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Be-heading
August 29, 2021 Celestial Event, Central Regional Council, History, Rudolf Steiner QuoteHazel
Bhenggoet Maulana
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submerge me in living water
give me music, a bright star & a listening heart
for i am liquid twilight
ready for thunder
in a big sky of waiting rain…
29 August 2021 – "Speaking with the Stars": Though the waning moon is gone from the early evening sky, she's very much present from the middle of the night through dawn. Watch Bella Luna march across Taurus from Sunday through Tuesday mornings.
Anne-Elizabeth Sobieski
"History, historical life, will only be seen in the right light when a true consciousness of the connection between the so-called living with the so-called dead can be developed" – The Living and the Dead by Rudolf Steiner, Berlin, 5th February, 1918
33 – Beheading of John the Baptist
John the Baptist, truly the greatest of all Men – Still human, He hovers as an Eagle in the realm of the Angels. After his beheading He became the protector of the 12 disciples of Christ Jesus & especially of John the Evangelist.
TERRI DILL-SIMPSON
Did the Eagle land in the beginning of the 20th century on the shoulder of Rudolf Steiner to guide us towards a deeper understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha?
Nancy B Jackson
"Elijah was destined to be one of the ruling figures in the régime inaugurated by Moses. There had to be Individualities who were not wholly contained in the human personality; one part of their being was in the earthly personality and the other in the spiritual world. Elijah was an Individuality of this nature. Only part of his being was present in his personality on the physical plane; the Ego-hood of Elijah could not penetrate fully into his physical body. He must therefore be called a personality 'filled with the Spirit'. A figure such as Elijah could not possibly be brought into existence through the normal forces by which other men are placed in the world. In the normal way the human being develops in the mother's body in such a way that through physical processes the Individuality who has been incarnated previously simply unites with the physical embryo. This could not be so in the case of an Individuality such as Elijah. Other forces had to intervene, concerned with the part of the Individuality that reached into the spiritual world. His development was necessarily attended by influences working upon him from outside. Hence when such Individualities are incarnated they appear as men who are 'inspired', 'impelled by the Spirit'. They appear as ecstatic personalities whose utterances far surpass anything that might issue from their normal intelligence.
The man who lived as 'Elijah' was an outstanding example of this. The words uttered by his mouth and the actions performed by his hands did not proceed only from the part of his being actually present in his personality; they were manifestations of divine-spiritual Beings in the background.
When this Individuality was born again he was to unite with the body of the child born to Zacharias and Elisabeth. We know from the Gospel itself that John the Baptist is to be regarded as the reborn Elijah. But in him we have to do with an Individuality who in his earlier incarnations had not habitually developed or brought fully into operation all the forces present in the normal course of life. In the normal course of life the inner power or force of the Ego becomes active while the physical body of the human being is developing in the mother's womb. The Elijah-Individuality in earlier times had not descended deeply enough to be involved in the inner processes operating here. The Ego had not, as in normal circumstances, been stirred into activity by its own forces, but from outside. This was now to happen again. But the Ego was now farther from the spiritual world and nearer to the Earth, much more closely connected with the Earth than the Beings who had formerly guided Elijah. The transition leading to the amalgamation of the Buddha-stream with the Zarathustra-stream was now to be brought about.
Everything was to be rejuvenated. Thus it was the Nirmanakaya of Buddha which now stirred the Ego-force of John into activity, having the same effect as spiritual forces that had formerly worked upon Elijah. At certain times the being known as Elijah had been rapt in states of ecstasy; then the God spoke, filling his Ego with a force which could be communicated to the outer world. Now again a spiritual force was present — the Nirmanakaya of Buddha hovering above the head of the Nathan Jesus; this force worked upon Elisabeth when John was to be born, stimulated within her the embryo of John in the sixth month of pregnancy, and wakened the Ego. But being nearer to the Earth this force now worked as more than an inspiration; it had an actual formative effect upon the Ego of John. Under the influence of the visit of her who is there called 'Mary', the Ego of John the Baptist awoke into activity. The Nirmanakaya of Buddha was here working upon the Ego of the former Elijah — now the Ego of John the Baptist — wakening it and penetrating right into the physical substance." ~Rudolf Steiner, from The Gospel of St. Luke
"If we pass on to the sixth chapter of Mark we hear fully described how King Herod had John the Baptist beheaded. The tortured conscience of Herod arouses a strange foreboding in him. When he hears all that has occurred through Christ Jesus he says, "John, whom I beheaded, has been restored to life!" Herod feels that, though the physical personality of John had gone away, he is now all the more present! He feels that his atmosphere, his spirituality — which was none other than the spirituality of Elijah, is still there. His tormented conscience causes him to be aware that John the Baptist, that is, Elijah, is still there.
But then something strange happens. We are shown how, after John the Baptist had met his physical death, Christ Jesus came to the very neighborhood where John had worked. I want you to take particular notice of a remarkable passage and not to skim over it lightly, for the words of the Gospels are not written for rhetorical effect, nor journalistically. Something very significant is said here. Jesus Christ appears among the throng of followers and disciples of John the Baptist, and this fact is expressed in a sentence to which we must give careful attention: "And as Jesus came out He saw a great crowd," by which could be meant only the disciples of John, "and He had compassion on them …" (Mark 6:34.) Why compassion? Because they had lost their master, they were there without John, whose headless corpse we are told had been carried to his grave. But even more precisely is it said, "for they were like sheep who had lost their shepherd. And He began to teach them many things." It cannot be indicated any more clearly how He teaches John's disciples. He teaches them because the spirit of Elijah, which is at the same time the spirit of John the Baptist, is still active among them. Thus it is again indicated with dramatic power in these significant passages of the Mark Gospel how the spirit of Christ Jesus entered into what had been prepared by the spirit of Elijah-John. Even so this is only one of the main points, around which many other significant things are grouped.
I will now call your attention to one thing more. I have several times pointed out how this spirit of Elijah or John continued to act in such a way as to impress its impulses into world history. I have often mentioned that the soul of Elijah-John appeared again in the painter Raphael. This is one of those facts that call attention to the metamorphoses of souls that take place under the impetus given by the Mystery of Golgotha. Because it was also necessary that in the post-Christian era such a soul should work in Raphael through the medium of a single personality; what in ancient times was so comprehensive and world encompassing now appears in such a different personality as that of Raphael. Can we not feel that the aura that hovered round Elijah-John is also present in Raphael? That in Raphael there were such similarities to these two others that we could even say that this element was too great to be able to enter into a single personality but hovered round it, so that the revelations received by this personality seemed like an illumination? Such was indeed the case with Raphael!" ~Rudolf Steiner, Gospel of Mark: Lecture 3
"The truth is, my dear friends, this earthly personality of Raphael was completely yielded up and was only present through what Lazarus-John gave to this soul to be poured out into colour and line for all mankind.
Such was the life of this being. And it was so, that this Raphael life could only be, as it were, absolved in another life of thirty years — in Novalis. And so we see Raphael die young, Novalis die young — one being, who came forth from Elijah-John, appearing before mankind in two different forms, preparing through art and through poetry the true Michael mood of soul, sent down by the Michael stream as messenger to men on Earth.
And now we behold the wonderful artistic power of Raphael come to life again in Novalis in poetry that stirs and enraptures the hearts of men. All that through Raphael was given to human eyes to see, — of this could human hearts drink deep, when it came again in self portrait of Novalis.
