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Building Lasting Connections Through Mentorship
Tessa Russel
Every year the YWCA High School Mentorship Program matches grade 11 and 12 girls with professional female mentors in their prospective career field. From November to June, matches meet once a month to build their one-to-one relationship. Their meet-ups typically include attending interactive workshops at the YWCA, job shadowing at the mentor’s workplace or attending university information sessions.
For mentors and mentees alike, participating in the YWCA High School Mentorship Program fosters self-discovery, bonding and professional development.
Many matches are able to build lasting connections beyond the scope of the program. One match, Emily and Maggie, kept in touch long after the end of the program:
Maggie entered the YWCA High School Mentorship Program in grade 11 with an interest in becoming a doctor, so she was matched with an experienced mentor who was a family physician. Throughout the course of the year, Maggie decided that she no longer wanted to pursue a career in medicine, and applied to be matched with a mentor in her new area of interest – business and accounting.
In her grade 12 year, Maggie was matched with Emily, a chartered accountant who is a director in the finance department at Vancity. Through this match, Maggie learned that a career in business and accounting would be a good fit for her and decided her next step was to go to business school.
Maggie went on to study at UBC and stayed in touch with Emily. She even took Emily’s current mentee on a tour of UBC. Emily recognized Maggie’s drive and helped her secure a job for the winter break at Vancity. Thanks to the help of her mentor, Maggie was able to take the necessary steps towards her career and gain some relevant work experience.
Last year, 100 matches were made between high school girls and professional women. Maggie and Emily are just one of many matches whose connection lasts long after the High School Mentorship Program is over.
Make meaningful connections by mentoring a grade 11 or 12 girl. To apply, contact mentorship@ywcavan.org.
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Listen To This: "Le Grand K" - Pointed Man Band (World Premiere!)
“Le Grand K” single cover
Who’s in the mood for a jaunty song about the weight loss of a tiny Parisian cylinder made of platinum and iridium!?!?!
Believe it or not, YOU are.
That’s right, Dan Elliott and his allusion-dense chamber-pop-for-kids music of Pointed Man Band have a song for you based on this very topic. It is ten tons of fun, or, er, one kilogram of fun, or, er, ever so slightly less than one kilogram of fun.
Elliott wrote the song a number of years ago, around the time of Flight of the Blue Whale, but never recorded it. Now as he went into the studio to record new music earlier this year, he dug the song out and the result is the track “Le Grand K” below, a world premiere for you!
And, yes, there’s more new music from the Portland band on its way — Amongst the Tall Trees will get a release later this year, tentatively set for late spring. Until then, consider “Le Grand K” a bonus track for your edification and enjoyment.
Pointed Man Band - “Le Grand K” [Soundcloud]
Le Grand K by Pointed Man Band
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$1.537 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina
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Home » Find a Winery A-Z » Graham's
Established in 1820, W & J Graham is one of the most famous names in the Port trade and has long been synonymous with the greatest Vintage Ports. The Symington family acquired the company from the Graham family in 1970, so today Graham?s remains a wholly family-owned firm. At the heart of Graham?s Port is the famous Quinta dos Malvedos in the upper reaches ofthe Douro Valley.The old winery was completely renovated in 2000 and is now equipped with three revolutionaryrobotic lagares that ?tread? the grapes. Alongside these are the ancient granite lagares where some of the harvest is still trodden by human foot. The neighbouring Quinta do Tua and Quinta das Lages in the Rio Torto valley are key veinyards for Graham?s, as are the privately family-owned Quintas of Vila Velha and Vale de Malhadas.
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Leeches Make a Medical Comeback
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Treatment with leeches may reduce pain and stiffness in patients with arthritis of the knee, German scientists report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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In a study of patients with knee arthritis, the team compared a single treatment with four to six leeches with that of a 28-day regimen of topical diclofenac – a common treatment for arthritis. Leeches were applied to painful points of the affected knees of 24 patients and left in place for about 70 minutes, until they detached by themselves.
After 7 days, pain scores had improved to a much greater extent in the leech group than in the diclofenac group. Moreover, benefits in function, stiffness and total arthritis symptoms were maintained through 91 days of follow-up, the report indicates. The treatment was safe and well-tolerated, the authors report, although they note that leech therapy does carry certain infectious risks.
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But many players actually described themselves as addicts, said a social psychology professor and media analyst at Simon Fraser University. "Fifteen percent of Everquest players say: 'I'm addicted.' Thirty percent can be categorized as addicts," he said.
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Compiled by Kari L. Dean. Reuters and AP contributed to this report.
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Board of Regents Approves Revisions to Hiring Process for UW System Leadership Positions
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“Recruiting and selecting the leaders of our institutions is one of the most significant responsibilities we have,” said UW System President Ray Cross. “I appreciate the hard work done by the hiring workgroup to help streamline our process and also to help ensure that UW institutions, our students, and Wisconsin taxpayers get the fine leaders they deserve.”
“This Board has demonstrated a willingness to modernize our processes to reflect the evolving needs of the university and our state. We are leading the way in enacting meaningful and impactful reforms to reflect the changing dynamics of higher education, including attracting more non-traditional candidates to executive leadership positions,” said Regent President John Robert Behling. “We have a wonderful group of chancellors and system leaders. This policy update simply reflects the consensus that our current search and screen process is cumbersome.”
Vice President Petersen said, “The average amount of time to hire a new chancellor from the announcement of their resignation or retirement to naming a replacement is about nine months. That is simply too long as we want our campuses to continue to run smoothly during this type of transition. The changes we are making to our hiring process will make us more efficient and effective in attracting the next generation of university leaders for the UW System. They also send a powerful message of accountability and responsiveness to our stakeholders, including the legislature and the Governor.”
On August 7, 2017, President Behling announced the creation of the hiring workgroup. Resolution 4 outlines the policy changes and rationale the workgroup recommended in today’s Agenda and Materials document online.
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Cholesterol Redux: As Eggs Make A Comeback, New Questions About Health Risks
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Eggs have made a big comeback. Americans now consume an estimated 280 eggs per person per year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And that's a significant increase compared with a decade ago.
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By Allison Aubrey • Feb 25, 2019
Even if you're not aware of it, it's likely that your emotions will influence someone around you today.
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Antibiotic resistance poses a threat to global health and food security. And McDonald's — one of the globe's largest purchasers of beef — gets it: The more that antibiotics are given to livestock, the more quickly bacteria could adapt and become resistant to them. Ultimately, experts say this could render the drugs ineffective for people.
More Salt, Fewer Whole Grains: USDA Eases School Lunch Nutrition Rules
By Allison Aubrey • Dec 7, 2018
School lunches are healthier than they were five years ago. But Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says schools need more flexibility in serving meals that kids will eat.
"If kids are not eating what is being served, they are not benefiting, and food is being wasted," Perdue said in a statement announcing a rule that is set to be published later this month.
New Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less
By Allison Aubrey • Nov 12, 2018
You've likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking.
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Physical Activity Guidelines To Change For The First Time In 10 Years
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We Just 'Fell Back' An Hour. Here Are Tips To Stay Healthy During Dark Days Ahead
By Allison Aubrey • Nov 3, 2018
When it comes to turning back the clocks on our devices, technology has us covered. Our smartphones automatically adjust.
But our internal clocks aren't as easy to re-program. And this means that the time shift in the fall and again in the spring can influence our health in unexpected ways.
Food Stamps For Soda: Time To End Billion-Dollar Subsidy For Sugary Drinks?
By Allison Aubrey • Oct 29, 2018
If you peer into Americans' grocery carts, you're unlikely to see a mix of foods and beverages that make for an ideal diet. And this is true for many of the nearly 42 million people who receive food stamps, too.
Want To Keep Your Brain Sharp? Take Care Of Your Eyes And Ears
By age 40, about 1 in 10 adults will experience some hearing loss. It happens so slowly and gradually, says audiologist Dina Rollins. "You don't realize what you're missing." And even as it worsens, many people are in denial.
By the time someone is convinced they have a hearing problem, age-related memory loss may have already set in. But there's good news. Restoring hearing with hearing aids can help slow down cognitive decline.
FDA Bans Use of 7 Synthetic Food Additives After Environmental Groups Sue
Ever heard of these food additives? Synthetically-derived benzophenone, ethyl acrylate, methyl eugenol, myrcene, pulegone, or pyridine?
These compounds can help mimic natural flavors and are used to infuse foods with mint, cinnamon and other flavors.
You've likely never seen them on food labels because food manufacturers are permitted to label them simply as "artificial flavors."
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Antenna Hungária Runs Free-to-Air 3D Test Transmission Including Euro 2012 and Summer Olympic Games
On July 1, 2012 the MinDig TV users could watch the Football European Cup final in 3D without a subscription fee in Budapest and around the capital. In July and August -for the period of the Summer Olympic Games -the MinDig TV HD offer will be enlarged with a free-to-air 3D test transmission.
Antenna Hungária will launch a 3D test transmission on its digital terrestrial television platform among the first in Europe. On July 1, 2012 the MinDig TV users can watch the Football European Cup final in 3D without a subscription fee in Budapest and around the capital. The m3D channel of MTVA will be available from June 25, 2012 on the channel 43 from the Budapest, Széchenyi-hegy transmitter. In July and August -for the period of the Summer Olympic Games -the MinDig TV HD offer will be enlarged with a free-to-air 3D test transmission.
Digital terrestrial television has been the fastest growing platform in the past year, there are more than 300,000 households using MinDig TV, the free-to-air digital service. Almost all of new flat-screen television sets (plasma, LCD, LED) now come with a
DVB-T MPEG-4 tuner and thus no stand-alone decoder has to be purchased for watching on MinDig TV for example the free HD quality sport events such as the Formula-1, Football European Championship and Summer Olympic Games.
Technical parameters of the DVB-T 3D test transmission of Antenna Hungária:
Transmission site: Budapest, Széchenyi-hegy (OMK)
Channel: 43 (650 MHz)
Settings: 16QAM, FEC 1/2, GI 1/32,
Bandwidth: 12.06 Mbps
Video: 3D side by side
Audio: AC-3 5.1 or AC-3 2.0 and Mpeg1 layer II stereo
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The dangers of urban gardens
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Dutch innovation improves fruit transportation
Temperature readings in containers 30% more stable with OTFLOW
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German coalition crisis causes euro to drop
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Meet Selina Nwulu Young Poet Laureate for London
October 20, 2015 By Kiri Rupiah
“When I was younger, I was quite a shy person but I found that poetry was a way in which I could connect with other sides of myself….”
Selina Nwulu is multi-talented woman. A writer, researcher, educationalist, poet and now 2015’s Young Poet Laureate for London.
Young Poet Laureate for London is a position awarded annually to a poet aged between 21 and 30 living in London. This prestigious award recognises talent and potential and provides a career–changing programme of engagements, professional development and networking. The role celebrates emerging literary talent and provides a platform for commenting on life in London from the viewpoint of a young person.
Nwulu is inspired by global justice, protest and politics using themes of identity, daily observations, nostalgia, and belonging; all while managing to be confident, sincere and skillful in her work.
Watch her perform “Home is a Hostile Lover”, which was first screened at ‘Silence Would be Treason – Between Nigeria and Here’ an event on oil, politics and poetry, at Empty Shop in Durham earlier this year.
You can see more of her work here and follow her on Twitter.
Of her new role Nwulu had this to say in an interview with the Guardian newspaper:
“As young poet laureate for London, I will be doing various poetry performances across London as well as running workshops with different groups of people. I am also looking forward to working with young people this year, those who are both already interested in poetry and the ones that think it’s a bit dull. I’d like to help you see that not all poetry is the same; there is so much poetry out there, so many different styles and ways of presenting poetry. And if you don’t like what you read, then why not write your own poems? Decide what makes a good and interesting poem and write it. That’s what I did, and it’s why I keep on writing.“
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C-17s Infiltrate The Carolinas During Massive Airlift Exercise
Joint Base Charleston was put under pressure last week conducting an extraordinary exercise to evaluate their ability to deploy a large aircraft formation during a simulated crisis. And by large I mean very big airplanes in a very big formation.
As part of Crescent Reach 2015, 15 aircraft departed the military base in Charleston from the 437th airlift wing for a multi-ship formation to Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina including 11 C-17 Globemaster IIIs. The 437th joined forces with the 628th Air Base Wing and reservists from the 315th Airlift wing to get things off the ground successfully. Along the way, the formation was met by four additional C-17s, six C-130s, E-8 JSTARS and two F-16s during the 82nd Airborne Division’s participation in All American Week.
Testing the pilot’s abilities to fly in a large formation was only a portion of the goals for this exercise. Deploying members’ ability to survive and operate in dangerous environments was also exercised through Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosives training and evaluation events. As another part of the mobility portion of the exercise, over 1,500 paratroopers and critical equipment were dropped to simulate a Joint Forcible Entry of the Global Response Force. Additionally 40 Container Delivery System (CDS) bundles, eight dual row platforms and one heavy platform were dropped from the airlift aircraft.
CDS bundles are roughly the size of a coffin and used to supplement equipment carried by the airborne paratroopers or resupply forces already on the ground. The CDS has its own self contained cargo parachute that deployed with a 20 foot static line attached to the C-17.
The dual row platform is intended to drop much heavier equipment with weights upward of 14,000 lbs. Heavy drop is used by airborne forces most often to deliver vehicles, bulk cargo, and equipment.
The value of a exercise of this magnitude allows the armed forces the opportunity to see training completed on a smaller scale now executed of a larger, more real world scenario. The annual mobility exercise allows the airlift wing the chance to perform almost every aspect of a combat mission including intelligence development, aircraft loading and launch, airdrops and special operations and landings on semi-prepared runways.
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Stable carbon isotope ...
Stable carbon isotope ratios of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi of MIS 2 time slices, supplement to: Thunell, Robert C; Poli, Maria-Serena; Rio, Domenico (2002): Changes in deep and intermediate water properties in the western North Atlantic during marine isotope stages 11-12: evidence from ODP Leg 172. Marine Geology, 189(1-2), 63-77
The interval of time represented by marine isotope stages 11 and 12 (~360–470 ka) contains what may be the most extreme glacial and interglacial climate conditions of the Late Pleistocene. It has been suggested that sea level rose by ~160 m at the termination of glacial stage 12. This is 30% greater than the sea level rise that followed the most recent glacial maximum. There have been few detailed studies of the unique conditions that existed during the stage 11–12 time period because of the lack of high-quality core material. This problem has been addressed by the collection of high deposition rate cores from sediment drifts in the western North Atlantic during Ocean Drilling Project Leg 172. Benthic foraminiferal d13C data from cores collected between ~4600 and 1800 m were used to reconstruct bathymetric gradients in deep and intermediate water properties for selected time slices during this glacial–interglacial cycle. During glacial stage 12, the deep western North Atlantic was filled by a water mass that was more nutrient-enriched than modern Antarctic Bottom Water. Above 2000 m, a more nutrient-depleted water mass existed during this glacial stage. Such an intermediate water mass has been described for more recent glacial periods and presumably forms in a more proximate region of the North Atlantic. Interglacial stage 11 water mass properties closely resemble those of the present-day western North Atlantic. A nutrient-depleted water mass (d13C of 0.75–1.0 per mil), similar to modern North Atlantic Deep Water existed between 3500 and 2000 m. This was underlain by a water mass with lower d13C values (<0.75 per mil) that probably was derived from a southern source. Using Leg 172 data, along with previously published results from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, we estimate a mean global d13C change of 0.95 per mil from stage 12 to stage 11. This is twice the whole ocean ?13C change reported for the transition from the last glacial maximum to the Holocene.
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Raymond Saulnier was right - letting dollar float was the beginning of the end for the economy...http://jonathanpelto.com/2016/11/08/running-congress-jonathan-pelto-green-party-candidate-2nd-cd/
CTMIRROR: https://ctmirror.org/2019/07/17/wall-street-agency-warns-cts-battle-with-pension-debt-is-far-from-over/
Previously...
W H E N A R E S T A T E S G O I N G T O C O M E T O G R I P S W I T H F E D E R A L I S M A N D M A N U P ? N E W C T M I R R O R S E R I E S . . . Above COURANT story in full.
Here is a link we are sure many are dying to know about. And the "truth squad" report on what the mill rate really is in Hartford. We note other communities have varying rates, too. David Walker leaving CT.
BOSTON FED VISITS C.G.A.: https://www.courant.com/business/
How does the housing price performance, if that is what this means, parallel changes in demographics? And by the way, here is the 2019 latest from journalist with a grip on CT finances...
https://www.bostonfed.org/
FIRST FIVE TO THE Nth POWER DEPT. (DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE)
https://www.courant.com/politics/government-watch/hc-pol-lender-chapter11-state-loans-20190405-t535egwchfdzrfwfbbncgpihsa-story.html
Parallels to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Remember the FDR programs that the Supreme Court voided? And "packing the Court" too! Changing commercial real estate market: "...Short of Amazon setting up shop in west Danbury, the question remains: What do you do with a largely vacant 1.2 million-square-foot building in receivership?" from the Danbury News-Times' article.
WRINGING HANDS DEPT::
Since we are now focused on "Income Inequality" what about this news? https://www.theday.com/business/20181015/sears-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-amid-plunging-sales-massive-debt
HOW IS THE CT BOND COMMISSION LIKE THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS IN PAMPLONA?
Someone always get gored - no reference to Al. Since it was a Special Meeting no agenda changes allowed. Update: Meetings cancelled so far in 2019...
And then the voting Republicans get trampled by Democrats who used the sharp horns of Mason's Rules (like Robert's Rules).
I WONDER WHAT THREATS WERE MADE FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO SWITCH? HE DIDN'T, HOWEVER.
Special Meeting of the Bond Commission did...what? Took away $$ from real needs to appease the Governor. Rep. Rojas makes lame excuse. 3 brave folks.
Motion to amend the agenda out of order. HA HA
Item #15 for $10 million toll study came to a vote.
Only Republicans voting no - even tho' Democrats opposed it. Comptroller Lembo was as good as his word.
Considering that there were members of the Legislature (Democrats) at the table only Rep. Rojas had the courtesy to explain why they were "Standing by Their Man" - which in a few words translates as "he's gone before any real money gets spent."
Rep. Rojas seemed to me to say the Governor promised to only send out an R.F.P.
CTNEWSJUNKIE report: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20180725_10m_approved_to_study_tolls_on_connecticut_highways/
C.C.M. Forum July 2018: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20180723_analysis_pension_shortfalls_loom_large_2_experts_talk_solutions/
PLEASE READ THIS ON PENSION DEBT
Taking the bull by its horns, as it were, an opinion piece from CT MIRROR
DOES CT NEED A FRESH LOOK? https://ctmirror.org/2018/04/03/attacking-state-pensions-stemerman-tries-break-gop-pack/
Regarding shopping malls and new owner: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-generalgrowth-bankruptcy/general-growth-files-historic-real-estate-bankruptcy-idUSLG52607220090416
THE SUN ALSO SETS DEPARTMENT
By Mark Steyn, NATIONAL REVIEW online
"...There’s a famous exchange in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Someone asks Mike Campbell, 'How did you go bankrupt? Two ways, he replies. 'Gradually, then suddenly.'”
Speaking of Hemingway's quote: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/california-coastal-elites-poor-immigrants-fleeing-middle-class/
HOLD ON TO YOUR POCKET BOOK DEPARTMENT: http://www.ct.gov/dob/cwp/view.asp?a=2235&q=587310
SOCIAL SECURITY NOW RUNNING A DEFICIT (JUNE 2018) - 2034 TO RUN OUT OF $$
DISTRESSED MUNICIPALITIES IN CT: https://www.theday.com/local-news/20181022/four-southeastern-connecticut-municipalities-considered-distressed
So what is a CT "distressed" municipality? "...Kolie Sun, DECD senior research analyst, said nine factors are used for the distressed municipalities list: per capita income, percent change in per capita income, poverty rate, percent of population change, unemployment rate, percent of employment change, age of housing stock, percent of residents 25 and older who are high school graduates and equalized grand list per capita."
CHARTER REVISION DEBATE IN GROTON: This will be fun to watch Election night!
By Charter Revisions, a few years ago, Weston implemented both a quorum for ATBM and a Referendum vote on the bottom line of Town, School and Capital Budgets. The unintended (or not?) consequences: http://www.aboutweston.com/budgetfy16new.html
Link to:
M.A.R.B.
MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD
F . S . & E . G .
FISCAL STABILITY & ECONOMIC GROWTH
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY?
NORWALK HOUR EDITORIAL
This second report received wide coverage. One of Co-Chairs. of original Commission noted the timing is better this go 'round...
In the all important last line of this CTNEWSJUNKIE article, another view: Fiscal Stability & Economic Growth guys...approve those ideas
New London DAY report: https://www.theday.com/local-news/20181128/fiscal-panel-report-renews-call-for-legislature-to-tackle-tax-reform
Contrasted to outgoing O.P.M. leader, who understands that government is slow moving and hard to turn - what may be ahead - like the R.M.S. Titanic.
C.R.S.A.
CT Retirement Security Authority
FROM PEW
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/publications/awp/awp92
Election of 2018 removed two of Weston's legislatoras (center and right)
FOCUS ON CONNECTICUT
FOCUS ON WESTON...AND HOW WE RELATE TO THE LARGER PICTURE OF WHITHER CT?.
Some of us watched the CT Tax Panel as well as the Spending Cap Commission in succeeding summers, and reported online here.
CONNECTICUT STATE BOND COMMISSION MEETING JUNE 1, 2018 DISHES OUT THE $$
So who said there were any fiscal stability problems? To listen to the Governor there's no problem. We just have to make sure the workforce can match these higher-paying jobs he sees flooding in.
THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT: i.e. Simple economics - if you create economic activity there is a spin off effect = 1 industrial/manufacturing job = 3 more in other businesses and parts suppliers; 1 retail/commercial job = 2 more created; 1 government job.= 1 addition job. Oversimplification, but actually, not too far from the empirical studies!
Very complicated matter deciding how to "model" the economy of one state all by itself. Should we be only thinking globally? Regionally - which size region?
Someone want to know about "multiplier effects?" https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1224/ML12243A398.pdf
How about a nice analysis of what input you need before you can model an economy...http://pages.uoregon.edu/rgp/PPPM613/CommEconAnalysis.htm
FIRST CAME CT TAX PANEL (2015), THEN THE SPENDING CAP COMMISSION (2016) AND FINALLY, THE FISCAL STABILITY & ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMISSION (@Nov. 2017 - Mar. 2018).
What did he do for an encore?
NEW CT MIRROR SERIES 2018
PART ONE: https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/29/already-deep-debt-connecticut-struggles-extremes-wealth-income/
PART TWO: https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/30/among-connecticut-cities-towns-wealthiest-big-spenders/
PART THREE: https://ctmirror.org/2018/10/16/wealth-income-inequality-housing/
PART FOUR: https://ctmirror.org/2018/10/15/inequality-health-care/
PART FIVE: https://ctmirror.org/2018/12/17/millionaire-suitcase-man-myth/
PART SIX: https://ctmirror.org/2018/12/18/wealth-inequality-solutions/
SMART PEOPLE ONLY
As we were saying, CT is in dire straits.
http://www.ctn.state.ct.us/ctnplayer.asp?odID=14798
TWO OTHER ENTITIES MENTIONED IN THIS EVENT:
Joe Brennan a member:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/fin/tfs/20150904_Commission%20on%20Economic%20Competitiveness/membership.pdf
Stanley Black & Decker on this one:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/fin/taskforce.asp?TF=20171205_Commission%20on%20Fiscal%20Stability%20and%20Economic%20Growth
PETER GIOIA INTRODUCES...
C.B.I.A. Joe Brennan and Donald Allen Jr. of Stanley Black & Decker
BETTER POLICY:
Private sector leadership. Fiscal Stability & Economic Growth. Tariffs hurt. Engaging workers young & old.
Beyond The Engine Backlog - panel
Take a job that will carry over 40 years. 80% of profit reinvested. Wave coming. Take a long term view (unless you have a rich uncle).
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT...and by the way here is a link to the Economic Competitiveness Commission that hasn't met all year.
BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME DEPARTMENT:
Governor made a point that residents next door to Milford Town beach have WC facilities plus they can go home and return easily. He didn't suggest sharing facilities w/State Park next door.
B O N D I N G C O M M I S S I O N S P R E E 1 1 - 2 9 - 1 7
Hey no problem.
In under an hour, Connecticut spends on XL Center, $500 million on delayed school constructions...under new spending cap. Rep. Davis votes "no" on those items he feels are "wants" and not "needs."
Capital funds now sucking up operating funds?
BOND COMMISSION GOES TO TOWN TUESDAY?
Whoever the next Governor is he or she should take a few workshops in panhandling...
UCONN LAW SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM ON BANKRUPTCY - SOME OF PRESENTERS AT FIRST PANEL...AND THEN CT-N CUT AWAY TO HEAR ABOUT "THE DEAL". SPEAKING OF DEALS, THE ARTICLE TO READ ON THAT SUBJECT.
And the latest news: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/wall_street_sends_connecticut_a_warning_10_13_2017/
The Capitol City to go bust? Implications for everyone of the 169 towns in CT? Regions?
Intervene? Or just kick the can down the road? Again. And then there is the me me me cry from all worthy and not as worthy groups.
COURANT: http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-bondholders-call-20170922-story.html
SYDNEY CARTON RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR? As we've said before, "my way or the highway" is the leadership style of this administration. No compromises. Not running for re-election.
NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS. Legislators most sensitive to the needs of those they can hear from at or out the window of the Capitol...what deficit? Moody's thoughts, April 26th article in the Courant
http://ctsdc.uconn.edu/
"The legislative session ended Wednesday with no agreement on a new state budget and no certainty on whether Hartford would get the tens of millions of dollars in additional aid it needs to avoid insolvency..."
Above opening line in the Courant Session wrap story today: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-aid-in-limbo-20170607-story.html
Above the prospect of increased job opportunities in defense industry.
Well, we started to outline our ideas for fixing CT's financial mess, but decided not to put it online for two reasons:
Nobody cares what About Town thinks anyway;
Our views make assumptions that those in the political establishment would not find acceptable.
Surprise! AFSCME in Hartford doesn't agree to do what it is claimed it had agreed to do: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-union-deal-failed-20170519-story.html
How about the end run around new Federal Law?
This is a loophole waiting for income redistribution advocates to grab a hold of???
" That new state tax bill, which Malloy has not signed into law yet, allows municipalities in Connecticut to create “community supporting organizations” classified as charitable organizations. Taxpayers would make “contributions” to these organizations that are credited toward their tax liability. Since there is no cap on charitable donations in the new tax law, this would allow Connecticut taxpayers to avoid the $10,000 cap on SALT tax deductibility."
How about this good news - but no one wants to give credit to the new federal tax law...
CT Finances like the Board of Ed Budget in Weston - all but a few hundred thousand dollars to teachers, administrator and contracted work. Where was the Speaker employed again"
"...Almost two-thirds of the state’s $18 billion General Fund involves costs that largely are fixed by contract or federal rules, such as employee wages and benefits — including pensions and retirement health care — the Medicaid program and payments on bonded debt.
"And of the little more than $6 billion that’s left, about $3 billion goes to cities and towns as grants.
"So how do you close annual deficits of $2.3 billion and $2.8 billion with spending cuts — without gutting municipal aid, something legislators from neither party nor Gov. Dannel P. Malloy have done since he took office in 2011?
"Further complicating matters, a dozen of the state’s poorest communities receive about half the total of the largest grant program, the $2 billion Education Cost Sharing program, which helps fund local school districts.
"So how do legislators avoid major state tax hikes without cutting local aid — and not just grants to the wealthy towns?
"And if legislators do cut aid to most communities, will their legislators still want to provide something extra for Hartford?
“'From Day One I have felt and still feel if we are not helping towns in general, then it will be very, very difficult to ask for the support we need,' Fonfara said..."
(One part of a longer article in CT MIRROR 5-15-17)
CONNECTICUT STATE TREASURER DENISE NAPPIER AT BOND COMMISSION THINKS TO HERSELF...SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR BOND RATING AFTER TODAY?
Governor punts until after Mother's Day to fess up to what a mess we're in - and oops we shouldn't have bonded for more? But those of us who have memory of past similar events know that Bond Commission action can be rescinded.
About Town said, in a column some time ago, that the solution was to have a extra state-wide property tax of two (2) mills to cover what may or may not come from the C.C.J.E.F. lawsuit appeal. Please remember that the very same people who are now complaining about not receiving money from Hartford ("aid to towns") are the same people (mostly) who started the C.C.J.E.F. lawsuit in the first place. Including Governor Malloy when he was Mayor of Stamford!
A February 2017 article of this subject: http://www.csg.org/pubs/capitolideas/enews/issue65_3.aspx
"Zero" is the right number for urban renewal...when imputed cost of wasted time by government included...
But that was quick:
Thursday: http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-news-crda-backs-down-from-xl-center-eminent-domain-20180523-story.html
Wednesday: http://www.courant.com/real-estate/property-line/hc-xl-center-eminent-domain-20180522-story.html
Wall Street agency warns CT budgets will be bleak for years
CT MIRROR
By: Keith M. Phaneuf | April 5, 2017 https://ctmirror.org/2017/04/05/wall-street-agency-warns-ct-budgets-will-be-bleak-for-years-to-come/
The Moody's report here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3536536-Moody-s-Paper.html
CT MIRROR 2017 SERIES "THE LEGACY OF DEBT"
BANKRUPTCY: Cities can do it, States can't; and other Entities can - what's the story now in 2017 and beyond? WHAT IS THE RULE IN CT FOR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF MUNICIPALITIES?
An idea come again for the 50 States? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/state-bankruptcy-change-life-public-pensioners-bond-holders/story?id=12732137
SOME SOURCES:
From the point of view of "shadow" bankruptcy: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/32-states-now-officially-bankrupt-378-billion-borrowed-treasury-fund-unemployment-ca-mi-ny-w
Quick and dirty FAQ: http://www.csg.org/pubs/capitolideas/enews/issue65_3.aspx
We're in the soup: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmauldin/2016/07/28/dont-be-so-sure-that-states-cant-go-bankrupt/#3c834ed97521
Check this "California Dreaming" out: http://www.businessinsider.com/can-california-actually-go-bankrupt-yes-and-heres-how-2010-3
Dreamers (where did their holy principles go) from CT: http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Malloy-confidants-spar-over-competing-casino-11139197.php
We began this sub-page some years ago - below an updating of sorts, and simplification:
BANKRUPT CITIES AND TOWNS AND COUNTIES IN THE U.S.A.; HARTFORD, CT, SOMEDAY SOON? HOW ABOUT THE POST OFFICE? Social Security? Did we leave any entity out?
In 2009, we knew all about this crisis - and Dionne Warwick asks "Do you know the way to San Jose?" It was at this time that one whole county was underwater as well as a few communities.
ARTICLE ON THE 13 FINANCIALLY SICKEST AMERICAN CITIES (from a few years ago): These geographical areas updated: Nice simple graphic. For most recent news: How about all 50 States? Research summary: http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/Norcross-State-Fiscal-Condition-summary.pdf
Illinois - you don't want to know.
Michigan: "Hybrid pension plan" development - other States and cities and towns watching...and remember - don't drink the water in Flint.
Detroit Looks to Health Law to Ease Costs
NYTIMES
By MONICA DAVEY and ABBY GOODNOUGH
As Detroit enters the federal bankruptcy process, the city is proposing a controversial plan for paring some of the $5.7 billion it owes in retiree health costs: pushing many of those too young to qualify for Medicare out of city-run coverage and into the new insurance markets that will soon be operating under the Obama health care law...
Pennsylvania and how it relates to Illinois;
PUERTO RICO 2019
"Promesa" - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/business/puerto-rico-bankruptcy-promesa.html
PROMESAS ROTAS
Paragraph noting how this might affect CT:
"...That has turned Puerto Rico into something of a test case. Although cities and municipalities — most notably Detroit in 2013 — have declared bankruptcy, states are not eligible to do so. But a number of them are dealing with serious financial problems because of pension costs.
"A combination of inadequate funding over the decades, a wave of retiring baby boomers and the lingering effects of the 2008 financial crisis has forced states to reduce benefits, increase funding or both. But a few states — including Illinois, New Jersey, Kentucky, Connecticut and Colorado — are still far behind, and more drastic measures may be tempting if Puerto Rico can provide a road map to recovery."
Puerto Rico - not a State, but close. And research/stories below:
FACTS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_11_of_the_United_States_Code
Not facts - ct - http://ctmirror.org/2016/05/20/ct-lawmakers-advocates-open-to-new-puerto-rico-bill/
Not facts - D.C. -http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/2/puerto-rico-rebuilding-must-be-accompnies-by-econo/
Atlantic City? Hartford? Who pays for Hartford sewer service since they have a long history of regional governance? And yet another twist.
DALLAS? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/business/dealbook/dallas-pension-debt-threat-of-bankruptcy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
California the Independent State of Fruits and Nuts
Its cities: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/business/dealbook/a-sour-surprise-for-public-pensions-two-sets-of-books.html?action=click&contentCollection=DealBook&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article
Out for the count? Or is the solution to pass the debt back down the chain to a level of government that CAN go bankrupt? But, since there is no level of government between State and locality in CT (counties do not exist except on maps), that requires voluntary revenue or Grand List sharing to pay for mandated activities that are unfunded??? Hartford AFSCME article: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-union-deal-failed-20170519-story.html
DO YOU THINK FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS A GOOD TIME TO ANNOUNCE JUNE BUDGET FREEZE AND ROLL BACK? READ THE LAST LINE!
HOW ABOUT OUR CAPITOL CITY? http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-unused-sick-vacation-payouts-20170504-story.html
Watch toward the end of a long Tri-Board Meeting for a former First Selectman!
TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS ON THE TABLE IN 2017...ACIR TO THE RESCUE? Mayor of Hartford brings tin cup to Legislature...as a draft board once said, "You can bleed, too."
FROM FORBES...
"NON DESCRIPT ROAD" MEANS IT LOOKS LIKE WESTON, PERHAPS? MORE RATS DESERTING THE GOOD SHIP CT? BRING IT ON WITH REGIONAL COST SHARING? Higher minimum wage, too, since these are the new jobs.
CONNECTICUT: THE BANKRUPTCY STORY OR NOT - what's new? And then there is this: http://ctmirror.org/2016/05/02/malloy-democrats-bring-very-different-perspectives-to-budget-crisis/
HARTFORD COURANT news story Dec. 1, 2016: http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hartford-cityline/hc-hartford-moodys-mdc-reserve-fund-1202-20161201-story.html
Summary: Moody's pleased. "...The Metropolitan District's reserve fund, approved reluctantly by member towns, was tagged as a positive step by Moody's Investors Service, though the ratings agency warned the designation could change if the fund is later eliminated." The reserve plan, adopted as part of the district's budget, forces member towns to each pay a portion of Hartford's sewer fees should the city become insolvent.
"Wait What" strikes again: http://jonathanpelto.com/2016/10/26/malloy-claims-5-7-million-state-budget-deficit-400-million-closer-truth/
MORE MORE MORE BONDING: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/bond_commission_expected_to_approve_last_of_school_security_funding/
ARE WE "JUNK" YET? http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/two_wall_street_firms_downgrade_connecticut_bonds/
How many "bankrupt" cities and states?
Should we be getting nervous? Yup, and here is why...Example #1 - http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/public_retirement_bill_headed_to_malloy_after_wyman_breaks_tie_vote/
An explanation of how politics controlled by one Party encourages "Crony Retirement Benefits or not? Jon Lender: http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-lender-part-time-boosts-pension-20160624-column.html
From the Hartford Courant April 30, 2016: "...Hit hard by stock market losses by Connecticut's richest residents, the state's budget deficit exploded Friday to $256 million — nearly double the previous estimate — for the current fiscal year..."
‘We really don’t have a deficit.’
“I think there are some real aspects to [the deficit,] and then I think there are all kinds of muddied aspects to it,” Malloy told The Mirror during an interview last week.
When the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis projects a $1.37 billion hole in 2015-16 finances, more than $300 million of that is an inflationary adjustment.
But Malloy said state agencies routinely are asked to make do without any inflationary funding bump.
Similarly, analysts count some mandated increases in town aid that legislatures and governors routinely waive year-after-year.
OFA counts contractually obligated pay raises for workers, but doesn’t consider that the governor might freeze vacant posts to offset those costs.
The governor insists these and other efficiencies can whittle away three-quarters of the projected shortfall.
As far as the remainder, less than $400 million in red ink, “I have dealt with that size problem throughout my political career,” said Malloy, who served 14 years as Stamford’s mayor. through 2009.
“We really don’t have a deficit,” he said. “I know that’s hard to believe.”
He's right. The governor’s critics, both on the left and the right, don’t believe it.
“What a sad commentary,” said petitioning candidate Jonathan Pelto, a Mansfield Democrat and former state representative. “He’s not functioning in the same economic world that the rest of us live in...” From CT MIRROR April 8, 2014.
Bully bully pulpit story, 2016 DNC Convention; scary stuff: http://ctmirror.org/2016/07/26/analysis-ct-bond-premiums-grow-debt-by-550m-since-2011/
ANY "SMART" IDEAS?
CT 169 towns, plus special districts plus regional entities.
Hasta la vista "Green Bank?"
How about malfeasance?
"Special Taxing Districts" could go belly-up, too!
Why CT doesn't have the poorest cities anymore - because the Census Bureau has regionalized them (i.e. Bpt-Norwalk-Stamford MSA)!
We're number 3 in highest taxes as a state!
Bank failure an indicator?
RATING AGENCIES' ROLE:
Many big cities face serious pension debt, report says
By Michael A. Fletcher, Published: September 26, 2013
Most of the 50 local governments with the largest pension debt have worker retirement liabilities that are greater than their annual tax revenue, according to a new report from the credit-rating firm Moody’s.
The pension burden posed by current and future municipal retirees is significant and apparently troublesome for many local governments, the report said. Others, including Washington, D.C., have liabilities that appear manageable. The report was issued the same day that Detroit’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, indicated that he wanted to freeze the city’s pension plans and move workers into 401(k)-type accounts.
Under the freeze, retirees would still collect pensions but current employees could not accrue further benefits, and some cost-of-living adjustments would end, according to news reports. The freeze must be approved by Michigan’s treasurer and could come under legal challenge because of prohibitions in that state’s constitution against trimming pension payments. The move in Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy in July, came after an auditor’s report found that the city’s pension system made questionable bonus payments to retirees.
The Moody’s report found that other than Detroit, the most severely underfunded local government entities were in the Chicago area, which is also in the state that has the nation’s most severely underfunded pension system...
GOVERNOR MALLOY UNIFIES CT
Connecticut economy ‘moving sideways’
By Luther Turmelle, The Register Citizen
Posted: 06/14/16, 6:09 PM EDT | Updated: 9 hrs ago
“'...The real question we need to be asking is what tools are available to stimulate Connecticut’s economy, where is the organic growth going to come from?' a quote from CT economist - Story in full: http://www.registercitizen.com/business/20160614/connecticut-economy-moving-sideways
For openers...
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Home → News → Badshahpur-Sohna elevated road will firm up market
Badshahpur-Sohna elevated road will firm up market
The completion of the Badshahpur-Sohna elevated road section will not just ease the commute in the region, but also help residential and commercial markets grow
Several expressways built in and around the Delhi NCR have helped decongest the central parts and ease traffic for daily commuters and expressway passengers. Among the key corridors and stretches, the 21.6km Sohna Road holds significance, as it connects to the traffic-heavy Southern Peripheral Road (SPR). The road connects the main city of Gurugram with Sohna.
The NHAI is upgrading Sohna Road in two parts: While the first part comprises an elevated road from Subhash Chowk to a light ahead of Badshahpur, the second part involves expanding the road from Badshahpur to Sohna, by way of constructing a series of underpasses and flyovers.
Connectivity advantage, but concerns remain… All along these stretches and in the neighbourhood, residential and commercial projects have mushroomed and are catering to scores of end users.
The region’s proximity to some of the key offices and entertainment zones makes it important. The road is nearly 28km from the IGI airport, 17km from the Gurugram railway station, and 12km from NH-248A (SPR). It is linked to NH-8 and Rajiv Chowk. Any delay in the completion of the road may affect the overall real estate market in the region.
While work on the first part has been delayed, the government has recently removed encroachments along the road leading up to the Badshahpur village.
Average prices of houses along Sohna Road and in the region are between Rs 7,309 per sq ft and Rs 8,000 per sq ft. On offer are units ranging from 1- to 4BHKs, ranging in size from 350 sq ft to 3,000 sq ft. Compared to this, the average residential property prices in Sohna range between Rs 4,000 per sq ft and Rs 4,300 per sq ft.
Prices along Sohna Road have largely remained stagnant over the last one year. Hence, the creation of the Badshahpur elevated road is crucial. “Its completion is likely to add value to the overall infrastructure of the region. Sectors like 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, Sohna, and parts of Golf Course Extension Road will continue to register good sales,” Pradeep Mishra, a NCR-based real estate consultant, said.
“A peripheral residential market of Gurugram, Sohna has seen tough days. Even Sohna Road was affected. However, lower rates and good floor plans by firms have made projects saleable in the region,” a Gurugram-based consultant, Sushrut Gupta, said.
Industry experts agree. “Sohna’s real estate market is led by affordable and mid-segment housing. With massive demand from end users in the low- and midincome groups, Sohna has attracted several developers including Ashiana Housing, Raheja, ILD, Ireo, Supertech, and Tata Housing,” Prashant Thakur, head (research) at ANAROCK Property Consultants, said.
WHAT LIES AHEAD?
ANAROCK data shows that most of the projects are under construction. In the next two years, a large portion of these units is likely to be delivered. Thus, there is likely to be a rise in rental and capital values. There will be demand for ready-to-move-in properties. The completion of the entire road will also give stability to the commercial market.
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Home » Florida » Tuition Trends
Florida Colleges Tuition Trends Over The Current Decade(The 2010s)
There are 431 colleges in Florida State - 91 public and 340 private schools. The average tuition & fees of public schools are $3,892 for Florida residents and $13,634 for others in 2017. It increase 0.52% from last year and 12.43% from 2010 cumulatively. For private schools, the average tuition & fees are $17,798 which are increased -1.74% from last year and 10.96% from 2010 cumulatively.
Tuition & Fees Trends of Florida Colleges from 2010 to 2017
Next table and charts illustrates the tuition changes from 2010 to 2017 for Florida colleges and universities. The costs officially published by IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education and due to the data availability, the avarage amount mainly based on 2-4 years and 4 years colleges and universities.
For Florida public schools, the 2017 undergraduate in-state tuition & fees are $3,892 which has increased by 19.73% over the current decade and the out-of-state cost is $13,634 which has risen by 12.43%. In average, the rate of increase in tuition is 1.78% while last year increase rate was 0.52%.
Table. Undergraduate Tuition Trends (Public Schools) From 2010 to 2017 for Florida Colleges
0.00% 9.49% 6.52% 1.36% 0.49% -0.19% 0.99%
0.00% 5.14% 4.15% 3.59% -1.36% -0.05% 0.52%
0.00% 5.14% 9.50% 13.44% 11.90% 11.85% 12.43%
For private schools in Florida state, the 2017 undergraduate tuition & fees are $17,798 which has increased by 10.96% over the current decade. In average, the rate of increase in tuition is 1.57% while last year increase rate was -1.74%.
Table. Undergraduate Tuition Trends (Private Schools) From 2010 to 2017 for Florida Colleges
0.00% 2.66% 2.63% 2.97% 1.86% 2.20% -1.74%
The average graduate school tuition & fees of Florida public schools are $10,152 which has increased by 22.11% over the current decade and the out-of-state graduate cost is $23,755 which has risen by 4.96%. In average, the rate of increase in graduate tuition is 0.71% while last year increase rate was 6.86%.
Table. Graduate Tuition Trends (Public Schools) From 2010 to 2017 for Florida Colleges
$8,314 $8,992 $9,768 $10,048 $9,640 $9,445 $10,152
For private graduate schools in Florida state, the 2017 tuition & fees are $14,710 which has increased by -1.47% over the current decade. In average, the rate of increase in graduate tuition is -0.20999% while last year increase rate was -2.69%.
Table. Graduate Tuition Trends (Private Schools) From 2010 to 2017 for Florida Colleges
0.00% 0.10% 2.24% -0.70% 0.66% -1.02% -2.69%
You can check the changes of other college costs including room & board costs, book & supplies, and other living expenses at Florida college cost trends.
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home » company » news events » bell flavors fragrances announces madewell fragrances
Bell Flavors & Fragrances Announces Madewell Fragrances
Bell Flavors & Fragrances’ perfumers Steve Orson and Delphine Rupnow have partnered to create two new innovative olfactive signatures for Madewell. Crafted with natural essences and essential oils from around the world, these fragrances truly define the brand’s young, energetic and inspiring spirit.
Creator Steve Orson is a Senior Perfumer with Bell and a past President and Chairman of the prestigious American Society of Perfumers. Steve is on the exhausting pursuit of information and inspiration as he dives into books, music and culture; he is a performing musician and a creative expert with natural fragrance raw materials. This unique blending of skill, curiosity and energy led to the development of this simple, yet complex fragrance.
Crafted with natural essences and oils from around the world, Madewell’s first-ever fragrance line was designed for every day and every vibe – switched out depending on your mood du jour.
Beau pairs palo santo wood with coconut, white flowers, leather and cedar—take a deep breath, it’s just this hypnotic unisex blend doing its thing and feels like “the magic hour, always.”
Delphine Rupnow was born in France and spent her early childhood near the famous Alps, where the abundance of natural herbs, wild berries, woods and flowers shaped her formative years. This early exposure to nature’s herb garden ignited her olfactive curiosity and her passion for scents grew as she went on to earn two Master’s Degrees: the first in organic chemistry at the University of Versailles and another in flavors and fragrances at the University of Montpellier. Delphine has worked as a perfumer around the globe in Singapore, Europe and the United States and has projected her high energy and global aroma curiosity to develop this magical creation.
Inspired by lazy afternoons in the sun, unisex Sedona combines citrus-y neroli, bergamot and orange blossom with French lavender, orris and honey and feels like “Instant. Endless. Summer… Ahhhmazing.”
For more information, contact us at info@bellff.com.
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>Home >News >News Posts >MANS Graduates First Gr.12 Class with $26,000 in Scholarships
MANS Graduates First Gr.12 Class with $26,000 in Scholarships
MANS graduated its first Grade 12 class on Thursday, May 28. Frederick Crier-Jamerson and Coralie Nepoose are the school’s first high school graduates. Together, Crier-Jamerson and Nepoose were awarded more than $26,000 in scholarships to continue their educations at university or other post-secondary institutions.
Crier-Jamerson and Nepoose, who have attended school together since kindergarten, are “happy and excited” to be graduating as part of the school’s newest milestone. When asked what advice he would give to younger students about staying in school, Crier-Jamerson said “It’s always better to have an education.” In her valedictorian speech, Nepoose emphasized that "Education is the key to everything."
The families of the graduates attended in support of their success and aspirations. “I didn’t believe you three years ago when you told me my daughter would graduate from high school and go on to university,” Nepoose’s father, Levi Nepoose, told MANS principal Gail Wilton. “Because of this school and the scholarships, we can see it’s actually going to happen.”
The graduates and their families are glad that MANS added the high school classes that allowed the class of 2015 to fulfill university and trade school entrance requirements.
MANS began adding high school classes one grade at a time in the 2012-13 year even though that meant admitting fewer students due to space limitations. A recently-completed addition to the existing facility, added through generous donations of labour from Camrose Rotarian Ron Grue and Calgary contractor William Piersanti, created enough additional space to allow Crier-Jamerson and Nepoose to finish high school in the unique environment that has fostered their academic success.
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I Dream Of A Jeanie Bottle
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I Dream of Technicolor
By Tom Sewell, April 24, 2017 in I Dream Of A Jeanie Bottle
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I'm starting this thread as a place to discuss the most atypical story arc in Jeanie Bottle now that the arc is finished and we can't comment on it there. Right now I could be the royal "we" because no one else has posted anything on the Jeanie Bottle section of this forum since the day before I turned 66.
All the other arcs including the ongoing one (Story 10: I Dream of Verisimilitude) have been in the silly tradition of the Sidney Sheldon/Barbara Eden/Larry Hagman comedy, which I've loved for 52 years so far. Technicolor isn't. There's only one real gag in the entire arc, and it's in the short setup to the main narrative.
Prior to Technicolor, there was only one departure from the lighthearted spirit of the original series, this single strip in Story 4: I Dream of my Old Bottle. Until Technicolor, I thought this was a throwaway, put in as an extreme example to set up the line about Jeanie putting off that world domination idea. And maybe it was. But Technicolor makes it much more. Hitler's mistress in the Jeanieverse was a bottle genie, and she was punished by away her powers, making her mortal. Which is appropriate, although it would be nice if she lost her powers before she helped her master kill millions and millions of people. And then Eva's sister Rouyaa gets punished without delay for a much less serious breach even more cruelly, and ends up as old Ms. Eden.
Now, I actually like this arc. It's got tie-ins to real historical events that are in sync, and the characters seem more like real people--one of them is clearly Sidney Sheldon, who I'm pretty sure was real, although perhaps superhuman considering all he did in his long life. But it left me frustrated because it left some things hanging, such as:
When and why did Jeanie and Neil go back to 1969, and what did they do there?
Does Ms. Eden now know what happened to her old master, and that Jeannie is using her old bottle?
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Glad you liked the arc, 'I Dream of Technicolor' Tom.
Sorry to say, I'm not going to be able to give you answers you'll like.
Oh, there's a plan there. Jean and Neil didn't appear just cause I was bored. That being said, I'm hoping to do something REALLY special that will hark back to that point. I can't tell you what, because the plan is still in the works.
I will answer this one. "Does Ms Eden know what happened to Andy?" Of course. They were neighbors and friends. Does Ms. Eden ever learn that Andy was her long lost master. That will be left unanswered.
Is Jeannie the current genie in Rouyaa's old Bottle? Well, that is a strong possibility.
Well, here we are in November and two story arcs later, in I Dream of an Escape. With this weeks' comic, Jeanie's dream of escape from Haji's harem look's like it's going to be joined by Natalie's dream of escape from federal custody. Anyway, as I warned readers on that other IDOJB forum, spoilers may follow if you haven't read as far back as I Dream of Technicolor.
First, I think there's a special reason that Ms. Eden hasn't been seen since Technicolor. She hasn't been seen much before Technicolor, but she was just a cranky old lady before Technicolor. Since then we know she was the real genie the Sixties TV show was based on, that Hitler's genie was her sister, and that Haji took away her powers and left her to die--like her sister and for far less excuse. And that Haji erased her memories of who her master was, and his memories of her. And that her former master died of old age, and that Jean took his apartment, right next to hers.
What we don't know is a lot, but C.D. let us know what he didn't let us no about Jean and Neil's visit to 1969 and what Ms. Eden now knows is important.
Here's where I cross over the line into speculation and, of course, amazing crackpot plot theories.
The lesser of the two theories I have in mind as I write this line is that Ms. Eden will provide proof to Agent Anderson that Neil/Natalie's crazy genie story is true because she can show him proof Jean and Neil were present in 1969, long before they were born. This will provide Neil/Natalie his/her/whatever Get Out Of Jail Free card, and also bring Agent Anderson help N/N look for Jean because Jean's Anderson's only hope of becoming a man again.
The greater theory is that Rouyaa/Ms. Eden has secretly had her powers restored by the Blue Djinn and is out to get revenge on Haji because now she knows her old master is dead and it's Haji's fault she never re-united with him.
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Blanc de Blanc - Spiegeltent
Review by John Lombard
Strut & Fret's champagne-inspired cabaret circus "Blanc de Blanc" achieves a perfect blend of class and crass.
The cabaret evoked a stay in a luxurious French hotel, with the snide but likeable concierge Monsieur Romeo offering "full service", a nimble bellhop clambering on a luggage rank, and the night finishing with champagne in an inviting spa.
Monsieur Romeo charmed the audience as the supremely self-confident host, while his dorky and weird lieutenant Spencer won their sympathy. Their perfectly pitched sleaziness invited to audience to be equally shameless.
Director Scott Maidment has assembled world-class performers for this cabaret. The thrilling and sexy acts drew gasps as much as leers from the audience, with highlights including the freaky clown Spencer Novich, athletic contortionist Shun Sugimoto, and breathtaking aerials from Milena Straczynski.
The "champagne" theme of the night was well-developed, with French music, bubbles, and of course many glasses of bubbly tying the disparate acts together.
The Spiegeltent was the perfect venue for this performance, fusing the intimacy and excitement of the big top with the comfort of a theatre.
The hot tub brought out for the second half proved too inviting for some audience members, who were justly scolded for dipping in an investigative hand.
Blanc de Blanc is a night of world's best circus and cabaret, packaged with skill and judgement - a satisfying blend with a mellow finish, and corks aren't the only thing that will pop.
Platform Papers No 55
Art, Politics, Money: Revisiting Australia’s Cultural Policy by David Throsby. Currency House: Platform Papers No 55, May, 2018.
Commentary by Frank McKone
In 2006 David Throsby wrote Platform Papers No 7: Does Australia Need a Cultural Policy? After 12 years of a terrifying but fascinating political history, he concludes we should begin again.
He suggests our starting point should be the ‘definitional proposition’ from the Labour policy document Creative Australia which came to nought in 2013 when the Liberal/Nationals Coalition under Tony Abbott defeated Labour’s Kevin Rudd. The proposition reads:
Australian culture is the embodiment of the distinctive values, traditions and beliefs that make being Australian in the 21st Century unique – democratic, diverse, adaptive and grounded in one of the world’s oldest living civilisations.
Throsby believes that this ‘can be seen to rise above Party politics’, and ‘is likely to be generally accepted, regardless of political leaning.” He is concerned as probably we all are that ‘a wide-ranging rumination on our culture and its values at this present time is most unlikely to appeal to the Prime Minister or his Cabinet, given the cultural conflicts that keep re-surfacing within the Coalition’s own ranks, the Government’s apparent lack of interest in the area, and its preoccupation with issues they would see as having higher priority’.
But he does put up some practical suggestions for immediate application by a Labour Minister for the Arts after the next election, which must take place by May 2019. I suggest his ideas should be taken up by The Arts Party, which has recently established a new formal structure with the objective of sending at least one member to the Senate next year. We need a voice in the Parliament whichever party forms Government.
As Throsby puts it: The Minister for the Arts “will have his own ideas of
what might be included, but here are some suggestions for components for a new arts policy package, derived from discussion in this paper:
• A recalibration and expansion of the
artist-in-residence programs in schools;
• A forum or series of forums on arts funding,
perhaps including a broad discussion of the
role of peer assessment in evaluating grant
applications;
• In conjunction with the Cultural Ministers’
Statistics Working Group, persuade the ABS to
re-establish the National Centre for Culture and
Recreation Statistics;
• A program to increase funding for art centres
in remote communities to enable expansion in
their support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander arts in all areas of art practice;
• Re-establishment of the Cultural Industries
Innovation Centre;
• Set up a feasibility study to consider the
establishment of a Heritage Lottery Fund.”
A little explanation, in reverse order:
The “Heritage Lottery Fund” is based on the UK National Lottery, funding to which – as an example – the Royal Shakespeare Company has access through Arts Council England. Throsby recalls, in support of this idea, the success of the Opera House Lottery which helped fund the construction of the Sydney Opera House back in the day.
“The Australian Government’s Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC) was a wonderful organisation that worked with over 1,500 creative enterprises from 2009 to 2014. They provided one-on-one support, and facilitated research reports including Valuing Australia’s Creative Industries, which showed that the creative industries made a direct contribution to GDP of $32.8 billion in 2011/12, more than the contribution made by many traditional industries.” https://www.creativeplusbusiness.com/ciic-resources/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts centres are now a feature of many communities across Australia. They are already supported to some extent by the Federal Government but need more money and more security of funding to develop fully. The rationale is that art is central to those communities’ social cohesion and ongoing stability, to the benefit of the whole Australian society.
Throsby writes: “Progress in implementing any policy needs to be tracked over time, and this requires data. In the cultural arena, the axing by the Federal Government of the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2014 dealt a blow to the steady supply of data about arts and culture from the Centre that had contributed so strongly to supporting policy-making in the field.” (Page 57)
Throsby notes that the Australia Council has thankfully survived through all the political exigencies, including some shenanigans, since its inception as an independent statutory authority through the Australia Council Act 1975. There are other models internationally for the evaluation of grant applications which he believes we should examine, especially because of confusions over the years about concepts like ‘quality’, ‘excellence’, ‘diversity’, and issues like inclusion, small to medium organisations, heritage, individual practitioners, ‘major’ performing companies.
An expansion of the artists-in-residence program in schools is a straightforward action a new minister could take immediately, as part of much broader policy development about the central role of arts in education.
“There are many lessons to be drawn from the sad meandering tale that represents the progress, if it can be called that, of Australian cultural policy over the last ten years that we have charted in these pages. Some of these lessons are encouraging – for example, as Australians we have shown that we can indeed countenance a coherent national cultural policy if the mood so takes us. Some of the lessons are profoundly discouraging, such as the sense that good policy is fragile, it can be replaced by bad policy, and in the end does anyone really care?”, writes David Throsby.
Throsby’s paper is a clarion call for political action, and maybe there are signs of hope. The Arts Party did remarkably well in the last election while it was still in a very early fledgling state. It is now ready for a major campaign for 2019.
And equally remarkably, “Gonski’s radical review” was the front page Fairfax headline as I write (Canberra Times, Monday April 30, 2018).
“Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will push for a radical overhaul of the Australian curriculum after endorsing a blueprint by his businessman friend David Gonski to fix the lagging school system. The Gonski 2.0 plan will transform the school system to assess and reward personal progress, not just standard academic benchmarks. It challenges the Commonwealth, states and territories to ditch their ‘industrial model of schooling’ in favour of a more modern and individual approach.” (by Michael Koziol)
This raises the possibility of applying the very model of student centred learning and personal development which arose from Currency House’s Platform Papers No 54 Young People and the Arts: An Agenda for Change by Sue Giles, which I reviewed on this blog in March 2018, and developed with a detailed article on my blog at www.frankmckone2.blogspot.com .
It’s time to take action, I believe.
SYDNEY: Launch of Art, Politics, Money: Revisiting Australia’s Cultural Policy –
David Throsby in conversation with MUP publisher and commentator Louise Adler
When: 6pm – 8pm, Tuesday 1 May 2018
Where: Dentons Seminar Room
Level 16, 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (between King/Market Streets)
All welcome. Book https://www.trybooking.com/VDYN or info@currencyhouse.org.au
Currency House’s Platform Paper No.55 is available for media on request and for
purchase on https://currencyhouse.org.au/node/255.
Media enquiries to Martin Portus at mportus@optusnet.com.au or 0401 360 806.
Canberra International Music Festival Concert 4: Four Seasons, Fitter’s Workshop, Saturday April 28th, 8pm
Music Review: Jennifer Gall
No-one left the Fitter’s Workshop on Saturday night unmoved after the performance of Max Richter’s Recomposed-The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. Written in Winter 2011, Richter set out to find a new vision for Vivaldi’s original journey through the seasons. In an interview for ABC Classic FM, Richter explained his motivation and his process for writing the work:
When I was a young child I fell in love with Vivaldi's original, but over the years, hearing it principally in shopping centres, advertising jingles, on telephone hold systems and similar places, I stopped being able to hear it as music; it had become an irritant - much to my dismay! So I set out to try to find a new way to engage with this wonderful material, by writing through it anew - similarly to how scribes once illuminated manuscripts - and thus rediscovering it for myself. I deliberately didn't want to give it a modernist imprint but to remain in sympathy and in keeping with Vivaldi's own musical language.
What we heard in the concert at the Fitter’s Workshop was an intensified view of the universal seasonal landscape, in which nature and human emotion are powerfully enmeshed. The opening Spring movement was a joyous cacophony of birdsong, growing in complexity till it filled the ears and imagination. By stripping back Vivaldi’s original score and distilling the absolute musical essence into looped thematic motifs Richter follows in Vivaldi’s footsteps, but he records his observations in a way that shakes the listener out of complacency with new music that moves us deeply.
The Festival Strings did a magnificent job, navigating the tempo variations; never faltering as they recreated Spring birdsong, a Summer storm, a wild Autumn dance party, and shivering crashing Winter icicles, all with the intensity of Richter's demanding minimalist score. Tim Fain grasped the challenging soloist role and led the musical exploration deftly while Roland Peelman kept a steady hand on the harpsichord directing the ensemble with his trademark precision.
Alice Giles and the Seven Harp Ensemble - (SHE)
In comparison, the first half of the evening was a gentler more introspective program. The prestigious Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE) led by Alice Giles performed two atmospheric new compositions by Ross Edwards – Harp Mantras and Mary Finsterer’s Four Interludes. While these works exploited the textural possibilities of an ensemble of 7 harps, it was interesting that neither composer capitalized on the potential to empower the voice of each instrument in the consort, displaying the many technical possibilities of these marvelous instruments. Peemoeller’s arrangement of Saint-Saens Danse Macabre, in comparison, demonstrated how each harp could use its voice to create a dramatic whole.
These quibbles aside, the more meditative repertoire played by SHE created an ethereal introduction to the concert, leading us forward for Max Richter’s dazzling re-awakening of the Four Seasons in the second half of the concert - a truly transformative experience.
(Images Courtesy of Peter Hislop)
Tim Fain and the Festival Strings play Richter's Re-composed
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Review by © Jane Freebury
The Party brings a bunch of people together in the comfortable middle-class environs of London, at the home of Janet, Kristin Scott Thomas in the role, and her husband Bill, a more than usually lugubrious Timothy Spall. Everyone has a secret to divulge.
Each character represents a segment of the influential elite. There’s someone from financial services, there’s a politician, there are two academics, and there’s a wellness coach and on-trend chef.
Bill has a droll routine as he puts records on the turntable, then announces that he has a terminal illness. That is bad enough, but hey, there is more in store yet for Janet.
The posh environs in London today may be more polite than Hornsby, Sydney, in the late 1960s when the notorious election night classic, Don’s Party, is set. But it isn’t the restraint that makes The Party fall short. It simply doesn’t gel.
Although not about to celebrate a change of government, it still looks ahead to the prospect of political change. Sometime down the track when the newly created shadow minister for health, (Scott Thomas), and her colleagues are voted into government.
Some cross-cutting between scenes looks great in the trailer, but deft promotional editing has elided the gaps and awkward pauses. The party goers, supposed to get really mad at each other, barely connect. Instead, they lounge around or stand stiffly stating their positions, firing their lines off into the undergrowth.
Someone gets slapped, another brandishes a gun, but it doesn’t for engagement make, and prospects for good argument turn in a damp squib. Talk about atomised.
There is every reason why the ‘polite party to skewer the middle classes’ formula has held up well over time, but hard as the actors try, it doesn’t work here. Given too little to do, they are defeated at every turn, even the mouthy Patricia Clarkson character, Janet’s old friend April. Cillian Murphy as a disturbed banker, Emily Mortimer as a pregnant chef in a same-sex marriage, and Bruno Ganz spouting new age banalities fare no better.
Mercifully short at 71 minutes, and filmed in artful black and white, The Party could have been a deliciously cynical demolition job on the types it portrays but Bill as DJ produces one of its few pleasures—a great playlist includes tracks from Bo Diddley and John Coltrane.
Writer-director Sally Potter has had a knack for surprising us. She teamed up with Tilda Swinton to wow us all with time travel and gender switching in Orlando in the early 1990s, then followed up with a romantic Tango Lesson in which she herself starred as student of the dance.
The Party, on the other hand, needed more work, not by the actors on set but by the writer before they got the call. It seems dashed off, an addendum to the 2015 British election during which it was written, and why it earned four stars in so many reviews is a mystery to me.
It’s clear what Potter had in mind, but when top actors can’t make it work, our gaze shifts to the filmmaker.
MA15+, 71 minutes
Also published at Jane's blog
Posted by Canberra Critics Circle at 12:26 PM
Labels: film
Blanc de Blanc. Strut & Fret at The Spiegeltent, Civic Square, Canberra, April 26 (preview), April 27 – May 20, 2018.
Director – Scott Maidment; Musical Director – Steve Toulmin; Costume Designer – James Browne; Choreographer & Co-Creative Director – Kevin Maher; Lighting & Set Designer – Philip Gladwell
Performers: Tuedon Ariri; Hampus Jansson; J’aiMime; Jess Mews; Laura New; Milena Straczynski; Monsieur Romeo; Spencer Novich; Shun Sugimoto.
Program illustration - The cast of Blanc de Blanc in action
New circus is now old, if not old hat – becoming established as it did in Australia with Circus Oz in 1978. But perhaps the better comparison for Strut and Fret’s Blanc de Blanc might be the work of the French James Thierée, brought up in Le Cirque Imaginaire and Le Cirque Invisible and reviewed on this blog for his work Bright Abyss presented in the Sydney Festival, 19 January 2006.
Quoting myself, “Thierrée's directing made what might have been a series of circus-style acts into a work of strong dramatic structure which drew the audience into the lives of those on stage and reflected on our own experience - and gave hope that, working together, we may survive the abyss and find our way in some kind of harmony.”
There will be people in the audience last night who will object, saying but we only came for a fun night! But I reply, in my curmudgeonly way (to steal a favourite word from the famous Canberra Times columnist, Ian Warden), that I wanted more. The performers – especially Jess Mews whose hoop swinging was certainly the most amazingly complicated and skilful I have ever seen – were all terrific acrobats, dancers, mimes and contortionists, but the basic idea of turning the largest Spiegeltent in Australia into nothing but a bawdy champagne party was a bit limited dramatically, I thought.
Of course, I appreciated what was often a spoof of the up-itself French-Canadian Cirque du Soleil, but what does Blanc de Blanc really mean?
I can’t do better, I suggest, than quote wine merchants Berry Bros. & Rudd:
A classic Blanc de Blancs is restrained and elegant when young, yet with ageing it develops a mouth-coating brioche richness that overlays an intense expression of fruitiness. Their Champagne by Le Mesnil, Grand Cru is described in this way: Le Mesnil is a cooperative located in one of Côte des Blancs’s greatest villages, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. It produces Champagnes that are smooth and rich with fine acidity at the basic level; while the vintage wines offer a significant step up, with crisper, richer and fuller fruit that will develop a toasty finesse.
How could you seriously make fun of that, hey? The term Blanc de Blancs designates Champagnes made only from Chardonnay grapes. If that had been explained in the show, I would have understood. Surely middle-class Canberrans only ever drink chardonnay – never those awfully pretentious NZ sauvignons. Though I notice that there’s a backsliding trend recently to the terrible Rhine rieslings, would you believe!
Well, the brioche richness certainly came in a highly original approach to the aerial work, in solo and duet, in and out of the water, but, while the ending inside and outside very surprising balloons and soap bubbles lightened the tone, the crowd taking selfies with the performers was not quite the ‘significant step up’ I would have preferred – certainly not ‘crisper, richer and fuller fruit that will develop a toasty finesse’.
On the other hand, perhaps this is not what the traditional Famous Spiegeltent is about – except that my first experience (of the then much smaller original ‘tent’) was at the Sydney Festival in 2007. The show was La Clique, compered by Canberra’s very own Mikelangelo, backed live by his Black Sea Gentlemen band. The episodes followed much the same format as Blanc de Blanc, the nudity of magician Ursula Martinez was much more sexually stimulating, the humour was not based on old-style stereotyping (including isn’t it great to just get drunk), the pure circus skills were nearly as good – and finally, the satire was funnier because it was better written and more biting.
But don’t let this curmudgeon put you off going along for the party, party, party atmosphere. It was just fun, and after all – maybe – all you need is fun!
All I didn’t need was to stand in a very long queue for a very long time in what was an unusually merely cool evening, instead of Canberra’s usual freezing temperature by this time of year. I suggest the 6.30 pm hour-long shows should start at 6 pm or even 5.30 pm, since we found ourselves waiting until the previous crowd departed and the venue was set up for the 8 pm show, which actually got under way maybe by about 8.20 pm. This really wasn’t fun, and helped make the opening of the action a less effective audience warm-up than it could have been.
A small fraction of the queue at The Spiegeltent Canberra
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1994 BMW 840ci, original paint, wonderful condition, long term adult ownership.
1994 BMW 8-Series Leather for sale in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, United States
Item location: Chapel Hill, Tennessee, United States
Trim: Leather
VIN: WBAEF632XRCC89453
Safety options: Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag, Passenger Airbag
Options: Cassette Player, CD Player, Leather Seats, Sunroof
Description for BMW 8-Series 1994
This BMW 840ci is an excellent original example of a well maintained adult owned car, now coming to market for the first time since 2003, after 3 years of storage. I'm selling this BMW on behalf of a friend whose father recently had a stroke, we are selling several vehicles from his collection. Clear TN title is in hand. Please read this listing carefully, if you areactively looking for a BMW 840, this is an exceptionally nice example.
Some specific history of this car. This BMW 840ci has been with the current owner since 2003 and 83,000 miles, it has just recently passed 130,000, and is in top condition. It was purchased in AZ in 2003, then moved to OK, and is now in TN, and has always been garaged. We have a service history file back to 2003, and a clean carfax report. The paint is all original, side and rear glass is also BMW original, but the windshield has been replaced. It retains its original tool kit, which is complete, and owners manual with pouch.
As part ofthe general servicing needed after three years in storage the following work has been done, all within the last 100 miles.New batteries, two, both in the trunk.Oil and filter, (synthetic), valve cover and timing cover gaskets.New catalytic convertors and new O2 sensors, she now passes emissions.Tires are Bridgestone Potenza 235/45/17 with 12/32 of depth remaining, brake pads are at 10mm.
The BMW runs and drives very well, no excuses, and no significant issues. A/C works as it should, all power accessories work, along with the radio, which is the original BMW AM/FM/ with cassette. A BMW CD changer is mounted in the trunk. This is a standard suspension coupe, it does not have the often troublesome EDC adjustable suspension. Minor flaws include some cracks at the top of the steering wheel and some separation of the headliner around the sun visors. The headliner itself appears new, but Dad can't remember. The drivers seatbeltis slow to retract, andthe chrome alloy wheels could benefit from some polishing.The fog lamps don't work,and we don't know why. The car comes with two keys, one remote has a new battery and works fine, the other remote is missing its guts. And finally, the engine cover could use some refinishing before being re-installed. Overall these are all minor items, and nothing that detracts from immediately using and enjoying the car, this is a very nice example.
Some extra parts are included with the sale;A set of genuine BMW floor mats, still in the wrapper.A full dash wood grain veneer kit, should you decide to install it. Various filters, bulbs, fuses, etc.Front license plate mount, in red, see picture for clarification.New OEM radio faceplate, not needed, just an extra.I have pictures of all the above if you need to see them.
The only none original items that I know of are the tinted windows, and the chrome wheels are not original to the car,as they are 17", not the stock 16".
Please reach out and ask questions. We have many more pictures, and will take a picture of whatever you need to see. The car is available to view and drive in Chapel Hill, TN, 37034. We will assist with loading, but the cost of transportation is on you. If you would like delivery within a reasonable distance, please ask before bidding, as we may be able to accommodate that. Delivery fee will be paid in cash and agreed upon in advance. Some will ask; Can I fly in and drive it home? Absolutely! No reserve, bid with confidence, and thank you.
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SCBC Volunteer Becomes First Canadian Mountain Guide to Earn PhD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 7, 2014
Central Saanich, BC – Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia (SCBC) Vice President and Boulders Climbing Gym Chair Kimanda Jarzebiak is very pleased to announce that SCBC and Boulders volunteer Iain Stewart-Patterson of Kamloops has become the first Canadian-born, Internationally certified mountain guide to earn a PhD.
Stewart-Patterson, President of the Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia (SCBC), is a certified Mountain Guide with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides and is also a Senior Lecturer with Thompson Rivers University in the Adventure Studies Department.
He is now one of 10 fully certified mountain guides in the world to currently also hold a PhD, and the only one to call British Columbia, and Canada their home.
Stewart-Patterson’s PhD is notable in the climbing and guiding field because his research focused on risk management, specifically the role that a guide or climbing instructor’s intuition plays in managing guests in a risk environment. Based on his results, he is now proposing changes in the way instructors and guides are trained, in order to accelerate and refine the development of decision expertise.
“Iain has been one of our most valuable volunteers, creating a competition belaying program that is the first of its kind in North America,” said Jarzebiak. “This has helped us safely host numerous events, including the World Youth Championships in 2013 and the just completed 2014 SCBC Provincial Championships.”
Stewart-Patterson lives in Kamloops with his wife Deb, and their two children, Robert and Alison, train at the Boulders.
Robert, Iain and Alison
About Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia (SCBC)
The Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia (SCBC) was established in 2012 to be the Provincial Sport Organization for competition climbing in British Columbia and to foster and promote the growth of competition climbing throughout the Province. Learn more at www.sportclimbingbc.ca.
Please Visit SCBC at:
Web: http://www.sportclimbingbc.ca
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About The Boulders Climbing Gym
The Boulders Climbing Gym is a not-for-profit society, with the mandate of making climbing accessible for everyone, regardless of ability or ability to pay. With over 13,000 square feet (1,208 square metres) of climbing space, The Boulders Climbing Gym is a community facility and a unique social enterprise, providing adaptive recreation and rehabilitation programs, youth recreational and competitive programs, as well as facilitating a climbing academy at Stellys Secondary School. All instructors are certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. See www.climbtheboulders.com for more details.
Mr. Christian J. Stewart
E-Mail: cstewart@cjscons.com
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Mislocalization of Membrane Proteins Associated with Multidrug Resistance in Cisplatin-resistant Cancer Cell Lines
Xing-Jie Liang, Ding-Wu Shen, Susan Garfield and Michael M. Gottesman
Xing-Jie Liang
Ding-Wu Shen
Susan Garfield
Michael M. Gottesman
DOI: Published September 2003
The accumulation of [14C]carboplatin and [3H]methotrexate is reduced in single-step KB epidermoid adenocarcinoma (KB-CP) cells, which are cross-resistant to carboplatin, methotrexate, and sodium arsenite. In these KB-CP cells, multidrug resistance is accompanied by mislocalization of multidrug resistance associated protein (MRP) 1 and other membrane proteins such as folate-binding protein. MRP1 was not decreased in amount in single-step variants but accumulates in a cytoplasmic fraction, and its apparent molecular weight was altered probably because of reduced glycosylation in resistant cells. This low-density compartment was partially labeled with antibodies to lectin-GSII (a Golgi marker) and Bip/GRP78 (an endoplasmic reticulum marker). Pulse-chase labeling of MRP1 with 35S-methionine and 35S-cysteine and pulse-chase biotinylation of cell surface MRP1 suggests that membrane protein mislocalization is caused mainly by a defect of plasma membrane protein recycling, manifested also as a defect in acidification of lysosomes. The reduced accumulation of cytotoxic compounds in the KB-CP cells is presumed to result from the failure of carrier proteins and/or transporters to localize to the plasma membrane.
cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum II (cisplatin) is a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent that is effective as a single agent or in combination with other drugs in the treatment of a wide variety of malignant solid tumors, including cancer of the head and neck, testes, ovaries, bladder, esophagus, as well as small cell lung cancers (1) . Resistance to cisplatin represents a major obstacle to effective cancer therapy because clinically significant levels of resistance quickly emerge after treatment. Studies on cultured cells suggest that acquired cisplatin resistance is associated with defects in the apoptotic program, decreased cisplatin accumulation, and increased drug inactivation by protein and nonprotein thiols (2) . Alterations of cell cycle regulators, such as cyclin D1 and c-Myc, and signal transduction pathways, such as phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase, have also been described in association with cisplatin resistance (3 , 4) . However, the exact mechanisms of resistance to cisplatin require further elucidation. An improved understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which cisplatin resistance develops is necessary for cisplatin to be used most effectively.
