max has his fun on the Chester River, where the wakeboard and waterski club practice their tricks behind the College's ski boat. He and his roommate, Pat Interlandi, both ski competitively; as club president in 2009-10, Max is putting together a schedule and recruiting a new class of competitive skiers.


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I personally think that Sarah Palin is a great pick for McCain's vice president. I mean they have a lot in common. Palin fired Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety after he refused to fire an Alaskan State Trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann. And we all should know about McCain firing Tom Gosinski, who had blown the whistle on his wife's drug pilfering to the DEA. He claimed it was for budgetary reasons NOT that the guy ratted his wife out to the DEA. He then tried to get the guy arrested for extortion. Oh these silly elitists always are going the extra mile in order to get away with bad deeds.
Palin is still under investigation for abuse of power for that little alleged misdeed. I wonder if her sister was able to get what she wanted out of the divorce. Well Palin did say that she didn't fire Monegan because he wouldn't fire her sister's soon to be ex but that he turned out NOT to be a team player. Oh on budgetary things, yeah, ha, ha, ha. Isn't she just a peach? What we got here is too peas in a pod or birds of a feather or whatever euphemism you like to use. Here we go again with people who can't seem to operate within the law wanting to run the government.
It is interesting that McCain says Obama doesn't have enough experience and would rather lose the war than the election when he picks someone who has been governor for a little more than a year and pretty much because he wants to pick up Clintons idiotic women voters who are incensed by Obama's winning the nomination. McCain has showed that he is willing to lose whatever little bit of credibility he had to win the election. I do have to laugh though because everyone keeps touting that John McCain adopted a kid from Indonesia and Sarah Palin has a child with downs syndrome. I don't know if these tidbits are supposed to make us feel all warm and fuzzy even though both have no problems with going outside the law to try and exact vendettas on those who don't show team player skills.
I guess Obama's use of drugs if off the table as well as experience. Since Sarah herself has admitted to smoking a blunt only to say that she didn't like it…much. I have to laugh because McCain has put the ball in Obama's court. He is now running on change. He put a lady as the VP, one that hasn't got much experience and one that has an abuse of power investigation going on. And we know damn well that he can't steal the change venue, since his whole campaign is based on the same old Bush agenda. Now he has a partner in crime to help him push that agenda along. Good luck!


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Facebook haters have a new hero to revel in.
Peter Angelos is the next to step in a long line of people suing Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.
The lawyer and owner of the Baltimore Orioles filed a class action lawsuit with another lawyer in a California federal court against Facebook.
The suit alleges the Menlo Park-based company has illegally tracked the Internet activities of its more than 800 million users.
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New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps
Thanks guys for waiting. I had to take care of some administrative stuff, so I appreciate it. In terms of the game, I thought that it certainly wasn't our best game from a standpoint of how we played. But what I was really excited about was the resolve we showed. We showed that, going down a goal we didn't hang our heads; we fought back. And I asked a lot of the guys tonight and each one of them stepped up.
Matt (Reis) is one of those special players in this league and longevity is one of those things. One of my big things – a stat they don't show – is availability. Guys that are that just in the lineup and available for a coach's selection and Matt Reis has always shown in his career he's always ready, always available. He's had some injuries the last couple years and he's fought back from that. And tonight, you feel confident with him back there, especially in the second half. We have a young back line and Matt shows that he's confident and can play.
Collective defense (was the key to tonight). We were a unit out there. Unfortunately in the three losses if you went back we probably played more technically sound. But we didn't defend as a unit. But tonight that was something we asked our guys to do and we gave up a set piece, but other than that, there wasn't a ton of things when they broke us down and we gave away goals.
It's a quick turn-around. We knew we were playing Saturday in New York. But collective defense was what we need to do. I've talked a lot about where we are as a team. I think we've made a lot of strides adding technical players and we show that we have some good players, but I think we lost a little bit of that toughness, a bit of that grit I would say. So that was a big thing this week was how much stronger we needed to be and it showed.
Fernando (Cardenas) has been working really hard. He's always in our 18 and one of the guys going off the bench. He started the first game of the year. With Fernando, he's a unique player because he doesn't really have a position. In Colombia he played on top … in a weird system and he's kind of elusive in that way. So tonight he was fresh. I was so excited to give him that opportunity because he's earned it. He's worked hard in training and kept his head up and I thought that he did a good job as the game went on that it showed he's probably not 90 minutes fit, but he had a good impact on the game.