When we consider the life of Novalis, what an echo we find there of the Raphael life for which Hermann Grimm had so fine an understanding! His beloved dies in her youth. He is himself still young. What is he going to do with his life now that she has died? He tells us himself. He says that his life on Earth will be henceforth to "die after her", to follow her on the way of death. He wants to pass over already now into the super-sensible, to lead again the Raphael life, not touching the Earth, but living out in poetry his magic idealism. He would fain not let himself be touched by Earth life.
When we read the "Fragments" of Novalis, and give ourselves up to the life that flows so abundantly in them, we can discover the secret of the deep impression they make on us. Whatever we have before us in immediate sense-reality, whatever the eye can see and recognise as beautiful — all this, through the magic idealism that lives in the soul of Novalis, appears in his poetry with a well-nigh heavenly splendour. The meanest and simplest material thing — with the magic idealism of his poetry he can make it live again in all its spiritual light and glory.
And so we see in Novalis a radiant and splendid forerunner of that Michael stream which is now to lead you all, my dear friends, while you live; and then, after you have gone through the gate of death, you will find in the spiritual super-sensible worlds all those others — among them also the being of whom I have been speaking to you today — all those with whom you are to prepare the work that shall be accomplished at the end of the century, and that shall lead mankind past the great crisis in which it is involved". ~ The Last Address given by Rudolf Steiner The Individuality of Elias, John, Raphael, Novalis, Dornach, Michaelmas Eve, 1924
Denella Pieretu
AUTUMN PRELUDE II
The Ripening Of Self
The light across the world's expanse
lives on with inner power,
becomes the light of soul
and shines in depths of spirit
to liberate the fruits
that let the human Self to ripen
from Cosmic Self within the course of time.
This is the second verse of the Light Quartet:
its mirror verse in November is the third one.
ALL HALLOWTIDE II
The Ripening Of Creative Powers
The light from spirit depths
strives outwards like the sun,
becomes life's strength of will
and shines in senses'dullness
to free the forces
that ripen creative powers
in human work the soul initiates.
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9 thoughts on "Be-heading"
Kyle J says:
I was just at the St. Paul Cathedral here in St. Paul (appropriately). Maybe you have been? In the main part of the cathedral, if you are standing in the middle, you have to each four corners a statue of John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke… which are about 12 feet tall each, I would say. Respectively, each Statue has a 'figure' near their ankles. Luke, a bull; Matthew, an angel; Mark, a Lion; and John, an eagle. Matthew is to the left of Christ and John to the right. Above Christ is another smaller dome, which directly above is a bird – like an eagle (or maybe its a dove?), and around the dome is angels.
So, when you look at John's expression, he is totally bugging out. He is holding a script, and his head is slightly looking up and his eyes are wide open. He literally looks like he is seeing something that is not physically there. The other statues do not have the same expression: Mark is looking down and seems a bit serious, Luke also looks serious but more peaceful and thoughtful, and Matthew looks very loving and sweet. Now, the Cathedral is named after Paul, but you only see his statue near the front of the church behind all the pews, and facing Christ. He's holding a sword.
Just wanted to share this, because I had just visited the church yesterday, and then read this post today. Thank you for sharing it!
Beautiful description – art tells us so much…
I must take one issue with you here. The beheading of John the Baptist did cause the Elijah-John stream to work from the outside in support of Christ. Thus, the EJ stream becomes the "Folk Soul of the Twelve", in helping the disciples to perceive in sleep more of what was actually occurring right before their eyes. Steiner does make this vividly clear in the Gospel of Mark lectures, ref. GA 139.
Yet, where you say this, a point of contention occurs. You wrote:
It can be shown that Lazarus was not raised from the dead until three years had elapsed since Christ entered earth evolution. Thus, merely days before the Passover that would see Christ crucified was Lazarus raised from the dead in order to become John the Evangelist.
Thus, John the Evangelist has to be removed from this equation involving the EJ stream being influential on the twelve. This is certainly true in consideration of the disciples that experienced the outer workings of the Elijah-John stream after the beheading, but then Christ instigated the seventh attesting miracle, which involved Lazarus. This occurred after three years in walking the districts of Palestine, and only then was Lazarus raised to become John the Evangelist.
I am very clear that they have a strong connection. When Lazarus was in the spiritual world receiving the 1st Christian Initiation, he was meet by John the Baptist, who shared with him the title Johannes.
And so it was that when he was resurrected by Christ he became John the Evangelist -the disciple whom Jesus loved. Then later after Christ's Death, Resurrection, Ascension & the glories of the Baptism by Fire at Whitsun, when he was on the isle of Patmos, John the Baptist from the spiritual world, along with the Sophia thru the Mother of god, who was with him & was now his Mother since the time they stood together at the foot of the Cross, helped him write his book of Revelation.
AND at the very beginning they were connected: for John the Baptist was Adam the 1st man & Lazarus-John was Cain!!!!
Lazarus died in order that John the Baptist could return to earth in the body of Lazarus. The seventh attesting miracle that Christ conducted was the deepest and most profound because it required the reanimation of the skeleton. Read here:
"Now, all the old initiates achieved a certain degree of mastery over their physical body as a result of the procedure to which they were subjected; but there was one capacity that no old initiation could ever bring under the dominion of the human spirit. Here we touch the fringe, as it were, of a profound secret, or mystery. In the structure of man there is one element to which the power of a pre-Christian initiation could not penetrate: the subtle physicochemical processes in the skeleton. Strange as it may sound to you, that is the case. Previous to the Baptism of Christ Jesus there never had been a human individuality in earth evolution, either among initiates or elsewhere, with power over the chemico-physical processes in the skeleton. Through the entry of the Christ into the body of Jesus of Nazareth the egohood of Christ acquired dominion even over the skeleton. And the result was that, as a unique event, there lived upon earth a body capable of employing its forces in such way as to incorporate the form of the skeleton — that is, its spiritual form — in Earth evolution. Nothing of all that man passes through in his earth development would endure were he not able to incorporate in Earth evolution, as a law, the noble form of his skeleton, were he unable gradually to master this law of the skeleton." GA 114, lecture 10.
This is what Christ did when he exhorted, "Lazarus Come Forth!" His power to reanimate the corporeal body of Lazarus enabled the Elijah-John stream to return to earth. Thus, the Baptist is returned to life. He becomes John.
You are conflating this quote & it doesn't even support your interpretation, which is too literal. For me it's more subtle & spiritual. The being of John the Baptist incorporated into the individuality of Lazarus John & inspired him from within his sheaths.
Steiner calls this 'Spiritual Economy'.
The quote you site was the deed done by Christ. When he says from the Cross: 'It is done', this is what he meant.
The Gospel of Luke is even more literally exact in indicating the death of the individuality of Lazarus, who goes to Abraham's bosom and remains there. "The Rich Man and Lazarus", beginning with verse 19:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+16&version=NASB1995
So, of course, the issue is who *actually* was raised in the physical body of Lazarus, knowing that Lazarus did literally die and went to Abraham? Now, if you look at the first chapter of the Gospel of John, when Jesus approaches his cousin John for the baptism, John says: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…. and I did not recognize him." Then, the next day, John, standing with two of his disciples sees Jesus pass and says to them, "Behold the Lamb of God. "
Ref., John 1:35. This is indicative of the knowledge that John already possesses. Many years later, John would write the Book of Revelation, and the central figure in this book is "The Lamb of God." This forms the major proof that the Baptist was raised to become the Evangelist.
again not seeing the 'proof' but hey it's not about proof in essence now is it…
it's about essence
Indeed. Here is an essential depiction:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Grunewald_Isenheim1.jpg
But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" 27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household. John 19, v. 25-27
We know that artists are often very intuitively inspired. Placing the Baptist under the Cross as the Disciple Whom the Lord Loved comes from essential artistic insight. And, it bears the Truth, which is most important.