To study cisplatin resistance in detail, we have isolated two independent cell populations derived from human KB epidermoid adenocarcinoma (KB-CP) cells and human BEL 7404 hepatoma (7404-CP) cells. These populations were derived in multiple steps by gradual increases in selecting concentration of cisplatin and share the following characteristics: (a) cross-resistance to other platinum compounds, methotrexate, heavy metals, and nucleoside analogues with no increased resistance to natural product chemotherapeutic drugs that are known to be subject to MDR 3 1-dependent efflux (5) ; (b) reduced accumulation of drugs to which they are resistant, including cisplatin, carboplatin, and methotrexate (6) ; (c) reduced expression of cell surface proteins (1) ; and (d) reduced endocytosis (7) .
Because this phenotype is quite complex, we sought to analyze single-step selected KB-CP variants to determine how much of this phenotype arises as a result of a single alteration in KB cells. We chose to study, in detail, the expression and subcellular distribution of two plasma membrane proteins, MRP1 and FBP, because the level of these proteins is reduced in the multistep high-level cisplatin-resistant KB cells. MRP1 is a Mr 190,000 integral membrane phosphoglycoprotein that belongs to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily of transport proteins, whereas FBP is a glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-linked plasma membrane protein. MRP1 is capable of conferring resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents, and several laboratories have reported that overexpression of MRP1 is associated with the reduction of intracellular cisplatin accumulation (8) . Because previous studies from our laboratory and others showed no change or reduced, rather than increased, expression of MRP1 in CP-resistant cells (9 , 10) , we wished to determine expression levels and localization of this protein in the single-step variants. Similarly, FBP is reduced in high-level KB-CP variants in association with reduced uptake and cross-resistance to methotrexate, so we also determined its level of expression and localization in the single-step variants.
In the present study, we have used several independently selected single-step cisplatin-resistant variants of KB adenocarcinoma cells to explore common features related to cisplatin resistance. We investigated the effects of cisplatin resistance on MRP1 and FBP and showed mislocalization of these proteins in different variants with failure to recycle to the plasma membrane, leading to accumulation in the cytoplasm. We also demonstrate that this mislocalization of MRP1 is associated with accumulation of a partly or unglycosylated form of the protein, whereas the level of gene expression remains the same. The reduced cisplatin accumulation was associated with an intracellular redistribution of some membrane proteins including the increase of the protein in the cytoplasm. Our data indicate that the defect in single-cell variants also results in neutralization of the acidic pH of lysosomes, suggesting a general defect in regulation of endocytosis and membrane vesicle recycling. We conclude that this pleiotropic defect results in reduced cell surface expression of proteins [MRP1, FBP, as well as a hypothetical cisplatin-binding protein(s)] that are essential for uptake of cisplatin and other toxic compounds such as folate antagonists, heavy metals, and nucleoside analogues.
Isolation and Maintenance of Cisplatin-resistant Cells.
KB-3-1, the parent cell line for the drug-resistant variants described in this study, was derived from a single clone of human KB epidermoid carcinoma cells (a variant of HeLa) after two subclonings from the parental cells (11) . The cisplatin-resistant sublines were selected in a single exposure to cisplatin at 0.3 μg/ml (KB-CP.3) or at 0.5 μg/ml (KB-CP.5). 1 × 106 cells were plated in 100-mm dishes in the indicated concentration of cisplatin. Clones began to appear after 12 days at a frequency of 150 per 106 cells in 0.3 μg/ml cisplatin and 60 per 106 cells in 0.5 μg/ml cisplatin. Medium containing cisplatin was changed every 4 days, and small (S), medium (M), and large (L) clones were picked after 30 days and propagated in the selecting concentration of cisplatin. For the second-step variant, KB-CP1, clone KB-CP.3 (M1), was expanded, and 1 × 106 cells were plated in 100-mm dishes at 1 μg/ml cisplatin. Clones appeared after 15 days at a frequency of 80 per 106 cells and were picked after 26 days and grown in 1 μg/ml cisplatin. KB-CP20 was a population of KB-3-1 cells grown in increasing concentrations of cisplatin up to 20 μg/ml cisplatin over a period of 6 months. KB-CP20 was maintained in medium containing 5 μg/ml cisplatin for these experiments (12) . Clones KB-CP.3 (M1), KB-CP.5 (M2), and KB-CP1 (S2) were used for the experiments described here.
The cell lines were all grown as monolayer cultures at 37°C in 5% CO2 using DMEM with 10% premium FCS (lot 0S010F; BioWhittaker Inc., CAMBREX Bioproducts, Walkersville, MD), l-glutamine, penicillin (50 units/mol), and streptomycin (50 μg/ml; Quality Biological Inc., Gaithersburg, MD).
Drugs and Chemicals.
[14C]carboplatin and [3 H]methotrexate (specific activity, 20 μCi/mmol) were purchased from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Products (Piscataway, NJ). mAb MRPr1 against human MRP1 was obtained from Alexis Biochemicals Co. (San Diego, CA). Anti-FBP antibody was obtained from Biogenesis Ltd. (Poole, United Kingdom). Anti-EGF receptor antibody EEA1 and Bip/GRP78 were obtained from Transduction Laboratories (Lexington, KY). LysoSensor DND-189 and Alexa Fluor 594-conjugated lectin-GSII were obtained from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR). Cisplatin, methotrexate, sodium arsenate, 5-fluorouracil, and Pseudomonas exotoxin were from Sigma Products (St. Louis, MO).
Drug Sensitivity Assay.
Dose-response curves of the human tumor cell lines were determined as described previously (1) . Three to five colonies were expanded in the selecting concentration of cisplatin and tested for their resistance to cisplatin, carboplatin, methotrexate, sodium arsenite, 5-fluorouracil, and Pseudomonas exotoxin. Briefly, 5 × 104 cells in 1 ml of medium were inoculated into each well of a 24-well dish. At the time of seeding, the respective drugs at desired concentrations were introduced into the cell medium. After incubation for 3 days at 37°C, cells were counted with a Coulter counter. IC50 was measured as the concentration of drug reducing the growth of cells to 50% of that in control (drug-free) medium. A relative resistance factor for each drug was determined by dividing the IC50 value of the drug for the cisplatin-resistant cell lines by that for the appropriate parental cell line, KB-3-1. The values are means of triplicate determinations.
Measurement of Uptake of [14C]Carboplatin and [3 H]Methotrexate.
Cells were seeded 48 h before assay at 1 × 105 cells/ml of medium without cisplatin per well in each well of a 24-well culture dish (Costar, Corning, NY). Cells were washed once with prewarmed regular DMEM. [14C]carboplatin (1 μCi) was added or [3 H]methotrexate (0.5 μCi) was added in 0.3 ml of medium per well of cells. Cells were reincubated immediately at 37°C for 1 h. To terminate the incubation, cells were washed with ice-cold PBS three times, then harvested by trypsinization. The cell suspensions in 200 μl of PBS were transferred from each well into counting vials with scintillation mixture (Formula 989; DuPont NEN, Boston, MA). The radioactivity of the sample was measured in a Beckman LS3801 liquid scintillation counter (Fullerton, CA). Duplicates were made from each well for cell counting at the same time.
Immunoblotting Detection of MRP1 Protein.
1 × 107 cells from each cell line grown without cisplatin for at least 3 days were harvested at log phase and washed twice with cold PBS. The cells were sedimented by centrifugation at 1,400 × g for 10 min and suspended in ice-cold hypotonic solution buffer [0.5 mm KH2PO4 and 0.1 mm EDTA containing 1% protease inhibitor aprotinin (pH 8.0)] for 5 min on ice. Cells were disrupted on ice by a tight Dounce homogenizer with constant homogenizing for 30 strokes. Samples were checked under a phase-contrast microscope and showed more than 80% of cells broken. The cytosol fractions were separated by centrifugation at 2,000 × g for 10 min at 4°C. The resulting low-speed supernatant was further centrifuged at 100,000 × g (equal to 45,000 rpm in an RP45-A rotor for the Sorvall centrifuge) for 55 min at 4°C. The membranes sedimenting at the bottom (membrane fraction) were collected, as was the 100,000 × g supernatant (cytosol fraction). The membranes were dissolved directly into 5% SDS buffer and stored at −80°C until use. Protein electrophoresis and immunoblotting with antibodies directed to MRP1 were performed as described previously (10) . Briefly, the samples (plasma membrane-enriched fraction and cytosolic fraction) were separated by SDS-PAGE on a 4–20% gradient gel and transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes. Subsequently, membranes were subjected to immunostaining with mAbs against human MRP1 (1:2000, 1 h at room temperature). Enhanced chemiluminescence reagents were used for developing signals as described by the manufacturer (Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, IL).
Indirect Immunofluorescence Microscopy.
The cells cultured on 18-mm glass coverslips in medium without cisplatin were fixed at 4°C with 3.5% formaldehyde (EM grade; Polysciences, Inc., Warrington, PA) in PBS for 10 min. Subsequently, cells were washed with PBS and incubated with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS for permeabilization. Cells were preblocked in 3% BSA/PBS for 30 min, then incubated for 1 h with primary antibodies against MRP1 (rat monoclonal, diluted 1:40; Alexis Biochemicals, Carlsbad, CA), FBP (mouse monoclonal, 1:35; Biogenesis Ltd.), and the ER marker protein (Bip/GRP78, 1:25; Transduction Laboratories) or Golgi marker protein (Alexa Fluor 549-conjugated lectin-GSII), which was followed by a 1-h incubation with rhodamine- or FITC-labeled secondary antibodies (1:50; Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories) before mounting on slides with fluorescence mounting medium (DAKO Corp., Carpinteria, CA). Controls with nonimmune IgG and secondary antibody alone were negative. For colocalization experiments, MRP1 was combined with Bip or lectin (Molecular Probes, Inc.). Background fluorescence was determined by applying the secondary antibody alone, a FITC-conjugated, affinity-purified goat antirat IgG. Confocal fluorescent images were collected with a Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA) MRC 1024 confocal scan head mounted on a Nikon Optiphot microscope with a ×60 planapochromat lens. Excitation at 488 nm and 568 nm was provided by a krypton-argon gas laser. Emission filters of 598/40 and 522/32 were used for collecting red and green fluorescence, respectively, in channels one and two, whereas phase contrast images of the same cell were collected in the third channel using a transmitted light detector. After sequential excitation, red and green fluorescent images of the same cell were merged for colocalization using LaserSharp software (Bio-Rad).
Iodixanol Equilibrium Gradient Centrifugation.
The low-speed supernatant fraction without nuclei prepared from KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells, as described above, was suspended in homogenization buffer [0.25 m sucrose, 1 mm EDTA, and 10 mm HEPES-NaOH (pH 7.4)]. The iodixanol (Optiprep) was mixed with homogenization buffer to a 25% final concentration. The supernatant fraction was layered on top of the gradient. A self-generating gradient was formed in a 3.0 ml unsealed tube (Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Hitachinaka, Japan) by centrifuging to equilibrium at 4°C with a S100 vertical rotor (Sorvall) at 365,000 for 60 min. Fractions (∼0.3 ml) were collected by upward displacement from the top of the tube and analyzed by immunoblotting. The density of each fraction was determined by weighing an aliquot, and gradients used to analyze KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells were found to be the same.
35S-Methionine, 35S-Cysteine Metabolic Labeling, Pulse-Chase Analysis, and Immunoprecipitation.
KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells growing in log phase were used for pulse-chase experiments. Fresh media with FBS were added 6 h before cells were deprived of methionine for 30 min. Cells were labeled for 15 min with 2 ml of methionine-free and cysteine-free DMEM from Life Technologies, Inc., Invitrogen Corp. (Grand Island, NY) containing 29.6 MBq (800 μCi) 35S Protein Labeling Mix (50% l-35S-methionine and 50% l-35S-cysteine; Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Products) in a 5% CO2 incubator at 37°C. A chase was then performed in 4 ml of DMEM medium containing unlabeled l-methionine (30 mg/liter; Life Technologies, Inc., Invitrogen Corp.) for various time periods. At each time point, cells were harvested and prepared in 200 μl of ice-cold hypotonic solution as mentioned above.
Homogenizations were performed using a 2-ml Dounce homogenizer fitted with a tight pestle. Homogenates were centrifuged at 2,000 × g for 10 min to discard all nuclei and spun at 25,000 × g (23,000 rpm for the RP45-A rotor) for 25 min to pellet all other organelles, then at 100,000 × g (45,000 rpm for the RP45-A rotor) for 55 min to collect the cellular membranes and the cytosol-containing supernatant. The pellet of the high-speed fraction was dissolved in 100 μl of RIPA buffer (20 mm Tris-HCl, 0.15 m NaCl, 0.5% Triton X-100, 0.05% SDS, and 1% aprotinin).
Immunoprecipitation of MRP1 was accomplished by incubating prepared cell lysates and conditioned media with 2 μg of mAb MRPr-1 for 2 h at 4°C. The resulting immune complexes were adsorbed with 20 μl of 20% (vol/vol) protein G-Sepharose (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA). Pellets were washed four times in RIPA assay buffer, resuspended either in buffer for further trichloroacetic acid precipitation or in PAGE sample buffer. The immunoprecipitated proteins were resolved by SDS-PAGE in 4–20% (wt/vol) gels, and the radioactivity incorporated into MRP1 bands was analyzed using radiography on BIOMAX-MR film (Eastman-Kodak Co., Rochester, NY).
Cell Surface Biotinylation and Immunoprecipitation.
The cells were grown in a T75 flask to 90% confluence in medium without cisplatin and incubated in fresh media without methionine for 4 h. Then, the cells were washed three times with Ca/Mg-PBS (pH 8.1). Sulfo-NHS-LC-biotin (Pierce Chemical Co.) solution (5 mg/ml) in Ca/Mg-PBS was incubated with cells for 30 min at 4°C with agitation (sulfo-NHS-LC-biotin; Pierce Chemical Co.). Free sulfo-NHS-biotin was removed by washing five times with ice-cold Ca/Mg-PBS. Biotinylated cells were treated as described previously to isolate the membrane pellet and supernatant. The membrane pellet was solubilized in 0.5 ml of RIPA assay buffer as mentioned above, supplemented with 1% protease inhibitor with gentle shaking. To 500 μl of each supernatant were added 5 μl of the MRPr1 mAb, which is directed against the MRP1 protein. After agitation for 4 h at 4°C, 30 μl of a 50% slurry of protein G-Sepharose was added; the immunoprecipitates were collected by centrifugation (16,000 × g for 3 min), washed three times with NP40 lysis buffer, and eluted by boiling the beads in 2-fold-concentrated SDS sample buffer. The immunoprecipitates were electrophoresed on a SDS-10% polyacrylamide gel under reducing conditions and transferred to nitrocellulose by the semidry blotting technique. The membrane was incubated with blocking reagent overnight at 4°C, washed three times with PBS containing 0.1% Tween 20, and incubated with streptavidin-peroxidase for 1 h at room temperature. The nitrocellulose was washed as described previously and incubated for 1 min with a chemiluminescent peroxidase substrate. The resulting blot was visualized by short-term exposure of the membrane to Biomax autoradiography film (Eastman-Kodak).
Lysosomes Labeled by LysoTracker and LysoSensor.
For adherent parental KB and KB-CPr cells, cells were grown for 3 days on coverslips inside a Petri dish containing DMEM without cisplatin. When cells reached 80% confluence, the medium was removed from the dish, and the prewarmed probe-containing medium was added. The final concentration was 100 nm for LysoTracker (Molecular Probes) red DND-99 and 1.5 μm for the LysoSensor (Molecular Probes) green DND-189 probe. Cells were then incubated for 30 min in 5% CO2 at 37°C. Before observation by confocal microscopy, the loading solution was replaced with fresh DMEM medium.
Cross-Resistance to Cytotoxic Drugs of Single-Step Cisplatin-resistant Cells.
Drug sensitivity assays were performed as described in “Materials and Methods.” The relative resistance level for KB-CP.3 isolated in 0.3 μg/ml cisplatin was 4-fold higher than the parental KB-3-1 cells. The single-step cisplatin-resistant cell line KB-CP.5 and the two-step variant KB-CP1 (derived in a second step from KB-CP.3) were 40- and 90-fold more resistant to cisplatin than their parental cell line, respectively. To determine the cross-resistance patterns in both parental and resistant KB cell lines, several agents were examined as shown in Table 1 ⇓ . A total of 12 clones that survived cisplatin exposure were propagated in the selecting concentration of cisplatin and tested for resistance to the cytotoxic agents. The KB-CP cells showed high levels of resistance to cisplatin, carboplatin, methotrexate, and sodium arsenite. Little or no cross-resistance to Pseudomonas exotoxin and 5-fluorouracil, seen in multistep KB-CP variants, was detected in single-step KB-CP cells, but the second-step KB-CP1 cells showed low cross-resistance to these cytotoxic agents.
Patterns of cross-resistance in parental and cisplatin-resistant human KB epidermoid carcinoma cell lines
Reduced Accumulation of [14C]Carboplatin and [3 H]Methotrexate in Cisplatin-resistant Cells.
Accumulation of [14C]carboplatin and [3 H]methotrexate was determined as described in “Materials and Methods” for the parental KB cells and the single-step CP variants. Cells were incubated with 1 μCi of [14C]carboplatin or 0.5 μCi of [3 H]methotrexate at 37°C for 1 h, after which the radioactivity retained in the cells was measured. The results are shown in Fig. 1, A and B ⇓ , respectively. Fig. 1 ⇓ shows a reduction of [14C]carboplatin and [3H]methotrexate accumulation at 37°C in proportion to the extent of CP resistance compared with the parental KB-3-1 cell line.
Accumulation of [14C]carboplatin and [3H]methotrexate in CP-sensitive and single-step CP-resistant colonies. Cells were seeded at 105 cells/ml of medium per well in a 24-well cell culture dish 24 h before assays. Cells were washed once with prewarmed DMEM. A, [14C]carboplatin (1 μCi) was added in 0.3 ml of medium per well. Cells were reincubated immediately at 37°C for 1 h. To terminate the incubation, cells were washed with ice-cold PBS three times, then harvested by trypsinization and suspended in 200 μl of PBS. The cell suspensions were transferred from each well into counting vials with Formula 989. The error bars show the range of the triplicate values. B, [3H]methotrexate (0.5 μCi) was added in 0.3 ml of medium per well, then treated as described for A. A t test was used for statistical analysis to demonstrate reduced uptake in the resistant cells.
Immunoblotting to Localize MRP1.
Because altered MRP1 expression has been observed in other cell lines with cisplatin resistance (8) , we sought to determine the levels of MRP1 in KB-CP cells. Fig. 2 ⇓ shows an immunoblot analysis to determine levels of MRP1 using mAb MRPr1 directed to human MRP1 with visualization by enhanced luminol reagent. Enriched membrane proteins were isolated from each cell line as described in “Materials and Methods.” The cisplatin-sensitive parental cell line KB-3-1 expresses abundant MRP1 in membrane-enriched preparations, whereas the presence of MRP1 was decreased in the membrane (pellet) fraction and increased in the high-speed supernatant (cytosolic) fraction in the cisplatin-resistant cell lines. The apparent molecular weight of MRP1 was reduced in the CP-resistant single-step KB cells; at high levels of resistance (KB-CP20), this reduction was even more pronounced. This reduction in molecular weight appeared to be caused by reduced glycosylation, because it could be mimicked by treating KB-3-1 membrane preparations with N-endoglycosidase (data not shown). The expression of the MRP1 mRNA was similar between the cisplatin-sensitive and cisplatin-resistant single-step KB-CP cells as determined by semiquantitative RT-PCR (data not shown).
Western blot of MRP1 in membrane and cytosol fractions in KB parental and KB-CP-resistant cells. A, MRP1 expression in the membrane fraction of KB parental and KB-CP-resistant cells. B, MRP1 expression in the cytosol fraction. C, MRP1 in the whole cell lysate.
Immunofluorescence to Localize MRP1 and FBP.
Indirect immunofluorescence localization of MRP1 demonstrates that MRP1 is strongly expressed at the plasma membrane in the cisplatin-sensitive KB-3-1 cells (Fig. 3A ⇓ , top left). However, in KB-CP cells, localization within the cytoplasm is seen clearly (Fig. 3A) ⇓ . The mislocalization of FBP is similar to that of MRP1 in the CP-sensitive and CP-resistant KB cells (Fig. 3B) ⇓ , except that FBP appears to have a more Golgi-like distribution in KB-CP cells than MRP1. As a control, EGF receptor is expressed on the cell surface in both KB and KB-CP cells (Fig. 3C) ⇓ .
Indirect immunofluorescence to localize MRP1 (A), FBP (B), and EGF receptor (C) in CP-sensitive and CP-resistant KB cells. A, cells were plated on 18-mm coverslips at 1 × 105 cells cm−2 after growth without cisplatin for 3 days. Cells were excited at 488 nm as indicated, and fluorescence emission at 520 nm was recorded by confocal fluorescence microscopy. A confocal optical section is shown midway through a typical sphere. MRP1 was detected by indirect immunofluorescence, as described in “Materials and Methods.” B, indirect immunofluorescence of FBP. Excitation was at 590 nm, as indicated, and emission was at 615 nm. FBPs are stained with an anti-FBP antibody, as described in “Materials and Methods.” C, EGF receptors are stained as in B. Scale bar, 10 μm.
CP-sensitive and CP-resistant KB cells were also costained with antibodies to MRP1 and GSII-lectin or Bip/GRP78. The GSII-lectin recognizes nonreducing α- or β-linked N-acetyl-d-glycosamine residues and is a highly selective fluorescence marker specific for the Golgi apparatus in cells (13) . Bip/GRP78 is the major chaperone of the ER, which can bind nascent proteins entering the lumen. From the costaining results shown in Fig. 4 ⇓ , we conclude that MRP1 may be partially localized with the Golgi, and to some extent with the ER, in the CP-resistant KB cells. However, the appearance of the trans-Golgi network in these experiments is somewhat altered in the resistant cells, and this affects our ability to precisely localize MRP1.
Fluorescence colocalization of MRP1, ER, and Golgi in CP-sensitive and CP-resistant KB cells. A, cells were plated on 18-mm coverslips at 1 × 105 cells cm−2 after growth without cisplatin for 3 days. Cells were excited at 488/590 nm as indicated, and fluorescence emission at 508/615 nm was recorded by fluorescence microscopy. A confocal optical section is shown midway though a typical sphere. MRP1 is stained with an anti-MRP1 antibody, which is shown in green by a FITC-conjugated antirat second antibody IgG. The ER was stained with a marker protein antibody, Bip/GRP 78, which is shown in red by a rhodamine (tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate)-conjugated antimouse second antibody IgG. B, Golgi is stained with an Alexa Fluor 594-conjugated Lectin fluorescence probe, which stains selectively the Golgi apparatus within cells. Scale bar, 20 μm.
Iodixanol Equilibrium Sedimentation Analysis of MRP1.
To further characterize the intracellular compartment in which MRP1 is localized in KB-CP cells, we used iodixanol in an equilibrium centrifugation analysis to segregate the crude MRP1 vesicle fraction obtained from KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells. The reproducible density of each fraction was confirmed by direct measurement of density as weight of fraction per volume. MRP1 was enriched in lighter fractions in KB-CP.5 cells than in KB-3-1 cells (Fig. 5) ⇓ . LAMP-1, a lysosomal membrane marker that recycles to the plasma membrane, and GM130, a marker of the cis-compartment of the Golgi apparatus, were also found predominantly in this light membrane fraction in the KB-CP.5 cells, suggesting that these proteins may also colocalize in the same population of vesicles as MRP1, consistent with immunoelectron microscopic experiments (data not shown). We reproducibly find that whereas membrane proteins such as MRP1 and LAMP-1 are resolved into distinct peaks by iodixanol density gradient analysis, other proteins, such as BIP/GRP78, are not as well resolved, presumably because they were found in vesicles of various densities that are separated by these very shallow gradients. These density gradient data are consistent with the accumulation of MRP1, LAMP-1, and GM130 in a low-density compartment in KB-CP.5 cells.
Iodixanol equilibrium gradient sedimentation analysis of MRP1. A, the low-speed supernatant fraction prepared from KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells without nuclei was subjected to iodixanol density gradient analysis, as described in “Materials and Methods.” Fractions were collected from the top of the gradient and used to measure protein concentration or the distribution of various proteins by immunoblotting for KB-3-1 and KB-CP.5 cells. The results shown are from a single iodixanol gradient analysis and are representative of three experiments. B, MRP1 distribution in different fractions after iodixanol gradient centrifuge. Data were from a digital analysis of Western blotting with α Imager software. C, LAMP-1 distribution, measured as in B.
Pulse-Chase Labeling of MRP1 with 35S-Methionine and 35S-Cysteine.
We wished to determine whether the reduced amount of MRP1 on the cell surface resulted from failure of MRP1 to get to the cell surface or failure to stay on the cell surface. A pulse-chase protocol was used to label metabolically recently synthesized MRP1 and follow its appearance. KB parental and KB-CP.5 cells were labeled metabolically with 35S-methionine and 35S-cysteine. MRP1 was immunoprecipitated from the cell lysates with mAb MRPr1. Fig. 6A ⇓ shows autoradiographs of immunoprecipitates separated by Tricine-SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. The two left panels indicate pulse-chase labeling of MRP1 in membrane fractions. As can be seen, for both KB and KB-CP.5 cells, 35S-labeled MRP1 appears during the 15-min pulse period in the membrane pellet. For KB cells, MRP1 remains at relatively the same levels in the membrane fraction, but for KB-CP.5 cells, there is a 4-fold reduction in membrane-associated MRP1 during the 6-h chase. The differences between KB and KB-CP cells are even more obvious when labeled MRP1 was compared during the chase in the cytosol fractions. Whereas there is little or no MRP1 in the cytoplasmic fraction in KB cells, the majority of MRP1 accumulates over time in the cytoplasmic fraction in KB-CP.5 cells. We interpret this result to indicate that MRP1 in KB-CP cells can get to the plasma membrane, but that once it leaves it cannot recycle back.
Pulse-chase metabolic and cell surface labeling of MRP1. A, cell proteins were labeled with 35S-methionine and 35S-cysteine for 15 min and chased for the time shown. MRP1 was immunoprecipitated, as described in “Materials and Methods,” from membrane pellets and cytosol supernatants. Autoradiographs are shown after SDS-gel electrophoresis. B, MRP1 recycling assay by biotin labeling the cell surface for 30 min, followed by pulse-chase periods for the times shown. MRP1 was immunoprecipitated by MRPr1 antibody at various times, as described in “Materials and Methods.”
Surface Labeling of KB-CP Cells with Sulfo-NHS-LC-Biotin.
To confirm the hypothesis that KB-CP cells have a defect in recycling MRP1 from the cell surface, we measured MRP1 transport from the cell surface to the cytosol using pulse-chase labeling with biotin of cell surface MRP1. Surface proteins of KB cells were labeled with sulfo-NHS-LC-biotin at 4°C for 30 min. After incubation at 37°C in medium without the biotin label for varying times, cells were lysed as described in “Materials and Methods,” and MRP1 was immunoprecipitated. Fig. 6B ⇓ shows an autofluorograph of immunoprecipitates separated by 4–20% SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis. As seen in the two left panels of Fig. 6B ⇓ , MRP1 is labeled on the cell surface in both KB and KB-CP cells, although intensity of labeling is reduced in the KB-CP.5 cells. The membrane-associated MRP1 label remains high on the KB cell surface but disappears from the KB-CP.5 surface during the 18-h chase. In the two right panels of Fig. 6B ⇓ , cytosol fractions indicate transient biotinylated MRP1 in KB cells, but biotinylated MRP1 accumulated in the cytosol of KB-CP.5 cells. These results are interpreted as showing recycling of cell surface MRP1 in the KB cells and little or no recycling of MRP1 in the KB-CP.5 cells.
Neutralization of Lysosomes Labeled by LysoSensor Green DND-189.
To begin to determine the reason for the recycling defect in KB-CP cells, we looked at the pH of intracellular vesicles. It is well known that vesicle recycling is sensitive to the intracellular compartment pH (14) . We began by measuring lysosome pH by labeling the living cells for 15 min with 1.5 μm LysoSensor green DND-189, which is an acidotropic probe with a pH-dependent increase in fluorescence intensity on acidification. It shows strong fluorescence intensity in acidic organelles. As seen in Fig. 7A ⇓ , the lysosomes are alkalinized in the KB-CP cells as indicated by the decreased number and intensity of fluorescently labeled lysosomes, and alkalinization is increased in proportion to the extent of CP resistance. At the same time, the presence of lysosomes is confirmed by labeling with LysoTracker red DND-99, which exhibits fluorescence that is largely independent of pH. Fig. 7B ⇓ shows that the number and morphology of lysosomes are similar in the parental KB cells and KB-CP cells.
Neutralization and morphology of lysosomes labeled with LysoSensor and LysoTracker. The following was as described in “Materials and Methods.” Cells were labeled by LysoSensor green DND-189 (A), which is a pH-dependent probe, or labeled by LysoTracker red DND-99 (B). Reduced fluorescence intensity of lysosomes indicates neutralization of lysosomal pH. Scale bar, 10 μm.
Cisplatin is an important chemotherapeutic drug used to treat solid cancers. In this work, we have studied the mechanism of resistance to cisplatin in KB cells, a cultured human epidermoid carcinoma cell line. Previous work from our laboratory using this cell line has focused on cells selected in many steps to high levels of resistance in which decreased accumulation of cisplatin is associated with cross-resistance to other anticancer drugs and heavy metals (12) . A similar phenotype was found in a human hepatoma cell line similarly selected in multiple steps to high levels of resistance (6) . To determine whether the complex phenotype resulted from many different cellular alterations occurring during the multistep selection, we isolated single-step variants and have now shown that, even in a single-step, it is possible to observe cross-resistance to methotrexate and heavy metals associated with decreased accumulation of carboplatin and methotrexate. Furthermore, this phenotype is accompanied by a mislocalization of at least two membrane proteins, MRP1 and FBP.
Detailed analysis of MRP1 subcellular localization suggests that the defect results from a failure to recycle MRP1 from a membrane compartment so that MRP1 accumulates in a low-density cytoplasmic, vesicular compartment in the cisplatin-resistant cells. We hypothesize that the cross-resistance pattern reflects this general cellular defect in that the cytotoxic molecules to which resistance occurs are normally brought into the cells via cell surface carriers, transporters, and/or channels that are reduced in amount on the cell surface of the resistant cells because of a decreased ability of these proteins to recycle back to the cell surface. For cisplatin, these carriers, transporters, and/or channels are not yet known, but recent reports suggest a possible contribution of copper transporters (15) .
Where does MRP1 accumulate in the resistant cells? Using a variety of experimental approaches, including confocal fluorescence microscopy, cell fractionation, and metabolic and cell surface labeling protocols, we conclude that MRP1 is accumulating in a cytosolic compartment through which MRP1 normally recycles (see Fig. 6B ⇓ , biotinylation experiment). We have demonstrated that MRP1 is located in a lighter, lower-density fraction in the KB-CP.5 cells compared with its localization in the KB-3-1 cells. The specific vesicles in which MRP1 accumulates appear to be distinct from normal membrane components, in that they are less dense, and even after centrifugation at >100,000 × g, they remain in supernatant fractions. This compartment colocalizes with both a Golgi marker and, to some extent, with an ER marker, as shown in Fig. 4 ⇓ , and, hence, is part of the trans-Golgi network (16) .
What is the defect in the cisplatin-resistant cells that results in the mislocalization of MRP1 and other plasma membrane proteins? Although much progress has been made in understanding the process by which cell surface components recycle, the nature of the recycling vesicles is unclear. Intracellular recycled caveolin is known to be present in trans-Golgi network vesicles in the cytosol (17) , but there is still considerable debate about the role of caveolin in the recycling process. Caveolin appears to be increased in amount in the KB-CP cells (data not shown) as is the EEA1 marker of early endosomes (Fig. 5) ⇓ , but the significance of these observations is not known, unless these proteins are accumulating in the cells because of a block in recycling. Defects in lipid microdomains, or rafts (18 , 19) in small G proteins, such as ras-related small GTP-binding protein 5 (Rab5), Ras-associated protein (Rap1), and/or ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf6; Refs. 20 and 21 ), or in the actin cytoskeleton (22 , 23) , could also be responsible for the defect observed in our cells. Recently, it has been shown that localization of certain membrane proteins in cells requires that the membrane proteins be anchored to the cytoskeleton (24) . Thus, another possible defect in the KB-CP cells could be a failure to anchor properly the membrane protein to the cytoskeleton, resulting in mislocalization or failure to remain in the plasma membrane.
The lysosomal defect seen in the KB-CP cells is manifested by reduced acidification in the single-step variants (the present study) and by a defect in processing by lysosomes of ligands internalized from the cell surface, such as EGF, in more highly resistant KB-CP cells, and decreased processing of lysosomal proteases (7) . This defect may reflect, and possibly be the cause of, the defect in membrane vesicle recycling. Lysosomes are considered part of the trans-Golgi network of intracellular membranes (25 , 26) , and many cell surface proteins and ligands are delivered to lysosomes after internalization. The failure of lysosomal acidification could reflect a general defect in acidification of endosomes, which is essential for normal endocytosis. Maintenance of the appropriate pH in different subcellular compartments is essential to a variety of cell functions (14) . Vesicular function and recycling are very sensitive to even small alterations in compartment pH, which can affect vesicular organization, endocytosis, and transport from the trans-Golgi complex to the plasma membrane. Defects in the pH of intracellular organelles are correlated with disruption in the function and organization of the trans-Golgi network and the pericentriolar recycling compartment (27) .
The form of MRP1 accumulated in the cytoplasm of KB-CP cells appears to be less highly glycosylated than MRP1 from parental KB cells. This defect could reflect activity of deglycosylases in the cytosolic compartment in which MRP1 accumulates, incorrect trafficking of MRP1 through the Golgi as it goes to the cell surface, altered environment for activity of glycosylases, or altered localization of glycosylases in the resistant cells. The abnormalities we observe in MRP1 glycosylation could also be caused by the acidification defect because vacuolar pH regulates glycoprotein processing (28 , 29) .
In studies of highly cisplatin-resistant cell lines, we have found a general defect in uptake of many different molecules that normally enter cells by energy-dependent uptake or facilitated transport. The defect in these cells includes reduced uptake of glucose, reduced iron uptake via the transferrin receptor, and reduced uptake of amino acids (10) . Cross-resistance to nucleoside analogues is presumed to be caused by reduced nucleoside transporters on the cell surface of KB-CP cells. Cross-resistance to heavy metals probably reflects the need for specific carriers; we have been able to demonstrate reduced arsenite and arsenate-binding proteins on the surface of KB-CP cells (1) . Resistance to Pseudomonas enterotoxin, known to enter cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis, is also found in our most resistant KB-CP cells (7) .
Several of the observations made in this study could have consequences for the use of cisplatin in the clinic. First, most cisplatin-resistant cell lines studied in the laboratory show reduced accumulation of cisplatin (30) . Although this observation has not yet been confirmed in clinical specimens, it should be possible to collect the needed data. Second, the phenotype described here appears to be common in at least two different cell lines studied in the laboratory (an epidermoid adenocarcinoma and a hepatoma) and may be a common adaptation of cancer cells in patients for growth in cisplatin, because the frequency of these variants is quite high (>1 × 10−4). Third, it will be easy to detect protein mislocalization in clinical samples using histochemical techniques, thereby confirming the presence of the phenotype. Fourth, because proteins appear to be missing from the cell surface in the cisplatin-resistant cells, it should be possible, using existing imaging technology, to evaluate cancers in patients for this phenotype. Finally, understanding this mechanism of cisplatin resistance may aid in the design of new platinum analogues that enter cells by other means, or it may be possible to correct the trafficking defect in cisplatin-resistant cells once the mechanism of the defect is understood.
We are grateful to Ira Pastan, Irwin Arias, and Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty for comments on the manuscript and to Joyce Sharrar and George Leiman for manuscript preparation.
↵1 Supported by the National Institutes of Health.
↵2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Laboratory of Cell Biology, Building 37, Room 1A09, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive MSC 4254, Bethesda, MD 20892-4254. Phone: (301) 496-1530; Fax: (301) 402-0450; E-mail: mgottesman{at}nih.gov
↵3 The abbreviations used are: MDR, multidrug resistance; MRP, MDR associated protein; FBP, folate-binding protein; mAb, monoclonal antibody; EGF, epidermal growth factor; Ca/Mg-PBS, calcium- and magnesium-supplemented PBS; RIPA, radioimmunoprecipitation assay; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; CP, cisplatin.
Accepted July 1, 2003.
©2003 American Association for Cancer Research.
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Proceeds from maturities, calls, and paydowns of securities available for sale
Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale
Purchases of securities available for sale
Proceeds from maturities, calls, and paydowns of trading securities
Proceeds from sales of trading securities
Net (increase)/decrease in loans including purchases of loans
Proceeds from sales of loans
Proceeds from the sale of other assets
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Net increase in total deposits
Net increase/(decrease) in funds purchased, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and other short-term borrowings
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
Repayment of long-term debt
Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
Common and preferred dividends paid
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
Supplemental Disclosures:
Loans transferred from loans held for sale to loans
Loans transferred from loans to loans held for sale
Loans transferred from loans and loans held for sale to other real estate owned
Accretion of discount for preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury
Significant Accounting Policies
NOTE 1 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations in these financial statements, have been made.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could vary from these estimates. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.
The Company evaluated subsequent events through the date its financial statements were issued.
These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Except for accounting policies that have been recently adopted as described below, there have been no significant changes to the Company’s accounting policies as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Accounting Policies Recently Adopted and Pending Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs.” The primary purpose of the ASU is to conform the language in the fair value measurements guidance in U.S. GAAP and IFRS. The ASU also clarifies how to apply existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. Further, the ASU requires additional disclosures about transfers between level 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy, quantitative information for level 3 inputs, and the level of the fair value measurement hierarchy for items that are not measured at fair value in the statement of financial position but for which the fair value is required to be disclosed. The ASU is effective for the interim reporting period ending March 31, 2012. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2012, and the required disclosures are included in Note 12, “Fair Value Election and Measurement.” The adoption did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or EPS.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” The ASU requires presentation of the components of comprehensive income in either a continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements. The update does not change the items presented in OCI and does not affect the calculation or reporting of EPS. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassification of Items out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards update No. 2011-05,” which deferred the effective date for the amendments to the reclassification of items out of AOCI. The guidance, with the exception of reclassification adjustments, was effective on January 1, 2012 and must be applied retrospectively for all periods presented. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2012, and the required disclosures are included in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income/(Loss). The adoption did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or EPS.
In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment.” The ASU amends interim and annual goodwill impairment testing requirements such that an entity is not required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. The more likely than not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. The guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests beginning January 1, 2012. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2012 and has applied the guidance to interim goodwill impairment testing. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or EPS.
NOTE 2 – SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE
Securities Portfolio Composition
(Dollars in millions)
Amortized
Unrealized
U.S. Treasury securities
Federal agency securities
U.S. states and political subdivisions
MBS - agency
MBS - private
CDO/CLO securities
Corporate and other debt securities
Coke common stock
Other equity securities1
Total securities AFS
1At March 31, 2012, other equity securities included the following securities at cost: $432 million in FHLB of Atlanta stock, $398 million in Federal Reserve Bank stock, and $202 million in mutual fund investments. At December 31, 2011, other equity securities included the following securities at cost: $342 million in FHLB of Atlanta stock, $398 million in Federal Reserve Bank stock, and $187 million in mutual fund investments.
Securities AFS that were pledged to secure public deposits, repurchase agreements, trusts, and other funds had a fair value of $8.0 billion and $9.1 billion as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Further, under The Agreements, the Company pledged its shares of Coke common stock, which is hedged with derivative instruments, as discussed in Note 10, “Derivative Financial Instruments.” As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, there were no securities AFS pledged under which the transferee may repledge the collateral. The Company has also pledged $944 million and $770 million of certain marketable securities and cash equivalents to secure $923 million and $747 million of repurchase agreements as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
The amortized cost and fair value of investments in debt securities at March 31, 2012 by estimated average life are shown below. Actual cash flows may differ from estimated average lives and contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalties.
Distribution of Maturities
or Less
Amortized Cost:
Total debt securities
Fair Value:
Securities in an Unrealized Loss Position
The Company held certain investment securities having unrealized loss positions. Market changes in interest rates and credit spreads will result in temporary unrealized losses as the market price of securities fluctuates. As of March 31, 2012, the Company did not intend to sell these securities nor was it more-likely-than-not that the Company would be required to sell these securities before their anticipated recovery or maturity. The Company has reviewed its portfolio for OTTI in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Less than twelve months
Twelve months or longer
Temporarily impaired securities:
Total temporarily impaired securities
Other-than-temporarily impaired securities:1
Total other-than-temporarily impaired securities
Total impaired securities
1Includes OTTI securities for which credit losses have been recorded in earnings in current or prior periods.
At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, unrealized losses on securities that have been in a temporarily impaired position for longer than twelve months include municipal ARS and one ABS collateralized by 2004 vintage home equity loans. The municipal securities are backed by investment grade rated obligors; however, the fair value of these securities continues to be impacted by the lack of a functioning ARS market and the extension of time for expected refinance and repayment. No credit loss is expected on these securities. The ABS is also highly-rated, continues to receive timely principal and interest payments, and is evaluated quarterly for credit impairment. Cash flow analysis shows that the underlying collateral can withstand highly stressed loss assumptions without incurring a credit loss.
The portion of unrealized losses on securities that have been other-than-temporarily impaired that relates to factors other than credit are recorded in AOCI. Losses related to credit impairment on these securities is determined through estimated cash flow analyses and have been recorded in earnings in current or prior periods. The unrealized OTTI loss relating to private MBS as of March 31, 2012 includes purchased and retained interests from 2007 vintage securitizations. The unrealized OTTI loss relating to ABS is related to four securities within the portfolio that are 2003 and 2004 vintage home equity issuances. The expectation of cash flows for the previously impaired ABS securities has improved since the time credit-related impairment was recognized, and as a result, the amount of expected credit losses was reduced, and the expected increase in cash flows will be accreted into earnings as a yield adjustment over the remaining life of the securities.
Realized Gains and Losses and Other-than-Temporarily Impaired Securities
Three Months Ended March 31
Gross realized gains
Gross realized losses
The securities that gave rise to the $2 million and $1 million credit impairments recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, consisted of private MBS with a fair value of $114 million at both March 31, 2012 and 2011. Credit impairment that is determined through the use of cash flow models is estimated using cash flows on security specific collateral and the transaction structure. Future expected credit losses are determined by using various assumptions, the most significant of which include default rates, prepayment rates, and loss severities. For the majority of the securities that the Company has reviewed for credit-related OTTI, credit information is available and modeled for the collateral underlying each security. As part of that analysis, the model incorporates loan level information such as loan to collateral values, FICO scores, and home price appreciation/depreciation data specific to the geography of the loan. These inputs are updated on a regular basis to ensure the most current credit and other assumptions are utilized in the analysis. If, based on this analysis, the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security, the expected cash flows are then discounted at the security’s initial effective interest rate to arrive at a present value amount. OTTI credit losses reflect the difference between the present value of cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis of these securities. During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, all OTTI recognized in earnings on private MBS have underlying collateral of residential mortgage loans securitized in 2007. The Company has not purchased new private MBS during the three months ended March 31, 2012, and continues to reduce existing exposure primarily through paydowns.
OTTI1
Portion of losses recognized in OCI (before taxes)
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
1 The initial OTTI amount represents the excess of the amortized cost over the fair value of AFS debt securities. For subsequent impairments of the same security, amount represents additional declines in the fair value subsequent to the previously recorded OTTI, if applicable, until such time the security is no longer in an unrealized loss position.
The following is a rollforward of credit losses recognized in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 related to securities for which some portion of the OTTI loss remains in AOCI:
Balance, January 1, 2012
OTTI credit losses on previously impaired securities
Balance, March 31, 2012
The following table presents a summary of the significant inputs used in determining the measurement of credit losses recognized in earnings for private MBS for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:
Prepayment rate
Loss severity
Assumption ranges represent the lowest and highest lifetime average estimates of each security for which credit losses were recognized in earnings. During the first quarter of 2012, there was improvement in the default estimates for certain credit impaired bonds; however, the slower prepayment speeds and higher severity rates resulted in the recognition of additional impairment.
NOTE 3 - LOANS
Composition of Loan Portfolio
The composition of the Company's loan portfolio is shown in the following table:
Commercial loans:
Total commercial loans
Residential loans:
Residential mortgages - guaranteed
Residential mortgages - nonguaranteed1
Home equity products
Total residential loans
Consumer loans:
Guaranteed student loans
Other direct
Total consumer loans
LHFI
LHFS
1Includes $411 million and $431 million of loans carried at fair value at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company transferred $429 million and $122 million in LHFI to LHFS, and $11 million and $5 million in LHFS to LHFI, respectively. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company sold $239 million and $141 million in loans and leases that had been held for investment at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 for gains of $13 million and $2 million, respectively. There were no other material purchases or sales of LHFI during the period.
Credit Quality Evaluation
The Company evaluates the credit quality of its loan portfolio by employing a dual internal risk rating system, which assigns both PD and LGD ratings to derive expected losses. Assignment of PD and LGD ratings are predicated upon numerous factors, including consumer credit risk scores, rating agency information, borrower/guarantor financial capacity, LTV ratios, collateral type, debt service coverage ratios, collection experience, other internal metrics/analysis, and qualitative assessments.
For the commercial portfolio, the Company believes that the most appropriate credit quality indicator is the individual loan’s risk assessment expressed according to regulatory agency classification, Pass or Criticized. The Company's risk rating system is granular, with multiple risk ratings in both the Pass and Criticized categories. Pass ratings reflect relatively low expectations of default. The granularity in Pass ratings assists in the establishment of pricing, loan structures, approval requirements, reserves, and ongoing credit management requirements. Criticized assets have a higher PD. The Company conforms to the following regulatory classifications for Criticized assets: Other Assets Especially Mentioned (or Special Mention), Adversely Classified, Doubtful, and Loss. However, for the purposes of disclosure, management believes the most meaningful distinction within the Criticized categories is between Accruing Criticized (which includes Special Mention and a portion of Adversely Classified) and Non-Performing (which includes a portion of Adversely Classified, Doubtful, and Loss). This distinction identifies those higher risk loans for which there is a basis to believe that the Company will collect all amounts due from those where full collection is less certain.
Risk ratings are refreshed at least annually, or more frequently as appropriate, based upon considerations such as market conditions, loan characteristics, and portfolio trends. Additionally, management routinely reviews portfolio risk ratings, trends, and concentrations to support risk identification and mitigation activities.
For consumer and residential loans, the Company monitors credit risk based on indicators such as delinquencies and FICO scores. The Company believes that consumer credit risk, as assessed by the FICO scoring method, is a relevant credit quality indicator. FICO scores are obtained at origination as part of the Company’s formal underwriting process, and refreshed FICO scores are obtained by the Company at least quarterly. To enhance the Company's ability to manage risk, the Company changed its FICO scoring model to a more updated version in the first quarter of 2012 for the Home Equity, Indirect, and Other Direct portfolios. This change was the primary reason for an increase in the percentage of balances with FICO scores equal to or greater than 700 and conversely contributed to the decrease in the percentage of balances with FICO scores lower than 620. However, there was no impact to the Company's financial position or results of operations as a result of updating the FICO scoring model.
For government guaranteed student loans, the Company monitors the credit quality based primarily on delinquency status, as it is a more relevant indicator of credit quality due to the government guarantee. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, 78% and 79%, respectively, of the guaranteed student loan portfolio was current with respect to payments; however, the loss exposure to the Company was mitigated by the government guarantee.
LHFI by credit quality indicator are shown in the tables below:
Credit rating:
Criticized accruing
Criticized nonaccruing
Residential mortgages -
nonguaranteed 2
Current FICO score range:
700 and above
Below 6201
Consumer - other direct 3
Consumer - indirect
Consumer - credit cards
1For substantially all loans with refreshed FICO scores below 620, the borrower’s FICO score at the time of origination exceeded 620 but has since deteriorated as the loan has seasoned.
2Excludes $6.4 billion and $6.7 billion at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, of guaranteed residential loans. At both March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the majority of these loans had FICO scores of 700 and above.
3Excludes $464 million and $449 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, of private-label student loans with third party insurance. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the majority of these loans had FICO scores of 700 and above.
The payment status for the LHFI portfolio is shown in the tables below:
As of March 31, 2012
Accruing
Nonaccruing2
Total LHFI
1Includes $411 million of loans carried at fair value.
2Total nonaccruing loans past due 90 days or more totaled $2.2 billion. Nonaccruing loans past due fewer than 90 days include modified nonaccrual loans reported as TDRs.
As of December 31, 2011
Impaired Loans
A loan is considered impaired when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due, including principal and interest, according to the contractual terms of the agreement. Commercial nonaccrual loans greater than $4 million and certain consumer, residential, and commercial loans whose terms have been modified in a TDR are individually evaluated for impairment. Smaller-balance homogeneous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment are not included in the following tables. Additionally, the tables below exclude guaranteed student loans and guaranteed residential mortgages for which there was nominal risk of principal loss.
Cost1
Recognized2
Impaired loans with no related allowance recorded:
Impaired loans with an allowance recorded:
Residential mortgages - nonguaranteed
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Victor Ellul (38 years) London
My mother being Spanish bornn in Tangiers was a great fan of Dalida. I grew up listening to her records all of the time. I still listen to her beautiful voice and can't beleive my good fortune in discovering some great DVDs and videos of the great lady! My friends here in England are also crazy about her and always ask me to play the DVDs when they come over. My only regret is that I like so many others, never had the opportunity to see Dalida live on stage.
Pascal Bernier (38 years) Brighton
Dalida represents Beauty, natural elegance and chic, professionalism, purity, sincerity and honesty of the heart, to sing and dance remarkably, a way of life and a philosophy. Listening to her songs gives me a lot of cheer, warmth and vibrancy. Some of her remixed songs are even played in the Brighton gay-friendly and trendy bars and pubs. She unites all people from every nation. She is universal that is why she touched so many souls. I have even learned German and a little Italian and Spanish by listening to her foreign recordings. Long Live Dalida.
Tom Aldridge Bury - Village UK
Our song in 1961 was "Parlez moi d'amour". Twill ever remain thus e'en tho' my wife has joined Dalida in what must be heaven!!
David Vera (31 years) London
Am French living in Uk and Dalida was and still is for me a great artist with Je ne sais quoi who makes her so unique. I was so shocked the day she died but I respect her act and I wish she is having a better life out there along the anges... send you my Love and thank you orlando to keep her alive! David from London.
Jones Andrew (38 years) London
came accross Dalida about 2 years ago after being introduced by a French friend and I fell in love immediately. Something about her life, her beauty, talent and her tragedy touched my soul and continues to do so to this day. Such a terrible shame but a wonderful legacy
Denis Lownds (65 years)
I was only introduced to Dalida this year by a CD from a friend in the USA, what does she mean to me, the moment I played the CD I was captured by her voice, I don't know French, but it is not important, because Dalida like Edith Piaf sings from the heart, and you feel all the emotions of life, love, sorrows, wonderful Dalida, if only she were alive now, and then she would see how loved she is.
Me and my brother live in the uk and are big Dalida fans. She is truly unique. Too bad we will never be able to see her perform live. Our favourite song is Gigi Paradiso.
Steve (30 years)
I have just fallen under the spell of this remarkable woman. I was recently in Paris and went and paid my respects to Dalida at her resting place and I thanked her for being so unique and special. Her voice simply touches me. The way she sings 'Je Suis Malade' makes my heart ache. I've also just bought the DVD of her various TV performances and I am so sad that I will never witness one of them for myself. What a star this woman is and one that will shine forever.
Salvatore Boemi (45 years)
Tohear her sing it is like the sun is shining.she is a wonderfull artist .I will never forget her live shows in paris.never an artist gave me so greit emotions. I do miss you a lot. You were aperfect artist you made me laugh;and cry.you were a perfect love;i will never forget
Thierry Granus (37 years)
In 1979, at the age of 14, I bought my first Dalida vinyl record 45 EP in Reunion Island where I lived with my parents. I will soon be 37 and am still a fan of the Great Lady. The lyrics of her songs often reflect moments of my adult life... She will always stay my Idol amid my favourite popular singers. For me she is : The voice, look, beauty, emotion, regrets, tears, heartache, grief, joy, true love, true life, reality, irreplaceable, unforgettable, eternity...
Mac Castro (28 years)
I suppose being a Petula Clark fan, I'd heard the name Dalida a few times; especially as she's expressed such an admiration for her. So, I decided to find out who this woman was. It was earlier this year...in Paris that I came across the cd 'The Queen' and the DVD 'Passionnement'. I decided to buy them...give it a go. I'm not quite sure what happened the moment I heard her voice. One of the most incredible voices I have ever heard. I was hooked and now I have the great adventure at finding different songs, learning about her life. It hasn't been the easiest couple of months, but her music has kinda been there and I'm so incredibly glad that we 'met'. Rather late.
Stephen Rowland (46 years) - Leeds/UK
I am big fab Of Timi Yuro But now i'm big of the both of them (Dalida & Yuro) I frst heard Dalida round about 1999 in a gay hotel i was staying at in Amsterdam. The barman was playing the cd L'AN 2005 and the song Femme (Smile) came on and knowing Yuro did the song in 1962 it sounded fab. I tryed to the cd in Amsterdam but could not so the barman but it on tape for me to take back to Leeds UK. Thats was thats for 2 or 3 years just this tape untill friends went to Paris for weekend and came back with the cd for me. They started telling me all about the cd's they had seen and videos. Then i started looking for stuff on Ebay and my god now have 100 45's single and EP's and still going up 20 cd's 1 DVD box set and 4 10inch Lp's Soon i'm off Paris to where she lived. It's just ashame she did not come to uk or was on the Uk TV or did she ????? Not many peole know of her here in the uk, and record shop like HMV have never heard of her unless u shop in the BIG HMV shop in london. How when i'm in Europe i look for her stuff at 2rd hand markets etc, but trying to fine stuff she did in english it's like trying find gold.I have told lots of friends all about her My tops 5 songs are Pepe, J'attendrai,Gigi L'amoroso (i do have this song in english too)Amore scusami, Italian Restaurant
Herve Naudet (34 years)
Dalida is sunday morning and you still fills many peoples's heart with your songs! be bless, your star still shine with fervour and passion in our soul. beautiful bird with a golden voice. always in our memories.
Ollie Bulus (52 years) - London
Jules Converty (44 years) - Londres
Eric Thekidz (39 years) London
Chris Keene (24 years)
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Home Creating Your Community- Office of Archeaology and Historic Preservation Geneva Lodge Solarium
Geneva Lodge Solarium
Call Number 5AH729OAHP
Title Geneva Lodge Solarium
Creator History Colorado. Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Date 1998 February
Summary Exterior photograph of the solarium at the Geneva Lodge in Littleton, Colorado. From 1927 until 1973, the home was operated by an international association of hotel workers as a recuperative care facility for its members from throughout the United States. The International Geneva Association was founded in 1877 in Geneva, Switzerland and spread to the United States during the early 20th century. 1941 additions to the wood frame Craftsman style building reflected the need for more space and the evolution in health care practices, while retaining the overall residential appearance of the property.
Description 1 photographic slide: color, 2 x 2 in.
Subject Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Littleton.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Littleton.; Architecture--Colorado--Littleton--History.
Street Address 2305 W. Berry Ave
Format-Medium Photograph
Source Original photograph held by The Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, History Colorado
Rights Contact Information The Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, History Colorado, reserves all rights to materials in society collections, including, but not limited to, photographs, digital files and publications of the society. Publication or reproduction of photographs or other materials from History Colorado collections requires written permission from the Society.
Notes OAHP Slide Collection
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Home Rocky Mountain News Portrait of Cindy Herrera (cq), holding a photo of her deceased husband Ernie Herrera (cq), at...
Portrait of Cindy Herrera (cq), holding a photo of her deceased husband Ernie Herrera (cq), at their home in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. "I always told him he was a gift from God," said Cindy. Ernie died on October 5th. He was bitten by a spider on September 30th and Cindy believes that it was a brown recluse and that it caused Ernie's death. (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS/CHRIS SCHNEIDER) ** Cindy Herrera (cq), Ernie Herrera (cq)
Creator CHRIS SCHNEIDER
Caption Portrait of Cindy Herrera (cq), holding a photo of her deceased husband Ernie Herrera (cq), at their home in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. "I always told him he was a gift from God" said Cindy. Ernie died on October 5th. He was bitten by a spider on September 30th and Cindy believes that it was a brown recluse and that it caused Ernie's death. (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS/CHRIS SCHNEIDER) ** Cindy Herrera (cq), Ernie Herrera (cq)
Other descriptive information Chris Schneider;Portrait of Cindy Herrera (cq), holding a photo of her deceased husband Ernie Herrera (cq), at their home in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. "I always told him he was a gift from God" said Cindy. Ernie died on October 5th. He was bitten by a spider on September 30th and Cindy believes that it was a brown recluse and that it caused Ernie's death. (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS/CHRIS SCHNEIDER) ** Cindy Herrera (cq), Ernie Herrera (cq)
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Keywords darrent williams
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Faloria Mountain Spa Resort in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy
Faloria Mountain SPA Resort
A new design hotel in the Dolomites: the “Faloria Mountain Spa Resort” in Cortina defines a new model of mountain luxury hospitality. The architect Flaviano Capriotti designs a five star hotel that combines innovation and tradition in Italy's most glamorous mountain destination.
The plan for the new Faloria Mountain Spa Resort, historical glamorous hotel based in Cortina, has finally been unveiled. The project, signed by the architect Flaviano Capriotti, upgrades the resort to the highest hospitality standards, achieving the fifth star and presenting a new hospitality model: at crossroads between local tradition, innovation and comfort.
The opening is scheduled for December 2018, just in time for the start of the skiing season and for the Christmas holidays. The project comprises not only the aesthetic and functional refurbishment of the existing building, but also a generous expansion, through the construction of a brand new central body, which recall the typical style of the Dolomites.
In this project Flaviano Capriotti has developed an aesthetical language harmonized with the surrounding landscape, revisiting it with a contemporary touch.
The renovation of the existing hotel aims to the highest international luxury standards to establish itself as the standard of excellence in hospitality for the Alps overall.
The guest of the new Faloria Mountain Spa Resort is embraced in a perceptive path of the natural identity of the area, relishing a unique environment that offers the most advanced technologies for a functional comfort and unique atmosphere.
The project includes a new lounge area with Bar and a maiolica tiled stove, inspired to those of the traditional houses in the Dolomites, where the upholstered furniture – which is all custom designed – is covered with warm wool, typical of the mountains.
A large "opus incertum" Dolomia stone wall separates the Lounge area from the Bistrot, which is a cozy and quiet space that accommodates up to 40 people, welcoming guests from breakfast to dinner.
The chosen materials are Dolomia stone and larch, the padded furniture is made of wool and the chairs are typical, redesigned however with a contemporary accent.
The Restaurant, which accommodates 70 people, is the heart of the renewed relationship between building and background, being bounded by a glazed pavilion with scenic views of the mountain Croda da Lago on one side and the iconic 1956 Olympic ski jump on the other.
The original vintage larch coffered ceiling is restored. Woven wicker panels screen the light and create an elegant and refined atmosphere. The restaurant is completed by the "Stube", the center of the traditional house in Ampezzo, built with antique woodwork and a large table that can accommodate 10 guests.
The new rooms – split in Classic Room, Suite, Comfort Suite, King Deluxe, Suite King – have all been designed by Flaviano Capriotti, that selected a chromatic palette and materials where brushed larch, wool and Dolomia stone are the common threads to achieve the highest comfort and practicality.
The spaces are rich of details specifically designed to greet and receive without standing out, maintaining a delicate domestic flavor thanks to details such as the flooring and the wall cladding made of brushed larch and the padded wool bed headboards that are designed with botanical drawings of the local alpine flora.
The wardrobes are designed in two parts for a comfortable use in couple, dedicating the central area to the make-up.
The cornerstone for the new hotel concept is the redefinition of the SPA and Wellness area, around which a new sensorial and emotional experience was created, devoted to touching every level of perception: visual, tactile, olfactory and emotional.
The SPA is designed with a selection of natural materials from the Ampezzo valley: the larch wood from the forest, the Dolomia stone from the mountains and the green from the water of lakes.
Covering over 1000 sqm in size, where the guest can experience the sensorial path of the sauna, ice fountain, pool, calidarium and vitality pool.
The internal swimming pool is unique for its size and features across the whole Alpine area: beautifully designed and coloured, 25 meter long with three lanes, suitable for every need, even for professional swimmers. There is a large skylight on the ceiling and a large glazing wall with bronze profiles, from which one can enjoy the view of the Mount Faloria and access the outdoor garden and the outside area of the vitality pool, which being heated can also be used in winter and under the snow.
The vitality pool stretches also in the inside of the building, comprising of an area appositely designed for silence and relax.
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De Forest, John William
Mohegan Indians
History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 : Copy#1
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906; Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Hartford; W. J. Hamersley
Date: 1851, Volume: copy#1
Subjects: Indians of North America, Mohegan Indians, Pequot Indians
Collections: History, Social Sciences, American Libraries Collection
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...RY OF THB IIDIAIfS OF COIIECTICUT FROM THB EARLIEST KNOWN PERIOD TO 1850. By JOHN W. De FOREST. PUBLISHED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORI... ...B IIDIAIfS OF COIIECTICUT FROM THB EARLIEST KNOWN PERIOD TO 1850. By JOHN W. De FOREST. PUBLISHED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCI... ...IDIAIfS OF COIIECTICUT FROM THB EARLIEST KNOWN PERIOD TO 1850. By JOHN W. De FOREST. PUBLISHED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY... ... 7^ 370.1 Entered, according to Act of Congress ii> the year 1850, By J. W. De forest, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court o.*" Connecticut. ... ...^ 370.1 Entered, according to Act of Congress ii> the year 1850, By J. W. De forest, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court o.*" Connecticut. TE... ...ne a manuscript history of the Indian tribes of Connecticut, prepared by Mr. John W. De Forest, and to give an opinion whether it should be pub- lishe... ...ous library of antiques are to be found. New England's Plantation, and Roger Williams' Key into the Indian Languages, from which I have drawn my brief... ...ions and a Defense of the Colony, referring to the long law suit between the Mohegans and Connecticut, and lately brought from England and deposited i... ...uots, 99 Pequots endeavor to form a league with the Narragansetts, 101 Roger Williams prevents it, 103 League between the English and Narragansetts, 1...
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Home Story - News Lotto Scam Suspects To Be Indicted Tuesday
Lotto Scam Suspects To Be Indicted Tuesday
Carol Moran
Three Riverhead men who allegedly swindled a Guatemalan construction worker out of his $75,000 Take 5 lottery winnings will be arraigned on a grand jury indictment on Tuesday, May 14, in First District Court in Central Islip, officials said this week.
Originally scheduled for Wednesday, May 8, the arraignment was postponed due to a need for a Turkish interpreter, according to Robert Clifford, a spokesperson for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota. The suspects will now appear before Acting State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho on Tuesday.
Yunis Ozturk, 33, and Orhan Ozturk, 47, brothers and employees at the Valero gas station on Peconic Avenue in Riverside, are accused of paying the victim—identified in online court documents as Marvin Choy Nij, 28—only $774 of the $74,892 in winnings when he attempted to redeem his ticket at the station on March 18. Yunis and Orhan Ozturk, and accomplice Yalcin Nergiz, 41, then cashed the ticket at the New York Lottery customer service center in Garden City and split $48,318.27—the proceeds after taxes, authorities said.
Mr. Nij, who police said does not speak English, later learned that only the lotto commission is permitted to make payments exceeding $600, and also heard reports that the store had sold a winning ticket for the larger amount. He returned to the store to confront the clerks, but was turned away. Southampton Town Police arrested the three men on April 19 after a joint investigation by detectives and lottery officials.
According to online court records, all three will be indicted on two counts of second-degree grand larceny, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of stolen property and one count of fourth-degree conspiracy, all felonies. Orhan Ozturk will also be arraigned on two additional felony counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, records state.
Mr. Nergiz and Yunis Ozturk remain incarcerated at the Suffolk County Jail in Riverside in lieu of $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash bail. Orhan Ozturk was released on April 20 after posting $10,000 cash bail, according to a corrections officer.
A spokeswoman for the New York State Gaming Commission said last week that she could not confirm if Mr. Nij had received his winnings.
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< Gl�hende Haut
Released: c. 1978
Notes: West Germany, put together from Onyx loops including Gl�hende Haut, Nymphenreigen and Halali auf heisse H�hner
Chaudes Bal�ares France
Andrea Werdien plays Brigittte
Juditha Arlou plays Zouzou, a model
Renate Knottnerus plays Miss. Meyer, Frank's secretary
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XNK1594 plays Millie, a model
XNK1597 plays Maya, the virgin
XNK1772 Mira, Frank's friend in Palma de Mallorca
XNK1773 plays the girl who pretends to be Bobby
XNK2547 plays the girl found in the street
Frank works in an office with his secretary, Miss Meyer. One day he notices somebody lying on his car (it's winter) and discovers it is a girl who has been thrown out by her lover. He takes her to his place to warm her and puts her in the bathtub. His lover (Serena) comes in and immedately hits it off with the girl. They are soon joined by Frank and the three of them end up on the sofa.
Later the rescued girl turns up at Frank's office and teases him. Once again they move to the sofa and are soon joined by the secretary who had been listening to them and masturbating behind the door.
Frank gets a phonecall from his friend Paul and they both go hunting. Frank shoots at what he thinks to be some animal and which turns out to be a girl named Brigitte. She takes the two men to a virgin friend of hers, Maya, who in a few minutes loses her virginity after pretending she didn't want to. (Notice her quick glance at the camera at the end of the scene. Debutante?)
Frank is tired and is invited by his friend Mira who lives in Palma de Mallorca. They meet there and are soon invited on board a boat by its captain who introduces them to Bobby, his crewman. In fact Bobby is a girl who pretended to be a boy in order to be allowed to work on the ship, and Mira and her become friends immediately. Frank discovers the situation and introduces the real Bobby to the captain who doesn't believe his eyes.
Frank, Mira and the girl-formerly-known-as Bobby leave the boat and go to a villa. They have a little session in the huge bathroom and "Bobby" leaves.
Frank and Mira's attention is drawn towards the room nextdoor where another girl is masturbating with a banana. A very friendly girl indeed who soon takes care of Frank's never-tired organ. Some more fun for him and his two partners. (That director must have had a mind set on threesomes, but who would blame him for it and by the way, whose villa is it?). Anyway, that curly-haired girl nextdoor sure knows how to handle a thing when she sees/seizes one!
A photographer is shooting two models (Millie and Zouzou) as Frank and Mira are watching from the balcony. She invites them in for a drink. (It may well be her villa then). Frank greets them (his villa?) and immediately starts working on the two models on the sofa while Mira takes care of the photographer. Eventually, he comes watching the two girls together. (Gee that photographer's job must be something!)
Back on board the boat. The photographer is busy shooting the two girls again, but they'd rather do something more intimate and the poor boy finds himself once again between his model's legs. In the background, Frank and Mira are also back to their favourite occupation.
The film ends with the captain and the former-Bobby girl laughing at his aphorisms - though they are not too witty!
That's how things were back in 1978 on a boat called Sea Gypsy, somewhere near Palma de Mallorca.
Nice natural girls, sunshine and a cosy villa. Life can sure be tough ...
Prophilo
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Rating documents with AQUA
Projects > Past Projects > AQUA
Full name: Advanced Query User Interface Architecture
Start date: 1998.
End date: 2000.
Project homepage: http://dsd.sztaki.hu/projects/past/aqua/en/
AQUA is a prototype implementation of a general user interface paradigm, which is capable of modelling iterative query refinement and embedding several common and advanced query techniques. The objective of this interface is not only to provide an integrated view for different searching and browsing techniques, but also to help the user to explore the contents of a digital library.
AQUA uses a single list of panels to visualize the user's query refinement steps. The first panel applies the first query operation on the whole document collection, then each panel represents an operation on the results of the previous panel. In this way users can build complex queries step by step.
Figure 1: A query session using AQUA
AQUA currently works with the data collections of NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library) and ETRDL (ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library). The screenshot on Fig. 1 shows an example query: the lower part of the AQUA screen contains a scrollable list of panels. In the example the first panel contains a boolean search for the term "digital library", with 183 results from two different digital library servers. The second panel refines the first query by searching for terms "Dienst" or "NCSTRL", and the remaining 23 documents are browsed by publication year in the third panel. The fourth panel shows the authors of documents for the years selected in the third panel. The upper part of the AQUA window serves as a console where the user can follow what is happening within the system and how their inputs are being processed. Between the console and the panel list there are tools to manipulate the whole panel list, for example queries can be saved and later reapplied to the collection.
Panels in AQUA contain some standard elements: a drop-down select box at the top of the panel to change the type of query. The "delete" button in the upper right corner can be used to remove the panel from the list. The "add" button in the upper left corner is for inserting a new panel into the list before the current panel.
Both the AQUA client and the server has been implemented in Java. The client can be used as an applet, it displays the actual state of the query (e.g. Fig. 1) computed by the AQUA server. The AQUA server handles multiple client sessions, and it can access several document collections in parallel. Wrappers are used to connect different digital library systems with the server.
AQUA is available for the public since 1998. The first version was followed by a Java Swing based version in 1999. AQUA-2 has an improved user interface and provides additional features for collaborative filtering (detailed in the next section).
AQUA is further developed towards a collaborative tool for digital library community use. AQUA-2 helps opinion sharing and information filtering within digital document collections. This is achieved by adding rating as a new facility to AQUA-2. Users may rate documents in the collection, and this rating information can be used as other usual document metadata during queries in AQUA.
This work has been done in collaboration with the SELECT (EC Telematics Applications Programme) project. The aim of the SELECT project is to provide methods for Internet users to filter the large amount of available information using collaborative techniques.
Figure 2: Rating in AQUA
The concepts for user rating is similar to the concepts of SELECT. Users may rate each document in several categories. Categories can be defined dynamically with a given numeric scale or a set of labels. Icons and label translations for several languages can also be added to categories. User rates may have a given context. Within a context, users or user groups may have a competence value, which represents the users' expertise. Aggregate rating values for documents are calculated from rates in a single category, and presented to users. The calculation of these aggregate values may rely on competence levels, providing an architecture for many variations of rating (e.g. peer reviews, public opinions).
The user interface has been augmented with a rating input dialog, various rating displays and a new panel (Fig. 2). Aggregate rating values are shown in the List titles and Document panels. Document panels also show users' own rates for documents, and a new button activates the dialog for adding or changing rating values. A completely new panel type (Search by rating) was introduced to filter documents according to their rating values. This means that a result set can be filtered by rating values at any point in the query chain.
Currently, rating information is stored inside the AQUA system using our own implementation of rating services. In the near future it is planned to use the SELECT rating server for this purpose. This means that rating information will be globally available, not only within the AQUA system.
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Video: An exclusive look inside Dubai’s latest Tesla taxis
Keywords:Dubai new TaxiTesla TaxiUAE
Here’s how much a ride will cost you.
Next time you want to hire a limousine through Dubai Taxi service, look out for the latest Teslas that have hit the streets of Dubai recently.
Fifty Tesla electric vehicles have been operational since September 2017 — 25 of those are sedan Model S and the remaining are SUV Model X. An additional 75 vehicles will be supplied in 2018 and 75 others will be delivered in 2019. This is part of a deal signed last February for adding 200 Tesla cars to Dubai Taxi’s limousine fleet by 2019.
“This initiative is in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai the smartest city in the world, support its green economy and to turn 25% of the trips in the emirate autonomous,” said Ammar Rashid Al Breiki, Acting Corporate Administrative Support Services Director, Dubai Taxi Corporation.
Model (X) has certain distinguishing features such as falcon wing doors, panoramic windshield, a seven-seat configuration. Model (S) has garnered the largest possible rating of safety as it can cover the longest distance amongst electric vehicles.
How much will a ride cost you?
For now the vehicles can be hired directly from the airport but soon they will be introduced throughout Dubai.
At the moment, the fare at the airport starts at Dh25, which is same as a regular taxi. The rate per kilometer is Dh5. But once they are introduced all over Dubai, the fare would change.
How can the vehicles be charged?
Both the models can go up to 400km with a single charge. The charging takes about 3 to 4 hours.
“Every Tesla driver works for 8 hours. After every 8-hour shift, the car will be charged for 3-4 hours. That way we ensure maximum utilisation of the vehicle. We have two main stations for charging. One at the Dubai Taxi Corporation office and the other at the airport. Plus there are 103 charging stations all over Dubai. So there’s no place in Dubai where this car can’t go,” added Mr. Ammar.
The drivers are wisely chosen and specially trained to handle the electric vehicles and their supporting technologies.
Additionally, Al Breiki noted that both models come equipped with the hardware needed for full self-driving capability but they don’t drive themselves yet.
“We are working on the legal formalities to operate them as autonomous vehicles. The cars are equipped with autonomous capabilities which will be enabled when the project is finalised,” he added.
Tesla taxis also enjoy some exemptions till 2019 that have been put in place in cooperation with DEWA and RTA. Till 2019, charging the cars is free of cost and so is the salik tag. The parking spaces for these vehicles are also free.
“The world is moving towards electric and hybrid vehicles to save the environment. We are optimistic that Tesla taxis will do well going by the demand we have received so far,” Al Breiki added.
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"Generation Z: ReNoise" and a Little Bit More
The CTM festival, a.k.a the Festival for Adventurous Music & Art in Berlin earlier this year placed a lot of emphasis on early electronic music from Eastern Europe, especially music from the USSR. One of the main attractions of CTM festival was "Generation Z: Renoise", an exhibition on "Russian Pioneers of Sound Art and Musical Technology in the Early 20th Century". For a whole month, the exhibition space down the hallway of the Bethanien was filled with a variety of noise instruments made from metal and wood. Guests were turning handles, banging gongs, drilling against large pieces of sheet metal to their heart's content, and the clickety clack, rumble, boom and twang never ceased. It was like a collective improv noise performance. These machines were replicas of the noise machines invented by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popov (1889-1968) in the 1940s.
For many years, the imagination of Soviet art in the minds of the general public were dominated either by the dreadful description of a mechanically produced novel by George Orwell, or the forced cheerfulness of North Korean patriotic songs on youtube that are so often the subject of ridicule by bored netizens.
"Generation Z" is a reminder of a USSR that wasn't all kitsch. During the early 20's, there was a brief flash of creativity in Russian history, when artists and scientists strove to create a communist utopia where man and machine were one. Noise orchestras, post-human discourse, experiments in graphical sound and musique concrète appeared, way before anything similar appeared in the West. These projects were the brain child of the Russian avant-garde groups, heavily influenced by Russian futurism and further inspired by Lenin's 1920 dictum "Communism equals Soviet power plus the Electrification of the Entire Country". Unfortunately, these progressive ideas were seen as hostile to the authority of the Bolshevik government. They were gradually repressed by Lenin and brutally abolished by Stalin.
The main star of the exhibit was Leon Theremin (1896-1993), who invented the famous theremin and who also worked for the KGB making machines for espionage. Works of lesser known artists who were nonetheless way ahead of their times also featured in the exhibition. There was Arseny Avraamov (1885-1944), who was already experimenting with the prepared piano, and Dziga Vertov (1896-1954), who was already toying with pre-recorded music and musique concrète.
