Martha and I are blessed to join 45 other folks from around the south for a wonderful trip to Israel. We arrived Wednesday afternoon (Israeli Daylight Time) after a flight from New Orleans to Philadelphia and non-stop to Tel-Aviv.
I am always excited about the trip to Israel. This is my fifth trip and it feels like it did when I first came at age 21. We will stay in three locations. Tonight we are at Netanya, a resort city on the Mediterranean Sea.
Netanya is a modern Israeli city of several hundred thousand people. The pictures show how beautiful our first day has been. It's a great joy to think of all the events associated with this area.
We will stay the next two nights at Tiberias on the beautiful Sea of Galilee and we will finish our stay for four nights in Jerusalem.
Tomorrow we head up the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea. King Herod made the port famous. Paul traveled to and from Caesarea and Cornelius (Acts 10) came to know Christ in Caesarea when the Holy Spirit spoke to him in Caesarea and Simon Peter in Joppa at the same time.
We also will see Haifa tomorrow and remember Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal. Later in the afternoon, we will travel through the Jezreel Valley and get our first view of the Sea of Galilee.
We are thankful to experience the land where Jesus walked and God made Himself known.
What a great picture of you Martha! Have a wonderful time.
Wonderful pictures and memories are brought to mind with Dr. Carlton Winbery as he led with Dr. Dennis Cole Seminary Students on the trip of their lifetime. How I have dreamed of traveling back with my children; small then and now with families of their own. Life marches onward. Our treasure, investments in time and possessions, these decades have been left in our Father's Bride. Alex and Sarah are 24 now earth time.
Interesting how a land of such struggle, despair and death is the birth of our Hope.
Thanks for sharing with us your trip, I was hoping you would. What a wonderful ecperience for all of you. We pray daily for your health and safety.
Thanks for sharing! We are praying for safe travels for all of you. Start planning trip #6, we would love to go one day and I can't think of better tour guides than you and Ms. Martha.
Beautiful pictures. Will be praying for your health and safety. I want to go next time. I now know that we weren't meant to go on this trip, I ended up in the E.. R. yesterday afternoon from a swollen and very painful left knee that I hurt Sunday while walking on the U. S. S. Wasp . I just now realized how God's timing is so perfect. Will be waiting for the next report pastor. YBIC, Alan.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US ALONG ON THIS BEAUTIFUL TRIP, BRINGS BACK SOME CHERISHED MEMORIES OF OUR TRIP THERE. GREAT PICTURE OF MARTHA! KEEPING YOU IN OUR PRAYERS FOR A SAFE TRIP.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Have a great time and we will be praying for your safety. Looking forward to your blog tomorrow. Great picture Martha but you always look great.
Thank you so much for including us on the trip via your Blog. I look forward to every post!
Thanks to all of you. We are now on the Sea of Galilee, one of the most beautiful places on earth. Getting Day Two ready (WE are 8 hours ahead of most of you in the USA> Thanks for reading and commenting.–And let's do plan that trip.
Looking Good!! Have as great a trip as we did in 1999.
Great picture of my sweet friend! Keep them coming. Praying for you all.


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The future for coal power stations: renewable energy production?
Battersea Power Station in London was decommissioned a quarter of a century ago. It was the first in a series of large coal-fired electrical generating facilities set up in England. For those of you who are not familiar with London, Battersea is very centrally located, just across the River Thames from Kensington & Chelsea. The first part of the structure was built in 1939, but since the early 1980s the site has remained largely unused, with numerous failed redevelopment plans from successive site owners.
The building is the largest brick building in Europe and is notable for its original and lavish Sir Giles Gilbert Scott Art Deco fittings and decor. In fact, the building is Grade II* listed but the condition has been described as "very bad" by English Heritage. The site has been owned by Real Estate Opportunities (REO) since November 2006, after they purchased it for £400 million.
REO have made waves in the UK press this week by announcing their plans for the future of the Power Station as... a Power Station! But the difference is, this it will generate electricity from renewable sources rather than coal. It will once again be used to produce power with a new combined cooling, heat and power plant, but this time using biofuels, waste and other renewable energy sources. Two of the existing Power Station's chimneys will be reused as flues for this new Energy Centre.
The site will also be developed to incorporate 8 million square feet of hotel, office, residential and retail accommodation. REO propose that alongside the existing Power Station there will be a new building, designed by Rafael Viñoly, which will be the cleanest and greenest building in London. A 300 metre high Chimney and Eco-Dome will dramatically reduce carbon emissions of the 38 acre £4 billion development. Additionally, the largest solar driven natural ventilation system ever conceived will eliminate the need for air conditioning for the commercial and ground floor retail accommodation.
The Chimney will also house apartments with panoramic views over London. The Battersea Power Station development will be home to around 7,000 people and up to 20,000 new jobs will be created. More than 3,200 homes will be built on the site and 2,500 jobs will be created during the construction phase.
The Chimney will draw air up through a campus of individual office buildings which will be covered by a transparent Eco-Dome, made of material similar to that used at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Up to 3,000 cubic metres per second of air will be drawn through the system on a sunny day, reducing energy demand in the buildings by 67%.
REO is planning to spend £150 million on saving and repairing Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's Power Station, with the key historic spaces retained and open to the public. It will be the single largest development site in central London. It is planned that construction work will start in 2012 and the development will be completed by 2020 – depending on the speed of the planning process.
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending my very first music festival! Governor's Ball Music Festival on Randalls Island in NYC was quite the experience: partly due to the performances, but mostly due to the giant mud pit that the park became thanks to Tropical Storm Andrea. However, I must say, the mud made the experience that much more fulfilling! A couple of years ago when Kanye West performed at Coachella, I became cognizant of the world that is music festivals and instantly felt like I had to attend every single one in the U.S….eventually. Fast forward to last weekend and I finally got that opportunity. I had a great time (minus getting lost on Sunday and walking clean across Harlem and the Upper West Side of Manhattan), but besides that it was incredibly fun and I cannot wait to attend more festivals. My boyfriend, who went with me, said that we should make music festivals our "thing" and travel across the U.S. attending them every year. I'm definitely all for that! (Especially since he said he's treating me to Bonaroo in 2014!) Here are some pictures of the muddy extravaganza that was Governor's Ball 2013.


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Tara Sue Me Penguin Audio 9780451466228
The Submissive Series: Book 1
Book One of the Submissive Trilogy More than 8 Million Reads Online The first in Tara Sue Me's seductive and scandalous series that has enthralled millions… Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant and handsome CEO of West Industries, but Abby knows he's more: a sexy and skilled dominant who is looking for a new submissive. Yearning to experience a world of pleasure beyond her simple life as a librarian, Abby offers herself to Nathaniel, to fulfill her most hidden desires. After only one weekend with the Master, Abby knows she needs more, and fully submits to Nathaniel's terms. But despite the pleasure he takes in Abby's willing spirit, the Nathaniel hidden behind the rules remains cold and distant. As Abby falls deeper into his tantalizing world of power and passion, she fears that Nathaniel's heart may be beyond her reach—and that her own might be beyond saving…
Author Bio: Tara Sue Me
Tara Sue Me wrote her first novel at the age of twelve. It would be twenty years before she picked up her pen to write the second. After completing several clean romances, she decided to try her hand at something spicier and started The Submissive. What began as a writing exercise quickly took on a life of its own and The Dominant and The Training soon followed. An avid reader of all types of fiction, she soon discovered she enjoyed writing a variety as well. She lives in the southeastern United States with her husband, two children, two dogs, and a cat.
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New federal figures show that the number of U.S. children in foster care rose slightly last year after dropping for seven straight years.
The annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services tallied 402,378 children in the foster care system as of September 30, 2013, up from about 397,000 a year earlier, but still down dramatically from a decade earlier. The peak number was 524,000 children in foster care in 2002, and the number had dropped steadily since 2005.
The long-term drop resulted primarily from a shift in the policies and practices of state and county child welfare agencies. Many shortened stays in foster care, expedited adoptions and expanded preventive support for troubled families so more children avoided being removed from home in the first place.