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It's the time when the number of mobile users is on a huge rise and it's certainly going to grow further. We expect that 1 billion smartphone to be sold in 2017 while more than 10 billion mobile internet devices are certain to be used in 2016 and this way there are approximately 1.4 devices per person on the planet. This in itself explains the explosive growth.
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The impression of Korean investors
(BGO) – The economic growthrate in Bac Giang province has hit nearly 24 percent for the first nine months of 2022, top leading localities nationwide with industrial production up over 34.7 percent. The great result is significantly contributed by businesses and investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK).
•Bac Giang holds dialogues with businesses to improve DDCI
•Bac Giang becomes destination for top leading businesses worldwide
•1,279 new businesses established in Bac Giang
2022 also marked 30th anniversary of Viet Nam – RoK dipomatic ties (December 22, 1992 – 2022). Bac Giang Newspaper would like to introduce the images about the operation activities of RoK enterprises and investors to the province.
RoK Government via Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) hands over non-refundable aid of 208 billion VND (over 8.3 million USD) to build Vietnam – Korea Vocational College of Technology (VK Tech) to meet the training demand of high quality human resources.
The practice session on modern equipment at Automotive Technology Department at VK Tech.
Most of RoK enterprises invest to processing and manufacturing industries in Bac Giang province with 299 projects and total registered capital of over 1.4 billion USD.
So far, the province has attracted 343 investment projects from RoK businesses with total registered capital of nearly 2.4 billion USD.
Labours inspects the input material for semiconductor production at Hana Micron Vina Company Limited in Van Trung industrial park.
The modern production line at Samkwang Vina Company Limited in Quang Chau industrial park.
Park Minsu, Personnel Manager of Hana Micron Vina Company Limited and his internship students at VK Tech.
Provincial leader meets with overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs in RoK
(BGO)- Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Mai Son on November 4 had a meeting with the delegation of overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs in the Republic of Korea (RoK) headed by Ta Dao Binh, President of Korean Global Trading Company and Chairman of Vietnamese Business Association in RoK.
Vietnam-RoK trade to hit 100 billion USD by 2023: committee
The trade turnover between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) reached 66.8 billion USD in the first nine months of this year, up 18.2% year-on-year, and the set target of 100 billion USD will be fulfilled by 2023 if the pace is maintained, heard a meeting in Hanoi on October 28.
Gathering offers legal consultancy for Vietnamese workers in RoK
The Vietnam EPS Labour Management Office and the Siheung Foreign Workers Support Centre in the Republic of Korea (RoK) have organised a gathering to provide legal consultancy for Vietnamese guest workers in Gyeonggi province and surrounding areas.
Vietnam Tourism and Culture Festival underway in RoK
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Da Lat vegetables exported to Singapore, RoK
Lettuce cultivated in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong's Da Lat city has been exported to Singapore and the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to the municipal People's Committee.
Networking events held to enhance Vietnam - RoK business partnerships
The Korea Trade - Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) have arranged 166 direct meetings between 25 businesses from Incheon city, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and nearly 100 Vietnamese importers over the past few days to seek partnership opportunities.
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Impressive images of Bac Giang province 100 years ago (11/10/2022)
Rice paddies near Cambodia border put on show of colors (26/09/2022)
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Unique Then practice in Bac Giang (21/09/2022)
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Dawn across Vietnam (11/09/2022)
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Whether it's a Starbuck Mocha Frappuccino or a McDonald's Mocha Frappe, I am completely smitten with the coffee flavored chocolate frozen drinks available on the market. Well, now I have an ice cream that I can keep in my freezer and enjoy those same delicious flavors at home. This ice cream is at the top of my favorites list and it's the epitome of mocha!
As you may have guessed, today is reveal day for The Secret Recipe Club. I was assigned to Melissa's blog, I Was Born to Cook. I loved browsing around Melissa's place. She's Mediterranean (Greek and Italian) so it's no surprise that I would have a tough time picking out just one recipe. Funny thing is I didn't really pick anything Italian, but I did find that Melissa and I have very similar tastes in desserts!
Just like me, she loves ice cream. I found this Pistachio Ice Cream which is on my to do list, and this Cookies 'n' Cream ice cream which sounds heavenly too! It's almost strawberry season here, so these Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins and these Strawberry Filled Cupcakes caught my eye too. The coffee desserts won me over in the end. While these Cappuccino Brownies were truly tempting, I finally decided on the Mocha Chip Ice Cream.
I did make some minor changes to fit my tastes and preferences. While Melissa uses milk and sugar, I like to use sweetened condensed milk in my ice cream. I also combined the coffee, vanilla and cocoa first, then mixed it into the sweetened condensed milk. She also uses chocolate chips, but I love using melted chocolate to make my own, known as stracciatella.
This ice cream is amazing, absolutely delicious! It earned a big thumb's up from everyone in this house and didn't last more than two days. I've made it twice already and they keep asking for more. So thank you Melissa for turning me on to this excellent mocha flavored treat. I am in love!
Place sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the cocoa, coffee and vanilla to form a thick liquid. Whisk the chocolate mixture into the sweetened condensed milk.
Adding the half and half and whisk to combine. Add the whipping cream and whisk together until all ingredients are combined.
Process in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions.
Meanwhile, melt chopped chocolate in microwave on 50% power until smooth, about 2-3 minutes. Place melted chocolate into a zipper sandwich bag to use as a pastry bag.
Five minutes prior to the end of churning, cut a small snip in the corner of the bag and drizzle thin lines of melted chocolate into the ice cream. The difference in temperature between the ice cream and the meted chocolate will cause the chocolate to harden and crack, creating wonderful chocolate chips. This method is known as stracciatella.
Pour into a covered container and freeze until firm.
What is half and half and can I make ice cream without an icecream maker?
Hi Honie. Half and half is a mixture of milk and cream. Instead you can use heavy cream and milk in equal parts to equal the amount of half and half in the recipe. To make it without an ice cream maker just freeze it.
This looks like the perfect ice cream!
it's when i see a yummy recipe like this i am so glad that i bought my ice cream maker… i'm going to have to try this one soon!
Love this. Really like the consistency of the sweetened condensed milk recipes, too. I made the Mint Chocolate Chip also. Coffee and Mint Chocolate chip have always been my favorite flavors and this hits it spot on! Now if you could only put up a fantastic coconut ice cream and NOT using Coconut cream (we don't have it in Sweden) then I think I would be in heaven. Thanks again Amanda.
I would probably try a basic vanilla first (http://www.eaglebrand.com/recipes/details/default.aspx?recipeid=3990) and add in a small amount of the coconut extract, maybe 1/2 teaspoon. If I remember correctly, it's pretty strong!


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Published by Matthew Fotia on March 7, 2019
The first ever AFL Outer East season is creeping ever closer, and as anticipation builds we'll be taking a closer look at each and every club in our newly formed home.
Good vibes and good times, that's the focus in season 2019 for Warburton Millgrove according to new football coach Brendon Murphy, after a gruelling few seasons in the AFL Yarra Ranges Division One.
Picture – Bethany Hutchinson
The Burras finished 2018 in rock bottom with just two wins, both coming against Monbulk, after finishing second bottom with just three wins in 2017. But with the re-structuring of the competition giving them a chance at a fresh start, there's reason to be optimistic once again for the blue, white and black.
After failing to receive the position for the 2018 season, Murphy is excited by the opportunities that lay before him and his side. In his years away from the club he has experienced a number of different coaching roles, including the Under 16 Interleague role and as an assistant for Healesville.