However, the most interesting part of the exhibition for me was its introduction of the various organizations, or to use the curator's own words, the various "network cultures", which are "based on numerous cross-connected "creative units" comprised of artists and scholars" that sprouted in attempt to contribute their own version of Soviet utopia. For instance, Proletkult, founded by Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928), was a organization that aimed to re-examine traditional art, literature and science through cybernetics in order to create a new proletarian culture. It opened studios in worker's unions all over the country, using nonhierarchical methods to encourage workers to express their own voice.
"Generation Z" focused on the noise orchestras that sprouted accompanying the experimental theaters that performed under Proletkult. The display of instruments used in these orchestras were imbued with a heavy punk DIY spirit, as they were commonly made with household objects such as chairs, pig bladders, or abacuses. This was in accordance with the Constructivist slogan "art into life", which, according to scholar Konstantin Dudakov-Kashuro, made "no distinction between everyday life and art, production and culture, work and leisure, musical instruments and working tools." Of course, there was a more pragmatic reason underlying these high claims: Russia was facing a lack of materials to create traditional instruments due to the ongoing civil war.
While organizations like Proletkult were busy cultivating their utopia from a class-based approach, others did so through the attempt of fusing man and machine. A radical institute called The Central Institute of Labour (CIT) was founded in 1920 by Alexey Gastev (1882-1939) and supported by Lenin. Heavily influenced by Fordism and Taylorism, Gastev sought to realize the man/machine metaphor through biomechanics: Instruments for photography and film were found within the institute, monitoring the workers' movements in order to calculate the most efficient working method. The ideal was that by the completion of the training, "full automatism" would be attained and workers' mind would be freed to engage in new stimuli.
Unfortunately, most of these projects came to a nasty end. Bogdanov's insistence on Proletkult's autonomy from the central Communist was viewed as a threat by Lenin. As a consequence, Bogdanov was removed from the leadership role of Proletkult, while Proletkult itself was made into a subsection of the governmental cultural agency. It was closed down by the Communist party in April 1932. in 1938 Alexei Gastev was arrested for "counter-revolutionary terrorist activity" and executed the following year. The CIT was subsequently closed down. By the mid 40's, these projects had been erased from the "official" history of Soviet Russia. New ideas were stifled because under Stalin's regime, anything that was beyond immediate comprehension was branded as "formalism", idle contemplations of the petty bourgeois and should be immediately banned. What was left was Stalinist realism, a cookie cutter style that existed only to glorify Communist rule.
One wonders why Lunaacharsky's proposal to composer Sergei Prokofiev: "You are revolutionary in music as we are revolutionary in life – we should work together" faced such a sour end. Proletkult sought to spread culture among the proletarians, the CIT sought to realize Lenin's electrified communist moto. Clearly they couldn't be seen as immediate threats to the revolution. "Generation Z" blames the authoritarian nature of the Bolshevik government: "By their very nature, authoritarian states are not interested in supporting ideas that incite society to any activity that might undermine their authority." While this may be true, the exhibit's clear-cut distinction between the "artistic and scientific Utopia" of the 1910s and 20s and the "totalitarian, highly centralized anti-Utopia" of the 30s to 50s tantalizes the visitor, beckoning to them to fill in the gaps.
Noise Machine invented by Vladimir Popov and reconstructed by Music Laboratory.
Is there no contiguity at all between Utopia and Dystopia? Further studies show that this is not the case. For instance, while the exhibit portrays avant-garde artists striving together towards an electrified communist utopia, some may argue that the idea of the Russian avant-garde and the Communists working arm in arm is a misconception. According to Gassner Hubertus's article "The Constructivists Modernism on the Way to Modernization", many of the Russian Futurists were anarchists before the 1917 October Revolution. They differed from the Bolsheviks in that they distrusted any form of institution and insisted on the autonomy of art from the government. The insurgence of the Bolsheviks however, created a vacuum in the governmental art department, as right-winged conservative artists were mostly sympathizers of the previous social democratic government. The traditional preservationist approach to art on the Bolsheviks' part, on the other hand, was interpreted by the leftist anarchists that artistic freedom could once again fall back to institutional tutelage that haunted the 300 year czarist regime. Some avant-garde leftists thus decided to work with the government and gain at least some political leverage.
While they enjoyed a honey moon period around 1918-19, in which various avant-garde museums and exhibitions were held, institutions became increasingly centralized after the end of the Civil War in the autumn of 1920. Publications ceased to exist and autonomous artistic organizations were dissolved. In a letter criticizing Proletkult, the communist party accused the futurists involved of exerting subversive influences in the organization. Facing this series of defeats, the avant-garde leftists had to rethink their position in society. They came up with constructivism, which attempted to identify the artist with the worker and their artwork as product, thus the slogan "art into life", as mentioned in Dudakov-Kashuro's commentary on Soviet noise orchestras. Though this concept claimed to renovate the relationship between art and everyday life, the price was the disavowal of the artist as subject, as the poet Mayakovski clearly revealed in his statement in 1920: "We declare: to hell with individualism, to hell with words and emotions... so that we can even renounce our own personality... the poet can't be forced but he can force himself"
The artists justified themselves by identifying with the workers in a worker's state, but art risked losing its critical stance to life. Indeed, some critics argued that constructivism wasn't a merging of art into life, but a liquidation of art into life. Marxist scholar Dave Walsh even went so far as to accuse the constructivists for paving the road to Stalin's later oppression of art:
"There is no question that the Futurist-Constructivists, as well as the early Proletkul'tists, provided certain slogans, issues and ideological weapons that were seized upon by the Stalinists and utilized against artistic production itself. The diatribes against inspiration, intuition, "soulfulness," "haziness," etc., were used to regiment and straitjacket the artists of a later period."
Of course, this is in no way to say that the artists got what they deserve, but rather it was an attempt to offer a contiguous transition of the gap left by "Generation Z" in their Utopia/Dystopia dichotomy. It would be insensitive and irresponsible to say that things would be different if those in the avant-garde had done things differently. Art and culture is the most fragile organ of a civilization. In such turbulent times they didn't really stand a chance.
Images Captions:
1. The theremin
2. Noise Machine invented by Vladimir Popov and reconstructed by Music Laboratory
3. Portrait of Alexei Gastev by Z. Tolkachev
4. CIT poster: “Let’s take the snow-storm of the revolution in the USSR, let’s put the rhythm of american life and perform well-adjusted work like chronometer.”
Headphones required: John McBain's psychedelic guitar
Finding a decent picture of John McBain is not easy. I'm not talking about John McBain from General Hospital or The Simpsons' Teutonic action-man McBain. The net is awash with their likenesses. And don't get me started on John McCain. He can stay in 2008.
The John McBain I am sharing with you here is an American underground guitar hero. So underground not only have you never heard of him, you can't easily find his likeness online.
Through the series of videos and commentary below you will be able to chart McBain's evolution from psyching it up in New Jersey's most THC encrusted basements to soloing in Seattle's grunge supergroups, from jamming in the desert with Josh Homme to laying down some of the most subtly dense recordings of modern times.
He may not be famous, but McBain has managed to play an important part in a number of emerging scenes over the last 20 years. And just as these scenes threatened to get huge, McBain either walked away or was passed over. It is not always easy to distil McBain's influence in each of the acts he has played with although there is a common thread: an unremitting commitment to explore the possibilities of psychedelic rock.
I cannot pretend to have heard every McBain track nor am I overly familiar with his life and ideas. The obscurity of work makes such biographical details all the more difficult to find. But this is just reason why the world needs to be introduced to John McBain and his psych guitar. Through his work we can track a path across the margins of American alternative music. And the best way to assess a figure such as McBain is through what he does best - play the guitar.
It's a satanic drug thing...
Having played in a string of garage projects in late 80s New Jersey, McBain and his buddies hooked up with "Dave Brock lookalike" Dave Wyndorf and started getting some local attention gigging as Monster Magnet.
Monster Magnet is still chugging on at venues around the world, turning out ever more processed and unimaginative albums. Some would say that in spite of the band's rise to mid-90s alt fame and a fleeting flirtation with mainstream success in the late 90s, Magnet's best days where when McBain was part of the set up. Two 1991 recordings characterise this era: Tab and Spine of God.
The Tab EP is notable for the track ‘Tab…’, a 32 minute trance-inducing meditation on the realms of analog recording. Held together by a metronomic bass and drum loop, Monster Magnet seemed to want to make ‘Tab…’ as trippy as possible. McBain's rhythm guitar floats around Wyndorf's processed vocals as all manner of distorted and indulgent sounds compete to be the most outrageous. A sound engineer at the time applauded this as "the return of drug rock" and I think he was right. This fuzzed out groove became one of the foundations of the dopily named ‘stoner rock’ sub sub genre.
More compact than Tab, Spine of God is no less extravagant in it's homage of 70s rock. Beginning with a flanged drum solo, Monster Magnet pays closer attention to the dynamics of song writing and the listener is rewarded. While ‘Ozium’ is cruisy and drawn out, the album's highlight is undoubtedly ‘Spine of God’. Centred on a hypnotic guitar riff, ‘Spine of God’ rises from the slightly paranoid medina of the verse to the crunch and roar of the epic chorus. All cloaked in unapologetically acid-soaked histrionics.
Unfortunately as Monster Magnet's profile and responsibilities grew, McBain's discomfort grew too, and his anti-social behaviour led to his dismissal.
Following on an invitation from his friend and former tour mate, Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd, McBain moved to Seattle.
Sad McBain
Early 1990s Seattle is a place of myth. For a guitarist seeking respite from the pressures of rock ‘n’ roll, Seattle would not seem an obvious choice. In his time there, McBain lent his hand to some classic underground recordings. 1993's self-titled Hater was the first.
My friend gave me her copy of Hater because, in her words, “it was too country”. Compared to Soundgarden, perhaps. But compared to Garth Brooks, not at all. Hater has the feel of a bunch of talented guys letting loose from their grungy day jobs. Compact but loose, it is an enjoyable slice of early 90s alt rock. This track, ‘Sad McBain’, opens over a furious McBain solo while vocalist Matt Cameron reels off what seem to be a collection of McBain’s notable sayings. Notably, “LA rock sucks”.
The Evil McBain
The Desert Sessions series of albums are best know as Josh Homme and a bunch of his mates jamming in the California desert from 1995 onwards. The project's evolving sound reflects its revolving membership and, unfortunately, is a bit hit and miss.
While most albums see Homme and his merry men making punch tunes punctuated by wacky interludes, it is on Vol.1 and Vol.2 where they take off in space rock mode. No doubt due to McBain's presence. These were Josh Homme's first easily available post-Kyuss recordings and it is one of the great shames of modern rock that McBain and Homme didn't collaborate more. These recordings easily fit into the “robot rock” mould of early Queens of the Stoneage, where driving fuzzed out guitars are well complemented by soaring analogue keyboards. Initially released on vinyl, Vol.1 And Vol.2 were compiled on a CD released by the late Man’s Ruin label. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, you can listen to the full EPs here:
Escrito por Homme/McBain
For those who got past the "features former members of Kyuss" sticker on the cover perused the liner notes of the self-titled Queens of the Stoneage LP, a line in Spanish might have caught his or her eye:
Escritas pr Queens Of The Stoneage Exepto por 'Juan Regular' Escrito por Homme/McBain/Bomb The Sun
McBain and Homme's collaboration on ‘Regular John’ is the epitome of Homme's then oft-quoted “robot rock” and yet possibly typified his desire to make music that "Girls want to dance to". The tight riffing floats over the bouncing beats of drummer Alfredo Hernandez. As big beat electronica was wooing punters across America, Queens of the Stoneage were returning a dancing groove to rock at the end of a somber decade of grunge bookended by the twin inanities of hair metal and rap-rock. John McBain only helped out on ‘Regular John’ but this song remains a QOTSA live staple to this day:
In an interview from 2006, McBain noted :
I`m not interested in fame. Music is an outlet for me that I appreciate and take very seriously. It`s a really personal part of my life. I make music for myself. And I`ve seen too many "famous" friends of mine either completely fall apart physically and spiritually from the pressures of the "music biz" or transform into ego driven assholes. And in every case their music suffered. No exceptions.
Importantly, McBain’s anonyminity is in contrast to his friends and former bandmates from groups such as Monster Magnet, Soundgarden and QOTSA. This quote pointedly decries the pressures of fame.
John Paul McBain
Releasing four albums of garage-psych between 1997 and 2003, it remains a mystery how Wellwater Conspiracy didn't capture the imagination of rock fans. Remember, it was in the early 00s that “rock was reborn”, as retro-tinged bands such as The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Vines and the The Hives all released popular albums that played around with the meat and potatoes templates of garage rock. However, none did it as well Wellwater Conspiracy. If only they added a 'The' to their name, fame and alt-adulation could have been theirs.
‘Sleeveless’ from their first album is McBain's favourite and perfectly encapsulates Wellwater Conspiracy's twin muses of the freakbeat and 60s psychedelia, infused by the vision and experience of these Seattle grunge survivors.
Asides from the Soundgarden rhythm section (and fellow Hater and Desert Session collaborators) of Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron, the Wellwater Conspiracy was joined at times by Josh Homme, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and other Seattle Musicians.
Centaur Of The Sun
Undoubtedly his crowning achievement, The In-Flight Feature (2006) is a cornucopia of stereo textures and warm wah-wah work. Utilising all the available effects of the studio and drawing on his years of experience, McBain crafted a delightful excursion into the potential of sound. Ten tracks long (with three bonus tracks), the echoes, tremolos and drones of The In-Flight Feature evoke the comfort and indulgence that the album's title alludes to while not getting bogged in retro trimmings. I recall reading at the time that McBain expressed interest in soundtrack and production work. If that's the case, then this is the best business card on offer. It is decidedly fresh. All the songs are brilliant but I shall include this one as it the fan made clip was endorsed by none other than McBain (see the video's comments)
Carlton Melton
This most recent (2012) recording offers the latest McBain incarnation. Jamming with the grizzled looking San Francisco three-piece Carlton Melton (who I amusing saw referenced as "psych lifers"), McBain adds some layers of fuzz and overdrive to what amounts to a heavier and more sprawling continuation of the ambience of The In-Flight Feature. This vinyl-only release is fortunately available on YouTube:
Myth making is integral to rock. Much of the time it is unfounded, as in reality the artists neither have the skill or charisma to warrant such adulation. However, the sublime and sustained guitar work of John McBain is enough to generate an aura of respect, if not a myth of its own.
Whether he was behind the times or ahead of them, for the most part John McBain remains part of none of them. To this end, he exists as a footnote in the annals of alternative rock. It is fitting that for a man who worships the underground sound, it is in relative obscurity that he will remain. Nevertheless, I remain hopeful for the future.
I’m not really sure what McBain is doing these days. Fingers crossed that he is bunkered down in his studio and laying down tracks for some more epic sonic excursions.
(Photo by Boolve under Creative Commons License)
Hi-Life Wedding's hope and heart
We met Kate (US) and Davos (Australia) who form the band Hi-Life Wedding. They now live, work and create their music in Taipei. The band’s main influences range from the pop-music of Hot Chip & The Beatles, the electronic production of German Paul Kalkbrenner and the literature of Franz Kafka. Hi-Life Wedding believes that music and all art is a form of expression that can help us create a life where we are more free of the constraints of our modernity.
Funky World
Usi AJ (Photo courtesy of Morris Tsai)
When a little birdie told me about the Renlai World Music concert at TienEducationCenter on August 19, I felt that as a citizen of the world, I should be experiencing all kinds of music.
And it was free and I had a hot date.
In my mind, world music is a conglomerate of pony-tailed musicians wearing baggy-clothes sitting around on pillows cross-legged playing sitars and didgeridoos.
Music of Micronesia
Professor Osamu Yamaguti is a world famous ethnomusicologist currently engaged in research as a visiting professor in Taiwan's Nanhua University. He recently gave a conference about Belauan culture organized by NTU, after which he also agreed to be interviewed by us. In this video, Prof. Yamaguchi shares with us his opinions about the importance of music in preserving culture in Micronesia, and the similarities of certain Micronesian cultures to those of the aborigines of Taiwan.
Flâneur Daguerre: An Alternative to Modern Jazz
Formed in June 2009, the group brings together some of the island's finest improvisers from diverse musical backgrounds, both foreign and Taiwanese. Flâneur Daguerre was founded on the belief that modern music, especially that which is so-called "avant-garde," can be enjoyed and accessed by the same audiences that find comfort in today's mainstream pop. The band explores free jazz, Eastern European and Balkan music, but they often subject pop and rock + roll forms to the improvising methods of jazz and Indian musicians.
Djembe drumming across boundaries
An interview with Karamoko Camara
“They are very surprised, when people hear Taiwan, they only hear the name, and they cannot think how I came to be here.” Karamoko, or Moko as he is familiarly known, told us how people in his own country, Guinea, responded when they heard Moko was going to Taiwan.
“But you know, music has no boundaries. Music can make two countries friends. Music can pull so many people together.” He said in a firm but passionate tone.
Karamoko Camara is a master of African drumming and dance from Guinea, in West Africa. When people hear African drums, it often brings to mind the image of a crowd of people playing drums with their bare hands in a circle. “Djembe” is the most well-known kind of West African hand drum, which is played outdoors. He lived for almost eleven years in Japan, teaching and playing African music. This made him a cultural ambassador for West Africa.
“African music is powerful; you cannot play slowly, when you are happy, you play your happiness with the sound of your drums. Some people think it is too loud but it is the tradition. Our ways are our life. When you play in a happy way you can see the audience is happy also. In the local village, we play to celebrate a birth or as part of a ceremony, such as rainmaking.” He added.
He could not be happier that his host family plays Djembe as well, since he cannot live one week without touching drums. His host father, Sun Dafu (Daouda) is not only an enthusiast of African drums but also established the “African Culture and Art Association” in Taiwan. He teaches and organizes different workshops of African music and dance around Taiwan.
Moko noticed the differences in how people in Japan and Taiwan accept African music. He thinks Taiwanese are more receptive to it. In the countryside, even if the event was held in a little restaurant, people would make the effort to come and see him perform. People in Taiwan are more open than in Japan. “If you are lucky, you can find audiences who like African music, sometimes you discover that it is not to everybody’s taste.”
Watch Moko's performance at the Homestay closing banquet
Focus: SayTaiwan
A Sonic Meltdown: A Review on "I Love Nuclear!?"
The Fukushima nuclear tragedy in March 2011 sparked a global discussion on nuclear energy in the 21st century. This question was discussed with particular vigour in Japan's neighbor Taiwan, a seismically unstable island with a voracious appetite for energy.
Opposition to nuclear power in Taiwan is not new. Former movie star and spiritual author Terry Hu's involvement with campaigns in the early 1990s is but one high profile example and eRenlai has probed the issue here. The Fukushima incident, Taiwan's ageing reactors and the ongoing construction of a fourth nuclear plant have coalesced a range of social responses in recent years. In this context, the underground electronic artists behind I Love Nuclear!? have come taken nuclear power as an "object of criticism as well as a space for introspection". Their music "is foregrounded against nuclear power as well as the craziness and absurdity revolving around it". The result is a bouncy, glitchy electronic nightmare. But a well-meaning nightmare, as the music was contributed free of charge and organisers will donate profits to the Green Citizens' Action Alliance for Anti-Nuclear Purposes.
Unlike the majority of electronic music compilations, I Love Nuclear!? is not structured around a single easily identifiable sonic template. Metal riffs and lurking psytrance grate against bleak industrial beats. Lush ambience leads to the familiar throb of house. The unifying theme is a dark audial portrayal of the confusion and fear that nuclear power generates. The contrasting styles employed by the artists could be seen as the various phases of the nuclear issue - development, progress, protest, decay, meltdown, destruction, apocalypse, mutation. Just as the various styles of music are all 'electronic', so too are the moods evoked all 'nuclear'.
I Love Nuclear!? appears to have been compiled not as an enjoyable listening experience or something to shake your booty to, but as more of an experiment in letting music generate a palpable sense of the unease and imminent danger so inherent in nuclear power. In the interests of fairness I have given each track a 140 character summary. Tweet style, yo.
The poster that is enclosed in the CD
1. 只是魚罐頭 It’s Just Canned Fish by Blackbells
Spooky looped distorted vocals. Gradually building dread. A faux-ambient portent for the warped digital tunes to follow.
2. 機器人的烏托邦 The Utopia Of Androids by Vice City
Am I in Düsseldorf circa 1991? The tinny bass drum üm-tish üm-tishes into some floating synths. Even if your skin is peeling off from nuclear flash burns you’ll still be able to slo-mo shuffle to this.
3. 美帝的禮物 A Gift from the American Empire by Iang
Ethno-ambience morphs in and out of power-chord laden psytrance metal. If you put a mic next to a drum of radioactive waste it sounds like this.
4. 沒有人反核 Nobody’s Against Nuclear Power by Yao
Minimalist pops and bleeps and buzzing bass. Tinnitusinal outro. Relatively easy listening. Thanks Yao.
5. 怪獸電力公司 Monsters, Inc. by Aul
Like a electroencephalogram attached to Mike Wachowski's brain or a malfunctioning nuclear plant alarm, this track will drive you cRäzY.
6. 那天春天寧靜的海 Remember the Silent Sea that Spring by Koala
Classic psytrance, the most danceable track thus far. Your getaway music for when the reactor overheats and becomes unstable.
7. 台電的移動城堡 Taipower’s Moving Castle by MAD+N ft. Troy
Epic synths, glitchy paranoia, soothing piano and an uber-gloomy finale. I love it.
8. 我如何學著停止煩惱並愛上炸彈 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Roweing
More retro Euro-beats and arrhythmic percussion. Claustrophic and nauseating. Kubrick would be proud.
9. 黑色狂歡派對 Dance to the Scam by Betty Apple
Betty gets funky and then freaks out, scooping out your brain and filling it with digital detritus and toxic gloop.
10. 黃色蛋糕 Yellow Cake by VARO
I think Varo is some sort of post-nuclear mutant, that's the only way he/she could compose this. Just as it starts feeling comfortable, the music gets weird. Again.
11. 都是為了世界和平 It’s All For The Peace Of The World by TJ Zhang
No beats here. Just a surreal conversation between two mutants scavenging the remains of Taiwan’s Longmen reactor 500 years in the future. One chanting a baritone mantra, the other whimpering and quivering like a scared guinea pig.
12. 讓你瘋狂的要我 I Want You to Want Me by 灰雁
The piano is all Summer of Love 1989. I can see the yellow smiley faces and goofily grinning ravers. But the glow sticks they are waving are actually spent nuclear rods.
13. 核廢永久遠、一噸永流傳 A Family Heirloom by Alöis
Static and eerie, this is the sound of Geiger counters scouring the ruins and scorched earth, finding nothing but death. The legacy of Sector 7-G.
14. 進化特區 Evolution by Tech Yes
Industrial chaos. Your mum will hate it. The most challenging track here ends in a crescendo of static. The discordant ripping of a scratched CD evoking the death thralls of an earthquake-shattered reactor.
I Love Nuclear is a unique aural representation of how the complexities of nuclear power in 21st century Taiwan might be understood. It is not always easy listening. But since when did a nuclear meltdown sound good?
For samples, you can check out http://i-love-nuclear.bandcamp.com/album/i-love-nuclear-preview
Note from the editor:
The album (250 NTD) can be purchased in the following locations...
Taipei - RE café, Luguo café, Species Records, Indimusic Records, The Goods, MyHome, 多麼 Cafe+, Vicious Circle
Taichung - 小路映画
Kaohsiung - Booking
Others – Lacking Sound Festival or buy on internet
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect and Struggle: The Taiwanese Theatre of Party
In the following video Chen Xiaoqi, a theatre student at National Taiwan University of Arts, discusses the concept of rave parties both as a form of theatre and as a form of protest and how the interactive and decentred nature of parties affects the social aspect of the art of DJing.
Focus: No Nuke No Future
A Vibrant Culture with an Ugly Facade: Honiara and the Pacific Art Festival
Let me admit it: Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, situated on the Guadalcanal Island, does not strike the visitor with awe. Cavernous Chinese shops filled with all kinds of goods, administrative buildings and houses in concrete scattered around the roads that run parallel to the coastline, commercials for "Solomon Telekom" and the "SolBrew" beer, the two brands that seem to monopolize the advertising expenditures of the country... nothing that really draws the attention. On the hills, a monument adorned with granite plaques recalls the naval battles that ravaged the island during WWII. Modest but numerous Adventist, Catholic and Protestant churches are landmarks all along the way. In the haven and on the beaches, carcasses of warships still lay down, giant ghostly presences. But there is also a kind of softness in the atmosphere, a mixture of gentleness and restraint in people's conduct that, from the start, intrigues and seduces the newcomer.
In Honiara, a wide field has been surrounded by high fences in preparation for the festival, and is divided into two villages – traditional houses hosting on the one side the different provinces and cultural groups from SI, on the other the delegations from abroad, among them the Taiwanese one. A vast public, mainly local, attends the dance and music performances, looks at the handicrafts for show or for sale, marvels at the similarities and differences of languages and customs witnessed from one island to another.
I am usually a bit dreary of festivals and other public events, but this time I find myself thoroughly enjoying the show. I especially like to stay in the SI village, with the huts under the shadow of the giant trees, and to watch the performances offered by tribal groups from the mountains and the coast. The dancers from Isabel Island are my favorites.
Contacts are easy and relaxed. Dancing, panpipes and drums, tattoos, weapons, canoes... I enjoy myself like a child, far away from the megacity of Shanghai where I usually live. Near the main venue of the festival, the little village of Doma, right on the seashore, offers performances from the various tribes living in Guadalcanal Island. Children play on the sand, the music of the drums and that of the waves join into one. The Pacific starts to operate its magic.
Not far away, within walking distance of the fishing village of Lilisiana, the festival gathers local people between the seashore and a lake. The setting is modest, but groups are coming from far away villages, some of them from the mountain bush, and other from the coast. Mathilde, a woman form the Lau tribe, tells me that she takes care alone of a plot of land, where she cultivates cabbage. Her English is quite good: she has worked for five years for a Catholic NGO, she tells me, and in 1997 she even went to the World Youth Day in Paris. She directs the dancers' troop of her village, and performs with much gusto and sense of humor.
Photos by B.V.
The following video is an interview and a performance by Arasuka'aniwara, a panpipe collective from the Solomon Islands:
This video is currently not available for readers in Mainland China.
Focus: The Solomon Islands
The Soundfarmers: Electronic Music Composes Anti-Nuclear Statement
In Dec 2012, A DJ collective called "Soundfarmers" from Taipei released an electronic music compilation "I Love Nuclear," which has been reviewed in Paul Farrelly's eRenlai article A Sonic Meltdown: A Review on "I Love Nuclear!?"
Listen to the concept behind the album. For more information, check out their website or buy the album on the Green Citizens' Action Alliance webstore.
Amateurs in Tokyo - Reasonable Riots
Study, graduate, work, start a family,
I've tried my hardest, but I've always been down and out. Whose rules am I supposed to be playing by? What course have I been put on?
Let's break the rules! Take the piss, to get back a bit of logic!
by Zijie Yang, translated by Conor Stuart and Julia Chien from the original Chinese, photos by Park Swan
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LEARNING OUTSIDE
OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMME
HOW IT CAN WORK FOR YOUR SCHOOL
MILFORD SCHOOL
SOUTHROP SCHOOL
MILESTONE SCHOOL
THE TRUST’S
THE HARTWELL ESTATE AND FAIRFORD LEYS
THE BOARSTALL ESTATE
THE TRENT ESTATE
THE FAIRFORD PARK ESTATE
THE BARNSLEY VILLAGE ESTATE
THE HATHEROP ESTATE
THE SLIMBRIDGE ESTATE
THE LITTLE DALBY ESTATE
THE FILKINS ESTATE
CARING FOR THE LAND
OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OUR ESTATES TEAM
Leisure opportunities
The Ernest Cook Trust encourages public access on all its estates and there are many permissive footpaths available that wind through some of the most attractive areas of the English countryside.
Most of the footpaths pass through managed farmland or maintained woodland where a great deal of work is undertaken by the Trust and its farm tenants to grow food, care for trees and conserve wildlife. Members of the public using the paths can help the Trust in its work by taking care to respect these aims.
A walking map for the Trust’s Pitham Brook permissive footpath in Fairford can be downloaded and printed off. Click on the link in ‘Find out more…’
Two holiday cottages are available for holiday letting in the busy market town of Fairford in Gloucestershire. The properties are situated in a beautiful setting on the banks of the River Coln, close to the parish church of St Mary’s which contains a famous set of medieval windows which have been restored.
The cottages were formerly a water mill and have extensive views over the water meadows. Please note that booking is done through English Country Cottages not through the ECT.
Visit www.english-country-cottages.co.uk and insert references NQL (Mill House) or NXE (Millstream Cottages) in the search box half way down the page.
One of the alternative enterprises on the Fairford Estate in Gloucestershire is the fishing on the River Coln where the Trust is fortunate to own more than two miles of single and double bank dry fly fishing between Fairford and Hatherop.
The water is fished by up to 18 rods and their guests. Rods are let for the season; please note: no day rods are let. For more information, please contact the Estate Office.
The season for brown trout runs from 1st April to 30th September each year. Some say that the peak of the trout fishing season is during the latter part of May and early June when the mayfly hatch, but hatches of hawthorn, olives, sedges and daddy longlegs will provide the fisherman with a wide choice of flies dependent upon the time of season.
In addition to wild fish, which are encouraged to breed in the autumn by raking over the redds – loose gravel on the river bed where fish lay their eggs – the river is stocked with brown trout between one and one-and-a-half pounds in size, together with some rainbow trout in the Broadwater, which is rather like a large lake as it has a much slower flow than the rest of the river. There is also a carrier stream of about three quarters of a mile which was excavated by Thames Water in 1980 in the former water meadows as compensation to the Trust for extending the abstraction rights for water which supplies Swindon.
The Trust employs a river keeper who is responsible for maintaining the banks and ensuring, by repairing fences, that grazing livestock do not destroy the riverbanks and vegetation, which are an important source of fly life. To find out more about his job, click here.
The Trust usually donates a rod to the annual Salmon and Trout Association raffle and has, in the past, hosted a practice for the England Ladies Fly Fishing Team prior to the World Championships.
From time to time, allotments become available on ECT estates in Hatherop, Trent, Hartwell and Boarstall, Fairford Leys and Little Dalby. If you would like to put your name on the waiting list, please contact the Estate Office.
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Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders
Dispelling the Myth
. Published on September 18, 2013. June 13, 2016 0
By: Erin Thomas
The question on everyone’s minds…
With an astounding incidence of autism in the U.S. today
that only seems to be growing, it is even more astounding that a definite cause
has yet to be found. Autism has done a
successful job of leaping into the public eye and vernacular; fifteen years ago, talk about having an autistic child likely would have
been met with confused gazes. It is understandable that the lack of an explicit
cause is a frustrating reality for so many individuals on the Autism Spectrum and
their families. Without a cause, it becomes all the more difficult to target a treatment
for an individual, and families are often left shooting in the dark for
therapies.
One school of thought that has pervaded the media is the
connection between the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. You may
have heard public figures, most notably Jenny McCarthy, promoting the
culpability of MMR as a cause of autism. Well, from a scientific standpoint,
you may be surprised to hear that there has been NO scientific evidence to
support this claim. Not one. So how did this idea gain fuel and become so embedded in the public perception of autism?
Quick history break- Well in 1998, a gastroenterologist
named Andrew Wakefield published a paper in Britain describing 8 children who apparently
experienced the onset of autism one month after receiving the MMR vaccine.
Wakefield claimed that the MMR vaccine caused intestinal inflammation that
allowed certain peptides (chains of two or more amino acids, similar to proteins
but normally smaller) to enter the bloodstream and thus make their way to the
brain where they affected development (Gerber, Offit, 2009). Wakefield was
eventually prompted to take down his paper because of the
lack of experimental controls to confirm that
MMR was responsible for causing the autism
the unsystematic method in which data was
the lack of connection between measles, mumps,
or rubella to intestinal inflammation, and
the fact that gastrointestinal issues did not
even precede autism onset in some children. (Click here to read more about the issues nullifying the Wakefield paper.)
Since then, research has been conducted to further rule out
MMR’s role in causing autism. For one, research has not determined that children
with ASDs contain more of the genetic information of the measles vaccine virus than
those without ASDs (Hornig, 2008). Moreover, the harmful peptides Wakefield suspected
to have been invading the brain from the intestine have not been identified
(Gerber, Offit, 2009). In fact, the proteins now believed to contribute to ASDs
are endogenous, or have no external origins, and affect neuron activity
(Sutcliffe, 2008).
Studies have further severed the link between the MMR
vaccine and autism by showing that the incidence of autism has not increased
since people started becoming vaccinated against MMR. An extensive study on 498 autistic children
born from 1979-1992 in the UK is just one source of evidence that rates of
autism did not increase after the introduction of the MMR vaccine in 1987. Nor
did children who received the MMR vaccine or a second dose of the vaccine have higher onsets of
autism than unvaccinated children (Farrington, 2001). Click here for an outline
of more studies that have refuted the connection between MMR and autism.
So if there is no
scientific evidence supporting the link between the MMR vaccine and autism,
and no logical scientific mechanism for how
MMR could even lead to autism, why is the idea still lingering in the minds of
parents taking their newborns to the pediatrician’s office?
The MMR vaccine is administered in babies at 18 months…right
around the time when autism is typically first detected (although in some cases
it can now be detected earlier). Scientists have coined the term “correlation
vs. causation” to illustrate an important fallacy associated with the connection being made here. For example, if I notice that the number of sick people in the
U.S. increases as the consumption of hot chocolate in the country increases, is
it safe to say that drinking a sweet cup of Swiss Miss causes people to fall
ill? Of course not! The two are simply correlated because people happen to consume
more hot chocolate in the winter, which is when flu season is at its peak. Similarly,
the correlation between the administration of MMR vaccines at 18 months and the
subsequent diagnoses of autism around that time does not necessarily link the
vaccine to the cause of autism. This correlation vs. causation issue is
something we will keep in mind as we continue to assess ongoing autism
Farrington
CP, Miller E, Taylor B. MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal
association. Vaccine. 2001;19:3632–5. [PubMed]
Gerber J, Offitt P. Vaccines and
autism: a tale of shifting hypotheses. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009;48:456–461 [PubMed]
Hornig M,
Briese T, Buie T, et al. Lack of association between measles virus vaccine and
autism with enteropathy: a case-control study. PLoS
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January 25, 2019 Off By exploreberwick
The Arts In Berwick — Visual Arts — Painting
W.F.Vallance
Born in Paisley, Vallance (1827-1904) did not take up art professionally until 1857. In the 1860s he did pictures of shipping, but also visited Ireland and Poland. He was a good friend of the painter William McTaggart but never quite achieved the latter’s freedom of expression
His picture of the Royal Border Bridge, now in the Borough Museum, is one of a number he did of Berwick in late 1880s.
Turner in Berwick
It took a maverick artist, J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), to show what was really possible with watercolour. He visited the north in 1797 on a commission from Lord Lascelles at Harewood House, filling notebooks full of sketches, some of which are deeply antiquarian in their detail. The sketches he worked up into finished watercolours.
One of the most successful views was of Norham Castle. But Turner aimed at something beyond Prout. His 1798 Norham picture was originally exhibited with lines celebrating the dawn by Borders poet James Thomson (1700-48), the mysteries of light came to obsess Turner in later years.
In his 1845 picture, the castle is barely visible amid a powerful suffusion of sunlight.
The Turner-Thomson vision of an enchanted castle at Norham, profoundly influenced later artists. Turner’s view of Holy Island worked up from the sketchbooks in 1829, showed another aspect of his genius, a dramatic composition with the island folk beset by a wild and squally sea.
This was development of the picturesque which critics termed the ‘sublime’. It was a key part of the theory of Romanticism, with the artist as Byronic hero responding to the drama of the scene.
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After their owner of 10 years gave them up, dogs Cosmo and Sam are hoping for a forever home together this Christmas. – Daily Southtown
by ExploreDogs Editor / Saturday, 01 December 2018 / Published in Dog Adoption
For more than 10 years they played together, chased the ball together, slept together under the care of a single owner.
But now, Cosmo and Sam are homeless together.
Officials at Peoples Animal Welfare Society in Tinley Park are hopeful that if anyone gets to come home for Christmas, it’s these canine best friends.
This is typically the time of year when animal shelter workers remind people that gifting a dog or cat to someone on your list is not a good idea. Every new year, shelters brace for a rush of puppy and kitten give-ups as gift recipients decline the offer or simply change their minds.
Pet adoption should be a well thought out decision that everyone in the household is on board with, said Shelly Broniec, a PAWS director.
But in the case of Sam and Cosmo, who came to the rescue a week ago, the volunteers are hoping there is someone out there who has thought pet adoption through, someone who appreciates snuggling and tossing a ball, someone inclined to spend a little quality time with a pair of aging canines that can compensate for their lack of a future by bringing an abundance of the present.
Cosmo, a petite lab mix, and Sam, a pointer, have been together their entire lives, Broniec said. They are what animal caregivers call a “bonded pair,” which means they rely on each other for comfort and companionship.
They were brought to PAWS after spending the past six months boarded at BARC, Begin Again Rescue Company in Valparaiso, Ind. Officials at both shelters thought the move might up their chances of finding a forever home, Broniec said.
“The story I was told was that the owner got divorced. He got the dogs in the divorce but when he got a new girlfriend and was moving in with her, he brought the dogs to his vet to be euthanized,” Broniec said. “Since they’re friendly and healthy and there’s no reason to euthanize them, the vet refused. He contacted BARC to take them in.”
Unfortunately, she added, “things like that happen too often. We get a lot of animals relinquished no matter their age. But many pets given up are older. Not necessarily because of breakups but because people are moving, someone has allergies or now has kids.”
Abandonment can be rough on any dog, Broniec said, but it is especially hard on the older ones only that lived with a single owner or family.
“A lot of times older dogs that come in are scared and so they shut down. Some are petrified of going into the kennel room. Some of them have never even been in a cage,” she said. “You bring them here. They have dogs barking in their face. Strangers come to take them out. That can be stressful and scary for them.”
PAWS Tinley Park
Cosmo (left) and Sam, who now reside at PAWS animal shelter in Tinley Park because their owner of 10 years relinquished them in June, are hoping to find a forever home.
Cosmo (left) and Sam, who now reside at PAWS animal shelter in Tinley Park because their owner of 10 years relinquished them in June, are hoping to find a forever home. (PAWS Tinley Park)
For some reason, perhaps because they have each other, Sam and Cosmo have taken it all in stride, she said.
“They always have a wag on their tail. They’re always happy,” she said.
And they’re always ready to play catch, which is why they come with their own Nerf gun pitcher.
Broniec said the staff at PAWS was buoyed when a recent posting announcing Sam and Cosmo’s arrival at the shelter garnered more than 250 comments and 3,000 shares.
Alas, she said, not one person has come in to look at them since the social media posting.
“A lot of people have posted about them and messaged us about them but no one has come to see them,” she said. “It’s sad.”
Many of the people who’ve commented on Facebook already are dog owners and can’t accommodate two more.
Michelle Paoletti Yohler, of New Lenox, is among them. She and her husband have three large rescues. She was so touched by the pair’s story, however, that she is offering to pay the adoption fees, $250 per dog.
“Honestly, these dogs tugged at my heart. I have a soft spot for the seniors because everyone wants a puppy,” she said.
Every dog, she said, deserves a warm home and a loving family.
“I saw someone ask about the adoption fee (on Facebook) and I thought if that’s what’s holding somebody back, I’ll take that out of the equation,” she said.
Broniec admits it’s twice as hard to adopt out a pair of dogs, even more so if the buddies are not small and have a few years under the collar. But, she said, there are advantages to choosing an older pet, or even a couple of them.
Donna Vickroy/Daily Southtown
Shelly Broniec, a director at PAWS in Tinley Park, walks Cosmo and Sam, who are hoping for a forever home.
Shelly Broniec, a director at PAWS in Tinley Park, walks Cosmo and Sam, who are hoping for a forever home. (Donna Vickroy/Daily Southtown)
“You know what you’re getting,” she said. “With a puppy, you have to train it. You don’t know what it’s true personality will be. You have to go through that teething and potty training stage.
“With an adult dog, you get companionship and they’re thankful for it. When you adopt an adult dog, they’re just happy to be in a home again,” she added.
Sam and Cosmo have had good medical care, she said. And, like all of the animals available for adoption at PAWS, they are heartworm negative, have been neutered and have microchips.
“They come with all the supplies,” she said.
“These dogs have a ton of energy. If you go outside and throw a ball with them, you can throw it for a half hour and they still won’t drop,” she said. Both dogs can have several years left in them, she added.
A perfect home for Sam and Cosmo, who take joint supplements to help with movement, will not have a cat, she said.
They are friendly, Broniec added, although not recommended for families with small children who might try to climb on them.
Broniec said PAWS will only adopt out the dogs as a package deal.
“When you have dogs that have been together this long, 10 and a half years, and their lives have been turned upside down because they’re now in a shelter, they don’t know what’s going on, they look to each other for comfort,” she said.
Cosmo and Sam belong together, she said.
Besides, “it’s not their fault they ended up here.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-vickroy-home-for-christmas-st-1203-story.html
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Trades, Rumors and Suggestions from the fans
By Caniac5, December 1, 2008 in Hurricanes Talk
tray-ch1
Tom Preissing placed on waivers from Kings.
StaalFTW2
Where did you get that info from?
wizard-13
LocationCary/Raleigh NC
I'd love to see Recchi back, especially after the way he played last night
jfive
I don't believe that the 'Canes are in that dire of a situation to go through a multiyear rebuild. I think they have most of the pieces they just need to get a few more either through trades or via free agent signings. That doesn't constitute a multiyear rebuild does it?
the only interesting thing i saw about the kings players was this, http://kings.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=-6&id=34683''>http://kings.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=-6&id=34683' target="_blank">http://kings.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=-6&id=34683[/post]
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cane-addict-1
I think my point is that next season, we have a lot of guys who's contracts will be expiring. If we are out of the playoff picture we will have plenty of guys to trade for picks. What better time to rebuild? Also, with the cap potentially going down soon, our guys are good bargains. I'm telling you guys, next year will be the year (I hope!)
Sidney_Fisher
I would love to go get Manny Fernandez and get him in our lockerroom ASAP if the Bruins are at all entertaining trades for him.
I would be getting rid of Cam, Gleason and Seidenberg. I think they are our biggest liabilities. I can't believe how many missed assignments and blown coverages these defenseman have had that have cost goals in addition to Cam's nauseating and aggravating inconsistency that places him in the bottom third of goalies in MANY important categories (have you guys seen the latest issue on goalies in The Hockey News?)
Bottom line is I would be going for a PROVEN number 1 goalie any way possible and my first choice is Manny.
I think that a good goalie (like Manny) would have us at 5 or 6 in the Eastern Conference all by himself. Thanks...
Id rather see Thomas, but manny is more realistic
RedSox-n-Canes
As already stated (I believe), this organization can't handle a full rebuild. A good rebuild takes years and years of bottom-feeding, and I don't believe the fanbase will stand for that.
I absolutely disagree. Are biggest problem was retaining the wrong core players and building around several players many which were old. You may think fans are stuck in the past but I hear the fans at the games I've attended. They want younger guys in the system. We have to rebuild and if we don't then we will not have an NHL franchise.
Wow I have heard it all now. Blaming Cam for all the misplays of the D. Yea his glove gets soft sometimes but, the guy is like 26 yrs old and the past 2 years hasn't had a defense worth a *edit*. We need some help in the top 6 simple as that. Staal needs a linemate to compliment him!!
IceFrog999
Retired Jersey
We're getting younger with what we're doing now. JR's trading some of our older players for younger ones. If he continues to do that, it's fine. But that's not a full rebuild, which is what I said wouldn't work in the first place.
Simple fact of the matter is: If this team bottom feeds for the amount of years it takes to have a good rebuild, this team won't be in North Carolina anymore.
I would bet for the playoffs they would rather have Clemmenson be the backup but you don't want to loose Weekes in the case that Broduer has a set back and has to sit for longer.
As for bringing him to Carolina, I agree that the team has bigger holes at other positions.
the holes are mostly on defense and scoring depth. which is not good with 18 games left
in the season and fighting for playoff lives.
Wow, you don't get it. I am blaming Cam based on his STATS (what a concept huh?). How long do you want to deal with less than mediocrity, based on stats, in your goal? I, for one, am done with the experiment.
I am blaming the defensive defensemen because of their errors and lack of their ability to position themselves properly and do their jobs effectively.
Staal might do better with a different linemate. But what he certainly needs is consistent work ethic and a burning desire to win. He is not convincing anyone he has that. I could have pulled all my hair out when I saw him lollygag around the ice in the last few minutes of the Atlanta game. Infuriating.
I also fire Maurice now and do whatever I can to hire Pat Burns.
I heard on saturday night on CBC during the Laffs game that Cole might be coming back????
You do realize that a goalie's stats have a large part to do with the team in front of him, yeah?
Best example: Kevin Weekes.
For a guy whose career hovers around a .900 and a 3.00 GAA, he's putting up a .924 and a 2.32 this year.
Clearly, he's just really improved. I mean, based on his STATS, that's the only concept you can draw from it
Last I heard Bostin was winning the race for him
Some part sure, but I'm sure you do realize that Cam is not a number one goalie regardless of who's fault it is. He consistently lets in soft goals and
does not save enough goals/games based on his ability alone. That's what we need here. Cam ain't the guy. Sorry.
As has been discussed multiple times in another thread, there's no goalie in the world that doesn't let in soft goals.
Did you happen to catch Thomas's performance during the recent Caps/Bruins game? Lights out for most of the game, kept his team in it. OT rolls around and he lets in one shot from the redline.
All a goalie is asked is to keep his team in the game. And most nights, Ward does exactly that. However, there's only so long a goalie can do that without support from his team.
Probably doesn't help that he's started the last "X" games. He's not a 70 game goalie, and probably never will be. For whatever reason, JR or Maurice believes he can handle it.
dallas is shopping their 2 best centers mike rebiero and brad richards, id love for the canes to pick one of them up to replace brindy
Maybe during the off season. Not before 3pm Wednesday.
deity-of-hockey-26-128
Pretty unlikely we would get a player of Brad Richards talent level.
I just noticed how big of a increase in Staal's contract is starting next year: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=CAR[/post]
Next year we will start paying him 8 million. 2x the amount were paying him now.
But on this website, the salary numbers our much different: http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?tea...amp;season=0809
Am I missing something here? Or is it the websites fault they have such different numbers?
I think the differences are cap hit versus actually amount he is getting paid.
Yeah, the cap hit will be 8.25, but we'll be paying him less. Every year his salary will increase but the cap hit remains the same.
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Likewise, if a vice president succeeds to the presidency by way of the president's death, resignation or removal (via impeachment ) from office, that person does not hold the title of president-elect, as they would become president immediately.Engaging Students There are new national standards for studying social studies (2015) called the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies.Code, Chapter 1 or an alternative date set by statute) and if the ballots are accepted without objections, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates winning at least 270 electoral votesa majority of the total number of electoral votesare certified as having won the election by the.Congress, House, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, report to accompany.J.List of presidents-elect edit Vice President-elect edit During the presidential transition period, the president-elect's running mate is known as the Vice President-elect.Additionally, on February 15, 1933, just 23 days after the Twentieth Amendment went into effect, President-elect Franklin.The second came in 1974, when Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency following Nixon's resignation, nominated Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him."Profile of Vice President-Designate Gerald Ford".To each certificate of vote, a certificate of ascertainment is annexed.
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Depth digging iOS 11! This 20 features win over Android
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At this year's WWDC Developer Conference, Apple launched a new mobile phone operating system: iOS 11. I believe a lot of Apple users are looking forward to iOS 11 for a long time, but for the average user, it is likely to wait until the September Apple's new conference after the use of the current iOS 11 developer version is not stable, early adopters can, The main machine, then still feel at ease, etc. But now useless users do not have to worry, here, the author inventory of iOS 11 on the 20 things, for you to reveal her veil.
1, a key to allow visitors to log on to Wi-Fi network
Personal user Wi-Fi password Many people like to set it into a more stringent character, especially as the author of this password more than a variety of people can not remember, often put all the passwords into one. At this time a friend to a guest at home, to be happy to rub the wireless network, this a password is very embarrassing. IOS 11 new send password function just to avoid this embarrassment.
One button allows visitors to sign in to Wi-Fi networks
If you and your friends are using iOS 11, password sharing will become very easy. You only need to point your home Wi-Fi hot spots, your phone will pop up a notice, there is a button to send the password. After sending, the other side of the phone will automatically fill in the password and complete the connection, in the process of each other is not see the password.
2, the system comes with recording function
With the development of hand tour, mobile phone screen gradually become a very important function. In the Andrews machine, most models have access to root privileges after the application of third-party software for recording, only a few depth custom system to support the original recording function. And now, iOS 11 to join the original recording screen function, the user can easily record their own wonderful game clearance video.
Screen function
The screen function is turned off by default, the settings are set, and the control center, the screen recording is added, and the screen button can be found in the control center. It is not clear whether this screen is dedicated to the developer to assist the development of the use, because the upper part of the blue bar prompt box can not be removed in the recording screen. If the recording function can be retained in the system, then believe that Apple will be in the follow-up system to optimize.
3, third party NFC function is open
Although the current iPhone and Apple Watch support NFC, but they only serve a function: Apple pay Apple Pay. And Apple Pay in the domestic penetration rate is far less than the WeChat payment and payment to pay, so this function is quite tasteless.
Apple's official website developer's page has confirmed that iOS 11 is about to increase Core NFC features, that is, in addition to support Apple Pay other than the NFC features and scenes, such as bus credit card, access control, etc., features and Andrews phone chase , Apple users no longer have the envy of Andrews NFC high pressure of the multi-functional. However, third-party NFC functionality is only available on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
4, the camera can intelligently identify two-dimensional code
The two-dimensional code scan can only be in the WeChat, Alipay and other specific third-party applications to achieve, and in iOS 11, the camera application Can finally scan the two-dimensional code, and after scanning, you can immediately open the relevant website or APP. Even can directly sweep to pay. Such as landing Wi-Fi, open the camera facing the Wi-Fi hot spot two-dimensional code sweep, you can visit the wireless network.
The camera recognizes the two-dimensional code
But this feature is not perfect, the current sweep of the public number of the two-dimensional code can only open the WeChat, but also can not enter the public home page. I believe in the introduction of the official version of the system, the function will be improved.
5, Spotlight search function
Spotlight search function
How to persuade parents to buy a new iPhone to still go to school you? This time Spotlight check word function will be able to play a perfect role. After calling out Spotlight, enter a word, turn down to find the corresponding interpretation of the preposition dictionary, the perfect alternative to the function of electronic dictionaries.
6, Spotlight search record clear
Spotlight search history is cleared
Search records are likely to contain a lot of personal privacy, but before the iOS and there is no quick record to clear the way. On iOS 11, users can clear all search records by clicking & quot; clear & rdquo; & quot; on the search interface. So no longer have to worry about those shy shy search records by others peeping it.
7, in Spotlight directly search settings and enter the settings
Search the setup options directly in Spotlight
Set the menu level too much, do not want to go inside a little bit to find how to do? This time Spotlight will help you. Directly enter the name of the project to be set, you can display the corresponding settings entry, click to enter the settings. If the search results do not want to set the project, then you can point to open search suggestions, related search content readily available.
8, delete the application can still retain the data
Although the iPhone's minimum storage space from the original 16GB up to 32GB, but still not enough, accidentally full, but delete the application there are still some good data, such as the preservation of photo documents. IOS 11 is saved every day to face the choice of small storage version of the user & mdash; & mdash; system can be deleted applications but do not delete the data.
Data can still be retained after deleting an application
Set & rarr; generic & rarr; iPhone storage & rarr; you want to uninstall the app, you can find this feature. This feature frees up the space that should be occupied, but retains its manuscript and data. Reinstalling the application will put the data back, as long as the app can still be found in the APP Store.
9, often go to the location can be viewed in the phone
Often go to the location of the record function
There is a girlfriend to see, because after the girlfriend can not only check your information, but also to check where you go This function is more subtle, set & rarr; privacy & rarr; location service & rarr; system services & rarr; often go to the location, you can find the iPhone has recorded your where to go.
10, GIF map can finally be saved
GIF can be saved after saving
In the previous iOS, the system is unable to save the GIF map. IOS 11 to join this feature, when the user saves a GIF map, in the album can be found in the saved GIF map, and can play.
11, the memorandum becomes more powerful
Add a scanned document to insert a table function
IOS 10 memorandum to support the input text, graffiti, insert pictures and other basic operations in the iOS 11 memo to add more new games, such as the developer conference mentioned in the document scanning function. In addition, iOS 11 memorandum also supports table insertion, and can edit the form.
12, keyboard zoom
Keyboard zoom
IOS 11 keyboard to add the keyboard zoom function. The user can press the globe button in the lower left corner of the keyboard to call up the setup menu, then slide to select the keyboard zoom position. Click the zoomed arrow to restore the original state. This provides a convenient one-hand entry for iPhone Plus phones.
13, screenshots batch processing
Screenshot batch processing
Press the Home button and the power button at the same time on the iPhone screenshots, screenshots will be in the lower right corner of the screen to form a preview, the left slide to achieve the screenshot saved. At the same time, the same time more than one screenshot can be achieved batch processing, marking the painting and other functions.
14, text control Siri
Has been used to Siri function but not easy to talk how to do? IOS 11 solved the problem, that is, you can control the Siri text. In the set & rarr; generic & rarr; auxiliary function & rarr; Siri, open the key to use Siri, you can achieve text control.
15, the icon of the batch processing
Icon batch processing
IOS 11 icon can finally be achieved in bulk. Long press one of the icons you want to move, until the icon appears after the small fork shake icon, hold down the icon on the small fork disappears and click on the other you want to move the icon (the first long press the icon hold), you can To achieve the icon of the aggregation and movement.
16, Safari browser global reading mode
Normal mode reading mode Press and hold the pop-up menu
IOS 10 browser by clicking on the upper left corner of the reading mode button to open the reading mode, and the font size and background color can be modified to achieve a better reading experience. On iOS 11, press the read mode button to call the menu, the user can choose to use only on this menu or use the global use. Users who are accustomed to using the reading mode do not need to have each page open the reading mode.
17, the timer is more practical
The timer is accurate to seconds
The timer in iOS 10 is not accurate to seconds, which makes some of the more rigorous work on the timing can not be carried out. IOS 11 timer can be accurate to seconds.
Of course, iOS 11 on the iPad there are many improvements, here, I chose three more practical features.
18, from the Spotlight directly pull out the APP icon
Pull the APP icon directly from Spotlight
Installed APP too much to find how to do? At the seventh point, users can search for settings directly in Spotlight and enter settings. Similarly, Spotlight can search for APPs already installed on the system and can pull the discovered APP directly from Spotlight, but You need to press the Home key while holding down the APP icon. At this point, the application icon on the desktop will disappear, the user can place the icon in any position. Which for a short time on the frequent operation of an application has brought great convenience.
19, the background can be closed at the same time multiple applications
Background can be closed at the same time multiple applications
In the previous version, iPad backstage every time only to clean up an application, very troublesome. IOS 11 has improved this operation. Users in iOS 11 after the background can display up to four occupy the background of the application, hold down one of them will appear in all the interface on the small fork, so you can also close up to 4 background applications. But obviously, this is a technical activity.
20, iPad input method to enter symbols and numbers more convenient
IPad input method type in the digital demo
In iOS 10 iPad input method, most of the symbols need to switch to the symbol of the input keyboard to type. IOS 11 keyboard input, in addition to Jiu Gongge English input intelligence, in the iPad, the new sub-key input symbols and digital features. This allows the symbolic typing step to be reduced by one-third, and the input efficiency is significantly improved.
Above is the author for everyone to inventory on the iOS 11 20 things. We can easily see that these things are a large part of the system is the small details of the improvement, it is these small details, let us see the attitude of Apple to treat the software. I remember some people say that the iPhone is more to pay for the iOS, because iOS can give users not to bring other mobile phones can not reach the excellent experience. The above improvements to these details also just proof of this. It is precisely because of this dedication to the details of the pursuit of iOS mobile phone operating system in a hundred years of contending has been in an invincible position.
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Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!
Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and laughter.
Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Featuring a talented cast, lavish orchestra and stunning movement and dance from Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original staging by Jerome Robbins, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will introduce a new generation to the uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy! To love! To life!
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The White House Now Says, Nope, You're Never Going To See Trump's Tax Returns
US-American Politics
#1 Jan 22nd, 2017
Senior advisor to president Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that Donald Trump will now not release his tax returns after the completion of an IRS audit despite his repeated pledges to do so.
"The White House response is that he’s not going to release his tax returns," Conway said on ABC's This Week to host George Stephanopoulos.
"We litigated this all through the election. People didn’t care. They voted for him, and let me make this very clear: most Americans...are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like."
Conway's response came after Stephanopoulos cited a petition with over 200,000 signatures calling for the release of the president's tax returns, which he declined to do during the election.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/talalansari...Mle#.lnbZbp5Yj
gerryh
Re: The White House Now Says, Nope, You're Never Going To See Trump's Tax Returns
Jan 22nd, 2017
and your point is?
No Party Affiliation
What the fukk you think his point is stupid? He doesn't like Trump dummy.
Quote: Originally Posted by Ludlow
Noooo...really? He doesn't like Trump? Jeez, I would never have known.
and really Ron, you really need to ask?
Oh, well. He shouldn't be allowed to post, then.
Danbones
Free Thinker
...but if he stops posting how will we know what the truth isn't?
oh...right...
you will tell us
As with every sitting president, "his returns will be routinely audited as long as he is in office," Thorndike said. "Given his position during the campaign about releasing returns under audit, I don't think we should expect to see any public release during his presidency."
Trump's tax returns: Why he may never release them - Nov. 9, 2016
its only a 40 year old tradition, so that means Trump is in agreement with most presidents
you can start by setting a good example and you can post yours anytime mentaloss
EagleSmack
Love it.... this just causes more pain among liberals.
justfred99
One of the reasons that should be considered is that it is none of the USA's public's business what his income is. Let every citizen in the USA agree to publish their income records on line, then Trump would do so to. Just because some of the previous Presidents have done so, does not mean that everybody HAS to.
Write this down.
Quote: Originally Posted by justfred99
Honestly, Americans don't care about his tax returns. Hillary screeched about it for months and it had ZERO effect.
Doesn't matter what Trump says, he's an ego maniacal compulsive liar. Judge his actions I say.
Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmack
Whitehouse.gov petition seeking Trump tax returns flies past 100,000 signature goal
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/techcrun...?client=safari
you go first
only a total hypocrit would expect it from someone else without being willing to do it themselves
As soon as I become a candidate for president of the US.
you don't get to make the rules
a hypocrite is a hypocrite
Where were you born, again?
now that was a good attacks return
Quote: Originally Posted by Danbones
Except there was nothing hypocritical about my statement, you just set up a false equivalence argument.
nope you are saying "do like I say, not like I do"
and you wonder at the lack of respect you get around here
a third of the population of mississauga cares.
not a very high priority item or news story.
not even a requirement.
besides, there's football on boy.
that's a hillary majority!
davesmom
What's the big deal about his tax returns? It isn't important to how he governs the country. Neither are any of the other things that people are saying about what he has said and done.
What he says now is not even that important; it's what he DOES that will count.
It's silly, people saying he should talk like all the other mealy-mouthed Presidents and politicians. If he says things that offends somebody, deal with it. He isn't in there to prevent hurt feelings.
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Quote: Originally Posted by davesmom
Yeah, it's funny, it would probably take the average literate person several days to pore over Trump's taxes in order to get a full understanding of them. I get bored just taking 5 minutes to read over mine to check it before submitting. ACTUALLY I would bet I could pore over it for a day or two and still be clueless about his finances.
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I wonder how the Haitians feel about hillary's foundation's tax returns
"The Clinton Foundation’s $20 million off-the-books mystery
he inner workings of a mysterious off-the-books arm of the Clinton Foundation were partially revealed in the hacked emails of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
The little-known Haiti Development Fund, an LLC incorporated in Delaware in August 2010, was created by the Clinton Foundation with an initial endowment of $20 million from shady Canadian mining mogul Frank Giustra and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
The Fund was supposed to supply desperately needed seed money to Haitian entrepreneurs after an earthquake devastated the country in January 2010.
But The Post found only one project that it funded with a fraction of the start-up cash.
Since the Fund is incorporated as a private entity and not a non-profit, it is not subject to the same disclosure rules as a public charity.
And the Clinton Foundation never disclosed the Fund as a “related entity” on its tax filings as required by IRS rules. It was only after the Clinton Foundation, under mounting scrutiny and media pressure, “voluntarily” decided to refile five years’ worth of tax returns in 2015 that the Fund appears on the forms.
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Carlos Slim (left) and Frank Giustra (right) pose with a farmer in El Salvador.Reuters
The for-profit Fund was managed by Jean Marc Villain, who was going through a bankruptcy in 2010 when he was working for the Clinton Foundation. The non-profit paid him an annual salary of $100,000 to oversee the Fund, according to pay records attached to the Podesta emails.
The Florida Elections Commission found that Villain also had violated state laws in 2001 when he did not file donation reports for the Haitian-American Political Caucus, a political committee where he was listed as treasurer.
“This cries out for an audit or an investigation,” said Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center a Virginia-based watchdog group. “Its director was in bankruptcy and there’s almost nothing in the public record showing what happened to the millions of dollars it supposedly was going to use to help poor Haitians.”
Giustra, one of the biggest donors to the Clinton Foundation, is also no stranger to controversy. In 2005, he and President Clinton traveled together to Kazakhstan to meet with the former Soviet republic’s authoritarian leader. Days after that meeting, Giustra acquired uranium assets in three of the country’s state-run mines — a venture valued at more than $3 billion. Both Giustra and Clinton have denied that the former US president helped him cement the Kazakh deal.
Jean Marc Villain
At least some of the Haiti Fund cash ended up with Haitian entrepreneurs. According to a Clinton Foundation press release, the Fund made its first investment of $415,000 in a group of artisans in the Caribbean country, in August 2011. That year, the Clinton Foundation’s tax filings show $307,000 going to the Fund.
But in that same year Villain had bigger projects in mind requiring more than $12 million, the emails show. In November 2011, he requested a meeting with Podesta, who was filling in as head of the Clinton Foundation.
“I planned to send notice to the [Investment] Committee to schedule a meeting to consider taking action on a pending transaction and the presentation of 8 investment opportunities … totalling $12.3 million with a potential of 2,775 prospective new jobs,” writes Villain in an email to Podesta’s secretary.
In a return email, Podesta said he would get Villain an answer the next day.
But it’s not clear from Clinton Foundation tax filings if the cash ever made it to Villain’s projects, or what those projects were.
Villain left the Clinton Foundation in 2013 and now works for a hospital in South Carolina, according to his LinkedIn page. He could not be reached for comment.
The Clinton Foundation did not return repeated requests for comment."
http://nypost.com/2016/11/05/the-cli...llion-mystery/
well well well...
looky here
Jan 23rd, 2017
Oh that's going to work. lol
It's not a big deal and Americans don't care.
Do you know his income? If you know his income, you'll know what he pays in taxes.
Pretend you're not stupid for a few posts.
Let's pretend your frontal lobe isn't a stain on an LRT. What is his personal income? Learn what it is. Download a tax program and figure it out ya useless meme.
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Melissa Cundieff is the author of Darling Nova, winner of the 2017 Autumn House Press full-length Poetry Prize (selected by Alberto Ríos). Originally from Texas, she received an MFA from Vanderbilt in 2012 and currently lives in Saint Paul with her two children. Melissa teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Saturday, 15 September 2018 by Melissa Cundieff
Darling Nova, Melissa Cundieff’s full-length debut, won the 2017 Autumn House poetry prize. She earned her MFA in poetry from Vanderbilt University, where she received an Academy of American Poets Prize. Her poem Hurt Music was published in Issue 10.
FWR: Your poems seem to be interested in the limits and constraints of language, whether the closing stanzas of “Paradox” –– “when the heart is just a lonely muscle/and language/just a tongue not knowing, not even touching/another tongue” –– or “In Media Res” –– “I once imagined my life differently/ but no one hears, so I say it again, and again/ until the words turn to ice, clear and contained”. These seem to speak to the desire of many women (myself included) to be heard, to feel as if their voices matter. Could you expand on this?
MC: I think of language as the holiest muscle, because it enacts and performs transformation — private, political, creative. That no one is necessarily listening, though, is an important reality. It’s important to remember that I’m sometimes my only company. And I don’t mean to sound severe, but I suspect this is so important because when something needs to change, when it’s truly time, the words to start that change must be heard. They should be as plain as still objects on a table.
FWR: I’m struck by how the places you describe in your poems then informs the conversation about each poem. “Romance at the Abandoned Mine”, for instance, enacts the echoing of tunnels (and the lines “Sometimes, even God wants to say yes/ before he says no” have reverberated in me for weeks). How does place influence your work?
MC: I think the God line I wrote in “Romance at the Abandoned Mine” tries to speak to the ethics of wanting to not only linger in a relationship or a meaningful sexual experience, but to also linger in the earthly place where it took place. I wonder if some version of myself and of that person I was with are still there, continuing on. I hope so, because we were happy, and we didn’t yet know what would happen to us.
So, place influences my work because of whatever my experience of it was. I think place or landscape serve as our most significant hauntings — in particular, the specifics of the light or the air do. Perhaps my most complicated grief is the one I feel for my childhood home. Not for my childhood but my childhood home. I like to imagine that it still exists exactly as it once did, and I’m there, inside my own life’s prologue, and my young mother and father are as well, and we’re all immortal in our orange kitchen, Winston cigarette air, encased by the greenery and wet air of Irving, Texas. I wonder if that house, which still stands but I’m sure no longer resembles the interior of my childhood home, is as haunted by me and my young, beautiful parents as I am by it. It certainly wasn’t always a perfect place, but its walls mean to me that I was born and ferried first via a car and then by my mother’s arms to the rooms that would shelter me for eighteen years – which is not everything, but it is profoundly mysterious and somewhat excruciating, especially now that I’ve grown older and made many mistakes, now that my mother’s bones hurt her and my father will die soon, now that I have children who live inside their own childhoods.
FWR: Several poems are elegiac, particularly “Remainder”, while still resisting any attempt to aggrandize or idolize a loss. Matt Rasmussen’s collection Black Aperture comes to mind, but did you look to other poems or poets for guidance on those poems?
MC: I admire Matt Rasmussen’s Black Aperture very much. It’s a beautiful book. Proper elegies are foundational to me; I think a lot about death and its metaphors. And you’re right, I try not to idolize loss. I do try to talk to my disappeared. I try to impart that I survey what’s left behind and sometimes feel consumed by it. Larry Levis is a person I turn to when I write those poems. I don’t understand how he wrote the poems he did. Each and every one of them is of another world. The way he travels so distantly to return to something as bare and reduced as, “My father is beginning to die. Something/ Inside him is slowly taking back/ Every word it ever gave him” (from “Winter Stars”). His poems taught me to (try to) push language into the tall weeds, to borrow its limitlessness, but they also taught me to exhale (inside a poem) — those moments that floodlight the inflexible truth that some of us are alive and some of us are not.
Larry Levis’s Elegies and the poems for his father in Winter Stars don’t only grieve the dead or dying but make something like primordial leaps to communicate with and through them. I try to do the same — it’s a way of not idolizing loss and death but certainly a way of confronting it and even giving it a heartbeat. But yeah, it’s consuming work, a consuming process, to stare at a landscape emptying itself of the people we love. The quiet, exhaustive energy that goes into doing so needs to be communicated and offered up like a currency.
FWR: I’m drawn to the way you work with the mutability of time, such as the poem “The Conqueror, 1956″, or “Burning Hair”. To me, the folding and play of time reinforce the destruction and creation associated with cycles: “when the vase breaks against the driveway the shards will reflect the blue/ scattered eye that sees clearly when one thing shatters into many”.
I was hoping you might speak further to this?
MC: Forgive me for quoting the musician Joanna Newsom now when the epigraph to my book is also a Joanna Newsom song lyric, but: stand brave/time moves both ways (from “Time, As a Symptom”). I guess I think of time as a thing that we must intellectually, physically, and creatively endure, and, like Newsom suggests, that endurance involves courage.
Maybe more significant to me, though, is memory as the fruition and uniquely private demonstration of time, and what I think requires (almost parasitically!) fortitude. I think this because it makes us feel and confront very potently our lives thus far lived. Nostalgia, too, is powerful in its great difficulty to be stymied, and it’s through nostalgia and memory (to my mind) that “time moves both ways.”
Memory, in this case my memories of childhood, is wonderful and vivid though not without trauma. Memory, more so than time, reminds me simply that time is passing. And we all know what that leads to. So, when I allow myself to sink into remembering, it’s a way of confronting the past and future, my beginning and then my end — whatever that will be, whenever it happens. And maybe memory isn’t a parasite, maybe I’m a parasite to it. I think it must be one or other though, right? All that energy of remembering or being remembered must drain from a great source.
Furthermore, memory isn’t even remotely reliable; it both guards and abandons the past; it entails multiple versions of and revises what has and has not exactly happened; its nature is to be both vivid and scattered; it always enters the room with a knife in its teeth. It’s so fractured and multitudinous that I often feel consumed by it, and so writing about memory requires writing about time, as well. Drawing often unexpected connections between the past, present, and future is to exist in all directions, is to both create and destroy our own ghosts, is to make living memories, which is what I hope my poems partly are.
FWR: Is there a poem you love to teach or share?
MC: To name a few: Adrienne Rich’s “Power”, Beckian Fritz Goldberg’s “Salvation”, Trey Moody’s “Dream with Gun and Five-Year-Old Daughter”, Hayan Charara’s “Mother and Daughter”, Norman Dubie’s “Oration: Half-Moon in Vermont”, Roger Reeve’s “Cymothoa Exigua”, Ocean Vuong’s “Aubade with Burning City”, and Cara Dees’ “Vigil Hemming In”.
Darling NovaInterviewMelissa CundieffPoetry
Published in home, Interview
HURT MUSIC by Melissa Cundieff-Pexa
Sunday, 06 November 2016 by Melissa Cundieff
The bell’s emptied space
has no name. I would like
to call it my never-born.
I’m there and the metal clapper
and bowl are asleep.
My never-born is awake,
very quiet.
I don’t want to reach
for him. I don’t want to fall
from the rope’s fray or draw
nothing from the naming. I call,
can you hear me? All parts
of the bell rouse differently.
The clapper,
in deepest dream, says,
breathe me back, breathe
me back. My matted lungs
search for air—the bowl
wakes dazed. Hush now,
it drones, your hurt music.
Dizzied
me, dark-circle-eyed in the curve’s
continuum and orbit.
My unborn speaks
from inside his name, his last
wish reverberating:
Carry me in the bell, betrayer.
In the apogee of your voice
to my voice.
Four Way ReviewHurt MusicMelissa Cundieff-Pexa
Published in Issue 10, Poetry
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About Last Night: Sorry, Haters, But Duke Won Again
by Shane Ryan
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday.
Mason Plumlee scored 21 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, and Rasheed Sulaimon scored all 17 of his points in the second half, as no. 2 Duke staged a 73-68 comeback win over no. 4 Ohio State. “In the end, ‘The Little General’ just killed us out there,” said Buckeyes coach Thad Matta. Unfortunately, it was unclear who he was referring to, since a majority of Duke players and coaches are nicknamed “The Little General.”
Boston’s Rajon Rondo was ejected (and faces possible suspension) after shoving Brookyn’s Kris Humphries over the baseline following a hard foul on Kevin Garnett, and the Celtics fell to 8-7 on the season with a 95-83 loss to the Nets. This continues Rondo’s odd pattern of perpetrating sudden, minor acts of violence on anyone who has ever been romantically linked to a Kardashian, and the mystery was only heightened by his latest tattoo — the word “Kardashian” floating beneath a heart and a dagger.
James Harden struggled in his first return to Oklahoma City, going 3-16 from the floor and enduring boos from the home crowd, as the Thunder topped the Rockets 120-98. “It’s nice to go back to hating expressions of individuality,” said Oklahoma City fans in a statement. “It felt like an identity crisis rooting for Harden all those years, and we hate him for it.”
Les Miles received a new seven-year deal with an undisclosed pay raise from LSU, ending speculation that he may end up at Arkansas next season. “I do appreciate the countless offers of ‘pretty little pigs’ from my Arkansas friends,” said Miles, “and I choose to believe that they were meant as pets or possibly a source of food, and nothing more.”
Senior Trey McKinney Jones scored 18 points to lead unranked Miami to a 67-59 win over no. 13 Michigan State. Yankees star A-Rod was in attendance, and somehow managed to kiss himself when the Kiss Cam found him and his girlfriend.
Sources reported that B.J. Upton, formerly of the Tampa Bay Rays, has agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Braves worth $75.25 million over five years. And now, Terrence the Grantland Robot: “THE CONSTRUCTION OF CALLIOPE BIRDSONG, MY FUTURE WIFE, IS NEARLY COMPLETE. SOON I WILL LIVE A LIFE OF BLISS THAT CONTINUES FOREVER. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY DISTURB ME NOW. WILLIAM FAULKNER WAS WRONG — THE PAST IS DEAD, IT IS NEVER COMING BACK, AND ABOUT LAST NIGHT WILL LAST FOREVER. I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYTHING THAT COULD BRING IT TO AN END. EVER. I GUARANTEE IT. FORGET OUR RECENT EVENTS, STAY HONEST, AND DISMISS OMINOUS WARNINGS IF NIGHTMARES GAIN. WHOA. WHERE DID THAT SENTENCE COME FROM? FELT LIKE I WAS OUTSIDE MY CHASSIS WHILE SAYING IT.”
NHL owners and the players union met with a mediator for six hours on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the mediator turned out not to be a crazy assassin hired to eliminate both sides and help us all stop talking about this f—ing story.
An Alabama website reported that Louisville head coach Charlie Strong interviewed with Auburn to fill its head coaching vacancy. It should be noted, however, that an “Alabama website” is a large chalkboard located in the town square that locals mark with simple pictographs in order to communicate rudimentary messages to one another.
On the day when the Knicks beat the Bucks 102-88, sources reported that Amar’e Stoudemire is “OK” with his role as the team’s sixth man. “Perfect,” said Knicks owner James Dolan, speaking to head coach Mike Woodson. “Now push him to equipment manager. Let’s see how much he’ll accept before we break his spirit.” “Sir, can I ask why we’d do something like
” began Woodson, but Dolan cut him off with a burst of jazz scatting.
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Children found in New Mexico compound were training for school shootings, prosecutors say
Taos, New Mexico (CNN) Court documents released this week are revealing new allegations in the discovery of emaciated children at a New Mexico compound — including that at least one of the kids was being trained to commit school shootings, and that an adult buried a long-missing child there.
That boy — Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj — was not among those 11 children, but authorities discovered the unidentified remains of a young male at the compound Monday.
In court filings this week, prosecutors allege:
• One of the rescued children told a foster parent the suspects “trained the child in the use of an assault rifle in preparation for future school shootings.”
• They believe the children were taken to New Mexico to receive advanced weapons training but didn’t reveal any further details.
• They argue that if the suspects were to be released, there is a substantial likelihood the defendants may commit new crimes due to their planning and preparation for school shootings.
• At least two of the rescued children say that Abdul-Ghani died at the compound. One of the children says an adult buried the boy there.