Kevin (Alston), for me, was the best he's played yet. He was great. Unfortunately everyone saw what happened. It wasn't pretty. He just went into a coughing fit and I didn't know this before the game. I've asked a lot of Kevin because I see the potential of Kevin, so I ask a lot of him. He has the talent I never had as a right back, so I see it and I want it and I want him to keep getting better. And so he played through a 102 tempurature, and when he got hit, he went into a coughing fit that's why he got sick. By Saturday he'll be alright. We're doing assessments right now on some of the other players who came off so we've just got to make sure we're in tomorrow and see what we're doing – and we leave tomorrow (for Real Salt Lake) so there isn't much time. I'll give you a better answer tomorrow. How's that?
It's also that we lost three games in a row (in addition to having fixture congestion) so there's a little bit of everything in that one. There has to be competition. There has to be people who know if they fight hard in training, they're going to get on the field. Now look, if we won four games in a row, it gets harder. But we hadn't. We played well but we hadn't finished any game, we hadn't torn teams apart. To be honest, I wanted to get guys that deserved to be on the field.
(Saer Sène) is someone I did not want to go 90 (minutes) tonight. I really like how he is in the locker room and around the players. And they get a sense for him. He's a unique player. You don't really see a lot of players like him. He drifts, he comes in to play, but he's always dangerous. I'm telling you guys, I just think there's more there even. I think you see some spots of brilliance and there's more. I see more in training sometimes, so there's a good upside. But tonight he worked hard and did a lot of good things, a lot of the little things, well.
(Playing tough) was important. That was the theme. We played pretty and we've given away games. I think that when we analyze the three games, we gave away a game in Dallas in the last second. We gave away the game here when we let the guy come inside – Chris Pontius –and score. And then in New York we gave away the game. So when all of them add up, you're like, whoa, we felt like we didn't lose any of those games but you really did. And now it really hit us on the bus back so it was really about forget about the pretty play, we needed to make sure we were tough and that's what we went out and did.
New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph
Sometimes I think we lose the concept of what it is to win and what it is to play soccer, and the last couple of games we've moved the ball well and created chances but we haven't gotten the results we wanted. Tonight he stressed on us making sure we get some balls behind them, pick up the second ball and take it from there. Then we can move the ball around and create more chances. Tonight we just dug it out and got three points, and that's the most important thing.
Going down 1-0 at home, some of us will hang our head a little bit for a few seconds after. Then we caught a break and got the second goal, and it wasn't the prettiest goal. But we just have to take the three points and run away with it.
We have to keep giving (Saer Sène) chances and he's going to score. He's just that good (around the penalty area). He can create chances on his own, but if we can help him a little bit more and get numbers in the box, I think we're going to get more goals. Tonight we had chances, he held the ball up for us when we needed him to. He said himself that he needed to work on his fitness a little bit by realizing (MLS is) a different league. He's doing the right things. He's working and he's encouraging everybody and that's what you need from your top striker.
(On Matt Reis' laid-back reaction to his 100th win) That's Matt, man. You've got to love Matt. He's just easy going and the greatest teammate probably I've ever had in this locker room. So for him it's just another day, it's just another game. He's going to look forward to playing until he's 50, because he knows how good he is. He keeps encouraging the young guys in the back, and that's what Matt Reis is about.
Rest up and try to get better (before Saturday's game in Salt Lake). It's going to be a huge game, playing a game on the road against one of the best teams in the league. We just have to be ready to play. We can't be thinking about this win tonight. We have to take the win and smile about it, then go play one of the best teams in the league.
New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis
(On getting his 100th win) It's kind of a relief. It's something that, the last three games, it's been there in the back of my mind but it's finally a hurdle to get over and focus on the rest of the season.
The focus going into it was we weren't happy about losing three games and it's early in the season but we need to get points. We can't fall too far back in the race and it was an honest team effort. I think that we didn't play our best in the second half but we got a win, which is the most important thing.
We wanted to make sure we got back to good team solid defending and once that happens then our quality can take over from there.
It's just the way it is. We knew it going into it and this is going to be a hard week but we have a couple of days after it and we just have to get everybody in tomorrow and go from there.
Yeah, everybody (congratulated me). We had a nice little ceremony in here afterwards and got a jersey with the number 100 on it, so that was nice. I'll get that signed and put it up in the garage with all my other stuff … It's nice, and Shalrie (Joseph) had his 250th appearance and it's all been with the Revs. It always seems to happen that way that the milestones come together, and it's nice to get it over with.
Colorado Rapids head coach Oscar Paraja
I thought we had a good start. Unfortunately, we failed again and had some mistakes, especially on set pieces. That is costing us a lot early in the season so far. That has been one of our big concerns and then today was no different. After that, we had the initiative and tried to tie the game, and I thought it was our players on the field who looked more for the game, but we couldn't get the equalizer and we get out of game that we should have gotten more out of.