"I really enjoyed the Interleague role because I was able to implement some stuff that I really believe in, a goal and behaviour based system," said Murphy when speaking about his coaching journey.
"From Healesville I guess I'll be stealing some of the game plans and ideas, then tweaking them a little to turn them into my own."
2018 was unique for the Burras, only playing a few games at their genuine home, with the rest of their home fixtures being played at Yarra Junction. This, Murphy says, gave them a sense of lost identity and led into somewhat of a confidence crisis. Therefore goal number one for the new coach is to ensure they hit round one with confidence levels at a high point.
"The vibe has been really good at training, with numbers the best they've ever been at this time of year,"
"The players set all of our goals, behaviours and values at our pre-season camp, so I feel everything is tracking nicely to build a new culture and a happy football club."
Whilst Murphy wouldn't disclose the goals for obvious reasons, he did say that they were based a number of different things, including the enjoyment of their football along with some win/loss targets.
"It's a good mix of goals, because the one thing I try to instil into any footballer I coach is that winning and losing are a part of football, but it isn't everything,"
"Sometimes a football-netball club is a great place to go, to be part of and to socialise, so you have to enjoy the place. I've played at a few clubs and I just love the people here, it's just super tight, tighter than other clubs."
The 'tightness' between the people at Warburton was highlighted recently, when Murphy and Netball coach Bianca Daniels planned and executed a combined training session between the two sections, seeing 36 year old footballers doing battle with 18 year old girls on the netball court.
Warburton's Footballers and Netballers training together. Picture – WMFNC Burras Facebook
The netballers are also moving along well, after finishing the 2018 season in a middling position, with their A Grade finishing in sixth, whilst their Under 17's and D Grade finished runners up, showcasing the promising youth within the clubs ranks.
Bianca Daniels will continue to coach the Burras A/B Grade sides. Picture – WMFNC Burras Facebook
They've recruited Courtney Lever to club from Yarra Junction which adds more talent to their list.
Daniels will continue to coach the A and B Grade sides, with Tatum Summers overseeing C and D Grade. Alexandra Woods will coach the Under 17 side.
Murphy says both the Footballers and Netballers are itching to sink their teeth into season 2019.
"The whole club is excited by the idea that we don't really know what we're up against, excited to be in Division One, to playing new teams, as well as the new and improved Yarra Ranges teams."
"It should be good fun."
Warburton Millgrove kick off their 2019 season with a trip to Mount Evelyn.
Matthew Fotia
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Welcome to my world…Paul started tapping this morning at 6:00, with his headlamp, and headed home tonight at 6:00 p.m. That's a day and a half, in the steepest neck of the woods, and snow coming down relentlessly. Mare and I worked together. The silence was punctuated with laughter when each time I slipped and slid down, "half way to East Randolph", and as often, with grunts of pain from falling over downed branches hidden under the snow, and slippery ledges. Steep is an understatement. I wish you could see it. Pretty cold, only a few taps ran a little. "Next week," Paul says. So glad to be in the warm house tonight, with all the animals under cover in the barn.


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Concerning Durkheim's 1899 Lecture 'On Penal Sanctions'
Introduction, Translation Notes, and Comments
in Durkheimian Studies
Author: Ronjon Paul Datta1 and François Pizarro Noël2
1 University of Windsor, Canada rpdatta@uwindsor.ca
| 2 University of Quebec, Canada pizarro-noel.francois@uquam.ca
https://doi.org/10.3167/ds.2020.240106
Durkheim; ethics; morality; punishment; sanctions; subjectivism; translation
This article provides a critical introduction to the first English translation of Durkheim's Saturday, 2 December 1899, lecture that he entitled 'Course Outline: On Penal Sanctions'. It was written for the first class of the final year of his course 'General Physics of Law and Morality'. We provide some context to the lecture, a description of the four-year long course at Bordeaux of which it was a part, offer notes on our translation, and discuss the salience of its content. Of particular note is Durkheim's sociological reasoning, and the critical impact of antisubjectivism on the development of his special theory of sanctions and conception of morality as part of social reality.
This article provides an introduction to our translation of Durkheim's 1899 lecture entitled 'Course Outline: On Penal Sanctions'. A typescript French version of these lecture notes, handwritten by Durkheim, was prepared by François Pizarro Noël and prepared for this journal (see this volume). It lays out a variety of reasons for why Durkheimian studies in particular, and sociology in general, might find this lecture of interest. Below we provide some historical context for this lecture, discuss our translation protocols, and make some comments about the implications of the substance of Durkheim's lecture, a classic piece of Durkheimian reasoning.
A few years ago, Professor Matthieu Béra 'found' handwritten manuscripts of Durkheim's Leçons de sociologie containing lecture notes for 'Physique des mœurs et du droit' (1950), published in English as Professional Ethics and Civic Morals ([1950] 1992). They were discovered at Eveline Halphen's house (Durkheim's granddaughter). The first page read: 'General physics of morals and law, 3rd year, 1st Lesson, Professional ethics, December 10, 1898'. While examining the full lot, Béra also discovered a series of unpublished manuscripts, including one with the following title: 'General Physics of Law and Morals, 4th year, 1st Lecture, December 2, 1899, Course outline – Penal sanctions'. Our translation of this lecture appears in this volume. The material contained in it has helped clarify the contents of Durkheim's famous Bordeaux course.
Durkheim's other major publications from this period pertinent to this lecture and the course to which it belongs are worth bearing in mind. These include: Incest: The Nature and Origin of the Taboo (1898), 'Individual and Collective Representations' (1898), 'Individualism and the Intellectuals' (1898, apropos of the Dreyfus Affair), 'Concerning the Definition of Religious Phenomena' (1899), 'Two Laws of Penal Evolution' (1899–1900), and 'Sociology and It Scientific Field' (1900). Marcel Mauss stated that this course content has important links with Durkheim's first three major books, The Division of Labor in Society ([1893] 1984), The Rules of Sociological Method ([1895] 1982), and On Suicide ([1897] 2006), and with Durkheim's sociology of the family. Terms presented in the lecture, such as the 'special theory of sanctions' and crucially 'positive sanctions', are indicative of the growing sophistication of Durkheim's problematic of moral facts that had occurred since 1893.
The content, themes and organisation of the four-year course can be outlined as follows. The first year (1896–1897) served to introduce a sociology of morality in general by focusing on sanctions for methodological reasons. He also discussed the religious roots of morality. The second (1897–1898), third (1898–1899) and fourth (1899–1900) years deal predominantly with 'objective ethics' as manifested in the kinds of sanctions and responsibilities found in these institutional contexts. Morality and the family were the focus for the second year, and the professions and the state for the third year. The fourth year concluded the study of objective ethics by articulating a special theory sanctions and a theory of responsibilities. This 'special theory of sanctions' was to cover negative penal and civil sanctions, and positive sanctions. In addition to 'objective ethics', Durkheim reserved the last part of the course in the fourth year for a consideration of 'subjective ethics' even though he thought it was not part of sociology proper. The study of subjective ethics meant discussing the different ways that individuals internalise collective representations of morality for themselves, in addition to considering moral feelings or 'sentiments'.