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| What is the difference between burglary and robbery?
What is the difference between burglary and robbery?
The main differences between burglaries and robberies include the presence of victims, the use of force and the location of the crime.
It can be hard to know the difference between some crimes in Florida. Burglary and robbery, for example, both have to do with theft, but each has some unique characteristics that make the crimes quite different. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the crime rate is one big difference between the two. In a single year, there were 100,909 burglaries and 20,132 robberies in the state.
The presence of victims
Neither robbery nor burglary is a victimless crime. The main definition of these two wrongdoings is that some type of property is stolen, which means that someone is going to be victimized by the theft of his or her belongings. However, only a robbery actually has to involve the presence of at least one victim according to its legal definition.
A burglary usually takes place without any victims being present. However, if a person were sleeping in his or her home, the house could still be burgled if the thief simply breaks in, steals items and leaves.
The use of force
Force, the use of physical strength to get into something, can be involved in either a burglary or a robbery. For example, the thief may have to use force to get into a home or to open a safe. A burglary almost always includes this type of force, but a robbery may not.
Force, the use of threats or coercion to make someone do something against their will, is only used in a robbery. For example, when a victim is threatened at gunpoint to hand over his or her money, it would be classified as a robbery as opposed to a burglary.
The location of the crime
The last noteworthy difference between these two types of property theft is their location. A robbery can take place on the street, in a home, at a bank or at a park to name a few. When someone is using intimidation or threats to force someone else to give them something of value, it is classified as a robbery regardless of where the interaction takes place.
A burglary, on the other hand, has to include unlawful entry into a structure according to its legal definition. In other words, a burglary has to happen on private property in some type of building. The private property could be a person's home, storage shed or business.
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LOCAL BRIEFS: Scholarships, Ted Carland honor, lawyer on '40 under 40' list, Cherokee storyteller
Rachel Malmgren, Brandi Hansen, and Ashley Brittain received PEO scholarships to pursue advanced degrees.
By Lightning Reports, Published: September 14, 2019
Plus, Letterland Live! Fall Harvest Days, free prostate screening, Camp for All BBQ Ball
LOCAL BRIEFS: Scholarships, Christmas Child, Bounty, 'Christmas Memory'
Apple Ambassador's orchard roots run deep
Education Foundation announces scholarship winners
Application periods open for scholarships
Applications now open for $500,000 in scholarships
PEO Chapter B awards scholarships
Chapter B of the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) awarded scholarships recently to three women pursuing advanced degrees in their professions. The recipients distinguished themselves by their academic excellence and proven commitment to benefitting society.
Rachel Malmgren is the first recipient of the PEO Chapter B N.C. Foundation Fund initiated by Stan Rumbaugh in memory of his wife, Marcia Rumbaugh, a cherished PEO member. Malmgren's $2,000 award will assist her in pursuing a master's degree in education with certification as a Licensed Professional Counselor in grades K-12. She is attending Western Carolina University, Biltmore Park campus.
Ashley Brittain is the first recipient of the Chapter B PEO Foundation Fund established by member T. Ann Bauer in memory of her parents, Grover and Mildred Bauer. Brittain will apply the $2,000 award to her Ph.D. studies in nursing with specialization in nursing anesthesiology at Western Carolina University, Biltmore Park campus. Both Malmgren and Brittain previously received PEO PCE (Program for Continuing Education) grants that assisted them in reaching earlier goals.
The newest PEO PCE grant was awarded to Brandi Hansen in the amount of $1,200. Hansen is pursuing a master's degree in social work at Western Carolina University to earn the required certification to become a social worker in our schools.
Since its inception in 1869, the nonprofit organization, PEO has helped more than 109,000 women pursue educational goals by providing more than $344 million in grants, scholarships, awards and loans, and is a steward of Cottey College. There are six active PEO chapters in Hendersonville. Chapter B is the second chapter organized in the state. To learn more about PEO and sponsored scholarships, visit www.PEOInternational.org or send an email to peoncchapb@gmail.com.
Hunger Coalition honors Ted Carland
Ted Carland, of Carland & Anderson Inc. CPA, will be honored on Sept. 21 at the 37th annual Hunger Walk for his long dedicated service to Hendersonville community and the Hunger Coalition.
Carland has counseled the coalition and provided tax preparation services pro bono for many years, even into retirement. He personifies the spirit of volunteerism and donation of skilled expertise that is the backbone of our service minded community. He will be present at Shelter #1 in Jackson Park where walkers will be registering with donations for the walk.
Between 8:30 and 9 a.m. walkers will leave the park to walk 10, 5, or 2 miles on marked paths through Hendersonville and return to the park for refreshments, donated by many local businesses. The first 300 walkers will receive a commemorative T-shirt. All funds generated by the walk are used in Henderson County to help 11 agencies providing food to needy individuals and families in crisis. The 2019 goal is $100,000. Anyone can donate to HCHC by contacting Dick Ranges at rroost@bellsouth.net or on Facebook Henderson County Hunger Coalition.
IAM will use grant to buy healthy foods
Interfaith Assistance Ministry has received a $1,725 grant from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation that the agency will use to purchase healthy food. The grant will enable IAM to purchase low cost healthy foods such as fresh eggs, vegetables, whole grains and other staples of a healthy diet, Moss said.
Founded in 1984 to serve as a clearinghouse for local faith congregations to assist area residents in financial crisis with food, clothing, shoes, utility bill and rent assistance, IAM has expanded over the years to include personal hygiene items, prescription assistance, linens, blankets, school supplies, transportation assistance, pet food, medical cost assistance, food for a week's worth of three meals a day, a Working Women's Clothing Closet and more.
Camplify receives $3,000 Rudnick grant
Camplify has been awarded a grant of $3,000 by the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County to fund a newer endeavor called Program Six: Family Buy-in and Retention.
"The University of Chapel Hill completed comprehensive study on behalf of Camplify and its impact on children and families in late 2018," said Kristin Dunn, executive director of Camplify. "This grant from Perry N. Rudnick will give our agency additional resources to implement action steps from that study. The goal is to build stronger relationships with the entire family, not just enrolled youth, to complete our nine year leadership journey."
Ellis makes list of '40 under 40'
Hendersonville attorney Anderson Ellis has been named to Biltmore Beacon's "40 Under Forty" leadership award list for 2019. Ellis, a member of the Van Winkle Law Firm's business practice, works with small- and mid-size businesses on all phases of corporate life, including entity choice, formation, operations, sale/purchase and reorganizations. A graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Mississippi School of Law, he is admitted to practice in North Carolina and Tennessee state and federal courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served on several community nonprofit boards, frequently in leadership roles, including the Kiwanis Club of Hendersonville, the Children & Family Resource Center, the Henderson County Bar Association and the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development. The weekly Biltmore Beacon honors rising stars of the local business community each year.
Congregational church announces forum topics
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1735 Fifth Ave. W., invites all to its Adult Forums in the Felix Building at 9 a.m. Sundays. September topics are:
• Sept. 15: "Learning More about Ourselves," Don Emon. A frequent speaker at the Forums, Emon is active in the community, and for many years has been the leader in this area of the Compassionate Choices Society, a national group concerned with planning for the end of life.
• Sept. 22: "Unmasking Paul," Larry Anderson. Anderson will lead a discussion of one of John Dominic Crossan's lectures in the church on a short letter to Philemon to see a snapshot of Paul and his place in the New Testament story. Crossan's wry humor, everyday illustrations and charm may lead you to be interested in the books he has written about the early days of our story.
• Sept. 29: "A preview of Lost Christianities," Mark Fagerlin. This presentation is a preview of the upcoming video series "The Lost Christianities" by Bart D. Ehrman, one of the earliest speakers in the First Congregational's Ashley Lecture Series speakers. Fagerlin spent his career in the support of Space and Missile Defense projects before retiring to Hendersonville in 2007.
Campify's Camp for All BBQ Ball is at Green River
Camplify will host its 12th annual Camp for All BBQ Ball dinner and square dance starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Green River Preserve summer camp. The signature event raises funds to provide a nine year leadership journey of camp and experiential learning to over 200 local students each year. The Camp for All Barbeque Ball welcomes attendees of all ages. Activities include paddling, fly fishing, arts and crafts and a silent auction. Dinner is catered by Hubba Hubba Smokehouse with a square dance directly after. Adult beverages are included in ticket purchase. Tickets are $75 per individual, $100 per couple and $125 for a family of four. Tickets are available online or at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce. For more information or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, visit www.barbequeball.com or call 828.697.2000.
Foundation, Playhouse launch Letterland Alive!
The Henderson County Education Foundation has secured funding for and collaborated with North Carolina's state theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, and the school system's Elementary Education & Title 1 Department to bring the Letterland Alive! phonics program to the district's 1,900 kindergartners and first-graders.
"With $19,000 in grant funds from Community Foundation of Henderson County
and $3,800 from the St. James Charities Foundation, Flat Rock Playhouse has created and cast an original musical featuring alphabet characters from the Letterland phonics program," Ed Foundation Executive Director Summer Stipe said. "They'll be taking the show on the road to all 13 HCPS elementary schools this month, thanks to a van sponsored by Boyd Chevrolet Cadillac Buick Inc."
Adopted as HCPS' primary K-2 phonics program in the 2016-17 school year, Letterland gives each letter of the English alphabet a character and backstory: H is Harry Hat Man, E is Eddy Elephant, and T is Talking Tess. With the characters, students learn their ABCs with helpful stories that help them keep difficult letters straight.
The 40-minute musical composed by former Playhouse apprentice Ethan Andersen expands upon the Letterland alphabet characters' backstories to reinforce the lessons young students will be learning in the classroom.
Letterland Alive! debuted Wednesday at Hillandale Elementary. Families of K-1 students will be invited to their schools' individual performance dates.
Fall Harvest Days adds Farm Games
The Antique Engine & Tractor Club will host "The Farm Game Challenge" set for Saturday, Oct. 19, during the 34th Fall Harvest Days at the Western North Carolina Ag Center.
Teams of four to five teenagers are encouraged to participate in the Farm Games, which will include Straw/Hay Bale Stacking Timed Event , Corn Shucking Timed Event, Corn On the Cob Eating Timed Event, Sheath Toss and other games. The teams will compete against each other with an elimination challenge. Small Children will get to "Find the Prize" in the Straw/Hay Stack.
Henderson County high schools have been notified of the games and are encouraged to submit teams to the Farm Game Challenge. To sign up for the Farm Games, email noirs@aol.com with name of team and team members. Teams may be all male, all female or co-ed. Teams are limited to four or five members.
Trinity hosts A Cappellooza!
A Cappellooza!, a free musical program featuring three Asheville-based a cappella ensembles, will be singing in a special night of a cappella at Trinity Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. The vocal groups include:
• Asheville Accidental, a mixed ensemble that sings traditional barbershop four-part harmony.
• Cascade Quarter, a four-part a cappella quartet who loves to laugh, sing and entertain with a repertoire that leans toward blues, jazz, Irish and contemporary music.
• A Cappella Brewing, a vocal ensemble that sings in a variety of styles from chamber music classics to modern pop in everything from 3- to 12-part harmony.
The community is invited and all are welcome. Trinity Presbyterian Church is at 900 Blythe St.
Cherokee storyteller, flutist performs Sept. 26
The Center for Cultural Preservation launches its 2019-2020 cultural season with Cherokee storyteller and musician Matthew Tooni, a 2017 Flutist of the Year NAMMY (Native American Music Awards) nominee.
A flute player for 11 years, Tooni is also active in Cherokee culture by sharing stories and dances. He has performed in the "Unto These Hills" outdoor drama, portraying the character Elias Boudinot and the Rev. Bushyhead. Tooni wowed audiences this summer when he played for the world premieres of the center's river heroes documentary.
Cherokee Music and Storytelling will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College. Tickets are $10 and advanced reservations are strongly recommended by registering online at www.saveculture.org or calling the Center at (828) 692-8062.
The Center's next program is Mountain Music and Storytelling with Joe Penland on Oct. 24 at BRCC. Tickets are available online at SaveCulture.org for that program as well. The Center's new documentary film on the river heroes of the south, "Guardians of Our Troubled Waters," continues to screen at area venues.
Trinity Preschool's big yard sale is Sept. 27-28
Trinity Preschool invites the community to its huge indoor yard sale 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St.
The indoor yard sale will feature antiques, art, small furniture items, linens, collectables, kitchenware, tools, toys, children's clothes, sports equipment, holiday decorations and more. Everything will be half price on Saturday.
Trinity Preschool offers young children a half-day program in a safe, nurturing Christian environment. Now in its 31st year, the program focuses on the social, emotional, and spiritual development of each child. Because Trinity believes that every child deserves a great school, scholarship options are available on a need basis. Details and registration forms are available at https://www.trinitypresncpreschool.org.
Pardee hosts free prostate screening
Pardee UNC Health Care will host free prostate cancer screenings with urologist Dr. Glover Little 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the Pardee Cancer Center, 805 6th Avenue West. Participants must call prior to the screening to get pre-qualified; walk-ins are not accepted. To schedule a screening, call 828-698-7317. Eligible candidates are men ages 40 to 75 who have never been diagnosed with or had treatment for prostate cancer and who have not had a prostate cancer screening within the last nine months.