We had options (in the second half), but we were not accurate in our finishing and that final pass. That last 30 minutes was not quite sharp and the way we wanted. We took a lot of shots and shot well, but we just couldn't get it. Just one of those days and we came out of game were we were very effective and today we couldn't find the net.
We keep going, keep moving. It's a long season and this group is in the process now and we just keep going. We're looking forward to going to another road game and try to get the result because we need the results. We need to win games.
Every game is an opportunity for the team to keep growing and keep learning but definitely at this point, this is where it hurts the most because in a game like this today and the performances of the players, they deserve much more than this.
When you see a team fighting … and things like that, you always like it. But for me, the style and the way you get things is the most important part. I wanted to try and play and try to make things happen. And sometimes, that's just not the case.
Colorado Rapids forward Tony Cascio
I think we had a little momentum. We were kind of off to a slow start. We let in, I thought, they were weak goals. And other than that I thought we had our chances we just weren't finishing tonight.
Overall I thought we had our ins and outs. We had our opportunities, but I guess overall it was an average effort at best."
It was good. I had a little fan club of about six, seven, eight people. So it was good to have them out here, but UConn's in finals right now so a lot of them couldn't make it out.
We're ice bathing right now, just trying to recover and get our bodies right, get our minds right, and hopefully do well and get a result there (against D.C.)
I just keep going, get experience, just get some minutes every game. (Every game) is a new game and just keep going and do well I guess.
Colorado Rapids forward Omar Cummings
I think we felt good. We felt positive. We felt for sure that we would get some chances. It would be a difficult game. Playing on turf it's always different. But I think we felt good, no problems.
I think the first half of it was not too bad. We got some chances but also gave up some chances. I think that hurt us in the long run. We tried to get back in the game second half but I don't think we produced enough chances where we could get back into the game successfully in the second half.
(We're) definitely going to try to put this game behind us as quickly as possible. (We're) definitely going to tighten up on our defense and on our set pieces, seeing that we got scored on them obviously. We still have to try to create more chances for us to score goals.


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Guess what? I was the host of the Daring Bakers June Challenge!!!! In mid April I received and e-mail from the Daring Kitchen asking me if I would step into the June position, as someone was no longer able to do so. What? Me? Host a Challenge?? Heck YES! I was thrilled, honored and terrified!
I have been fascinated with Baklava for a very long time and knew if I ever got the chance to host a challenge it was definitely going to be the recipe. I had my first baklava at a local Greek restaurant called The Original Greek; they have, in my opinion, the best baklava.
Baklava, a sweet rich pastry made with layers of phyllo dough and nuts sweetened with simple syrup. Baklava is widely knows as a Greek dessert, but it's origin has really never been pinpointed as many Middle Eastern countries also name it as their own.
If you're thinking baklava is easy, just layering phyllo, you're right, but not so fast. We made our own homemade phyllo; we are after all the Daring Bakers. Phyllo, which means, "leaf" in Greek, is tissue paper-thin like sheets of dough. Homemade phyllo is a lot of work to roll out but is worth it, its delicious! Baklava is quite simple to make but is a little time-consuming.
Erica of Erica's Edibles was our host for the Daring Baker's June challenge. Erica challenged us to be truly DARING by making homemade phyllo dough and then to use that homemade dough to make Baklava.
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Phyllo Dough Recipe – Kaffeehaus – Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague" by Rick Rodgers
Baklava: Adapted from Alton Brown, Food Network
Phyllo Dough:
1 1/3 cups (200 g) unbleached flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons (105 ml) water, plus more if needed
2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable oil, plus additional for coating the dough
1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
1. In the bowl of your stand mixer combine flour and salt
2. Mix with paddle attachment
3. Combine water, oil and vinegar
4. Add water oil mixture with mixer on low speed, mix until you get a soft dough, if it appears dry add a little more water (I had to add a tablespoon more)
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5. Change to the dough hook and let knead approximately 10 minutes. You will end up with beautiful smooth dough. If you are kneading by hand, knead approx 20 minutes.
8. Remove the dough from mixer and continue to knead for 2 more minutes. Pick up the dough and through it down hard on the counter a few times during the kneading process.
9. Shape the dough into a ball and lightly cover with oil
10. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let rest 30-90 minutes, longer is best ( I let mine rest 2 hours and it was perfect)
Rolling your Phyllo
Use whatever means you have to get the dough as thin as you can. I have included a fantastic video at the end of the post on how to roll out your phyllo dough, using a wooden dowel, which worked perfectly for me. You may also use a pasta machine if you have one, or a normal rolling pin whatever works for you.
1. Unwrap your dough and cut off a chunk slightly larger than a golf ball. While you are rolling be sure to keep the other dough covered so it doesn't dry out.