The lecture is divided into two parts. The first part is a conventional 'course outline' delineating the range of topics to be covered during the year. The second part has substantially new material where Durkheim carefully elaborates his conception of, and approach to, sanctions, his main departure point. He dissects the limitations of approaches to law, morality, and penality that emphasize the intentions of legislators or the effects of punishment on the subject (e.g., suffering). The sociological alternative to this kind of subjectivism requires studying the external and visible characteristics of negative, penal, civil, and positive sanctions. A clear contrast is made between the disorganised, spontaneous, and reflex-like qualities of social sanctions that one finds in public opinion for instance, and those of dedicated deliberative bodies like courts charged with that function. Both organised and disorganised sanctions are manifestations of what he calls 'objective ethics'. Durkheim's argument subtly demonstrates the limitations of legal discourse for analysing and explaining the constitution and societal effects of law, morality, and punishment as social phenomena.
Notes on the translation
Our translation is based on the French typescript transcription of Durkheim's handwritten lecture notes prepared by Pizarro Noël (this issue). Durkheim routinely wrote his lectures in a rush at the last minute, just prior to class. As he wrote in a letter to Mauss in January 1900, 'Or cette année, depuis décembre, je commence à préparer ma leçon du samedi à deux heures pour cinq heure' (Durkheim et al. 1998: 250), and his handwriting is often quite difficult to decipher. Consequently, there are passages that are simply illegible, indicated by '[illegible]'. We have aimed to be faithful to the hurried quality of the lecture and have hence been quite literal, rather than 'free', in our translation. But this also means acknowledging that at times, Durkheim's sense is difficult to grasp or is simply wanting altogether. As a rule, we have respected the word order and phrase structure of the French. English words cognate with French ones have been used when possible rather than preferring derivatives from the Germanic, Anglo-Saxon lexicon. We have left the sparse punctuation as it is and have not, for example, inserted question marks in cases where Durkheim is clearly being interrogatory; in doing so, we have followed Pizarro Noël's preparation of the French text. On the whole, this has meant sacrificing a more readable and contemporary English rendition but the 'feel' of Durkheim preparing a lecture would be lost in a modern 'paraphrased' version.
The French physique générale du droit et des mœurs is translated as 'The General Physics of Law and Morality', but this may cause some objections. Referring to previously published Durkheim material containing the phrase science ou physique des mœurs, Hall (1993) suggests instead 'the natural philosophy of social norms' and translating Physique des mœurs et du droit, the original subtitle for Professional Ethics and Civic Morals, as 'The Nature of Moral Norms and Law' or 'The Natural History of Moral Norms and Law'. In our view, doing so distorts Durkheim's aim to follow in Henri Saint-Simon's footsteps and develop a well-grounded social 'physics' attendant to a complexity of 'forces' (see Durkheim, this volume) that transcend humans while also being immanent in them, constituting their capacity to act and be acted upon by social reality, others, and themselves (e.g., in ethical practices). The expression Durkheim himself says he used in teaching was the 'science or physics of mores'. He defines 'mores' as 'the morality which is effectively observed by men [sic] at any given moment of history, the one which has the authority of tradition' (Durkheim [1920] 1978: 201, 267n5). This strongly suggests that Durkheim was operating within the ontologically realist terms of the Modern episteme, as understood by Michel Foucault ([1966] 1994). In this respect, 'positive science' is defined by its attention to what can be rendered visible from a wide and complex array of forces generally hidden from perception (Foucault 1994; cf. Fields 1995: lxii, n. 27). Durkheim's sense of complex, fluid and spontaneous social forces, witnessed in strong reactions of public opinion to a wrong or a scandal, and continued use of the organic metaphor in this piece supports such an interpretation (see Durkheim, this volume, p. 53). This view contrasts with the earlier Classical episteme with its conception of 'Natural History' and commitment to the elaboration of a taxonomy of the tree of living things based only on what can be readily observed – Durkheim is certainly not the Linnaeus of the various manifestations of moral facts! Hence, we find that translating physique as 'nature' or 'natural history' is a distortion.
Befitting Durkheim's own conceptions, definitions, and conventional translations, we translate both mœurs and la morale as 'morality' since for him, mœurs (roughly 'mores' in English) refers to the collective representations and practices of moral norms that people actually follow, constituting the dynamism of how morals are enacted and lived in society (Durkheim [1920]1978: 201). We note too, that la morale in Durkheim's work has a quite broad but always social referent including the collective representations and social practices of morality and immorality (Fields 1995: lv), moral rules, moral norms, moral culture, customs, folkways, and mores. But, it also includes 'ethics' as an explicit set of collective representations, procedures, and problematisations of what people 'ought to do'.
Given the subject matter of the lecture, we have generally translated conscience as 'conscience' while aware that that the French conscience means 'consciousness' of one's own existence and of the world external to our minds, and 'conscience' as interior moral sense (e.g., awareness of 'right' and 'wrong'; mindfulness of one's duties and obligations to others, etc.). But this is further complicated by how Durkheim sociologically compounds the meaning of conscience when it comes to moral and ethical reasoning since he aims to sociologically consider how we become 'conscious' that we have a 'conscience' (see Durkheim, this volume, p. 48). For instance, one's conscience having been pricked, one becomes conscious of a moral or ethical dilemma. That Durkheim wished to conclude the course with an examination of 'Subjective Ethics' and the 'Subjective Aspects of Morality' is telling in this regard, suggesting that developing a 'sociology of the individual' to displace both psychologistic and utilitarian accounts, was a priority for him (cf. Durkheim [1898] 1953; [1898] 1973).
Throughout this lecture, Durkheim uses the word patient as his basic term for the kind of social actor he is referring to even though his examples deal with juridical rather than medical matters. In English, on the face of it, this is odd, and we have thus opted to translate patient as 'subject', as in 'juridical subject', or 'subject to a tribunal or court proceeding'. 'Juridical subjects' are aware that they are moral agents, possessing a capacity for moral reasoning, including being able to consider the consequences of action and inaction, are imbricated in relationships where they have duties and obligations, and understand that they have responsibilities (Pearce 2001: 101–103, 114). But, Durkheim's use of the medical analogy is also instructive. In the modern Western episteme, clinical and epidemiological medicine substantially shapes how humans have come to understand themselves both as knowing 'subjects' and as individual and collective 'objects' of knowledge and targets of intervention (Foucault [1963] 1975: 137). When sociologically considering laws, morality, sanctions, etc., just as with a medical 'patient', one is dealing with 'cases', with social actors that are both subject and object, individual and collective. In this respect then, using the French word 'patient' sheds further light on Durkheim's problematisation of 'the individual'.
Throughout, and consistent with Durkheim's usage, peine is defined as 'penalty', a general category of sanctions. However, we note that peine can also mean 'punishment', 'penality', a 'legal sentence', or a 'fine'. Consistent with convention, 'restitution' is contrasted with répressif, translated as 'repressive'. But, it also connotes 'crime-repressive' or 'penal' (Traugott in Durkheim 1978: 263).
Absent a common English equivalent to rémuneratoire, we have translated it as 'remunerative', a cognate of the Latin remuneratio meaning 'remuneration', 'recompense', a 'reward'. The Latin root is munus meaning 'gift'. An alternative we considered was 'compensation', as in a 'compensation package' that includes a salary and benefits but this misses the sense of 'reward', or even 'prize money awarded for adjudicated merit', that Durkheim conveys with his use of the word in relation to 'positive sanctions'. His remark about rewards in Moral Education is worth bearing in mind: 'What a contrast between the laws, with their manifold prescriptions, with their carefully specified sanctions, and the few prizes, titles, and honorific insignia, which from time to time may reward some act of devotion' (Durkheim [1925] 1961: 205). Finally, we have made one significant change to Durkheim's language and that is to make it gender inclusive.