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Performing Arts Department films Vocal Solo Show in-person
Davis Marks|June 8, 2021
Students in three of Harvard-Westlake's (HW) Middle School choirs – Wolverine Singers, Vocal Ensemble and Madrigals – showcased their voices recently during this year's Middle School Vocal Solo Show.
However, due to COVID-19, this year's Vocal Solo Show was not a live show,unlike past years, with a large audience of students, faculty and family members in the Saperstein Theater. To give the performers a sense of normalcy, instead of the virtual performances we'd been seeing all year, the Performing Arts Department, students in the Advanced Stagecraft course, and an outside videography company filmed the show in the Saperstein Theater.
The 2021 Vocal Solo Show had 32 performers, with students in all three Middle School grades performing. The Vocal Solo Show was filmed over three days – May 8, May 15 and May 16 – and each performer was given an assigned date and time to come to the Middle School campus to film their performance. Once each performer arrived, they had three takes to film their performance – one which served as a lighting and sound test and two that served as performances for the video editors to use as footage in the final video.
Jeremy Pease, the Middle School Choral Director, has directed both past in-person HW shows and this year's Vocal Solo Show and said it was great to have students back on stage.
"It was wonderful that we were able to utilize the incredible HW performing arts facilities for the first time in more than a year," Pease said. "While there wasn't a live audience, the students sang with Mr. Wong, our accompanist, in person on stage. Their performances have been professionally video and audio recorded, and we really look forward to sharing their hard work soon."
Tim Schmall, the Middle School Performing Arts Department Chair and teacher of the Middle School stagecraft courses, said it was great to have all the singers performing again after the inability to host shows due to COVID-19.
"Honestly it was just so nice to hear all the singers again – it's been such a difficult year, especially for music classes," Schmall said. "Being able to have the singers come in and record their solos one by one on the stage was really a magical experience. They all did such a fantastic job as well! We are so proud of how hard they all worked to make such a great performance to round out the year."
Elise Fried '24, one of the performers in this year's Vocal Solo Show, said that it was a joyful experience because it was her first time getting to be on stage and perform since quarantine began.
"After a year of not performing at all because of the pandemic, it was nice to be back on an actual stage and perform – regardless of if there was an audience or not," Fried said.
Samuel Hines '24, one of the performers in both last year and this year's Vocal Solo Show, said while there were notable differences between this year's performing experience when compared to last year's, his time away from performing helped him grow.
"While performing at HW this year was a very different experience than performing last year, I feel like the time I spent away from the stage allowed me to climb out of a shell of any timidity and truly embrace the artist within it," Hines said.
The Vocal Solo Show is still being edited, and it will soon be released to the community for viewing.
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A Little Too Excited for Fall!
2/3 cup oat flour (ground up oats or any other flour you have, even 1 2/3 white flour works just fine)!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter or spray a loaf pan. Sift together flours, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. In separate bowl, beat together pumpkin puree and pumpkin butter until combined. Add in brown sugar, mixing until smooth. Then add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add in dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated. In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese until soft and fluffy. Beat in sugar until incorporated and smooth. Beat in egg white and vanilla, then flour, mixing until incorporated and smooth. Layer half the batter in the loaf pan, top with the cream filling, then rest of batter. Top with cinnamon sugar, and bake for 40 minutes. Enjoy plain or toasted with butter, apple butter or even peanut butter!
Bars, Bars, and more Bars!
So I've been on a bar kick lately! I was on a brownie kick there for a while and now have baked at least 10 different bar type recipes in the past two weeks! This is definitely not a bad thing, just an odd turn of events for someone who as of a few weeks ago hadn't even really ever dabbled in baking bar recipes before! Some have turned out great, while others have seriously flopped…last night was a definite success though! The bars are a combination of marshmallow, butterscotch and of course chocolate…and they turned out sooo incredibly soft and gooey, so gooey they were almost hard to get out of the pan…and to me, that's a good thing! I got the recipe idea from pinterest, my new favorite time passer and go-to for new ideas!
Look at all of that soft, gooey chewiness!
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9X9 baking dish. Melt butterscotch and butter in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly to avoid clumping. Once melted, pour into bowl. While cooling, sift or whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder and vanilla. Once the butterscotch mixture is cooled, add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated each time. Add in vanilla. Then add in dry ingredients slowly, 1/3 or so at a time until just incorporated. Fold in marshmallows and chocolate chips. Batter will be pretty thick, I had to smooth mine into the baking pan, as it did not pour! Bake for 20-25 minutes. Center will be somewhat liquidy/soft but will setup after cooling for an hour or so. I was a little nervous at just how liquidy my center was when taking them out but the top was already so browned, I did not want to risk over-cooking them, especially with my crappy oven that constantly over-cooks everything!! So I took them out and figured I'd let them sit and cool completely and see what happened and they ended up solidifying just enough to leave a perfect soft, creamy, buttery center! I think most of the extreme softness when removing from the oven was because of the melted marshmallows which hardened up a bit after cooling down. Absolutely delicious!
Long overdue, a few of us girls finally got together last night to catch up and eat some grub! One of my friends, Nicole, is doing the triathlon this coming Sunday in Chicago (amazing I know) and since I was in charge of cooking dinner, I wanted to come up with a balanced, healthier meal that would help keep her fueled…one chock full of healthy fats, protein, carbs and loaded with vitamins and nutrients. I saw a recipe on Pinterest for a broccoli cheese casserole sans any 'cream of anything soup' which intrigued me, so I decided to go that route, but adding in some chicken for more protein! I also made a beer bread to go along with it for fun! Add in some baked polenta appetizers and an amazing salted caramel pie baked by my friend Em and we had one complete dinner!
3 cups cooked rice (I used black rice, more antioxidants than blueberries and more fiber than brown rice, a little healthier alternative)!
Cook rice, broccoli and chicken and set aside. I steamed the broccoli, threw the rice in a rice maker and grilled chicken breasts with garlic salt and lemon pepper. Meanwhile, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and heat oil and butter in saucepan until butter is melted. Saute onions until soft, 5-7 minutes, add garlic, cook another minute or two. Whisk in flour, cooking only for a minute, not browning it. Slowly add in milk, broth, lemon juice and mustard whisking constantly until smooth. Once smooth, let cook and thicken for 5 or so minutes, whisking only occasionally. Once thickened, add in the cheeses and remove from heat. Once cheese is melted, add in cooked broccoli, rice and chicken. Stir to coat everything, pour into a casserole dish or 9X13 pan. Top with cheddar and more parmesan, bake for 45 minutes.
10 ounces or 1 1/4 cups beer (guess you'll just have to drink those last two ounces)!
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and mustard powder. Slowly mix in beer with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until just combined. Do not over-mix. Add in cheese, until just combined. Pour (I use this word lightly as the batter is very thick and will not 'pour') into a 9X5 loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm area for 30 minutes. The dough will puff lightly and grow a little in the pan. Brush the top with the melted butter and sprinkle seasonings over top. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
In a small saucepan, heat olive oil. Add in mushrooms and leeks, saute until softened 5-7 minutes. Add in garlic and cook a few minutes more. In the meantime, slice the polenta into slices. Cover with mozzarella cheese then mushroom leek mixture, then sprinkle with parmesan cheese, seasonings and drizzle with a smidge of olive oil. Transfer to greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melted and polenta is browned a little on the bottom.
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Mix graham cracker crumbs and melted butter, press into a 9-inch pie plate. Top with sweetened condensed milk, sprinkle with salt. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, covered with foil! This is very important, as I burned the crap out of mine when I baked it uncovered!
Ok, well it is the best cake I've made at least, maybe not the best I've ever had! In honor of Julia Child's would-be 100th birthday, I finally buckled down and made her Reine de Saba chocolate cake I have been dying to make forever now! Reine de Saba simply means chocolate almond cake….and what better combination than nuts and chocolate!? (Hence my peanut butter obsession)! I saw this recipe ages ago and have been wanting to make it ever since, the pictures look so delicious…a creamy, chocolatey piece of heaven! I followed her recipe exactly, only difference is that I used dark chocolate instead of semi-sweet and used coffee instead of rum since I do not have any dark rum (I'm a Bacardi silver light rum girl)! Also, since the chocolate is the main flavor of the cake, I recommend using a good quality chocolate, not just any old brand!
4 oz. or squares semi-sweet chocolate melted with 2 Tbsp. rum or coffee (I used dark chocolate…good quality Godiva to be exact)!
2 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate (I also used the same Godiva dark chocolate here as well)!
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour an 8X8 cake pan.
Set the chocolate and rum or coffee in a small pan, cover, and place (off heat) in a larger pan of almost simmering water; let melt while you proceed with the recipe. Measure out the rest of the ingredients.
Cream the butter and sugar together for several minutes until they form a pale yellow, fluffy mixture. Beat in the egg yolks until well blended.
With a rubber spatula, blend the melted chocolate into the butter and sugar mixture, then stir in the almonds, and almond extract. Immediately stir in one-fourth of the beaten egg whites to lighten the batter. Delicately fold in a third of the remaining whites and when partially blended, sift on one-third of the flour and continue folding. Alternate rapidly with more egg whites and more flour until all egg whites and flour are incorporated.
Turn the batter into the cake pan, pushing the batter up to its rim with a rubber spatula. Bake in middle level of preheated oven for 25 minutes. Cake is done when it has puffed, and 2 1/2 to 3 inches around the circumference are set so that a needle plunged into that area comes out clean; the centre should move slightly if the pan is shaken, and a needle comes out oily.
Combine chocolate and rum in small metal bowl. Set bowl over small saucepan of barely simmering water and stir until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water. Using wooden spoon, beat in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until icing is smooth. Place bowl over medium bowl filled with ice water. Continue to beat until icing is cool and thickened to spreading consistency.
Place cake on platter. Scrape icing onto top center. Using small offset spatula, spread icing evenly and thinly over top and sides of cake. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome and store at room temperature.
As mentioned, this is one of the best cakes I have ever made…even though it has a little bit of flour in it, it has the consistency of a fudgy, dense flourless chocolate cake! It is almost a combination of a gooey brownie and moist, dense cake! It is delightful! And the glaze is ever so delicious, adding that much more flavor! Such a rich cake and the almond taste really comes through…absolutely divine! I cannot believe I waited this long to make it!
Savory Bread Pudding, aka Stuffing!!
I had three chicken breasts, a container of mushrooms, a log of goat cheese and a fresh block of pecorino-romano in the fridge and figured they would all go great together but did not want to do yet another pasta. I also had four Trader Joe's brioche buns that were a few days old that I didn't want to waste since they are sooooo good…so I made my first attempt at a savory bread pudding. Overall, I am not a huge bread pudding fan, not rich enough for my dessert tastes and always seem to make a better cold breakfast to me! I do however have one go-to sweet bread pudding recipe that seems to get rave reviews so I will share that recipe as well! The savory bread pudding turned out to be very good; moist and creamy, yet reminded both Josh and I of stuffing at Thanksgiving! This is obviously not a bad thing at all, but savory bread pudding is essentially a version of homemade stuffing! I would definitely make it again and again, adding different ingredients and seasonings each time, great recipe to play around with!
Thyme and rosemary to taste (this is what really gave it the Thanksgiving stuffing feel)!