2. Be sure to flour your hands, rolling pin and counter. As you roll you will need to keep adding, don't worry, you can't over-flour.
3. Roll out the dough a bit to flatten it out.
4. Wrap the dough around your rolling pin/dowel
5. Roll back and forth quickly with the dough remaining on the dowel (see attached video for a visual, its much easier then it sounds)
6. Remove; notice how much bigger it is!
7. Rotate and repeat until it is as thin as you can it. Don't worry if you get rips in the dough, as long as you have one perfect one for the top you will never notice.
8. When you get it as thin as you can with the rolling pin, carefully pick it up with well floured hands and stretch it on the backs of your hands as you would a pizza dough, just helps make it that much thinner. Roll out your dough until it is transparent. NOTE: you will not get it as thin as the frozen phyllo dough you purchase at the store, it is made by machine
9. Set aside on a well-floured surface. Repeat the process until your dough is used up. Between each sheet again flower well. You will not need to cover your dough with a wet cloth, as you do with boxed dough, it is moist enough that it will not try out.
Baklava Recipe
Adapted from Alton Brown, The Food Network
For the syrup:
- 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) honey
- 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) water
- 1 1/4 cups (315 ml) sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 (2-inch) piece fresh orange peel
When you put your baklava in the oven start making your syrup. When you combine the 2, one of them needs to be hot, I find it better when the baklava is hot and the syrup has cooled
1. Combine all ingredients in a medium pot over medium high heat. Stir occasionally until sugar has dissolved
2. Boil for 10 minutes, stir occasionally.
3. Once boiled for 10 minutes remove from heat and strain cinnamon stick and lemon, allow to cool as baklava cooks
For the filling:
- 1 (5-inch piece) cinnamon stick, broken into 2 to 3 pieces or 2 teaspoons ground
- 15 to 20 whole allspice berries
- 6 ounces (170g) blanched almonds
- 6 ounces (170g) raw or roasted walnuts
- 6 ounces (170g) raw or roasted pistachio
- 2/3 cup sugar
- phyllo dough (see recipe above)
- 8 ounces (225g) melted butter ** you may need more or less
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Combine nuts, sugar and spices in a food processor and pulse on high until finely chopped. If you do not have a food processor chop with a sharp knife as fine as you can. Set a side
3. Trim your sheets to fit in your pan
4. Brush bottom of pan with butter and place first phyllo sheet
5. Brush phyllo sheet with butter and repeat approximately 8 times ending with butter. (Most recipes say more, but homemade phyllo is thicker so it's not needed)
6. Sprinkle 1/3 of the nut mixture on top
7. Continue layering phyllo and buttering repeating 4 times
8. Sprinkle 1/3 of the nut mixture on top
9. Continue layering phyllo and buttering repeating 4 times
10. Sprinkle 1/3 of the nut mixture on top
11. Continue layering and buttering phyllo 5 more times. On the top layer, make sure you have a piece of phyllo with no holes if possible, just looks better.
12. Once you have applied the top layer tuck in all the edges to give a nice appearance.
13. With a Sharp knife cut your baklava in desired shapes and number of pieces. If you can't cut all the ways through don't worry you will cut again later. A 9×9 pan cuts nicely into 30 pieces. Then brush with a generous layer of butter making sure to cover every area and edge
14. Bake for approximately 30 minutes; remove from oven and cut again this time all the way through. Continue baking for another 30 minutes. (Oven temperatures will vary, you are looking for the top to be a golden brown, take close watch yours may need more or less time in the oven)
15. When baklava is cooked remove from oven and pour the cooled (will still be warmish) syrup evenly over the top, taking care to cover all surfaces when pouring. It looks like it is a lot but over night the syrup will soak into the baklava creating a beautifully sweet and wonderfully textured baklava!
Next morning all syrup is absorbed
16. Allow to cool to room temperature. Once cooled cover and store at room temperature. Allow the baklava to sit overnight to absorb the syrup.
17. Serve at room temperature
I also got a little creative and made rolled baklava as well
Rolled Baklava
1. Take one rolled sheet of phyllo
2. Brush with butter and lightly cover with nuts
3. Take a think wooden dowel and begin rolling up the phyllo
4. As you roll bush the underside with butter
5. Continue rolling until it is entirely on the dowel
6. Repeat without nuts
7. it will look like this
8. Push all phyllo to one end
9. Carefully slide off dowel
10. Place in a butter baking dish and brush with a generous amount of butter
11. Bake until golden brown
12. Cut into desired length and cover with syrup
Unfortunately we at this one too fast and I didn't get any pictures plated
The baklava was delicious! The homemade phyllo dough was wonderful but for convenience I would probably try the store bought dough next time.