Comment: Classic Durkheim
Yash Nadan remarked that 'Durkheim never wrote an introduction in explication of historical sociology or [the] sociology of morals' (in Durkheim 1980: 474n4). However, this lecture, among other sources, indicates that Durkheim articulated both in this four-year course. An examination of his output from this period shows that he focused on analysing his trio of law, morality and religion as institutionalised domains of the social facts of morality (la morale) as distinct from the kinds of social facts considered by political economy ([1899] 2011: 90–91; [1900] 1961: 355). Durkheim also demonstrates sensibilities similar to those in his first major statement on religion published earlier that year where he discusses prohibition, crime, punishment, and excommunication ([1899] 2011). So, while Durkheim's specific conceptions of law, morality and punishment certainly changed between The Division of Labour in Society, this lecture, and 'Two Laws of Penal Evolution', his commitment to rendering a sociological account of them persisted.
For those well acquainted with his major works, the lecture may very well seem like 'classic' Durkheim in that we see how he makes a social scientific argument for sociological analysis. We certainly see his 'scientific rationalism' on full display. Of particular note in this regard are the specialised concepts that Durkheim creates and uses to analyse subject matter associated with morality, ethics, and law. These include terms like 'objective ethics', 'subjective ethics', and crucially, a new category: 'positive sanctions' (see Pizarro Noël this volume). His handling of these terms demonstrates his rationalism. But, his method is not that of a pure dialectician since it is not the logic of his own 'clear, distinct notions' that concerns him, nor predominantly the work of subjecting other positions to critique, but the extent to which his definitions are grounded in social reality such that they can explain the things to which they refer (Durkheim [1901] 1982: 36; Durkheim, this volume, p. 49). Durkheim is thus no nominalist about his terms, creating them as a matter of heuristic or pedagogical convenience. Furthermore, true to his ontological naturalism, he stresses that social cum moral reality is 'objective', something external to the individuals dealing with it and puzzling through moral action. As he states in his distinctive idiom, 'the rules, in effect, are not the work of each of us; we find them ready-made for the most part'. He continues, 'No doubt they wouldn't exist without individuals but they don't present themselves in their entirety to any individual and hence they don't exist as a whole for any individual. They exist in the totality, in society' (see Durkheim, this volume, p. 47). Durkheim is articulating a moral realism rooted in social dynamics and in the workings of social institutions, such as one finds in the administration of law and punishment. His scientific rationalism thus goes beyond strict 'consequentialism', because specifying the societal conditions under which moral effects are produced while also being able to clarify the abstract principles of 'right' found in any particular society, in turn displacing Kantian deontology, the philosophical rival to utilitarian consequentialism. Methodologically then, Durkheim's social ontology serves to justify the examination of the external and visible characteristics like codified sanctions that are empirically apprehensible to social scientists instead of speculating about people's intentions or state of mind. Durkheim is thus able to articulate a sociological alternative to moral philosophy with its debates about inherent human 'goodness'; individual subjects are not its source and hence theological and romantic (e.g., Rousseauan) approaches are out.
The displacement of subjectivism
Durkheim is unequivocal in displacing what we would today call an individual 'rational-actor' model from centre stage in this lecture. Doing so challenges ideas central to modern Western law and jurisprudence with its emphasis on the individual's mens rea. 'Two Laws of Penal Evolution' similarly challenges beliefs in the powers of politicians and governments as capable of simply doing as they will (Durkheim [1899–1900] 1978). So, while arguments for 'theoretical antihumanism' have gone out of fashion, and notwithstanding Susan Stedman Jones's (2001) well-made case about Durkheim's humanism with which we concur, Durkheim's lecture troubles any simple endorsement of humanism in its guises as methodological individualism, utilitarianism, and nominalism. Here we find the earlier arguments made by Paul Q. Hirst (1975: 144–149) and Frank Pearce (2001) about the importance of Durkheim's 'antihumanism' worth reconsidering. Durkheim rejected a psychologistic and anthropocentric view of human existence and its powers and potentials (Durkheim [1901] 1982: 46). Indeed, as shown in this lecture, he clearly believes that unconscious powers are complex and affect human behaviour in complex ways. This demonstrates continuity with his subtle but often missed point in On Suicide that psychic life, far from being immediately knowable, has, on the contrary, profound depths that cannot be penetrated by ordinary perception and can only be reached gradually by complex, roundabout procedures, comparable to those used by the sciences of the external world. The nature of consciousness is thus far from being an open book ([1897] 2006: 345). And, contra the utilitarians, he is well aware of the human penchant for making post factum 'rationalisations' of one's behaviour or intentions that may have nothing at all to do with why anyone commits an act. As he puts it, 'We know that human deliberations when they reach the reflective consciousness are often just purely formal and have no other object except to corroborate a decision that has already been taken for reasons unknown to the conscious mind' (Durkheim [1897] 2006: 329; see also Durkheim this volume, p. 50).
One can imagine how scandalous this sociological displacement of the image of the rational individual might have been to law students trained to consider the individual's intent and mens rea as central principles of modern jurisprudence. In broader terms, Durkheim shares the same critical sensibility as Marx when it comes to the subject's self-presentation. In his famous 'Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy', obliquely targeting Hegel's account of the nationalist ideology of the Prussian state, Marx poignantly states that 'our opinion of an individual is not based on what he thinks of himself' (Marx [1859] 1978: 5). Durkheim for his part reflexively applied such sensibilities to himself and was well aware of the opacity of his own personal state (Durkheim et al. 1998: 508). In short, in this lecture, we see classic Durkheim, a Durkheim who knew the limits and ruses of human self-understanding and grasped why we cannot base social science on what individuals themselves claim their reasons and intentions to be. Hence, we conclude, the need for a rigorous sociological rationalism for dealing with the fundamental questions of 'right'.
We wish to thank each other for a genuinely effervescent collaboration on this project. Dr. Datta thanks Canterbury College at the University of Windsor for providing a most kind and collegial milieu for sabbatical work. He also gratefully acknowledges the Humanities Research Group (HRG) at the University of Windsor for awarding him a 2018–2019 Research Fellowship that provided valuable time for Durkheimian studies.
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Ronjon Paul Datta is a Sabbaticant Researcher at Canterbury College and Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty Member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology at the University of Windsor. He is a co-founder and member of the Organising Committee of the Canadian Network of Durkheimian Studies/Réseau canadien d'études durkheimiennes. A range of his publications develop radical Durkheimian positions in contemporary social theory while offering analyses of power and politics, religion and the sacred, suicidality statistics, the political economy of debt, popular culture, and cosmopolitanism. At present he is writing a book entitled Durkheim on Religion for Routledge. Email: rpdatta@uwindsor.ca
François Pizarro Noël is Professor of Classical Sociological Thought in the Department of Sociology at the University of Quebec in Montreal. His work focuses on the sociology of reception and the sociological use of classical theories, starting with that of Durkheim and Mauss. He founded and heads, with Jean-Marc Larouche, the Laboratoire d'études durkheiennes (LED-UQAM) and is also a co-founder and member of the Organising Committee of the Canadian Network of Durkheimian Studies/Réseau canadien d'études durkheimiennes. Some of his papers address Durkheimian thematic such as the reception and use of The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (2016, 2019), the use of Durkheim by Parsons and Alexander (2014, 2017) or Mauss' Durkheimian criticism of economics (2011). He is the co-author, with Jean-François Fortier, of La sociologie de A à Z (Pearson/ERPI 2018 [2013]). Email: pizarro-noel.francois@uqam.ca
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Durkheimian Studies
Études Durkheimiennes
© Durkheim Press 2020
Issue Table of Contents
Durkheim en réunion (1ère partie)
Un manuscrit inédit de Durkheim
An Unpublished Manuscript by Durkheim
Leçon 1 du cours
'Rates of Exchange' Rather than Intellectual Exchanges
Durkheim vu par les collectifs leplaysiens (1893–1926)
Les deux catégories cachées de La Doctrine de Durkheim
On Halbwachs's Sociology of Knowledge Program
Georges Dumas et Marcel Mauss
Boudon's Interpretation of Durkheim Sociology
Veille scientifique sur la recherche durkheimienne en Chine
Section IV
Section Headings
Article by Ronjon Paul Datta
Article by François Pizarro Noël


What things make really worth it?