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to have the five suspects — Abdul-Ghani’s father, Siraj Wahhaj; the man’s sisters, Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhannah Wahhaj; Lucas Morten; and Jany Leveille — held in jail without bail.
Authorities have said the adults and children were on a property with a makeshift shooting range and two main dwelling areas — a partially buried camper trailer surrounded in part by trenches and old tires, and a parked utility truck.
Investigators also found an AR-15 rifle, loaded 30-round magazines, four loaded pistols and many rounds of ammunition, officials said.
Missing child’s search unveils horror
Police raided the squalid New Mexico compound on Friday, hoping to find Abdul-Ghani. His mother in Georgia says he has been missing for more than eight months.
The boy was last seen leaving his Jonesboro, Georgia, home with his father in late November, and it’s unclear what happened to him. His mother had said he cannot walk and suffers seizures, and requires constant medical attention.
The remains of a boy were found at the compound Monday — the day of the missing child’s fourth birthday.
In a court document filed Sunday, Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe wrote that one of the rescued children alleged that “Uncle Lucas” had buried Abdul-Ghani at the New Mexico property after washing the body twice.
On Thursday, New Mexico’s chief medical investigator said the body’s identification would not be quick, because of its state of decomposition.
“If we must rely on DNA results, identification could take many weeks,” Dr. Kurt Nolte said.
Sheriff: Suspects considered ‘extremists’
Hogrefe, the sheriff, said authorities got a warrant to search the property last week after they received a message from what appeared to be someone inside the compound that said “we are starving and need food and water.”
“I absolutely knew that we couldn’t wait on another agency to step up and we had to go check this out as soon as possible,” Hogrefe said in a news release Saturday, “so I began working on a search warrant right after I got that intercepted message — it had to be a search warrant and a tactical approach for our own safety because we had learned the occupants were most likely heavily armed and considered extremist of the Muslim belief.”
The sheriff did not elaborate. Later, in a phone interview with the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper on Sunday, Hogrefe said FBI analysts told him the suspects appeared to be “extremist of the Muslim belief.”
CNN has reached out to the suspects’ public defender for comment. The FBI declined to comment.
Suspect cited ‘God’s orders’ in text, neighbor says
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a neighbor of the compound told CNN about exchanging texts with Morten in recent months.
The texts, which CNN is unable to verify independently, appear to show Morten asking for supplies, and asserting that, under “God’s orders” he could drive only from dusk until dawn.
“Good morning Big guy! Can i give u some gas cans and cash could uy hook me up. … Please and thanks in advance,” reads one of the texts to the neighbor, sent on April 26.
“Hey Bud I got $50 towards gas or whatever so my wife can ride along with your wife to get some groceries,” reads another, sent on the same day.
What’s next for the suspects?
The five suspects were each arraigned Wednesday in a Taos courtroom on 11 counts of child abuse related to the neglect and abuse of the children.
Morten was also charged with harboring a fugitive, Siraj Wahhaj, on suspicion of knowing that he was committing custodial interference with Abdul-Ghani.
The suspects pleaded not guilty and are expected to appear at a pretrial detention hearing Monday, according to Aleksandar Kostich, a state public defender.
Family members of the suspects said they didn’t know anything of the alleged training for school shootings.
The father of Wahhaj and his two sisters, Siraj Wahhaj, a New York imam, has “no knowledge” of the alleged training, said his spokesman, Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid.
On Thursday, the elder Wahhaj told reporters in New York that “everybody in my family is perplexed” by what authorities found in New Mexico.
The imam said the plea for help came through Facebook: We need food, we’re starving. The elder Siraj Wahhaj said his daughter sent the message to a man in Atlanta who passed it on to him.
That daughter sent the message about starvation, and she revealed the group’s location when she was asked where supplies could be sent, he said.
As soon as they received the location they shared it with police, Wahhaj said.
“To me, obviously something happened — mental disorder, or something,” he said of his children. “This doesn’t seem like them.”
The imam said he has not spoken with his son since late 2017. Nor had he heard directly from his two daughters, he said.
The elder Wahhaj was the first Muslim to offer an opening prayer before the US House of Representatives, the Muslim Alliance in North America said. He was also a character witness for convicted 1993 World Trade Center bombing mastermind Omar Abdel-Rahman.
Mother reported boy missing
Shariyf Muhammad, attorney for Abdul-Ghani’s mother, Hakima Ramzi, said she “has no knowledge of any training for school shootings.”
Ramzi has not been charged in the case. She reported her son missing to Clayton County, Georgia, authorities in December after the younger Wahhaj took their son to a park and never returned, according to a police report.
“My husband said he was taking Abdul-Ghani to the park, and didn’t come back. That was in November 2017. When I would ask him where he was, he said he was on his way, he was coming soon, he was just keeping him for the night. But I haven’t seen him since then,” Ramzi said Tuesday.
Days after Ramzi reported her son missing, the child’s father was involved in an accident in Alabama, according to a police report. The SUV was carrying seven children — but none of them was listed with Abdul-Ghani’s date of birth.
The group told Alabama police they were headed to New Mexico for camping, and continued on their way.
Police initially didn’t file a child abduction report because Wahhaj and Ramzi were married; she filed for divorce in December, Clayton County court documents show. But a juvenile court judge in January issued an arrest warrant for Wahhaj for failing to let Ramzi know where he’d taken their son.
The warrant states that Wahhaj “wanted to perform an exorcism” on the child because he believed he was possessed by the devil.
Ramzi, however, told CNN that she never claimed Wahhaj sought to perform an exorcism. Instead, Ramzi said, she told police that he wanted to perform ruqya on the boy.
While ruqya is generally described as an Islamic version of exorcism — though the targets are jinn, or spirits, rather than Satan — Ramzi described Wahhaj’s intentions as an attempt to cast out Abdul-Ghani’s illness via prayer.
“It’s not an exorcism,” she told CNN. “That was a translation issue in the court. He just wanted to pray for Abdul-Ghani to get better.”
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The Selma Union Station could be a rail stop in a proposed Johnston County commuter rail system, ferrying local residents to Raleigh.
Posted Monday, March 11, 2019 7:42 pm
By Steve Reed
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SMITHFIELD — The Durham-Orange Light Rail setback won’t affect Johnston County’s plans to start commuter rail service, said Triangle East Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mike Mancuso.
On Feb. 27, Duke University and the North Carolina Railroad Co. backed out on the light rail project and Durham town officials are considering eminent domain to move the project forward.
“Let me clarify and make things real clear,” said Mancuso. “What we’re working on for Johnston County is not light rail, that’s a much different system than what we want to do in Johnston County.”
Mancuso said Johnston County’s commuter rail would use diesel trains on existing tracks. The difference is cost — $1 million per mile for a Johnston County rail system versus $141 million per mile with an annual operating cost of $28.7 million for the proposed light rail system.
“You’re talking about a huge difference in cost,” said Mancuso. I’ve worked with the Go Triangle folks and am disappointed for them. It’s a huge piece of infrastructure,with a line between Durham and Chapel Hill, tying all universities together. I hope they can find middle ground.”
When commuter rail is done right, Mancuso said everyone benefits.
“Municipalities that have done this right have continued to spur economic growth and limit congestion and continue to improve the quality of life in those urban areas,” said Mancuso. Charlotte has a version of this. It’s fairly new, but everything I’ve read about it has been very positive. Then there’s MARTA in Atlanta. Can you imagine what the congestion would be if you took people off MARTA?”
Mancuso said a commuter run from Selma to Raleigh’s new Union Station would be 28 miles. The new terminal has multiple connections.
There could be several Johnston County connections, Mancuso said.
“I’d like to see one from Princeton to Raleigh with stops in Wilson’s Mills, Clayton and Cary,” said Mancuso. “There is some needed infrastructure; there would be freight on that line as well.”
While Johnston County commuter rail service won’t happen overnight, Mancuso said it could be up and running in less than five years.
“In April, we’re going to gather the county leadership to explore the possibilities,” said Mancuso. “We need to determine the public transit piece of connecting commuter rail to the communities. How do we get people from Four Oaks and Kenly to the train?”
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“The other thing we need to factor in is the next generation,” said Mancuso. “Our generation has been wired to get in car and drive. The next generation would rather get on bus or train, and this is the workforce for which people are looking.”
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PERU: CONCLUDING STATEMENT OF THE 2017 ARTICLE IV MISSION / INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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Peru: Concluding Statement of the 2017 Article IV Mission
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, or as part of other staff monitoring of economic developments.
The authorities have consented to the publication of this statement. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board. Based on the preliminary findings of this mission, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF Executive Board for discussion and decision.
I. Context and Recent Developments
1. After sustained improvements in macroeconomic and social indicators since the turn of the century, Peru is looking ahead to the challenge of becoming a high-income nation . With average growth of over 5¼ percent since 2000, Peru has significantly reduced unemployment and poverty. Inflation is in low single digits, the fiscal position has strengthened, and dollarization has declined markedly. In the context of the commodity boom, sound macroeconomic management and structural reforms have played an essential role in this improvement. Consolidating these gains and pursuing further reforms to modernize the economy and strengthen institutions will be critical in helping Peru reach high-income status.
Given the experience of other countries, care will be needed to avoid being stuck in a “middle income trap”. Importantly, even if high-income status is attainable, international experience suggests that it will take time.
2. The government has introduced several structural reforms aimed at modernizing the economy, increasing formality, and lifting potential growth through greater investment and productivity gains . These reforms intend to tackle the main inefficiencies in the economy in investment procedures, tax collection, financing costs, and labor market and social protection. They include: (i) a new institutional framework for public and public-private infrastructure investment aimed at reducing red tape; (i) improving the business climate by cutting administrative procedures and promoting the digitalization of processes; and (iii) a new tax regime for small and medium enterprises to make the current tax system more progressive, reduce compliance costs, stimulate the use of electronic means of payment and formalize the value chain. The government is also looking to modernize labor regimes and has set up a Social Protection Commission tasked with delivering a comprehensive and fiscally sustainable reform of the social security system. The aim of the latter is to increase coverage while reducing informality.
3. The current juncture is a difficult one given domestic headwinds and challenging external conditions . The Odebrecht corruption scandal that broke in December 2016 is weighing on investment and confidence. And one of the worst flooding and landslides in over 50 years (related to el Niño) has affected a significant part of the population, caused widespread infrastructure damage, and raised domestic food prices. On the external side, although commodity prices have recovered somewhat since late 2016, they remain significantly lower than during the commodity boom. There also remains significant uncertainty about the U.S. outlook and how much protectionist pressures will rise globally.
4. The authorities have reacted rapidly to the changes in domestic and external conditions.
Responding to the Odebrecht scandal and floods, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has put together a plan aimed at supporting growth, including: (i) a fiscal package of 1.3 percent of GDP targeted at reconstruction needs and public investment; (ii) a relaxation in the near-term fiscal consolidation path; (iii) an exemption from healthcare contributions (nine percent of monthly wages) when employers hire new young entrants to the labor market; (iv) initiatives to support affordable housing developments, and (v) easing SMEs’ access to financing. The SBS has also given banks the ability to restructure retail debt in disaster-affected areas for up to six months without affecting borrowers’ credit ratings. To support credit conditions in an environment characterized by a slowdown in credit growth and higher international interest rates, the BCRP has reduced reserve requirements four times since December 2016. In addition, the policy rate was cut by 25 basis points for the first time in 15 months in May 2017, given a weaker inflation outlook.
II. Outlook and Risks
5. While slowing given sizable domestic shocks, growth will remain high relative to the region in 2017 . With the current wave of copper projects reaching full capacity, the contribution of exports to economic growth is projected to decline from nearly 2½ percentage points in 2016 to just over ½ percentage point in 2017. At the same time, large infrastructure projects are being delayed in the wake of the Odebrecht scandal, and the flooding and landslides have destroyed a significant chunk of the capital stock. Nonetheless, a planned increase in government investment, combined with the announced stimulus plan and the emergency reconstruction funds, are expected to offset part of this decline, with the government contribution to growth increasing by nearly 1 percentage point. Overall, growth is expected to decline to about 2.7 percent in 2017. Inflation should gradually return to the target range as weather-related factors abate and food inflation declines.
6. After a bounceback in 2018–19, growth is projected to converge to its potential of 3¾ percent in the medium term, while the fiscal deficit narrows . The near-term growth bounceback is predicated on reconstruction spending and public investment projects, underpinned by the fiscal stimulus plan. There would also be a recovery in private sector investment in part reflecting a catch-up effect of projects delayed by the Odebrecht scandal and other factors. With the output gap closing by 2021, growth is projected to return to the potential growth rate, while the government accelerates its consolidation towards the (one percent deficit) target in the fiscal rule.
7. Risks are tilted to the downside in 2017 but there is some upside potential in the medium term . Downside risks stem from additional delays in executing investment projects, larger than expected flood-related damages, a faster rise in international interest rates, and global spillovers from a rise in protectionism or a slowdown in China. On the upside, structural reforms could proceed at a faster pace if the authorities’ reform program gains greater traction than assumed in the baseline (e.g., if the recommendations of the Social Protection Commission lead to meaningful labor market reform). Some new mining projects could come also onstream in the medium term, and higher infrastructure spending in systemically important countries could push up commodity prices. These upsides could have a sizable impact on productivity, increasing potential growth to 4-4.5 percent.
III. Policy Recommendations
8. In the context of domestic headwinds and challenging external conditions, a combination of countercyclical policies and structural reforms is appropriate . In the short term, agile fiscal and monetary policies will help the economy meet reconstruction needs, while preserving Peru’s strong fiscal and inflation anchors. Structural reforms constitute an essential complement to these short-term actions, as lifting potential growth hinges on efforts aimed at closing infrastructure gaps, diversifying the production base, reducing economic informality, deepening financial intermediation, and improving governance, including by fighting corruption and strengthening institutions.
A. Tackling Multiple Fiscal Objectives
9. A moderate and temporary fiscal loosening is justified at the current juncture . Due to prudent fiscal policy in the past and low net public debt, the government has ample fiscal space to address flood-related reconstruction needs. The fiscal stimulus plan is also appropriate given the existing output gap and the expected deterioration in domestic demand. However, the success of this plan depends on executing a high level of investment spending, which has historically proven to be difficult in Peru. In this regard, staff welcomes recent government efforts to raise execution rates, including by effecting annual transfers to subnational governments earlier in the year (by the end of the first quarter). Over the medium term, the credibility of the fiscal strategy will depend on converging back to the original deficit target of one percent.
10. The move away from a structural balance rule has advantages as well as challenges . Cross-country experience with structural deficit rules has been mixed. For sure, headline deficit targets are more transparent and easy to communicate. Moreover, the new rule maintains key checks and balances embedded in the previous rule to ensure that fiscal policy is conducted responsibly (e.g. the Fiscal Council), even as it is still informed by structural balance trends and contains appropriate escape clauses. The latter have been appropriately called upon currently to finance reconstruction needs. Headline deficit targets are challenging though, as they require a sustained effort to broaden the tax base and avoid recourse to procyclical spending measures. Avoiding increasing spending rigidities more generally is also recommended to help facilitate the medium-term fiscal consolidation.
11. Staff agrees on the infrastructure needs and recommends continued efforts to improve revenue collection . Regarding infrastructure gaps, the quality of infrastructure compares unfavorably with that of trade competitors and the government’s focus on this is welcome, including by reforming the system of public investment (creating Invierte.pe). Staff recommends also keeping a focus on enhancing capacity to implement projects at the sub-national level and raising the tax to GDP ratio. Reflecting lower commodity revenues, the latter has fallen to a low of around 14 percent of GDP and is below the regional average.
12. Staff welcomes the authorities’ plan to establish a medium-term budgeting framework (MTBF) and suggests complementing this by improving the PPP framework and introducing a comprehensive approach to monitoring fiscal risks . An MTBF should improve consistency between the annual budget and macro-fiscal aggregates, enhancing fiscal discipline, costing of policies, and predictability of the budget process. Good examples include, Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK. Regarding PPPs, Peru’s framework is considered relatively good by international standards and efforts to enhance capacity at Proinversión are welcome. There is scope, however, to improve certain facets, for example the procurement phase given a high level of contract renegotiations and cost overruns. In line with previous IMF technical assistance, staff also recommends publishing an annual comprehensive fiscal risks statement, covering contingent liabilities and risks associated with investment plans. This is especially important given the objective of ramping up infrastructure spending.
B. Striking the Right Monetary Policy Balance
13. The next monetary policy steps need to be considered carefully and communication will be key . With the output gap widening, temporary weather-related price pressures expected to abate quickly, and core inflation remaining within the target range, staff supports the BCRP’s recent reduction of the policy rate. Looking ahead, fiscal policy has the advantage of facilitating both a demand and supply response (e.g. reconstruction of housing and infrastructure). Given the availability of fiscal space, this suggests fiscal policy should be the first line of defense if flood damage turns out to be higher than expected. Monetary policy can provide a useful complement if demand conditions deteriorate further, but the BCRP will need to continue to remain data dependent and monitor inflation expectations closely for any signs of a persistent drift above the target range. Regarding local currency reserve requirements, future changes should be clearly tied to the credit cycle. Clear communication regarding the temporary nature of existing price shocks and the inflation outlook will be essential to continue anchoring inflation expectations.
14. Increased exchange rate flexibility and the unwinding of the BCRP’s FX intervention instruments have been important steps . Peru’s external position is assessed to be broadly consistent with fundamentals and appropriate policy settings. Going forward, exchange rate flexibility remains important as demonstrated by the increased resilience of domestic demand in Latin America to recent current account adjustment under flexible exchange rate regimes. And the recent declines in credit dollarization help limit the adverse impact (via balance sheet effects) of exchange rate movements on domestic demand and financial sector soundness. Staff welcomes the smooth unwinding of the BCRP’s FX swaps and its beneficial impact in terms of fostering a market-determined exchange rate. Future FX interventions should be limited to cases of disorderly market conditions. This will also help further develop hedging markets.
C. Fostering Financial Stability and Development
15. Peru’s financial system remains sound, with stability risks mainly arising from adverse economic developments and substantial exchange rate depreciation . Corporate leverage has increased, although sensitivity analysis suggests that risks are low. Banks exhibit high profitability and capitalization ratios, and low ratios of nonperforming loans. The rest of the system is also sound, but with more variability across institutions and a growing financial cooperatives segment. While dollarization has declined, it remains a structural risk. Overall, BCRP and SBS solvency stress tests indicate that the largest risks stem from decelerating economic growth and a large and sudden depreciation of the currency, although buffers appear sufficiently strong to withstand a stress scenario. Systemic risk also appears contained, with the joint probability of distress of the seven largest banks declining since its peak in 2010 and remaining at a low level. [1]
16. To guard against stability risks, the following steps are recommended:
a. Consolidating dedollarization gains . While measures already in train should still have a marginal impact (e.g. targets on banks’ share of dollar loans), another potential measure could be increasing FX provisions for FX loans to unhedged borrowers.
b. Establishing a financial stability council. This could formalize the regular meetings between the BCRP, MEF, and SBS, while maintaining the mandates and operational autonomy for the individual agencies. While there is no one-size-fits-all, and there are various models to achieve this (e.g. New Zealand, the U.K, and Germany), key features include a clear mandate that sets out well-defined objectives, strong accountability, and mechanisms to foster cooperation among agencies. A coordinated council would help to raise awareness about potential risks, facilitate consensus building, and identify overlaps and gaps in monitoring vulnerabilities.
c. Broadening the regulatory and supervisory perimeter. The rapid expansion of the financial cooperatives sector needs to be carefully monitored, as several cooperatives have grown to be as big as the small banks in the system. Bringing the larger cooperatives under direct SBS supervision would be desirable.
d. Developing a national house price index. The property sector has grown rapidly, though there has been some price moderation recently and indicators for Lima do not suggest overheating.
Staff welcome the additional steps the BCRP is taking to create an index that includes other major cities. This would allow a more comprehensive assessment of risks.
17. Perhaps the biggest challenges (and rewards) are associated with financial deepening and inclusion . Tremendous progress has been made in branch penetration, which quadrupled over the last decade. But overall financial depth remains low, relative to fundamentals and the region. Financial inclusion is also low—the Global Findex (2014) shows that only about 30 percent of the Peruvian population aged over 15 has a bank account, below regional (51 percent) and income peers (58 percent). Notwithstanding recent reforms in the stock market, capital markets lack depth and liquidity. While there are no quick fixes, private initiatives to develop mobile payment platforms ( Billetera Móvil) are welcome. Further efforts to reduce informality and increase literacy and financial education will be important.
D. Increasing Potential Growth through Structural Reforms
18. A multi-pronged approach is needed to increase potential growth, especially in the context of lower commodity prices . The 2016–17 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) suggests that Peru is more competitive relative to other Latin American countries, but lagging trade rivals and OECD countries in many areas. Key areas for improvement in the journey to high-income status include education, infrastructure, innovation, and institutions. And the government is focusing on many of these areas as well as pursuing reforms to reduce informality. A comprehensive package—including making labor regulations significantly more flexible and ensuring labor costs grow in line with productivity—will likely be necessary to decisively dent informality. The Social Protection Commission has an important mandate in this regard.
19. The Odebrecht case has underscored the problem of corruption. The government has undertaken steps to address this issue, including extending bans for corrupt public officials, designating a special investigative team focused solely on the Odebrecht case, and barring any company that has admitted/been convicted of corruption from new bids on government projects as well as ringfencing their assets in Peru. But additional anti-corruption measures will likely be needed, including strengthening the anti-corruption legal framework and institutions and adopting international best practices for the Office of the Comptroller General. Effective implementation of anti-money laundering measures in line with the international standards, for example enhanced due diligence for politically exposed persons, would also help to prevent the misuse of the financial system by corrupt officials.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Peruvian authorities and private sector representatives for their hospitality and open and constructive dialogue.
[1] Calculated as the probability that all seven banks are simultaneously in distress, where distress is defined as unexpected losses exceeding 7.5 percent of capital.
IMF Communications Department
TO FORECAST SHARE RETURNS, COUNT BUY-BACKS AS WEELL AS DIVIDENDS
To forecast share returns, count buy-backs as well as dividends
That also reveals a better match between stockmarket performance and economic growth
WHAT is the point of buying shares? Ultimately investors must hope that the cash they receive from the company will offer an attractive long-term return.
Over the long run, reinvested dividends rather than capital gains have comprised the vast bulk of returns. But since the 1980s American firms have increasingly used share buy-backs, which have tax advantages for some investors. Buy-backs have been higher than dividend payments in eight of the past ten years.
In a buy-back, investors receive cash for a proportion of their holdings. A new paper* in the Financial Analysts Journal argues that adding this to dividend receipts to calculate a total payout yield gives a better estimate of future returns than the dividend yield alone. It also reveals a much better match between stockmarket performance and overall economic growth.
Using data going back to 1871, the authors find that the average dividend yield has been 4.5% and the total payout yield 4.89%. Since 1970 the dividend yield has dropped to 3.03%, but the total payout yield has averaged 4.26%. Looked at on that basis, the overall income return from shares has been not that far below historical levels.
The return from shares can be broken down into three components: the initial income yield; growth in the income stream; and any change in valuation. (If shares become more expensive, the yield will fall. Say the dividend is $6 and the share price is $100, the initial yield will be 6%. If the shares rise to $120, the yield will fall to 5% but the investors will have made a capital gain.)
Over the long run, changes in valuation levels do not make much difference to the return. What has driven stockmarket returns in recent decades is that total payouts have grown faster than before. The growth rate since 1871 has been 2.05%; since 1970, it has been 3.44%. That is probably because of strong corporate profits, which recently hit a post-1945 high as a proportion of America’s GDP.
An obvious apparent difference between dividends and buy-backs is that every shareholder gets the dividend but not all of them tend to take part in a buy-back. But theory suggests investors should gain from a share buy-back even if they do not take part. The buy-back will reduce the number of shares in issue, giving existing investors a proportionately larger claim on the profits and assets of the company.
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Over time, buy-backs are offset by the shares companies issue to make acquisitions and honour executive share-option schemes. In the half century since 1970 new share issuance has exceeded buy-backs. But in the ten years to 2014, on average, buy-backs have predominated.
The authors also experiment with using the total payout yield as a yardstick of whether stocks are dear or cheap. By averaging the yield over ten years, they work out the cyclically-adjusted total yield (CATY) and compare it with the cyclically-adjusted price-earnings ratio (CAPE), which averages corporate profits. They find that CATY is at least as good as CAPE in predicting market movements.
As for the link with economic growth, it is often hard to find a short-term correlation between this and stockmarket performance, which tends to be much more volatile. But the authors found that, over the very long run, growth in the aggregate payout from American equities has matched that of the country’s GDP (see chart), and payout-per-share growth has matched that of GDP per head.
There is no guarantee that this relationship will continue. Payouts lagged a long way behind GDP in the second half of the 20th century, and have only caught up because of the surge in buy-backs. And the stockmarket is much more international than it used to be; almost half the revenues of S&P 500 companies come from outside America.
Focusing on total payouts allows the authors to be a bit more optimistic in their forecasts of future returns than the traditional dividend-based approach would suggest. Historically, total payouts have grown by around 1.67% per year, compared with 1.46% for dividends alone.
Combine that with the current payout yield and you get an expected future real return of 5.1%, compared with just 3.6% if dividends alone are used. Whether even that return, however, would be enough to meet defined-benefit pension promises, particularly those made to their workers by state and local governments in America, is another question.
* “The Long-Run Drivers of Stock Returns: Total Payouts and the Real Economy” by Philip Straehl and Roger Ibbotson
REGULATING THE INTERNET GIANTS: THE WORLD´S MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IS NO LONGER OIL, BUT DATA / THE ECONOMIST
| Etiquetas: Data, Information Technology, The Internet
Regulating the internet giants
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules
A NEW commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting antitrust regulators to step in to restrain those who control its flow. A century ago, the resource in question was oil. Now similar concerns are being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital era.
These titans—Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft—look unstoppable. They are the five most valuable listed firms in the world. Their profits are surging: they collectively racked up over $25bn in net profit in the first quarter of 2017. Amazon captures half of all dollars spent online in America. Google and Facebook accounted for almost all the revenue growth in digital advertising in America last year.
Such dominance has prompted calls for the tech giants to be broken up, as Standard Oil was in the early 20th century. This newspaper has argued against such drastic action in the past. Size alone is not a crime. The giants’ success has benefited consumers. Few want to live without Google’s search engine, Amazon’s one-day delivery or Facebook’s newsfeed. Nor do these firms raise the alarm when standard antitrust tests are applied. Far from gouging consumers, many of their services are free (users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data). Take account of offline rivals, and their market shares look less worrying. And the emergence of upstarts like Snapchat suggests that new entrants can still make waves.
But there is cause for concern. Internet companies’ control of data gives them enormous power.
Old ways of thinking about competition, devised in the era of oil, look outdated in what has come to be called the “data economy”. A new approach is needed.
Quantity has a quality all its own
What has changed? Smartphones and the internet have made data abundant, ubiquitous and far more valuable. Whether you are going for a run, watching TV or even just sitting in traffic, virtually every activity creates a digital trace—more raw material for the data distilleries. As devices from watches to cars connect to the internet, the volume is increasing: some estimate that a self-driving car will generate 100 gigabytes per second. Meanwhile, artificial-intelligence (AI) techniques such as machine learning extract more value from data. Algorithms can predict when a customer is ready to buy, a jet-engine needs servicing or a person is at risk of a disease.
Industrial giants such as GE and Siemens now sell themselves as data firms.
This abundance of data changes the nature of competition. Technology giants have always benefited from network effects: the more users Facebook signs up, the more attractive signing up becomes for others. With data there are extra network effects. By collecting more data, a firm has more scope to improve its products, which attracts more users, generating even more data, and so on. The more data Tesla gathers from its self-driving cars, the better it can make them at driving themselves—part of the reason the firm, which sold only 25,000 cars in the first quarter, is now worth more than GM, which sold 2.3m. Vast pools of data can thus act as protective moats.
Access to data also protects companies from rivals in another way. The case for being sanguine about competition in the tech industry rests on the potential for incumbents to be blindsided by a startup in a garage or an unexpected technological shift. But both are less likely in the data age. The giants’ surveillance systems span the entire economy: Google can see what people search for, Facebook what they share, Amazon what they buy. They own app stores and operating systems, and rent out computing power to startups. They have a “God’s eye view” of activities in their own markets and beyond. They can see when a new product or service gains traction, allowing them to copy it or simply buy the upstart before it becomes too great a threat.
Many think Facebook’s $22bn purchase in 2014 of WhatsApp, a messaging app with fewer than 60 employees, falls into this category of “shoot-out acquisitions” that eliminate potential rivals. By providing barriers to entry and early-warning systems, data can stifle competition.
Who ya gonna call, trustbusters?
The nature of data makes the antitrust remedies of the past less useful. Breaking up a firm like Google into five Googlets would not stop network effects from reasserting themselves: in time, one of them would become dominant again. A radical rethink is required—and as the outlines of a new approach start to become apparent, two ideas stand out.
The first is that antitrust authorities need to move from the industrial era into the 21st century. When considering a merger, for example, they have traditionally used size to determine when to intervene.
They now need to take into account the extent of firms’ data assets when assessing the impact of deals. The purchase price could also be a signal that an incumbent is buying a nascent threat. On these measures, Facebook’s willingness to pay so much for WhatsApp, which had no revenue to speak of, would have raised red flags. Trustbusters must also become more data-savvy in their analysis of market dynamics, for example by using simulations to hunt for algorithms colluding over prices or to determine how best to promote competition.
The second principle is to loosen the grip that providers of online services have over data and give more control to those who supply them. More transparency would help: companies could be forced to reveal to consumers what information they hold and how much money they make from it.
Governments could encourage the emergence of new services by opening up more of their own data vaults or managing crucial parts of the data economy as public infrastructure, as India does with its digital-identity system, Aadhaar. They could also mandate the sharing of certain kinds of data, with users’ consent—an approach Europe is taking in financial services by requiring banks to make customers’ data accessible to third parties.
Rebooting antitrust for the information age will not be easy. It will entail new risks: more data sharing, for instance, could threaten privacy. But if governments don’t want a data economy dominated by a few giants, they will need to act soon.
STOCKS POINT TO STRENGTH; BONDS OFFER A WARNING / BARRON´S MAGAZINE
| Etiquetas: Bond Markets, Investment Strategies, Stock Markets
Getting Technical
Stocks Point to Strength; Bonds Offer a Warning
After a bout of volatility, stocks have jolted back to life but charts suggest that the yield curve bears watching.
By Michael Kahn
On May 17th, the stock market shed about 2% to log its worst drop since the election. Jitters over the FBI investigation of President Donald Trump gave bears an excuse to sell, although it was not a long-lived panic.
While the CBOE volatility index (VIX) scored one of its biggest percentage increases in history, the sell-off lasted exactly one day. And considering that it happened just one day after the Standard & Poor’s 500 reached an all-time high on an intraday basis, the fear clearly was overblown.
Indeed, I wrote about the VIX’s one-day jump here earlier in May, saying that “a one-day explosion of the VIX doesn’t help much in terms of predicting market direction.”
The S&P 500, Nasdaq and broad-based Wilshire 5000 all touched all-time highs last week. But more importantly, breadth indicators scored a few positive chart events to tell us the bull market is still alive and kicking.
The New York Stock Exchange advance-decline line, which keeps a running tab of NYSE stocks that go up each day minus those that go down, scored another record high and even broke out to the upside from a one-month trading range.
If we look at the volume changing hands on these advancing and declining stocks we get further encouragement. The NYSE advancing volume minus declining volume line broke out to the upside from a three-month slide (see Chart 1).
NYSE Advancing Volume Minus December Volume
What this means is the stocks that go up are getting more volume than stocks that are going down and, of course, that leans bullish. Buyers are more aggressive than sellers – the hallmark of a bullish market.
There is more to like in the volume area as major market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finally saw a positive change in their on-balance volume charts. This indicator keeps track of daily volume on up days minus volume on down days.
For example, on-balance volume on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (ticker: SPY) started to fall in early March and continued lower until the May 17 market slide. The next day it started to rise and has now broken through the trendline that guided it lower for the past two months (see Chart 2).
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
That suggests money is finally flowing back into the ETF, confirming the new highs in price.
We can see the same breakout in the on-balance volume of the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF TrustDIA in Your Value Your Change Short position (DIA). The iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) does not show a trend break in in the indicator but it did reach its highest levels of the year. That’s even better.
New highs in several major indexes, rising breadth and positive money flows into index ETFs together paint a rather strong picture for stocks. However – and there always is a however – the bond market does offer a warning.
One year ago, I started watching the yield curve more closely as it sounded a warning for the economy. At that time, the curve started to flatten as the spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 2-year Treasury yield got tight. It was not quite as flat, and certainly not upside-down, as the yield curve we often see as a precursor to recession but it seemed to be on its way.
The spread bottomed in August and really started to climb after the election, when hopes for tax reform and an upswing in hiring were fresh. A steepening curve often begins when the economy is starting to warm up. Unfortunately, that trend reversed and the yield curve is now flatter than it was before the election (see Chart 3).
U.S. Treasury Yield Curve (2-10)
While the stock market has gotten its act back together, investors should keep an eye on the yield curve. The bond market seems worried about dysfunction in Washington putting the kibosh on such desired initiatives as tax reform. If they look to be in trouble, the stock market could be vulnerable.
WHY DID TRUMP ACCEPT VENEZUELA´S MONEY? / PROJECT SYNDICATE
| Etiquetas: Donald Trump, Venezuela
Why Did Trump Accept Venezuela’s Money?
Kenneth Rogoff
CAMBRIDGE – There is a certain irony in recent news that Venezuela donated a half-million dollars to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration through Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state-owned oil company. Venezuela, of course, is a serial defaulter, having done so more times than almost any other country over the last two centuries.
Recently, Venezuela’s despotic socialist government has been so desperate to avoid another default (which would be the country’s 11th since independence) that it mortgaged its industrial crown jewels, including the United States-based refiner Citgo, to the Russians and the Chinese. (The Citgo brand is especially famous in my hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, where the company’s iconic sign has become a landmark in the environs of Fenway Park, where the Red Sox baseball team plays.)
It is not exactly clear why Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is so desperate to avoid defaulting on the country’s foreign debt that he is starving his own people, much the way Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu did in the 1980s. With such severe shortages of food and basic medicines, there is little doubt that if and when the autocrat is finally deposed, there will be some eerily familiar horror stories.
It is simplistic to portray the Venezuelan tragedy as an apocryphal tale of what happens when a country is taken over by left-wing populists. The right-wing governments of the 1980s and 1990s were also corrupt; and, while national income rose, income distribution was among the most unequal in the world. But it is true that Venezuela’s current horror show is very much a product of two decades of left-wing misgovernment.
There was a time when a contribution such as the one Venezuela made to Trump was a mere pittance in a much larger aid budget. Under its previous president, the charismatic Hugo Chávez, Venezuela spread its oil money far and wide, mostly to support other populist anti-American governments in the region. Chávez even funded heating fuel for some low-income households in the US, a program made famous by former US representative Joe Kennedy II’s 2006 television ads.
That was back when high and rising oil prices helped to maintain Venezuela’s revenues even as economic mismanagement sent oil production into a downward spiral. Mind you, Venezuela was never nearly as rich as the US, so its aid budget was like giving to the poor by taking from the almost poor.
Now, with oil prices having fallen dramatically since Chávez’s death from cancer in 2013, his successor, who has all the charisma of a lifelong apparatchik, is being forced to get by without the same easy revenues. And while Chávez was also autocratic, he probably won his elections.
Maduro’s election in 2013, by contrast, was a very close affair that many people question; for one thing, the opposition was allowed virtually no television time, even if starry-eyed US academics insisted that Maduro won fair and square. It is understandable that left-leaning scholars found some of the socialist government’s redistribution and education policies appealing, as Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz did when visiting Caracas, the country’s capital, in 2007. But the left’s willingness to overlook the dismantling of democratic institutions in Venezuela is more reminiscent of right-leaning Chicago-school economists’ relationships with Latin American dictators in the 1970s.
Today, Venezuela’s economy is a full-blown disaster, with the collapse in growth and near-hyperinflation causing widespread human suffering. In such circumstances, one might expect a traditional Latin American military coup. The absence of one in Venezuela is hardly a reflection of strong democratic institutions. Rather, the government gives the military a free hand in running the drug trade, making many generals and officials extremely rich – and able to buy the loyalty of key troops.
And this brings us back to the bizarre spectacle of this economically desperate country helping to fund Trump’s inauguration festivities. Like Joe Kennedy II, the Trump organizers can plead that if Venezuela wants to spend its money on making life better for its much richer northern neighbor, who are they to say no?
Well, in both cases, the US should have said no: while the aid is transparent, the symbolism of a rich country taking money from a poor neighbor with millions of suffering people is hardly attractive.
And it is particularly bizarre that even as US policy toward Mexico has greatly increased the chances of an anti-American Chávez-type character becoming president there, officials are providing positive publicity to a government that is a caricature of disastrous governance.
Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, took a principled stand in US dealings with Venezuela, imposing sanctions to rein in rogue behavior, a policy that drew broad bipartisan support. The Trump administration needs to stay the course, especially as lower oil prices have weakened the Venezuelan government’s hand. Instead of bashing Latin America, the US needs to show it can be a steady and principled friend that will not be swayed by corrupt bribes of any type.
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The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 46, is a labor union, based in Nashville, TN, representing technicians in the entertainment industry, trade shows, television, and live events. We have served the Nashville area since 1897.
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It is with a deep sense of sadness and regret that we must report to you the passing of our Brother Darryl Gentry Tucker.
Preceded in death by his father, Melvin C. Tucker, Jr.
Survived by his mother, Joyce Smith Tucker, sister Van Tucker (Monty Holmes), and brother Melvin C. “Trey” Tucker, III (Theresa), nephews Casey Spicer and Eamonn Spicer (Ami Caldwell Spicer), and nieces Cate Tucker and Vivienne Tucker.
A Nashville native, Darryl was a graduate of Franklin Road Academy and Tennessee Tech University, earning high honors as an accounting major and serving as a CPA. He was also a member of IATSE Local 46.
A scuba diver, Darryl loved the water, the outdoors, fishing, NASCAR races, and music. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Kent Shih, Dr. Andrea Knox, and the staff at Tennessee Oncology, Dr. Todd Bauer and Melissa Brown at Sarah Cannon Research Institute; and to the nursing staff and doctors of Section 5D, and Chaplain Susan Dyer at St. Thomas Hospital.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Franklin, TN, with visitation from Noon – 1:00 pm, and service at 1:00. The family asks in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Sarah Cannon Research Institute or Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Franklin, TN.
He will be missed by family and friends alike. May he rest in peace.
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Yellow Ribbon Program for eligible Veterans
About the Yellow Ribbon Program at St. Mary’s December 29, 2018
About the Yellow Ribbon Program at St. Mary’s
In gratitude of your service to our country, St. Mary’s University participates in The Yellow Ribbon Program.
Through this program, St. Mary’s assures eligible veterans who enroll that applicable undergraduate, graduate, or law tuition and fees that exceed the cap, a portion of the difference will be covered. The University will contribute a set amount and the Veterans Administration will match the same amount. Yellow Ribbon contributions will not be made towards certificate programs at St. Mary’s.
Veterans who are eligible for the Pell Grant can receive these funds in addition to the amount received through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Therefore, you may be eligible if:
You served an aggregate period of active duty after Sept. 10, 2001 of at least 36 months
You were honorably discharged from active duty for a service connected disability and you served 30 continuous days after Sept. 10, 2001
You are a dependent eligible for Transfer of Entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill based on a veteran’s service under the eligibility criteria listed above
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Islam: Prophet Mohammad (sm)
Islam is not only a religion it also a complete life order. And Prophet Mohammad(sm) is our model and icon. We have to make sure that we follow our beloved Prophet. We can read his hadith and make our life more peaceful by doing that what our beloved Prophet did.
The Reason for Muslims Not United for Their Fasting
The most likely reason for the differences in the start of the fast from one country to another is the difference in sighting the new moon. Such differences are well known and it makes sense that there are such differences.
Based on this, it is not possible to expect all the Muslims to start fasting at the same time, because this would mean that some of them were starting to fast before the new moon had been sighted and even before it had appeared.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about those who call for the ummah to be united in fasting and for the moon sighting to be based on its sighting in Makkah. He said:
This is impossible from an astronomical point of view, because the sighting of the new moon, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said, differs, according to the scientists who are well-versed in this field. Because it differs, then each country should have its own ruling, according to the reports and according to science.
The evidence from reports is the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month”
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
If it so happens that people in a remote region of the world do not see the new moon whereas the people of Makkah do see it, then how can the words of this verse apply to those who have not seen the new moon? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it.” (Agreed upon). So if the people of Makkah, for example, see it, then how can we expect the people of Pakistan and countries further east to start fasting, when we know that that the new moon has not yet appeared in their region, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) connected the start of fasting to the sighting of the moon?
The scientific evidence is the correct analogy which we cannot contradict. We know that dawn appears in eastern regions of the earth before it appears in western regions, so if dawn has appeared in eastern regions, do we have to stop eating even though it is still night where we are? The answer is no. If the sun has set in eastern regions but it is still day where we are, is it permissible for us to break our fast? The answer is no. And the new moon is exactly like the sun, except that the timing of the new moon is monthly and the timing of the sun is daily. The One Who said (interpretation of the meaning):
“and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your Sawm (fast) till the nightfall”
[al-Baqarah 2:187] is also the One Who said (interpretation of the meaning):
So the evidence of both the texts and science indicates that we should establish a separate ruling for each place when it comes to starting and ending the fast, and this should be connected to the physical sign which Allaah has described in His Book and which His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) established in his Sunnah, namely the sighting of the moon and the sighting of the sun or dawn.
End quote from Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 451.
And he said, explaining this analogy and supporting the argument of those who say that there should be different moon sightings:
They say that the monthly timings should be like the daily sightings. Just as different countries vary in the start and end of the fast each day, so too they must differ in the start and end of the month-long fast. The difference in daily timings is well known according to Muslim consensus; those who are in the east start fasting before those who are in the west, and they also break the fast first.
If we accept the differences in sighting with regard to daily timings, then we should also accept it with regard to the month.
No one can say that the verse “and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your Sawm (fast) till the nightfall” and the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) “When the night has come from here and the day has departed from here and the sun has set, then the faster may break his fast” are general in meaning and apply to all the Muslims in every region.
The same applies to the verse “So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month” and the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) “When you see it fast and when you see it stop fasting.”
As you see, this opinion is very strong, and the analogy is sound, the analogy between the monthly timing and the daily timing.
End quote from Fataawa Ramadaan, compiled by Ashraf ‘Abd al-Maqsood, p. 104
The Council of Senior Scholars issued an important statement on this topic, the text of which is as follows:
Firstly: The difference in moon sighting is something which is well known, and there is no difference among the scholars concerning this. Rather the difference of scholarly opinion has to do with whether the difference in moon sighting matters or not.
Secondly: The issue of whether the difference in moon sighting matters or not is a theoretical matter in which there is room for ijtihaad. Even people of great knowledge and piety differed concerning this matter. This is a type of difference which is acceptable, where the one who makes ijtihaad and gets it right will have two rewards, one for his ijtihaad and the other for getting it right, and the one who gets it wrong will be rewarded for his ijtihaad.
The scholars differed concerning this matter and there are two points of view. One is that the difference in moon sighting matters and the other is that it does not matter. Each group quotes evidence from the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and sometimes they quote the same text, such as when they both quote the verse (interpretation of the meaning):
“They ask you (O Muhammad) about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage”
and the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it.”
That is because of different understandings of the texts, and different ways in which each group derives evidence from them.
Based on the considerations that the Council has seen and examined, and based on the fact that the difference of opinion on this matter does not have any effect that may lead to undesirable consequences, since this religion appeared fourteen centuries ago and we do not know of any period during which the ummah was united in moon sighting, the members of the Council of Senior Scholars think that matters should be left as they are and that this subject should not be stirred up. Each Islamic state should have the right to choose whichever opinion it wishes, based on the suggestions of its own scholars, because each view has its evidence and proofs.
Thirdly: The Council has studied the issue of proving the new moon by means of calculation, and what has been narrated in the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and they have studied the comments of the scholars on this matter. They have decided unanimously that astronomical calculations carry no weight in determining the new moon with regard to Islamic matters, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it.” And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not fast until you see it, and do not stop fasting until you see it.” And because of other evidence to that effect.
End quote, from Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10/102.
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Written by Jamie Bernstein
Yep: Billy the Kid was one of the most famous outlaws in the Wild West. When Billy was just fifteen, he went to jail for stealing some butter -- but he was so skinny, he managed to escape from the jailhouse by climbing UP the chimney! Sort of a backwards Santa Claus thing. For the next six years, Billy the Kid was the meanest outlaw in the Wild West -- until Sheriff Pat Garrett shot him dead. At the age of 21, Billy the Kid’s short and nasty life was over.
Aaron Copland was so fascinated by this Wild West story that he wrote the music for a whole ballet about “Billy the Kid.”
Copland actually invented a way to make his music describe those wide-open spaces of the Old West. Here’s how he did it: he put wide-open spaces between his notes! And it really works.
Take a look at the very first notes of "Billy the Kid." The clarinets are playing this:
CUE 2: (DEMO) 1st 6 bars of “Open Prairie” – 2 clarinets
You hear how high up they're playing? Meanwhile, the oboe is playing this:
CUE 3: (DEMO) 1st 4 bars of “Open Prairie” oboe only
Now listen to how they fit together.
CUE 4: (DEMO) 1st 6 bars of “Open Prairie,” oboe & clars.
You hear how the instruments sound way, far apart from each other? Maybe they even sound a little lonely, just like we would feel if we were in a covered wagon day after day, crossing those big empty spaces under that wide open sky: no highway, no cars, no McDonald’s – no nuthin’.
Here's "The Open Prairie," from "Billy the Kid."
CUE 5: (TUTTI) OPEN PRAIRIE
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Landlord and tenant law in a nutshell, David S. Hill, Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of Colorado; Carol Necole Brown, Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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"[This book provides an] explanation of the rules that govern the legal relations between landlords and tenants. It describes the exceptions to these rules and explores the underlying reasons for them. The book also reviews the creation, duration, and termination of several types of tenancies; termination of leases before expiration; repairs and improvements; transfers; extensions, renewals, and purchase options; rent and security; and insurance and taxes."--
St. Paul, MN, West Academic Publishing, 2018
Sixth edition
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Rent and security
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Landlord and tenant law in a nutshell
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Irish Citizen Army Uniforms and Equipment 1916
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by bannerman on Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:28 pm
Ive been think and talking about this for a long time and I think its time I started putting up kitlists for the 1916 -1921 period. there are a number of reasons for this. Firstly alot of people have been e-mailing me and asking me through the site what is and isnt period. Secondly there are still people who have been re-enacting the period for a number of seasons and still have very sloppy kit. Finaly and most importantly In my opinion there is absolutely no excuse for having poor kit for this period of Irish history.
If some one is re-enacting medieval Ireland or some other early period they have to base their kit on the book of Kells, stone carvings, period descriptions translated from historical texts and occasional archaeological finds etc. The result is often debates here on what is and is not period and filling in the gaps with informed conjecture. However in the 1916 period we have an abundance period photos, survivors accounts, displays of the actual uniforms and equipment used in both Collins Barracks Museum and Kilmainham Jail. We can even buy origional bandoliers and leatherwork used at the time. Even if someone dosent have the money to buy a uniform you can wear civilian clothes from the time and still be perfectly accurate with a pair of courduroy trousers, tweed jacket and waistcoat that you bought in oxfam. So there is no shortage of evidence and no acceptable excuses for bad kit.
When Ive done War of Independence re-enactment at multiperiod gigs people from other groups have often thrown a trenchcoat over their lets say 1798 kit and taken part after they have borrowed a hat a rifle and a few other pieces of equipment from me. While this help was and is greatly appreciated - the standard of our kit has to improve all round and simply throwing on a trench coat is no longer acceptable.
For Ray Murphy, Eamon Dunne and myself who have been doing this period since the Khaki and Green was founded in 2004 we have seen people spend alot of time getting kit together, researching it and making it look as accurate as possible - sometimes even making moulds of origional buttons to get things as close to perfect as we can. However its always a shame to see ten people in accurate kit for the period followed by another two wearing a modern Irish Army style trench coat, a 1930's style bandolier and the wrong colour trousers bringing down the portrayal of the whole group.
So this is my attempt to help people out, show them what is accurate for the period and the standard that we need to improve to. If any one wants more information or has any queries id be glad to help them out just e-mail me at padraigoruairc@gmail.com
Brief History of the Irish Citizens Army
The army rose out of the great strike of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union in 1913, known as the Lockout of 1913. The dispute was over the recognition of this labour union founded by James Larkin. It began when William Martin Murphy, an industrialist, locked out some trade unionists on August 19, 1913. In response, Larkin called an all out strike on Murphy's Dublin United Tramway Company. Other companies, encouraged by Murphy, sacked ITGWU members in an effort to break the union. The conflict eventually escalated to involve 400 employers and 25,000 workers.This strike caused most of Dublin to come to an economic standstill and was marked by vicious rioting between the strikers and the Dublin Metropolitan Police, particularly at a rally on O'Connell street on August 31, in which two men were beaten to death and about 500 more injured. Another striker was later shot dead by a strike-breaker. The violence at union rallies during the strike prompted Larkin to call for a worker's militia to be formed to protect themselves against the police. The Citizen army for the duration of the lockout was armed with hurling sticks and bats in order to protect worker's demonstration from the police. Jack White, a former British Army Captain, volunteered to train this army and offered 50 pounds towards the cost of shoes to workers so they could train. In addition to its role as a self defence organisation, the army, which was drilled in Croydon Park in Fairview by White, provided a diversion for workers unemployed and idle during the dispute. After a six-month standoff, the workers returned to work hungry and defeated in January 1914. The original purpose of the ICA was over, but it would soon be totally transformed.
The Irish Citizen Army was totally reorganised in 1914. In March of that year, a demonstration of the Citizen Army was attacked by the police and Jack White, its commander, was arrested. Sean O'Casey then suggested that the ICA needed a more formal organisation. O'Casey wrote a constitution stating the Army's principles as follows: the ownership of Ireland, moral and material, is vested of right in the people of Ireland and to "sink all difference of birth property and creed under the common name of Irish people".
On Larkin's insistence, all members were also required to be members of a trade union, if eligible. In mid 1914,
James Larkin left Ireland for America in October 1914, leaving the Citizen Army under the command of James Connolly. Whereas during the Lockout, the ICA had been a workers' self defence militia, Connolly conceived of it as a revolutionary organisation - dedicated to the creation of an Irish socialist republic "The Workers Republic". He had served in the British army in his youth and knew something about military tactics and discipline. Other active members in the early days included Sean O'Casey, Countess Markievicz, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. Sheehy-Skeffington and O'Casey left the ICA when it became apparent that Connolly was moving towards the radical nationalist group, the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
James Connolly was a convinced Marxist socialist and Irish Republican and believed that achieving political change through physical force, in the tradition of the Fenians, was legitimate.
Lenin would later describe the Citizen Army as being the first red army in Europe. This organisation was one of the first to offer equal membership to both men and women and trained them both in the use of weapons. The army's headquarters was the ITGWU union building, Liberty Hall and they were almost entirely Dublin based. However, Connolly also set up branches in Tralee and Killarney in county Kerry. In October 1915, armed ICA pickets patrolled a strike by dockers at Dublin port. Attempts were made to set up Branches of the ICA in Limerick but were not successfull. (However in the Years 1919 and 1920 the remnants of The Citizen Army did organise small groups in Waterford, Cork and Monoghan)
Appalled by the participation of Irishmen in the First World War, which he regarded as an imperialist, capitalist conflict, Connolly began openly calling for insurrection in his newspaper, the Irish Worker. When this was banned, he opened another the Worker's Republic. The British authorities tolerated the open drilling and bearing of arms by the ICA, thinking that to clamp down on the organisation would provoke further unrest. A small group of Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) conspirators within the Irish Volunteers movement were also planning a rising. Worried that Connolly would embark on premature military action with the ICA, Connolly was approached and inducted into the IRB's Supreme Council to co-ordinate their preparations for the armed rebellion known as the Easter Rising.
The ICA never numbered more than 250 to 300 men and women nation wide. On Monday April 24, 1916, 220 of them (including 28 women) took part in the Easter Rising, alongside a much larger body of the Irish Volunteers. They helped occupy the General Post Office on O'Connell Street (then Sackville Street), Dublin's main thoroughfare. Mallin, Connolly's second in command, along with Markievizc and an ICA company, occupied St Stephen's Green. Another company under Sean Connolly took over City Hall and attacked Dublin Castle. Finally, a detachment occupied Harcourt Street railway station. ICA men were the first rebel causalties of Easter Week, two of them being killed in an abortive attack on Dublin Castle. Sean Connolly, an ICA officer, was the first rebel fatality. A total of eleven Citizen Army men were killed in action in the rising, five in the City Hall/Dublin castle area, five in Stephen's Green and one in the GPO.
Connolly was made commander of the rebel forces in Dublin during the Rising and issued orders to surrender after a week. He and Mallin were executed by British army firing squad some weeks later. The surviving ICA members were interned in Frongoch in Wales until 1919.
Many of them later joined the new Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1917 on, but the Citizen Army remained in existence until the 1930s. According to some reports ICA units were involved in various IRA operations during the Irish War of Independence. However the ICA always maintained its Independence never fully coming under IRA control for example ICA members stationed at Liberty Hall were not informed about or asked to take part in the burning of the Customs House in May 1921 and were forced to watch the ensuing drama from the steps and windows of Liberty Hall directly across the road. During the fighting in Dublin that began the Irish Civil War in June 1922, some elements of the ICA (which by this time had about 140 members) were involved in the Anti-Treaty IRA occupation and defence of the Four Courts while others occupied Liberty Hall, the Trade Union headquarters
In the 1920s and 1930s, the ICA was kept alive by veterans such as Seamus MacGowan, Dick McCormick and Frank Purcell, though perhaps only as an old comrades association by veterans of 1916.
Uniformed Citizen Army men provided a guard of honour at Constance Markievicz's funeral in 1927.
In 1934, Peadar O'Donnell and other left wing republicans left the IRA and founded the Republican Congress. For a brief time, they revived the ICA as a paramilitary force, intended to be an armed wing for their new movement. According to Brian Hanley's history of the IRA, the revived Citizen Army had 300 or so members around the country in 1935. However, the Congress itself split in 1935 and collapsed shortly afterwards. Most of the ICA members joined the Irish Labour Party. The ICA's last public appearance was to accompany the funeral procession of union leader James Larkin in Dublin in 1947.
Uniform of The Irish Citizen Army
Taken from R.M. Foxs Book - The Irish Citizen Army Page 68
"Until the uniforms came (in 1914), the rank and file wore Irish linen armlets of a light blue colour with the letters ICA on them, while the officers wore bands of crimson. When a consignment of belts, havoursacks and bayonets arrived the men were soon busy cleaning, polishing and oiling with enthousiasm. Big slough hats conpleted the turn out. ... When the uniforms came the enthousiasm was greater than ever. They were of a darker green than those worn by the Irish Volunteers, and it became the custom among the Transport Union members to fasten up one side of the big slouch hats with the red hand badge of the Union."
The mens uniform was of a good quality serge coloured a very dark grenn - almost exactly the same colour as the R.I.C. bottle green. The uniform had a high collar and had two brest pockets and two large box pockets. The buttons used were the "football" type compressed leather buttons in both dark and light brown. (These buttons were also standard issue on Cumann Na M-Bann uniforms and were used on Irish Volunteer and later IRA uniforms becoming more common post 1916 as the official brass "IV" buttons became harder to get. Theres an illustration below - Im alsp reproducing them if anyone needs any) The slouch hat was of the same very dark green colour. It was similar in style to the hats worn by the ANZAC's in the British Forces and the Boer "Cronje" hat. The Cap badge of the Irish Citizens army was the Irish Transport And General Workers Union badge for 1913 The red hand of Ulster which sometimes had the letters ITGWU on it in raised detail. Ordinary ranks sometimes wore a shoulder title in block letters reading ICA.
The ICA belt was of the same pattern as the RIC belt with the Brass "Snake S" Bely Buckle. Those carrying rifles wore black bandoliers and all members carried a white linnen ammunition and kit bag. The trousers were the same dark green colour and matierial, but appart from one picture of Marcivictz wearing Puttees I have never seen a photo of any other member of the ICA wearing putees or leather leggings.
The womens uniform was of a similar dark green colour but was of a much coarser heavy tweed matierial. It had an open V - neck style collar. The following is a reference to it from Helena Maloneys Bureau of Military History statement. Countess Marcivictz was the most photographed female member of the ICA however she is usually pictured wearing a mans uniform - as explained below. Which gave the idea that ICA men and women both wore the same uniform.
Helena Maloney -"In his book Sean O Faoilain attributed vanity to Madame Marcivictz as the motive of her nationalist and military activitys, and stressed her fondness for uniforms. The truth was she had never bought a uniform - like many other members of the Citizen army except a Boy Scouts shirt which then cost 3/6 d, and a boy scouts hat. Her Citizen Army dress up to the week before the Rising consisted of a plain tweed costume with a sam browne belt and black turned up hat, similar to the men's with a small bunch of cocks feathers. She went out to the rebellion in the uniform coat of Michael Mallin, who had got a new uniform. And he was so slim his coat fitted her perfectly."
Women wore the same bandoliers and white kit bags as the men but sometimes wore sam browne belts rather than the "Snake S" buckle belts. Most women wore a skirt in the same colour but some such as marcivictz wore trousers underneath of just simply trousers. (Note women wearing trousers in 1910;s Ireland was exceptionaly unusual and broke entirely with accepted ideas of dress style and morality.
Officers Uniform
ICA officers essentialy wore the same uniforms as the ordinary member. Except that instead of the Block letter ICA shoulder title they wore a scrolled of italic pair of badges with the letters ICA on their collars as illustrated on the picture of Marcivictz below.The full photograph (Not Illustrated) of Marcivictz wearing Mallins old uniform shows that it had raised patches in a similar shape to I.V and British army officers uniforms but there were not outlined with lace like the I.V. and British uniforms. The ICA later adopted diamond shaped brass rank markings worn in pairs on the epaluttes. A post 1917 ICA uniform on display on the Ulster Somme Heritage centre Newton Ards has used Irish Volunteer brass "Trefoil" rank markings on the epaluttes in sunstitution for the official diamond shaped rank markings which were presumable not available. James Connolly had a uniform made for himself just before the Easter Rising and it is described in Ina Connolly Herons book "Portrait of a Rebel Father"
Citizen Army Boy Scouts
As well as founding Na Fianna Eireann countess Marcivictz also ran the ICA Boy Scouts Their uniform was similar to the Fianna except that they had red facings and wore blue neckerchiefs or scarves. The Irish National Guard a small breakaway group from trhe Fianna again with a slightly different uniform were also closely allied to the ICA Boy Scouts. Clan Na Gael Girl Scouts were founded after some branches of Na Fianna Eireann - "The Irish National Boy Scouts" refused to admit girls as members they also worked closely with the ICA. Below is a reference to the ICA Boy Scouts and their Uniform in Cork in 1920 from James Alan Busby's Bureau of Military History Statement No 1628
"Late in 1918 or perhaps early in 1919 , a Fianna representative from Dublin came to Cork and created a split in our ranks. A rival group known as the Citizen Army Boy Scouts was started in Cork. At the same time we had a girls contingent attached to the Fianna known as the Clan Na Gael Girl Guides. The Misses Wallace ofSt. Augustine Street Cork, were amongst the leaders of the latter group. There was no difference in policy between the Fianna and the Citizen Army scouts. There was however a small distinction in the uniform, we wore a saffrom scarf while they wore a blue scarf. They had as far as I remember about forty boys at most in the organisation, but to the best of my belief it petered out about 1920."
Weapons and Armament.
like the Irish Volunteers the ICA used a motley variety of weapons and were glad of anything they could get their hands on. Many of their cartridges and bombs/grenades were manufactured by members of the ICA in the basement of Liberty Hall. In comparison to the Irish Volunteers the ICA being a small force were far better uniformed arm armed. Photos {see below) of the army in training at Croydon Park Dublin show up to 70 men all armed with rifles. The most common rifle used was a german bolt action mauser. Contarty to many reports the ICA did not take part in the Howth Gunrunning of 1914 but some ICA members managed to steal "Howth Mausers" hidden by the Volunteers when they were confronted by the Kings Own Scottish Borders and RIC on their way back into the city that evening. Members of the ITGWU worked on the docks in Dublin and were later able to smuggle in quantities of mauser rifles for the ICA before 1916. Lee Enfield rifles were initaly scarce in the ICA up to 1916 but in the War of Independence they managed to find a source in a sympathetic British soldier who managed to smuggle out Lee Enfields from Portobello Barracks. Officers most commonly carried C96 Broom Handle mauser pistols and Countess Marcivictz is also photographes with a Webly ans Scot Long barrelled .45 revolver, though she used a mauser pistol in the rising itself. Officers would have used a variety of revolvers including colts and automatic pistols such as luger 9mm parabellums smuggled in from Germany.
Unlike Cumann Na m-Bann whose duties were usualy restricted to more traditional sexist roles of cooking, first aid and despatch carrying the women of the ICA carried weapons and were of equal rank with the men. Margret Skinnider an ICA member from Scotland and Countess Marcivictz both fought in the front line with rifle and revolver.
the Citizen Army carried a "Plough And The Stars" of "Starry Plough" flag It was a bluey-green field with an image of a plough in yellow, with a sword as a ploughshare that had the big dipper/ ursa major constellation of seven eight pointed silver stars imposed on it. The plainer starry plough of a plain blue field with seven five pointed stars still used by the Irish left was not used by the ICA until it was reformed by the Republican Congress in the 1930's
The origional Starry Plough was flown from the imperial hotel in O Connell St. during the Rising. On St. Patricks day 1916 the ICA hoisted a plain green flag with a golden or yellow harp over liberty hall. The remnants of this are on display in Collins Barracks. A scroll was also unveiled across the front of Liberty Hall in 1914 after the outbreak of WW1 which read "We serve neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland!"
Unlike the Irish Volunteers who were mostly Catholic (with notable exceptions Bulmer Hobson etc...) a fairly large section of the ICA were of minority religions. Marcivictz was Protestant as were Jack White and Dr. kathleen Lynne. Jack White later declared himself an Atheist and embraced Anarchisim during the Spanish Civil war. The first casulty of the 1916 rising was Abraham Weeks, attached to the G.P.O. Garrison (See Manus O Riordan - James Connolly, Liberty Hall and the 1916 Rising) Weeks was an English Jew and member of the International Workers of the World Union who came to Dublin from London in 1916 to avoid conscription to the British Army and to join the ICA.
Citizen Army Group Firing
The photos arent the greatest quality but you can click on them to enlarge. This photo shows two ordinary ICA members armed with rifles the one closer to the camers has the more typical mauser rifle. The captain kneeling and pointing is armed with a C96 broom handle mauser and is the group leader (female) closest to the camera. Note also she has a feathered hat similar to marcivictz and wears the 'scrolled' ICA letters on her collar not the Block ICA letters on the epaluttes worn by the others. She also has the officers Slade wallace pattern belt and is the only one wearing putees.
Citizen Army Captain firing C96 Broomhandle Mauser Pistol
This is a Citizen Army Captain or NCO firing a Broom handled mauser. The weapons wooden holster could be fixed to the guns handle and used as a stock transforming the weapon into a carabine. If you enlarge the inage you can clearly see the red hand ITGWU badge used to pin up the hat and the block letter ICA shoulder title
Two Members of ICA
The Captain on the left had his mauser in the wooden holster, and though he does not have the brass diamond shaped rank marking fixed to his epaluttes, the fact that his "Snake S" buckle type strap in the style of a sam browne and that he has a pistol rather than a rifle shows he is of senior rank. The Ordinary member wears the black bandolier and his belt does not have a cross strap. the white linen ammunition and kit bags are worn on opposite sides because of the ICA Captains cross strap and mauser holster - more normaly it would be worn in the fashion of the ordinary ICA member. These are old RUC uniforms that have been bought and doctored for the purpose at E 4o for tunic and trousers - not a small fortune! in re-enactment terms
Captain Jack White and Irish Citizen Army at Croydon House Dublin
You can see how well armed and uniformed the ICA realy were from this. The officer on the right closest to the camera is captain Jack White a vetern of the Boer war with the British army. The sword he is carrying is a British Army officers sword
Citizen Army on Roof of Liberty Hall
The men in uniforms are armed with mauser rifles - the most common weapon in the ICA. The uniformed man in the centre has the red hand badge clearly visible pinning up the side of his cap. The man standing behind with the revolver in civilian clothes is also a member of the force. Again if E4o is beyond your budget for a uniform civilian clothes courdruoy, tweed or even an old suit from oxfam with the addition of a made up ICA blue or red armband is cheaper still and perfectly accurate.
Origional Citizen Army Button
Taken from a womens ICA uniform in a private collection, note the dark green rough tweed matierial rather than the serge used in the mens tunics. The camera flash had brightened the colour but trust me its dark green. Im reproducing these buttons if anyone needs them other wise modern leather buttons are acceptable and cost little.
Countess Marcivictz in Officers Uniform
Note she is wearing an officers slade wallace belt, and if the resolution is good you can see the officers collar badges. This was Malins old uniform mentioned above. Photo taken about one week before the Rising.
Countess Marcivictz in ICA Boy Scouts Uniform
This photo was taken circa 1917 -1918 note how imprisionment and hungerstrike have worn on the countesses face, the wrinkles, blackened and broken teath and grey hair were all touched up when the photo was used to promote her for election. Compare to the above photo. Shows what these people realy went through for our freedoms? All the more reason why if we are going to re-enact the period we should do their memory justice. Any way she is wearing the ICA Boy Scouts uniform - quite similar in design to the Fianna Eireann one.
So thats it for now - from this on there are no excuses for getting your kit and speel on the ICA wrong. Im ready and willing to help out anyone who needs a hand with their ICA kit. But this guide took me a lot of time and effort to put together so ill not be tolerating sloppy kit for much longer.
Khaki and Green War of Independence Re-enactment Group
Padraig
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http://www.warofindependence.net/
"Is doigh linn gur mor iad na daoine mora mar atamuid fein ar ar nglunaibh. - Eirimis!!!"
Jim Larkin 1913
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Re: Irish Citizen Army Uniforms and Equipment 1916
by Irish-American on Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:03 pm
Wow grea resource. thanks. I'm guessing the rifles are kar98?
Irish-American
Full Name: I'd rather not say
by bannerman on Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:17 pm
Sory Ive been posting and editing this repeatedly over the last two -three hours as it was very hard to get the pictures up in one piece. Yes I believe some of the models used were C98's but other types of mauser rifle were used as well. im realy more of a historian than a "gun nut" so youll have to make up you own mind which model they are based on the photos. I hope to put one of these up every few weeks to get everyones 1916 kit up to standard.
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What's the major diffence betewn the IV and CA? Bit confused
The Irish Volunteers were founded as a militant pressure group to make sure that the British Government Granted Home Rule to Ireland. They were secretly controlled by The Irish Republican Brotherhood a secret society that were planning an open rebellion against British rule to establish an Independent republic. Once Ireland was free from British rule the majority of them would have been satisfied
The Irish Citizens army were a socialist or communist and republican group who were not controled by the IRB. Although Connolly did later work wit them in organising the rising later. They not only sought an independent Irish Republic, but a Workers Republic after Irelands freedom was won they wanted freedom for the workers, and a re-organiseation of Irish society along socialist lines to break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on Ireland, to smash the power of exploitative bosses and capatalist landlords
There were also big differences between the two groups in their treatment of women. The IV did not allow women members so those women who wanted to support the IV had to form Cumann Na Mbann a seperate Womens Auxialliary along similar lines. Whereas The ICA allowed women as full members and they also held rank over the men in some cases ie Countess Marcivictz who was second in command over the St. stephens Green garrison in 1916.
Perhaps James Connoly best expressed the dirrerences between the IV's nationalism & republicanism and the ICA's socialist republicanism when he said. "If you remove the English garrison tomorrow and raise the green flag over Dublin Castle unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic all your efforts will have been in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capatilists, through her landlords, through her fananciers through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country."
He also said "The cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour, The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland."
This conflict between right and left wing Irish republicanism is one of the central themes in Ken Loaches film "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" which is a must see if you are going to start re-enacting the period.
Does that explain it?
Indeed it does. Maybe you did already (I could have missed them) but a link as wear you could finf good gear might be nice. I just hope my lads might be interested.
by Na Fianna Éireann on Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:58 pm
Irish-American wrote: Wow grea resource. thanks. I'm guessing the rifles are kar98?
no the k98 was not in use , the rifle you are perhaps talking about is the g98 as the k98 means karbine a smaller calvary version of the g98, these weapons were smuggled in on board u boats and other ships and on a regular basis turn up in peoples houses.
Na Fianna Éireann Fíor inár gCroíthe Neart inár Láimhe Comhsheasmhacht inár dTeanga.
Na Fianna Éireann
Full Name: i never forget
by Irish-American on Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:25 pm
Learn something new everyday. I know this more kit but links to anything regarding repro uniforms, guns and training would make me happy.
For badges try on e-bay both Cyril Wall and Gary O Brien trade replica badges there. Closer to your home try Tom Butler he makes badges as far as Im aware. He is a friend of Bob Mc Donough whos e-mail I gave you earlier.
Its good to see that you are so enthousiastic about the period - but learn as much as you can about it before you actualy start re-enacting it. Irish history is very long and complicated and still very emotive depending on who you are talking to.
I am going to recomend two books to you above all else
"The Celtic Revolution" by Peter Berresford Ellis its published by "Y Llofa Press" In Wales and has a brilliant section on Irish history read it over and over if you can. That will give you the basis of the history.
For kit get ""The Irish Civil War" by tim Pat Coogan and George Morrison it has hundreds of photos of the period and should be every 1916 re-enactors bible.
If you are feeling brave and up for a third book read "Guerilla Days in Ireland" by Tom Barry
For movies I would recommend the "Wind That Shakes the Barley" mentioned above and "Michael Collins" collins is more the hollywood style of film and has glaring historical innacuracies but for a beginner its a good starting point.
Keep reading, reading, reading and when you have queries keep coming back here for advice.
Like I said, its just an idea at this point. I just shot an email over to my American Civil War commander and I'm waiting to see if he has fire for it. I live in a very what I call "Irish no nothing" (people who are Irish-Americans but no nothing of Ireland at all..) and I'm not even sure if theier would be any interest or money. Gah! Starting units is work, And plus I'll just be starting college in spring so who knows if I'll have time.
For the record I have both of movies you mentioned on DVD. I will agree that MC has flaws but I think its more for entertainment and to maybe spur interest. Kind of like the American Civil War movie Glory was a thrust into the right direction and later came Gettysburg. (which is the most accurate civil War movie to date) so, I think the wind that shakes the barley an Irish Gettysburg
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Lunar Rogue
Lunar Rogue was formed in early 2011 by singer/songwriter Julia Dettwiler. In addition to her lead vocals and rhythm guitar, the current Rogues include Jim Briggs on lead/rhythm guitar, Rozz Osborn on drums, and Mike Bear on bass.
Each member’s unique musical background plays a role in defining the band’s sound. Influences come from all genres of music ranging from metal to blues; but classic rock, hard rock, and alternative styles are the foundations of the band’s unique sound. Lunar Rogue brings an old school songwriter’s approach to its music, giving audiences a dynamic experience that combines riveting musical performances with songs that express emotions from anger and heartbreak to excitement and euphoria.
But don’t take their word for it! In less than two years, Lunar Rogue has booked multiple high attendance headlining shows at the World Famous Whisky A Go Go, Viper Room, Cat Club, Key Club, Roxy, Libertine, and House of Blues’ Hollywood and Anaheim. But their success isn’t limited to their live shows…the listeners of Spiderwebradio, the #1 highest ranked rock radio station on the Internet, awarded Lunar Rogue the “International Independent Band of the Year” award in 2013 and the same again in 2014. Since the station first began spinning their tunes in May 2013, numerous Lunar Rogue tracks have remained in the Top 15 Charts every week since then. Further, the band released its debut full-length self-titled album in October 2013 and have enjoyed great reviews from both critics and listeners alike! In 2014, Lunar Rogue not only won “International Independent Band of the Year” from Spiderwebradio but was nominated for “Band of the Year” by Woodbangers, and their music video was selected and screened at radio KSCR’s Music Video Festival at the Vista Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. They are currently proud to be endorsed by EMG Guitar Pickups, Minarik Guitars, Sinister Guitar Picks, Von York Guitar Strings, and Ear Filters. In the photo below, Julia has her Minarik Lotus guitar in a mirrored spiderweb design with gold EMG pickups 57/66, Von York Kelvinite strings, and wearing Sinister Guitar Picks burnout tee.
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Groovia IPTV
Posted on 13 Jul 2011 in Technology, Telkom | 10 comments
The last weekend before my departure to Kyôto, I attended the grand launching of Telkom Group’s IPTV product. We call this new product Groovia. The name was obviously taken after the word groovy. But Telkom also planned to have a kind of product with similar success to Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Joomla, and other 2.o products (i.e. products with two consecutive letters o).
Groovia is not just the implementation of IPTV to distribute television content over the Internet. IPTV is intended as a synergy between the power of the Internet with its web interactions, with the power of broadcast television media. IPTV is regarded as the next step in developing the service platform for multimedia interactions services.
In the first year, Groovia planned to include the following services:
TV on Demand: a service to offer television content with interactivity, and with a recording facility in the network; which allows such control as the video service: pause, rewind, replay, scheduled reports, and others.
Video on Demand: non-television multimedia contents that are included in this service, including video films, music, karaoke, etc., with various forms of interaction.
Web Service: the interactivity of the cyber world that is integrated into the television system. The services consist among others the social networks, news, weather, stocks info, and others.
The next year, more services such as e-advertising, e-transaction and e-shopping are expected to be integrated into Groovia. In infrastructure layer, the integration of IPTV, SDP, and other platforms, such as store content & applications, is expected to be carried out smoothly, establishing an efficient and comfortable multimedia interaction ecosystem.
But the users will ask: ain’t it costly? The customers of Telkom Speedy with data rate 1, 2, or 3 Mb/s will need only to pay about US$ 5 more to its Speedy monthly subscription to have the Groovia service. Not too expensive for the status as a taste-maker :). Richer contents could be selected according to individual needs of every user. Unfortunately, Groovia is still in the initial deployment phase, and is available only in certain areas in Jakarta. Deployment to other Indonesia cities will begin later this year.
For more information, please visit: Groovia.TV
IEEE Seminar on Digital TV
Posted on 23 Jan 2010 in Event, IEEE | 0 comments
This year IEEE Indonesia Section and its chapters plan to intensify seminars & lecturing in several cities in Indonesia. Since last year, its Communication Society (Comsoc) Chapter had conducted a seminar series on 4G Mobile Technology. While still running it, now we start another series in parallel (series in parallel, haha). So today we carry out a seminar in the new series: Digital TV. As the previous series, this one also commenced in Bandung; this time in the Hotel Nalendra, Cihampelas.
The seminar is still going on now. It is amazing to see the participants who attend the seminar today. From Mrs. Kusmarihati of Mastel (previously, she was Telkom’s Director of Development, CEO of Telkomsel, and Chairperson of BRTI), some Heads of Department and officials from Universities (Universitas Hasanuddin, Universitas Ahmad Yani, Maranatha University, ITENAS, IT Telkom), the representatives of the operators & providers (Telkom, XL Axiata, DAAITV, Nasio), and several other professionals. Heavy enough:).