I had an awesome time hosting the Challenge this month and I look forward checking out everyone's blogs to see how they made out
Freezing/Storage Instructions/Tips: There are a few ways to store your Baklava. It is recommended that you store your baklava at room temperature in an airtight container. Stored at room temperature your baklava will last for up to 2 weeks. You will notice as the days pass it will get a little juicier and chewier, but still great. You may choose to store it in the fridge; this will make it a little harder and chewy, but does increase the shelf life. You can also freeze your baklava and then just set it out at room temperature to thaw.
Additional Information: I have included some videos and links to help you through the process.
How to roll the phyllo dough –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvNzAi9w6TU&feature=related
Excellent 3 part video showing the whole process – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLV7W-KUME8&feature=related
Making Hallow Baklava Rolls- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvM8cWzjKI
Making Baklava Rolls – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H51egHWv0sQ


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The Eaton Detroit Spring Tour: A Dream Cruise Start
By Wednesday evening the Eaton Detroit Spring Road Tour was very near the destination of The NSRA Richmond Nationals. We spent the evening in Lynchburg, Virginia and the skies actually looked like they would stay clear for awhile. Many of us took a little time Wednesday evening to yet again wash the vehicles. We all hoped it would be last vehicle cleanup we would do for awhile.
After our Thursday morning 7:30AM divers meeting we made our way across town to the shop of Sonny Leonard and the home of Sonny's Racing Engines. From his shop, Sonny Leonard and his talented crew build record setting racing engines for the drag strip, tractor pulls and high performance boats. Sonny was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule and give us a personal tour of the facility. Sonny's specialty is big cubic inch General Motors engines and if you want the works it would be one of their 811 cubic inch 1700 HP hemi head monsters. Yes I did say hemi head. Sonny casts and machines hemispherical heads for big block Chevy engines. These were some serious motors we saw with some serious prices from $16,000 to $90,000. How fast do you want to go? It was a very interesting stop at Sonny's Racing Engines and we all appreciated the personal tour.
By 10AM it was time to move on down the road. I had been contacted a few months ago by two street rodders from the Virginia area that wanted us to experience some true southern hospitality. Mike Shumaker and Mike Turner had contacted Barbara and Al Moore owners of the Farmer's Caf in the small Virginia town of Blackstone mid-way between Lynchburg and Richmond. The two Mikes knew that Barbara and Al would be anxious to have our Tour stop by the Farmer's Caf for lunch. Barbara and Al even wanted to pick up the tab for all of us. That is real Southern hospitality. When we drove into Blackstone we were really given the royal treatment. Chief of Police Nick Kuzmiak and some of his officers had blocked off parking on the main street of Blackstone in anticipation of our arrival. We all enjoyed the great food at the Farmer's Caf and were overwhelmed by all the attention. Many thanks to Mike Shumaker, Mike Turner, Chief Kuzmiak and our gracious hosts Barbara and Al Moore and staff at the Farmer's Caf in Blackstone. It was one of the high points of our entire week.
By 1PM it was time to get to Richmond and the NSRA Nationals. We arrived at the Headquarters hotel and picked up our registration materials. On Friday we all set up camp in the Street Rodder tent at the event and enjoyed the shade and the company of our fellow Road Tourinans all weekend. It had been a great week on the Eaton Detroit Spring Tour. From the Woodward Dream Cruise to the great food and all the wonderful stops along the way it had all been fun. We soon forgot about the rain of earlier in the week. Sometimes it takes a little adversity to bring folks together and we had become one big family by weeks end. Many thanks to Sandy and Mike Eaton and everyone who helped make this Tour a success. It will long be remembered by all of us who took part in it.
Be sure to check out the earlier Tour blogs by clicking on the previous pages at the bottom.
After a rain soaking drive on Monday the participants on the Street Rodder/PPG Eaton Spring Road Tour were looking forward to some dry weather on Tuesday. We were still talking about the great stops at Goller's Hot Rod Shop and Brookville Roadster when we gathered for our driver's meeting at 8AM Tuesday morning. The skies were overcast and there were sprinkles in the air when we headed out from Brookville, Ohio but nothing like the previous day's deluge. On tap for Tuesday was a history lesson in the morning and then a party at the largest Harley dealership in West Virginia.
Our morning drive took us through Dayton, Ohio and across Route 35. Route 35 has just been completed as a four lane highway and the smooth roads and lack of truck traffic was a welcome relief. Our stop for the morning was at the Hopewell Culture Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. The Hopewell Indians were "Mound builders" that lived in the Ohio area thousands of years ago. This National Park has preserved some of the mounds of the Hopewell Indians. We were shown a short film on the history of the Hopewell and their mounds and then we were able to actually walk around the mound areas that have been preserved. It was a very interesting morning history lesson.