Heat oil and butter in large saucepan over medium-high until butter has melted. Add in mushrooms, zucchini and onions, saute until softened, 5-7 minutes, salt and pepper to taste (you can also add a little thyme and rosemary to the veggies as well). Add in garlic and saute a few minutes more. Pour in white wine to deglaze the pan and let simmer until most of the liquid has reduced. In a separate large bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, milk, seasonings to taste and cheeses. Add in bread pieces and chicken, toss to combine. Add vegetables to bread mixture, mixing so everything is coated with the liquid. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours, tossing every so often. When ready to cook, top with more pecorino-romano and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until chicken is cooked through and center is heated through. We ate it right out of the oven for dinner last night and cold for breakfast this morning and I can't say which I liked more but I am leaning towards cold breakfast, just like the sweet bread puddings I've had!
For the graham cracker crust: pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together crumbs and melted butter until moistened. Press into greased 9X9 baking pan. Bake 11-12 minutes until golden brown. Meanwhile, for the brownie layer, whisk the flour, salt, and cocoa powder together. Put the chocolate, butter and instant espresso powder in a double boiler and set it over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate and butter are completely melted and smooth. Turn off the heat, but keep the bowl over the water and add the sugars. Whisk until completely combined, then remove the bowl from the pan and let cool. Add 1 egg to the cooled chocolate mixture and whisk until combined. Add the remaining egg and whisk until combined. Add the vanilla and stir until combined. Do not overbeat the batter at this stage or your brownies will be too cakey. Sprinkle the flour mixture over the chocolate mixture. Using a rubber spatula (not a whisk), fold the flour mixture into the chocolate until just a bit of the flour mixture is visible. Pour the batter over the top of the graham cracker crust. Bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack. While cooling, for butterscotch layer, heat sweetened condensed milk and butter in saucepan over medium heat until thickens and begins to turn a nice amber color, about 10-12 minutes. Add in butterscotch morsels and remove from heat, stirring until smooth and morsels have melted completely. Pour over brownie layer in pan and let bars cool completely before cutting.
These turned out to be just ok. A little too much butterscotch in my opinion and by the end of the night when they had really fully cooled, the butterscotch layer became quite hard and unappetizing in my opinion! The only thing I can think of would be to use less condensed milk and a few tablespoons more butter next time! Here's how mine looked…not quite as pretty as Whimsy's!
Lastly, as promised, here is the only bread pudding recipe I have yet to really like!
Cut or rip bread into 3/4-inch cubes. Place in very large bowl. Whisk eggs, milk, 1 cup cream, and next 4 ingredients in large bowl until sugar dissolves. Pour egg mixture over bread; toss to coat. Cover with plastic and chill at least 4 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally. Let stand at room temp 30 mins. Preheat oven to 375. Butter 13X9 baking dish and pour in bread pudding. Bake pudding until puffed, edges are golden, and tester comes out clean, about 1 hour. Serve with caramel sauce over top!
With that much cream and fattiness, there's no wonder this is the only one I've ever really cared for…sadly though, it is still a breakfast to me, fattiness and all!
Well they are not exactly Elvis cupcakes but they do contain peanut butter and banana! But, knowing me, I had to throw in a little bit of chocolate! I saw a pin on pinterest the other day for chocolate chip banana cupcakes and thought what a great way to use leftover bananas instead of making yet another banana bread! I also figured that bananas pair so darn well with peanut butter that why not top the cupcakes with that ever so delicious peanut butter frosting I have raved about more than a few times now! And as usual, I was licking that bowl clean as clean can be….most addicting frosting ever! Since we are on the topic of Elvis, I think I mentioned in the very first blog I wrote about my all time favorite sandwich…the Elvis…aka, fried peanut butter and banana! So for old times sake, I will re-post that recipe so I can reminisce since it's been a while since I've made one…until this weekend when I change that!
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Sift or whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl or stand mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Add in eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated. Add in milk and vanilla, then mashed banana. Slowly beat in dry ingredients until just incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips and fill muffin pan 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 15-17 minutes.
These turned out to taste absolutely amazing however, I can't believe I am about to even say this, but I added in too much chocolate! Even dusted with flour, all the chocolate clumped together and sank to the bottom of the cupcake (as evidenced in the photo)! The delicious chocolatiness was great with the banana and peanut butter but it made for a very dense, heavy cupcake with a glob of chocolate at the bottom!
And as promised, my famous, delicious, most-amazing sandwich recipe ever: (sidenote, measurements are difficult to predict here since I just make this willy-nilly whenever I have a craving so change them up as you feel fit, these are just approximations anyways)!
Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add in bananas and sugar, cooking until bananas are caramelized from the sugar. Meanwhile, while those are cooking up, spread peanut butter on two slices of bread and butter on the other…I realized this is difficult but I usually do the butter first then set that side down on the plate and add the peanut butter to the other sides. It doesn't matter if some of the butter smears off onto the plate since you will be adding more to the pan anyways! Remove from pan, leaving any liquid in pan and lower heat to medium low. Add a few more tablespoons of butter into the pan and let melt. Add one of the slices, butter side down into the pan and top with the caramelized bananas. Finish the sandwich with the other slice of bread, peanut butter side down and cook until both sides are browned, flipping once! Another option is to sprinkle some sugar onto the buttered sides of the bread to add a nice brown caramelization to it as well. Absolute heaven in your mouth, trust me!!
I, I, Love, Love Apples and Bananas!
So last night we got home pretty early from Michigan because Josh had a hockey game to play in! I needed something to pass some time while waiting for the laundry to finish and watching the olympics (yes, I am a true multi-tasker at heart…well that or I have severe ADD and can never sit still)! As mentioned in previous posts, I am a sucker for sweet dessert type breakfasts and would choose a pastry over an egg any day (as was evidenced by my choice of 2 cinnamon rolls, 2 muffins and a peanut butter brownie for breakfast Sunday morning)….so I decided to bake up a sweet treat for the next few days morning meal! Last time we went to visit Josh's Aunt and Uncle's apple orchard, I bought some apple butter that I had yet to open up and decided to use it in a banana bread! What a tasty decision that ended up being…the sweet and tangy apple butter paired perfectly with the traditional banana bread flavor, adding a little something special!
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray loaf pan or muffin pan. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl. Beat together oil, apple butter and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add in eggs one at a time, then vanilla and mashed banana. Beat in dry ingredients just until incorporated. Pour into loaf pan and top with crumb topping or cinnamon sugar, bake 45 minutes.
This was delicious toasted with Nutella or plain by itself!
This past weekend we celebrated my Gram's birthday with quite the tasty feast! Our family does not know how to do things in a small way and always go way overboard…but that's the bets part about our gatherings!! Not to mention all of the delicious leftovers that keep me from cooking for a few days! This get together was no different with everything from beef to fried chicken and pop's cake donuts with chocolate frosting to a peanut butter death by chocolate trifle! Surprising though, I only baked one thing and I even cheated using a boxed brownie mix for part of it!! But hey, it was still tasty enough to share on here! It did require a few separate things to be made and then layered together including the peanut butter frosting I have posted about at least two or three times now…but we will start with the cookies, the middle layer!
Cream together butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, slowly. Beat until smooth, add in vanilla then cream. Whip to desired consistency!
Brownie mix (I used a dark chocolate Duncan Hines): made using package instructions but substituting 1/2 of the oil for coffee for a richer chocolate flavor (and added bonus of less fat)!
Crumble the brownies into chunks. Layer half of the brownie chunks in the bottom of the trifle. Top with 1/2 of the chocolate pudding (or 1 package if made separately). Then layer cookies, crumbled into chunks. Next is the second package or other half of the chocolate pudding, then the remaining brownie pieces. Lastly, dollop peanut butter frosting over top and spread around, topping with more heath bits! DIG IN!!
So since returning home from vacation, I have really been slacking and I apologize! No excuses! So I decided to post about a few different desserts I have recently concocted. Italy did not have much in terms of dessert besides Gelato and breakfast type pastries…which of course I took full advantage of and ate cake almost daily for breakfast which was absolutely wonderful…so by the time I got home, I was realllly craving something rich and chocolatey! So of course, the first thing I did was bake a type of brownie and made some decadent ice cream of my own!
Home made brownies or your favorite mix (I used a dark chocolate brownie mix and added extra chocolate chips to it)!
Bake brownies as directed on package or your recipe calls for. Let cool completely. Top with fluff or frosting and refrigerate until firm and set (at least 45 minutes). Once set, melt peanut butter and chocolate together in double boiler. Once melted, remove from heat and fold in Rice Krispies. Let cool slightly and then top brownies with mixture. Put back in the fridge to harden and set up, at least another 45 minutes to an hour.
Let ice cream soften to room temperature so that it is mixable with a hand mixer. While softening, crush Oreos in food processor or however your little heart desires! In a large bowl, beat ice cream until smooth, add in Cool Whip and mix all together until well blended and smooth. Fold in crushed Oreos. Freeze until firm in a freezable container or glass pan!
Same process as listed above for Oreo Ice Cream…just with crushed Thin Mint Cookies!
The Oreo ice cream is something that my grandma used to always make and that we had pretty much forgotten about until recently! Such an easy yet delicious recipe…my favorite type of recipe! Also, she uses an entire gallon of ice cream, 8 ounces of Cool Whip and a package of Oreos crushed up and puts it into a 9X13 pan to set up in the freezer. So if you have a large party or big group outing, this is a great idea, a real crowd pleaser!! Gram also told me that the original recipe she got from her friend calls for Butter Pecan ice cream…she has never used it and always uses Vanilla but just goes to show you that any flavor will do!
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two cake pans or line with parchment paper.
Add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low-speed until combined. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla. With the mixer on low-speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer still on low, add a small amount of the coffee to temper the mixture then add the rest slowly, just until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 35 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then turn out onto racks to finish cooling. Let cool completely.
Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees. Trace the shape and size cake pan you used onto a sheet of parchment paper or aluminum foil and lay it on a large baking sheet. (For example, I used two 8-inch round cake pans so I traced an 8-inch round circle on foil and placed it onto a baking sheet).
In a food processor, pulse the almonds with the powdered sugar until they're finely ground and combined well. In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites at medium speed until soft peaks form. Add the granulated sugar and beat until the whites are stiff and glossy, takes a few minutes. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the almond mixture. Spread the meringue on the parchment or foil to fill the shape you traced out. Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned and firm. Let cool.
In a double boiler (or however you want to really), heat the peanut butter with the butter and milk chocolate, stirring constantly, until smooth and melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the Rice Krispies. Spread the mixture all over the meringue rectangle. Transfer to the freezer and let cool completely.
Beat Nutella and butter until smooth. Gradually add in powdered sugar, beating until smooth and combined. Add vanilla and cream, beating until combined.
Once cake is cool and filling is chilled, place one cake layer, top down (cutting top off if necessary so that it is smooth and flat, placing cut side down if cut), onto a serving plate. Flip chilled meringue onto cake, peel off parchment or foil. Put other cake, top side (or cut side) down so top is smooth and flat on top of meringue. Cover with Nutella frosting, and ENJOY!!
Cheesecake Cake is Way Better than Cake Cake!
Cheesecake Cake is S… on Pops for Peanut Butter!