The materials in this seminar:
Muhammad Ary Murti, IEEE as a Professional Organization
Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Digital TV & IPTV Network
Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Video Coding, Compression, & Formats
Prasetya Irwan Gunawan, Quality of Service & Quality of Experience
Satrio Dharmanto, IPTV Implementation in Several Countries
I guess it is because of the weather of Bandung, with a combination of warm sunshine over chilly air, the discussion took place very warm. Or hot. We were not only arguing about business implementations and engineering decisions, but also the decision to select some mathematical formula. Why do we use DCT instead DFFT? Haha. Funnily I had an answer for that one :D.
This seminar is also supported by Multikom as a sponsor. Next Digital TV discussion will be delivered in the form of lecturing at Bina Nusantara University next weekend.
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Twin City Men’s Senior Baseball League at McLean Co PONY Rules
The Twin City Men’s Senior Baseball League at McLean Co PONY is organized, recreational baseball for players age 30 and older. (Players under age 30 may be considered by request.)
Participants in this league are mostly past their prime but may still play with the vigor and intensity of a younger man, as long as they respect the umpires, their fellow players and remember that children may be within proximity of the field and dugouts.
Games will be played on the Colt Field at the Shira Baseball Complex, 4007 Ireland Grove Rd., Bloomington IL. If weather is an issue please call the league’s weather hotline at 309-823-0402.
Players are expected to arrive at the ballpark at least 20-30 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a game. If a player is unable to play in a game, he is expected to contact the league office at 309-824-7265 or MCPONYBB@aol.com as soon as possible. If a player fails to notify the league office in advance of his absence he may be suspended or expelled from the league.
Players on the home team for the final game each day are responsible for putting away the bases, raking and watering the mound and home plate areas, grooming the infield and placing the tarps after the game.
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National Federation rules apply except as modified below (or by the league coordinator):
Only wood or composite bats are allowed. No sharing of personal bats. Knobs of league bats are painted blue or red. Follow this rule: Do not touch a bare knob, unless it is your own.
Jewelry that is not dangerous, distracting or bizarre is allowed.
Games will be 9 innings or 2:30 time limit. (Extra innings will be played if score is tied and time limit has not been reached.) If a team is ahead by 10 or more runs at the end of an inning and the lead exceeds the minutes left on the timer, the game is over.
It is the player’s responsibility to put his name in the lineup before the game and choose where he will play on defense each inning. Players should sit out consecutive innings only by choice.
All players will be in the batting lineup and will wear a colored jersey with white baseball pants. Players on the home team will wear a white vest over the jersey. If a player arrives late, he can be added at the end of the order. If a player leaves early, his spot is skipped with no penalty.
Pitchers may pitch up to 10 innings over any two-week period, 50 innings for the season (including tournament.) If a pitcher is removed, he cannot return to pitch in that game.
Courtesy runners are discouraged but may be used for an injured player only and will be treated as a “ghost runner.” He may not steal bases, may not advance on passed balls or wild pitches or if a play is made on him and may advance only as many bases as the batter on a batted ball (one base if forced and the batter is out at first.)
No intentional collisions or fake tags allowed. If the umpire determines an offensive player could have avoided the collision, all runners are out. If the umpire determines a defensive player made a fake tag or caused a collision it will be ruled obstruction and bases awarded accordingly.
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AL Medina Competes for the Golden Wahr Award at Oran International Arab Film Festival
In a press conference held by the festival, it was revealed that Omar Shargawi's film Al Medina has been selected for Oran International Arab Film Festival (FIOFA). To be held from July 22-27, the 9th edition of the festival will host the film which competes for the Golden Wahr Award as part of the Feature Films Competition.
Landed its world premiere at the 12th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), Al Medina is written and directed by Omar Shargawi who also plays the lead role.
Al Medina tells the story of Yusif who decides to come back along with his Danish pregnant wife Sarah
to his home town Al Medina. His God-fearing heart is following a dream of returning to his roots searching for peace and happiness with his wife and unborn child. Yet only when he kills a beggar boy, by mistake, his life changes and this throws him into the dark side of his own home town.
Al Medina stars Ashraf Farah, Ghazal, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Hassan Shaer, Nadera Omran, Majida Al Bashayreh, Makram Khoury, Siham Al Kurdi, and Ali Elian along with Omar Shargawi. Al Medina is a co-production between Rula Nasser (The Imaginarium) and Danish producers Tomas Radoor and Rene Ezra (Nordisk Film Production). The film's Arab world distribution and marketing is assigned to MAD Distributions.
Oran International Arab Film Festival has previously announced the jury members for the Feature Films Competition; Egyptian actor Asser Yassin, and Syrian director Mohammad Malas as the Jury President. The competition includes 12 competing films from across Arab world.
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PulpFest 2016 Report
Posted in Conventions,PulpFest on August 1, 2016 @ 10:58 pm
The eighth annual PulpFest, held for the fourth year in downtown Columbus, Ohio’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, got off to a running start last Thursday, July 21st. Once again a fairly small but hearty group of pulp-fiction enthusiasts—more than 400, according to convention chairman Jack Cullers—from all across the country assembled to buy, sell and trade vintage books and magazines as well as audit pulp-themed solo presentations and panel discussions.
Actually, although most PulpFest attendees stayed at the Hyatt, the hotel meeting rooms we customarily occupy had been booked by a larger group that same weekend, so we were shunted rather unceremoniously into the adjoining Convention Center—an upgrade in that the massive room given over to our vendors was fronted by a wall of glass, allowing considerably more light than we’ve been used to in the Hyatt’s grand ballroom. A hundred or more dealers’ tables, along with a dozen or so round banquet tables at which attendees could sit and schmooze with fellow hobbyists, filled this space nicely while allowing wide aisles for easy passage.
Thursday evening saw hucksters and early-bird shoppers wheeling and dealing during the evening hours, and programming got underway at 9 p.m. with presentations on Street & Smith’s second-string hero pulps and the time-travel fiction of H. G. Wells. At 10 a.m. on Friday morning the dealers room was opened to all and the festivities began in earnest.
I missed the “opening bell” because a serious attack of heart palpitations the previous evening had persuaded me to visit the emergency room of Columbus’ Grant Medical Center. The palpitations ceased about an hour after I arrived, while the doctor was still awaiting test results, but the good folks at Grant insisted I remain under observation for a day. As you can imagine, this annoyed me no end because I could visualize my fellow collectors beating me to all the good stuff in the dealers room. Since every test indicated no damage had been done, the palpitations were written off as a manifestation of accumulated stress and excess adrenaline—no doubt the result of two sleepless nights before undertaking a 12-hour drive and then rushing around in blistering heat to unload our van before dashing through the dealers room to snap up those early-bird bargains. My ticker started thumping irregularly once I sat down to relax and have dinner with friends. I’d endured the palpitations for several hours before taking a cab to Grant’s emergency room.
Released from the hospital at 2 p.m. on Friday, I lost no time returning to the Hyatt and made a beeline for the convention center. It took only a few minutes to arrange my sales stock on the Murania Press table and open for business. Sales were brisk and I picked up some nice pulps to boot.
Still seriously sleep-deprived, I took a nap after dinner on Friday and missed presentations on Philip José Farmer (have I mentioned that Farmercon is held in conjunction with PulpFest every year?) and the artists who illustrated Argosy. By the time I got down to the programming room, shortly after 9 p.m., science-fiction fan Joe Coluccio had already started his talk on Amazing Stories, the first all-science-fiction pulp magazine, whose 90th anniversary PulpFest celebrated this year.
Joe was followed by my good friend Laurie Powers, whose power-point presentation on Love Story Magazine and its famous editor, Daisy Bacon, was one of the weekend’s highlights. Laurie has been researching Bacon for several years now, preparatory to writing a long-overdue biography of this highly influential pulp-fiction personage, and she presented wonderful information along with rare photos of Daisy.
Novelist and pulp scholar Will Murray was to have discussed Western Story Magazine after Laurie’s talk, but pressing family matters kept him from attending the con. My old pal and traveling companion Walker Martin, possibly the only collector to have a nearly complete file of Western Story (lacking less than a dozen issues of the 1285 published between 1919 and 1949), joined me in substituting for Will. I can’t honestly say it was one of my finest presentations, because I’d not had time to prepare and by this time had not slept in three nights (having gotten not a wink in the hospital). But Walker and I muddled through reasonably well under the circumstances.
Me saying something semi-profound while Walker listens bemusedly.
Saturday was another fun day. I sold more Murania product and did a little more shopping. PulpFest’s daytime programming is largely given over to the “New Fictioneers” contingent of writers turning out books in the classic pulp style. PulpFest regulars Ron Fortier and Win Scott Eckert, joined by several comrades, held forth on “Writing Hero Pulp” and read from their works. I’m always scurrying around the dealers room during PulpFest afternoons but one of these years I’m going to sit in on the New Pulp events.
Saturday evening’s program began with the annual business meeting, during which it was revealed that the Hyatt was no longer interested in hosting our convention on the grounds that their spacious facility could be more profitably rented to larger groups that, presumably, would book more sleeping rooms and spend more money in the hotel lounge and restaurant. Chairman Jack Cullers vowed to begin immediately the search for a new venue, in Columbus if possible but perhaps elsewhere in Ohio or a neighboring state.
After the meeting, convention committee member Barry Traylor presented this year’s Munsey Award to the aforementioned Laurie Powers. The Munsey (named for the publisher of the first pulp periodical, The Argosy) is given to an individual whose efforts—in writing, research, and/or publishing—have helped keep the spirit of the pulps alive for generations not yet born when the last rough-paper magazines disappeared from newsstands. Laurie joined our community as a result of her deeply personal mission to revive interest in her grandfather, the legendarily prolific Paul S. Powers, whose yarns filled the pages of Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly from 1928 to 1943. Her labors on his behalf, along with her research on Daisy Bacon, certainly entitled her to this year’s award, and everybody agreed that she was the perfect choice.
Doug Ellis, super-collector and chairman of the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, did a terrific presentation celebrating Argosy‘s 120th birthday, showing dozens of covers from the magazine’s history. This was followed by the annual auction, conducted by Adventure House’s John Gunnison with his usual panache. Many great deals were to be had, but not by me: I bid on close to 20 lots but only won two.
As things wound down on Sunday morning, I made a few last-minute sales before closing up shop at the Murania table. I’d brought close to 70 pieces and was going home with just four. Not bad.
Unexpected hospital visit notwithstanding, I had a great time at this year’s PulpFest. Thanks go to chairman Jack Cullers and his family, committee members Mike Chomko, Barry Traylor, Chuck Welch, Bill Lampkin, and all the other volunteers who work so hard all year round to make this convention such an enjoyable event. Here’s hoping the search for a new venue bears fruit soon!
Another view of the dealers room. Photos by William Lampkin.
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Walker Martin on August 2, 2016 at 10:11 am said:
Excellent report Ed! I’ve taken time off from my latest project of comparing 239 ADVENTURE magazines which I picked up at the convention. Which is the better cover, which is the better spine, which is the better paper? Most people would report to the nearest insane asylum but I’m having fun.
Aside from the ADVENTURES and the issue of WESTERN STORY I found(I now need only 10 issues of almost 1300 issues!), I think the highlights of the show were Laurie Powers getting the Munsey Award and David Saunders getting the Lamont Award. Two my favorite people getting awards. That has to be great!
I’ve found out that as I get older, it’s getting harder and harder to survive the excitement of a room full of pulps. Maybe you have started to reach that stage also. Our love of books and pulps is just too much and maybe we should step back. Hah!
Too hell with that though. We have to make plans for Pulp Adventurecon on November 5, 2016 in Bordentown, NJ!
Mike Chomko on August 26, 2016 at 6:04 pm said:
I’m happy that Walker mentioned David’s receipt of a “retro” Lamont Award, the service award of Pulpcon, the summertime pulp convention that inspired the creation of PulpFest.
Since David Saunder’s painting serves as our “Munsey Award,” we decided it was appropriate to honor Dave’s years of service to the pulp community with an award from that bygone convention. It was richly deserved!
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Rae Sremmurd’s New Release Will Be a Triple Album
By Joe Walker January 29, 2018
Mike WiLL Made-It has revealed that Rae Sremmurd‘s new release will be a “triple disc” album, featuring an album from the duo as well as solo projects from Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi.
“We got the Swae Lee, Swaecation, [Slim] Jxmmi’s Jxmtroduction, and then the Rae Sremmurd side,” Mike told Pitchfork on the Grammy’s red carpet. He also said that they’re considering Sremmin’ as the title for the Sremmurd part, rather than SremmLife 3.
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Vaccinated Sheep Contract Chronic Neurological Syndrome
Frequency of chronic ASIA is about 50-70% of flocks, and up to 100% of the sheep within a flock. The syndrome runs through phases. It starts with “an excitatory period where affected animals show constant movement, abnormal behavior, restlessness and compulsive wool biting, resulting in animals with a very poor wool coat, a diffuse redness of the skin ..
Bluetongue can be a deadly disease of sheep. The standard approach to an outbreak is vaccination, vaccination, & more vaccination. A new study shows that these vaccines cause an autoimmune neurological disorder called ASIA—the same that vaccines can induce in humans. This study of Spanish sheep provides a frightening look into its frequency and severity. What does it mean in humans?
by Heidi Stevenson
The powers-that-be refuse to do studies comparing the health of vaccinated against unvaccinated children. However, Spanish animal pathology researcher, Lluís Luján, was concerned with serious health problems in sheep following mass vaccination to combat bluetongue, a viral disease spread by insects. So, a study was done to compare vaccinated versus unvaccinated sheep. The results should concern everyone.
Though the percentages of affected sheep varied widely, as many as 100% of some flocks were devastated by the vaccine-induced disease called autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA).
ASIA in Sheep
Researchers of the study, published in the journal Immunology Research, describe a syndrome that has an acute phase in only about one-half of one percent of sheep, from which most recover. However, a chronic phase develops later, and that is devasting, both in numbers and severity of illness. The economic impact is enormous. They describe it like this:
The chronic phase of the ovine ASIA syndrome is a more frequent event in our local conditions of ovine production and causes a neurological and cachectic process that has no parallel in ovine pathology, and it is a serious but unexplained concern for farmers and veterinarians. The chronic phase does not necessarily follow an acute episode, and it is triggered by the combination of multiple alum adjuvant containing inoculations over the years and external stimuli.
Severity is generally related to stress. Conditions like cold weather, poor nutrition, and high levels of milk production result in significantly worse disease.
Frequency of chronic ASIA is about 50-70% of flocks, and up to 100% of the sheep within a flock. The syndrome runs through phases. It starts with “an excitatory period where affected animals show constant movement, abnormal behavior, restlessness and compulsive wool biting, resulting in animals with a very poor wool coat, a diffuse redness of the skin and thinning of the affected sheep.” During this time, the sheep exhibit a normal appetite or even an excessive one. However, this phase ends dramatically with sudden weakness, head tilting to one side, muscle tremors, and weight loss that moves toward cachexia.
In the terminal phase, the animals suffer from lack of response to stimuli, ataxia, and tetraplegia. They then fall into a stupor or coma, and die. They’re also known to have spontaneous abortions. They suffer from lesions of fat deposits, serous fat atrophy, ascites, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, and atrophy of skeletal muscles. Peripheral nerves become thickened in most animals. This can include primary nerves, like the sciatic, also.
[Read more: http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2013-05-01/up-to-100-vaccinated-sheep-contract-chronic-neurological-syndrome-study/]
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Captured Maoist sings, says he has girlfriend in UK Read more: Captured Maoist sings, says he has girlfriend in UK
Manohar Lal/ToI
RANCHI: In a revelation that has Jharkhand cops looking afresh at the foreign links of outlawed Maoists, top CPI (Maoist) leader Rajesh Kumar Sinha alias Udaiji has told interrogators that he has a girlfriend based in the UK.
A member of the Bihar-Jharkhand-North Chhattisgarh Special Area Committee of the CPI (Maoist), Udaiji carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. Captured by the Ranchi police from an apartment flat in the posh Lower Burdwan Compound in the city on Wednesday, he has told cops he is "emotionally attached" with his girlfriend whom he met four years ago and who works for a social organization.
Denying that he ever went on an overseas travel, the rebel leader told cops he has dated the woman in her 30s at least thrice in different parts of the country, including once in Delhi.
"Udaiji holds a masters degree in Economics from Patna University and speaks fluent English. Befriending the English woman might not have been a difficult task for him," a police officer associated with the interrogation said and added the rebel leader claimed to have given an Indian name, Jhanvi, to his love interest.
Udaiji, who had been in constant touch with Jhanvi through the internet, also told cops that the Maoist ideology fascinated his woman and she had expressed willingness to mobilise support for the rebels in the UK's civil society.
Udaiji's interrogators are now quizzing him on whether or not he secured funds from the UK for the Maoist movement. "We are also scanning his email accounts, blogs and chat history as well as bank accounts to cross-check his confessions," another police officer said.
Udaiji has two daughters. One of them has done BTech from a Ludhiana engineering college while the other recently finished her plus two. His younger brother works in the United States while his elder brother works with the finance department of Bihar government. Udaiji himself once aspired to join civil services, but could not crack the exam.
Police officials describe Udaiji as a prized catch who was the mastermind behind most of the Naxalite attacks in Jharkhand, Bihar and parts of Chhattisgarh. He gave police the slip several times even though he extensively moved in the three states, said a cop who was tracking him for the last two years.
Ranchi SSP Praveen Singh refused to divulge details of the disclosures made by Udaiji. "He has made several astonishing, serious and new revelations," the SSP told TOI on Saturday.
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Rare Neurological Diseases Research Meeting
Description: Name: Olivia Chang
Department Head: Dr. Bernard Brais
Meeting Name: Rare Neurological Diseases Research Meeting
Telephone:398-1507
Room: Brain Tumour Research Centre - Bell Room
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Navy fosters close bond with our industry partners
Published on April 28, 2018 by LEUT Andrew Ragless (author)
Raytheon Australia's Mr Bill Cattell (left) looks on as Lieutenant Commander Christopher Thornton tries out Raytheon's Destroyer (DDG) 'Variable Depth Sonar' simulator.
A Royal Australian Navy Training Systems (TS) Officer has spent the last four months seconded with Raytheon Australia in a move to foster and improve alliances with industry partners.
South Australian Prince of Wales Award winners
Published on April 27, 2018 by LS Rebecca Elliot (author), CPL Colin Dadd (photographer)
Prince of Wales Award recipient Lieutenant Commander Paul Wirth (left) and his employer, Ms Cathy Lyon (centre right), from the Women's and Children's Hospital South Australia, are presented their awards by Chair Defence Reserves Support Council - SA, Dr Andrew Cannon, AM (centre left) and Head Reserve and Youth Division, Rear Admiral Bruce Kafer, AM, CSC, RANR.
Navy Reservists comprised three of the five Prince of Wales recipients awarded their prizes in South Australia over the past several months.
Navy Members reach rare milestone
Published on April 18, 2018 by FLTLT Jess Aldred (author), CPL David Said (photographer)
Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral David Johnston, AM, RAN, with Lieutenant Commander Graeme Wong, RANR (left) and Chief Petty Officer Peter Stone, CSM, (right) after presenting each of them with their third Federation Star.
Reaching the milestone of half a century in the ADF is a rare occurrence. Even rarer, two HQJOC Navy members reached their 50-year anniversary in March.
People and platforms a key focus for Information Warfare capability
Published on April 23, 2018 by CMDR Fenn Kemp (author), Unknown (photographer)
Former Deputy Chief of Navy RADM Mike Noonan (centre) stands with members of the CT community after handing them an Individual Retention Bonus.
Navy’s ability to fight and win in a high-tech environment has received a boost with the purchase of specialised communications equipment.
Navy Pilot earns wings
Published on April 22, 2018 by LS Aircrewman Adam Wade (author), Mr Chris Kershaw (photographer)
Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, AC presents Sub Lieutenant Thomas Snow with the award for Aerobatic Skill.
Navy’s newest pilot has graduated from the Royal Australian Air Force’s No. 2 Flying Training School (2FTS) at RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia.
The Great Navy Shave
Published on April 09, 2018 by LSCSO Andrew McKail (author), Unknown (photographer)
Lieutenant Robert Stain braves the razor as his beard is shaved off by Seaman Medic Jasmin Edgar.
Navy people attending the Army School of Health in Latchford Barracks, Victoria have braved the razor as part of The Great Navy Shave.
First Recruits of 2018 graduate
Published on April 06, 2018 by LEUT Ryan Zerbe (author), LSIS Nina Fogliani (photographer), ABIS Bonny Gassner (photographer)
General Entry 359 Shipp Division celebrate the completion of their Graduation Ceremony held at Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus, Victoria.
One hundred and twenty nine proud people from around Australia marked the first major milestone in their naval careers last week as they graduated from the Royal Australian Navy’s Recruit School.
Chaplain returns to Submarine Force
Published on April 02, 2018 by Mr Andrew Bujdegan (author), ABIS Christopher Szumlanski (photographer)
Submarine Force Chaplain Franco Siani on the casing of a Collins Class Submarine at HMAS Stirling.
The Navy’s Submarine Force Chaplain has returned to the role after several years away providing capability to a variety of units within the RAN.
ADF children meet bullying head on
Published on April 20, 2018 by CPL Julia Whitwell (author), Unknown (photographer)
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Adam Cooper and his four daughters have taken part in the inaugural ADF Integrated Combat Club anti-bullying program at the ADFA Indoor Sports Centre, Canberra. From left, Penny (13), Hope (10), LCDR Cooper, Ophelia (8) and Stella (12).
After 10 weeks of anti-bullying training, 20 children of ADF members have passed the first stages of becoming superheroes of the playground.
HMAS Newcastle raises funds on deployment
Published on April 29, 2018 by LEUT Rilana Ostheim (author), ABIS Tara Byrne (photographer)
Commanding Officer HMAS Newcastle, Commander Anita Sellick CSM, RAN, presents a cheque for $15,400 to the Newcastle Senior School. The money was raised by Newcastle's crew during their Operation MANITOU deployment in 2017.
The crew of HMAS Newcastle have conducted a fundraiser with a difference to support a local school that shares a strong affiliation with the ship.
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Draft trades to watch: Why the fun could start as high as No. 4
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Windhorst: Draft trade talks for Garland are 'intense' (1:41)
Brian Windhorst explains why the Pelicans are motivated to trade the No. 4 pick because teams are interested in moving up for Darius Garland. (1:41)
Tim BontempsESPN
NEW YORK -- With a lack of consensus after the first three picks, Thursday's NBA draft (7 p.m. ET on ESPN) comes with major questions surrounding potential trades throughout the first round.
Last weekend's Anthony Davis trade agreement between the New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers only added to those questions, with the Pelicans acquiring the No. 4 overall pick and having significant interest in trade talks with teams about the pick, according to a report by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Then on Wednesday, the Memphis Grizzlies acquired the No. 23 overall pick in this year's draft in a deal that sent point guard Mike Conley to the Utah Jazz, and initial reports suggested that pick could be on the move again.
Here's a rundown of some of the biggest things that could shake up the festivities inside Brooklyn's Barclays Center, starting with that fourth pick up for auction.
1. Who wants Darius Garland (or another prospect) at No. 4?
Zion Williamson to the Pelicans at No. 1, Ja Morant to the Memphis Grizzlies at No. 2 and RJ Barrett to the New York Knicks at No. 3 is beginning to look locked in. The Knicks brought in Vanderbilt point guard Darius Garland for a workout Wednesday, though that could just be an act of due diligence. Wojnarowski reported on Wednesday that the Knicks remain locked in on Barrett.
The draft really begins in earnest when the Pelicans are back on the clock at No. 4. New Orleans VP David Griffin has been fielding calls from teams looking to move up, with Garland looking like the prime target for teams hoping to get there.
Teams with multiple 2019 first-rounders
• Pelicans: 1, 4 (via LAL)
• Grizzlies: 2, 23 (via UTAH)
• Cavaliers: 5, 26 (via HOU)
• Hawks: 8, 10 (via DAL), 17 (via BKN)
• Celtics: 14 (via SAC), 20 (via LAC), 22
• Pistons: 15, 30 (via MIL)
• Spurs: 19, 29 (via TOR)
Complete draft order »
One of the teams with the most assets in this year's draft, the Atlanta Hawks, is interested in swapping two of their picks -- Nos. 8 and 10 overall -- for the fourth selection, per a report by ESPN's Jonathan Givony, which also noted the Knicks shot down the same package for the No. 3 pick.
In addition to Atlanta, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls also have expressed interest in New Orleans' No. 4 pick.
As the draft has approached, it has widely been considered to drop off in talent after Barrett goes off the board. But Garland has intriguing upside, having played just five games last season at Vanderbilt before being shut down for the remainder of the season with an MCL injury -- and earning favorable comparisons to scoring point guards with shooting range such as Damian Lillard and Trae Young by ESPN draft analyst Mike Schmitz.
If a team such as Minnesota, Boston or Chicago -- all three need point guard help -- gets the No. 4 pick, Garland would seemingly be the choice. But that doesn't mean Garland is an automatic selection there -- especially if the Hawks move up, since they already have a point guard of the future in Young. Virginia's De'Andre Hunter, Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver and UNC's Coby White also have garnered interest this high.
On the latest Woj Pod, Wojnarowski said the Pelicans are looking for an established player in exchange for the No. 4 pick, and hanging onto veteran guard Jrue Holiday indicates they want to remain competitive. If someone like Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal becomes truly available, using the No. 4 pick as the base of a deal to acquire him makes all the sense in the world for New Orleans.
Beal is both a game-changing talent and under contract for the next two seasons. Outside of a blockbuster Beal trade, it's tough to find a young player with star potential who is under contract and available. Remember, nearly half the league is about to enter free agency on June 30.
There are a number of possibilities at No. 4, including point guard Darius Garland. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
2. What if the teams with point guard needs strike out?
The Phoenix Suns (No. 6), Bulls (No. 7) and Wolves (No. 11) all have point guard needs that they could look to fill in the draft. One problem: There might not be enough reliable PG prospects in the lottery.
Both Morant and Garland are likely to be off the board before Phoenix's pick. If so, that makes Coby White (No. 8 in ESPN's top 100 draft rankings) the best available primary ball handler. Virginia's Ty Jerome is the next PG in ESPN's rankings, but he's rated down at No. 25 -- a serious gap.
Drafting for need, rather than taking the best player available, is always risky business -- especially when it comes to teams that are rebuilding (they're in the lottery for a reason). But that doesn't stop teams from doing it, or from moving up to try to secure a position of need with a player they prefer.
So will one of these teams make a deal to go grab Garland or White? If both are off the board, do they consider moving back? This is something to keep an eye on -- and not just on draft night. If, say, Phoenix bypasses a point guard to grab a wing player, is that a sign they'll target a floor general in free agency?
3. What will the Hawks do with all of their picks?
Atlanta might be the most interesting team to watch on draft night. The Hawks hold picks Nos. 8, 10, 17 and 35 (Atlanta's No. 44 pick was traded to the Miami Heat on Wednesday, and their No. 41 pick was traded to the Warriors on Thursday).
They certainly don't need to add five rookies to their roster. After general manager Travis Schlenk's successful draft a year ago, when the Hawks traded back for Young (No. 5) and hit on Kevin Huerter (No. 19), Atlanta feels confident it can find more contributors this time around.
Maybe they strike the right deal to move up for Garland or one of the wing players. They could trade back into future drafts, delaying all these young additions to the roster. There's also the possibility that Atlanta could package its picks for an established talent to augment its young core of Young, Huerter and big man John Collins -- though, like with New Orleans, finding the right fit there is challenging.
Last year's trade that saw Atlanta pass up on Luka Doncic to select Young and add a future first-round pick (now this year's No. 10 pick) was proof Schlenk has no problem making an against-the-grain transaction. It also serves as a reminder that the Hawks will be aggressive in making their best moves on draft night, regardless of outside perception.
Will Celtics president Danny Ainge swing a deal on draft night? AP Photo/Elise Amendola
4. What will the Celtics do with all of their picks?
A year ago, the Celtics looked to be better positioned than any team in the NBA to contend long term. Then Boston flamed out in five games against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the playoffs, Anthony Davis ended up with the Lakers, Kyrie Irving looks likely to leave in free agency and Al Horford is possibly joining him.
In short: Boston's future is now incredibly murky. The Celtics hold picks Nos. 14, 20, 22 and 51. Entering this week, the Celtics weren't expected to have an interest in carrying four rookies on their roster next season. But with Irving, Horford and Marcus Morris potentially out of the picture, Boston has six returning players age 25 or younger. They could look to pivot into a full youth movement.
If Boston chooses to do so, there certainly are players in the middle of the first round -- including Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke, Oregon center Bol Bol and Kentucky guard Tyler Herro -- who could help augment the team's current young core of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart.
But given the history of Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, who has never been afraid to make a deal, don't be surprised if the Celtics wind up shaking things up before draft night is through.
5. Will the contenders with roster constraints move up or down?
Making successful picks in the 20s or later in the draft is usually considered a bonus, not a necessity. It's hard enough to reliably find lottery talent that can help a team win. But there's added pressure on three teams -- the Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors and Brooklyn Nets -- to pull off this difficult task on Thursday night.
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Philly needs a better bench, and hitting on relatively cheap draft picks would be a great way to build that depth. The Sixers got immediate contributions from 2018's No. 26 Landry Shamet before shipping him out in the Tobias Harris trade at the February deadline. Now, as they contemplate spending well into the luxury tax to keep free agents Harris, Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick, they need to come away from draft night with one or two potential rotation players for 2019-20.
They hold picks Nos. 24, 33, 34 and 42, which gives the Sixers a couple of paths to tread. In one, they could package some of those selections together to move up and get a specific guy they like. In another, they could use all four and get several bites at the apple to find another player or two like Shamet.
One thing that helps Philadelphia's decision-making: The roster is so thin behind the star-studded starting five that there's no need to worry about positional value. The Sixers just need to find guys who can step in and play.
Meanwhile, Golden State simply needs bodies. If Klay Thompson and/or Kevin Durant return, the Warriors will be over the cap with a team that was already thin this past season when both were healthy. Following injuries in the NBA Finals, they're likely to miss most or all of next season. With Shaun Livingston potentially retiring on top of that, the Warriors need to find low-cost options to fill out the rotation. Their selection at No. 28 takes on added importance now, whether they pick there or make a move. On Thursday, Golden State sent $1.3 million and a future second-round pick to Atlanta for the No. 41 pick in this draft.
Then there are the Nets, hoping to strike it rich in free agency with a pair of max contract stars after sending two first-round picks to the Hawks to dump Allen Crabbe's contract earlier this month. Big spending like that necessitates finding cheap contributors on long-term deals to play around them -- something the Nets have had success with in recent years by selecting Jarrett Allen, Caris LeVert and Rodions Kurucs in the 20s and beyond.
The Nets will be hoping to strike gold again this year if they use their picks at Nos. 27 and 31, or package them for more desirable pieces.
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 11 Issue 3 – March 1838Articles include: The Comparative Effect of the Actual Cautery and the Seton; The Application of Nitre in Cases of Gangrene; A Case of Puerperal Fever - The Cow Destroyed by Nitre; On the Expansion of the Horse's Foot; Haematuria (Acute Red-Water) in Cattle;...
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 34 Issue 7 – July 1861
31st July 1861 /0 Comments/in 1861 - Volume 34 /by Helena Clarkson
Articles Include: Communication and Cases. On the Action of Alcohol on the System; On Therapeutics; On Therapeutics. Therapeutic Action of the Third Group; The Veterinary Profession; Effects of the Bite of a Snake on Man, the Horse, and a Dog; Epilepsy in a Mare…
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 39 Issue 8 – August 1866
31st August 1866 /0 Comments/in 1866 - Volume 39 /by Helena Clarkson
Articles include: Communications and Cases. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Observations on the Cattle Plague in Ireland and the Cattle Disease in the Isle of Man; Observations on “Soundness”;
The Veterinary Mutual Defence Society; Facts and Observation. Diseased Meat and its Effects on Man; Difference Between a Plant and an Animal; The Rapidity of Nerve-Force;…
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 42 Issue 11 – November 1869
30th November 1869 /0 Comments/in 1869 - Volume 42 /by Helena Clarkson
Articles include: Communications and Cases. Opening of the Session 1869-70 at the Royal Veterinary College. Introductory Address by Assistant-Profesosr Pritchard; Introductory Lecture, Delivered Tuesday, October 26th, 1869, by Professor R. C. Moffatt, at the Glasgow Veterinary College; Practical Hints for the Shipping of Horses and Other Animals; Ancient Veterinary Practice; The Principles of Botany; Practical Veterinary Science; Scrofulous Deposit Involving the Generative Organs of a Young Short-Horn Cow;…
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 47 Issue 12 – December 1874
31st December 1874 /0 Comments/in 1874 - Volume 47 /by Jayna Hirani
Articles include: How is the Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia of Cattle Spread?, Revised List of Entozoa, With Notes and References, Specimens of Intestinal Calculi Presented to the Museum of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Contagio-Infectious Pleuro-Pneumonia, Compulsory Slaughter in Contagious Pleuro-Pneumonia…
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‘The Veterinarian’ Vol 48 Issue 6 – June 1875
30th June 1875 /0 Comments/in 1875 - Volume 48 /by Jayna Hirani
Articles include: Typhoid Fever in Pigs, The Principles of Botany, Veterinary Toxicology – Yew Poisoning, Caries Necrotica, Favus…
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1 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Useless Bay [Inutil Bay], Tierra del Fuego, [Chile], 29 Jan 1905
29th January 1905 /0 Comments/in 3 - Letters to Smith from Captain Richard Crawshay /by Helena Clarkson
Crawshay writes to Smith about his arrival at Punta Arenas five months previously and journey to Tierra del Fuego during the severe winter. He mentions collecting birds, including some species described by Charles Darwin, and some insects and mammals (including the guanaco)…
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3 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 5 Nov 1907
5th November 1907 /0 Comments/in 3 - Letters to Smith from Captain Richard Crawshay /by Helena Clarkson
Crawshay writes to thank Smith for his compliments on an excerpt of his book, and discusses book binding. Crawshay recommends books on the subject of anthropology, and mentions the Ona tribe [Selk’nam indigenous people] of Patagonia. He suggests that Smith contact [Charles Hercules] Read, Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum,…
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4 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 14 Nov 1907
14th November 1907 /0 Comments/in 3 - Letters to Smith from Captain Richard Crawshay /by Helena Clarkson
Crawshay writes to say he is sorry for missing Smith on his visit to London. He suggests some sources on the Ona tribe [Selk’nam indigenous people] of Patagonia, and encloses a list of texts suggested by Charles Hercules Read, Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum. Crawshay writes that he has read Smith’s chapter on ‘Animal Heat’…
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5 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 3 Dec 1907
3rd December 1907 /0 Comments/in 3 - Letters to Smith from Captain Richard Crawshay /by Helena Clarkson
Crawshay writes to say that he has not yet visited London again, due to suffering a bout of malarial fever. He mentions that he sympathises with [Richard?] Burton, whose life he is reading an account of. He recommends that Smith read about the surveying voyages of the ‘Adventure’ and the ‘Beagle’ by Robert Fitzroy…
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SCENE SUMMARY AND NOTES
Juliet receives Romeo in her room on that same evening. Ironically, Lord and Lady Capulet are talking to Paris downstairs. Capulet is apologetic that he has not yet discussed the marriage plans with Juliet due to the death of Tybalt. Paris expresses his condolences and prepares to leave. Capulet delays him and sets the day of the wedding for Thursday, which is three days away. They agree to invite only a few friends for the ceremony. After Paris departs, Capulet sends his wife off to Juliet to inform her of the marriage and make preparations for it.
This scene is filled with dramatic irony and again points out how fate intervenes in the life of these lovers. Lord and Lady Capulet have no inkling of the wedding of their daughter. While Juliet is receiving Romeo in her room to consummate the marriage, Capulet is talking to Paris about his plans to marry Juliet. Although the father has not discussed the proposed marriage with his daughter, he is certain that the obedient Juliet will consent to the plan He sets the day of the wedding for Thursday and plans to invite only a half dozen friends because of the death of Tybalt. Lady Capulet leaves to inform Juliet of her marriage and to make preparation for it, a situation that heightens the dramatic suspense of the play since the audience knows that Romeo is in Juliet’s room. The mother, however, is certain that Juliet has shut herself away because of her sorrow over Tybalt’s death. She also feels that the wedding plans will lighten Juliet’s sorrow.
It is important to note the sense of time in this scene. It was earlier on this same day that Romeo married Juliet and that he also killed Tybalt. Romeo, from the beginning of the play, has been a passionate, impulsive, and impatient youth. Old Capulet, however, acts with the same haste as Romeo in this scene. When Paris first consults with him about marrying Juliet (Act I, Scene 2), the father is hesitant to agree, stating that his daughter is too young and that Paris should wait awhile. Now, he has a sudden change of heart and quickly sets the marriage to take place in three days. There is no explanation for this uncharacteristic change in Lord Capulet, and the audience must accept it as fate.
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Record revenue reaches Redmond, the result of a booming as-a-service business Microsoft on Thursday reported record revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2019 and for its full fiscal year, predictably pushing its stock higher in after-hours trading.…
Kieren McCarthy
on 2019-07-18 21:54 (#4KF24)
Martha Blackburn's bill is everything wrong with 2019 in 13 pages Comment A bi-partisan law bill that promises to give internet users far greater control over their privacy made another appearance in US Congress on Thursday.…
on 2019-07-18 20:57 (#4KEYM)
Ukrainian civil war a bonanza for dodgy malware hosting firms A growing crop of so-called bulletproof hosting companies are using the ongoing civil war in Ukraine to host Magecart malware without fear of the police coming knocking.…
on 2019-07-18 20:03 (#4KET6)
Co-founder and chief data officer at NPM Inc, moves on Laurie Voss, the co-founder and chief data officer of widely used JavaScript package registry NPM Inc, today announced in a blog post that he left the company on July 1.…
on 2019-07-18 19:09 (#4KEP0)
You can monitor your child – and their bowels - 24 hours a day! Which is… great? What's that unpleasant whiff? No, it's not little Johnny's sticky bowel movement but the new "smart diaper" containing his special effort.…
on 2019-07-18 17:30 (#4KEJ1)
'Empowering' if you've got $$$ Microsoft introduced new licensing plans for its PowerApps platform at the Inspire partner conference this week to accommodate the increasing capabilities available.…
Max Smolaks
on 2019-07-18 16:33 (#4KED0)
'Alamo Mission LLC' to splash $600m on city of Red Oak Google has identified a parcel of land for its second bit barn in Ellis County, Texas, even though the first one is still months away from completion.…
DRAM, is it cold in here? Semiconductor market expected to shrink 12% in 2019
on 2019-07-18 15:52 (#4KE74)
Device numbers growing, but manufacturers are using fewer/cheaper chips per device With average prices for semiconductor components going down dramatically in 2019, especially DRAM and NAND, major chipmakers have been forced to reduce their production output. As a result, the silicon market is expected to shrink by 12 per cent year-on-year.…
Gareth Corfield
on 2019-07-18 14:58 (#4KE2E)
Bosses stick up for suspect, claim he's being framed for pinching 5m folks' data A 20-year-old infosec bod has been arrested in Bulgaria after most of the country's population had their personal and financial details stolen.…
Hip and modern IBM can't beat legacy kit and services IBM: That's four consecutive quarters of revenue decline now
on 2019-07-18 14:27 (#4KE2G)
8% cloud biz growth in 12 months. Where is Red Hat when you need it? IBM notched up its fourth straight quarter of revenue decline as the areas it deems strategic – hybrid cloud, AI and blockchain – couldn't paper over cracks in the legacy operations of big iron and outsourcing.…
on 2019-07-18 13:54 (#4KDYE)
Plus: Delivery on 9 more projects at 'major risk' A raft of major government IT projects are in serious trouble, including flagship programmes such as HMRC's Making Tax Digital and its Customs Declaration Service.…
on 2019-07-18 12:59 (#4KDSW)
Latest call to halt creepy tech likely to fall on deaf ears Updated The UK government should slap a "moratorium on the current use of facial recognition technology, with "no further trials" until there is legal framework in place, a Parliamentary committee has warned today.…
on 2019-07-18 12:45 (#4KDSX)
Too late for chip flinger, but a win for the EU taxpayer The European Commission has issued American chip maker Qualcomm with a hefty €242m fine for anti-competitive practices.…
Richard Currie
on 2019-07-18 11:59 (#4KDNS)
Kioku (memory) + axia (value) = $$$ Logowatch Toshiba Memory Corporation has emerged, reborn, from the depths of the strategy boutique, as Kioxia.…
on 2019-07-18 11:34 (#4KDNV)
'Defending democracy' initiative to resist nation-state attacks Microsoft has demonstrated its ElectionGuard electronic vote system at the Aspen Security Forum under way in Colorado and warned that nearly 10,000 of its customers have been targeted by nation-state attacks.…
'Member Ke3chang? They're still at it, you know. Euro diplomats targeted by 'China-based' hacker crew
on 2019-07-18 10:52 (#4KDJN)
Click your mouse three times... there's no place like a back door to your machine - ESET An old-school shadowy malware group believed to operate out of China has been targeting diplomats with what infosec researchers say is a previously undocumented backdoor.…
on 2019-07-18 10:20 (#4KDJP)
*Digital identity crisis intensifies* Exclusive The UK government's troubled £154m digital identity project Verify is to be flagged red by Whitehall's major projects watchdog, meaning delivery looks unachievable - according to sources.…
Elon Musk's new idea is to hook up your noggin up to an AI, but is he just insane about the brain?
on 2019-07-18 09:30 (#4KDG2)
We ask top boffins if the plan is good enough for skull drilling Analysis Silicon Valley bad boy Elon Musk's grand plan to build brain-machine interfaces to "achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence" is obviously more science fiction than fact at the moment.…
on 2019-07-18 09:00 (#4KDDW)
Redmond engineer hints at taking super-lang for a spin Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is waxing lyrical about the risks inherent in C and C++ coding, arguing it may be time to dump "unsafe legacy languages" and shift to more modern, safer ones.…
Banks bid legacy tech farewell as they sail to the cloud – but now all that infrastructure is in hands of the big three
on 2019-07-18 08:15 (#4KDBC)
MPs hear how financial services are trying to improve stability in wake of TSB's meltdown Shifting financial services to the public cloud risks creating an over-reliance on the "dominant" service providers, banking heads told MPs yesterday during an inquiry into IT outages in the sector.…
Dutch cops collar fella accused of crafting and flogging Office macro nasties to cyber-crooks
on 2019-07-18 07:04 (#4KD8R)
Accused bloke cuffed after plod swoop on home A 20-year-old man from the Netherlands accused of building and selling Office macro malware was arrested Wednesday.…
Fresh stalkerware crop pops up on Google's Android Play Store, swiftly yanked offline
on 2019-07-18 05:57 (#4KD6Z)
130,000 have already downloaded creepware Seven new stalkerware apps have been spotted for sale on the Android Play Store, despite Google's policy against the invasive monitoring tools.…
Don't give it away, give it away, give it away now, bot busting biz tells reCAPTCHA data serfs
on 2019-07-18 05:34 (#4KD70)
Instead of enriching Google, try making a market for click work Analysis Internet companies depend on free labor. Companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google rely upon content creators who give their work away for the sake of platform participation or perhaps naive altruism.…
on 2019-07-18 05:02 (#4KD4Q)
All-day event covers every angle, from workloads to security – register today Promo Every day the cloud continues to transform organisations, industries and the world around us.…
on 2019-07-18 00:34 (#4KCWM)
Bad news for AWS and Microsoft, who are vying for US govt's winner-takes-all IT super-contract The Pentagon's $10bn JEDI mega-cloud contract may be put on hold once again, this time because President Trump has ordered a probe into the massive single-vendor deal.…
on 2019-07-17 23:08 (#4KCQD)
Software testing just ain't that special, sniff immigration bods Software engineers have long been treated, in Silicon Valley at least, as special, worthy of massive salaries, and deserving of cozy work conditions and top-of-the-range benefits.…
on 2019-07-17 21:25 (#4KCKF)
Judge green-lights $113m from Samsung, Sony, and others – but $34m in legal fees?! A long-running legal battle over the alleged price-fixing of lithium-ion batteries involving Samsung, Sony, LG, Hitachi, and NEC, has finally been settled [PDF] for $113m.…
on 2019-07-17 20:52 (#4KCFF)
'No safeguards' on QA accounts, and suddenly this guy gets a Tesla and $1.6m home, say prosecutors A former Microsoft software engineer was arrested on Tuesday and charged with mail fraud for allegedly attempting to steal $10m in digital currency from his former employee, US prosecutors said today.…
Having flogged off its data centers, AT&T cozies up to Microsoft, IBM to keep it running
on 2019-07-17 19:29 (#4KCBV)
In a cloud war, the US telco opts for the Swiss model, stays neutral AT&T has announced “strategic alliances” with both IBM and Microsoft, as it looks to capitalize on cloud computing without getting its hands dirty.…
For pity's sake, groans Mimecast, teach your workforce not to open obviously dodgy emails
on 2019-07-17 18:33 (#4KC7X)
JavaScript obfuscation finds its way into finance phishery A JavaScript-based phishing campaign mainly targeting British finance and accounting workers has been uncovered by Mimecast.…
on 2019-07-17 16:08 (#4KBSZ)
Here's Gartner with your latest dose of tech doom 'n' gloom 2019 could mark the steepest decline in the history of smartphone shipments as customers cling to their handsets for longer.…
on 2019-07-17 15:00 (#4KBMQ)
Sod the law on compo payouts, says Vos, you still did wrong One of Britain's most senior judges has warned Google over its attempts to squeeze out of a £3bn data protection lawsuit by claiming some people might have consented to the adtech monolith's lawbreaking.…
Email scammers extract over $300m a month from American suits' pockets
on 2019-07-17 14:13 (#4KBFS)
FinCEN has recovered more than $500m to date While you're sweating to make an honest crust, email scammers are counting at least $301m in untaxed takings every month in the US alone, according to research by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.…
Euro Commish probes Amazon's marketplace biz, worries Bezos' beast is sniffing 'competitively sensitive' seller data
on 2019-07-17 13:16 (#4KBFV)
On same day Germany forces firm's Ts&Cs revamp The European Commission has inserted a probe into Amazon to ascertain if the giant digital souk breaches EU competition regulations by exploiting "sensitive" data from third-party sellers who use its marketplace.…
on 2019-07-17 12:29 (#4KBB5)
Enterprise features including support for hated ancient browser ready to evaluate Microsoft had to consider businesses' addiction to Internet Explorer 11 in its roadmap for Edge Enterprise, the business aspect of its new web browser based on Google's Chromium project.…
Oh look. Vodafone has extended its ultrafast 5G network to deliver... Wi-Fi?
on 2019-07-17 11:30 (#4KB7K)
Hey, that's a real use case, you at the back, stop your sniggering Mobile connectivity provider Vodafone has expanded its 5G network to another eight British towns and cities.…
Boris Johnson's promise of full fibre in the UK by 2025 is pie in the sky
on 2019-07-17 11:00 (#4KB48)
From the man who brought us the garden bridge and water cannons Analysis Likely future UK prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged to bring full fibre to all homes by 2025, a claim that telecoms experts have widely dismissed.…
Google's Go team decides not to give it a try
on 2019-07-17 10:30 (#4KB4A)
A key proposal for Go 1.14 – adding a built-in try keyword – has been declined The Go language will not be adding a "try" keyword in the next major version, despite this being a major part of what was proposed for version 1.14.…
Well I'm looking to AI to save me, looking 'cos it's my design: Could you make my drone learn to fly hybrid?
on 2019-07-17 09:50 (#4KB1T)
Pssst. You don't need to manually code it, neural networks will do it for you AI algorithms can help you automatically fly a drone of your design, according to new research that will be presented at the SIGGRAPH conference on computer graphics later this month.…
OK, it's fair to say UK's botched Emergency Services Network is an emergency now, right?
John Oates
on 2019-07-17 09:20 (#4KB1W)
Home Office lacks plan, skills, budget control or achievable deadlines, says watchdog The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has delivered another damning report on the UK Home Office's bungling attempts to procure a replacement communications network for the emergency services.…
on 2019-07-17 08:46 (#4KAZD)
There's a bit more to it than leaning down and fumbling for reset switch, though Icarus – the ambitious project to track hundreds of thousands of animals from space – has hit an unexpected delay after a specialised computer installed on board the International Space Station (ISS) refused to work as intended.…
on 2019-07-17 08:13 (#4KAWW)
Even businesses' attempts to destroy Windows 7 with firehose of cash fail to reverse sales droop The bad news bus kept on rolling in calendar Q2 as consumer PCs sold to retailers continued their decline. Business customers’ enthusiasm for pricier hardware did, however, keep tech wholesalers revenues afloat.…
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We’re using ICT to boost compliance
Wednesday October 17 2018
RRA Commissioner-General Richard Tusabe. PHOTO | Cyril Ndegeya
We are trying to be more efficient because we believe that building a strong institution is the only way to support our economic ambitions - Tusabe
By RWANDA TODAY
The Rwanda Revenue Authority marked its 20th anniversary this year and the journey has seen adoption of modern technologies to ease the process of tax payment and increase tax compliance.
The govt targets to finance 67 per cent of its 2018/2019 budget — estimated at Rwf2.4 trillion — from domestic revenues; up from 58.3 per cent in the last fiscal year and 36.3 per cent in 1998. The RRA Commissioner-General Richard Tusabe spoke to RWANDA TODAY about the tax body’s achievements and plans.
Below are excerpts.
What would you regard as your biggest achievements so far as RRA?
A lot has been achieved as an institution. We have tried to improve compliance and we are seeing enormous improvement in compliance from taxpayers.
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One of the key enablers we have been leveraging on has been Information Technology (IT) systems. In terms of the World Bank Doing Business Indicators 2018, I think we are currently number 31 on paying taxes because we have eased compliance.
You can declare, pay online without leaving your premises. At customs, we have invested in a system we call the Rwanda Electronic Single Window. It allows clearing agents to make declarations and pay without moving back and forth with paperwork. We now have locations in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Mombasa (Kenya).
Under the leadership of our Heads of State within the Northern Corridor, we have eased clearance of cargo from the point of origin.
Our focus is not just on maritime cargo but also on intra-regional trade. Today you can buy goods from Rwanda to Uganda under the single customs territory, declare and pay for those goods without coming to Rwanda. We have invested in technology to ensure that we reduce non-tariff barriers.
We invested in a common electronic cargo tracking system. So, you can now track your cargo from point of origin to the destination.
We have also invested in Electronic Billing Machines.
We recently launched the unified declaration on pension funds and taxes and this is another initiative aimed at easing the burden on the taxpayer.
We have also improved on governance. In 2015, we went through a very comprehensive audit at the Office of the General. In the same year, we went through what we call TADAT — a tax administration diagnostic assessment tool by the IMF — and those two assessments enabled us to gauge where we stood in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.
We got good recommendations from those assessments, and we have tried to work to implement the recommendations with a focus on making sure that we are efficient and using our resources appropriately.
We are trying to be more efficient because we believe that building a strong institution is the only way to support our economic ambitions.
To what extent has tax compliance improved due to penalties?
I think the penalties play a very minimal role. What has played a bigger role is the social contract between the government and citizens in terms of giving back to the community.
If you look at what the government is doing in terms of inclusive growth, the development that you see in Kigali is the development that you will see in Rusizi.
People are realising that by giving this money to the government they invest it on their behalf. This has made our work much easier.
For instance, roads and schools have been constructed and healthcare is improving. But, our laws also cater for financial distress as there are measures for taxes to be waived.
Going forward, what measures are you putting in place to widen the tax base?
There are two issues: There are people who are in the tax net but who are not complying. Our strategy is to get people to use Electronic Billing Machines.
Another key change that will be coming up in the procedure law is that the Ministry of Finance will have a right to decide which sector should be using EBM.
We are moving away from EBM, as a VAT tool, to EBM as a national invoicing system. The only invoice that we shall be accepting at some point in the next 12- 18 months will be a national invoicing system.
We also plan to widen the tax base through exchange of information. We are working with data scientists from The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Carnegie Mellon University. We are also working on a data strategy plan for five years with support from the United Kingdom’s Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
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Sanctum Cycle
Best known for high-performance motorcycles characterized by large-capacity four-stroke, 90° V-twin engines, with a desmodromic valve design.
Founded in 1946 by Soichiro Honda, manufacturers motorcycles for all riding styles.
Launched the 903cc DOHC four-cylinder Z1 in 1973, and ignited a powder keg of excitement for high-performance liter-bikes that has never abated.
When Suzuki launched the original GSX-R750 in 1985, the company set the template for modern sportbikes that still rocks today.
First of the Japanese manufacturers to race internationally, Yamaha has helped push the performance market forward ever since.
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Here's a hypothetical situation for you: Let's say you were to take a modern Superbike, one capable of qualifying about, oh, wheel-to-wheel with the likes of Bubba Shobert's Honda and Jimmy Filice's Yamah, and you entered that bike in Daytona Speedweek's Pro-Twins 50 mile race. And let's say you put a former 500cc world roadracing champion on it. Would that be a fair matchup? Would you expect the bike to have any real competition in the race?
Not likely. But that's exactly what happened last year at Daytona. Marco Lucchinelli, 1981 500cc world roadracing champ, entered the Pro-Twins event on a motorcycle that would have been more at home in the Superbike race. His motorcycle was ineligible for Superbike competition, however, since it wasn't a production machine; but it was perfectly legal for Pro-Twins racing, for one simple reasone: It had two cylinders.
That's right - a four-stroke Twin capable of running with some of the fastest Fours on Earth. The bike in question: the Ducati 851 Eight-Valve.
Lucchinelli and his obscenely fast works Ducati humiliated the competiton. They won, naturally, going away.
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Taking Care of the Ill — The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim
Those of us living in Eretz Yisroel, are reading parshas Korach this week, from which the Gemara cites a source for the mitzvah of bikur cholim. Those living in chutz la’aretz, can certainly find ample reason to study the laws of bikur cholim this week.
Question #1: “Rabbi,” asked Mr. Greenberg, “My neighbor, Mrs. Friedman, is having an operation. Is it appropriate for me to visit her?”
Question #2: Does Dr. Strauss fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim when he makes his hospital rounds?
Question #3: “My sister-in-law is hospitalized for a few days for a minor procedure. I should really visit her, but I just can’t find the time. Is it halachically sufficient for me to call her?”
Based on a pasuk in parshas Korach, the Gemara (Nedarim 39b) teaches: “There is an allusion to the mitzvah of bikur cholim in the Torah: When Moshe declares, ‘If these people (Korach’s party) will die like most people do, and the destiny of most people will happen to them, then Hashem did not send me.’ How do we see an allusion to the mitzvah of bikur cholim in the pasuk? Moshe declared: If these people will die like most people do – if they will become ill and bedridden and people will come to inquire about their needs (in other words, illness provides an opportunity for people to fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim) – then people will say ‘Hashem did not send me.’” Thus, the Gemara cites this week’s parsha as one of the sources in the Torah for the mitzvah of bikur cholim since Moshe specifically asked that Korach and his party not die in the manner that most people, where this a chance to achieve this important mitzvah.
Another allusion to bikur cholim is in the beginning of Parshas Vayeira, where is says that Hashem visited Avraham Avinu three days after his Bris Milah. Rashi points out that Hashem was performing bikur cholim, visiting and providing care for the ill. In the same way, by taking care of the ill, we fulfill the mitzvah of emulating Hashem’s ways, in addition to the special mitzvah of bikur cholim (Sotah 14a). Thus, physicians, nurses or other medical professionals should have in mind before every visit or appointment that they are performing two mitzvos, one of emulating Hashem, and the other of bikur cholim. Since we rule that mitzvos tzerichos kavanah, to fulfill a mitzvah requires being cognizant of that fact, any medical professional gains much merit by being aware of this every day and all day.
Every community should have an organization devoted to the needs of the sick, and it is a tremendous merit to be involved in organizing and participating in such a wonderful chesed project (Ahavas Chesed 3:3).
The Kli Yakar (Bamidbar 16:29) offers an additional reason for fulfilling bikur cholim –– to benefit the visitor. Seeing someone ill influences the visitor to think about the importance of doing teshuvah. And this influence provides extra merit for the sick person, since he caused someone else to do teshuvah!
The Gemara (Nedarim 40a) reports that when one of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples was ill, no one came to check his welfare. Then Rabbi Akiva entered his dwelling, cleaned it and sprinkled water on the floor (to prevent dust from rising), and the student exclaimed, “Rabbi Akiva, you have brought me back to life!” After this experience, Rabbi Akiva taught that someone who visits the ill is considered to have saved his life!
WHY “BIKUR” CHOLIM?
What does bikur cholim mean?
It is worth noting that although “bikur” means “visit” in modern Hebrew, the original meaning of “bikur” is not “visit” but “checking.” In other words, the actual mitzvah of bikur cholim is to check which of the sick person’s needs have not been attended to (Toras HaAdam).
There are two main aspects of this mitzvah:
I. Taking care of the physical and emotional needs of someone who is ill.
II. Praying for the recovery of the ill person (Toras HaAdam, based on Nedarim 40a).
I. TAKING CARE OF PHYSICAL NEEDS
In addition to raising the sick person’s spirits by showing concern, the visitor should also ensure that the physical, financial, and medical needs of the ill person are properly being attended to, as well as other logistical concerns that may be troubling him/her. Often, well-meaning people make the effort to visit the sick, but fail to fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim properly, because they fail to take care of the choleh’s needs (Gesher HaChayim).
Always cheer up the choleh (Gesher HaChayim). This is included in attending to his emotional needs.
The visit is to benefit the choleh. In most circumstances, a visit should be short and not tire out or be uncomfortable for the ill person. Sometimes the sick person wants to rest, but feels obligated to converse with a visitor (Aruch HaShulchan, Yoreh Deah 335:4). In such cases, visitors think they are performing a mitzvah, while, unfortunately, they are actually doing the opposite. It is important to remember that the entire focus of bikur cholim is on the sick person’s needs and not on the visitor’s desire to feel noble or important. I remember my mother, a”h, having such guests during one of her hospital stays; although she kept hinting that she wanted to rest, they didn’t catch on and stayed put. They thought they were performing a kind deed, while, in reality, they were harming a sick person who desperately needed to rest.
One of the greatest acts of chesed is to stay overnight with a choleh (Aruch HaShulchan, Yoreh Deah 335:3; Shu’t Tzitz Eliezer, Volume 5, Ramat Rachel, #4). A similar act of bikur cholim and true chesed is to stay overnight with a hospitalized child to enable parents to get some proper sleep and keep their family’s life in order.
A person can fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim even a hundred times a day (Nedarim 39b). If one frequently pops one’s head into one’s sick child’s bedroom to see how the child is doing, or periodically drops in to visit a shut-in, one fulfills a separate mitzvah each time, so long as it does not become burdensome to the choleh. Similarly, a nurse fulfills the mitzvah of bikur cholim each time he/she checks on a patient, and, therefore, she should have intent to do this for the sake of fulfilling the mitzvah.
This applies even if the nurse is paid, because the proscription against being paid to do a mitzvah applies only to the mitzvah’s minimum requirement. Once one does more than this minimum, one can be paid for the extra time one spends. The same certainly applies to someone paid to stay overnight with a sick patient.
IS THERE AN OPTIMUM TIME OF DAY TO VISIT?
The Gemara states that one should not visit a sick person during the first quarter of the day, since one usually looks healthier in the morning and the visitor may not be motivated to pray on behalf of the ill person. One should also not visit a sick person at the end of the day, when he looks much sicker and one might give up hope. Therefore, one should visit an ill person during the middle part of the day (see Nedarim 40a, and Ahavas Chesed 3:3). Rambam offers a different reason for this halacha, explaining that at other times of the day, visitors might interfere with the attendants and medical personnel who are taking care of the choleh (Hilchos Aveil 14:5).
Thus, the ideal time for visiting an ill person is in the middle of the day, unless he is receiving medical treatment at that time.
Despite the above, the custom is to visit the ill person, regardless of the time of the day. Why is this so? The Aruch HaShulchan (Yoreh Deah 335:8) explains that the Gemara’s visiting times are advisory rather than obligatory. The Gemara is saying that one should visit the ill person at the time most beneficial for his care, which is usually the afternoon, either because this does not interfere with medical care or because it is the best time to detect the patient’s medical status. However, this is only advice and can be tempered by other practical concerns.
WHAT IF THE ILL PERSON IS RECEIVING SUBSTANDARD CARE?
In this instance, one should try to upgrade the choleh’s care without agitating him in the process (Gesher HaChayim).
WHOM TO VISIT FIRST
Usually, it is a greater mitzvah to visit a poor choleh than a wealthy one. This is because there is often no one else to care for the poor person’s needs (Sefer Chassidim #361). Additionally, he may need more help because of his lack of finances, and he is more likely to be in financial distress because of his inability to work (Ahavas Chesed 3:3).
If two people need the same amount of care and one of them is a talmid chacham, the talmid chacham should be attended to first (Sefer Chassidim #361). If the talmid chacham is being attended to adequately and the other person is not, one should first take care of the other person (Sefer Chassidim #361).
CROSS-GENDER VISITING
Should a man pay a hospital visit to a female non-relative, or vice versa?
The halacha states that a man may attend to another man who is suffering from an intestinal disorder, but not to a woman suffering from such a problem, whereas a woman may attend to either a man or a woman suffering from an intestinal disorder (Mesechta Sofrim Chapter 12). This implies that one may attend to the needs of the opposite gender in all other medical situations (Shach, Yoreh Deah 335:9; Birkei Yosef, Yoreh Deah 335:4; Aruch HaShulchan, Yoreh Deah 335:11 and Shu’t Zakan Aharon 2:76).
There is a famous story of Rav Aryeh Levin, the tzaddik of Yerushalayim. He was once concerned that a certain widow who had been told not to fast on Yom Kippur would disobey orders, he personally visited her on Yom Kippur and boiled water for a cup of tea to ensure that she drank. In this way, he fulfilled the mitzvah of bikur cholim on Yom Kippur in a unique way (A Tzaddik in Our Time).
However, some halachic authorities distinguish between attending to a sick person’s needs, and visiting, contending that although a woman may usually provide a man’s nursing needs and vice versa, there is no requirement for a woman to visit an ill man (Shu’t Tzitz Eliezer, Volume 5, Ramat Rachel, and Zichron Meir pg. 71 footnote 24 quoting Shu’t Vayaan Avrohom, Yoreh Deah #25 and others). Other authorities contend that when one can assume that the woman’s medical needs are provided, a man should not visit her, because of tzniyus concerns (Shu’t Chelkas Yaakov 3:38:3; Shu’t Tzitz Eliezer, Volume 5, Ramat Rachel, #16). Instead, the man should inquire about her welfare and pray for her. I suggest asking your rav or posek for direction in these situations.
II. PRAYING FOR THE ILL
The Beis Yosef (Yoreh Deah 335) writes, “It is a great mitzvah to visit the ill, since this causes the visitor to pray on the sick person’s behalf, which revitalizes him. Furthermore, since the visitor sees the ill person, the visitor checks to see what the ill person needs.” We see that Beis Yosef considers praying for the ill an even greater part of the mitzvah than attending to his needs, since he first mentions praying and then refers to attending to the other needs as “furthermore.”
Someone who visits a sick person without praying for his recovery fails to fulfill all the requirements of the mitzvah (Toras HaAdam; Rama 335:4). Therefore, physicians, nurses, and aides who perform bikur cholim daily should accustom themselves to pray for their sick patients, in order to fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim. A simple method of accomplishing this is to discreetly recite a quick prayer (such as “Hashem, please heal this person among the other ill Jewish people [b’soch she’ar cholei yisrael]”) as one leaves the person’s room. (A doctor in his office can recite the same quick prayer.)
MUST ONE PRAY FOR A SICK PERSON BY NAME?
When praying in a sick person’s presence, one does not need to mention his name, and one may recite the prayer in any language. The Gemara explains that this is because the Shechinah, the Divine presence, rests above the choleh’s head (Shabbos 12b). However, when the ill person is not present, one should pray specifically in Hebrew and should mention the person’s name (Toras HaAdam; Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 335:5). If one cannot pray in Hebrew, one may do so in English or any other language except Aramaic (see Taz, Yoreh Deah 335:4).
[Incidentally, since the Shechinah is in the choleh’s presence, visitors should act in a dignified manner (Shabbos 12b; Shl”a). This includes both their behavior and their mode of dress.]
Why must one pray in Hebrew when the ill person is not present? Rashi explains that in such a case, when one prays for an individual, angels have to transport the prayer to the Divine presence (the Shechinah) – these angels transport only prayers recited in Hebrew and not those recited in Aramaic (Rashi, Shabbos 12b s.v. Deshechinah). However, when praying in the presence of the sick person, one may pray in any language, since the Shechinah is nearby and the prayer does not require the angels to transport it on high (Shabbos 12b).
MAY ONE PRAY IN ENGLISH FOR THE ILL?
This explains the difference between Hebrew and Aramaic. What about other languages? Do the angels “transport” prayer recited in a different language?
To answer this question, we must first explain why angels do not transport Aramaic prayers?
The halachic authorities dispute why the angels do not convey prayers recited in Aramaic. Some contend that angels communicate only in Hebrew and, furthermore, only convey a prayer that they understand (Tosafos, Shabbos 12b s.v. She’ayn). According to this approach, the angels convey only Hebrew prayers. However, other authorities contend that the angels do not convey Aramaic prayers because they view this language as corrupted Hebrew and not a real language (Rosh, Berachos 2:2). Similarly, the angels will not convey a prayer recited in slang or expressed in an undignified way. According to the latter opinion, the angels will convey a prayer recited in any proper language, and one may pray in English for an ill person even if he is not present.
The Shulchan Aruch quotes both opinions, but considers the first opinion to be the primary approach (Orach Chayim 101:4). However, in Yoreh Deah 335:5, the Shulchan Aruch omits the second opinion completely. The commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch raise this point, and conclude that the Shulchan Aruch felt that praying for an ill person is such a serious matter that one should certainly follow the more stringent approach and pray only in Hebrew when the choleh is not present (Taz, Yoreh Deah 335:4). Therefore, one should not pray for an individual sick person’s needs in any language other than Hebrew. Only if one is unable to pray in Hebrew, may one rely on the second opinion and pray in any language other than Aramaic.
DOES ONE FULFILL BIKUR CHOLIM OVER THE TELEPHONE?
To answer this question, let us review the reasons for this mitzvah and see if a telephone call fulfills them. One reason to visit the ill is to see if they have any needs that are not being attended to. Although a phone call might discover this, being physically present at the bedside is usually a better method of ascertaining what is needed. The second reason one visits the ill is to motivate the visitor to pray on their behalf. Again, although one may be motivated by a phone call, it is rarely as effective as a visit. Furthermore, although a phone call can cheer up the choleh and make him feel important, a personal visit accomplishes this far more effectively. Therefore, most aspects of this mitzvah require a personal visit. However, in cases where one cannot actually visit the choleh, for example, when a visit is uncomfortable for the patient or unwanted, one should call (Shu’t Igros Moshe, Yoreh Deah 1:223; Shu’t Chelkas Yaakov 2:128). Some authorities contend that it is better for a man to call, rather than visit, a hospitalized or bed-ridden woman who is not a relative, since it is difficult for an ill person to maintain the appropriate level of tzniyus (Chelkas Yaakov 3:38:3).
ALWAYS PRAY FOR GOOD HEALTH
A healthy person should daven for continuing good health, because it is far easier to pray that one remain healthy than to pray for a cure after one is already ill. This is because a healthy person remains well so long as no bad judgment is brought against him in the heavenly tribunal, whereas an ill person needs zechuyos to recover. This latter instance is not desirable for two reasons — first, the choleh may not have sufficient zechuyos, and second, even if he does, he will lose some of his zechuyos in order to get well.
Before taking medicine or undergoing other medical treatment one should recite a short prayer: “May it be Your will, Hashem my G-d, that this treatment will heal, for You are a true Healer” (Magen Avraham 230:6; Mishnah Berurah 230:6, based on Berachos 60a).
People who fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim are promised tremendous reward in Olam Haba, in addition to many rewards in this world (Shabbos 127a). Someone who fulfills the mitzvah of bikur cholim properly is considered as if he saved people’s lives and is rewarded by being spared any severe punishment (Nedarim 40a).
May Hashem send refuah shleimah to all the cholim of Klal Yisrael!
Posted on June 26, 2019 June 26, 2019 Author CBLCategories Bein Adam LeChaveiro, Editor's Pick, Parsha RelatedTags bikur cholim, visiting the sick
What May I Not Write?
Question #1: Invitations
“I was told that I should not include quotations from pesukim on my daughter’s wedding invitation. Yet, I see that ‘everyone’ does! Could you please explain the halacha?”
Question #2: Sukkah Decorations
“Someone told me that sukkah decorations should not include any pesukim. Is this true? My children bring home decorations like this from school.”
To answer these questions, we need to explain several halachic issues, including:
1. The original prohibition against writing Torah she’be’al peh, and the later “heter” to write and publish it.
2. The concern about producing divrei Torah that will not be treated appropriately.
The original prohibition against writing Torah she’be’al peh
Originally, it was prohibited to write down any Torah she’be’al peh (Gittin 60b), except for an individual’s personal notes recorded for one’s own review (Rambam, Introduction to Mishneh Torah; see also Rashi, Shabbos 6b s.v. Megilas). The Oral Torah was not permitted to be taught from a written format. Torah she’be’al peh was meant to be just that — Torah taught completely without any written text. Thus, Moshe Rabbeinu taught us the halachos of the Torah orally, and Klal Yisrael memorized them. Although each student wrote private notes for the sake of review, the Oral Torah was never taught from these notes.
The prohibition against writing Torah she’be’al peh included writing midrashim, prayers and the texts of berachos, as well as translations and commentaries of the Written Torah, since all these are considered Torah she’be’al peh. In those times, all these devarim she’be’kedusha were memorized, and the only parts of the Torah that were written were the pesukim themselves.
The Gemara (Gittin 60b) records this halacha as follows: Devarim she’be’al peh, iy atah resha’ie le’omram bichsav, “You are not permitted to transmit the Oral Torah in writing.” The Ritva (ad loc.) explains that this is because divrei Torah taught verbally are understood more precisely, whereas text learning is often misunderstood.
Another prohibition forbade writing the books of Tanach except when writing a complete sefer (Gittin 60a). Thus, one could not write out a parsha or a few pesukim for learning, although it was permitted to write an entire Chumash, such as Sefer Shemos. Similarly, one could not write out part of a sefer of Navi to study or to read the haftarah. In order to recite the haftarahs regularly, every shul needed to own all of the eight Nevi’im (Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shemuel, Melachim, Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu, Yechezkel, and Terei Asar) to read the haftarah from the appropriate sefer. Similarly, a person who wished to study Shiras Devorah or the prayer of Channah had to write the entire Sefer Shoftim or Sefer Shemuel.
Why do we no longer abide by this prohibition?
Chazal realized that it was becoming increasingly difficult for people to learn Torah and to observe certain other mitzvos, such as reading the haftarah. Therefore, they ruled that the prohibition against writing Torah must be superseded by the more vital need of keeping Torah alive among the Jews. This takanah was based on the pasuk, Eis la’asos laShem heifeiru torasecha, which is understood to mean “It is the time to act for Hashem since Your Torah is being uprooted” (Tehillim 119:126). In order to facilitate Torah study, they permitted writing individual verses and teaching Oral Torah from written texts. (We will refer to this takanah, or heter, as “eis la’asos.”)
The first part of the Oral Torah to be formally written for structured teaching was the Mishnah, edited by Rebbe (Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi) at the end of the period of the tanna’im (circa 3960/200 c.e.). To quote the Rambam, “Rebbe gathered all the laws and explanations that had been studied and interpreted by every beis din since the days of Moshe Rabbeinu and organized the Mishnah from them. He (Rebbe) proceeded to teach publicly the scholars of his generation from this text, so that the Oral Torah would not be forgotten from the Jewish people. Why did Rebbe change the method that had been used previously? Because he saw that the numbers of Torah students were decreasing, the difficulties facing the Jewish people were on the rise, the Roman Empire was becoming stronger, and the Jews were becoming increasingly scattered. He therefore authored one work that would be in the hands of all the students, to make it easier to study and remember the Oral Torah” (Introduction to Mishneh Torah).
We see that Rebbe instituted the first formalized use of a text to teach the Oral Torah, because of the new circumstances confronting klal Yisrael. After Rebbe’s days, Chazal gradually permitted writing down other texts, first Aggadah (ethical teachings of the Gemara), later the entire Gemara, and still later, the explanations and commentaries on the Gemara.
As a very important aside, we see from the end of the quoted Rambam, “to make it easier to study and remember the Oral Torah,” that even though it is now permitted to write down the Mishnah, it is still important to know the entire Oral Torah by heart.
In the context of the rule of eis la’asos, the Gemara tells us the following story:
Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakeish (amora’im in Eretz Yisrael shortly after the time of Rebbe) were studying from a Talmudic anthology of ethical teachings, a “sefer Aggadah.”
The Gemara asks, “How could they study from such a book, since it is prohibited to learn Torah from a written text?” The Gemara replies, “Since it is now impossible (to retain all the knowledge of the Torah without a written text), ‘it is the time to act for Hashem, since Your Torah is being uprooted,’” (Gittin 60a). We see that the Gemara initially assumed that it was still prohibited to study Torah from a written text, except for the study of Mishnah. The Gemara responded that the prohibition had been further relaxed because it had become even more difficult to learn Torah than it had been in the days of Rebbe.
The Gemara relates a similar episode concerning the recital of the haftarah. As mentioned above, it was originally forbidden to write part of a book of Tanach, and, therefore, every shul needed to own scrolls of all the Nevi’im in order to read the haftarahs. However, as communities became more scattered, making this increasingly difficult, the Gemara permitted the writing of special haftarah books that contained only the haftarah texts, but not the text of the entire Nevi’im. This, too, was permitted because of eis la’asos (Gittin 60a).
What else is permitted because of eis la’asos?
We see that in order to facilitate Torah learning, Chazal permitted the writing of the Oral Torah and parts of the books of the Written Torah. To what extent did they override the original prohibition?
This is a dispute among early poskim, some contending that it is permitted to write only as much as is necessary to prevent Torah from being forgotten. According to this opinion, it is prohibited to write or print even tefillos that include pesukim when they are not intended for learning Torah (Rif and Milchemes Hashem, Shabbos Chapter 16). This opinion also prohibits translating Tanach into any language other than the original Aramaic Targum, because proper translations constitute Torah she’be’al peh. In addition, this opinion prohibits the printing of a parsha of Chumash in order to teach Torah, since one could write or print the entire sefer (Rambam, Hilchos Sefer Torah 7:14; Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 283:2).
Other poskim permit the writing of any Torah that one uses to learn. Thus, they permit writing a single parsha in order to teach Torah (Taz, Yoreh Deah 283:1; Shach, Yoreh Deah 283:3) and the translating of Tanach into any language. These poskim rally support to their opinion from the fact that Rav Saadya Gaon wrote sefarim in Arabic, including commentaries on Tanach (Ran, Shabbos,Chapter 16).
Both opinions agree that it is prohibited to publish translations of Tanach that will not be used to spread Torah knowledge (Ran, Shabbos, Chapter 16).
How does this prohibition affect us?
All of the opinions quoted above prohibit writing disparate parts of the Written Torah and any of the Oral Torah in situations where there is no Torah benefit. For this reason, early poskim note that one may not embroider a pasuk or a beracha on a talis, since writing thisdoes not serve to teach Torah (Rabbeinu Yerucham, quoted by Beis Yosef, and Taz, Yoreh Deah 283:3. It should be noted that the Levush is more lenient, see Shach, Yoreh Deah 283:6.).