After some lunch in Chillicothe we continued our trek east. We had been invited to a party at Harley Davidson of West Virginia and the Golden Oldies Street Rod Association of Charleston helped organize the event. When we arrived there were parking spots set up for our cars and the Golden Oldies were waiting to great us. Harley Davidson of West Virginia is the largest dealership in the state and we all enjoyed the tour of their facilities. Dinner for the evening was provided by Quaker Steak and Lube of Charleston. Previous Road Tours have visited Quaker Steak and Lubes around the country and it is always a treat to enjoy there wings after a long day on the road. The local media turned out to film a segment for the local news and members of the NRA Safety Inspection Team were on hand to provide safety inspections for anyone who was interested. After our evening at the Harley dealership we made our way to our hotel in South Charleston. The rainy drive had really gotten our cars dirty so many us spent some time washing up our rides.
Wednesday morning in Charleston was overcast and rain was in the air but by this time we were veterans of driving in the moisture so it didn't bother us. There was some beautiful scenery ahead of us. Sandy and Mike Eaton lead the way in their sedan delivery as we drove along Route 60 which winds along the river toward Virginia. We stopped at a scenic viewing area called Hawks' Nest and enjoyed a look over the New River. It was a very enjoyable morning as we traveled together in this beautiful area. As we crossed the border into Virginia on Route 64 we actually saw the sun for the first time in a number of days. It was a welcome sight. We stopped for some lunch in Lexington, Virginia and then decided to check out the Natural Bridge. This natural rock formation has been a popular tourist destination for years and was at one time owned by Thomas Jefferson. W all enjoyed the beauty of the area and the history it offered.
By 6PM we arrived at our destination for the evening in Lynchburg, Virginia, It had been a good day on the Eaton Detroit Spring Tour. The weather improved and we saw a number of interesting sights. We were getting close but we still had a few more places to stop before we arrive in Richmond. Check back here and get an update as we visit a racing engine build shop and a town in Virginia rolls out the red carpet to greet the Road Tour. Click on the previous pages at the bottom of this page to see earlier reports on our travels.
Jerry Dixey
The Eaton Detroit Spring Road Tour got off to a fantastic start with beautiful weather and a great location to enjoy the 13th Annual Woodward Dream Cruise. Sandy and Mike Eaton are our hosts for the entire week's activities as we travel from Detroit to the NSRA Nationals in Richmond, Virginia. Saturday's Dream Cruise lived up to its reputation as the largest single day automotive event on the planet. From our vantage point at the special Eaton Spring hospitality lot between 13 and 14 Mile roads on Woodward, the Road Tourians were at ground zero for this unbelievable event. We had gathered at the Hampton Inn by 7:30 AM Saturday and made the short trip to our special viewing area by 8. Our day on Woodward was a great way for all of the Road Tour participants to get to know each other. The grill was fired up about noon and we were all treated to burgers, brats and corn on the cob. Our location was perfect and many Road Tourians made a pass or two up and down Woodward Avenue. While traffic was heavy as usual, this year it seemed to flow much smoother than in previous years. It was a fun start to the Eaton Detroit Spring Road Tour from the Woodward Dream Cruise to the NSRA Richmond Nationals.
Sunday morning many of us gathered at the hotel to make the trip to the Henry Ford Museum in nearby Dearborn. The beautiful weather had turned very wet and it was a perfect day to spend some time inside a soak up a little history and culture. The special display at the Henry Ford was " Star's Cars and Guitars" and it was a very cool exhibit. We had a special tie-in with a number of the vehicles. Fellow Road Tourian Jimmie Vaughn had his Cadillac on display along with a number of his guitars. The Tom McMullen Tub that was featured in some Van Halen videos was also part of the exhibit. If you haven't checked out the Henry Ford, be sure to do so the next time you are in Detroit. There is lots to see.
Sunday evening we were all invited to the home of Betty and Fred Birchard. Betty and Fred are members of the Holy Cross Classic Cruisers car club and they along with 10 other members were registered to be part of the Eaton Tour. The club had put together a picnic for Sunday evening. With the weather still on the wet side, it was moved indoors and we all enjoyed sloppy joes, potato salad, baked beans and plenty of ice cream for dessert. It was a wonderful evening at Betty and Fred's beautiful home. Thanks so much to all the Classic Cruisers.