It's not gifts but love.
It's not Santa but Jesus.
It's not fireworks but the eve.
It's not the foods but being together.
It's not we go to church but to learn a thought.
It happened I searched for my notes then I found this from my stuff…. I remember, I wrote this 2weeks before Christmas.


River's Edge custom Waterfront home on 50' of Spokane River Waterfront, exterior freshly painted and featuring a private gated entry, 4 en suite bedrooms, gourmet cook's kitchen, extensive handcrafted wood trim and Nana wall accordion doors on each level. Spacious patio to water's edge, featuring gas fireplace and electric awnings to enjoy indoor/outdoor living. Dock slip included.


Pantry Refurb | ReLocavore: Redefining "local"
Sam and I took a drive into Boston to get more shelves for our pantry. From the before picture on the left, we needed more shelves to hold canned foods. The cardboard boxes on the bottom shelf were holding all of the jars. I did some measuring and found we could fit a whole second shelving unit above our freezer. So we came back with some additional shelves for the left unit, and the new right unit. We also made more space for Sam's baking fungibles, and for the cat and dog food.
Categories: Cooking, Putting Food By | Tags: canning, cellaring, closet organization, food storage, pantry | Permalink.
All hail the glory of the metro rack!
We are now using them as pantry shelves, as a room divider separating the living and dining "rooms" and in Sam's office for books.
Container Store has them on sale right now.
Looks great. I just loved getting organized.
I'm also happy to be able to see what's in my jars.


My 2010 "Western States/Badwater Dreaming" season kicked off last Saturday in a pretty good fashion. I'd been nailing down some good hill work and speedwork (and eating) with the Creative Citizen crew, and was looking forward to the race. A group of coyotes were invited out to Texas to help our Moeben Momma, Shannon celebrate her 500 mile jacket.
Before I had even seen the course, I was having to remind myself constantly that the 50 mile race was more important in order to gear up correctly for my AR50 and Miwok aspirations.. When we got to walk a half mile on the course the day before, I had an even harder time trying to convince myself not to do the 100.
Though most of my counterparts in the 100 tripped over a decent amount of roots, rocks, and winding trail, I found the course quite inviting. The way the trail winded and pitched you along through gradual short climbs and descents with a sprinkling of slightly technical areas kept my form up, my mind focused, and my chest forward. I think there were two ways to run: leaning forward and agressive, or on your heals and cautious.. Since I was in the shorter race and rocking the MT 100's the agressive style kept me running fast and helped me to avoid tripping on roots as I flew along.. However the later style was taxing on the 100 mile runners, and it eventually wore out their focus as Jimmy fell 7 times, and Shannon fell so hard she broke/sprained her finger (though she did finish though to earn her 500 mile jacket).
Since the course was an overlapping loop course, there was a lot of passing and greeting as you met other runners passing them in the opposite way or overtaking them. I lapped roughly 2/3rd's of the 50 mile field, as well as most of the 100 mile field a few times, so the course became a little bit more technical. As the day went on, I went from making eye contact and smiling to focusing on the ground and greeting runners with muffled "good job's" or "on your left's". However all in all, running with so many people on the trail was motivational, and the extra work didn't bother me too much.
A fast road runner had come out and was doing high knee jumps before the race. Peter and I looked over at him wondering what he could possibly run for the race, as he was starting the race without carrying any water. We reviewed my strategy and agreed to stay within 5 minutes striking distance, but still run my own race for the first 2 of 3 laps. The gun went off, and the road runner and I took off charging down the quick single track. I let him go after about 10 minutes, and he was a minute ahead of me as I cruised through the first aid station in at 3.1 miles in just over 20 minutes. I was excited, but in control as I experienced the entire course for the first time. I caught the 100 mile runners in about 30 minutes, and began a long day of dancing along the sides of the singletrack avoiding two-way collisions. Coming out onto the park road around mile 10, I realized that I had worked the more technical single track earlier in the loop too hard, and was lacking power on the fire road that I should have been running faster. I made a mental note to check my speed on the second lap and focus on the consistent fire road.
As I passed Jimmy, Jamil, and Nick, Jamil told me the lead runner was a few hours ahead, and the sarcasm helped me to realize I needed to settle into my pace. Jimmy also promised that the road runner without a bottle was going to "fade like a k-mart beach towel" and put my mind at ease about catching him later.
As I came into the end of the first lap, I saw the leader at 1:56, and calculated a 6minute lead once I came in. Peter confirmed this, and asked me about my salt and gu. I had only had 1 in the first 2 hours, and downed one as I came into the aid station. Kate scolded me about not eating enough, and I listened eating more the second loop. However the low Gu and salt intake on the first loop weren't too bad as I was peeing a lot and clearing up indigestion. The crew had me out in just under 2 minutes, and I was ready to take on loop 2.
On my way back out I greeted the other 50 mile runners in chase, and found a large amount were still within 5-10 minutes of me. Seeing this, I pushed ahead with my race plan to stay in control and then run the second half of my 2nd lap my the strongest, using it as the most opportune time to put distance on the field. I was worried that more of them may have paced themselves their first lap, and were ready to strike at the start of the second, but I just kept running along and never was overtaken. I couldn't tell where the lead or chase runners were as the whole entire course was now flooded with 750 runners all over the course running different paces, so I just focused on running my race. As I came in/out of Dam road a second time, Nick, Jamil, and Jimmy gave me encouraging decreasing splits on my proximity to the leader.
Jimmy warned me not to get excited, and to reel in the fading leader gradually, but I was already in my race routine surging past the 60% mark. In my experience in competitive running, the most tactical time to make a move on a consistent course, is around 50-70% of the race distance. Runners in a 50 mile are past their immediate reserves, and are their most vulnerable to stronger runners as they are tired but still feel far from their finish. 70-80% is a good place to make a move too, but you also risk not recovering in time for the final push, or trying too hard to pass someone who has already recovered from the 40-60% low.
Thus, I went ahead with my plan and surged passed the road runner at about mile 26. As I came up on him, he looked back, and asked if I was in the 50 mile. As I replied yes, he tripped over a root and rolled. I tried to offer consolace reminding him it was a long race and he had time to recover, but I don't know if he mentally appreciated it. Either way, I felt stronger knowing my competition was starting to bonk, and surged ahead to finish the loop in 4:09.
Having taken in 3 Gu's, 3 shot blocs, and two salt sticks in the last lap, I felt well fueled and ready for the last lap. Coming back out, for the 3rd loop, the 2nd place runner was only 2 minutes behind, and the rest of the chase pack was still mostly within 10-15 minutes. I knew, that I had to maintain the surge and fight the building fatigue. Though it would have been tactically and mentally easier to ease up and let my body fully recover for a 1-4 mile finishing sprint with a competitor I could see, I knew my race wasn't just about winning, but about running a consistently challenging workout that would give me confidence for American River. I had wanted to go to the bathroom (#2) on lap two, but managed to do without. I was hesitant on eating more Gu on the second lap, and only had 1 Gu and an endurolyte in the first half. I knew I was slowing down, but kept trying to maintain a good pace to avoid any mental relaspse. As I came out of Dam Road (mile 42) for the last time, I had a Gu, but still felt hungry. I popped the 3 last shot blocs and waited for a burst. The hunger slightly subsided, but I still had to have another Gu coming out on the fire road for the last 6 miles.