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Biografia
San Benedetto, fratello di santa Scolastica, nacque verso il 480 nella città umbra di Norcia. Il padre Eutropio, figlio di Giustiniano Probo della gens Anicia, era Console e Capitano Generale dei Romani nella regione di Norcia, mentre la madre era Abbondanza Claudia de' Reguardati di Norcia. Quando ella morì, secondo la tradizione, i due furono affidati alla nutrice Cirilla. Alla gens appartenevano anche san Gregorio Magno e Severino Boezio. A 12 anni fu mandato con la sorella a Roma a compiere i suoi studi, ma, come racconta Gregorio Magno nel secondo libro dei Dialoghi, sconvolto dalla vita dissoluta della città «ritrasse il piede che aveva appena posto sulla soglia del mondo per non precipitare anche lui totalmente nell'immane precipizio. Disprezzò quindi gli studi letterari, abbandonò la casa e i beni paterni e volle far parte della vita monastica».

All'età di 17 anni, insieme con la sua nutrice Cirilla, si ritirò nella valle dell'Aniene presso Eufide (l'attuale Affile), dove, secondo la leggenda devozionale, avrebbe compiuto il primo miracolo, riparando un vaglio rotto dalla stessa nutrice. La lasciò e si avviò verso la valle di Subiaco, presso gli antichi resti di una villa neroniana, nella quale le acque del fiume Aniene alimentavano tre laghi (la città sorgeva appunto sotto - "sub" - questi laghi). A Subiaco incontrò Romano, monaco di un vicino monastero retto da un abate di nome Adeodato, che, vestitolo degli abiti monastici, gli indicò una grotta impervia del Monte Taleo (attualmente contenuta all'interno del Monastero del Sacro Speco), dove Benedetto visse da eremita per circa tre anni, fino alla Pasqua dell'anno 500. Conclusa l'esperienza eremitica, accettò di fare da guida ad altri monaci in un ritiro cenobitico presso Vicovaro, ma, dopo che alcuni monaci tentarono di ucciderlo con una coppa di vino avvelenato, tornò a Subiaco.