Monday morning it was time to head out on our journey. Unfortunately it was still raining very hard. All 21 registered vehicles met at the Hampton at 8AM. No one was going to let some rain spoil the excitement and at 8:45 we rolled out into the storm. It was a short trip to our first stop at Goller's Hot Rod Shop in Defiance ,Ohio. Unfortunately the short trip was made a little more difficult with downpours and rising water along the Maumee River. We all made it but it was not a good way to start our journey. Phil Goller greeted us and we got a look at his facility. Phil has been a good friend of mine for quite a while and a fantastic street rod builder even longer. He recently took over the line of flathead engine parts that had been marketed by Mark Kirby of Motor City Flatheads. Mark was responsible for the beautiful flathead motor in this year's Tour Coupe. Mark was on hand at Goller's when we stopped. He and Paul Rebman did a great job of doing the cooking the hot dogs and delicious hamburger for all of us to enjoy.
After lunch we headed south again. Still traveling in a downpour, our destination for the evening was Brookville, Ohio and the Brookville Roadster shop. Ray and Kenny Golahan greeted us with great pizza and we all got to go behind the scenes and see how the steel Brookville Roadster and Coupe bodies are produced. It was an eye opening experience to see how over 200 individual pieces go into the 32 Ford Coupe body that I have been driving all summer. It had been a long and tiring but fun first day on the road with the Eaton (or Eatin' Tour as we now call it). As we went to sleep we all hoped the weather would begin to cooperate on Tuesday.
Check back, I'll keep you posted.


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Stella began her writing career almost by accident. Although she always loved reading romances she never thought to write one herself. She was a hairdresser and worked in her sisters beauty shop. Ironically Stella developed a severe allergy to hairspray and was forced to resign. With time on her hands she wanted to do something creative. She remembered a high school English teacher telling her she could be a writer if she wanted. Armed with that notion and an old manual typewriter she went to work attempting to create a story similar to those she liked reading. The result her first book purchased by Mills Boon and issued under the Harlequin imprint. After that Stella became a full time writer and today has close to forty published novels. When she was seventeen Stella married her high school sweetheart: Harrell. This year they are celebrating their twentyninth wedding anniversary. One of her greatest joys was to see Jason her only son graduate from college with degrees in math and physical education. He now lives in Port Lavaca Texas where he teaches high school algebra and geometry and coaches football and weightlifting. The couple has always lived in southeastern Oklahoma. Recently they purchased a portion of a twentytwo hundred acre ranch they now make their home there. The closest town of three thousand is fifteen miles away Stella says she loves the seclusion living among the woods and horses and wildlife. The only thing she doesnt like is making the thirty mile round trip to the post office or grocery store. Worse still is the eightyfive mile trip to get office supplies Next to writing traveling is one of her most favorite activities. Yet because the southwest is dear to her heart she sets most of her books there in rough rugged ranch country. She feels its essential to know a place before writing about it that philosophy gives her more reason to plan trips In her spare time Stella enjoys practicing violin and guitar both of which she can play by ear. She claims to need years of practice before calling herself a musician. Stella also enjoys gardening and being outdoors. Before moving onto the ranch she had a swimming pool in her back yard and spent most of her summer evenings in the water. Her husband has promised to put in another pool but for now she has to make do with the creek that runs through their property. Family has always come first with Stella and she enjoys spending time with her son when he visits Oklahoma. Sometimes she and her husband drive down to the Texas coast to see him. However her mother stepfather and siblings all live nearby and they have routine gettogethers. Stellas plan for the future is to continue writing romance novels as long as theres an audience to enjoy her work. Source: Harlequin


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OHV's Public Enemy #1
Friday, May 28, 2010
OHV Public Enemy Number One?
Once again the far left enviro community launches an unjustified attack on OHV by lumping riders in with drug dealers and vandals who break into government buildings.
The Recreation HQ has seen the new report issued by our not-so-good friends at PEER.
New 2010 PEER Report on Violence Against Federal Officers
At the bottom of the news release you will see a link to PEERs 2007 report that OHVers posed a major threat to the peace and security of this nation.
Link to 2007 PEER OHV Report
After the 2007 PEER report came out, The General intuitively felt the report was bogus. A number of federal law enforcement officers were contacted by HQ and were asked if they had taken the PEER OHV violence survey. None of the officers had even heard of the report let alone had filled-out the survey. Rather, it looked like PEER had cherry-picked a hand-full of rangers who had a bias against the OHV community.
The General is a native of Northern California and knows a lot of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers. In fact, many are BRC members and are also regular followers of this blog. Most, if not all of those officers would tell you that commercial dope growers, poachers, those who steal timber and other natural resources, and various other non-OHV crimes are where they focus most of their law enforcement efforts on federal lands. Addressing OHV crimes is at the bottom of most of those work piles.