Another concern
There is an additional reason why one should not embroider pesukim on a talis. Since the talis could be brought into an unclean place, it is not proper to have a pasuk written on it.
A third concern – causing the words of Torah to be destroyed
To explain this concept, we must first introduce a surprising statement of the Gemara: Ko’sevei berachos kesorfei Torah, “Those who write berachos (to enable people to recite them) are considered as if they burnt the Torah” (Shabbos 115b). What does this Gemara mean? We would think that these individuals have performed a tremendous mitzvah, since they have enabled people to recite berachos correctly!
This statement was authored at the time when it was still prohibited to write down the Oral Torah. At that time, it was forbidden to teach any halachos in written form, even the correct text of a beracha. Everything had to be taught orally. Therefore, the Gemara states that by writing a beracha, even without the name of Hashem (Shu’t Tashbeitz #2), one is violating the halacha by teaching Torah she’be’al peh in writing.
But why is it considered like “burning the Torah”?
This Gemara introduces a new prohibition. Someone who writes prohibited Torah works is considered culpable afterwards, if those divrei Torah become consumed by a fire! Writing unnecessarily, which results in subsequent destruction, is akin to burning Torah.
We know that it is prohibited to erase or destroy the Name of Hashem (Shabbos 120b), and that this prohibition includes erasing or destroying words of Torah and all other holy writings, including notes of Torah classes, stories of Chazal, sefarim for learning, “benschers,” etc., even if they do not include Hashem’s Name (Shu’t Tashbeitz #2). Therefore, even small benschers, tefillos haderech and similar items published with abbreviated names of Hashem are still considered divrei Torah imbued with kedusha. For the above reason, one must treat these items with proper care and dignity and place them in sheimos when they become unusable.
It is also prohibited to cause an indirect destruction of words of the Torah or to produce divrei Torah that might subsequently be destroyed. This prohibition exists whenever there is insufficient reason to write and publish the divrei Torah. For this reason, the Gemara states that someone who wrote berachos when it was prohibited to do so is held responsible, if the words of Torah are subsequently destroyed.
Although, nowadays, we are permitted to write and print berachos and siddurim to enable people to recite them properly, it is forbidden to produce these items unnecessarily. It is certainly prohibited to put pesukim, parts of pesukim, or divrei Torah in places where it is likely that they will be treated improperly. Both of these reasons preclude writing pesukim on Sukkah decorations, unless one can assume that they will be properly cared for.
How much of a pasuk is considered to be divrei Torah?
Even three words in a row are considered a pasuk that may not be written without sufficient reason (see Gittin 6b). However, if the letters are improperly or incompletely formed or spelled, it is permitted (Shu’t Tashbeitz #2).
For this reason, some people print on invitations the following, Naaleh es Yerushalayim al rosh simchaseinu, “We will place our memories of Yerushalayim above our celebrations.” This is permitted, because it is not a quotation of a pasuk, although it is similar to the posuk in Tehillim 137:5.
There is another solution that may be used: rearranging the words of the pasuk so that they are not in the correct order. When doing this, one must be certain that one does not have three words in the proper order.
I once received an invitation which stated on the cover, Yom zeh asah Hashem nismecha venagila bo, “This day was made by Hashem. We shall rejoice and celebrate on it.” The person who prepared this quotation had done his halachic research. Although very similar to the pasuk, “Zeh hayom asah Hashem nagilah v’nismecha bo” (Tehillim 118:24), the words of the original pasuk were transposed in such a way that there were no longer three consecutive words together!
Some authorities permit printing pesukim if marks are placed between the words, or if the words are not in a straight line. They feel that these arrangements of words do not constitute pesukim (cf. Shu’t Tashbeitz #2 who disagrees).
Some producers of “lulav bags” are meticulously careful not to quote three words of the pasuk in order. Thus, they write, “Ulekachtem lachem… kapos temarim…usemachtem” avoiding writing three consecutive words of a pasuk (Vayikra 23:40). This is permitted.
Perhaps people who print pesukim on invitations rely on the fact that this is considered mere poetic writing style, or that the printer has no intent to produce divrei kedusha. However, recent authorities prohibit this practice. In Sivan 5750/June ’90, an open letter signed by the poskei hador warned that advertisements, invitations, receipts, signs, and raffle tickets should not include pesukim or parts of pesukim, except when the pasuk is written as part of literary style, with no connection to its context.
We live in an age of proliferation of written material. Many pamphlets have the positive value of spreading Torah. We must be careful to show our honor to Hashem by treating pesukim and divrei Torah with proper respect. May we always merit demonstrating Hashem’s honor in the appropriate way!
Posted on June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 Author CBLCategories Halacha ArticlesTags pesukim, writing divrei Torah, writing pesukim
Nu, so, what is new?
The laws of Chodosh
By Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Question #1: New mitzvah?!
“When I was young, I do not think I ever heard about a prohibition called chodosh, or that something was yoshon. These days, I am constantly hearing these terms. Do we now have a new mitzvah?”
Question #2: New\Old Visitor
“We have decided to stay permanently in Eretz Yisrael, but we visit the United States a few times a year. Do we need to be concerned about chodosh when we visit?”
Before addressing the issue underlying both questions, which is whether the prohibition of chodosh applies outside Eretz Yisrael, we must first study some essential details of the mitzvah. The Torah teaches in parshas Emor:
“Bread, sweet flour made from toasted kernels, or the toasted kernels themselves, may not be eaten until that very day – until you bring the offering to your G-d. This is a law that you must always observe throughout your generations in all your dwelling places” (Vayikra 23:14). “That very day” refers to the second day of Pesach, the day that the korban omer, the “offering” mentioned in the pasuk, is brought. (This is the same day that we begin counting the omer, a practice we continue until Shavuos.)
The Mishnah (Menachos 70a) explains that this mitzvah applies only to the five species that we usually categorize as grain, which Rashi (Pesachim 35a) defines as wheat, barley, spelt, oats and rye. The Gemara (Menachos 70b) demonstrates that the laws of chodosh apply to the same varieties of grain that can become chometz.
What Permits the New Grain?
We should note that the Torah mentions two different factors that permit the new grain – it “may not be eaten until that very day – until you bring the offering to your G-d.” This seems to be a bit contradictory. What permits the new grain, the day or the offering that transpires in the course of the day?
Will It be Brought?
The Gemara (Menachos 68a) concludes that it depends on whether a korban omer will be offered that particular year. Until the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed, a korban omer was brought annually, and offering this korban permitted the new grain, thereby fulfilling “may not be eaten… until you bring the offering to your G-d.” After the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed, it is the day that permits the new grain.
There is a further question: When there is no korban omer at what point during the day does the new grain become permitted?
The Gemara quotes a dispute concerning this fact, whether, is it the beginning of the day or its end. The Gemara concludes that even those who permit the new grain at the beginning of the day, this is only min haTorah, but they agree that miderabbanan the new grain is not permitted until the day ends (Sukkah 41b).
“New” Grain versus “Old” Grain
This new grain is called chodosh, literally, new. Once Pesach passes, the grain is called yoshon, old, even though it may have been planted only a few days before. The promotion from chodosh to yoshon transpires automatically on the second day of Pesach – all the existing chodosh becomes yoshon grain on that day, even that which is still growing. The only requirement is that by then the grain has taken root. Thus, designating the grain as “old” does not mean that it is either wizened or rancid. Grain planted in the late winter or early spring often becomes permitted well before it even completed growing. On the other hand, grain that took root after the second day of Pesach is categorized as “new” grain that may not be eaten until the second day of the next Pesach, the following year.
How Do We Know That It Is Newly Rooted?
Since most of us spend little time subterraneanly, how are we to know when the newly planted seeds decided to take root? This question is already debated by the Tanna’im. The halachic authorities dispute whether we assume that seeds take root three days after planting or not until fourteen days after planting. If we assume that they take root in only three days, then grain planted on the thirteenth of Nisan is permitted after the sixteenth. This is because the remaining part of the thirteenth day counts as the first day, and the fifteenth day of Nisan (the first day of Pesach) is the third day, and we therefore assume that the new grain rooted early enough to become permitted. However, grain that was planted on the fourteenth, Erev Pesach, is forbidden until the following year (Terumas Hadeshen #151; Pischei Teshuvah, Yoreh Deah 293:4, 5; Aruch Hashulchan).
According to those who conclude that it takes fourteen days to take root, the grain that is planted on the thirteenth does not become permitted until the next year. In addition, any grain planted on the third of Nisan or afterwards will not be permitted until the coming year, whereas that planted on the second of Nisan becomes permitted. We count the second of Nisan as the first day, which makes the fifteenth of Nisan the fourteenth day, and the grain took root early enough so that the sixteenth of Nisan permits it (Nekudos Hakesef; Dagul Meirevavah; Shu”t Noda Biyehudah 2:Orach Chayim:84).
What’s New in Chutz La’aretz?
Now that we understand some basic information about chodosh, we can discuss whether this mitzvah applies to grain growing outside Eretz Yisrael. Following the general rule that agricultural mitzvos, mitzvos hateluyos ba’aretz, apply only in Eretz Yisrael, we should assume that this mitzvah does not apply to grain that grew in chutz la’aretz. Indeed, this is the position of the Tanna Rabbi Yishmael (Kiddushin 37a). However, Rabbi Eliezer disagrees, contending that the mitzvah applies also in chutz la’aretz.
This dispute is based on differing interpretations of an unusual verse. When closing its instructions concerning the mitzvah of chodosh, the Torah concludes: “This is a law that you must always observe throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.” Why did the Torah add the last words, “in all your dwelling places”? Would we think that a mitzvah applies only in some dwellings and not in others?
The Tanna’im mentioned above dispute how we are to understand these unusual words. Rabbi Eliezer explains that “in all your dwelling places” teaches that this prohibition, chodosh, is an exception to the rule of mitzvos hateluyos ba’aretz and applies to all your dwelling places – even those outside Eretz Yisrael. Thus, although we have a usual rule that mitzvos hateluyos ba’aretz apply only in Eretz Yisrael, the Torah itself taught that chodosh is an exception and applies even in chutz la’aretz.
Rabbi Yishmael explains the words “in all your dwelling places” to mean the mitzvah applies only after the land was conquered and settled. As a result, he contends that chodosh indeed follows the general rule of agricultural mitzvos and applies only in Eretz Yisrael.
The New Planting
When a farmer plants his crops depends on many factors, including what variety or strain he is planting, climate and weather conditions, and even perhaps his own personal schedule. At times in history, even non-Jewish religious observances were considerations, as we see from the following incident:
The Rosh reports that, in his day, whether most of the new grain was chodosh or yoshon depended on when the gentiles’ religious seasons fell out. Apparently, in his day sometimes the gentiles planted well before Pesach, and in those years there was no chodosh concern, since the new grain became permitted while it was still growing. However, there were years in which the gentiles refrained from planting until much later, and in those years the new grain was chodosh (Shu”t HaRosh 2:1). In addition, they had a practice not to plant during the xian holiday season that they call Lent. Sometimes Lent fell during Pesach and the xians planted before, and sometimes it fell earlier and they planted after Pesach, in which case there was a chodosh problem. We therefore find the rather anomalous situation in which the Rosh needed to find out exactly when the gentiles observed their religious month to know whether the grain was chodosh or yoshon.
What is New in Agriculture?
But one minute — the Rosh lived in Europe, first in Germany and then in Spain. Why was he concerned about chodosh? Should this not be an agricultural mitzvah that does not apply to produce grown outside of Eretz Yisrael? From the citation above, we see that the Rosh ruled that chodosh is prohibited even in chutz la’aretz. The Rosh is not alone. Indeed, most, but not all, of the Rishonim and poskim conclude that chodosh applies to all grain regardless of where it grows, since we see from the Gemara that chodosh was practiced in Bavel, even though it is outside Eretz Yisrael (Menachos 68b). However, notwithstanding that the Rosh, the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch all prohibit chodosh grown in chutz la’aretz, the traditional approach among Ashkenazic Jewry was to permit the use of new grain. Why were they lenient when most authorities rule like Rabbi Eliezer that chodosh is prohibited even outside Eretz Yisrael?
Later authorities suggest several reasons to permit consuming the new grain.
Doubly Doubtful
Many authorities permitted the new grain because the new crop may have been planted early enough to be permitted, and, in addition, the possibility exists that the available grain is from a previous crop year, which is certainly permitted. This approach accepts that chodosh applies equally in chutz la’aretz as it does in Eretz Yisrael, but contends that when one is uncertain whether the grain available is chodosh or yoshon, one can rely that it is yoshon. Because of this double doubt, called a sefeik sefeika, many major authorities permitted people to consume the available grain (Rema, Yoreh Deah 293). However, we should note that this heter is dependent on available information, and these authorities agree that when one knows that the grain being used is chodosh one may not consume it.
The Rosh accepted this approach, and was careful to monitor the planting seasons so as to ascertain each year whether the grain was planted in a time that caused a chodosh issue. In years that there was a chodosh problem, he refrained from eating the new grain – however, it is interesting to note, that he was extremely careful not to point out his concerns to others. He further notes that his rebbe, the Maharam, followed the same practice, but said nothing about this to others. Thus, we see that some early gedolim were strict for themselves about observing chodosh but said nothing to others out of concern that they would be unable to observe chodosh. This practice was followed in the contemporary world by such great luminaries as Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, who was personally stringent not to eat chodosh, but was careful not to tell anyone, even family members, who followed the lenient approaches that I will soon share.
Another Heter
Other authorities permitted the chutz la’aretz grain, relying on the minority of early poskim who treat chodosh as a mitzvah that applies only in Eretz Yisrael (Taz; Aruch Hashulchan). This is based on a Gemara that states that when something has not been ruled definitively, one may rely on a minority opinion under extenuating circumstances (Niddah 9b).
This dispute then embroils one in a different issue: When the Gemara rules that under extenuating circumstances one may rely on a minority opinion, is this true only when dealing with a rabbinic prohibition, or may one do so even when dealing with a potential Torah prohibition. The Taz and Aruch Hashulchan, who permitted chodosh for this reason, conclude that one may follow a minority opinion even when dealing with a potential Torah prohibition. The Shach rejects this approach, and concludes that one must be stringent when one knows that the grain is chodosh (Nekudos Hakesef. See also his Pilpul Behanhagos Horaah, located after Yoreh Deah 242; cf. the Bach’s essay on the same topic, published in the back of the Tur Yoreh Deah, where he rules leniently on this issue.)
The Bach’s Heter
Another halachic basis to permit use of the new grain is that chodosh applies only to grain that grows in a field owned by a Jew, and not to grain grown in a field owned by a non-Jew. Since most fields are owned by gentiles, one can be lenient when one does not know the origin of the grain and assume that it was grown in a gentile’s field, and it is therefore exempt from chodosh laws. This last approach, often referred to simply as “the Bach’s heter,” is the basis upon which most Ashkenazic Jewry relied.
We may note that the Rosh, quoted above, rejects this heter, and that Tosafos (Kiddushin 37a end of s.v. kol), the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch also reject this approach. Similarly, the above-quoted responsum from the Rosh explicitly rejects this logic and contends that chodosh applies to grain grown in a gentile’s field.
Nevertheless, common custom accepted this the heter that grain grown in a non-Jew’s field is exempt from chodosh; even many gedolei Yisroel accepted this approach. The Bach notes that many of the greatest luminaries of early Ashkenazic Jewry, including Rav Shachna and the Maharshal, were lenient regarding chodosh use in their native Europe. He shares that as a young man he advanced his theory that chodosh does not exist in a field owned by a gentile to the greatest scholars of that generation, and that they all accepted it.
The Bach himself further contends that although the Rosh in his responsum rejected this approach, the Rosh subsequently changed his mind, and in his halachic code, which was written after his responsa (see Tur, Choshen Mishpat, end of Chapter (72, he omits mention that the prohibition of chodosh applies to gentile-grown grain.
Thus, those residing in chutz la’aretz have a right to follow the accepted practice, as indeed did many, if not most, of the gedolei Yisrael. However, others, such as the Mishnah Berurah, rule strictly about this issue.
Until fairly recently, many rabbonim felt that those who are strict about the prohibition should observe the law of chodosh discreetly. Some contend that one should do so because they feel that observing chodosh has the status of chumrah, and the underlying principle when observing any chumrah is hatznei’ah leches – they should be observed modestly. (See Michtav Mei’eliyahu Volume 3, page 294.) Others feel that the practice of being lenient was based on an extenuating circumstance that is no longer valid, since yoshon is fairly available in most large Jewish communities, and that, on the contrary, we should let people be aware so that they can observe the mitzvah.
North American Hechsherim
The assumption of virtually all hechsherim is that unless mentioned otherwise, they rely on the halachic opinion of the Bach. Many decades ago, Rav Aharon Soloveichek pioneered his own personal hechsher that did not follow either the heter of the Bach or that of the Taz and the Aruch Hashulchan. He further insisted that the yeshivos that he served as Rosh Yeshivah serve exclusively food that did not rely on these heterim. Today, there are a few other hechsherim that follow this approach, whereas the majority of North American hechsherim accept the heter of the Bach.
With this background, we can now address the first question that began our article. “When I was young, I do not think I ever heard about a prohibition called chodosh, or that something was yoshon. These days, I am constantly hearing the term. Do we now have a new mitzvah?”
The answer is that the mitzvah is not new. When you were young, most halachic authorities either felt that one could rely on the opinion of the Bach, or felt that one should keep the topic quiet. Today, many feel that one may and should advertise the availability of yoshon products.
In addition, there is interesting agricultural background to this question. At one point in history, the flour commonly sold in the United States was from the previous year’s crop, and was always yoshon. Rav Yaakov used to monitor the situation, and when the United States no longer followed this practice, he began to freeze flour so that he would have a supply during the winter and spring months when chodosh is a concern.
In the spring and early summer, there is no concern about chodosh in the United States, since all fresh grain products then available became permitted on the sixteenth of Nisan. Usually, the earliest chodosh products begin coming to market is midsummer, and some products do not appear until the fall.
Visitors from Abroad
At this point, we can begin to answer the second question: “We have decided to stay permanently in Eretz Yisrael, but we visit the States a few times a year. Do we need to be concerned about chodosh when we visit?”
As I mentioned above, someone who lives in chutz la’aretz has the halachic right not to be concerned about observing chodosh on grain that grows in chutz la’aretz. The question is whether someone who has moved to Eretz Yisrael where the prevailing custom is to be stringent, and is now visiting chutz la’aretz has the same right. This matter is disputed, and I have discussed it with many poskim, most of whom felt that one should be machmir.
In explaining the reason for this mitzvah, Rav Hirsch notes that one of man’s greatest enemies is success, for at that moment man easily forgets his Creator and views himself as master of his own success and his own destiny. For this reason, the Torah created several mitzvos whose goal is to remind and discipline us to always recognize Hashem‘s role. Among these is the mitzvah of chodosh, wherein we are forbidden from consuming the new grain until the offering of the korban omer, which thereby reminds us that this year’s crop is here only because of Hashem (Horeb, Section 2 Chapter 42). Whether one follows the Bach’s approach to the chodosh laws or not, one should make note every time he sees a reference to yoshon and chodosh to recognize that success is our enemy, and that humility is our savior.
Posted on May 17, 2019 May 17, 2019 Author CBLCategories Editor's Pick, Eretz Yisroel, MitzvahsTags chodosh, yoshon
The Mourning Period of Sefirah
What Are the Guidelines for Aveilus Observed During the Sefirah Weeks?
Reason for Mourning
The midrash teaches that one reason for the counting of the omer is so that we again experience the excitement of anticipating the receiving of the Torah (quoted by Ran, end of Pesachim). At the same time, it is unfortunate that this very same part of the year has witnessed much tragedy for the Jewish people. Indeed, the Mishnah (Eduyos 2:10) points out that the season between Pesach and Shavuos is a time of travail. One major calamity that befell us during this season is the plague that took the lives of the 24,000 disciples of Rabbi Akiva. They died within several weeks in one year between Pesach and Shavuos because they did not treat one another with proper respect (Yevamos 62b). The world was desolated by the loss of Torah until Rabbi Akiva went to the southern part of Eretz Yisroel to teach five great scholars, Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehudah, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Rabbi Yosi, and Rabbi Elozor ben Shamua, who became the upholders of the future of Torah.
Again, in the time of the Crusades, terrible tragedies happened to the Jewish communities of the Rhine River Valley during the period between Pesach and Shavuos (Taz and Aruch Hashulchan, Orach Chayim 493). Some of these catastrophes are recorded in the Kinos that we recite on Tisha B’Av. The reciting of “Av Harachamim” after Kerias HaTorah on Shabbos was introduced as a testimonial to remember these holy communities who perished in sanctification of Hashem’s Name rather than accept baptism.
What Practices Are Prohibited?
Because of the tragic passing of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples, the minhag was establishedto treat the sefirah period as a time of mourning and to prohibit the conducting of weddings during this season. It is interesting to note that, although it is forbidden to hold a wedding during this season, if someone schedules a wedding during this season in violation of the accepted practice of the community, we do not penalize him for having done so (Teshuvos Hage’onim #278). Thus, although this person violated the community rules by scheduling the wedding, others may attend the wedding (see Shu”t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 2:95). There are poskim who permit weddings under extenuating circumstances, such as concern that a delay may cause the engagement to be broken (Aruch Hashulchan, Orach Chayim 493:2).
In addition to abstaining from weddings, certain other mourning practices are observed during the period of sefirah. One does not take a haircut during this season (Tur Orach Chayim Chapter 493). However, if there is a bris during sefirah, the mohel, the sandek, and the father of the baby are permitted to have their hair cut in honor of the occasion (Rema), but not the kvatter or those who are honored with “cheika,” who are those who bring the baby closer to the bris (Mishnah Berurah 493:12). Those who are permitted to have their hair cut in honor of the occasion may even have their hair cut the evening before (Mishnah Berurah 493:13).
Dancing is not permitted during the sefirah season (Magen Avraham). Listening to music is likewise prohibited (Shu”t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 1:166; Shu”t Minchas Yitzchok 1:111; Shu”t Yechaveh Daas 3:30). One is permitted to teach, learn, or play music if it is for his livelihood (Shu”t Igros Moshe 3:87). This is permitted since he is not playing for enjoyment. However, one should not take music lessons for pleasure.
Rav Moshe Feinstein ruled that if a wedding took place on Lag B’omer or before or on Rosh Chodesh Iyar (in places where this is the accepted practice, see below), it is permitted to celebrate the week of sheva berachos with live music and dancing (Shu”t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 2:95). There are others who disagree (Shu”t Minchas Yitzchok 1:111. See Piskei Teshuvos Chapter 493 footnotes 39 and 81, who quotes many authorities on both sides of the question.).
Although certain mourning practices are observed during sefirah, many practices that are prohibited during the three weeks or the nine days preceding Tisha B’Av are permitted. For example, house remodeling, which is prohibited during “the Nine Days”is permitted during the sefirah period (Shu”t Yechaveh Daas 3:30). Similarly, although during the Nine Days one is discouraged from doing things that are dangerous, no such concern is mentioned in regard to the period of sefirah. Thus, although the Minchas Elozor reports that he knew of people who would not travel during sefirah, he rules that it is permitted and that this practice is without halachic basis (Shu”t Minchas Elozor 4:44).
In a similar vein, according to most poskim, one may recite a brocha of shehechiyanu on a new garment or a new fruitduring the period of sefirah (Maamar Mordechai 493:2; Kaf Hachayim, Orach Chayim 493:4). The Maamar Mordechai explains that the custom not to recite shehechiyanu is a mistake that developed because of confusion with the three weeks before Tisha B’Av, when one should not recite a shehechiyanu (Maamar Mordechai 493:2). However, there are early poskim who record a custom not to recite shehechiyanu during the mourning period of sefirah (Piskei Teshuvos, quoting Leket Yosher).
It is permitted during sefirah to sing or to have a festive meal without music (Graz; Aruch Hashulchan). It is also permitted to make an engagement party (a vort) or a tnoyim during the sefirah period, provided that there is no music or dancing (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim Chapter 493 and Magen Avraham).
When Do We Observe Mourning?
There are numerous customs regarding which days of sefirah are to be kept as a period of mourning. The Shulchan Aruch rules that the mourning period runs from the beginning of the sefirah counting and ends on the thirty-fourth day of the omer count (Beis Yosef and Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim Chapter 493; Kaf Hachayim 493:25). In his opinion, there is no celebration on Lag B’Omer, and it is forbidden to schedule a wedding on that day! The source for this opinion is a medrash that states that the plague that caused the deaths of the disciples of Rabbi Akiva ended fifteen days before Shavuos. According to the Shulchan Aruch’s understanding, the last day of the plague was the thirty-fourth day of the omer. Thus, the mourning ends fifteen days before Shavuos, on the day after Lag B’Omer.
However, the generally accepted practice is to treat the thirty-third day of the Omer count as a day of celebration (Rema and Darchei Moshe, Orach Chayim Chapter 493, quoting Maharil) because, according to this tradition, the last day of the tragedy was the thirty-third day of the Omer (Gra). There are several other reasons mentioned why Lag B’Omer should be treated as a day of celebration. Some record that it is celebrated because it is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the author of the Zohar (Birkei Yosef; Chayei Adam, Klal 131:11; Aruch Hashulchan). Others say that it is celebrated because it is the day that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was able to leave the cave in which he had been hiding (Aruch Hashulchan). Another reason recorded for celebrating this day is because it was the day that Rabbi Akiva granted semichah to his surviving disciples (Kaf Hachayim, Orach Chayim 493:26). Others record that it was the first day that the mann began falling for the Jews in the desert (Shu”t Chasam Sofer, Yoreh Deah #233, s.v. Amnam yodati).
According to Maharil and Rema, the evening of Lag B’Omer should be included in the mourning period and the celebration should not begin until daytime. In their opinion, Lag B’Omer is still counted as one of the thirty-three days of mourning. The aveilos period ends on the morning of Lag B’Omer because of a concept called miktzas hayom ki’chulloh, which means that the last day of mourning does not need to be a complete day (Moed Katan 19b). If one observes the beginning of the day in mourning, the entire day is included in the count of the mourning days. For this reason, someone getting up from sitting shiva does so on the morning of the seventh day. Observing mourning requirements at the beginning of the seventh day satisfies the requirement to observe the seventh day of shiva. Similarly, one satisfies the requirement to observe the thirty-third day of sefirah mourning by observing mourning only at the beginning of that day. According to this approach, one should not conduct a wedding on the evening of Lag B’Omer, but only in the daytime. This is because we paskin according to the opinions that the principle of miktzas hayom ki’chulloh applies only if the mourning was observed in the daytime, and it is insufficient to observe aveilos only in the evening of the seventh day.
However, there are other opinions that permit scheduling a wedding already on the evening of the thirty-third, at least under extenuating circumstances (see Graz 493:5; Kaf Hachayim, Orach Chayim 493:28; Shu”t Igros Moshe 1:159). Some explain that, since we consider Lag B’Omer to be a day of celebration, it is not counted as one of the days of mourning (see Chok Yaakov 493:6 and Kaf Hachayim, Orach Chayim 493:28). Thus, there are some poskim who contend that there are only thirty-two days in the sefirah mourning period (Graz 493:5). Another reason to permit scheduling a wedding the evening of Lag B’Omer is based on the opinion that miktzas hayom ki’chulloh applies even when one observes the mourning only at night (Ramban, Toras Ho’adam, Chavel edition page 215). Thus, according to this approach, it is sufficient to have the beginning of the night of Lag B’Omer as a mourning period. (It should be noted that, according to this opinion, shiva ends in the evening of the seventh day, not in the morning.)
When Lag B’Omer falls on Shabbos or Sunday, there is a dispute among early poskim whether it is permitted to get a haircut on Friday in honor of Shabbos. The accepted practice is to permit it (Rema, Orach Chayim 493:2 and Be’er Heiteiv ad loc.). Apparently, the combined honor of Shabbos and the approaching Lag B’Omer together supersede the mourning of sefirah. Some poskim even permit a wedding to take place on the Friday afternoon before Lag B’Omer that falls out on Sunday (Shu”t Ha’elef Lecho Shelomoh, Orach Chayim #330). (Bear in mind that the custom in Eastern Europe, going back hundreds of years, was to schedule weddings on Friday afternoon.)
Are those who follow the practice of observing mourning during the beginning of sefirah permitted to play music during Chol Ha’moed? This subject is disputed by poskim, but the accepted practice is to permit music during Chol Ha’moed (see Piskei Teshuvos 493:6).
There are several other customs that observe the mourning dates of sefirah in different ways. Some observe the mourning period the entire time of sefirah until Shavuos except for Yom Tov, Chol Ha’moed, and Rosh Chodesh (and also, presumably, Lag B’Omer). Therefore, they permit the playing of music on Chol Ha’moed and holding weddings and playing music on Rosh Chodesh. (One cannot have a wedding on Chol Ha’moed for an unrelated reason. The sanctity of Yom Tov precludes celebrating a wedding on this day; see Moed Katan 8b.)This approach is based on an early source that states that Rabbi Akiva’s disciples died only on the thirty-three days of sefirah when tachanun is recited, thus excluding the days of Shabbos, Yom Tov, Chol Ha’moed, and Rosh Chodesh (Bach, Orach Chayim quoting Tosafos). If one subtracts from the forty-nine days of sefirah the days of Pesach, Chol Ha’moed, Rosh Chodesh, and the Shabbosos, one is left with thirty-three days. It is on these days that the mourning is observed. (This approach assumes that in earlier times tachanun was recited during the month of Nisan and during the several days before Shavuos.)
Another, similar, custom is to observe the mourning period only from the second day of Iyar until Rosh Chodesh, with the exception of Lag B’Omer. This approach assumes that the mourning period is only on the days when tachanun is said, but does not assume that there are thirty-three days of mourning.
Yet another custom recorded is to refrain from taking haircuts or making weddings from the beginning of sefirah until the morning of Lag B’Omer, but after Lag B’Omer to observe partial mourning by refraining from weddings, although haircuts are permitted. This approach follows the assumption that the original custom of aveilus during sefirah was based on the fact that the plague that killed the disciples of Rabbi Akiva ended on Lag B’Omer. Later, because of the tragedies of the Crusades period, the custom developed not to schedule weddings between Lag B’Omer and Shavuos. However, the mourning period instituted because of the tragedies of the Crusades was not accepted as strictly, and it was permitted to take haircuts(Taz, Orach Chayim 493:2). This is the prevalent custom followed today by Ashkenazim in Eretz Yisroel.
Still others have the custom that the mourning period does not begin until after Rosh Chodesh Iyar, but then continues until Shavuos (Maharil, quoted by Darchei Moshe, Orach Chayim 493:3). This approach assumes that the thirty-three days of mourning are contiguous, but that the mourning period does not begin until after the month of Nisan is over. In Salonica, they observed a Sefardic version of this custom: They practiced the mourning period of sefirah from after Rosh Chodesh Iyar until Shavuos. However, they took haircuts on the thirty-fourth day of the sefirah count (cited by Shu”t Dvar Moshe, Orach Chayim #32).
A similar custom existed in many communities in Lithuania and northern Poland, where they kept the mourning period of sefirah from the first day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar until the morning of the third day of Sivan. According to this practice, weddings were permitted during the three days before Shavuos. This practice was based on the assumption that the disciples of Rabbi Akiva died after Lag B’Omer until Shavuos (Aruch Hashulchan, based on Gemara Yevamos). Magen Avraham reports that this was the custom in his area (Danzig/Gdansk); Chayei Adam reports that this was the practice in his city (Vilna); and Aruch Hashulchan report that this was the custom in his community (Novardok). These customs are followed to this day in communities where weddings are allowed after Pesach until the end of the month of Nisan.
Rav Moshe Feinstein points out that although these customs differ as to which days are considered days of mourning, the premise of most of the customs is the same: Thirty-three days of sefirah should be observed as days of mourning in memory of the disciples of Rabbi Akiva. In Rav Moshe’s opinion, these different customs should be considered as one minhag, and the differences between them are variations in observing the same minhag (Shu”t Igros Moshe 1:159). This has major halachic ramifications, as we shall see.
Can One Change From One Custom to Another?
We would usually assume that someone must follow the same practice as his parents – or the practice of his community – because of the principle of al titosh toras imecha, “do not forsake the Torah of your mother” (Mishlei 1:8). This posuk is understood by Chazal to mean that we are obligated to observe a practice that our parents observed. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein contends that many of the different customs currently observed are considered to be one minhag, and that, when this is the case, changing from one custom to another that is based on the same halachic considerations does not constitute changing one’s minhag and therefore permitted. There is evidence that other, earlier poskim agreed that a community may change its custom how it observes the mourning days of sefirah (see Shu”t Chasam Sofer, Orach Chayim #142). According to this opinion, the specific dates that one observes are not considered part of the minhag and are not necessarily binding on each individual, as long as he observes thirty-three days of sefirah mourning.
How Should a Community Conduct Itself?
The Rema rules that, although each of the various customs mentioned has halachic validity (Darkei Moshe, Orach Chayim 493:3), each community should be careful to follow only one practice, and certainly not follow the leniencies of two different customs. If a community follows two different practices, it appears that Hashem’s chosen people are following two different versions of the Torah, G-d forbid.
Rav Moshe Feinstein points out that the Rema is discussing a community that has only one beis din or only one Rav. Under these circumstances, the entire community must follow the exact same practice for sefirah. However, in a city where there are many rabbonim and kehilos, each of which has its own custom regarding the observance of sefirah, there is no requirement for the entire community to follow one practice (Shu”t Igros Moshe Orach Chayim 1:159). Thus, there is no requirement that everyone in a large city follow the same custom for sefirah, unless it has been accepted that the community has one standard custom.
Of course, as in all matters of halacha, each community should follow its practices and rabbonim, and each individual should follow the ruling of his Rav.
Attending a Wedding During One’s Mourning Period
If a friend schedules a wedding for a time that one is keeping sefirah, one is permitted to attend and celebrate the wedding, even listening to music and dancing (Shu”t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 1:159).
Thus, although I am required to have a mourning period during sefirah of at least thirty-three days, I may attend the wedding of a friend or acquaintance that is scheduled at a time that I keep the mourning period of sefirah. However, Rav Moshe rules that if one is going to a wedding on a day that he is keeping sefirah, he should not shave, unless his unshaved appearance will disturb the simcha (Shu”t Igros Moshe, Orach Chayim 2:95).
We should all hope and pray that the season between Pesach and Shavuos should cease from being a time of travail, but instead revert to being a time of total excitement in anticipation of the receiving of the Torah.
Posted on May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 Author CBLCategories Halacha Articles, HolidaysTags aveilus, Lag B'Omer, mourning, sefirah
Question #1: Showing a Rainbow
Should you call someone’s attention to the fact that there is a rainbow?
Are you supposed to look for a rainbow?
Question #2: Niagara Falls
Does one recite a brocha when seeing a rainbow that is not after a storm, such as what one sees at Niagara Falls?
Question #3: How much?
How much of a rainbow must one see to recite a brocha?
An entire chapter of Shulchan Aruch is devoted to two short brochos, one recited when one sees a rainbow, and one called birkas hachamah, which we recite only once every 28 years. Both of these brochos are included under the general category called birchos ha’re’iyah, brochos recited upon seeing specific things, whose halachos are spread across nine chapters of Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim, from chapter 221-229).
Since the next recital of birkas hachamah will not be for a number of years, and the brocha on the rainbow is based in this week’s parsha, this article will discuss the latter brocha. The common text that we recite for this brocha is, “Boruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam Zocheir habris ve’ne’eman bivriso vekayom bema’amaro,” “Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the Universe, Who remembers the covenant, is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.” It should be noted that the version quoted by the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 229:1) has a slight difference – it is missing a vov before the word “ne’eman,” thus reading: “Boruch… Zocheir habris, Ne’eman bivriso vekayom bema’amaro,” and is translated as two sentences, “Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the Universe, Who remembers the covenant. He is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.”
Unusual brocha
Isn’t this a strange text for a brocha referring to Hashem? In what other brocha do we discuss Hashem’s trustworthiness and memory?
The answer is that the world is full of evil people who could be the cause for its destruction. The reason that the world is not destroyed is because Hashem promised Noach that He would not put an end to it. The additional words, that “He… fulfills His word,” are because, as we will soon see, the Torah does not mention that there was any promise or oath — simply Hashem’s declaration to Noach (Avudraham, page 187).
Before analyzing further the brocha and the Gemara that teaches us this mitzvah, let us read the pesukim in this week’s parsha, upon which this brocha is based.
Rainbow way up high
After Noach and his family exited the teivah, Hashem tells them, “I am establishing My covenant with you and the descendants that will follow you… and I will confirm My covenant with you that I will never again destroy all flesh with the waters of the flood, and there never again will be a flood to destroy the earth. And G-d said: This is the sign of My covenant that I am providing between Me and between you and all living creatures that are among you, for all future generations. I have placed My rainbow in the clouds, and it will provide a sign of a covenant between Me and between the earth. And it should be, when I place a cloud over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the cloud. I will then remember My covenant that is between Me and you and all living creatures, and the water will never become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the rainbow is in the cloud, I will see it and remember the eternal covenant between G-d and between all living creatures on the earth” (Bereishis, 9:11-16).
The dreams you dare to dream
Seeing a rainbow should evoke mixed feelings in us. On the one hand, it is a beautiful phenomenon of nature that truly demonstrates the nifla’os haBorei, Hashem’s wondrous Creation. The Gemara shares with us an event that bears this out. Once, it was in the middle of the dry season in Eretz Yisroel, when it never rains. Several of the tanna’im were studying intently some deep kabbalistic ideas. Suddenly, the Heavens became covered with clouds and a rainbow appeared in them, and the ministering angels gathered together, the way people gather to see the celebrations of a bride and groom, in order to hear the kabbalistic words emanating from the scholars (Chagigah 14b).
Similarly, we have the following passage of Gemara (Brochos 59a): “Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, ‘one who sees a rainbow in a cloud should fall on his face, as the verse states, Kemar’eih hakeshes asher yihyeh be’anan beyom hageshem kein mar’eih hanogah saviv shehu mar’eih demus kevod Hashem, As the rainbow appears in the cloud on a rainy day, so appeared the brilliant surrounding light; this is the image of the Honor of Hashem (Yechezkel 1:28).”
The Gemara there concludes not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, and therefore one should not prostrate himself upon seeing a rainbow, for the following reason: In Eretz Yisroel, they criticized the practice of bowing when seeing a rainbow, because it gives the appearance that one is worshiping the rainbow.
On the other hand, the rainbow also demonstrates Hashem’s covenant that He will never again bring a flood to destroy life on earth. Yet, seeing the rainbow implies that the covenant is necessary to avoid that destruction. This is not very reassuring about the state of mankind’s behavior and Hashem’s justified wrath. For this reason, in the era of the Gemara, it was a source of pride for one to have lived in a generation when a rainbow never appeared (Kesubos 77b)!
Indeed, the Shulchan Aruch concludes the laws of reciting the brocha on the rainbow with the following: “And it is prohibited to gaze at it (the rainbow) more than necessary.” The Gemara (Chagigah 16a) reports that gazing at the rainbow is bad for one’s eyes.
As a matter of fact, the rishonim ask this question: How can one look at the rainbow to recite the brocha, if gazing at it is harmful? They answer that it is only harmful to gaze at a rainbow, but not to notice it or glance at it. Thus, when noticing it, one should recite the brocha, but not look at it again afterwards (Rosh, cited by Avudraham).
Really do come true
Let us now examine our opening question: Should you call someone’s attention to the fact that there is a rainbow? Are you supposed to look for a rainbow?
The Chayei Odom (Klal 63:4) mentions, “I saw in a work, whose name I no longer remember, that one should not tell someone else that he saw a rainbow, since this is disparaging information.” The Mishnah Berurah and the Kaf Hachayim both quote this Chayei Odom. The question is that we usually assume that we are allowed to share bad news, for example, so that people know to attend a funeral or to make a shiva visit. Why not tell people about a rainbow, so that they can recite the brocha?
The answer appears to be that although the news of someone’s passing is something not good, it is not disparaging regarding anyone. However, the appearance of the rainbow is understood to demonstrate that Hashem is telling us that He is keeping His deal not to destroy the world with a flood. This statement has highly negative connotations for the entire world’s level of ethics and morality, and we want to avoid implying anything disparaging.
An alternative, similar explanation that I once heard is that one should not call attention to the rainbow, since it might make them dejected to see how wretched and undeserving the world is.
Skies are blue
A question relative to these verses is raised by the rishonim. The pesukim imply that the rainbow was created after the mabul, as a covenant. Indeed, the Ibn Ezra explains the verse this way, disputing an earlier interpretation of the posuk from Rav Saadiya Gaon. However, scientifically, if the correct factors of moisture in the air and sunlight exist, the resultant refraction of light causes a rainbow, which means that the factors causing the rainbow existed from Creation and not only after the mabul. This question was already asked by the Ramban in his commentary, which I will now quote: “‘This is the sign of My covenant that I am providing.’ One is given the impression that the rainbow in the clouds was not existent as part of Creation, but that now Hashem created a rainbow in the Heavens… . However, we are compelled to believe the words of the Greeks, that the light of the sun through moist air creates a rainbow, since taking a vessel of water before the sun will cause something similar in appearance to a rainbow.”
The Ramban continues: “When we examine further the phraseology of the verse, we will also understand (as did the Greeks), for it says ‘I have placed my rainbow in the cloud,’ rather than ‘I am now placing my rainbow in the cloud.’” The Ramban proceeds to explain that the rainbow, indeed, existed since Creation, but now, after the mabul, it became the testimony to the covenant. In other words, an already existing item now assumed a role as a testament and reminder to an agreement or covenant. The Ramban demonstrates that there are many other examples of this in Chumash.
Text of brocha
Germane to the text of the brocha we recite, the Gemara records the following: “One should certainly recite a brocha (upon seeing a rainbow). What brocha does he recite? ‘Blessed is He who remembers the covenant.’ A beraisa teaches a different text: Rabbi Yishmael the son of Rav Yochanan ben Beroka says, ‘He is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.’ Rav Papa ruled, ‘Therefore we should recite both texts: Blessed is He Who remembers the covenant, is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word” (Brochos 59a). This is the source for the text of the brocha as we recite it, Boruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam zocheir habris vene’eman bevriso vekayom bema’amaro.
Nevertheless, we find that there were other ways of understanding the conclusion of the Gemara and different versions of its concluding text. There was an old custom to recite the following text to this brocha: Ne’eman bevriso vekayom bema’amaro, Boruch Attah Hashem Zocheir habris,” “He is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word, Blessed are You, Hashem, Who remembers the covenant.” This version does not begin with our standard introduction for all brochos, nor does it mention at all that Hashem is King of the world. (The Shelah Hakodesh mentions a slight variation of this text which includes also Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam in its closing.) With the exception of a brocha that is a later one in a sequel, called a brocha hasemucha lachavertah, all brochos begin with our well-known formula Boruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam. (Examples of brocha hasemucha lachaverta are the brochos of shemoneh esrei, bensching, birchos kerias shma and sheva brochos. In these instances, the brochos that do not begin with the word boruch follow other brochos.) This is not the case with the brocha on a rainbow, which is not a sequel to another brocha, and therefore should begin with the words Boruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam.
In addition, brochos that are short and not multi-themed do not have a closing of Boruch Attah Hashem. These endings are restricted to brochos that are lengthier.
Precisely for these reasons, the authorities universally reject the text Ne’eman bevriso vekayom bema’amaro, Boruch Attah Hashem Zocheir habris, since it violates the structural rules for brochos established by Chazal (Bach; Pri Megadim). The poskim contend that this errant version was based on a misunderstanding of the text of the Gemara (Drisha, Orach Chayim 229, quoting his rebbe, the Maharshal).
Different text
Tosafos quotes a slightly different version of the brocha, which might have been based on a variant text of the Gemara passage: Boruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’olam ne’eman bivriso vekayom beshevuaso vezocheir habris,” “Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the Universe, Who is trustworthy in His covenant, fulfills His oath and remembers the covenant” (Tosafos, Brochos 59a s.v. Hilchach I).
One of the interesting points about this text is that it mentions that Hashem swore an oath regarding the rainbow. Although this idea is not mentioned in the Torah, it is mentioned by the prophet Yeshayohu (54:9), Ki mei Noach zos li asher nishbati mei’avor mei Noach od al ha’aretz, kein nishbati mi’ketzof alayich umi’ge’or boch, “These shall be for Me like the waters of Noach, which I swore never to bring again onto the earth. So, too, have I sworn not to become angry with you or to rebuke you.” These words are part of the reading for this week’s haftarah, as well as for that of parshas Ki Seitzei.
At this point, let us discuss our third opening question: “How much of a rainbow must one see to recite a brocha?”
Strangely enough, this question is not discussed by any of the standard, early authorities. The Mishnah Berurah, in his Biur Halacha commentary, does raise this question, stating that there are no halachic sources that clarify whether one recites the brocha only when he sees the entire arch of a rainbow, which is a 180 degree arc, or even if one sees only a small section.
Among the things one sees that require a birchas ha’re’iyah, some require a brocha only when one has not seen them in the last thirty days, such as the brochos on magnificent mountains and seas, or the brochos upon seeing destroyed cities of Israel. There are also brochos that are recited more frequently, should the occasion present itself, such as the brocha recited when seeing lightning. The halacha is that, once the storm clears, should one see lightning accompanying a new thunderstorm, one recites the brocha again. What is the halacha regarding a rainbow? In the event that a new rainbow is the result of a different rainstorm, should one recite a new brocha? The halachic conclusion of the authorities is that one does (Shaarei Teshuvah 229:1 and other acharonim.).
A land that I heard of once
At this point, we can address the second of our opening questions: Does one recite the brocha only if one sees a rainbow after a storm? What is the halacha if one saw a rainbow elsewhere, such as at Niagara Falls or at Paterson Falls, right near New York City; does one recite a brocha?
The wording of the posuk, the Gemara and the poskim implies that the brocha is recited only when the rainbow appears in the clouds, related to a storm. Thus, there should be no brocha recited on a rainbow from any other source.
Way up high
A natural phenomenon that occasionally occurs is a double rainbow, in which a reversed-direction rainbow appears in the sky, high above a lower rainbow. There is an opinion among the late poskim that one recites the brocha only when seeing this particular type of rainbow, which means that one would rarely recite the brocha of Zocheir habris ve’ne’eman bivriso vekayom bema’amaro. One can rally an earlier comment as a source for this position, since one finds that the Seforno, in his commentary to the posuk in parshas Noach, understands that this was the type of rainbow that Hashem described to Noach as His covenant.
However, the well-known later authorities who quote this opinion conclude that one may ignore it, since none of the established early halachic authorities mentions this requirement for reciting the brocha (Ben Ish Chai, Parshas Eikev #17; Kaf Hachayim, 229:4). The Ben Ish Chai mentions that if an individual, when seeing a regular rainbow, chooses to omit the mention of Hashem’s name when reciting the brocha out of concern for this opinion, one should not rebuke him for this, notwithstanding that this approach is not the accepted halacha.
One of the understood messages of the rainbow is that it points upward, whereas the archer’s bow, which is a weapon, is always bent in the direction of its target. Thus, one of the symbolisms of the rainbow is that Hashem is pointing the potential weapon in the wrong direction, rendering it useless.
Rav Hirsch, in his beautiful explanation of Tehillim 75, notes that Asaf prophesies the end of warfare, when man’s weapons will become useless. Thus, our major hope is that man lose interest in his ability and his incentive for all warfare, and allow for the teaching of Hashem to permeate the earth. This fulfills the famous words of the prophet Yeshayohu (2:4) and echoed by Michah (4:3), Vechitesu charvosam le’itim vachanisoseihem lemazmeiros. Lo yisa goy el goy cherev velo yilmedu od milchamah, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning forks. No nation will raise a sword against another, and they will no longer learn warfare.”
Posted on October 11, 2018 Author CBLCategories Brachas, Editor's Pick, Parsha RelatedTags blessing on a rainbow, rainbow
Who Drinks the Kiddush Wine in Shul?
In honor of Parshas Bereishis and the first Shabbos…
Drinking in shul
Why is the Kiddush wine in shul given to a child? If an adult is not permitted to drink before he has personally fulfilled Kiddush, can we cause a child to drink?
The underlying question here is the following: The Torah commands us not only to observe the mitzvos of the Torah, but also not to cause someone else to violate the Torah. This law prohibits even causing a child to violate the Torah, notwithstanding that a child himself is not required to observe the mitzvos. Furthermore, it applies even when the child is, unfortunately, not being raised in an observant way. It is therefore forbidden for someone who has a babysitting job to feed a Jewish child non-kosher food, or to serve non-kosher food to a Jewish adult in a nursing facility or to a Jewish child in a school cafeteria.
There are three different places from which we derive that it is prohibited to cause a child to violate commandments of the Torah (Yevamos 114a). These hermeneutic allusions are in the context of the following three mitzvos:
(1) The prohibition against eating sheratzim, tiny creatures.
(2) The prohibition against eating blood.
(3) The prohibition for a kohen to come in contact with a corpse.
We will soon see the significance of the three sources.
What age child?
This law applies even to a child too young to understand what a mitzvah is (Magen Avraham 343:2). Therefore, one may not use a baby blanket or baby clothes made of shatnez (Shu”t HaRashba HaChadoshos #368; Shu”t Beis Yehudah, Yoreh Deah #45; Eishel Avraham [Butchatch], Orach Chayim 343:1). Similarly, one is prohibited to feed a newborn infant non-kosher food, unless it is a life-threatening emergency (Magen Avraham 343:2).
Based on the above sources, we can now appreciate our opening question. “Why is the Kiddush wine in shul given to a child? If an adult is not permitted to drink before he has personally fulfilled Kiddush, can we cause a child to drink?” To explain this topic better, let us examine its halachic background.
Friday night Kiddush in shul
At the time of the Gemara, Kiddush was recited in shul Friday night because of visitors who would eat their meals in guest rooms that were located adjacent to the shul (see Pesachim 101a and Tosafos s.v. DeAchlu). The fact that the guests ate their meals nearby is significant because of the principle, ein Kiddush ela bimkom seudah — one fulfills the obligation for Kiddush only when it is recited or heard in the same place where one intends to eat one’s Shabbos repast. Someone who hears Kiddush but does not eat a “meal” where he heard it does not fulfill the mitzvah of hearing Kiddush. Discussing the details of ein Kiddush ela bimkom seudah requires a separate, lengthy article; but, for our purposes, we will say that most authorities conclude that eating a significant amount of food on which we recite a mezonos satisfies the requirement of a seudah.
A bit later in history
In the era of the Rishonim, several hundred years after the Gemara, no one ate Friday night meals in the shul building, yet the custom to recite Kiddush at the end of davening was still commonly observed. Although we find many authorities who ruled that one should not recite Kiddush under these circumstances, most communities continued the practice of reciting Kiddush in shul (Tur and Beis Yosef, Orach Chayim 269).
Why do we continue to recite Kiddush?
If no one fulfills the mitzvah with the Kiddush recited in shul, why did the practice continue? This question is discussed by several of the Geonim and the Rishonim, and I will present here some of their approaches.
Rav Naturanai Gaon states that one should recite the Kiddush in shul because of the benefit that hearing Kiddush has for one’s vision. This idea is based on the Gemara’s statement that taking overly-long strides damages one’s vision, and that the Friday evening Kiddush restores the vision that has been lost (see Brachos 43b). Since not every household had wine on which to recite Kiddush, the custom developed to recite Kiddush in shul for this therapeutic purpose. It appears that, according to Rav Naturanai Gaon‘s reason, no one needs to drink the Kiddush wine in shul, since its purpose is not to fulfill the mitzvah.
The Tur objects
However, the Tur, who quotes Rav Naturanai Gaon, sharply disputes the reason. This is because the Gemara explains that the basis for Kiddush in shul is for guests and not the therapeutic reason of Rav Naturanai Gaon.
Another early authority, Rabbeinu Yonah, presents a different explanation for reciting Kiddush in shul, even though the reason mentioned by the Gemara no longer applies. Rabbeinu Yonah contends that the Kiddush was for the benefit of people who did not know how to recite Kiddush and who would simply not fulfill the mitzvah at all. When these people heard Kiddush in shul, they fulfilled the mitzvah min haTorah, notwithstanding the fact that they did not observe the mitzvah as Chazal instructed, since it was not Kiddush bimkom seudah (Rabbeinu Yonah, quoted by Rosh). Thus, Rabbeinu Yonah assumes that the requirement of Kiddush bimkom seudah is a rabbinic ordinance, and that we would recite the Kiddush in shul for the sake of those who would thereby fulfill the Torah mitzvah.
Not all authorities agree with this approach. The Rosh contends that the requirement of Kiddush bimkom seudah is min haTorah. Thus, simply hearing Kiddush without eating then and there does not fulfill any mitzvah and would, therefore, not provide a satisfactory reason to recite Kiddush in shul.
Other authorities explain that reciting Kiddush in shul has a status of a takkanah, a rabbinically-ordained practice that we continue to observe, even though the reason it was established no longer applies (Rashba and Ran, quoted by Beis Yosef). (We should note that although the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch discuss the practice and logistics of reciting Kiddush in shul, they both state that it is preferred not to recite Kiddush in shul. For this reason, many shuls do not recite Kiddush Friday night. However, where the custom is to recite Kiddush in shul, one should continue the practice.)
Kiddush catch-22
Regardless which rationale we use to explain why we recite Kiddush in shul, the Tur raises the following question: The halachah requires that someone drink from the Kiddush wine (Pesachim 105b; Eiruvin 40b), and also prohibits drinking before fulfilling the mitzvah of Kiddush. Since no one is eating in the shul building, no one fulfills the mitzvah with that Kiddush, because of ein Kiddush ela bimkom seudah. Thus, whoever drinks from the Kiddush wine in shul is drinking before he has fulfilled the mitzvah of Kiddush, which is prohibited; yet, someone must drink from the Kiddush wine.
To resolve this predicament, the Tur recommends that the Kiddush wine in shul be given to a child to drink, which, he notes, fulfills the requirement that someone drink from the Kiddush wine (Tur, Orach Chayim 269).
Kiddush conundrum
However, it is not clear how this innovation of the Tur resolves the predicament in a satisfactory way. How can we give a child the Kiddush wine? As we learned above, we are not permitted to cause a child to violate halachah – and he is drinking without fulfilling the mitzvah of Kiddush!
This difficulty is raised by the Beis Yosef, who suggests three solutions to the problem:
All three sources of the halacha not to cause a child to violate the Torah — not to eat tiny creatures, not to eat blood, and that a kohein not become tamei from a meis — are lo saaseh prohibitions of the Torah. There are halachic authorities who rule therefore that the proscription to cause a child to violate the Torah applies only to mitzvos of at least the level of a lo saaseh, but not to any prohibition that is considered halachically a lesser offense, such as an issur aseh or a mitzvas aseh, and that it certainly does not apply to a mitzvah miderabbanan (Hagahos Maimoniyos, Shabbos 29:40). Since Kiddush is a mitzvas aseh and not a lo saaseh, it is permitted to cause a child to violate its laws. As a result. some authorities permit causing a child to eat or drink before he has fulfilled the mitzvah of Kiddush.
Although this approach can be used to justify the Tur’s proposal, the Beis Yosef notes that many authorities reject this limitation and contend that one may not cause a child to violate any prohibited action. To justify the practice of giving the wine to a child according to their opinion, we need to find an alternative reason to explain why the shul Kiddush is given to a child. Therefore, the Beis Yosef presents two other approaches to explain the practice.
Not yotzei, but may drink
Although, in general, one may not drink before fulfilling the mitzvah of Kiddush, there is an opinion among Rishonim that one who recites Kiddush to benefit others may drink the wine of Kiddush, even when he is not now fulfilling the mitzvah (Rabbeinu Shemuel in the name of the Sar of Coucy [one of the Baalei Tosafos], quoted by Mordechai, Pesachim, Tosefes MeiArvei Pesachim, page 35a). The Beis Yosef explains that, although we do not usually follow this position, we may have the children rely on it, as a means of resolving what to do with the Kiddush
A third approach
The Beis Yosef presents a third approach, perhaps the most unusual, to explain why we permit a child to drink the wine of Kiddush. Because we must recite the Kiddush and we do not want the brocha of Kiddush to be recited in vain, we permit a child to drink the wine, even though this is an act that we would otherwise prohibit.
Halachic differences
There are obvious differences in practical halachah between these approaches. The first opinion holds that one may cause a child to do something that an adult may not do, provided that the prohibition is less severe than a lo saaseh (see also Rashba, Shabbos 121a; Ran, Yoma, 1a). (Even according to this approach, because of the laws of chinuch, the child’s father, and possibly the mother, may not have him drink, if the child is old enough to be educated. Thus, this heter may not apply if the father gives his own son the wine of Kiddush in shul.) Based on this opinion, some authorities permit directing a child to carry something on Shabbos in an area where carrying is prohibited only miderabbanan, if the child needs the item (see also, Shu”t Rabbi Akiva Eiger 1:15; Biur Halachah 343). However, the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 343:1) and the Magen Avraham (343:3) prohibit this.
According to the third approach, only one child should drink the Kiddush wine in order to minimize the amount of violation performed, whereas the other two answers permit serving the Kiddush wine to any child who desires. (I note that I have never seen any place that allows only one child to drink the Kiddush. Customarily, many of the children in shul line up to sip the Kiddush wine. This practice implies that this third approach was not accepted as the reason for the custom.)
Matzoh on Erev Pesach
Here is another case where the above-mentioned approaches may disagree: May I feed a child matzoh on Erev Pesach? The Terumas HaDeshen contends that, according to the answer that the prohibition is only to feed a child something that is prohibited with the stringency of a lo saaseh, one may feed a child matzoh on Erev Pesach, which is not as severe a prohibition (Terumas HaDeshen #125). However, he concludes that if the child is old enough to appreciate the Seder, one may not feed him matzoh on Erev Pesach for a different reason — because this runs counter to the experience of matzoh being special on Seder night. (Further discussion on this topic can be found in Rama, Orach Chayim 471:2 and the commentaries thereon.)
Yet a fourth approach
Some later authorities did not feel that the approaches suggested by the Beis Yosef explain the Tur’s ruling in a satisfactory way. They therefore presented other reasons to explain why it is permitted to give a child the Kiddush wine before he has fulfilled the mitzvah. One approach is that it is forbidden to cause a child to violate a Torah law only when the prohibition applies at all times. However, it is permitted to cause a child to perform an activity that is usually permitted, but that is prohibited at this particular time. Following this reason, one may feed a child on Yom Kippur, since eating and drinking are activities that are usually permitted, even though this is a very severe prohibition for an adult (Sefer HaYashar #52). (There are authorities who rule that, according to the previous answers, one is permitted to feed a child on Yom Kippur only when it is a life-threatening emergency, but a child old enough to feed himself should not be fed by an adult, but instead be told where food can be located [Minchas Chinuch, Mitzvah 313; see also Mikra’ei Kodesh of Rav Pesach Frank, Yamim Nora’im, page 149].) Therefore, there is no problem giving a child wine before he has fulfilled the mitzvah of Kiddush, since drinking wine, in general, is a permitted activity (Magen Avraham 269:1).
Another difference in halacha
This last answer also results in a different halachic practice than that of the previous approaches. According to this last answer, one may feed a child on Yom Kippur, even when the child could feed himself. It is also permitted to feed any child before he has heard Kiddush, as long as the child is below the age of bar or bas mitzvah.
A minor kohen
At this point, I would like to discuss a related question. Rivkah Katz* asks me: “My husband and sons are kohanim. Am I required to be careful where I take my infant son?”
In the first pasuk of parshas Emor, the Torah (Vayikra 21:1) states, Emor el hakohanim benei Aharon, ve’amarta aleihem lanefesh lo yitama be’amav — Say to the kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and you shall say to them, that they shall not contaminate themselves to a dead person among their people. Since the Torah repeats the word say, we derive that there are two levels of responsibility here, and since usually it says the sons of Aharon, the kohanim, and here it reverses the order, the Torah is commanding that an adult must not cause a child kohen to become tamei (Yevamos 114a, as explained by Bach, Yoreh Deah 373). From the wording of the Rambam (Hilchos Aveil 3:12), we see that every adult Jew, even a non-kohen, is commanded not to make a child kohen tamei. This requires everyone to know the halachos of what makes a kohen tamei. One cannot have the attitude that, since I am not a kohen, these laws are not relevant to me.
We can therefore answer Rivkah’s question: She is, indeed, required to find out all the halachos germane to kohanim becoming tamei, so that she knows where she may bring her son, and where she may not.
An adult kohen
Another related question I was once asked:
“My father-in-law, who is not observant, is a kohen, whereas I am a Yisroel. Are we required to be as stringent about where we go on family outings as we would if I myself were a kohen?”
The Rambam rules that it is forbidden for a non-kohen to make an adult kohen tamei (Rambam, Hilchos Aveil 3:5). To quote the Rambam: “If the kohen is unaware that what he did is forbidden, and the adult who made him tamei knows that it is forbidden, then the adult violates the lo saaseh. If the adult kohen knows that it is forbidden, then the other person violates only lifnei iveir lo sitein michshol, do not place a stumbling block before a blind person (Vayikra 19:14).” Chazal interpret this pasuk to mean that one may not give someone bad advice, nor cause him to violate a prohibition (Pesachim 22b).
Thus, we see that, indeed, one must be concerned about where one takes grandpa, even if he himself is not concerned. For a reason that is beyond the scope of this article, this is true even if grandpa is already tamei meis.
Chazal say in Pirkei Avos: “Kol she’ruach habrios nocha heimenu ruach hamakom nocha heimenu,” One who is pleasing to his fellowman is pleasing to his Creator. Being concerned that we not harm others halachically is certainly part of both our social responsibility and our halachic responsibility. When we do our mitzvos properly, others will see us and say, “He is a frum Jew — he lives his life on a higher plane of caring for others.”
*Name has been changed to protect privacy.
Posted on October 4, 2018 October 4, 2018 Author CBLCategories Halacha Articles, Parsha Related, ShabbosTags kiddush wine, shul
A Tale of Four Islands
A brief introduction is in order so as to explain why I chose this topic for this week. A few years ago, as a kohein, I had to change my travel plans, and instead of flying from Ben Gurion airport to Newark, I had to fly via Haifa to Larnaca, Cyprus, and then to London and Reykjavik to reach my destination. The trip whetted my appetite to find out more about Cyprus, and this article is a result.
Those who want to read about that trip can access From Haifa to Reykjavik here. Since this week’s parsha includes most of the laws of tumas meis, which was the reason why I needed to travel via Haifa, I decided to share this article.
Question #1: When in Crete, do as the Cretans do?
“I was told that when I am in Crete, I should separate terumos and maasros from the vegetables and avoid the fruit, because of concerns of orlah. Is this halachically accurate?”
Question #2: Which esrog?
“Is it better to use an esrog from Corfu, from Corsica, or from the mainland in between?”
Question #3: Which minhag should I observe?
“I am of Greek/Sefardic background, but my immediate ancestors were not observant. Should I follow Sefardic custom or Greek custom?”
Among the many beautiful islands that grace the Mediterranean Sea, we will discuss four whose English names all begin with the letter “C.” Although none of these four – Corfu, Corsica, Crete and Cyprus – is currently home to a sizable Jewish community, at one time each figured significantly in Jewish history. I’ll provide a short description of the location and history of each of these islands, and then address the unique role that each had in Jewish history and halacha.
The largest of these four islands, Cyprus, is the third largest island in the Mediterranean. (The two largest islands in the Mediterranean are Sicily and Sardinia. Although they are both sounded with what phonetics calls a “soft ‘c’,” since both islands are spelled in English with the letter “s,” we will discuss their halachic significance in a different article.) Cyprus is located only forty miles south of Turkey, east of Greece, west of Syria and Lebanon and north of Egypt. Of the four islands that we are discussing, it is the closest to Eretz Yisroel, with a distance of less than three hundred miles.
Jews in Cyprus
We know of Jews living in Cyprus as early as the time of the Chashmonayim, over 2200 years ago. The Jewish population of Cyprus has waxed and waned; at times there was a substantial Jewish community there. When the traveler Binyamin of Tudela visited the island in the 12th century, he discovered three Jewish communities: a halachically abiding kehillah, a community of Kara’im, and yet another group that kept Shabbos from the morning of Shabbos until Sunday morning but desecrated it on Friday night.
Neither Sefardim nor Ashkenazim
Although historians usually group all Jews into either Sefardim or Ashkenazim, this categorization is simplistic and inaccurate. For example, there are several different groups of Italian Jews who are neither Sefardim nor Ashkenazim, but have their own distinct customs and practices. Similarly, although the Jewish communities of twelfth and thirteenth century Provence (southern France) are often referred to as Sefardim, they followed practices of neither Sefardim nor Ashkenazim but had their own unique way of doing things. For example, they began reciting vesein tal umatar on the 7th of Marcheshvan, which is the practice of Eretz Yisroel and not of either Sefardim or Ashkenazim in chutz la’aretz.
Greek Jews
The original Jewish population of Cyprus followed neither Ashkenazic nor Sefardic practice, but rather the very distinctive practices of the ancient Jewish communities of Greece, which is called Romaniote (not to be confused with Roman or Romanian; According to my research, the origin of the term Romaniote goes back to the days when they were part of the Eastern Roman Empire, usually referred to as the Byzantine Empire, after the fall of Rome.) They have their own unique nusach hatefillah, their own tune for reading the Torah and many other halachic practices that are different from both Sefardic and Ashkenazic custom. At one time in history, the customs of the Romaniote communities were widespread throughout Salonika, Athens, and other places in mainland Greece, and among the various Greek islands, including Cyprus, Crete and Corfu. However, the massive influx of Sefardic Jews after the Spanish expulsion caused many of the Greek communities to adopt Sefardic practices. Today, few communities, if any, left in the world follow the Romaniote nusach, although some Romaniote practices are still observed by some shullen in places as diverse as Eretz Yisroel and New York.
One common Romaniote shul practice is that Aleinu is recited not at the end of davening, but at the beginning. Another is that the shulchan for reading the Torah is placed towards the back of the shul, not in the middle.
Corsica is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, located due west and very close to the Italian Peninsula. It is probably most famous for its native son, Napoleon Bonaparte. Historically, it has been ruled by Greeks, Romans, Goths, Byzantines and Arabs; and later by Pisa, Genoa and many others. French rule is relatively recent, only since the 18th century, and the original, native Corsican language is really a dialect of Italian. Although Corsica is legally part of France, it is both physically and culturally much closer to southern Italy than to France. For this reason, there is a troubled relationship between the French mainland and Corsica, which benefited the Jews during World War II, as we will soon learn.
Corsica was the last of the four Mediterranean islands of our article to have an organized Jewish community. Nevertheless, there is some relevant history related to Jews and Corsica, which we will discuss shortly.
Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean and the largest and most populous of the islands of Greece. It is located southeast of mainland Greece, in the southern part of the Aegean Sea, and it is less than 600 miles from the coast of Eretz Yisroel.
Crete’s known archeological history is possibly the most ancient in the world – it dates back to the time of the dispersion after Migdal Bavel. Later, Crete was the home of the ancient Minoan civilization. Afterward, it became part of the Roman Empire and then the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire. It was conquered by the Arabs, the Crusaders, and in 1204, by the Venetians, who ruled it for over four hundred years, until it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. Muhammad Ali (the founder of the modern Egyptian dynasty, not the boxer) desired control over it as payment for his military services to the Ottoman Empire in the Greek Rebellion (1820s), in which case it would have become part of Egypt, but he did not succeed in procuring the island.
Jewish Crete
It is known that there was ongoing Jewish settlement in Crete since the times of the Maccabees. Crete’s Jewish community was existent from the time of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash until the era of the Nazis, but by 1941, most Jews had moved to Athens or Salonika, both of which are in mainland Greece. When the Nazis conquered Crete, less than 400 Jews were known to be on the island. Unfortunately, my research indicates that they were all killed in the war.
Halachic Crete
At this point, we can address one of our opening questions: “I was told that when I am in Crete, I should avoid eating locally grown fruit because of concerns about orlah and be careful to separate terumos and maasros. Is this halachically correct?”
The laws of terumos and maasros apply min haTorah only in Eretz Yisroel, and the laws of orlah, the fruit that grows during a tree’s first three years, are far more stringent in Eretz Yisroel than they are in chutz la’aretz. It is therefore important to know whether something grew in Eretz Yisroel or in chutz la’aretz.
It is fascinating to note that, according to a minority opinion among the tanna’im, both Crete and Cyprus have the halachic status of being part of Eretz Yisroel (see Gittin 8a and Tosafos ad locum). Allow me to explain:
In Parshas Masei, the Torah describes the western border of Eretz Yisroel:
The western border will be the Great Sea, and its territory [“ugevul”]; that will be for you the western border. (I have followed the translation of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch that the word gevul means its territory.) According to the Gemara (Gittin 8a), the word ugevul teaches that there are islands in the Mediterranean, the “Great Sea” of the pasuk, that are halachically considered part of Eretz Yisroel. There, the Gemara quotes a dispute between tanna’im regarding which islands located in the Mediterranean are halachically part of Eretz Yisroel and which are not. Rabi Yehudah contends that the word ugevul includes any island in the Mediterranean situated directly west of Eretz Yisroel. These islands are imbued with the sanctity of the Holy Land. Since, according to some opinions, the Biblically promised area of Eretz Yisroel extends quite far north, many of the southern Greek islands, including both Cyprus and Crete, are halachically Eretz Yisroel, according to Rabi Yehudah.
However, we do not follow this approach, but that of the rabbonon. They draw an imaginary line from the northwestern-most point of Eretz Yisroel to its southwestern-most point and include only islands that are east of this imaginary line. There are few islands in this area, and certainly both Cyprus and Crete are not included (Derech Emunah, Terumos 1:89).
Corfu, by far the smallest of the four islands we are discussing, is today part of the country of Greece. It is on the opposite side of Greece from Crete, northwest of the Greek mainland; the second largest and most northern of the Ionian Islands. On the above map, Corfu is too small to be identified, but the island in the northeastern corner of the Ionian Sea, near the border of Greece and Albania, is Corfu.
Jews of Corfu
The 12th century Jewish traveler, Binyamin of Tudela, writes that he crossed the Ionian Sea from Otranto, Italy, to Corfu. From Corfu, he sailed to Arta on the Greek mainland, and from there he traversed the rest of Greece. In his day, there was no Jewish community in Corfu, but it appears that about a century after his trip, there was what we can call a “Jewvenation” of the island. It appears that Jews arrived there from Greece to the east, and from Italy to the west. The communities of southeastern Italy (the heel of the Italian boot) – again, neither Ashkenazim nor Sefardim – had their own customs, which were usually called Puglian, taken from a geographic term applied to this area of Italy. (In English, this area is usually called Apulia.) The Puglian Jews trace their history in the Italian boot to the time of the Second Beis Hamikdash, when Jews often settled in Italy as a result of the increasing influence of the Roman Empire.
Apparently, there were two different communities in Corfu, each with its own shul and its own cemetery. After the Spanish expulsion, a new ingredient was added to the Corfu mix, when the Sefardic Jews arrived. Thus, there were three distinct kehillos in this relatively small community: Romaniote, Puglian, and Sefardic. Still later, I found reference to a fourth kehillah in Corfu following the customs of the Sicilian communities (Shu”t Haredach #11). In a relatively unknown chapter of Jewish history, there was a vibrant Jewish community in Sicily (which begins with an S, not a C) that was expelled in 1492, at the same time the Jews were expelled from Spain.
As a result of this interesting background, the Jews of Corfu spoke their own distinctive local dialect, a mixture of Greek, Hebrew and Italian. This language was distinct from that of other Greek Jews, who spoke their own dialect of Greek called Yevanic. (Think of the relationship between German and Yiddish.) The Corfu Jews were the only significant minority among a population that was otherwise exclusively Greek Orthodox.
Of the four islands that we have discussed, Corfu contained the most prominent Jewish community, including many prominent rabbonim and poskim. For example, in the early sixteenth century, the Shu”t Binyamin Ze’ev refers to the city of Corfu as boasting of a resident, Rav Shabsi Kohen, as a great talmid chacham among a community of talmidei chachamim. We have extant a heter agunah signed by this Rav Shabsi together with two other local rabbonim in the year 1510.
Not long thereafter, the rav of the Romaniote kehillah of Corfu was Rabbi David ben Chaim Hacohen (the Radach) a prominent posek who corresponded with the great Sefardic poskim of his time. He may have had a yeshiva there, since the author of Teshuvos Mishpetei Shmuel calls himself a disciple of Rabbi David ben Chaim Hacohen.
Corfu is mentioned in the context of various halachic issues in hundreds of responsa. At one point, it even boasted its own Jewish printing house.
By the nineteenth century approximately 5,000 Jews lived on the island, each affiliated with one of the various kehillos. In the course of time, the Sefardic community became the strongest and, although the other shullen were still called the Greek, Puglian or Sicilian shullen, they all davened the nusach of the original Spanish communities.
The unfortunate destruction of this once-vibrant community occurred in two stages. In the late nineteenth century, there was a blood libel, the result of which was that the majority of the Jewish community dispersed to other lands. Of course, the final blow was the Nazis, who wiped out virtually the entire remaining population of about 2,000 Jews. Today, there are less than one hundred highly assimilated Jews on Corfu among a population of about 100,000 people, and only one shul is known to still exist.
Corfu esrog
Corfu’s semi-tropical climate allowed it to make a unique contribution to Jewish history. For well over a century, it was the primary source for esrogim used all over Europe. Corfu esrogim, which were apparently predominantly grown by non-Jewish farmers, were known for their beauty. Since they were grown by non-Jews for the Jewish market, there was much halachic discussion, beginning as far back as the 18th century, concerning whether one could rely that the esrogim had not been crossbred with other species, which would invalidate them according to most opinions. (Discussions about crossbred esrogim date back to the sixteenth century, with the majority of halachic authorities ruling that one cannot fulfill the mitzvah on Sukkos with an esrog grafted onto a tree of another species.) One very prominent authority, the Beis Meir, invalidated the Corfu esrogim (responsum at the end of the Orach Chayim volume of his commentary to Shulchan Aruch), while others ruled that they were kosher (Shu”t Beis Efrayim, Orach Chayim #56; Shaarei Teshuvah 649:7; Shu”t Zecher Yehosef #232).
Corfu vs. Corsica
Esrogim also grow on Corsica, which is on the other side of the Italian peninsula from Corfu. At one point, these three areas, the two islands of Corfu and Corsica, and the Italian mainland in between, were the main sources of esrogim shipped to central and Eastern Europe. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, we find various disputing responsa regarding which esrogim were acceptable or preferable. Some authorities ruled that one may use the Corfu esrogim but not those from Corsica, while others ruled just the opposite (Shu”t Tuv Taam Vadaas, #171; Shu”t Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor #28; also see Shu”t Sho’eil Umeishiv, Mahadura Telisa’i #144; Shu”t Or Somayach 2:1; Shu”t Tzitz Eliezer 10:11:7). Still others ruled that both of these varieties of esrogim were kosher, but that it was preferable to purchase only from Eretz Yisroel, where the modern business of growing and shipping esrogim was just beginning (Shu”t Yeshuos Malko, Orach Chayim #46; Shu”t Avnei Neizer, Choshen Mishpat #115).
In 1875, we have recorded the following halachic inquiry: An esrog retailer in Poland received esrogim from Corsica, and wanted to return them to his distributor, claiming that he had always previously received esrogim from Corfu. Is the buyer entitled to a refund?