Qui rimase per quasi trent'anni, predicando la "Parola del Signore" e accogliendo discepoli sempre più numerosi, fino a creare una vasta comunità di tredici monasteri, ognuno con dodici monaci e un proprio abate, tutti sotto la sua guida spirituale. Negli anni tra il 525 ed il 529, a seguito di un altro tentativo di assassinio con un pane avvelenato, Benedetto decise di abbandonare Subiaco per salvare i propri monaci. Si diresse quindi verso Cassino dove, sopra un'altura, fondò il monastero di Montecassino, edificato sopra i resti di templi pagani e con oratori in onore di san Giovanni Battista (da sempre ritenuto un modello di pratica ascetica) e di san Martino di Tours, che era stato iniziatore in Gallia della vita monastica.

La regola di san Benedetto

A Montecassino, intorno al 540, Benedetto compose la sua Regola prendendo spunto da regole precedenti, in particolare quelle di san Giovanni Cassiano e san Basilio, ma anche san Pacomio, san Cesario, e l'Anonimo della Regula Magistri con il quale ebbe stretti rapporti proprio nel periodo della stesura della regola benedettina, egli combinò l'insistenza sulla buona disciplina con il rispetto per la personalità umana e le capacità individuali, nell'intenzione di fondare una «scuola del servizio del Signore, in cui speriamo di non ordinare nulla di duro e di rigoroso».

La regola, nella quale si organizza nei minimi particolari la vita dei monaci all'interno di una "corale" celebrazione dell'uffizio, diede nuova e autorevole sistemazione alla complessa, ma spesso vaga e imprecisa, precettistica monastica precedente. I due cardini della vita comunitaria sono il concetto di stabilitas loci (l'obbligo di risiedere per tutta la vita nello stesso monastero contro il vagabondaggio allora piuttosto diffuso di monaci più o meno "sospetti") e la conversatio, cioè la buona condotta morale, la pietà reciproca e l'obbedienza all'abate, il "padre amoroso" (il nome deriva proprio dal siriaco abba, "padre") mai chiamato superiore, e cardine di una famiglia ben ordinata che scandisce il tempo nelle varie occupazioni della giornata durante la quale la preghiera e il lavoro si alternano nel segno del motto ora et labora ("prega e lavora").

I monasteri che seguono la regola di san Benedetto sono detti benedettini. Anche se ogni monastero è autonomo sotto l'autorità di un abate, si organizzano normalmente in confederazioni monastiche, delle quali le più importanti sono la congregazione cassinense e la congregazione sublacense, originatesi rispettivamente attorno all'autorità dei monasteri benedettini di Montecassino e di Subiaco.

A Montecassino, Benedetto visse fino alla morte, ricevendo l'omaggio dei fedeli in pellegrinaggio e di alcune personalità come Totila re degli Ostrogoti, che il monaco ammonì, e l'abate Servando.

Benedetto morì il 21 marzo 547 dopo 6 giorni di febbre fortissima e quaranta giorni circa dopo la scomparsa di sua sorella Scolastica, con la quale ebbe comune sepoltura. Secondo la leggenda devozionale spirò in piedi, sostenuto dai suoi discepoli, dopo aver ricevuto la comunione e con le braccia sollevate in preghiera, mentre li benediceva e li incoraggiava.

Tra i numerosi miracoli che avrebbe compiuto san Benedetto durante la sua vita terrena, ricordati nei Dialoghi scritti da papa san Gregorio Magno, sono annoverati anche alcuni miracoli di risurrezione.

Le diverse comunità benedettine nonché il calendario della messa tridentina del rito romano ricordano il dies natalis del santo il 21 marzo, mentre il nuovo calendario del 1969 ne celebra ufficialmente la festa l'11 luglio (in realtà tradizionale data del suo Patrocinio), da quando Papa Paolo VI con il breve Pacis nuntius ha proclamato san Benedetto da Norcia patrono d'Europa il 24 ottobre 1964 in onore della consacrazione della Basilica di Montecassino. La Chiesa ortodossa celebra la sua ricorrenza il 14 marzo.

La traslazione delle reliquie
Secondo lHistoria Langobardorum di Paolo Diacono, nel 577 il monastero di Montecassino fu distrutto dai Longobardi di Zotone, che costrinsero i monaci a rifugiarsi a Roma. L'autore era uno dei cinque grammatici stranieri della Scuola Palatina di Carlomagno, che si era ritirato a Montecassino dal 782 alla morte. Il testo precisa che le reliquie di san Benedetto e di santa Scolastica furono sottratte e collocate in due monasteri omonimi della Gallia, nell'abbazia di Fleury-sur-Loire (ribattezzata Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire) e nella Collegiata di San Pietro a Le Mans.

La Cronaca di Aldrevaldo di Fleury, del IX secolo, conferma che san Mommolino avrebbe effettuato la traslazione delle reliquie nell'abbazia di Fleury-sur-Loire dopo la distruzione del monastero di Montecassino ad opera dei Longobardi. La tomba del santo e i miracoli elargiti descritti nei Miracula sancti Benedicti, scritti da cinque monaci dell'abbazia nei tre secoli successivi attirarono il pellegrinaggio, che portò all'abbazia francese benessere e fama.

Tuttavia le reliquie erano considerate quasi indispensabili alla comune devozione nel Medioevo, specialmente ai monaci, era naturale che fossero cercate e "trovate" dappertutto.
Ad esempio: un frammento di costola (Benedettine del Calvario di Orléans), un altro frammento di costola (Benedettine del Santo-Sacramento di Parigi), l'estremità superiore del radio sinistro (Grande seminario di Orléans), la parte inferiore del radio destro e la parte inferiore del perone sinistro (entrambi all'abbazia di Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire), un frammento della parte centrale di un osso lungo (abbazia di Santa Marie di Parigi), l'estremità inferiore del radio sinistro (abbazia di Saint-Wandrille), un frammento di falange dell'alluce sinistro (abbazia Notre Dame de la Garde), un frammento della parte centrale di un osso lungo (abbazia di Timadeuc a Bréhan), la rotula sinistra (abbazia d'Aiguebelle), un frammento dell'omero sinistro (abbazia della Grande Trappe),  braccio destro (Brescia). Secondo i monaci benedettini di Montecassino, invece, le reliquie autentiche sono sempre restate a Montecassino.

Il ritrovamento di una reliquia

Lo studioso e monaco benedettino Jean Mabillon pubblicò nel 1685 la seguente narratio brevis, ricavata da un manoscritto medievale dell'abbazia di Sant'Emmerano di Ratisbona, che egli giudicò vecchio di novecento anni e perciò contemporaneo alla "traslazione" del corpo del santo (VIII secolo):

Le origini della Medaglia di San Benedetto sono antichissime. Papa Benedetto XIV ne ideò il disegno e col "Breve" del 1742 approvò la medaglia concedendo delle indulgenze a coloro che la portano con fede. Sul diritto della medaglia, san Benedetto tiene nella mano destra una croce elevata verso il cielo e nella sinistra il libro aperto della santa Regola. Sull'altare è posto un calice dal quale esce una serpe per ricordare un episodio accaduto a Benedetto: il santo, con un segno di croce, avrebbe frantumato la coppa contenente il vino avvelenato datogli da monaci attentatori. Sullo stesso lato del libro aperto è raffigurato un corvo: quest'uccello sottrasse al santo un pane avvelenato prima che se ne nutrisse.

Venerazione
San Benedetto è il patrono di molti luoghi nel mondo. È uno dei patroni d'Europa. Nell'isola di Tenerife (Spagna) è il patrono dei campi e dei contadini. In suo onore si svolge un importante pellegrinaggio (Romería de San Benito Abad) su quest'isola, una delle più importanti del paese.

Note

Bibliografia
 Tancredi Grossi, San Benedetto e la sua opera verso la Chiesa e la Società, Torino, Società Subalpina Editrice, 1943.
 Adalbert de Vogüé OSB,"San Benedetto - Uomo di Dio"– Ed. San Paolo, 1999, ISBN 88-215-3870-2
 Papa Gregorio I, Vita di san Benedetto e la Regola, ed. Città nuova, 2001, ISBN 88-311-1403-4
  Anselm Grün, Benedikt von Nursia, Freiburg in Breisgau 2006
 Adalbert de Vogüé: Art. Benedikt von Nursia. In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie 5 (1980), pp. 538–549
 Benedikt von Nursia: Die Regel des heiligen Benedikt. Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1990. ISBN 3-87071-060-8
 Heinrich Suso Mayer: Benediktinisches Ordensrecht in der Beuroner Kongregation. Beuron 1929 ff.
 Raphael Molitor: Aus der Rechtsgeschichte benediktinischer Verbände - Untersuchungen und Skizzen. Münster 1929 ff.
 Sancti Patriarchae Benedicti Familiae Confoederatae: Catalogus Monasteriorum OSB, Editio XIX 2000. Centro Studi Sant'Anselmo, Roma 2000
 Anselm Grün, Benedikt von Nursia, Freiburg in Breisgau 2006
 Autour de saint Benoît. Aldebert de Vogüe. Vie Monastique num. 4, Abbaye de Bellefontaine, 1975.
 Saint Benoît. Dom Ildefons Herwegen, abbé de Maria Laach. Desclée de Brouwer. 1980 pour le 1500e anniversaire de la naissance saint Benoît
 Pierfrancesco Stagi, Benedetto da Norcia. L'esperienza di Dio, Collana Cultura Cristiana Antica, Borla, Roma 2015.