However, The General is concerned that new law enforcement training at federal academies appear to be teaching recruits that OHV recreation is a major crime factor. Newbies to the field appear to consider family OHV recreation as an enemy and one that should considered guilty simply because they drive a jeep, own a dirt-bike or ride an ATV.
Those new law enforcement officers in California appear to be relishing the opportunity to set up sting operations to cite riders that venture onto the thousands of miles of roads and trails --- many of which are still on Forest Maps and have carsonites on them -- that are being closed by TMR. Or worse yet, misinterpret the MVUMs and cite or harass riders that are riding on legal routes.
The Recreation HQ urges riders to obey the MVUMs (if you can read and understand them) as various groups like BRC work with rural counties to keep historic OHV trails open for public use. The General would also urge federal line officers to phase in implementation and the subsequent enforcement of the MVUMs just as the state did with the 96dBA sound law or as CHP did with the seat-belt law.
Feedback is welcome on this subject from riders, land managers, and law enforcement.
Feel free to post a comment or send The General a PM at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Dave Walters
Tri-Cities Peak Putters
Land Use Coordinator
WOHVA Board member
It's a Scout thing
sent them the following message in their "blow the whistle" area
PEER seem to be heading more and more into eco nazi land. Our thats OUR public lands are just that. Agencys are there(and rangers) to manage lands for all Americans. Maybe if Peer was to adapt a policy to create and manage ORV use instead of trying to lock us out at every oppertunity there wouldnt be so many issues. ORV use is one of the fastest growing recreations in the country. PEER needs to get on board and help manage this growth in a positive way. The sport is NOT going away. Closing OUR lands just creates more illegal activity when flustated users have no place left to enjoy. Jim Putman Region 2 landmatters chair. Pacific Northwest 4 wheel Drive Assoc.
Send them a message. Remember public employees work for us they shouldnt be working against us.
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
My little misive for the kids at PEER:
Seems to me like a lot of "Public Employees" are forgeting just who they work for here! You guys are supposed to be working with all the user groups to come up with equitable programs to manage OUR lands. Instead, you've targeted OHV users as the bad guys, and are spending MY money to lock ME out of MY land! You, people, are out of line! Start doing your jobs in the way it's meant to be done, not for the environazi extremists out there. They are only a small fraction of the users on PUBLIC lands, yet they seem to get all the attention. You best believe I don't intend to stay quiet while this happens! Again, you are PUBLIC employees. Start acting like it!!
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Tri Cities Peak Putters 4x4 Club
Land Use Coordinator
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A second man has been arrested in connection with the case of an New York City police officer who allegedly threatened to kidnap, cook and eat women in a bizarre plot where he fantasized about how "tasty" one victim looked and said it would be easy to roast a person in his oven, federal officials said.
The FBI confirmed 23-year-old Michael Vanhise, of Trenton, N.J., was arrested early Friday. The agency would not provide additional details on his alleged involvement in the case until after his Manhattan court appearance later Friday. No information on an attorney was available.
According to court papers, Vanhise and 28-year-old Gilberto Valle, who was arrested in October, may have plotted via e-mail to kidnap and eat women.
Valle, of Queens, N.Y., was previously charged with two counts of attempted kidnapping in the shocking case that includes online transcripts of his alleged plans, at one point telling a co-conspirator that his oven is "big enough to fit one of these girls if I folded their legs."
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over a low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," he is accused of saying in the July conversation.
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"She does look tasty, doesn't she," he added, according to the complaint.
According to the criminal complaint, Valle had files on his computer that referred to at least 100 women, including photographs, addresses and physical descriptions.
Ten of those women were interviewed by the FBI and confirmed that they know Valle, the complaint said.
Defense lawyer Julia Gato had said in court Valle's online chats were "just idle talk," pointing out no ropes, chemicals or other suspicious material were found in his home.
"We're talking about someone with a fantasy, in a deviant world where people talk about unreal things," said Gato. "At worst, he has sexual fantasies about people he knows."
Gato said Valle was a respected officer in the NYPD, with six and a half years on the force. He was suspended from the NYPD pending the outcome of the case.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two more former University of Missouri students have gone public with assault allegations against ex-running back Derrick Washington, including a women's soccer player who said her coach suggested she could lose her scholarship if she pursued her complaint that Washington punched her in a 2010 fight.
A second woman said Washington raped her on campus. Prosecutors declined to file charges in that case, despite a request to do so by campus police.
The women made the statements to ESPN's "Outside the Lines" for a report published Thursday.
Washington couldn't immediately be reached.
University Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said the school "made mistakes" by not investigating the sex assault as federal law requires.
Washington was convicted in 2011 of deviate sexual assault against a former school tutor and served four months of a five-year prison sentence.