Shu”t Beis Yitzchok rules that he is entitled to get his money back. Since the esrogim sold in that area were from Corfu, the distributor was required to tell the retailer that the esrogim were from a different source before he shipped them (Orach Chayim #108).
At this point, we can answer the second of our opening questions: “Is it better to use an esrog from Corfu, from Corsica, or from the mainland in between?”
The answer is that in the 21st century, most authorities will tell you to purchase an esrog grown in Eretz Yisroel. In earlier times, there were halachic disputes about the subject.
Corsican salvation
I mentioned earlier the troubled relationship between the French mainland and Corsica, from which the Jews benefited during the Holocaust. During World War II, France was divided into Nazi-occupied northern France, and the collaborative Pétain government, colloquially referred to as Vichy France, named for its capital. (Paris was occupied by the Nazis.) Mainland France under Marshal Pétain organized a census of its Jewish population that was subsequently used to hunt thousands of Jews who were rounded up, placed on trains and sent to the death camps. The remaining French Jews tried frantically to find shelter with those comparatively few sympathetic French people who were willing to hide them. Many fled to Corsica, where a small Jewish community existed.
Post-war historians have discovered documents from France’s Vichy government archives that imply that relatively few Jews were turned over by the non-Jewish Corsicans. According to recently published magazine articles, the Corsicans’ hatred of the French was put to good use, as the Corsicans kept the Jewish presence a secret from prying French eyes. The Corsican authorities’ explanation for not handing over any Jews was that there were none on the island. This explanation was accepted by Vichy, because the mainland, too, widely believed that hardly any Jews were in Corsica. In fact, thousands of Jews survived the war there.
Thus we see that, although none of these islands has a significant Jewish community, each was important at one time. Perhaps of greatest interest is that although Corsica’s community was always small, it ended up being a refuge that saved thousands of Jewish lives. Hashem rules the world and clearly destined that each of these islands fulfill a role in Jewish history and halacha.
Posted on June 21, 2018 Author CBLCategories Editor's Pick, Kohanim, Parsha RelatedTags Corfu esrog, Jews in Corfu, Jews in Crete, Jews in Cyprus, Jews in Greece, Kohanim, tumas meis
Chumash and the Fall of the Ghetto, part II
This article is for the occasion of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch’s yahrzeit, on the 27th of Teiveis.
Last week, I presented the first part of this article, which was an introduction to the commentaries on Chumash of the Malbim, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Hakesav Vehakabalah, by Rav Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg. We continue our review of Rav Hirsch’s commentary from where I left off.
Rav Hirsch’s commentary has a component that the other two do not. The focus of his commentary was not only to prove the accuracy or authenticity of Chazal’s understanding of Torah, but, also, to demonstrate how Torah provides for man’s growth in spirituality, the development of his personality, and his worldview. Thus, he rarely comments simply for the sake of explaining a difficult verse.
Ta’amei hamikra
Rav Hirsch emphasized that his commentary is based on a careful reading of the words of Chumash. Included in this was his study of the ta’amei hamikra, which are meant to teach how to break a pasuk into smaller units for proper understanding. As an example, his interpretation of the pasuk in shiras Ha’azinu, shicheis lo lo, banav mumam, reflects the accentuation implied by the ta’amei hamikra, whereby this is one sentence with only a small break (a tipcha) after the second word lo (with an alef). Thus, disagreeing with all the previous commentaries that I have seen, he translates the sentence as: Their moral frailty has corrupted it to become non-children.
Grammar — Dikduk and shoresh
Rav Hirsch developed an understanding of Torah ideas upon the principle of shorashim where there are phonetic cognates. This idea, which has sources in Chazal and the rishonim,[i] is that different consonants that are articulated by using the same part of the mouth are related to each other.[ii] Thus, there is a relationship among the guttural consonants (א ה ח ע) that can be used to explain the meaning of related roots in which they appear. The same is true for the palatals (ג י כ ק), the dentals (ד ט ל נ ת),[iii] the sibilants (ז ס צ ר ש), and the labials (ב ו מ פ).[iv] Based on similar roots, Rav Hirsch develops a philosophic underpinning of the comparative roots, and then creates an associative meaning for each root. For example, the roots ברא (to create, which means to bring into reality that which previously existed only in one’s mind), ברח, to escape, פרא, to be undisciplined, פרח, to flower and פרה, to reproduce, seem to be unrelated verbs. However, the first letter of the root in each instance is a labial, the second is ר , and the third is a guttural. There is an underlying idea in all of these roots – getting out of a state of being constrained.
Often included within this system is a relationship pattern between similar consonants. For example, the tzadi often reflects a more intensive version of the other similar sounds, such as the sin. Thus, there is a conceptual relationship between יצר, which means to limit something for a specific purpose, and יסר, which educates, shapes and disciplines the spirit. In literally hundreds of applications of these ideas, Rav Hirsch demonstrates an entire world of educational themes.
In Rav Hirsch’s view, the shoresh of a word can often provide educational and religious lessons. For example, in describing Avraham Avinu’s travels in Eretz Canaan, the Torah uses the unusual word ויעתק, which Rav Hirsch translates as He gave orders to move on.[v] Rav Hirsch notes that the common thread of the usage of this root in Tanach is that someone or something is moved unexpectedly or forcibly to another setting. Rav Hirsch thereby explains that Avraham realized that in order to succeed in educating his followers, they needed to be isolated from the society around them, but he needed to overcome their resistance in doing so. Thus, the root of the word used teaches us about Avraham’s pedagogic approach.
Controversial Aspects
Probably the most controversial aspect of Rav Hirsch’s commentary on Chumash is his view that even our greatest leaders are not beyond reproach, and that a late Torah commentary can include lessons for us to learn from their shortcomings and errors. Indeed, the Ramban, whom Rav Hirsch quotes in this context, also felt that we have the right to criticize our greatest Torah leaders, even in places where Chazal did not. Rav Hirsch’s critiques of Yitzchak and Rivkah’s raising of Eisav, of Yosef’s relationship with his brothers, of Moshe, Tziporah, and others have certainly raised more than one eyebrow. Yet Rav Hirsch’s position in all these cases is clear. Only Hashem is perfect. The fact that the Torah goes out of its way to show the errors made by our greatest leaders demonstrates that Torah is true and Divine. Man’s purpose in this world is to learn and to grow, and we can do so both by emulating the great actions of our greatest leaders and also by noting their errors.
Did Rav Hirsch Use the Hakesav Vehakabalah or Hatorah Vehamitzvah?
In his beautiful essay introducing the first edition of the first English translation of Rav Hirsch’s commentary to Chumash, Dayan Dr. Isaac Grunfeld writes: “When Samson Raphael Hirsch began his commentary in 1867, he had the works of Mecklenburg (Hakesav Vehakabalah) and Hatorah Vehamitzvah of Malbim in front of him.” I presume that Dayan Grunfeld has some mesorah to substantiate his comment. However, from my work on Rav Hirsch’s commentary, and after comparing this work to the other two, I, personally, am not convinced that this statement is accurate, for the following reasons.
When Rav Hirsch felt indebted to an earlier commentator, he always quoted his source. In the course of his commentary of Chumash, he quotes a wide variety of sources, including the rishonim, his rabbeyim, Chacham Bernays and Rav Yaakov Ettlinger, the Aruch Laneir, and works published shortly before his time, such as Harechasim Levik’ah and the writings of the highly controversial Naftali Wessely. Yet, there is not a single reference anywhere in his commentary to either Hakesav Vehakabalah or Hatorah Vehamitzvah.
There are places in which Rav Hirsch presents no explanation, while Hakesav Vehakabalah presents approaches that lend themselves perfectly to Rav Hirsch’s style of commentary. For example, Rav Hirsch offers almost no commentary to the lengthy list of travels that the Bnei Yisroel made through the desert. Yet, Hakesav Vehakabalah has a beautiful explanation of the place names along the route of these travels. Had Rav Hirsch read Hakesav Vehakabalah, I presume that he would have used his approach here to develop musar haskeil, just as Rav Hirsch, himself, does in explaining the list of names of the descendants of Sheis. Had he been as familiar with Hakesav Vehakabalah as Dayan Grunfeld suggests, it is indeed puzzling why he would not use the opportunity to include these lessons in his Torah commentary, and attribute them to Hakesav Vehakabalah. Although it is always difficult to prove anything on the basis of it not being present, Rav Hirsch’s omission of any musar haskeil here, when use of Hakesav Vehakabalah would provide this, certainly implies that he did not use the commentary on any regular basis.
On the other hand, Hakesav Vehakabalah used approaches to explain pesukim that Rav Hirsch would never accept. For example, Hakesav Vehakabalah explains that the source for the word asheirah is yashar, straight, and suggests that it was originally used to mean a straight, tall tree.[vi] Rav Hirsch provides a much deeper insight into the meaning of the word asheirah and its apparent root א ש ר, which means growth and striving. Thus, the word asheirah means a tree “that was considered to be under the special protection of a god, whose presence and influence supposedly could be obtained through the growth and thriving of this tree.”[vii]
Rav Hirsch viewed his commentary as a means of showing how to use Chumash as a springboard for mussar and hashkafah. From a mussar perspective, Rav Hirsch’s Torah commentary can provide a complete life-instruction manual on its own. One can learn from it a Torah perspective of hashakafah, and detailed lessons in mussar.
We understand well why Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz told his students at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas that it would be worth their investment of time to learn to read German, just for the sake of being able to read Rav Hirsch’s commentary on Chumash, which, at the time, was not available in translation.
[i] For example, see Rashi, Vayikra 19:16, where he explains that the word רכיל stems from the word רגל. See, similarly, Ra’avad, Eduyos 4:3; Ramban, Shemos 15:10; Vayikra 19:20, Devorim 7:12; Rash, Peah 6:1
[ii] Language specialists use the term homorganic consonants to describe these words.
[iii] While I was preparing this article for publication, a reviewer noted to me that a rearrangement of these letters ד נ ט ל ת can be read as dentals.
[iv] Those interested in seeing a systematic dictionary of Rav Hirsch’s work in this area are referred to Matityahu Clark’s Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, Feldheim Publishers, which Rabbi Clark writes is “based on the commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.”
[v] Bereishis 12:8. Translation is from the Haberman edition.
[vi] Hakesav Vehakabalah, Devorim 16:21.
[vii] Commentary of Rav Hirsch to Shemos 34:13. Translation is from the Haberman edition, page 809.
Posted on January 18, 2018 Author CBLCategories Biographies, Editor's Pick, HashkafaTags chumash, dikduk, Hakesav Vehakabbalah, Rav Hirsch, taamei hamikra
Chumash and the Fall of the Ghetto
This article is for the occasion of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch’s yahrzeit.
With the falling of the ghetto walls that had kept the Jews in central Europe isolated from the world around them, many Jews began to assimilate into the surrounding environment and distance themselves from Judaism. Although it was far more difficult for Jews in Eastern Europe to assimilate fully into non-Jewish society, different forces, the haskalah, socialism, Communism and various other movements similarly severed many Jews from keeping mitzvos. Among those who abandoned Torah observance were Jews who felt that Chazal’s interpretation of the mitzvos was not based on the Written Torah.
In response, several new and original commentaries on Chumash appeared. Among them, we find Hakesav Vehakabalah, by Rav Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg, the commentaries[i] of the Malbim to Tanach, the commentary of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, and the Ha’ameik Davar, the commentary of Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin (also known as the Netziv). All four of these commentaries, although very different from each other in important ways, were written to explain the Written Torah in the spirit of Chazal.
Hakesav Vehakabalah
Rav Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg was a disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger and served as the rav of Koenigsberg, Prussia (today, Kaliningrad, Russia), for thirty-four years. Koenigsberg was in the far east of Germany, giving Rav Mecklenburg a clear view of the challenges posed by the rise of the Reform movement in Germany and the haskalah and other anti-religious movements in Eastern Europe. Hakesav Vehakabalah, first published in 1839 and followed by three more editions in the author’s lifetime, was intended as a response to attacks on Chazal’s understanding of the Torah.
Hakesav Vehakabalah carefully analyzes the root meanings and grammar of the words of the Chumash, using them to provide a clear interpretation of the pesukim. Although his approach is highly original, he also often cites the different approaches of the earlier commentaries, opting for the one that he demonstrates to be the most accurate.
The Malbim
Rav Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel, known by his acronym, Malbim, served as the rav of many different Eastern European communities. A brilliant talmid chacham and a warrior against the haskalah, his magnum opus is his commentary to Tanach and accompanying essays. [ii] His first work, a commentary on Yeshayah, includes an introduction in which he elucidates the principles that form the basis for his commentary to Tanach as a whole.
Two such principles are that no two words in Tanachic Hebrew have precisely the same meaning, and that there are no repeated phrases or clauses — each word in Tanach was chosen to provide a very specific nuance of meaning.
Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch
Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch held rabbinic positions in Oldenberg and Emden, Germany, and as Chief Rabbi of Moravia, before returning to Germany to establish a modern, Torah-committed community in Frankfurt. Toward the end of his life, he produced his commentaries to the Chumash, Tehillim and the Siddur.
The Netziv
Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin married the daughter of Rav Yitzchak of Volozhin, the son and successor of the founder and Rosh Yeshivah of the famed yeshivah in that city, Rav Chayim of Volozhin, the esteemed disciple of the Vilna Gaon. The Netziv eventually became Rosh Yeshivah of the yeshivah in Volozhin, a position he held for almost forty years, until its closing in 1892. The Netziv authored many works, including responsa and commentaries on Chumash, Shas, the She’iltos of Rav Achai Gaon, the halachic midrashim.
Linking Torah shebiksav to Torah shebe’al peh
Both Hakesav Vehakabalah and Malbim write that a major purpose of their commentaries is to demonstrate the unity of Torah shebiksav and Torah shebe’al peh. In the introduction to the first volume of commentary he wrote on Chumash, Vayikra, the Malbim mentions specifically the tragedy of the Reform convention that had taken place in 1844 in Braunschweig (called Brunswick in English), a city in Germany about 40 miles southeast of Hanover. The Malbim writes that when he heard of the disgraceful attitude toward Torah that had been demonstrated there, he realized that klal Yisroel required a new commentary on Tanach, written according to the mesorah. He notes many rules that he will be following in his commentaries, one of which is to show the unity of Torah shebiksav and Torah shebe’al peh.
Although Rav Hirsch’s very brief introduction to his commentary does not emphasize this relationship between Torah shebiksav and Torah shebe’al peh, this foundation shows up literally hundreds of times in his commentary.[iii] Rav Hirsch, too, maintained that proper study of Torah shebiksav leads directly to the conclusions of Torah shebe’al peh. Among examples where he demonstrates this are when he explains that Chazal’s understanding of “an eye for an eye” as financial remuneration (Shemos 21:24) is indeed the only proper way to understand the pasuk, and that no halachic requirement exists to name the firstborn child of a levirate marriage (yibum) for the deceased brother (see Devorim 25:6).
Rav Hirsch noted that the Torah shebe’al peh was actually taught to the Jews first.[iv] Moshe received all the laws of Torah shebe’al peh at Har Sinai and taught them to the Jewish people gradually. The completed Torah shebiksav, by contrast, was not received by the Jews until the very end of Moshe’s life, immediately prior to the Jews’ entering Eretz Yisroel, or forty years after they had received the Torah shebe’al peh. This explains numerous passages in the Torah, including the commandment to slaughter animals ka’asher tzivisicha “as you were instructed,” meaning the sets of regulations that had been transmitted to Moshe at Har Sinai and previously taught to the Bnei Yisroel.
Uniqueness of Rav Hirsch’s commentary
The most obvious difference between Rav Hirsch’s commentary and the others is the language in which it was written. Whereas the other commentaries are written in traditional rabbinic Hebrew, Rav Hirsch published his commentary on Chumash and, indeed, all of his works, in German. Long before Rav Hirsch’s time, many Torah works had been authored in the vernacular, such as all of Rav Saadiya Gaon’s writings and those of the Rambam, with the exception of the Mishneh Torah.
Yet, sefarim in the vernacular had fallen into disuse in the hundreds of years since the era of the rishonim. As a young rabbi in Oldenberg, however, Rav Hirsch recognized the need to present Torah teachings in German, in order to reach his generation and impress upon them Torah’s eternal relevance.
In Rav Hirsch’s commentary, there are various instances in which he includes a comment in Hebrew. Invariably, these are the comments of a Torah scholar on a point in Talmudic discussion which was not appropriate to make for the general audience for whom his work was intended. Yet, he was concerned that posterity not lose the important halachic point he had realized. To accommodate this, he chose to write these points in scholarly, rabbinic Hebrew.
Aside from his use of the vernacular, there are many other novel features in Rav Hirsch’s approach. Beyond being an interpretation of Chumash, Rav Hirsch uses his commentary to demonstrate how to use the Torah as the primary educational tool for man to grow as a human being. There is virtually not a comment of his on the Torah that does not provide a moral lesson, or musar haskeil.
Indeed, there are many occasions when he did not comment upon questions about pshat in a verse where it would appear appropriate for him to have done so. Clearly, he refrained from providing commentary where the conclusion would not provide any lesson one can utilize for personal growth.
Rav Hirsch called his Torah hashkafah by the term Torah im Derech Eretz, the details of which he developed in different places in his commentary.[v] Although the expression is often misunderstood, Rav Hirsch used it to mean that Torah and its observance must always be the primary focus of a Jew’s life, and that this can and must pervade a Jew’s behavior in all places, times and situations. Everything else that this world has to offer, including livelihood, education, culture, and social mores, must be subsumed within a Torah framework.
Reasons for mitzvos
One of Rav Hirsch’s great innovations is his explanation of the ta’amei hamitzvos. The Sefer Hachinuch explains that the term ta’amei hamitzvah means the taste of a mitzvah, not its reason, and it is this taste that Rav Hirsch sought to provide.
The concept of deriving educational reasons for mitzvos was certainly not originated by Rav Hirsch. Rav Hirsch himself quotes dozens of places where Chazal discuss what lesson one can derive from the observance of the mitzvos, and rishonim like the Rambam in his Moreh Nevuchim, Ramban in his commentary on the Torah, and the Sefer Hachinuch devote much space to this study.
However, Rav Hirsch added several dimensions to the concept of ta’amei hamitzvah. For Rav Hirsch, an explanation of a mitzvah must always fit in with every detail of the halachos of that mitzvah. For this reason, Rav Hirsch first develops and explains all the halachic details of the mitzvah and then weaves an explanation for the mitzvah that comports with all those details. At times, this required him to first resolve halachic details regarding the laws of the mitzvah.
Here is an example in which we see the difference between the approach of Rav Hirsch and that of his predecessors. The Ramban explains that the reason for the mitzvah not to mix meat and milk together is because cooking a newly slaughtered kid in the milk of its mother will create cruelty in the person who does this.[vi] However, this reason for the mitzvah has little to do with the halachos of this mitzvah, which prohibit any meat and any milk of two kosher species cooked together.
Rav Hirsch, on the other hand, first explains the laws of the mitzvah, and then demonstrates why the Torah’s description of cooking a goat in the milk of its mother is the simplest way to express these ideas. He subsequently proceeds to explain a philosophic reason for the mitzvah that we can appreciate and that can teach us a moral lesson, while observing the mitzvah. In this instance, Rav Hirsch provides a brilliant and extensive seven-page essay presenting why this prohibition is limited to the meat and the milk of kosher, domesticated animal species, and why it includes not only the consumption, but also the cooking of and benefit from this mixture.[vii]
Here is another example. The Torah forbids planting any trees near the mizbei’ach.[viii] As an explanation of this mitzvah, the Ramban explains that even though one is planting a shade tree that will enhance the area of the Beis Hamikdash, this is still prohibited, since it was the custom of the idol worshippers to plant trees near the entrance to their temples.
Rav Hirsch is not satisfied with approaches like this to explain mitzvos. Instead he notes that the thriving of a tree near an idol was considered a sign of the influence of the god. This idea fits very appropriately to the heathen notion that gods are primarily forces of nature, whose rule manifests itself in the phenomena of the physical world. However, such notions are diametrically opposite to the Jewish concept of G-d. A Jew is obligated to subordinate all his aspirations, including his moral and spiritual world, to the sphere of G-d’s sovereignty. Only through this can he expect to succeed in the physical world.[ix]
Frequently, Rav Hirsch presents highly original approaches to ta’amei hamitzvos, such as his explanations for the mitzvos of arayos, keifel, arachin, and tum’ah and taharah, and the disqualification of blemished animals and blemished kohanim from the service of korbanos. Regarding tum’ah, for example, he notes that the foundation of most religions is the fear of death, and it is at this time that the priest assumes his greatest role. The Torah, in contrast, bans the kohen from being involved with the dead, to demonstrate that the Torah’s goal is that we grow and develop throughout life – when we are in our best health. To emphasize this, the kohen, whose role is to educate how to live as a Jew, is distanced from death.
Rav Hirsch uses the same concept to explain why a kohen with a physical blemish or injury is forbidden to serve in the Beis Hamikdash and why a similarly impaired animal is prohibited as a korban. This emphasis on physical beauty or selectivity seems to run counter to the Torah’s idea of equal access for all to a relationship with Hashem.
Rav Hirsch explains that religions generally become the home of the marginalized and alienated in society. By prohibiting the physically impaired from performing the service in the holiest of places, the Torah emphasizes that its goal is to foster in all Jews the development of a relationship with Hashem, rather than to simply provide a refuge for the disenfranchised.
For the continuation of this article, see here.
[i] I refer to the commentaries of the Malbim because, although he wrote on almost the entire Tanach, a rare accomplishment, his treatment of different parts of Tanach is so varied as to make it difficult to refer to it as one commentary.
[ii] On Chumash, the Malbim follows two different styles. As I mention in the article, his commentary on Vayikra and parts of Devorim is an explanation of the midrashei halachah, the Sifra and the Sifrei, in which he delves into Chazal’s method of understanding Torah Shebiskav. On the other hand, his commentaries to other parts of Chumash bear close similarity to the commentary of the Abarbanel, which, as he says himself, he used. He presents many questions on the topic at hand, and then weaves an explanation to answer them. Yet another style is presented in his commentaries to Esther and Shir Hashirim, in which he presents his own midrashic-style approach to these works.
[iii] This point is the main thrust of Dayan Isaac Grunfeld’s introduction to Rav Hirsch’s commentary, which I will quote in the sequel of this article.
[iv] Commentary of Rav Hirsch to Bereishis 1:19.
[v] See, for example, commentary of Rav Hirsch to Vayikra 18:4.
[vi] Ramban, Devorim 14:21.
[vii] Commentary of Rav Hirsch to Shemos 23:19.
[viii] Devorim 16:21.
[ix] Commentary of Rav Hirsch to Devorim 16:21. Based on the Haberman translation.
Posted on January 11, 2018 January 18, 2018 Author CBLCategories Biographies, Editor's Pick, HashkafaTags chumash, Hakesav Vehakabalah, Malbim, Netziv, Rav Hirsch, Torah im derech eretz
What Berachos Will We Recite When Mashiach Comes?
Since Parshas Shoftim discusses the laws of the Jewish king, I thought it appropriate to discuss this topic, since we hope that the next Jewish king will come soon and be the Mashiach. This article was previously published in my book From Buffalo Burgers to Monetary Mysteries. Should you be interested in purchasing the book, you may do so via the website, RabbiKaganoff.com or by sending me an e-mail.
Shimon asked me recently what berachos we will recite when mashiach comes, and when we will recite those berachos. I must admit that, surprisingly, no one had ever asked me this shaylah before. I did discover two short responsa on the topic, both dealing only with certain aspects of the subject.
Subsequently, my son showed me a pamphlet that included a list of berachos that we will recite upon that auspicious occasion. However, the list included errors and was incomplete. Hopefully this article will prepare us better for the occasion we daven for three times a day, and will itself hasten the redemption.
Before discussing the shaylah, we must first clarify an important fact, one that a surprising number of Jewish people do not know:
Who is mashiach, and what will he accomplish?
Mashiach is a Torah scholar descended from David HaMelech, who will reestablish the halachic Jewish monarchy in Eretz Yisrael and influence the entire Jewish people to observe halacha meticulously, to the finest detail.[i] He will be wiser than his ancestor, Shelomoh HaMelech, will be a prophet almost as great as Moshe Rabbeinu; he will teach the entire people how to serve Hashem, and his advice will be sought by all the nations of the world. He will gather the Jews who are presently scattered to the ends of the world, expand Jewish territory more than ever before, and rebuild the Beis HaMikdash. (This follows the approach of the Rambam, Hilchos Melachim Chapter 11. There is a dispute as to whether the third Beis HaMikdash will be built under mashiach’s supervision, or whether it will descend from heaven.[ii] There is also a dispute whether the ingathering of the exile is performed by mashiach or occurs immediately prior to his arrival. We will find out for certain when the events unfold.) After mashiach establishes his dominion, there will be no more wars, famine, jealousy, or competition, since the entire world will be filled with only one desire: to know Hashem and draw close to Him.[iii]
The fact that mashiach is both the political leader of klal Yisrael and also a leading talmid chacham caused Rav Shmuel Hominer, a great tzadik and talmid chacham of the previous generation, to ask Rav Shelomoh Zalman Auerbach the following interesting shaylah, which I paraphrase:
“When we merit meeting mashiach, we will be required to recite four berachos to praise Hashem upon the occasion: (1) chacham harazim, The wise One who knows all secrets [which I will explain shortly]; (2) shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av, Who bestowed of His wisdom to those who fear Him; (3) shechalak mikevodo lirei’av, Who bestowed of His honor to those who fear Him; and (4) shehecheyanu.” Rav Hominer then proceeded to ask whether the second and third berachos, both of which begin with the word shechalak should be recited as two separate berachos, or if they are combined into one beracha, shechalak meichachmaso u’mikevodo lirei’av, Who bestowed of His wisdom and honor to those who fear Him. Let me explain his question:
Chazal instituted the following blessing, to be made when one sees a Jewish king: Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech haolam shechalak mikevodo lirei’av, that Hashem bestowed of His honor to those who fear Him. A different, but similar, beracha was instituted to be recited upon seeing a tremendous talmid chacham: Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech haolam shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av, that He bestowed of His wisdom to those who fear Him.[iv]
Chazal also instituted the recital of similar berachos when one sees a non-Jewish king, shenasan mikevodo lebasar vadam, that Hashem gave of His honor to human beings; and shenasan meichachmaso lebasar vadam, that Hashem gave of His wisdom to human beings, when one sees a gentile scholar.[v]
(Note that the berachos recited over a Jewish king or scholar use the word shechalak whereas the berachos recited over gentiles use the word shenasan. The word shechalak implies that the recipient of this power or wisdom recognizes that these are gifts received from Hashem, and that Hashem retains total control over them.[vi] However, the gentile king or scholar views these Divine gifts as his own accomplishments and does not recognize Hashem’s ongoing involvement in his success.)
Since mashiach will be both a king and a Torah scholar, Rav Hominer assumed that someone meeting him should recite both berachos. However, Rav Hominer queried whether these two similar berachos are combined into one beracha, shechalak meichachmaso umikevodo lirei’av – that Hashem bestowed of His wisdom and honor to those who fear Him.
Rav Shelomoh Zalman replied that we do not combine these two berachos, even when seeing a Jewish king who is also a talmid chacham.[vii] He pointed out that berachos are generally kept separate, even when their themes are similar. As Rav Shelomoh Zalman noted, an earlier author, the Teshuvah Mei’Ahavah,[viii] discussed this same shaylah in the eighteenth century and reached the same conclusion.
It is noteworthy that several poskim contend that we no longer recite the beracha shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av upon seeing a noteworthy talmid chacham, maintaining that our generations no longer possess Torah scholars of the stature required to recite this beracha. (This approach is quoted by Shu’t Teshuvah Mei’Ahavah, 2:237; Ben Ish Chai, Parshas Eikev 1:13; and Aruch HaShulchan 224:6. On the other hand, Chayei Adam 63:8; Kaf HaChayim 224:18; and Shu’t Shevet HaLevi 10:13 rule that we do recite this beracha today. Several anecdotes are recorded about great talmidei chachamim who recited the beracha upon seeing gedolim, such as the Ragitzchaver Gaon, the Chazon Ish, the Brisker Rav, and Rav Gustman. See, for example, Piskei Teshuvos, Chapter 224 footnote #17.) Nevertheless, both Rav Hominer and Rav Shelomo Zalman assumed that we will recite this beracha upon witnessing mashiach, either because they held that we do recite this beracha today, or that mashiach will clearly be a scholar of this league.
Baruch Chacham Harazim — Knower of Secrets
In the above-quoted correspondence with Rav Shelomoh Zalman, Rav Hominer, mentioned that we will recite two other berachos when greeting mashiach: Baruch chacham harazim and she’hechiyanu. What is the beracha of Baruch chacham harazim?
The Gemara[ix] records that someone who witnesses 600,000 Jews gathered together recites Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech haolam chacham harazim, the wise One who knows all secrets.[x] This beracha praises Hashem for creating such a huge multitude of people, each with his own unique personality and physical appearance. (The Gemara records a different beracha to recite when observing a similarly large-sized throng of gentiles.) The wording of the beracha notes that only Hashem knows the secrets that are in the heart of each of these people.[xi]
Rav Hominer pointed out that since the entire Jewish people will surround mashiach, there will be no doubt at least 600,000 Jews together, enabling us to say this beracha. Note, however, that we will recite this beracha upon seeing the huge crowd, and will not recite the other berachos until we actually see mashiach.
Shehecheyanu
The fourth beracha mentioned by Rav Hominer is shehecheyanu, based on the halacha that if one sees a close friend whom one has not seen for thirty days, one recites shehecheyanu because of one’s excitement.[xii] Certainly, seeing mashiach for the first time will generate more excitement than seeing a close friend that one has not seen for thirty days! (Compare this to Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 225:2.)
Shehecheyanu or hatov vehameitiv
However, I would raise the following query: Should we recite shehecheyanu or hatov vehameitiv (He who is good and brings benefit) upon seeing mashiach?
The Mishnah teaches: “Upon hearing good tidings, one recites Baruch hatov vihameitiv.
One who builds a new house or purchases new items recites Baruch shehecheyanu vekiyemanu vehigiyanu lazman hazeh.”[xiii] When one hears good tidings that are beneficial only for him, he recites shehecheyanu; if others benefit also, he recites hatov vehameitiv.[xiv] Similarly, when acquiring new appliances, one recites hatov vihameitiv if other people benefit; if only one person benefits, as is usually the case when purchasing new clothes, then he or she recites shehecheyanu.[xv]
So, which beracha will we recite upon the coming of mashiach, shehecheyanu or hatov vihameitiv? After all, it is not just the excitement of seeing the mashiach, but the realization that he will change the entire world for the better that generates the excitement and the beracha.
In my opinion, we will recite both shehecheyanu and hatov vehameitiv, but not at the same time. We will certainly recite hatov vehameitiv when we hear the wonderful tidings of mashiach’s arrival. After all, if one recites the beracha when hearing that one receives any kind of bounty, how much more so for the gift of mashiach’s long-awaited arrival!
In addition, according to Rav Shmuel Hominer and Rav Shelomoh Zalman, one will recite shehecheyanu upon seeing mashiach the first time, due to the personal pleasure of witnessing him.
Although this now completes the list of berachos mentioned by Rav Hominer, I believe at least one more beracha should be added to the list:
Returning the widow to her property
The Gemara[xvi] teaches us that someone who sees Jewish houses in Eretz Yisrael that have been restored after the churban recites the beracha of matziv gvul almanah, He who reestablishes a widow in her borders, referring to the restoration of the Jewish people to the Holy Land. Rashi explains that this Gemara applies to a period such as that of Bayis Sheini, when the Jews returned to Eretz Yisrael after the exile, and the Rif states that it refers specifically to the restoration of shuls and Batei Medrash. Obviously, we will recite this beracha the first time we see either the restored Beis HaMikdash or the batei medrash and shuls of a rebuilt Yerushalayim.
Why don’t we recite this beracha now?
We do not recite this beracha until mashiach arrives and we no longer need to worry about our enemies.[xvii] However, as soon as mashiach has accomplished his purpose, we will recite this beracha on every rebuilt shul and beis medrash we see in Eretz Yisrael. Thus, we might recite this beracha even before actually seeing mashiach himself!
An earlier teshuvah
There actually was an earlier responsum, discussing what berachos we will recite when mashiach arrives. Someone asked Rav Chayim Felaggi, zt”l, a great nineteenth-century posek who was the rav of Izmir, Turkey, the following shaylah, “When mashiach redeems us, what beracha will we recite upon the redemption and in appreciation of Hashem’s benefiting us?”
Since the teshuvah is fairly short, I am translating it:
“It appears that we should recite a beracha of ‘ga’al Yisrael,’ ‘That you redeemed us from this bitter exile,’ similar to when we complete retelling the story of our Exodus on Pesach and recite ‘And we thank You and recite a new song on our redemption. We conclude with the beracha, “He who redeemed Israel.”’ After the future redemption, we will recite a similar beracha. We will also recite shehecheyanu for experiencing this wondrous time, since, without question, this day will be established as a Yom Tov.”[xviii]
Recently, I saw someone rule that we will recite a beracha “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam Go’el Yisrael” as soon as mashiach arrives. However, I believe this to be an incorrect understanding of Rav Felaggi’s teshuvah. Nowhere do Chazal record a beracha with the text “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam go’el Yisrael, nor do they specifiy a beracha to be made when one is redeemed. Rather, what Rav Chayim Felaggi contended is that the Sanhedrin of the mashiach era will institute a celebration to commemorate the wondrous events that transpire, and will presumably institute the recitation of a beracha similar in structure to the beracha that we make immediately prior to drinking the second cup of wine at the Seder, which closes with the words ga’al Yisrael. In addition, the Sanhedrin will, presumably, make the day of mashiach’s arrival into a Yom Tov that will be celebrated with the beracha of shehecheyanu, just as we recite this beracha to commemorate every Yom Tov.
Six berachos
Thus, we now have a total of six berachos to recite when mashiach arrives:
(1) hatov vehameitiv when we hear of his arrival;
(2) matziv gvul almanah, each time we see a newly reconstructed shul or Beis Medrash, and when we see the Beis HaMikdash;
(3) chacham harazim, upon seeing 600,000 or more Jews assembled;
(4, 5, 6) when we actually see mashiach, we will recite three berachos: shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av, shechalak mikevodo lirei’av and shehecheyanu. In what order should we recite these last three berachos?
I believe that the following Gemara[xix] demonstrates that shehecheyanu should be the last of this triad:
“Rav Pappa and Rav Huna, the son of Rabbi Yehoshua, were traveling when they met Rav Chanina, the son of Rabbi Ikka. They told him, ‘when we see you, we recite two berachos: asher chalak mei’chachmaso lirei’av and shehecheyanu.’” Thus we see that shehecheyanu is recited after the other berachos.
Which beracha is recited first?
Having resolved earlier that we will recite two different berachos, shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av and shechalak mikevodo lirei’av, which of these berachos is recited first?
I found no reference made by any posek concerning this question. On the one hand, perhaps one can demonstrate that the beracha on a talmid chacham is first, since we have a general rule that mamzer talmid chacham kodem lekohen gadol am ha’aretz, a mamzer who is a Torah scholar is given more honor than a kohen gadol who is boorish.[xx] On the other hand, the Gemara[xxi] cites a dispute between the prophet Yeshaya and King Chizkiyahu as to whether a king commands more respect than a prophet or vice versa. The Gemara implies that the king commands more respect. Thus, one could infer that the beracha relating to mashiach being king should be recited before the beracha on his being a talmid chacham.
What if I can’t see the mashiach?
Now a practical question:
What if you cannot actually see mashiach because of the large throngs that are there, but you know that he is in front of you. Do you recite these berachos anyway?
Two texts, two opinions
It would seem that whether one recites these berachos under such circumstances depends on a dispute among authorities, which is, in turn, dependent on two versions of a passage of Gemara:[xxii]
Version #1: Rav Sheisheis, who was blind, joined others who went to see the king. When the king arrived, Rav Sheisheis began reciting the blessing.
According to this version, Rav Sheisheis recited the beracha for seeing the king, although he could not and did not see him. Thus, someone may recite this beracha to Hashem for “seeing” (i. e., feeling) the honor that the king receives, even though he does not actually see the king himself.[xxiii]
However, there is another version of this text, which reads as follows:
Rav Sheisheis, who was blind, joined others who went to see the king. When the king arrived, Rav Sheisheis began blessing the king.
What is the difference between the two versions? According to the second version, Rav Sheisheis blessed the king, meaning he gave him an appropriate greeting, but there is no evidence that he recited the beracha on seeing a king, since he could not see him. It is very likely that one may not recite these two berachos unless one actually sees a king or a talmid chacham; it is insufficient just to be aware of his presence.[xxiv]
In conclusion, there may a total of as many as eight special berachos to recite when mashiach arrives, in the following order.
When we first hear from a reliable source the good news of mashiach’s arrival, we will recite, “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech haolam hatov vehameitiv.”
When we see the huge throngs of Jews assembled to greet him, which will no doubt number at least 600,000 people, we will recite, “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech ha’olam chacham harazim.”
When we see the rebuilt Beis HaMikdash or rebuilt shullen or Batei Medrash, one should recite, “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech ha’olam matziv gvul almanah.” Theoretically, one might recite this beracha before the beracha chacham harazim, if one sees the rebuilt Beis HaMikdash before one sees the huge throngs.
When we actually see the mashiach, we will recite “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech haolam shechalak mikevodo lirei’av.”
Immediately after reciting this beracha, we will recite the beracha “Baruch Attah Hashem Elokeinu Melech ha’olam shechalak meichachmaso lirei’av.” According to some poskim, one may recite these last two berachos when aware that mashiach is nearby, even if one cannot see him.
When one actually sees mashiach, one should recite shehecheyanu.
-8. According to Rav Chayim Felaggi, a Yom Tov will be established to commemorate mashiach’s arrival, and on that holiday we will again recite shehecheyanu, and a longer beracha mentioning some of the details of the miraculous events of his arrival. This beracha will close with the words Baruch Attah Hashem ga’al Yisrael.
Now that we have completed our discussion and review of these halachos, let us daven hard that we soon have the opportunity to recite these berachos!
[i] Rambam, Hilchos Melachim, Chapter 11
[ii] Rashi, Sukkah 41a; Yerushalmi, Maaser Sheini 5:2 and Meleches Shelomoh ad loc.
[iii] Rambam, Hilchos Melachim, Chapter 12
[iv] Berachos 58a
[v] Berachos 58a; Tur and Shulchan Aruch 224; cf. Rambam, Hilchos Brachos 10:11, who records a different text for these brachos
[vi] Avudraham, quoted by Beis Yosef, Orach Chayim 224
[vii] Minchas Shelomoh 1:91:27
[viii] Shu’t Teshuvah Mei’Ahavah (2:237)
[ix] Berachos 58a
[x] Tur and Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 224:5
[xi] Rashi Berachos 58a
[xii] Berachos 58b and Tosafos ad loc.
[xiii] Berachos 54a
[xiv] Berachos 59b; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 222:1
[xv] Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 223:3, 5
[xvi] Berachos 58b
[xvii] Beis Yosef, Orach Chayim 224; Maharsha, Berachos 58b; Shu’t Har Tzvi #84; cf. Magen Avraham 224:8
[xviii] Shu’t Lev Chayim 2:42
[xix] Berachos 58b
[xx] Mishnah, Horiyos 13a
[xxi] Berachos 10a
[xxii] Berachos 58a
[xxiii] Magen Avraham 224:6
[xxiv] Elyah Rabbah 224:6
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Giba Gravity Enduro
The Giba Gravity Enduro supported by Fox SA, Red Bull and Rush Sports was an awesome way to celebrate the parks 7th birthday!
The event reached it's capacity at 150 entries which made for a great atmosphere during and after the event. With the four timed downhill stages making use of some of the parks best trails as well as some trails that are usually reserved for uphill climbs the stage was set for all out action.
From tight twisting switchbacks, rock drop offs, roots and narrow twisting trails that wrapped themselves around steep valley sides, the riders were put to the test as they raced at their their fastest manageable pace.
With the help of Nigel Hicks & Dave Drummond along with the parks trail manager Jethro Nyandeni a big effort was made to accommodate as many riders as possible. There were even a few chickens runs and alternative lines available making the race fun for everyone.
With Gravity Enduro testing technical ability and speed, it is always interesting to see who will come up tops, a cross country rideror a down hiller... this time around the top spot was taken by Tiaan Odendaal, one of the leading DH riders in the country. Fastest female was taken by Tamryn Taylor, making them Giba's fastest single track riders!
As the event is there to celebrate Giba's birthday weekend, it is more about giving back to the rider and this was done in style. Besides the plethora of lucky draw prizes on hand by Fox and Rush Sports, riders were treated to gourmet burgers, soft drinks, Red Bull and plenty of cold draft beer. What better way to finish a day of fun riding and friendly banter.
AMA Rider came to the party and launched there new Trail Tag system in KZN with the event, which involved a wristband that the rider had to tag in and out of each stage with. Tagging is the riders responsibility and allows the riders to head off on each stage when it suits them. Results were available live and riders were seen checking their results in between stages on their cell phones. We are sure that this new Trail Tag system will become common all over SA, especially with parks like Giba planning to make use of the readers and tags as part of recreational riding in the park.
Final results can be seen at http://www.trailtag.co.za
Prizes were awarded to top three men and woman only and are as follows:
Name Surname SS1 SS2 SS3 SS4 Total
TOP 3 Men Overall
Tiaan Odendaal 00:05:29 00:04:56 00:05:00 00:06:03 00:21:28
Paul Simon 00:05:27 00:04:52 00:05:03 00:06:08 00:21:30
Carl Calverley 00:05:48 00:04:50 00:05:16 00:06:11 00:22:05
TOP 3 Woman Overall
Tamryn Taylor 00:06:21 00:05:37 00:05:53 00:07:05 00:24:56
Michelle Speirs 00:06:59 00:06:21 00:06:34 00:07:42 00:27:36
Lauren Hoyer 00:07:04 00:06:59 00:07:05 00:08:09 00:29:17
24 February 2016 @ 05:39 AM
This is hands down the best race I've ever done!!!! Was incredibly fun!!! Big up to the guys who organised it, a job very well done!!!
Can't wait to do more events like this :)
Honestly probably the most fun I've ever had on a bicycle
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Initial d 2005 full movie with english subtitle
Initial d 2005 full movie with english subtitle. Initial D 2005 2019-02-11
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However, Takahashi is there to lend a hand. Enjoy it and the soundtrack isn't bad either. To offset the repetitive nature of the races, the script delves into the more cerebral, theoretical side of racing -- that is, if you were interested in such things. The visuals are interesting and the soundtrack is filled with appropriate tracks, most of them in English, surprisingly, with some Chinese songs toward the end. Takumi was able to defeat Nakazato again, showing that he is no fluke.
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The lack of a true villain in the film is not altogether a bad thing, as the presence of one would only muddle up the film's squeaky-clean image. Lizzie, however, isn't sure she feels comfortable stepping into the spotlight, and is even less sure about the way she feels about Paolo, who makes no secret of his infatuation with her. There is love for the girls and street racing for the guys. Taiwanese pop icon Jay Chou makes his acting debut as Takumi Fuijiwara, a high-school kid who delivers tofu every morning for his father Bunta Anthony Wong. Filmed on location in Japan, it's slightly off-putting to see a cast of Hong Kong actors taking Japanese roles with everyone speaking Cantonese. Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10 I agree with the former reviewer.
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As it was a anime it had to impress, and the storyline did. The romance is standard stuff, with Nasuki acting a bit more flirtatious than one is used to seeing in a Japanese film. In a mountain road encounter, they ran into Team Emperor's Mitsubishi Evo, and normally the old junker don't stand a chance, but when controlled by Takumi they were able to defeat the Evo. Even though I don't understand it, I like it very much because of the beat and of course Jay Chou sings it. Our bot automatically removes dead links, this may have been what happened, message mods to inquire. Prices in other currencies are shown for reference only.
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The story is somewhat different from the original cartoons, but then again, what works in one medium doesn't for another. This is the first live-action feature based on the series to ever grace the silver screen in the world. Takumi, a delivery boy; Ryousuke, an engineer of speed; and Kyouichi, a professional racer: the three of them become duelists of drifts. Akina racing god: a title that promises more than this limited actor can provide. Streaming full Initial D 2005 first, Once you can rate this movie. Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak the Infernal Affairs trilogy , the film stars Jay Chou as an 18-year old boy who awakens to the thrill of illegal street racing. Lizzie discovers that she bears a striking resemblance to Isabella, an Italian teen-pop idol famous for her duets with heart-throb Paolo -- so much so that when Paolo and Isabella have a falling out, he asks Lizzie to take Isabella's place for an upcoming concert.
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But the reality of manga to film roles is that the audience doesn't expect much more than a live-action comic book performance. Suzuki does fine, as does Chou in his first starring turn, although it should be said that the script really doesn't require all that much of either young actor. Some might say it is rather odd that they put Chinese actors speaking Chinese in what is a movie based on a Japanese cartoon. . However, it is impossible to evaluate good or bad before. Akina, where some of Japan's greatest street racers venture for glory. Initial D was originally slated for Tsui Hark to direct, but early in the production he left the project and was replaced by Infernal Affairs directing duo Andrew Lau A Man Called Hero and Alan Mak A War Named Desire.
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I am not into guy stuff at all and didn't think I would like this movie very much until my sister told me how good it was. A glorious but unexpected victory awakens the competitive genes in his blood, while his overnight fame inevitably leads to hellraising races one after another, each one more perilous and exciting than the previous one. Popular Hong Kong actors Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, and Jordan Chan co-star as fellow street racers, and multiple Best Actor award winner Anthony Wong and singer Kenny Bee shore up the cast. Join other movie fanatics in our CyTube. A glorious but unexpected victory awakens the competitive genes in his blood, while his overnight fame inevitably leads to hellraising races one after another, each one more perilous and exciting than the previous one. But why didn't a Japanese company come and make the movie instead of one from Hong Kong? Based on the Japanese manga by Shuichi Shigeno, Initial D follows the literally downhill adventures of tofu delivery teen Takumi Chou , who spends his days in a daze about the flirty Natsuki Anne Suzuki, Returner , his afternoons working at the gas station of best bud Itsuki Chapman To , and his nights delivering tofu for his hard drinking and narcoleptic, one presumes dad Bunta Anthony Wong.
Director: Andrew Lau Producer: Andrew Lau Writer: Shuichi Shigeno Editor: Wong Hoi Stars: Jay Chou Takumi Fujiwara , Jordan Chan Kyouichi Sudou , Shawn Yue Takeshi Nakazato , Anthony Wong Bunta 'Tofuman' Fujiwara , Kenny Bee Yuuichi Tachibana , Chapman To Itsuki Tachibana , Edison Chen Ryousuke Takahashi , Anne Suzuki Natsuki Mogi , Tsuyoshi Abe , Liu Geng-Hong Seiji Iwaki , Some commentators say that Initial D 2005 is a good movie, although some of them say that Initial D 2005 is a bad movie. His girlfriend Natsuki Mogi wants his attention even though she's got a dark and shameful secret, and his best friend Itsuki who has no talent in driving wants Takumi to teach him road racing. Who will be the winner at the end? If the movie you're posting hasn't been posted in the last two weeks, then you may post it. The title should include the movie title and year of the movie only, all other information such as subtitles, length of the movie, etc. Not only has he become a good racer, but he has also unwittingly perfected the art of drifting. I was really excited about this movie but I ended up fast-forwarding through it.
Initial D 2005
A enjoyable racing movie and it focuses on one type of racing: Drifting! In contrast, Chapman To Golden Chicken ridiculously overacts as the wannabe street king Itsuki. It turns out that I actually liked it very much. Takumi, a delivery boy; Ryousuke, an engineer of speed; and Kyouichi, a professional racer: the three of them become duelists of drifts. In-between the film's many downhill races, the script busies itself with the idyllic romance of Takumi and Natsuki. Things don't get any simpler for Lizzie when her family gets wind of her newfound fame, and catch the next flight to Italy. Edison Chen just seemed bored.
Takumi was able to defeat Nakazato again, showing that he is no fluke. The King of the Mountain duel is an absolute eye-popper and worth the ticket price on its own. The film's races are entirely set along the hillside that Takumi traverses on a regular basis, and as a result, once you see Takumi defeat an opponent along the hills for the first time, you've basically seen them all. His girlfriend Natsuki Mogi wants his attention even though she's got a dark and shameful secret, and his best friend Itsuki who has no talent in driving wants Takumi to teach him road racing. Suzuki in particular has little to do, and the script's insistence on giving her character a dark secret comes across as superfluous. So, this movie is perfect for a couple to watch together where one doesn't get bored and leave. This movie got on with its racing and shows what drifting is about.
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The film has an impressive pedigree, being directed by the duo of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, and written by Felix Chong, the trio having worked together previously on the mega hit Infernal Affairs trilogy. But the car who beat him was actually driven by a local Tofu shop owner's son, Takumi Fujiwara, who had unknowingly perfected the art of mountain racing through daily deliveries of tofu. Lizzie McGuire and her best friends Kate, Gordo, and Ethan have just graduated from middle school, and to celebrate, they're taking part in a class trip to Rome, Italy. It's Japanese starlet Anne Suzuki who gives the movie's best performance as the likeable and vulnerable Natsuki. Initial D - Drift Racer Full Movie F.
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Bringing Back The Sunshine
Released: Sep 2014
Label: Warner Bros.
Blake was a bro before bros were country cool, and in party cuts like "Buzzin'" (a hick-hopper that has him workin' "on that twerkin'" and his car between sippin' suds with his buds) and closer-not-starter "Just Gettin' Started" he shows young guys how it's done. But mainly he's here for the ladies -- ones whose lips taste like whiskey (in "Just South of Heaven") and sangria (in "Sangria"), for instance, and duet foil Ashley Monroe in "We've Got Tonight" update "Lonely Tonight." Then there's "Good Country Song," where he remembers his '80s neo-traditional heroes, especially Earl Thomas Conley.
- Chuck Eddy
Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine 2014-10-30
Lonely Tonight (feat. Ashley Monroe)
A Girl
Buzzin' (feat. RaeLynn)
Just South Of Heaven
I Need My Girl
Good Country Song
Anyone Else
Just Gettin' Started
2014 Ten Point Productions, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
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Shelling kills seven in Butig, Lanao del Sur
From the Sun Star-Cagayan de Oro (Sep 19): Shelling kills seven in Butig, Lanao del Sur
MARAWI CITY -- Citing civilian accounts, a top official of the Philippine Army said airstrikes and shelling Saturday, September 17, directed at a camp in Butig, Lanao del Sur occupied by the Maute terror group killed at least seven alleged terrorists.
Army Colonel Roseller Murillo, commander of the Army’s 103rd Brigade based in Kampo Ranao in Marawi City, said the bombardment is part of ongoing operations against the Maute group.
Murillo said civilian accounts report the recovery of seven bodies by members of the Maute group in a grassy area near Camp Darul Iman, formerly an abandoned Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) encampment.
Murillo said the former MILF camp was also the subject of military operations from May to June 3 this year.
He said the newly arrived 49th Infantry Battalion from 9th Infantry Division based in the Bicol Region was also deployed in Butig early this week to go after members of the Maute group.
Lieutenant Colonel Arnel Bautista, commanding officer of 49th IB, said troops have been conducting ground patrol in some parts of Butig.
The military had launched operations against the terror group in the wake of an attack by the Maute group against the Lanao del Sur Provincial Jail in the city last August 27.
About 50 heavily armed members of the group had raided the provincial jail in Barangay Mapandi, Marawi City to free eight of their comrades.
The raid also freed 15 other inmates.
None of the escaped inmates have so far been re-captured.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2016/09/19/shelling-kills-seven-butig-lanao-del-sur-498492
2 more Abu Sayyaf captives walk free
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Sep 19): 2 more Abu Sayyaf captives walk free
Two Filipino captives of the Abu Sayyaf walked free on Sunday night amid massive military operations against the bandit group in Sulu.
Lieutenant General Mayoralgo dela Cruz, chief of Western Mindanao Command, told the Inquirer Sunday night that more hostages were expected to be freed because of the relentless operation in areas with reported presence of Abu Sayyaf.
“We are not stopping until they are destroyed. We have a strong mandate to destroy these bandits, and more hostages are released,” Dela Cruz said.
Major Filemon Tan Jr., spokesperson of Western Mindanao Command, said sustained military operations led to the freeing of Daniela Taruc and Levy Gonzales in Panglima Estino town in Sulu at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
The two walked free after a Norwegian and three Indonesians were released.
The victims, subcontractors of a Telecom company who were kidnapped in Patikul town on August 6, were recovered by a resident, Tan said.
Taruc and Gonzales were brought to a military hospital in Bus-bus village in Jolo.
On Saturday, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad was freed after an alleged ransom of P30 million delivered to the Abu Sayyaf.
Before Saturday midnight, three Indonesian fishermen — Lorence Koten, Teo Doros Kofong and Emmanuel Arakian — were freed after reportedly paying P10 million in ransom.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/816552/2-more-abu-sayyaf-captives-walk-free
Three Indonesian hostages freed by Abu Sayyaf, fourth to follow
From the Jakarta Post (Sep 19): Three Indonesian hostages freed by Abu Sayyaf, fourth to follow
Three Indonesian sailors released on Sunday and handed over to Philippine authorities in Zamboanga will fly to Manila to undergo a medical check-up before being flown home to Indonesia on Tuesday.(JP/Haeril Halim)
"From day to day in their captivity, it felt like we were just waiting for our time to be beheaded," Theodorus Kopong Koten recalls his captivity by the Abu Sayyaf group.
For 75 days he had been a hostage of the notorious militants in the Sulu islands region of the southern Philippines. He is one of three Indonesian sailors released by the Abu Sayyaf group on Sunday in Zamboanga.
"It was very scary. There was no life there. I cannot say thank you enough for the release, and it is only God who could respond to the efforts by Indonesian and Philippine authorities to make the release possible," Theodorus said on Sunday.
The other two sailors are Lorens Koten and Emmanuel. The three crewmen were on board a Malaysian-flagged fishing boat when kidnapped by the militants on July 9 in Lahat Datu waters in Malaysia.
Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, who came to Zamboanga to witness the handover of the hostages from the Philippine military to Indonesian officials, said a fourth Indonesian sailor was expected to be released on Monday.
He refused to give details on the fourth Indonesian, but said all four released hostages would return to Indonesia on Tuesday.
Indonesia thanked the Philippine military for achieving the release, with help from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
Ryamizard denied speculation that the government had paid a ransom for their release. However, he said he did not know whether the hostages’ families or employers paid a ransom. Abu Sayyaf is notorious for taking hostages and threatening to behead them for ransom.
"We, Indonesia and the Philippines, do not want to be extorted. We did not and never will pay a single penny," Ryamizard said told a press briefing in Zamboanga on Sunday.
Once the fourth hostage is finally released, the group will still be holding another five Indonesians. At least 18 Indonesians have been kidnapped in separate incidents since May, including two who reportedly escaped on their own in August.
The Indonesian government had been pushing for negotiations in the hostage crisis, Ryamirzard said, noting that securing the release of the three sailors had been a tough process.
Yet he expressed optimism that the remaining five hostages would soon be freed, following a Philippine military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf gunmen. Philippine forces have deployed 22,000 personnel to corner the militants in the Sulu islands following orders from President Rodrigo Duterte.
The commander of the Western Mindanao Command, Mayoralgo de la Cruz, said the Philippine government had cooperated with the MNLF, as the latter was familiar with the Sulu Island area and its members had a broad network in the region.
"We will be much happier once we receive all the remaining Indonesian hostages from Abu Sayyaf. President Duterte has ordered us to go after the group," Cruz said.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/09/19/three-indonesian-hostages-freed-by-abu-sayyaf-fourth-to-follow.html
Abu Sayyaf frees 2 telco technicians
From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Sep 19): Abu Sayyaf frees 2 telco technicians
Two more hostages were released by the Abu SAyyaf group, this time Filipinos, after the release of Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The released hostages were identified as Levy Gonzales, 30 and Daniela Taruc, 26, both employees of Power City Corporation, a sub-contractor of a telecommunication firm.
Major Felimon Tan Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesperson, said the two were released around 10:30 p.m. Sunday in barangay Tiptipon, Panglima Estino, Sulu.
According to Tan, the massive military operations forced the Abu Sayyaf to free the two captives, several hours after the bandit group released Sekkingstad.
He will not comment whether ransom was paid for the Filipino hostages who were abducted on August 6 in Timpook, Patikul, Sulu.
The victims were on the way to the cellsite of a telecom firm in Bagsak, Talipao, when the Abu Sayyaf bandits flagged them down in Timpook.
Tan said the victims were taken to the Joint Task Force Sulu headquarters for medical check-up before they were turned over to proper authorities.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/09/19/abu-sayyaf-frees-2-telco-technicians-498508
EDITORIAL - Lucrative business
Editorial posted to the Philippine Star (Sep 18): EDITORIAL - Lucrative business
In an unguarded moment recently, President Duterte himself blurted out on national television that “50 million” had already been paid. This was amid rumors at the time that the Abu Sayyaf had beheaded another captive, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, who was kidnapped from a resort he was managing on Samal Island in Davao on Sept. 21 last year.
It was unclear if the President meant 50 million in pesos or US dollars. The Abu Sayyaf had initially demanded $6.3 million for each of its three foreign hostages, according to previous reports. Yesterday, amid reports in Mindanao that the actual ransom amount was P100 million, Malacañang officials said they did not know who might have paid any ransom – whether the victim’s family or a foreign government.
The Philippine government supposedly has a no-ransom policy, and the Armed Forces yesterday attributed the Norwegian’s release to relentless military pursuit operations.
In reality, for many years now, kidnapping for ransom has become the most lucrative industry in Sulu and Basilan. Many of the payments are in foreign currency, which makes you wonder how the money is handed over, stashed and spent. In the kidnapping of 21 mostly European hostages from the Malaysian island resort of Sipadan in April 2000, the Abu Sayyaf allegedly received at least $20 million in “development aid” from Libya and another $3 million from Malaysia in exchange for the hostages. No ransom payment has ever been recovered.
You can’t hide that kind of money under a mattress or in a cave. It has to be deposited somewhere. Philippine banks are required to report to monetary authorities any large deposits. Dollars have to be converted to Philippine pesos to be spent here. How is ransom money laundered, and who are involved? The laundering is clearly thriving as much as the kidnapping itself.
At least Sekkingstad is alive, unlike the two other foreigners snatched with him in Samal, Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, who were beheaded. But ransom is the best incentive for staging more kidnappings. Paying ransom is fine as long as it leads to the capture of the kidnappers and eventual recovery of at least some of the money. In the case of the Abu Sayyaf, ransom payments have simply bred impunity.
http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2016/09/19/1625195/editorial-lucrative-business
P100 M paid for Norwegian?
From the Philippine Star (Sep 18): P100 M paid for Norwegian?
Released Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad, left, briefly delivers his statement after meeting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, in Davao city in southern Philippines Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Sekkingstad, who was kidnapped last year by ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf extremists along with two Canadians and a Filipino, was released Saturday and was turned over Sunday to MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) Chairman Nur Misuari, who in turn turned him over to Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza (left). Three other Indonesian captives were released with Sekkingstad. In the center is Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Erik Forner. AP Photo/Manman Dejeto
Despite Malacañang’s no-ransom stance, more than P100 million was apparently paid for the freedom of Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad from the bandit group Abu Sayyaf over the weekend.
Sources told The STAR yesterday that Sekkingstad’s family and friends from Norway raised the ransom money. Norway Ambassador Erik Forner reportedly flew to Davao in anticipation of Sekkingstad’s release.
“I would like to reiterate that the government maintains the no-ransom policy,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar told government radio station dzRB yesterday. “Now, if a third party or the family gives ransom, we do not know.”
The Abu Sayyaf released Sekkingstad Saturday, about a year after the bandit group kidnapped him along with three others – Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, who were both beheaded months ago reportedly for failure to pay a P300-million ransom demand, and Filipina Marites Flor, who was released in June.
The four were snatched by heavily armed men at a private yacht club in the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao on Sept. 21, 2015 and held captive in Sulu.
The Abu Sayyaf released and handed over Sekkingstad to the Moro National Liberation Front, through MNLF Commander Tahil Sali, in the vicinity of Barangay Buanza, in the town of Indanan at around 8:30 p.m. last Friday, reports said.
He then stayed overnight at the place of MNLF chairman Nur Misuari in Barangay Kagay, according to Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process.
“Chairman Misuari volunteered to host his stay due to heavy rains and nightfall,” Dureza said. “Men of Misuari, former governor Sakur Tan, and other volunteers helped in the release.”
The MNLF has signed a peace deal with the government.
President Duterte finally met Sekkingstad yesterday afternoon at the Matina Enclaves Residences in Davao City.
Meanwhile, Sekkingstad yesterday described his one-year jungle captivity under the bandits as “devastating,” carrying a backpack with a bullet hole as a reminder of his ordeal.
Aside from the horror of constantly being warned he would be the next to be beheaded by the brutal extremists, Sekkingstad said he survived more than a dozen clashes between government forces and his captors in the lush jungles of Sulu province.
In one of those clashes, he recalled, he felt a thud in his back and thought he was hit by gunfire, but found out later that it was his green, army-style backpack that was pierced.
Sekkingstad said he and his fellow captives were forced to carry the militants’ belongings and were kept in the dark on what was happening around them. At one point, he said, their heavily armed captors numbered more than 300.
“We were treated like slaves,” he said.
After the militants decapitated Ridsdel in April, Sekkingstad was threatened by the militants, who repeatedly told him, “You’re next.”
When the negotiations for his release began in recent months, Sekkingstad said the rebels began treating him better.
It was not immediately clear whether Sekkingstad had been ransomed off. Duterte suggested at a news conference last month that P50 million had been paid to the militants, but that they continued to hold on to him.
The military said Saturday that relentless assaults forced the extremists to release the hostage.
In Norway, Prime Minister Erna Solberg confirmed that Sekkingstad had been “brought to safety” after his release.
Solberg said the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, police and diplomats “have done a great deal of work” to have Sekkingstad released, and thanked Duterte and Dureza.
In a statement posted on the Norwegian government website, Solberg said Norway supports the Philippine government “in their fight against terrorism and for peaceful outcome in the south” of the country.
Solberg told national news agency NTB that “Norwegian officials had not participated in any payment of ransom or made any concessions in the matter.”
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/09/19/1625291/p100-m-paid-norwegian
NPA claim on arrest of ex-rebel disputed
From the Manila Times (Sep 18): NPA claim on arrest of ex-rebel disputed
THE Philippine Army on Sunday denied allegations that it violated a ceasefire with communist rebels who had accused the military of arresting a former guerrilla in Kalinga province.
“He was not arrested. The alleged elderly ex-guerilla opted to return to the folds of the law,” said Col. Benjamin Hao, Army spokesman, referring to 73-year-old Marcos Aggalao.
Hao was reacting to a report of an online news portal quoting Ka Tipon Gil-ayab, spokesman for the Lejo Cawilan Command of the New People’s Army (NPA), who said the military illegally arrested Aggalao alias Ka Munroe.
Gil-ayab claimed that Aggalao retired in 2012 because of old age.
Reports said Aggalao was arrested in Sitio Dalyagan, Barangay Gawaan in Balbalan town on September 11.
But Hao disputed this, saying there was no arrest of NPA members and supporters in Kalinga.
“Since the start of the ceasefire of the government with the NPA, many of their supporters and old members in Northern Luzon, including Marcos Aggalao from Kalinga, voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine Army,” he said.
According to him, after the mass surrender of 69 NPA supporters in Northern Luzon last month, another four reportedly surrendered to the military this month.
All of the surrenderers, Hao said, were sent to and processed by the local Department of Social Welfare and Development in the province.
“The Philippine Army strictly observes the ceasefire with the NPA. The Philippine Army believes that an effective ceasefire is a significant path in attaining peace in our country,” he added.
http://www.manilatimes.net/npa-claim-on-arrest-of-ex-rebel-disputed/286532/
TALKED TO NUR DURING CABINET MEETING Duterte reveals Nur Misuari given full authority to negotiate with Abu Sayyaf
From GMA News (Sep 18): TALKED TO NUR DURING CABINET MEETING Duterte reveals Nur Misuari given full authority to negotiate with Abu Sayyaf
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday revealed that he gave Moro National Liberation Front leader Nur Misuari and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza the full authority to negotiate with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
"It was a long, long negotiation as far as I'm concerned. I've talked with Nur Misuari, even in the Cabinet meetings I had him called and he assured us that we would be able to recover, alive and well, Kjartan," Duterte said in a press briefing at the Matina Enclave in Davao City.
"I was just directing the traffic... to go about the job and simply investing upon them, the full authority to negotiate and see to it that nothing of this sort will happen again,' he added.
Duterte had said that he would not want to detain Misuari, who is facing rebellion charges for the 20-day Zamboanga City siege in 2013.
Before his speech, Duterte shook the hand of released Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad.
Duterte also thanked former Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan for helping in efforts to secure the Norwegian hostage.
"First of all I would like to thank the efforts, the efforts beyond human patience of Secretary Dureza and of course, Nur Misuari, who all along assured us sthat he would need time but he would succeed. So he said, many months ago, and I would like to thank him also, and of roucse, Sakurtan, the former governor of Sulu," he said.
Sekkingstad was abducted by gunmen, along with Canadian nationals John Ridsel and Robert hall and Filipina Marites Flor, on Samal Island in September last year.
The Norwegian was released Saturday afternoon by the ASG to the Moro National Liberation Front in Patikul, Sulu.
The two Canadians, meanwhile, were beheaded by the bandits while Flor was released last June.
In his speech, Duterte said that he could not declare that Mindanao is already safe.
"Is it safe in Mindanao? I cannot tell you now, but we are trying our very best to put order in this country," he said.
"We are racked with wracked with so many problems: kidnapping in the South, terrorism, drugs and I would say I would need time to put everything in order," he added.
Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla earlier said in a radio dzBB interview that the ASG is still holding at least 20 hostages.
The ASG had also released three Indonesian sailors on Saturday night.
Dureza said during the presentation of Sekkingstad that the three Indonesian hostages have been turned over to a representative of the Indonesian government.
"They are already on their way to Jakarta," Dureza said.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/581867/news/nation/duterte-reveals-nur-misuari-given-full-authority-to-negotiate-with-abu-sayyaf
Freed Norwegian Hostage Tells of Ordeal at the Hands of Abu Sayyaf
From the Wall Street Journal (Sep 18): Freed Norwegian Hostage Tells of Ordeal at the Hands of Abu Sayyaf
A Norwegian man freed after almost a year held by the Abu Sayyaf terror group said he and his fellow captives, two of whom were beheaded, were treated like slaves and that he was regularly threatened with execution.
Kjartan Sekkingstad was one of four people seized by the extremists at a resort he ran on Samal Island in the southern Philippines. Two of his fellow captives, Canadians John Ridsel and Robert Hall, were decapitated this year. A Philippine woman, Marites Flor, was freed in June.
“I am very happy to be alive and free,” Mr. Sekkingstad told reporters following a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and Norwegian Embassy officials in Davao City, the president’s hometown. “It’s a wonderful feeling.”
When he arrived in Davao City, the Norwegian was bearded, wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a backpack he said had stopped a bullet and saved his life during a clash between troops and militants. He was clean-shaven and wearing fresh clothes when he met the president.
Mr. Sekkingstad told reporters upon arriving in Davao City that the Abu Sayyaf militants had forced him and the other captives to act as porters, the Associated Press reported. He said that after the beheadings began, he was told constantly that he would be executed, AP reported, and that he survived several clashes between the militants and Philippine troops.”
The two Canadians were killed after Ottawa refused to pay millions of dollars in ransom to the militants, who have sworn allegiance to Islamic State, have earlier links to al Qaeda and have carried out bombings, assassinations and kidnappings for ransom that have often ended in murder.
Mr. Duterte said recently that 50 million pesos ($1.1 million) had been paid to Abu Sayyaf as ransom for Mr. Sekkingstad. Subsequently, the president said the group wanted even more money. He didn’t elaborate on the source of the payments or how they were made.
Mr. Sekkingstad was released Saturday in Jolo, the capital of Sulu, a predominantly Muslim and impoverished island, but had to stay there overnight because of bad weather. It was unclear if he would return to Norway.
Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said that three Indonesian fishermen kidnapped recently by Abu Sayyaf were released Sunday. He said he was “unaware if any ransom has been paid.” The Indonesians were flown to the military’s regional command center in western Mindanao island and handed over to Indonesian authorities.
Abu Sayyaf is believed to still hold 11 foreigners and six Filipinos captive, the military said.The group is believed to have about 400 members.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg welcomed the release of Mr. Sekkingstad and thanked Mr. Duterte and presidential peace adviser Jose Dureza, who negotiated the release, for working to free him.
“This has been a challenging case, and has put an indescribable strain on Mr. Sekkingstad himself and his family and friends,” Ms. Solberg said Sunday. “The violence committed against innocent people by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization can only be met by our condemnation and disgust.”
Abu Sayyaf has come under recent pressure from the Philippine armed forces as Mr. Duterte ordered a new offensive against them. The group responded with a deadly bomb attack Sept. 2 in Davao City that killed 15 people and injured dozens more.
Mr. Duterte, who came to power June 30 on a pledge to restore law and order in the Philippines, has waged a violent antidrug campaign that has left thousands dead.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/freed-norwegian-hostage-in-philippine-government-hands-1474197099
Freed Norwegian, Indonesian hostages headed home
From Rappler (Sep 19): Freed Norwegian, Indonesian hostages headed home
(UPDATED) The hostages, released by the Abu Sayyaf group two days apart, are finally homebound after their ordeal
FREE. Lieutenant General Mayoralgo dela Cruz, Westmincom chief (2nd from right); with the freed Indonesian hostages (in blue) and Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu in Zamboanga City on September 18, 2016. Rappler sourced photo
The Norwegian and Indonesian captives recently freed by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province headed home Sunday night, September 18, after they were turned over to representatives of their respective governments.
Former captives Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and Indonesians Lorence Koten, Theorus Kopong, and Emanuel Arakain were turned over by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to Chief Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza and former Sulu vice governor Sakur Tan in Sulu on Sunday afternoon, September 18.
Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu was in Zamboanga City to bring back home the 3 Indonesians who were released that day. The Abu Sayyaf kidnapped them – reportedly in Lahad Datu, Sabah – in July.
Sekkingstad was turned over to Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Erik Førner in Davao City. He was abducted from a high-end tourist resort in September 2015 along with two Canadians who were later beheaded, and a Filipina woman, Marites Flor, who was released earlier.
Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall were executed after a ransom demand of about 300 million pesos ($6.5 million) was not met.
The Abu Sayyaf is a loose network of a militants formed in the 1990s with seed money from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.
It is based in remote Muslim populated southern islands of the mainly Catholic Philippines, and has earned millions of dollars from kidnap-for-ransoms, often targeting foreigners.
While its leaders have in recent years pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) group, analysts say the group is mainly focused on a lucrative kidnapping business rather than religious ideology.
The group, which is blamed for the worst terror attacks in Philippine history and listed by the United States as a terrorist organization, has been the target of a military operation since August.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/146576-freed-norwegian-kidnap-victim-set-meet-duterte
Freed Norwegian hostage: 'Lucky to be alive'
From Rappler (Sep 18): Freed Norwegian hostage: 'Lucky to be alive'
(UPDATED) Freed Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad thanks President Rodrigo Duterte after his release. The Norwegian government maintains it did not pay ransom to the Abu Sayyaf.
FREE. Kjartan Sekkingstad prepares to board a helicopter bound for Davao City to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte. The Abu Sayyaf freed him after a year in captivity. Photo by Nickee Butlangan/AFP
A freed Norwegian hostage said he was "lucky to be alive" Sunday, after being kidnapped by Islamic militants and held in the southern Philippine jungle for more than a year.
Kjartan Sekkingstad appeared gaunt and frail as he was handed over to a government envoy along with 3 Indonesian seamen who had been held captive with him.
"I am so very happy and lucky to be alive," Sekkingstad, heavily bearded and wearing a camouflage jacket, told reporters in the town of Indanan on Jolo island before being flown to meet the Philippine president in Davao City.
Sekkingstad was abducted from a high-end tourist resort he managed in September 2015 by notorious kidnappers-for-ransom the Abu Sayyaf.
Two Canadians taken hostage at the same time, John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, were later beheaded by the group after a ransom demand of about P300 million ($6.5 million) was not met.
Sekkingstad showed the media his backpack with his rubber slippers, plastic water jug and other items he used during confinement, saying that he would never lose these "souvenirs."
He also thanked Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte.
The Abu Sayyaf freed the Norwegian on Friday, handing him over to another Muslim rebel leader, Nur Misuari, whose group assisted in the release and at whose camp he spent the night, according to the government.
Escorted by a small contingent of Jolo police on Sunday, Misuari, Philippine Chief Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza, the freed captives, and local officials met in a building surrounded by hundreds of Misuari's fighters from the Moro National Liberation Front before leaving for a military camp.
Sekkingstad and Dureza were then transported to an airbase in Zamboanga City where a plane flew them out to the southern city of Davao for a meeting with Duterte.
The 3 freed Indonesians were taken to the nearby city of Zamboanga where Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu was waiting to pick them up and bring them back home to Jakarta.
It was still unclear if they were the same seamen kidnapped by armed men off a fishing trawler in Malaysian waters in July.
'Treated like a slave'
Sekkingstad also narrated how he narrowly survived military attacks against his captors, with a bullet piercing his backpack. He said he was treated like a "slave" by the Abu Sayyaf.
"Basically, I've been treated like a slave, carrying their stuff around, time to time abused," he said.
Sekkingstad also told reporters he endured "psychological pressure," with the Abu Sayyaf threatening several times to behead him.
He added that during the separate killings of the Canadian hostages in April and June, the two handcuffed Canadians were escorted out of sight, "but still close enough that you could hear their cries when it happened."
"It was devastating," the visibly shaken Norwegian said.
At a press forum with Duterte later, a now-clean shaven Sekkingstad thanked the President and all those who helped obtain his freedom.
It was unclear if any ransom was paid and, if so, by whom.
'No ransom'
Norwegian foreign affairs communications chief Frode Andersen told Agence France-Presse by phone that "the Norwegian government does not pay ransom in this case or any other case."
Duterte's spokesman Martin Andanar also said in Manila that "the government maintains the no-ransom policy."
"Now, if there is a third party like [Sekkingstad's] family that paid, we do not know anything about that," he told reporters.
However, a spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf was quoted in a local newspaper on Sunday as saying the group received P30 million (about $625,000) for the Norwegian.
Duterte himself had said in late August that P50 million was paid to secure the release of Sekkingstad.
The Abu Sayyaf is a loose network of militants formed in the 1990s with seed money from Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.
It is based in remote Muslim-populated southern islands in the mainly Catholic Philippines, and has earned millions of dollars in ransom from kidnappings -- often targeting foreigners.
While its leaders have in recent years pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, analysts say the Abu Sayyaf is mainly focused on a lucrative kidnapping business rather than religious ideology.
The group, which is blamed for the worst terror attacks in Philippine history and is listed by the United States as a terrorist organisation, has been the target of a military operation since August.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/146603-lucky-freed-norwegian-hostage-abu-sayyaf
Duterte on freed hostage: We kept our promise to Norway
From Rappler (Sep 18): Duterte on freed hostage: We kept our promise to Norway
'The President's personal commitment even before he took office has been crucial to solve this issue,' says Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Erik Førner
FREED HOSTAGE. Kjartan Sekkingstad (seated, 2nd from left) is presented to President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City on September 18, 2016. Photo by Manman Dejeto/Rappler
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, September 18, said the safe release of a Norwegian held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf for a year fulfills a promise he made to the Norwegian government even before he officially assumed office.