Amalia Galdi, Benedetto, Bologna, il Mulino, 2016

Filmografia
 Il sole di Montecassino, regia di Giuseppe Maria Scotese, Italia, 1945

Voci correlate
 Ordine di San Benedetto
 Case dei Santi a Roma

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  La Regola di San Benedetto - Testo critico

 Sito dedicato ai Monasteri Benedettini di Subiaco fondati da San Benedetto da Norcia

Abati di Montecassino
Santi per nome
Santi italiani del VI secolo
Benedettini italiani
Personaggi citati nella Divina Commedia (Paradiso)
Santi e Beati legati all'Arcidiocesi di Spoleto-Norcia
Fondatori di società e istituti cattolici
Santi della Chiesa ortodossa

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Changing Clemson: Swinney navigating coaching staff changes
By PETE IACOBELLI - Dec. 16, 2021 01:41 PM EST
FILE - Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, left, and defensive coach Brent Venables talk during an NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech, in Clemson, S.C., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that Oklahoma is targeting Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables to be its new head coach. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney kept getting calls and texts from friends and colleagues asking how he was doing the past two weeks.
Swinney and his championship football program underwent a shakeup unlike anything he had faced in 13-plus seasons as Tigers coach. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables left to become head coach at Oklahoma. Offensive leader Tony Elliott is now the Virginia head coach and athletic director Dan Radakovich left Clemson to take the same job at Miami.
All trusted confidants, all significant contributors to Clemson's success the past decade.
"Trust me," Swinney said. "We're going to be just fine."
That remains to be seen.
Much of the credit for Clemson's run of six straight Atlantic Coast Conference titles from 2015-2020 and national championships after the 2016 and 2018 seasons has been its stability.
Venables was hired from Oklahoma after the 2011 season and created one of the best defenses in the country for a decade.
Elliot, a former Clemson player under then-receivers coach Swinney in 2003, rejoined the team as an offensive assistant 10 years ago and rose to coordinator after Chad Morris' departure in 2014. The Tigers offense averaged better than 500 yards a game in five of seven seasons under Elliott.
Radakovich came to Clemson in 2012 and was a driving force behind football's $55 million headquarters, which at the time of its opening in 2017 was considered state of the art in college football.
Swinney said he will miss working with them but understands their choices to go.
"Continuity is great," the coach said. "I love continuity, but new opportunity is great, too."
Swinney believes his new football coordinators — offensive leader Brandon Streeter and co-defensive coordinators Wesley Goodwin and Mickey Conn, who all have spent years on the Tigers' staff — will keep Clemson moving forward.
Roddy Jones, a college football analyst for the ACC Network, said Swinney's track record on hiring the past decade should give him some breathing room at seeing how things shake out.
Clemson, Jones said, will still have the most talent in the ACC entering next season and will likely be favorites for the 2022 league crown after missing out on lifting the conference trophy for the first time since 2014.
"It's OK for them to have a year when things didn't all go their way," Jones said.
Clemson was No. 3 in the preseason rankings and then out of the Top 25 by September's end after losses to Georgia and North Carolina State. The 19th-ranked Tigers (9-3; No. 19 CFP) finished by winning seven of eight and will look for its 11th straight 10-win season when they play Iowa State (7-5) in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida later this month.
While Swinney, 52, has embraced change on his staff, he is not happy with the national landscape, particularly player transfer rules. He's long been against the revamped guidelines, including giving undergraduate transfers a one-time opportunity to play immediately at their new school.
Clemson has seen several players including former starters in running back Lyn-J Dixon and receiver Frank Ladson enter the portal this season.
"It's total chaos right now," Swinney said this week. "Tampering galore. Kids are being manipulated. Grass is greener and all that stuff as opposed to putting the work in and graduating. There's no consequences."
"No consequences," Swinney continued, "equals no conscience."
Swinney has advocated making underclassmen sit out a season after changing programs and returning that lost year upon graduation.
Retaining player is just one concern amid all the changes.
Recruiting is where Clemson must quickly prove it can succeed with its new staff, Jones said. The Tigers had three high-profile, defensive de-commitments after Venables' departure.
"Recruiting moves so fast," the ACC analyst noted.
Clemson signed 12 players Wednesday in the early signing period, second to North Carolina in ACC rankings according to 247sports.com. The Tigers' highest-ranked player who has signed so far is defensive back Jaedyn Lukus of Mauldin, South Carolina, rated the 48th top prospect, according to ESPN.com.
"There are always some consequences to change," Swinney said.
The coach is not worried about anyone's concern outside of his program.
"There is nobody that has more at stake than Coach Swinney. It's my livelihood. This is what I do for a living," Swinney said. "If people don't believe in me after 13 years of what they've experienced at Clemson, they ain't never going to believe in me."
Still the coach knows, it often comes down to what have you done lately.
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Lately, I've been talking a lot about ColdFusion session management. In particular, I've been exploring what works and what does not work in terms of explicitly ending a user's session. The ColdFusion application framework is incredibly dynamic and powerful, which is great; but, with its flexibility comes a need to really test the inherent behaviors of the framework to see how they actually work. As I was exploring session termination, it occurred to me that I wasn't sure how the ColdFusion session event handlers were being assigned. Meaning, were they assigned on a per-session basis? Or, were they assigned on a per-request basis?
To test this, I needed set up a situation where a given user could experience their application in two different ways: one with a fully defined Application.cfc including an onSessionEnd() event handler; and one with a partial Application.cfc with a short session and no onSessionEnd() event handler.
I am doing this test to see what happens to established onSessionEnd() event handlers if the last page a given user requests is part of a sub-application that doesn't define an onSessionEnd() event handler. Will the original session event handler be executed within the sub-application context? Or, will the sub-application unwire any existing event handlers associated with the user's session.
hint="I am the session scope associated to the session that has timedout."
hint="I am the application scope parent to the session that has timedout."
As you can see, this ColdFusion application framework component defines a one-minute session timeout and an onSessionEnd() event handler that logs the expired CFID to the file, log.txt. This way, any requests made in this application context should use the given event handlers.
same name as our root application.
onSessionEnd() event handler will be picked up.
As you can see, both the root and the sub application share the same name, "DualApplicationTest". This will allow them to access the same ColdFusion memory space and set properties on the same application and sessions. This sub-application, however, has a one-second session timeout. With this one second session timeout and a lack of the onSessionEnd() event handler, I can test to see if the event handlers defined in the root Application.cfc will be executed in the sub-application context.
As it turns out, they are not - when the sub-application session times out, the original onSessionEnd() event handler does not get executed.
This is interesting; but, I wasn't ready to draw any conclusions just yet. I felt that I needed to do one further test. This time, I wanted to use the same application setup; but, in addition to the one user entering the sub-application context, I wanted a different user (with a different session), making requests to the root application context. In this way, I could see if the ColdFusion application framework event handlers were defined in relation to the session or simply to the most recent application page request.
As you can see, this page uses the META-refresh tag to make requests to the application every two seconds. In doing so, we can see if the application event handlers defined in this session's page request will affect the session events triggered by the primary session in the sub-application context.
As it turns out, they do - as you can see in the video, the ColdFusion application event handlers defined in the requests made by heartbeat.cfm were wired up to react to the session events triggered by the user in the sub-application context. Keep in mind that these two sessions were owned by different users and had different CFID / CFTOKEN values.
This is very interesting. While it has been demonstrated that application and session settings (ie. management and timeouts) are defined on a per-session-request basis, it appears that ColdFusion application event handlers are defined purely on a request-basis, irregardless of the session associated with the given page request. To be honest, I am not sure how I feel about this. From a performance standpoint, I suppose it makes the most sense; by using a request-basis for defining event handlers, the ColdFusion server doesn't have to keep references to separate event handler definitions for every single session. But, from an intent-basis, I think this behavior might be off the mark.
The ColdFusion application framework might seem simple at first; but, the more you dig into it, the more dynamic and complex it becomes. I've been digging into it for a long time and I'm still learning new things! Explorations like this are incredibly helpful for me and I hope that they are starting to shed some light on the many nuances and caveats that come with the Application.cfc component and the ColdFusion application framework.
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Very nice detective work on this!
This should be better documented by Adobe.
Back to the drawing board and rethink my app mechanism.
The ColdFusion application framework is really awesome because of what it makes available. At face value, it does a lot for very little; but, once you get into the tiny details, there's really a lot that can be done - it's just super important to understand the full application life cycle. Like I said in the post, I've been looking into this a long time and I'm *still* finding this stuff :) It's a beefy framework.
This is actually exactly what I would have expected to happen. I think the mistake here is that you're looking at the OnSessionStart/End methods as being a part of the session, but really they are part of the application. Although you've declared that these two applications are the same application (same name), that doesn't create inheritance from one application to the other it just says that they can access a similar "namespace" for information. Basically, think of them as two separate programs with a shared scope; your sub program has no idea that there was an OnSessionStart/End in the other application, so it doesn't do anything with it.
I think that this test proves that naming your applications the same thing does not truly create a unified program out of separate applications, but rather it just kind of smashes the application scope together. Kind of like the applicationtoken attribute of <cflogin/>.
You make a good point regarding the event handlers as being a setting of the application, not of the session. That's actually is a very convincing viewpoint. I had been thinking of them in terms of the session - but, the event handlers are really how the *Application* handles events, one of which, happens to be session termination within it.
As far the inheritance issue, you are correct that one application doesn't "extend" the other one; however, they actually are the same application in the sense that any ColdFusion application is an "application."
Remember, the application isn't the Application.cfc file; rather, the Application.cfc file simply the means by which a given page request can be associated with an existing (or new) ColdFusion application. As such, when two Application.cfc files share the same name on the same instance, they are the "Same" application in that they associate with the memory space and can update the same settings. That is why, in the first example, the onSessionEnd() never executes after the sub-application is entered (the sub-application de-wired the onSessionEnd() event handler from the application with the given name).
I think we're saying the same thing, but with different points of view. I prefer not to use conjoined applications in ColdFusion because I don't feel that they are a complete solution.
I'm not really a fan of the fact that you can declare the same application in two or more different Application.cfc files if those application files don't truly create a single unified application. I'd prefer that if two "applications" have the same name, that they would share session and application start handlers; if they are really one application, it would make sense for them to be the same. The problem with ColdFusion's implementation of this is that there is no distinction between either application if they share the same name, so there is no way to enforce that kind of determination. This leaves me with what I feel is an incomplete solution to the problem of breaking an application into discreet parts, so I choose not to use them. I've also found that in most cases, the need for a second application was caused by a problem that could have been overcome with a different application design and/or it created a high degree of coupling between the two applications which always came back to bite me (such as when it became necessary to move the two applications to different servers).
I've been thinking about your said all day, regarding the "application" level events rather than session events. I really really like it. I guess I never thought too deeply about that point and it just makes so much sense - everything set in Application.cfc (from a settings perspective) is about the application. The fact that there are session that do stuff is only meta to the situation in so much as that the event bubble up (so to speak) to the application.
Just really clarified it nicely in my head, thanks.
As far as two apps with the same name, I pretty much never do that - I only did it here as a way to test. I agree with you that there is something that doesn't feel quite right about it.


