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[ Tuesday, January 08, 2008 07:29 ]

Legacy Journal: Number Two as Winners: The Rest of the Story.

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Sports

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We all like to see underdogs win. Avis vs Hertz. The latest example is an impressive performance by the LSU Tigers of Baton Rouge, LA in the BCS Championship win over number one ranked Ohio State University. One unsung hero of the win is first year LSU Offensive Coordinator, 50 year old, father of seven, Gary Crowton from the state of Utah. He was calling plays for the SuperDome sky box and was seldom seen on the TV screen. Mavericks make headlines. Good Mormons quietly do their jobs. That is all you need to know except that he enjoys biking with his family.

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Crowton has lived, played and coached around the country. Orem, Provo, Snow JC, Idaho State, BYU, Oregon, Lousiana Tech, Chicago, Georgia, Boston College, Western Illinois, Colarado State. He is a student of BYU Coach, Dr. LaVell Edwards , the “spread offense”, and he is part of a quarterback tradition that includes former Forty Niner Steve Young and Kellen Clemens, currently with the NY Jets.

He is but one example among many of quiet, competent, and capable team players making a difference over time. Some times that difference is on Mission, sometimes in the class room or on the field, sometimes at home, at church or in the community. Dr. Edwards and his wife did a Mission in NYC after he retired from coaching in 2000 after eighteen years at BYU. Gary Crowton was his replacement.

Meanwhile in New Hampshire, the nytimes video reporters visits the bars and discovers the natives heat their homes with $3 a gallon fuel oil and use wood burning stores. The same voters have yet to hear of an energy plan from the candidates. Perhaps the recent warm weather has influenced the messages and the turnout.

Revkin of GoEarth blog at the nytimes is still hot on melting ice in Greenland. In January yet? So, who has the most compelling worry? BTW, the really good news weather story today is that a a lost snowmobile family was found in the snow blizzard National Forest areas out of Durango, CO. The predicted summer water shortage crisis predicted by earlier Revkin sources for the southern Rockies region seems to be rapidly fading.

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[ Monday, December 24, 2007 13:05 ]

Legacy Journal: On Christmas Eve, Peace and Good Will.

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Briefs

Summary:
The snow is fresh in Rochester, NY. The moon is full, shoppers are out and about, music and good will are in the air.

So, bake some cookies with the kids, take a bracing walk, write a note, wrap a gift, have some oyster stew. Gather and celebrate.

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Take a break from worry and woe, and be of good cheer.

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[ Thursday, December 20, 2007 06:43 ]

Legacy Journal: Music and Performance from the Heartland.

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Arts and Culture

Summary:

“A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.”

“If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.”—Brigham Young

Question?: What is the longest, continuously running network broadcast in the United States?

* Christmas is a time for the performance of exceptional music and rich visuals. One of example is the annual PBS presentation of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra, and Sissel from Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Christmas calories and fitness are another issue of perception over reality. Gina Kolata, as usual, clears up the confusion.

* Recent Ob-Gyn Rounds at UofR Highland, an e-mail from Damon in The City, and workouts at JCC reminds me of the continuing legacy of a San Francisco original, Dr. John Kerner, long associated with the MT. Zion Hospital and Medical Center. He is part of a video presentation, a Chronicle porfile, and a recent award from the French government at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C.

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So, what are the messages and the meaning for Christmas 2007?

: First, the Mormon faith is not a radical non-christian cult. The LDS church in the mainstream of more than 350 years American religious history.

:: Second, the 360 member volunteer Choir, the 20,000 seat performance hall, and the recording facilities at the Conference center, are unique, without peer and a part of a noble and enduring American tradition.

::: Third, featuring the Norwegian star, Sissel, is season appropriate and reflects a continuing global reach originating since 2000 from Salt Lake City and the Convention Hall.

:::: Fourth, the program support of the Sorenson and Eccles families and foundations is evidence of the sustaining power of the pioneering foundations of region.

::::: Fifth, the program needed no host or spokes person. The richness and quality of the choral, instrumental and dance performances said it all. It is part of the Mormon way, after all.

Answer: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Spoken Word, since 1929

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[ Monday, December 17, 2007 09:43 ]

Legacy Journal: Monday Previews

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FrontPage

Summary:
“Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?” --- Richard Feynman

* This morning, national ABC TV Weatherman Sam Champion was forecasting from snow storm central, Rochester, NY. The area is 300% above normal snow fall for this date in the season. One third of the normal seasonal quota has already been filled and winter has not officially started! But, raw numbers can be misleading. At 0800 the sun was out and the sky was cloudless. Some schools closed, others were open. Folks were out to work, clearing, shoveling, plowing and shopping.

During the last week, there was one day without a US troop death. Is the surge working? At the John Wooden Classic MBB in Indianapolis, Purdue hosted and defeated rated Louisville and Rich Patino while starting four freshmen. Therefore, are rankings misleading? Wooden is reported to have graduated 19th in his class at a time Purdue had 4,000 students. His first job after graduation was as a classroom English teacher at a small high school.

* Meanwhile, billions of dollars are being pledged to help jump start a new state of Palestine, new species have been discovered and described regularly in remote, barely explored places like the highlands of New Guinea, and the quality of life and the choices available has never been better for more people.

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Meanwhile, guilt, uncertainty, and fear continue, as usual. Understanding positive parts of the three News Summaries are part of the antedote.

: Above and below normal or average is common and not a cause for concern. Take the weather. Complex system events like winds, ocean currents, cloud formation, precipitation patterns and temperature variation are like many events in the natural world where change and chaos are in play. Predication and forecasting are difficult even with real time monitoring, massive computer modeling by the NWB, and constant updating of data. General patterns do exist, but the action on the ground is usually very locale specific and novel. What is true in downtown Rochester, or next to Lake Ontario may well not apply a mile south over the hill in Brighton’s Summit Dr. neighborhood. Furthermore, preliminary results reported by numbers like 1/3 d and 300% do not indicate trends that will continue for the remainder of the season. The same is true of the early season non-conference road record of the basketball Cardinal team.

:: And that brings us to Coach Wooden and sport. To the best of my knowledge, he has never run for public office, been appointed to a position of power and privilege, lived a life of ease and luxury, or been paid for a product endorsement. He has written a simple book of Wooden Wisdom. So, what makes him and others different from many in the current Y generation?

::: So, some critics and cynics focus on the failures of the past, others chose to travel the tough, slow, uncharted road to peace in the Middle East. One such traveler is football fan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Another person of character is the ant guy, E. O. Wilson. He has written that fewer than 25% of the worlds species have been discovered, described, named, archived and studied.

And finally, who can fail to be impressed by the demonstrated virtue of Charity and giving by the American public.

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