I quickly realized that I was running so hard that I was going to need more Gu to finish strong, but the 300 calories of Gu and Shot Blocs in the last 20 minutes seemed too much to handle. I held off eating any more Gu, but was hungry for the last 6 miles. Though I felt like I was running hard, I knew my actual speed was muted because of the hunger in my stomach. I added time over the last 10 miles because of not eating enough earlier on in the first lap. Caloric defeceits are non-negotiable, you either stop and chow down, or run hungry trying to absorb whatever you can. I chose the later and finished starving, but still running strong out of sheer mental determination.
Though I do support finishing with nothing left, I believe that bottoming out phase should be in only the last 1-2 miles where adrenaline and testosterone provide the temporary energy for a sprint. Unfortunately for me, it was a 8 mile slugfest, and my time suffered because of it.
One high point on the final aproach though was seeing Lori, my godmother from my first 100 miler, Rio del Lago. When I started my ultra career, I did my 50k, 50 mi, and 100 mi, all within one month of eachother, and to say the least, I made a lot of mistakes. At Rio del Lago, I had trouble with the heat, fueling, IT bands, and mental fortitude. In the middle of the race, she came up on my tail and helped talk me through my doubts. Whether it was my IT bands locking up my knees, my dehydration, blisters, or my will to finish, for all my doubts Lori patiently kept giving me reasons to keep going. She kept my head in it, and kept my race (and ultra career) alive.
I saw her with 5 miles to go running the 100 mile race. I said "Lori! Rio del Lago 2008!" as I glided past her, and she shouted some enthusiasm back nearly pulling some tears out of me as I thought about how far I'd come since then, and how supportive the ultra community was. There's apart of me that will always remember her, and remind me how lucky I am to know such supportive people in the sport, and in my life.
Perhaps one of my favorite parts of the race was actually my shoes. Painful fueling mistakes aside, I really had fun with my MT 100's letting my feet move freely. Make no mistake, this 7.8oz flat is all business as far as a minimalist trail racing shoe. It's engineered from top to bottom (and heel to toe) to be strictly utilitarian. No unnecessary stiff heal shank, dugout spheres under the midfoot for added downhill traction, soft sticky rubber for grip without huge nubs, a rock plate in the toe, light and durable SuperMesh that drains well, a small stiff lip on the toe, an extra wide toe box to avoid blisters, and a piece of cloth for the tongue. All this specific design makes the shoe an absolute pleasure to race in. The foot lands free and natural, with added nubs on the outside toebox and big toe (high wear areas), and feels almost surreal to allow the foot to run over rock and difficult terrain quickly and smoothly. For 50 miles, this shoe did everything I asked for, and more; delivering me to the finish line quickly and injury free. I love my MT's!!!
I recovered well with plenty of protein and salt, and went on to pace KD for 11 hours from 1-11AM. There's a lot of crazy stuff that happened, but I'll explain that experience in another post maybe. Until then, it's full speed ahead with the training till American River. I'm not 100% happy with my results from Rocky, but I'm glad that I have enough confidence to go into bigger races confident that I can hang with the big dogs as I perfect my fueling and training. However I am more convinced than ever that I can make it happen!
you HAVE come so far, Dom... i'm so proud of you.


Today we start with a very typical slide from either a science or engineering sector (see the slide on the left). There is quite a bit of room for improvement here. Note the fragment header, the list of bulleted items, and the small picture.
The use of fragments for both the header and bullets does not lend itself well to comprehension OR to any sort of rich archiving for later retrieval. As a tool for communication, there isn't much here to hang your hat on.
The revised version, on the right, shows the power of the image to frame the discussion.
This harnesses the power of the sentence header AND the visual.
Highlighting the visual evidence allows a sentence header to then shine. The header can do some pretty heavy lifting in a very efficient way. During a presentation, audience members can look at the picture but then refocus on the presenter and the information being said.
The richness of the notes only improves the usefulness of any slide for future reference.
As well, for archival purposes, the presenter can use full notes to completely document the main points for anyone accessing the slide deck later for information.
Want to know more? The book is here.
In Chapter 5 of our book Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields, we spend a good amount of time discussing the reasons to get rid of fragmented slide headings in favor of sentences. Doing so allows your heading to work as a mini-executive summary, which frames the main idea fully. There's no guessing needed by audience members, which is a plus in technical work. Look at these two examples to see, quite clearly, the advantage of using one method over the other.
This traditional model for slide work makes the audience guess at meaning, which is not a strong stance for the subject matter expert.
This revised version takes advantage of a single, main thought stated clearly for everyone.
Not only is the heading more useful and informative in the second version, but the visual has been maximized within the slide's acreage, too.
Visual content graciously provided by Argonne National Laboratory.
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To purchase, the book Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields is now available via the Wiley-IEEE Press website or Amazon.com .
Planning a technical presentation can be tricky. Does the audience know your subject area? Will you need to translate concepts into terms they understand? What sort of visuals should you use? Will this set of bullets truly convey the information? What will your slides communicate to future users? Questions like these and countless others can overwhelm even the most savvy technical professionals.
Slide Rules is a first-rate guide for practicing engineers, scientists, and technical specialists as well as anyone wishing to develop useful, engaging, and informative technical presentations in order to become an expert communicator.
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Crawfordsville, Ind. - Led by Emily Wilson's fourth-place finish in the high jump, DePauw totaled 16.5 points and finished eighth at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Oberlin won with 197.50 and Ohio Wesleyan was second with 177.50.
Wilson's fourth-place jump was 1.53m/5-00.25. Haley Thompson picked up a seventh-place finish in the 3,000 meters in 10:54.19.
The Tigers were eighth in both relays as Taylor Myers, Emily Schabes, Ellie Reece and Joslyn Fox finished the 4x200 in 1:58.22, while Reece, Schabes, Fox and Natalie Gruszka completed the 4x400 in 4:32.14 1.
DePauw will open the outdoor season on Saturday, March 17, at the Rose-Hulman Early Bird.


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Chamber Social & Annual Awards Event!
Celebrate the contagious momentum Yankton is experiencing by recognizing last year's accomplishments and looking forward to the progress that lies ahead.
Free Beer Tastings from Ben's Brewing Co.
Fun And So Much More!
The Chamber's State of the Community Luncheon was held last Tuesday. Yankton City Manager Amy Nelson and Yankton County Commission Chairman Todd Woods detailed the projects and challenges both entities face in the coming months.
Thank you to all who have signed the letter of support in favor of keeping the Yankton Federal Prison Camp open and operational.
This letter along with thousands of signatures was delivered to Rep. Noem's Sioux Falls office last. Please continue to contact our congressional delegates to request their assistance in this matter.
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Get Noticed By Yankton's Visitors!
The Yankton CVB distributed 2,125 welcome bags in 2017 for conventions, sporting events, reunions, and meetings. It was a big effort but well worth it when you consider the impact that was made.
We already have 6 conventions on our calendar taking place over the next several months , and expect to distribute just as many, if not more, welcome bags in 2018. To add an extra special touch to our welcome bags, we are looking for notepads, pens or other branded trinkets to include in the welcome bags. This is a fantastic way to promote your business and make our visitors feel extra special during their trip to Yankton.
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