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PURA Syndrome
It is in coming together that we find the strength to endure the hardships, learn about the wonder of others and create a place to celebrate success.
The PURA Syndrome Foundation
The PURA Syndrome Foundation is a globally focused charitable organisation, registered in the USA as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation. The Foundation supports and educates patients and their families, providing a global community. Governed by volunteer international board members, the Foundation provides the global community with a place to belong. For those isolated by rare disease, the Foundation provides access to medical research being completed and educates people about the condition. Foundation, families, clinicians and researchers together as one community. We keep our families informed by organizing a yearly global conference, developing educational materials and sending out quarterly newsletters.
Our biggest annual event is a conference where the families of patients with PURA syndrome can convene, support each other and share resources. Families also hear from medical researchers who are working to understand PURA syndrome. Bringing the families and researchers together at this event, increases understanding and knowledge for research. This in turn, enhances the quality of life for patients and their families.
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Our mission is to serve, educate and fund research for families coping with the effects of PURA syndrome.
Our values are:
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Foundation Bylaws - forthcoming
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Jennifer Bierling
Jennifer is an experienced executive, with background in program management and business process reengineering in the manufacturing and healthcare industries. She is currently Vice President, Business Product at Express Scripts, a Cigna company, where she leads a team responsible for pharmacy benefit management and client support technologies. She is passionate about building an culture of inclusion of those with disabilities in our communities and in the workplace, and co-leads the disability inclusion employee resource group at Cigna to champion that effort throughout their US and global operations. Jennifer's daughter, Ainsley, was diagnosed with PURA Syndrome in 2017 at 13 years old. Ainsley loves riding horses, listening to music and giving hugs to everyone she meets. Since Ainsley's diagnosis, Jennifer has been so impressed by the active engagement and support of the PURA community, and hopes to further build that community as the parent liaison to the foundation. Jennifer lives in St. Louis, Missouri, USA with husband Jeff, daughter Ainsley and son Alex.
Jon Erickson - IT and policy support
Jon is the Chief Technologist of InsuraMatch, a subsidiary of the Plymouth Rock Group. He has started several companies: Parlerai, a collaboration service for children having special needs; Apliant, a technology service for insurance agents; and OnCorps, an adaptive decision sciences company. Jon was also a venture partner of Fidelity Ventures, the chief network architect of Fidelity Investments and the chief technology officer of COLT's European Internet business. Jon is a board director of AbilityPLUS, offering recreational opportunities for individuals with disabilities. He is also a board director of Friends of Tuckerman Ravine, partnering with the US Forest Service preserving the slopes of Mount Washington. Jon's daughter Karly was diagnosed with PURA syndrome in 2016. She loves her brother Grant, spending time outdoors and is a student at the Crotched Mountain School. Jon, his wife Kristin, son Grant and daughter Karly reside in the USA.
Damon Fisher - Treasurer
Damon holds a degree in Electronics Technology, having worked at his current employer for 27 years. In this role, he coordinates and manages complex projects in the electric utility industry. Damon is a strong believer in giving back to the community. He is active in his church, where he is an Elder and serves on the Church Session, which governs the operations of the church. In this role, Damon is currently in charge of the Buildings and Grounds operations and budget and helps create the overall church budget. He also supports the non-profits U.R. Our Hope (rare and undiagnosed conditions), as well as T and C Miracle League, where his son Owen plays baseball as a Texas Ranger. Owen was diagnosed with PURA syndrome in 2014, at the age of 12. Damon is passionate about bringing families with rare genetic conditions together, and hopes to meet all the PURA syndrome families in person one day. Damon lives in Texas (USA), with his wife Amy, son Owen and dogs, Ruby and Anna.
Amanda Shanks - President
Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist who owns a private practice in Charlotte, NC. Amanda is passionate about the rare disease community, previously serving as the Director of Fundraising for the PURA Syndrome Foundation, founding and leading the Annual World Rare Disease Day Rally of Charlotte and serving as a founding member of the Rare and Undiagnosed Network of Charlotte (RUNCharlotte). She has represented the PURA Syndrome Foundation at various conferences hosted by Global Genes, NORD, and the EveryLife Foundation. In addition to her rare disease advocacy work, she previously worked for and volunteered at the Mecklenburg County Jail and serves as an Elder at her home church, Avondale Presbyterian. Amanda's daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with PURA Syndrome in 2018 at the age of 2.5.
Dominic Spadafore - Past President
Dominic is a licensed architect practicing across the country on a variety of projects from zoos and parks to hospitals, college campuses, and libraries. In addition to design and managing architectural projects, he spends a great deal of time and effort in bringing sustainable design and processes to projects, as well as assisting in the operations of his company, Dewberry Architects. Dominic is husband to Christy and father to Fran, Rocco, and Vincenza "Cenza". Cenza, was diagnosed with PURA syndrome in August, 2016, when she was 3 ½ years old. Dominic is looking forward to contributing to the PURA Syndrome Foundation through strategic initiatives, growth planning, and outreach and support to the parents and care givers of PURA syndrome patients. For over 14 years he has held many positions serving on non-profit boards for his church, as well as the Eastern Oklahoma chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Dominic and his family currently reside in Tulsa (USA).
d.spadafore@pura-syndrome.org
Todd Vaught - Vice President
Todd is a District Manager for Waste Management, Inc. During his 25-year career, Todd spent ten years managing collection companies that serviced more than 250,000 commercial & residential customers and fifteen years as a recycling coordinator overseeing an operation that processes and markets 150,000 tons per year of recyclable products. While attending Indiana University, pursuing his degree in Biology, Todd met and married Melissa and they have been married for 27 years. They have two children, Taylor 25 and TJ 22. Their oldest Taylor was diagnosed with PURA syndrome in 2015 at age 22. Todd is an active supporter of Bridge of Promises, a non-profit organization that provides classes and activities for adults with special needs and has participated as a team leader for Habitat for Humanity. It's Todd's hope to utilize his business skills to help support the PURA Syndrome Foundation in any capacity. Todd and his family currently reside in Seattle, WA.
The PURA Syndrome Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) charity organization. Information on this website is not a substitute for personal medical advice. Families should consult a medically qualified physician in all matters relating to genetic diagnosis , management, and health . Information about PURA and genetics in general is a very fast moving area and while the information on this website is regarded as the best at the time of publication , some facts may change later .