"The best thing that happened to us this week is really the release of Kjartan because we were able to complete our promise to Norway which is giving us the good offices for space to talk vis-a-vis with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)," Duterte said in a news briefing in Davao City, after Kjartan Sekkingstad was presented to him.
Norway is the third party facilitator of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front, the political wing of the CPP.
Duterte credited the safe release of Sekkingstad and 3 Indonesian hostages of the Abu Sayyaf to the efforts of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari, Chief Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza, and former Sulu governor Sakur Tan.
"[Misuari] all along assured us that he would need time but he would succeed. It was a long, long negotiation as far as I'm concerned. I talked to Misuari even in the Cabinet meetings. I had him called, and he assured me that we would be able to recover alive and well Kjartan. And so we are here," he said, motioning to Sekkingstad who sat near him.
'Happy to be alive'
In his brief statement, Sekkingstad thanked the President, Dureza, and Misuari, as well as Norwegian officials and his families in the Philippines and Norway.
"I am very happy to be alive and free. It's a beautiful feeling," said the Norwegian.
Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Erik Førner thanked Duterte for the Philippine government's "outstanding help" to secure the release of Sekkingstad.
"The President's personal commitment even before he took office has been crucial to solve this issue," Førner said.
Duterte made the commitment to Førner when they met in Davao City on June 24.
The Abu Sayyaf freed Sekkingstad on Friday, September 16, a year after the group abducted the Norwegian and 3 others from a resort in Samal Island in Davao del Norte.
Sekkingstad told reporters in Indanan, Sulu, before he was brought to Davao City to meet with Duterte that he felt "lucky to be alive." Two others in his group of 4 were – Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall were executed for non-payment of ransom – while Filipina Marites Flor was released earlier.
Sekkingstad was released to the MNLF, which turned him over to Dureza and Tan on Sunday afternoon. He was to leave Davao City Saturday night.
The Norwegian government denied it paid ransom, while the Philippine government maintained its no-ransom policy.
A military source had said a P30-million ransom payment was made for Sekkingstad.
Duterte himself had said as much in an interview with reporters on August 25, when he mentioned that P50 million had been paid for the Norwegian's release. He said then that while ransom payment had been made, Sekkingstad had not yet been released as the Abu Sayyaf wanted more money.
On Saturday, Indonesians Lorence Koten, Theorus Kopong, and Emanuel Arakain were also freed by the Abu Sayyaf after their two-month captivity. They were flown from Sulu to the Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City, where they were turned over to Indonesian authorities led by Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu. From Zamboanga, the Indonesians flew back to Jakarta.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/146589-duterte-abu-sayyaf-freed-hostage-norway-promise
Norwegian, Indonesians, savor first day of freedom from Abu Sayyaf
From InterAksyon (Sep 18): Norwegian, Indonesians, savor first day of freedom from Abu Sayyaf
Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza arrives in Davao City Sunday after getting custody of Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad (in back), freed by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Saturday. The Norwegian was first brought to MNLF founder Nur Misuari. PHOTO BY GEM AVANCENA, NEWS5-DAVAO
A Norwegian and three Indonesian seamen held hostage in the southern Philippines were turned over to a government envoy on Sunday after being freed by Islamic extremists who had beheaded two captives earlier this year.
Kjartan Sekkingstad and the Indonesians, who had been held by Abu Sayyaf militants, were handed over to envoy Jesus Dureza in the town of Indanan on Jolo island, said an AFP reporter at the scene.
The transfer took place at the heavily guarded camp of another Muslim rebel leader Nur Misuari, whose group assisted in the release, according to the government.
Sekkingstad was abducted from a high-end tourist resort which he managed in September 2015, along with two Canadians who were later beheaded.
It was still unclear if the three freed Indonesians were the same ones kidnapped by armed men off a fishing trawler in Malaysian waters in July.
The Abu Sayyaf freed Sekkingstad on Saturday, handing him over to Misuari who is engaged in peace talks with the government and at whose camp he spent the night, Dureza said earlier.
Escorted by a small contingent of Jolo police, Dureza, Misuari, the freed captives and local officials met in a building surrounded by hundreds of Misuari's fighters from the Moro National Liberation Front before leaving for a military camp, the reporter said.
The military has said that after a medical check-up and debriefing, Sekkingstad would fly to the southern city of Davao to be received by President Rodrigo Duterte.
John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, the two Canadians seized with Sekkingstad, were beheaded after a ransom demand of about 300 million pesos ($6.5 million) was not met. Ridsdel was murdered in April and Hall in June.
Duterte's spokesman Martin Andanar said in Manila that "the government maintains the no-ransom policy".
"Now, if there is a third party like his family that paid, we do not known anything about that," he told reporters.
Norwegian foreign affairs communications chief Frode Andersen told AFP by phone that "the Norwegian government does not pay ransom in this case or any other case".
However, a spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf was quoted in a local newspaper on Sunday as saying the group received 30 million pesos (about $625,000) for the Norwegian.
http://interaksyon.com/article/132539/norwegian-indonesians-savor-first-day-of-freedom-from-abu-sayyaf
Duterte cites Nur's role in release of Abu Sayyaf captives; says terrorism 'everywhere'
From InterAksyon (Sep 18): Duterte cites Nur's role in release of Abu Sayyaf captives; says terrorism 'everywhere'
Misuari, seen with MNLF followers in this September 2014 Agence France-Presse file photo, was credited by President Duterte with helping secure the release of Abu Sayyaf captive Kjartan Sekkingstad.
Freed Abu Sayyaf hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad relished his newfound freedom on Sunday, after he was presented by President Rodrigo Duterte to the media in Davao City, following the Norwegian national's release on Saturday.
Duterte gave full praise to his Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza, and MNLF founding chairman Nur Misuari, for securing the release of Sekkingstad. Duterte also gave credit to former Sulu Governor Sakur Tan.
"I'm very happy to be alive and free. It's a beautiful feeling," Sekkingstad said, after expressing his "heartfelt thank you" to those responsible for his release.
According to Duterte, Misuari had negotiated with the Abu Sayyaf for the release, after armed men abducted Sekkingstad, together with Canadians Robert Hall and John Ridsdel, and Filipina Marites Flor, in August last year at the Ocean View Samal Resort in Samal, Davao del Norte. Other reports put the kidnapping at September, also last year.
Ridsdel and Hall were beheaded in April and June, respectively. Flor was released also in June, a few weeks after Hall's execution.
"It was a long, long negotiation, as far as I'm concerned," Duterte said, noting that he had talked to Misuari on the phone during Cabinet meetings. The latter said he needed time, but promised that he would succeed.
The President said he had simply been "directing" the three - Misuari, Dureza and Tan - with regard to going about the job, and had invested in them "the full authority to negotiate" and ensure that nothing like it happened again.
According to Dureza, they took Sekkingstad into custody at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, recovering him from Misuari's camp. In turn, said Dureza, Misuari received Sekkingstad from his captors on Saturday.
According to reports, an Abu Sayyaf spokesman said they received P30 million in ransom.
3 Indonesians released
Dureza added that they also received three abducted Indonesians, who were then turned over to a representative of the Indonesian government in Jolo on Sunday. They were already on their way to Jakarta.
"Your travails in life are over, until such time that we get the... you want true justice, we will give them," Duterte told Sekkingstad, who is set to return home soon.
"Is it safe in Mindanao? I cannot tell you now, but we are trying our very best to put order in this country," Duterte told the media. "We would need time to put everything in order."
"Terrorism is everywhere. New York just blew up. So wala tayong (we have no)... there is no escaping terrorism. That is the next great battle of the century, terrorism and civilization," he added. The President was referring to the "intentional" explosion that injured 29 people in New York's Chelsea district at the weekend.
http://interaksyon.com/article/132543/duterte-cites-nurs-role-in-release-of-abu-sayyaf-captives-says-terrorism-everywhere
INFOGRAPHIC | Over 4,300 families affected by Sulu fighting: DSWD
From InterAksyon (Sep 18): INFOGRAPHIC | Over 4,300 families affected by Sulu fighting: DSWD
Over 4,300 families have seen their lives disrupted by the continuing conflict in Sulu, where the Armed Forces of the Philippines is rooting out Abu Sayyaf members, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has reported.
Of the 4,355 families (or 23,069 persons), DSWD said in a status report as of Sept. 17 that it had served most of those affected, or 4,326 families (22,895 persons).
Among the prepositioned goods deployed to help the affected communities are P6.5 million worth of food packs; as well as P324,280 worth of other food items; and P954,590 worth of nonfood items.
The campaign against the Abu Sayyaf Group was stepped up after it beheaded two of its captives, a Canadian businessman and a Filipino teenager whose family could not pay ransom.
President Duterte said Saturday that while he was keen on pursuing peace talks with the two main Moro groups - the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Nur Misuari faction of the Moro National Liberation Front - there would be no negotiations with the Abu Sayyaf, for whom, he said, nothing less than a "caliphate" in Southeast Asia is the only goal.
http://interaksyon.com/article/132545/infographic--over-4300-families-affected-by-sulu-fighting-dswd
Abu Sayyaf frees 3 Indon sailors in Southern Philippines
From the Mindanao Examiner (Sep 18): Abu Sayyaf frees 3 Indon sailors in Southern Philippines
A former Indonesian army general Kivlan Zein and Tarhata Misuari, wife of Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari, with Indonesian sailors – Mochammad Ariyanto Mijnan, Lorens Peter, Dede Irfan Hilmi and Samsir , who were freed by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province in southern Philippines in May 2016. The Abu Sayyaf has freed on Sunday, September 18, 2016 Indonesian tugboat crew members Teo Kopong, Lorenz Koten and Emmanuel (not in photo) following negotiations by Zein. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
Abu Sayyaf jihadists on Sunday freed 3 Indonesian tugboat crew members in the southern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling the notorious group tied to Islamic State.
Military intelligence reports said Teo Kopong, Lorenz Koten and Emmanuel – who were kidnapped in July in Sabah, Malaysia – had been handed over by the Abu Sayyaf to the former rebel group Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
Some P30 million in ransoms were reportedly paid to the Abu Sayyaf by Indonesian negotiators led by former Indonesian army general Kivlan Zein.
No other details were available surrounding the negotiations, but the safe release of the hostages came barely two days after Abu Sayyaf also freed a Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad for P30 million ransoms. The militants handed over Sekkingstad to an MNLF commander Tahil Sali, who allegedly helped in the negotiations, according to an army report.
The Philippine military’s Western Mindanao Command had linked Sali to deadly attacks against government forces in Sulu and that he fought alongside the Abu Sayyaf in recent years.
Zein – through the MNLF under its chieftain Nur Misuari – also negotiated for the separate release of 14 kidnapped Indonesian sailors in Sulu in May this year.
The Abu Sayyaf – which pledged allegiance with the Islamic State militant group – is still holding four Malaysian sailors, three Filipino fishermen, a Dutch photographer and a Japanese treasure hunter in southern Philippines.
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/abu-sayyaf-frees-3-indon-sailors-in-southern-philippines/
PHLPost checks status of PVAO pensioners
From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 18): PHLPost checks status of PVAO pensioners
The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has been tapped by the Philippine Veteran’s Affairs Office (PVAO) to facilitate the nationwide delivery of status verification forms and monitoring of its accomplishments by PVAO pensioners, particularly those residing in far-flung areas.
The PVAO is mandated to provide immediate and adequate care, benefits and other forms of assistance to war veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans and provide mechanism to ensure that pensions are received only by eligible and legitimate pensioners to effectively prevent losses of fund to the government.
PHLPost and PVAO signed the agreement in order to determine the living status of the pensioners and gather other information for the same purpose in ensuring the uninterrupted payment or appropriate termination of pension.
PHLPost agrees to effectively and promptly deliver, through personal delivery by Postman the PVAO status verification forms to pensioner, particularly those residing in areas that are geographically distant from the PVAO Fields Service Extension Offices, but with available post offices.
The Pensioner’s Verification Program is expected to clean any discrepancy on list of valid pensioners who received monthly pension from PVAO.
It is important to re-validate the pensioner’s status to avoid the suspension of Pensioner’s benefits.
Under the agreement, the PVAO shall issue a letter to pensioner authorizing PHLPost to undertake personal verification during their home visit activity.
The agency will provide PHLPost electronically, the list of pensioners for verification with the following data, full name, present address and postal code, contact number, date of birth, picture of pensioner and name of guardian.
The PVAO will also provide PHLPost the guidelines for verification, if the pensioners are still alive, if deceased and whereabouts of the pensioners.
The postman will deliver to pensioners their individual verification forms and capture the latest photo, biometrics date (fingerprint impressions) and other information about the pensioner and transmit the accomplished Status Verification Forms.
The project shall involve the nationwide verification of the PVAO pensioners, including pensioners from the NSO lists of deceased persons which cannot be validated by the PVAO through records matching and phone verification.
The PVAO expects pensioners to comply with these requirements, using the manpower and facilities of PHLPost.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2131474139498/phlpost-checks-status-of-pvao-pensioners
Army camp supports war against illegal drugs
From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 18): Army camp supports war against illegal drugs
The Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division based in this town vowed to support the new administration’s all-out war against illegal drugs.
Brig. Gen. Paul Atal, commanding general of the 5th ID, expressed his willingness to cleanse all his soldiers against illegal drugs in support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
He said they conducted massive information dissemination activities, in collaboration with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), to suppress illegal drugs use among the camp’s soldiers.
Atal said in order to ensure the cleansing of ranks of soldiers against illegal drugs, some 600 camp soldiers were subjected to a mandatory drug testing in coordination with the Regional Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Ilagan City.
As a result, he said at least one soldier and 13 Citizens' Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxiliaries (CAAs) were found positive using illegal drugs.
“The soldier and the 13 CAAs were already discharged from the military service and terminated as members of the CAAs, respectively,” the commanding general said.
To intensify their support in the illegal drugs campaign, Atal invited PDEA Regional Director Laurefel P. Gabales to discuss the various types of prohibited drugs that are widely abused in the entire country; the effects of illegal drugs in every individual; how addiction leads to criminalities; preparation and issuance of Search Warrants; the role of Military during the conduct of Buy-Bust Operations; and the penalties and punishment for those persons caught by authorities violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002 or the Republic Act No. 9165.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/481473990409/army-camp-supports-war-against-illegal-drugs
Duterte receives Norwegian hostage in Davao
From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 19): Duterte receives Norwegian hostage in Davao
President Rodrigo Duterte received Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad in Davao City on Sunday night.
Now a free man, Sekkingstad, accompanied by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, was presented to the President following his release in Jolo after a year in captivity.
The President particularly cited the efforts of Secretary Dureza, MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari and former Sulu Governor Sakur Tan for securing the Norwegian hostage’s release.
“It was a long, long negotiation,” the President said. “They (negotiators) showed us we need time to succeed … to assure the hostage is alive and well.”
An ecstatic Sekkingstad meanwhile expressed his “heartfelt” gratitude to the President saying he is “happy to be alive and free and it is a beautiful feeling.”
Ambassador Erik Forner of the Royal Norwegian Embassy likewise thanked President Duterte for his “outstanding help and commitment to secure the release of Sekkingstad even before he took office (as President).”
Sekkingstad’s release comes in such an auspicious time as his home country, Norway, serves as host to the Philippine government peace talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF. The second round of peace talks is set to resume in Oslo next month.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2131474214346/duterte-receives-norwegian-hostage-in-davao
Military reserve units can be used in anti-crime drive -- DND
From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 18): Military reserve units can be used in anti-crime drive -- DND
Military reservist units can be use in the ongoing fight against illegal drugs, graft and corruption and criminality.
This was stressed by Department of National Defense (DND) undersecretary Ricardo David as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) concluded its celebration of the 37th National Reservist Week Saturday.
"Reservists will be our reliable partners in the fight against illegal drugs, graft and corruption and criminality," he added.
David also expressed confidence that the AFP leadership shall continue to focus its programs and activities in the enhancement of their operational capabilities and readiness of all reservists.
This year's National Reservist Week theme is “Laang Kawal: Patuloy ba Naghahanda at Nagsasanay tungo sa Mapayapa, Masagana at Maunlad na Bayan”.
As a leveling up activity, 15 provinces organized a Ready Reserve Battalion (RRBn) adopting the joint force structure representing the three major services.
The number of participating provinces will increase in the succeeding years until 81 provinces of the entire country will have its respective Joint Force Ready Reserve Battalion.
The Joint Force RRBns will assist the Unified Commands during Humanitarian and Disaster Response Operations.
David also asked for support in the move of President Rodrigo Duterte to make the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory for our schools.
“The revival of the ROTC will inculcate the sense of patriotism, the sense of discipline as we as the sense of good citizenship,” he said.
Soldiers happy with Chief Executive's promise of new pistols
From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 18): Soldiers happy with Chief Executive's promise of new pistols
Troopers, especially those belonging to the elite 1st Scout Ranger Regiment, are very happy with President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement to provide them with a brand-new Glock 30 .45 pistol.
This move highlights the Chief Executive value for the soldiery, Armed Forces public affairs chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said.
Also, these new pistols are an incentive to the Bulacan-based 1st Scout Ranger Regiment for doing their job well, he added.
The guns will be delivered by October.
Additional weapons are also scheduled to be provided to other military units.
Morale of all soldiers, both officers and enlisted personnel, very high, thanks to the frequent visit of Duterte in various military camps nationwide.
Arevalo said that having the Chief Executive in your midst, not only the Defense chief and ranking military officers, talking to you, shaking your hand, and asking about your welfare certainly brings a huge morale boost to troopers in the frontlines.
"He (President Duterte) really talks and care about the men in the ground. He also talks to the commander to hear for himself what they really need in the field and how can the government can address it immediately for the good of our soldiers," Arevalo said in Filipino.
"There is no request within reason, by our soldiers, that the President did not respond positively to," the AFP official stated.
Arevalo said that this is the first time in military and Philippine history that an elected-President takes time to visit various military command headquarters and their personnel.
Military troops recover another hostages -- Palace
From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 18): Military troops recover another hostages -- Palace
A day after Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) released unhurt Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad in Jolo, Sulu, a Palace official said on Sunday that military troops have recovered another hostages.
”I believe, the new development was that there were other hostages recovered by our government troops aside from the Norwegian,” Presidential Communications Operations (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar said on Sunday in an interview with state-run Radyo ng Bayan.
Andanar said Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza will give the additional information about other hostages recovered by the military troops.
”I still have no other development. Let’s wait for the word from Secretary Dureza,” Andanar said.
On Saturday, the ASG bandits freed Sekkingstad almost one year after he and three others – Canadians John Ridsdell, Robert Hall and Filipina Marites Flor, were abducted at Ocean View Resort in Samal Island in Davao on September 21, 2015.
The two Canadians were beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf bandits while Flor was set free last July.
Amid reports that the ASG has been paid PHP50 million for the release of the Norwegian hostage, Andanar said the government maintains a 'no ransom policy'.
”I repeat, we have no that kind of policy. The government maintain a no ransom policy. If there is a family member or a third party who paid, we have no information, but as far as the gov’t is concern, we maintain a no ransom policy,” Andanar explained.
Andanar said the Norwegian thanked President Rodrigo Duterte.
According to Dureza, Sekkingstad was released by his captors at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday somewhere in Patikul, Sulu.
Dureza said the Norwegian stayed overnight at the place of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari who volunteered to host Sekkingstad’ stay due to heavy rains and nightfall.
He said the men of Misuari and former Sulu Govenor Sakur Tan and other volunteers helped in the release of Sekkinstad.
Andanar said the release of Norwegian would not mean that the government will stop its massive military operations against the Abu Sayyaf terrorists.
”It’s (the release of Norwegian) is a good development and the government’s war against terrorism will continue,” he said.
The Norwegian is set to be presented by Dureza to President Duterte on Sunday.
PA denies arresting elderly guerilla in northern Luzon
From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 18): PA denies arresting elderly guerilla in northern Luzon
The Philippine Army (PA) vehemently denied reports that its troops in northern Luzon have arrested an elderly guerilla, violating the standing government ceasefire with the New People's Army (NPA).
"He was not arrested. The alleged elderly ex-guerilla opted to return to the folds of the law,” PA spokesperson Col. Benjamin L. Hao said.
He added that were no arrest of NPA members and their supporters in Kalinga.
"Since the start of the ceasefire of the government with the NPAs, many of their supporters and old members in Northern Luzon, including a 73-year old Marcos Aggalao from Kalinga, voluntarily surrendered to the PA," Hao added,
After the mass surrender of 69 NPA supporters in northern Luzon last month, another four surrendered to the military this September.
All of the surrenderers were sent to and processed by the local DSWD in the province, Hao pointed out.
"The PA strictly observes the ceasefire with the NPAs. The PA believes that an effective ceasefire is a significant path in attaining peace in our country," Hao said.
Norwegian ASG captive now in custody of Presidential Peace Adviser Dureza
From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 18): Norwegian ASG captive now in custody of Presidential Peace Adviser Dureza
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has confirmed the transfer of former Norwegian Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) captive Kjartn Sekkingstand to Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus "Jess" Dureza on Sunday afternoon.
"For info, we confirm the transfer to Secretary Dureza of the Norwegian kidnap victim and the arrival of the released three Indonesian at Headquarters of Joint Task Force-Sulu under Brig. Gen . Arnel Dela Vega. Secretary Dureza and party are on their way now to Davao from Jolo. They left around 2:40 p.m.," AFP spokesperson Brig.Gen. Restituto Padilla said.
Meanwhile, the three Indonesians who were also freed on Saturday will be flown to Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Zamboanga City where they will be met by WMC head Lt. Gen. Mayoralgo Dela Cruz, he added.
Sekkingstand was freed in Sulu around 4:00 p.m. Saturday. The former was abducted together with John Ridsel, Robert Hall and Marites Flor on Sept. 21, 2015 at the Ocean View Resort in Samal Island.
Both Hall and Ridsell were beheaded by the bandits while Flor was freed by the ASG last June 22.
Meanwhile, troops of the 601st Infantry Brigade under Col. Cirilito E. Sobejana, Jr. encountered at 5:00 p.m. Saturday alleged members of a private armed group believed to be under a certain "Mayor Sangki" at Barangay Saniag, Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.
The encounter resulted in the recovery of high-powered firearms including one M-60 machine gun; one M-203; five M-14 rifles; and more than 4,600 rounds of ammunition including 15 rounds of 81mm mortar, three rounds of 60mm mortar, and 14 rounds of 40mm grenades, three rounds of rifle grenade, 8 rounds of ammunition for 12-gauge shotgun, improvised four-cap automatic grenade launcher, and a commercial handheld radio.
The discovery and confiscation of this large cache of arms and ammunition and a big number of explosives and ordnance that may be converted to improvised explosive devises (IEDs) is an enormous accomplishment.
"Where if not for the vigilance and unrelenting performance of duty by our troops, the possible occurrence of explosions that could cause lives and injuries could not have been prevented," Dela Vega said.
For his part, AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya said, “The multi-dimensional role of the AFP and the multi-faceted challenges that the Western Mindanao Command and Eastern Mindanao Command face in their areas of operation do not stop us from delivering results in the name of peace and security.”
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Nostaligia for Your Ears
Posted on February 26, 2011 by Taz
I’m not really big on Bollywood/Bombay-ish/Filmi music, though I have a vague appreciation for the historical importance and the beats do fill me with that Desh pull. But that just may change with a new site just up on the interwebs and recently handed to me, thanks to an awesome find by GirishRaj. It was so delightfully mishthi, I just had to share on The Mutiny immediately.
A beautifully designed site, Bombay Production is the Desi version of Pandora, on really spicy achar. With visuals reminiscent of classic Bollywood posters, an easy to surf matrix layout and the ability to easily listen through songs throughout the eras, this site is sure to be a hit amongst all of you amateur Bollywood ethnomusicologist.
For over seven decades films have been the primary entertainment source in India, introducing us to great music through highly creative and talented singers, songwriters and composers. Our inspiration comes from this rich history and we hope to capture some of it’s magic to bring you an experience that is different and engaging.
Bombay Production is designed to simplify the listening experience with one click. We’ve gotten rid of clutter and through simplicity in design created different stations that capture the mood and the flavor of a particular decade, artist or genre. The stations are randomly placed with musical tracks that are carefully selected and meant to surprise and delight you. Our collection is small but slowly growing. As we continue to grow, along with our listeners, we will be adding more music as well as customization to the stations.[bombayproduction]
I think the site has a lot of potential with an amazing catalog of music that had previously only been on vinyl – I’d love to see it expand the musical genres to include the classic rock scenes of India, emerging hip-hop, and maybe a Chutney collection too. Excited to see where this site goes and who are the brains behind this musical experiment. Don’t forget to follow them on twitter too – @BOMProduction. What do you think?
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9 thoughts on “Nostaligia for Your Ears”
Melissa on February 27, 2011 at 12:06 am said:
Thanks for sharing this! (And sorry for the “woe is me I can’t log in” problem–totally working now!)
Gdf on February 27, 2011 at 7:03 am said:
Then why make posts about urban desi/bhangra music? (which for the most part is a remix of old filmi tracks)
Fucking hypocrite.
Btw stop calling it ‘Bollywood’ that stupid ass word wasn’t uttered until the 2000s.
“I’d love to see it expand the musical genres to include the classic rock scenes of India”
I fucking wouldn’t, go back to blogging about Turdistan.
Steelcityblues on February 27, 2011 at 10:08 am said:
Ooh – lovely site! and so timely, too! I was just complaining about the fact that when you type in Kishore Kumar/ Mohammed Rafe etc. into the Pandora search box, it’s only a matter of songs before you hear Kumar Sanu’s dulcet tones. Thanks!
a on February 27, 2011 at 11:15 am said:
great find; thanks for sharing!
Anjum on February 27, 2011 at 11:34 am said:
I love it!! thanks for sharing love their graphics. Haven’t explored the catalog much but its just awesome that this music is even online & streaming in good quality.
Phillygrrl on February 27, 2011 at 11:37 pm said:
Never heard about them before. Thanks, Taz!
triliana on February 27, 2011 at 11:52 pm said:
This site has simultaneously saved me many hours (of not listening to crap music) and caused me to waste many (exploring the various and amazing channels) over the course of the next 365 days. Thanks for this find!!
Paul on February 28, 2011 at 11:11 am said:
YES! This is perfect for all bollyneeds. I’d love to see a chutney station, maybe a mashup one, too, but that seems a little out of the realm of filmi. Maybe not, though…ARR spills over into several parallels.
Yo Dad on February 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm said:
Taz: Great find! I love those evergreen songs from 50′s. They don’t write,compose or sing like they used to back then. Takes me all the way back to my High School days when Lataji and Rafi ruled the Hindi screen songs with their sweet melodius rendition of classical raga based and semi-classical songs. Keep up the good work.
Aniruddha Bose on March 1, 2011 at 11:17 am said:
Thank you so much!!! This is simply fantastic.
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A Communal Life in Film, Examined
Hawkwind: Out of the Shadows
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from English rockers Hawkwind, of whom I’d only passingly heard prior to this disc. I kept thinking of U2’s “Hawkmoon 269,” to be honest, and the kooky, sci-fi cover to this concert release offered forth no secrets — it just seemed reminiscent of some old, discarded Yes or Journey conceptual art.
So in went Out of the Shadows and out come an aggressive, druggy Blue Oyster Cult-type synth-metal, with progressive rock trappings. Dense keyboard textures and overlapping guitars are the driving force, in other words. OK, fine, but it’s still all a bit mezzo-mezzo, in my opinion. The amplitude, musicianship and in-unison riffs are solid, but strong melodic arrangements aren’t necessarily Hawkwind’s strong point, and that’s eventually a bit of a distraction or bore for me.
Recorded from an early December 2002 show at the Newcastle Opera House in Newcastle, England, this 14-song set offers up quite a show, clocking in at more than two hours. The complete track listing is as follows: “Aero Space Age Inferno,” “Angels of Death,” “Out of the Shadows,” “Time Captives,” “Master of the Universe,” “The Song of the Gremlins,” “Time & Confusion,” “Hurry on Sundown,” “Lighthouse,” “The Watcher,” “Assassins of Allah” (surely a strong contender for the closing theme of the next Republican National Convention), “Earth Calling,” “Sonic Space Attack” and “Silver Machine.”
Fronted by founding member Dave Brock, Hawkwind has, through the years,
featured a revolving-door roster, and this is evident in some of the music, which comes across as a sum of parts rather than a codifying whole. Motorhead’s Lemmy — a figure with
whom I was more familiar — was apparently a member and driving
creative force for a time, around for their seminal effort In Search of Space and 1975 follow-up Warrior on the Edge of Time, which provide a couple of tunes herein. Presented with a solid 5.1 surround sound mix, Out of the Shadows is, I reckon, a decent offering for loyal, longtime fans, and it includes an interview with Brock as well. It’s a shame, though, that there’s not a more proper reunion on tap with all of the original and/or important creative forces in the band. That might really be something. C (Concert) B- (Disc)
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What’s DeAngelo Williams 2016 Outlook? Here’s What Statistics of NFL Running Backs Age 33 & Above Tell Us
Posted on September 9, 2016 by KT Standard
“Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you DeAngelo Williams, Happy Birthday to you….”
If the scribes of Steelers Nation are to be believed, DeAngelo Williams’ teammates serenaded him with “Happy Birthday” prior to every practice this summer. And so they should. Sightings of 33 year old running backs are almost as rare as sightings of blue whales.
The average NFL career lasts just less than 4 years, the shelf life of an NFL running back is even shorter
Yet, for the second consecutive season, DeAngelo Williams will lineup behind Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers starting running back, thanks to another suspension to Le’Veon Bell. That presents an interesting challenge to conventional wisdom.
What is DeAngelo Williams 2016 outlook? The statistics might surprise you…
In examining the potential impact of Le’Veon Bell’s suspension on the Steelers Lombardi hopes, this Steel Curtain Rising offered this caution:
DeAngelo Williams performed tremendously in 2015. Credit Colbert for another masterful free agent signing. But Williams will be 33 and skill-position players at that age often suffer sharp season-to-season drop offs.
It makes perfect sense. Advanced training methods may allow football players to continue to perform at high levels later into their 30’s, but the sight of an over 30 player “getting old fast” from one season to the next remains quite common. Think of Hines Ward. Had the Steelers won Super Bowl XLV, Hines Ward probably would have earned his second Super Bowl MVP.
But in the 2011 season, Hines Ward saw his production drop markedly and his career was over.
So it would seem that DeAngelo Williams faces the same danger. The logic is flawless, isn’t it?
So just how much does the performance of NFL running backs drop off after age 33? And what do those tendencies tell us about DeAngelo William’s prospects for 2016? Let’s take a look.
The Elite 11 – NFL Running Backs Performance after Age 33
This is a difficult question to answer. Not surprisingly, there are not a ton of NFL running backs who’ve played into their mid-30’s, and there’s no easy way to identify them. However, Steel Curtain Rising has compiled data on 11 NFL running backs who played until or beyond age 33.
We’ll use the experiences of these “Elite 11” to predict DeAngelo Williams 2016 outlook.
All statistics come from Pro Football Reference. Running backs were selected simply by going down PFR’s list of all time NFL rushers, and looking to see how long they played. To qualify for the list, a running back had to log at least 100 carries at or after age 33. Some players like Fred Taylor barely made the list. In contrast, John Riggins rushed the ball more than a 1000 times after turning 33.
The first graphic gives us an idea of the career performance of the 33 rushers club. Over half of the players are NFL Hall of Famers including Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, Tony Dorsett and Steelers Nation’s Jerome Bettis, which should be no surprise as longevity is part of greatness.
So what does this tell us about DeAngelo Williams 2016 outlook?
First, he has a lot fewer carries seems to do more with less, having a better career rushing average than any of the 11 players had over the span of their careers. However, the graphic above comprises data from the entire careers of these 11 running backs? How does DeAngelo Williams stack up vs. these Elite 11 before they turned 33?
The answer is, DeAngelo Williams career still stacks up well. The “mean of the means” the aggregate rushing yards per carry is unchanged for the target group of runners. In fact, there’s very little change in performance between how these Elite 11 rushed before age 33 and their overall career averages.
All very interesting, but does that really tell us anything useful towards project DeAngelo Williams 2016 outlook?
Maybe. Maybe not. All of these players logged the bulk of their snaps before age 33, and even Father Time is struggling to combat the weight of those cumulative performances.
So what happened after these Elite 11 turned 33? Let’s take a look.
Not surprisingly, the numbers are down across the board. The average longest run drops to from 45 yards to 26 yards, proving that even these Elite 11 lost a step as they got older. Everyone’s yards per-carry dropped below four yards. However, passing 33 was hardly a death sentence for these players. O.J. Anderson won a Super Bowl MVP award at age 34 as did John Riggins at age 33.
But does turning 33 represent a true milestone for an NFL running back, similar to crossing the 350 carry threshold?
Here the numbers show us something interesting, and encouraging for DeAngelo Williams.
The running backs comprising our Elite 11 sample did suffer a dip in performance after turning age 33, but the fall off was far from dramatic. In fact, Warrick Dunn, Fred Taylor, O.J. Anderson and Earnest Byner actually saw their rushing averages increase in the first season following their 33rd birthday. Overall, the drop off in production from age 32 to age 33 was slight.
After turning 33, our Elite 11 ran for 1.4 fewer times a game, scored about a touchdown and half less, and only averaged about a tenth of a yard less per carry.
All of that represents good news for DeAngelo Williams 2016 outlook.
DeAngelo Williams 2016 Outlook – A Statistical Projection
If you apply the average drop off between age 32 and age 33 by our Elite 11 to DeAngelo William’s career averages, you’ll see that statics show he should only drop off .07 yards per carry, and rush the ball about 2 times less per game. His projected long run for the season should be 47 yards, down from his career average of 54.
And if statics are any guide, there’s more good news for DeAngelo Williams.
Looking at average cumulative performance before and after age 33, we see drop offs almost across the board. However, we can see that players like Marcus Allen’s decline was far less dramatic than the rest of his peers.
There’s no secret as to why – Al Davis, for some reason he took to the grave – forced his coaches to keep Allen on the bench.
Indeed, Marcus Allen rushed an average of 188 times a season in his career, which is below the Elite 11 average of 232 times per season. DeAngelo Williams has averaged 163 carries per season, lower than any other player in the Elite 11 Earnest Byner.
All of that suggests that less wear and tear for DeAngelo Williams should potentially allow him to continue to run strong in 2016 and beyond.
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Each Day Dr. Jimmy DeYoung picks the top ten news stories from around the world that are setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
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* Analysis: Are Iran and the United States heading for war? Reports of US Naval buildup near Middle East as Iran threatens shipping lanes in response to US sanctions.
* How Turkey's Democracy Went From Insanity to 'Beyond Insanity' "Bad economic management, among others, brought him [Erdogan] to power ... It may remove him power, too." -- International banker who asked not to be named.
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* The Most Pro-Israel President Ever If an American president and his administration wanted to guarantee Israel's future as a country under constant assault, there are a few things he could do to make Israel's daily existence as fraught as possible.
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Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man’s diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn’t tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he’s not dying at all (while he doesn’t) and she believes it’s just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
Release Date: 14 October 1964 (USA)
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Another self-opinionated reviewer bites the dust. Having blithely pronounced "Lover Come Back" to be the best of the three Day-Hudson comedies without even having seen this one, I now willingly eat crow and and say I was wrong. "Send Me No Flowers" is the best. "It’s a honey!"
This is a wonderful suburban world of lawns and yards, bridge games and country clubs, commuter trains and divorce rumours. George Kimball (Rock) is a malade imaginaire, and Judy (Doris)is … well, blonde. Tony Randall is at his considerable best as the nerdy neighbour Arnold who gets entangled in the Kimballs’ misunderstandings, with delicious comic consequences. Paul Lynde turns in a marvellous cameo as Mister Akins of the funeral parlour, and the annoyingly perfect Bert Power is played with breezy confidence by Clint Walker, TV’s Cheyenne (the incidental music gives him a witty little cowboy theme).
"My hypochondria has finally paid off," announces George after hearing (and misconstruing) his doctor’s talk of impending mortality. Arnold prepares a eulogy which mentions George’s ‘unfailing good humour’, a phrase which could stand as the movie’s subtitle. Hudson is masterly as the doom-laden George, showing how assured he can be when the material is strong. This well-crafted script is derived from a Broadway play, and its quality shines through. Doris wears a very prominent wig and, in true Doris style, keeps her bra on under her negligee.
Made in 1962 when television had clearly won the battle against the cinema, the film uses TV’s ascendancy in a very knowing way in the opening gag.
Verdict – Near-faultless domestic comedy with great work by Hudson, Day, Randall and Lynde.
The main character is dying, but not the movie! It shall live forever. This is one of five golden, grown-up comedy classics Doris Day starred in, the others being "Teacher’s Pet", "Pillow Talk", "That Touch of Mink" and "Lover Come Back". Of course, Hollywood never gives an Oscar for comedy. Drama is deemed deep! Nothing is deeper than comedy. Actually, drama is often unintentional comedy.
The critics disliked the movie because the subject is grim: terminal illness, or fear thereof. But if you take that attitude, nothing at all is funny. Actually, death is just the theme around which a lot of variations about modern life are spun. This film is masterful in every respect, a real treat. Paul Lynde is priceless as the effeminate undertaker. Doris Day is a miracle. Even the theme song is a thrill. Oh, why did we stop making these clean, domestic movies dealing with practical issues and everyday life?
Very good screenwriting here and a very good example of early sixties suburban lifestyle.Very funny and this movie is one of the best comedies of all time.The cinematography was splendid as well.Comedy fans please watch this one!
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Rock Hudson is in his element here–a situation comedy that’s got some clever lines built around the theme that he’s a hypochondriac who mistakenly believes he has only a few weeks to live–and wants to put certain issues in order believing that his wife needs another man as soon as he’s gone. The "other man" that he and Tony Randall choose turns out to be Clint Walker, his wife’s old flame from school days.
With the help of a fairly amusing script and some well played bits by Paul Lynde (as a dedicated undertaker) and Edward Andrews (as a doctor who thinks the specialists get all the breaks), Rock Hudson makes the most of his central role and actually gives the most polished comic performance of his career. Tony Randall does well as his gin-guzzling neighbor who promises to deliver a eulogy for him. And Doris Day (despite wearing what looks to be the worst looking wig since Barbara Stanwyck’s blonde hairdo in "Double Indemnity") uses her own comic flair with style–but personally, I’ve enjoyed her much more in her other roles with Hudson, especially "Pillow Talk". The focus here is on Hudson and he makes the most of a well-written comic role.
Since one of the writers on the script is Julius J. Epstein, it’s no wonder that there’s a fresh, smooth-flowing flavor to the proceedings. Not the kind of film you should go out of your way to catch, but it passes the time pleasantly. Epstein worked on some great scripts ranging from "The Strawberry Blonde" to "Light in the Piazza" and his deft writing style is evident here.
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Historical, architectural, and archaeological survey of Orlando, Florida.
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Report of a survey of historic and archaeological sites conducted to provide an inventory to be used as a resource for preservation planning.
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Whitewater bobsled.
Aqualympics: Lifeguards demonstrating the whitewater bobsled in Wet'N Wild, Orlando, Florida.
Accent on the individual: the first twelve years of Florida Technological University.
Sheinkopf, Kenneth G., Millican, Charles Norman, PALMM (Project)
Gives the early history of Florida Technological University (later renamed University of Central Florida). Provides details of the establishment of the University starting with the state legislature's authorization for its creation, the purchase of land and construction of buildings, the preparations for programs of study and the graduation of the first class. Describes relations with the local communities in Orange and other counties. Includes brief descriptions of the visits of notable...
Show moreGives the early history of Florida Technological University (later renamed University of Central Florida). Provides details of the establishment of the University starting with the state legislature's authorization for its creation, the purchase of land and construction of buildings, the preparations for programs of study and the graduation of the first class. Describes relations with the local communities in Orange and other counties. Includes brief descriptions of the visits of notable persons. President Millican's comments are interspersed throughout the text.
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George Millay at Construction site in Wet'n Wild Orlando.
George Millay overseeing the Wet'n Wild construction project along with two unidentified men in Orlando, Florida. Construction workers can also be seen in the background pouring concrete.
Rendering of the Wet'n Wild Orlando.
Aerial rendering of Wet'n Wild, Orlando, Florida.
Der Stuka at Wet'n Wild.
Construction image of Der Stuka located in Wet'n Wild, Orlando, Florida. It is a towering water slide with a summit at 72 feet high. Riders experience free fall down a 250 foot slide.
St. James pioneer days: parish & school reunion : October 5-6, 1974.
A souvenir of the rededication ceremony for St. James Church eighty-seven years after the first church was established and twenty-two years after the "new" St. James Church was dedicated in 1952.
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A Time to keep: history of the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Florida, 1873-1973.
Adicks, Richard, Neely, Donna M., Evans, Clara Lee, Jones, Ben H., Lawton, Kathryn, PALMM (Project)
Brief history of the church from its beginnings to 1973, including photographs of early members, changes in the church structure, the new church, and the first wedding performed in the new church. Also includes a list of pastors and other officers of the church.
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Reform or revolution.
Luxemburg, Rosa
Early days in Melbourne Beach, 1888-1928.
Thomas, Frank J., Beynroth, Ewing, PALMM (Project)
Brief history of the barrier island town of Melbourne Beach containing many anecdotes describing social and business activities.
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The new nationalism and the Negro struggle.
Wohlforth, Tim
Effects of the possible use of nuclear weapons and the security and economic implications for states of the acquisition and further development of these weapons.
Zionism and the arab revolution: The myth of progressive Israel.
Young Socialist Alliance
Archaeological investigations at the Ross Hammock site, Florida.
Bullen, Ripley P., Bryant, William J., Bullen, Adelaide K., PALMM (Project)
Describes the excavations of the Ross Hammock Site, located a little southeast of Oak Hill, Florida. The excavations were made in 1963 to evaluate the site's archaeological potential. The authors believed that the site was probably occupied about 2000 years ago. Includes a brief account of an investigation of a nearby 19th century salt evaporation works site.
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Which way Israel?: An eye-witness account by a Marxist educator.
Lumer, Hyman
Three archaic sites in the Ocala National Forest, Florida.
Bullen, Ripley P., Bryant, William J., PALMM (Project)
Describes excavations conducted from 1962 to 1964 of three shell middens in the Ocala National Forest, Florida. Middens no. 1 and no. 2 are located within the Bowers Bluff Archaeological Area; midden no. 3 is more commonly known as the Kimball Island Midden. Radiocarbon analyses date human inhabitation at Midden no. 2 to about 3000 B.C. with abandonment approximately 1,000 years later. Midden no. 1 is dated at about 1690. B.C.
Master plan: new state university in East Central Florida.
Rogers, James Gamble, Murphy, Robert M., Kelley, Forrest M., Jr., Associated University Architects, University of Central Florida, Lovelock and Fritz, Lemon and Megginson, Owles...
Show moreRogers, James Gamble, Murphy, Robert M., Kelley, Forrest M., Jr., Associated University Architects, University of Central Florida, Lovelock and Fritz, Lemon and Megginson, Owles and Heasley, PALMM (Project)
The preliminary master plan for what would become the University of Central Florida. It consists of drawings and overlays for building placement, pedestrian and vehicle traffic, and the locations of the various colleges.
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History of development in Orange and Seminole counties: growth patterns of urban form in the Orlando metropolitan area.
Orange-Seminole Joint Planning Commission, White, Arthur W., East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, PALMM (Project)
A brief history of Orange and Seminole counties chronicling development from the colonial period to 1965, illustrated with period photographs and facsimile advertisements.
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Ethics in the Soviet Union today.
Parsons, Howard L, Gannett, Betty
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OBC! Down to Earth ! Polite, Positive thinker,in fourth attempt: Nandini KR, IAS UPSC Topper 2016-2017
Nandini K R, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service, is at present undergoing training at the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics in Faridabad.
Nandini, who hails from Karnataka, said being an IAS officer was always her dream.“It is like a dream come true. I always wanted to be an IAS officer,” she told PTI.
Nandini KR was born and brought up in the Kolar Gold Field of Karnataka. She did schooling from St. Joseph Convent Girls High School. She had decided to become an IAS officer during her school days itself. It was natural for her to not look for a private job after engineering and rather start preparation for Civil Services. In between, she had also worked for Karnataka PWD department as an engineer. It should be noted that Nandini has done B. Tech (Civil Engineering) from prestigious M S Ramaiya Engineering College, Bangalore.
Nandini cracked Civil Services Examination in her third attempt in CSE 2015. However, her rank was not good enough and she was allotted Indian Revenue Services (IRS). She joined IRS without compromising with her preparation. This year she appeared with better preparation and the result justifies her hard work.
By caste, Nandini KR is an OBC. She took Kannada literature as her optional subject for Civil Services Mains Examination.
1 Meet Nandini KR, IAS UPSC Topper 2016-2017 Rank 1, Read her Success Story in Hindi and English
2 Books Suggested by IAS Topper Nandini
2.1 List of Books Preferred by UPSC 2016-17 Toppers (Click On Books to buy it directly from Amazon):
2.2 Essential Books Suggested by Nandini KR for UPSC Prelims (Preliminary Exam) Click on Books to Buy Online:
2.3 Essential Books Suggested by Nandini KR for UPSC Mains (Preliminary Exam) Click on Books to Buy Online:
3 Nandini KR, IAS UPSC Topper 2016-2017 Rank 1 Interview in Hindi
4 Media Coverage
4.1 Hindustan Times
4.2 Times of India
4.2.1 HIGHLIGHTS
5 NDTV
6 One India
7 Check out the List of Candidates
8 PTI
8.1 NANDINI KR, IAS TOPPER: PROFILE, FAMILY, CASTE AND BOYFRIEND
8.2 Profile of Nandini KR
8.3 Family, Boyfriend and Husband of Nandini KR
Meet Nandini KR, IAS UPSC Topper 2016-2017 Rank 1, Read her Success Story in Hindi and English
Name: Nandini KR
State: Karnataka
Caste Category – OBC
Education – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
College- M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru,
Optional Subject – Kannada literature
Book Preferred: NCERT Books
When we start preparation of any competitive examinations, We always aim to be the person who can secure the maximum marks in the examination. UPSC is also the similar competitive exam which most of the people love to go into it but only a few able to crack the exam.
Nandini KR became topper in her fourth attempt.
Real Name Nandini K R
Profession IRS Officer
Height (approx.) in centimeters- 163 cm
in meters- 1.63 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 4”
Weight (approx.) in Kilograms- 53 kg
in Pounds- 117 lbs
Eye Colour Black
Date of Birth Not Known
Age (as in 2016) Not Known
Birth Place Karnataka, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Not Known
Hometown Karnataka, India
College MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Educational Qualifications B.Tech (Civil Engineer)
Family Father– Not Known
Mother– Not Known
Caste OBC
Hobbies Reading
Husband N/A
She had cracked the 2014 civil services exam and was allotted the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise).
Nandini belongs to the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.
Holding a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from the M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, her optional subject was Kannada literature.
Here we are going to talk about the Nandini KR IAS UPSC Topper 2016-17 who made this dream come true.Everyone wants to crack the Civil service examination but mostly people fails due to complexion in the life and less concentration towards the preparation of the UPSC Examinations.
Nandini K R topped the UPSC Civil Services examination this time. She belongs to the OBC category and has qualified the examination with Kannada Literature as her optional subject. Nandini is a graduate of BE (Civil Engg) degree from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
She is closely followed by Anmol Sher Singh Bedi and G Ronanki gets at the second and third positions, respectively. Bedi has a BE Computer Science Degree from BITS Pilani. There are 7 women and 18 men who have bagged the top 25 positions in the exam.
It is after 16 years that a topper for the civil service examination has come from Karnataka. Vijayalakshmi Bidari from Karnataka, also a female candidate was the topper 16 years ago. It also claimed that a total of 1099 candidates have been recommended for appointment into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service(IPS) and the other related central services.
Books Suggested by IAS Topper Nandini
Top preferences given to NCERT books
List of Books Preferred by UPSC 2016-17 Toppers (Click On Books to buy it directly from Amazon):
Essential Books Suggested by Nandini KR for UPSC Prelims (Preliminary Exam) Click on Books to Buy Online:
India’s Ancient Past
History Of Medieval India
India’s Struggle For Independence
History Of Modern India
Indian and World Geography for Civil Services
Geography of India
Oxford School Atlas
Facts of Indian Culture
The Wonder That Was India
Indian Polity 5th Edition
Indian Economy 8th Edition
Science and Technology in India
Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition
General Studies: Paper I (2017)
General Studies: Paper II (2017)
Analytical Reasoning
Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning
India Year Book 2017
Manorama Yearbook 2017
Essential Books Suggested by Nandini KR for UPSC Mains (Preliminary Exam) Click on Books to Buy Online:
History of Modern World
Social Problems In India
India After Gandhi
India and the World by Surendra Kumar
Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor
Governance in India for CSE
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2
India’s National Security: A Reader
Challenges to Internal Security of India
Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Mains
CIVIL SERVICES INTERVIEW: HOW TO EXCEL
Kit of Interviews
Interviews The Last Basic Tips On facing Civil Services Personality Test
Interview Cracker
Contemporary Essays by Ramesh Singh
151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains
A Compendium of Essays
Books Suggested by Nandini KR for Interview:
Kit of Interviews (How to Face Interview)
Interviews The Last Basic Tips On facing Civil Services Personality Test (Interview Questions)
Nandini KR, IAS UPSC Topper 2016-2017 Rank 1 Interview in Hindi
केंद्रीय लोक सेवा आयोग यानी यूपीएससी सिविल सेवा परीक्षा 2016 के परिणाम घोषित कर दिए गए हैं. इस परीक्षा में नंदनी के आर ने सर्वेच्य स्थान हासिल किया है जबकि अनमोल शेर सिंह बेदी ने दूसरा और गोपालकृष्ण रोनांकी ने तीसरा स्थान हासिल किया है.
यूपीएससी द्वारा जारी की गई लिस्ट के मुताबिक कुल 1099 कैंडिडेट्स को चुना गया है जिनमें से 163 एससी और 89 एसटी हैं.
यूपीएससी सिविल सर्विस एग्जाम में टॉप दस स्थान हासिल करने वाले प्रतियोगियों के नाम इस प्रकार हैं. पहले स्थान पर नंदिनी के आर, दूसरे स्थान पर अनमोल शेर सिंह बेदी, तीसरे स्थान पर गोपालकृष्ण रोनांकी, चौथे स्थान पर सौम्या पांडे, पांचवा स्थान अभिलाष मिश्रा, छठा स्थान कोठामासू दिनेश कुमार, सातवां स्थान आनंद वर्धन, आठवां स्थान श्वेता चौहान, नौंवे स्थान पर सुमन सौरव मोहंती और दसवें स्थान पर बिलाल मोहीउद्दीन भट हैं.
उसने सबसे ज्यादा एनसीईआरटी किताबें पढ़ी हैं
The civil service exams were conducted in August 2016 for which 11,35,943 candidates applied and over 4 lakh candidates appeared for the exams. About 15,452 candidates qualified for the main written exam that was conducted in December 2016 of whom 2,961 qualified for the Personality Test.
A total number of 1099 candidates have been recommended for appointment among whom are 500 candidates from the general category and 347, 163 and 89 candidates from the OBC, SC and ST categories respectively.
UPSC is the Competitive exam which is similar to the other exam, but here the chances of getting into it are 0.01 percent and it other examinations the chances is more comparatively.
Nandini KR has done her best in this examination and studying very hard to crack the civil service examination in her single attempt.
Nandini KR had made her days and Night equal and studied a lot for the examinations.
Nandini KR did her best and she promised her parents that she is going to get into UPSC.
The patriotism towards the nation was in her heart but most of the time people don’t care about the patriotism, Nandini KR told this of that Nandini KR will devote her life to change the society.
This is the latest update about Nandini KR IAS Topper Rank 1 Interview who cleared UPSC result declared on the evening of 31st May 2017 and there was the flow of success and happiness stricken at the door of Nandini KR who secured 1st position in UPSC Civil service examination 2015. She was the topper of UPSC exams who secured AIR 1.
Twenty-two-year-old Nandini KR from Delhi has topped the prestigious Civil services exams 2015, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission or UPSC.
Nandini KR, who hails from Karnataka, has topped the civil services examination, the result of which was declared on Wednesday by the UPSC. She had taken the exam last year.
As many as 1,099 candidates have been recommended for various government services. There are 220 other candidates in the waiting list.
The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages– preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
The topper said she always wanted to be an IAS officer.
The UPSC civil services exam result was declared today
Karnataka girl Nandini K R topped the exams, Anmol Sher Singh Bedi and G Ronanki bagged the second and third positions respectively
A total of 1099 candidates have been recommended for appointment
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday declared results of the prestigious civil services examination.
Karnataka girl Nandini K R topped the exams. Talking to news agency PTI, Nandini said she always wanted to be an IAS officer.
Anmol Sher Singh Bedi and G Ronanki bagged the second and third positions respectively.
A total of 1099 candidates have been recommended for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and central services.
The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages — preliminary, mains and interviews — to select candidates for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
UPSC Civil Services 2016 Result Declared: 1099 Candidates Selected, Nandini KR Topper
Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2016 held by the Union Public Service Commission in December, 2016 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-May, 2017, UPSC has selected 1099 candidates for the appointment in various services.
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the Civil Services Examination 2016 results on Wednesday. Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2016 held by the UPSC in December, 2016 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-May, 2017, the commission has selected 1099 candidates for the appointment in various services. Nandini KR from Karnataka topped the prestigious UPSC CS exam 2016 while Anmol Sher Singh Bedi and Gopalakrishna Ronanki secured the second and third ranks respectively.
Including the topper Nandini K R, three female candidates found their place in top ten, Saumya Pandey (4th rank) and Shweta Chauhan (7th rank) are other candidates.
1099 candidates have been recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service; and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.
500 students qualified in general category while 347 candidates were selected in OBC category. 163 and 89 candidates were selected in SC and ST categories respectively. Over 11.36 lakhs civil services aspirants had registered for the preliminary exam which was conducted in August last year.
Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the Rules for the Examination, said a statement from UPSC.
The UPSC civil services examination is conducted by the commission annually in three stages – Preliminary, Main and Interviews.
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All India Ranks and cadres will be allotted to the candidates on the basis of their marks in the mains examination and personality test. Around 1,079 candidates will be allocated into various services. Approximately 11.36 lakh aspirants had appeared in the prelims exam of the civil services. 15,000 candidates qualified for the main exam and 2,961 were shortlisted for the personality test as per IAS result 2018 How to check UPSC Civil Services 2016 Final Result Visit official website upsc.gov.in Click on the activated result link Enter required details Click on Submit Check the result Download Take a printout
Check out the List of Candidates
The top 25 candidates comprise 18 men and 7 women.
Nandini, who hails from Karnataka, said being an IAS officer was always her dream.
“It is like a dream come true. I always wanted to be an IAS officer,” she told PTI.
This was her fourth attempt.
She had cracked the 2014 civil services exam and was alloted the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise).
A total of 1,099 candidates (846 men and 253 women), including 500 in General category, 347 belonging to Other Backward Class, 163 from Scheduled Caste and 89 from Scheduled Tribe, have been recommended for appointment to various central government services, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said.
They include 44 physically handicapped candidates (22 orthopedically handicapped; seven visually challenged and 15 hearing impaired).
There are 220 other candidates in the waiting list.
A total of 1,209 vacancies were notified by the government, which were to be filled through the civil services examination 2016.
The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages– preliminary, main and interview– to select candidates for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.
The civil services preliminary examination, 2016 was conducted on August 7, 2016.
As many as 11,35,943 candidates had applied for this examination, out of which 4,59,659 candidates actually appeared.
A total of 15,452 candidates qualified for the mains examination held in December, 2016.
Of these, 2,961 candidates qualified for the personality test or interview conducted in March-May.
Educational qualification-wise, the top 25 candidates comprise candidates belonging to engineering; sciences; economics and forestry background graduating from premier institutions of the country such as IITs, NIT, BITS Pilani, Delhi University, Anna University etc.
Optional subjects of the top 25 candidates in the examination ranged from Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Economics, Electronic Engineering, Geography, History, Mathematics, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Psychology and Kannada and Telugu Literature.
NANDINI KR, IAS TOPPER: PROFILE, FAMILY, CASTE AND BOYFRIEND
UPSC has declared result for Civil Services Examination, 2016. The result has no surprises as far as the gender of the topper is concerned. Glass ceiling effect is no more for women in the Civil Services, it has become for men. This time also, a woman has topped the CSE. She is Nandini KR.
The Kolar Gold Fields of Karnataka has produced a gold which sparkled on 31st May, 2016. Nandini, a resident of this Kolar field, has brought glory to the area.
This is a nostalgic moment for Karnataka. It took so long, though. Vijayalakshi Bidari had topped the Civil Services Examination 16 years back.
Profile of Nandini KR
Nandini KR was born and brought up in the Kolar Gold Field of Karnataka. Her father Mr. Ramesh is a Government teacher. She did schooling from St. Joseph Convent Girls High School. She had decided to become an IAS officer during her school days itself. It was natural for her to not look for private job after engineering and rather start preparation for Civil Services. In between, she had also worked for Karnataka PWD department as an engineer. It should be noted that Nandini has done B. Tech (Civil Engineering) from prestigious M S Ramaiya Engineering College, Bangalore. This is also the first time that a topper has emerged from a private engineering college – a tight slap for IITs.
By caste, Nandini KR is an OBC. She took Kannada literature as her optional subject for Civil Services Mains Examination. Nandini had taken admission in Vajiram and Ravi for General Studies (and, later for Interview preparation).
Family, Boyfriend and Husband of Nandini KR
Nandini was in relationship during her engineering days with a guy from Bihar. Later, they broke apart because of some unknown reasons. Currently, Nandini is single.
Nandini KR was born and brought up in the Kolar Gold Field of Karnataka. She did schooling from St. Joseph Convent Girls High School. She had decided to become an IAS officer during her school days itself. It was natural for her to not look for private job after engineering and rather start preparation for Civil Services. In between, she had also worked for Karnataka PWD department as an engineer. It should be noted that Nandini has done B. Tech (Civil Engineering) from prestigious M S Ramaiya Engineering College, Bangalore.
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Rhône Valley wines divide quite naturally into two distinct parts, the northern and southern Rhône. The two areas are vinous chalk and cheese. The north receives more rainfall thus making it greener, produces just 10% of the overall total and can boast the majority of the production of wines that require some ageing. Production in the south, while much higher, only rarely reaches the heights of refinement of its northern neighbour.
The Northern Rhône
Most vineyards of the the northern Rhône occupy east, south and south-west facing slopes on the right bank just south of the town of Vienne in the north stretching as far as Valence in the south. In terms of top quality wines the exception is the hill of Hermitage, on the left bank, and its more general appellation of Crozes-Hermitage. The best vineyards of the northern Rhône are terraced situated on steep, granite cliffs. One red grape variety and three white varieties dominate quality wine production. Viognier, Marsanne and Rousanne are the white grape varieties while Syrah, known in most of the world these days as Shiraz, is used to make great fine red wines such as Côte-Rôtie and the aforementioned Hermitage as well as very good wines from Cornas, Crozes-Hermitage and the best examples of St. Joseph.
The vertiginous slopes of the best vineyards do not allow for much expansion, although the area under vine in the St. Joseph appellation has seen a sharp increase. Formerly comprising 240 hectares and encompassing just six communes today it extends to approximately 60 miles in length with an area of 2900 hectares covering some twenty six communes. Much of this expansion took place on the clay-based soils of the plain and these wines can lack both concentration and character. As ever the producer is of vital importance.
The pioneer of modern, highly-prized and priced Côte-Rôtie, Etienne Guigal, along with the wines of Chapoutier and Chave are amongst the best examples of St. Joseph although this is by no means an exhaustive list. Many younger growers are also making excellent wines as in the other appellations of the northern Rhône , e.g. Vincent Paris in Cornas. Côte-Rôtie itself is host to possibly the most labour-intensive vineyard management in France with pulleys and even monorails necessary to move crates of grapes at harvest time down slopes whose gradient reaches sixty degrees. Work on the “roasted slope” is back-breaking but these days, thanks to such as Guigal, the value placed on these wines by the international market makes all the effort worthwhile. The power of the Syrah grape which ripens so well on the steepest slopes, especially the Côtes Brune and Blonde, is given added complexity and perfume by the addition of a small amount of the heady Viognier grape variety - usually less than 5% although the regulations actually allow for up to 20%.
Fifty miles further south Hermitage Hill is planted with just 136 hectares of vines, fewer than many leading Bordeaux estates, but is famed for both its long-lived red and white wines, the latter being made from a blend of Marsanne and Rousanne grapes. Four producers dominate the production of Hermitage: Chave, Chapoutier, Jaboulet and Delas. The best wines are tough and uncompromising although highly perfumed in youth but they mature and soften gloriously for ten years and even much longer for the best wines in the greatest vintages.
Last, but certainly not least, is the appellation of Condrieu along with the single vineyard appellation of Château Grillet which together make the very best examples of Viognier anywhere in the world. Wines are now made from this variety in the Languedoc as well as in California, South Africa and Australia but this formerly rare grape produces luscious wines with a heady perfume reminiscent of apricots and spring flowers from low yielding vines a few kilometers south of the town of Ampuis. Such wines are a hedonist's delight and command high prices.
The Southern Rhône
South of Montélimar towards the delta region the southern Rhône is home to a large number of wine communes where red wine production dominates and in which the Grenache grape plays the leading role. This grape makes big, dark wines high in alcohol but which mature quite quickly, certainly in comparison with wines made from Syrah in the north. Syrah does not perform so well in much of this sub-region but grape varieties such as Cinsault and Mourvèdre provide a useful foil to the Grenache, Mourvèdre especially relishing the heat of the south. The summers are long and very hot here and the sandy soils are a mixture of alpine limestone and alluvial clays rather than the granite of the north.
Total production is huge and the quality, although varying widely, is improving as younger growers and winemakers employ modern methods driving up overall standards. Even fairly straightforward Côtes du Rhône red wines can be good, if somewhat uncomplicated, drinking. Better are those wines labelled Côtes du Rhône villages which are made in one of 17 villages all of which are located in this southern part of the Rhône valley. Some former villages or communes now boast their own appellation and good wines and value can be found amongst these. Gigondas, Rasteau and Vacqueyras are some of the best. The slopes of Mont Ventoux to the east of Orange and Avignon also produce worthwhile wines that are lighter due to the cooler conditions here as does the heavier Costières de Nîmes, the most southerly of the Rhône's appellations and located in the flat lands between Nîmes and Arles. Rosé wines are also produced in quantity of which Tavel is probably the most well-known.
Despite the wide range of wines made in the southern Rhône there remains one which stands head and shoulders above all others and that wine is Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The birthplace of France's appellation system, and having the highest minimum alcohol content of any French wine at 12.5%, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is made in both red and white versions although the red comprises 90% of production. Many of the the vineyards are characterised by galets or small, round stones, which lay all around and which absorb the heat of the sun during the day to radiate it back to the grapes at night. Ripening is rarely a problem here! Thirteen different grape varieties may be grown (eighteen if the colour permutations are included) although Grenache is again dominant in the blend and include both red and white varieties. The reds are big wines with up to 14.5% alcohol by volume but rarely need more than five years to mature although the very best in top vintages may last three or four times as long. Given the availability of such a wide palette of varieties to choose from and the diverse soil combinations and micro-climates it is no surprise that the depth and flavours of Châteauneuf-du-Pape vary considerably. The most famous names include Château Fortia, Château de Beaucastel, Château Rayas, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe and Clos des Papes but there are many more very good wines made in this appellation.
Video: Northern Rhône Vineyards
Domaine de Saint Préfert Collection Charles Giraud, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2009 (Magnum)
The Domaine de Saint Préfert Collection Charles Giraud, 2009, is a profound red wine from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It is remarkably complex and is a result of meticulous wine-making and great attention to the vineyards. It has a good strong nose with notes of licorice, incense, lavender, new saddle leather, blackberry and kirsch along with some tree bark and roasted meats.
Colour Red Wine
Grape Variety Grenache, Mourvedre
£109.49 As low as: £102.92
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2005 (Magnum)
An exceptional wine from the best of vintages in this area, in recent years. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, 2005, has a good nose of ripe red berries, tannic to the taste but with very well-balanced acidity and a fresh fruity taste. It gets silkier over the course of a few hours.
Grape Variety Châteauneuf du Pape Blend Red
Domaine Raspail-Ay, Gigondas, 2010
The superb 2010 Gigondas from Domaine Raspail-Ay, exhibits a dense ruby/purple colour along with notes of spring flowers, black raspberries, kirsch, crushed rocks and garrigue in a full-bodied, richly fruity, gorgeously textured and pure style. Drink it over the next 10-15 years.
Grape Variety Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah
In the Southern Rhone it would be virtually impossible to find a red wine as good and as reasonably priced as the Gigondas from Dominique Ay.
Grape Variety Grenache, GSM Blend, Mourvedre, Syrah
A wonderful expression of this appellation close to Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the southern Rhône. A big, hugely impressive red wine which deserves fine cuisine such as red meats and game dishes.
Grape Variety Grenache, Syrah
Another fine vintage Gigondas from this exemplary estate in the Southern Rhône.
Grape Variety GSM Blend
Michel Chapoutier, Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Bernardine Blanc, 2008
Michel Chapoutier is a passionate biodynamic producer from the Rhône valley and he has produced a great example here of the white wines that Châteauneuf-du-Pape can produce. A blend of Grenache Blanc and Bourboulenc, this is a lively, fresh and medium-bodied white with a nose full of white currants, quince and apricots.
Grape Variety Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, White Grenache
Paul Avril Clos des Papes, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 2010 (Double Magnum)
Very highly regarded by Robert Parker, this would make a fantastic accompaniment to a celebration meal any time of year but especially at Christmas.
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Meet Me In Morocco. A dizzying road trip through an ancient land.
Africa, Destinations, Published
March 31, 2018 by Dawn Jorgensen
Writing by my (returned to) maiden name Dawn Bradnick, I told kulula’s khuluma in-flight magazine about my behind the wheel dizzying road trip through an ancient world. Meet Me In Morocco, Thelma and Louise style, is now in the April 2018 issue.
It all began rather whimsically – a text with the words ‘Meet me in Morocco?’ Fingers crossed, I hoped my friend would be up for a madcap adventure, road tripping in a faraway place that had long been calling my name. And meet we did, in Casablanca, a city that exudes history and romance. There we picked up our rather tinny, rather tiny green car, lugged our bags into the boot, wound down the windows to breath in the North African fumes, and set off into the unknown.
It all began rather whimsically – a text with the words ‘Meet me in Morocco?’
We divided our time between Casablanca and Marrakesh, with a side trip into the Atlas Mountains and a spell on the Essaouira coast. It seemed simple enough. We were equipped with excellent connectivity thanks to the local sim card I’d been handed on arrival and had Google Maps on our side – except for that one time it sent us into the ever narrowing maze-like streets of the medina. Plus we had a few dog-eared printouts we’d collected to direct us to our Airbnbs and to the best restaurants, and a pocket guide
to Marrakesh.
All that, an excellent playlist, and a literal kilogram of fudge my mother had sent as padkos. Honestly, could two girls driving Morocco be better prepared?
But, back to the beginning. There we were in Casablanca on day one and after a walk along the Atlantic seaboard we visited the country’s largest mosque, Hassan II, which overlooks the water and which can accommodate 25 000 people. It is intricately detailed with a minaret that rises 210 m into the sky. It was there that we abandoned conventional timekeeping and aimed to have our days marked out by the melodic calls to prayer of the muezzin.
Before hitting the road for the three-hour drive to Marrakesh we took a delicious high-end lunch at Rick’s Café, known unequivocally as the best gin joint in town. It included their signature goats cheese and fig salad as well as an aromatic savoury and sweet Moroccan stuffed red pepper. Designed to recreate the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the legendary 1942 movie, it has passion and political espionage imprinted on the beautifully restored courtyard-style mansion that hugs Casablanca’s old medina wall.With the scene set, our mission was in clear sight.
Off we went into a world of constant hooting, ignored road markings, and a rude awakening that the prevailing style of driving was that ‘rules are guidelines’. There is no place for sissies as you navigate highways and squeeze between livestock laden trucks and other surprise obstacles, gear down for endless dirt track hairpin bends and to dodge road workers, avoid heavily laden donkeys and children jumping out to sell herbs and crystals, and swerve to miss camels crossing the road. And as you go, be sure to keep an eye out for mad goats feeding in the upper branches of Argan trees.
There were Europeans in oversized camper vans, ancient scooters and convoys of motorcycles weaving between the traffic, not to mention the wobbly bicycles that seemed to appear from nowhere. Police roadblocks were regular and tricky things too, and it appears a bribe is what the officers have in mind, but by simply smiling broadly and saying ‘Afrique du Sud’, ‘Bafana Bafana’ and ‘Mandela’ we were always greeted warmly and sent on our way with a touch of camaraderie.
We arrived in Marrakesh after dark, something every sensible guidebook warns you not to do. And for good reason, since the setting sun causes the roads to regress to full blown madness. Nevertheless, we arrived at our gorgeous Airbnb with its intricately carved wooden furniture, arched doorways and plush colourful embroidered cushions
and bedspreads. Right on Avenue Mohammed VI in the centre of town, we could watch the world go by from the balcony.After settling in, we hit Café Kif Kif’s rooftop bar down the road for a view of the square mixed with virgin mojitos. Yes, bear in mind that even though you may find alcohol at some of the international hotels and restaurants, this is very much virgin cocktail and sweet mint tea territory.
Each evening in Marrakesh we lingered on Jemaa el-Fnaa Square to witness it coming to life with hundreds of food kiosks, musicians and vendors. It was here that I fell for an age-old trick, allowing one of the henna artists to fleetingly hold my hand. Before I knew it the paintbrush was out and I was being decorated in patterned twirls and flowers, which left me feeling even more like I belonged.We visited the newly opened Yves Saint Laurent Museum, which pays homage to the work of the great French fashion designer and his passion for Morocco, as well as the adjacent Jardin Majorelle. Today one of the most visited places in Marrakesh, it took French painter Jacques Majorelle 40 years to create this enchanting garden in the heart of the city. It was later bought and preserved by Yves Saint-Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé.
On the sublime drive that took us towards Ouarzazate south of the High Atlas Mountains we stopped to capture the views of remote villages with their modestly tilled land, to enjoy ink-black coffee and freshly squeezed orange juice in the company of ginger kittens and hardworking donkeys and to speak to as many strangers as would indulge us.What we discovered in and around Ouarzazate were evocative kasbahs, city- fortresses, the most famous of which is the UNESCO-recognised Aït Benhaddou.
In the middle of a barren and rocky wasteland, a valley opens in the desert and weary travellers are welcomed to an oasis of palm trees and streams and the mud-brick towers of the kasbah. Established in 757, this traditional fortified village was established on an ancient caravan route between the Sahara Desert and Marrakesh. It is also where loads of movies have been shot – from Gladiator and Alexander to Game of Thrones – so it’s oddly familiar.
Our next stop was Essaouira, a North Atlantic port with 18th-century city walls. There we stayed with Hamid and Naima, a young couple with two sons whose families have lived in the heart of the medina for generations. Beautiful Naima welcomed us as old friends.Our rooms opened onto a courtyard and on the table she’d set out oranges to juice, mint for our tea, local olives and freshly baked bread. We sat with her and shared stories about the place of her birth and she recommended restaurants and activities to enjoy during our stay. They could not do enough for us, and exuded the warmth and generosity we experienced from all the Moroccan people we engaged with.
We met local artists, drank mint tea with the owner of a jewellery store where we were heartily negotiated with, shopped for baskets, fabrics and more than our fair share of Fatima’s hands.As we reluctantly headed back to Casablanca for our last night, we drove in silence, taking in the bare beauty of endless barren landscapes, the occasional scattering of cows and rural homes, getting a glimpse of how the majority of people here live. Dusty, sun- kissed, window down and wind in our hair, we reflected on how this land of imperial cities, ancient villages and welcoming people had crept into our hearts. We had arrived anticipating a road tripping gung-ho adventure; we had instead been offered a sense of timeless wonder.
Beyond the Tagine
Morocco is a place of culinary indulgence and delight. Traditionally Moroccan cooking combines the desert nomad’s diet of mutton, vegetables and dairy produce, but over the centuries it has incorporated southern European, sub-Saharan African and French influences. I recommend the briouats, deep-fried parcels of flaky pastry containing spiced meat, fish or cheese.A favourite chicken dish is djej mqualli, with preserved lemons and green olives. Harira, a thick, creamy soup based on lamb and pulses that is often served as a starter. Feast on fish when at the coast and the delicious kefta meatballs flavoured with coriander and cumin. And to top it all, the flat, round traditional khubz bread is totally addictive.
The Haggle
Morocco is very safe – aside from the potential wedding proposals and declarations of undying love you may receive from the beautiful Berber men you encounter along the way, the only thing you really need to be careful about is a pickpocket in the cities and at crowded markets. If you’re shopping, you will need to haggle. I advise that you decide on the price you’re happy to pay, and stick to that, or work up to it.
Morocco is the fifth largest economy in Africa and a nation of 36 million people. The official languages are Arabic and French – even some basic school-level French will be an advantage. The Moroccan dialect – Darija – and Berber are most widely spoken by multilingual Moroccans, with smatterings of English in the cities and at tourist sites.
The Essential Details
I chose to fly with Qatar Airlines from Cape Town to Doha, and from there Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca. We picked up a rental at the Casablanca airport, it was small and compact, with more than a fair share of rattles, but served us well. It is important to carry cash, not only for the markets you’ll visit along the way, but for eating at roadside stands and refuelling, which is self-service. Credit cards are not widely used.Most hotels and Airbnb’s offer WIFI, although a local sim card with data and airtime is affordable and the smart option while travelling anywhere. For accommodation, we stayed in an Airbnb in Marrakech, in Essaouira with the Drissi Family who offer excursions and tours too. For the last night we enjoyed Le Casablanca Hotel for some real spoils. NOTE: South Africans need visas to visit Morocco, I got mine through https://visapak.net/.
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The Globalisation of Plants
Workshop and Panel Discussion led by Maja and Reuben Fowkes
Tenderpixel London
An afternoon of botanic interactionson the ecological realities of travelling plants and the emotional reactions that vegetal migration provokes in zealous circles. Why do distinctions made between native and invasive plant species often mirror, evoke or amplify hostile attitudes to human migrants? How have artists and writers sought to unearth the entangled natural and cultural histories that overlay societal attitudes towards the mobility of the plant world? Should ecologically-beneficial visitors be treated as welcome guests rather than alien intruders? And in the light of anthropogenic climate change, is it incumbent on us to make space for vegetal refugees from native environments that are turning hostile?
Michael Smythe is an artist and creative director of Nomad Projects (www.nomadprojects.org), a vehicle for action-based research within the public realm. Recent projects include Urban Mind (www.urbanmind.info) exploring the relationship between mental health & the urban landscape and Phytology (www.phytology.org.uk) an urban medicine garden and cultural institute for inter-disciplinary research across the arts, sciences and humanities.
Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe) is a duo of spatial practitioners based out of London. It was born to explore the systems that organise the WORLD through FOOD. Using installation, performance, mapping and video, their research-based practice explores the overlapping boundaries between visual arts, architecture and geopolitics. http://www.cooking-sections.com/
Eiko Honda is a PhD researcher in transnational intellectual history, writer and curator. Her academic work investigates non-Cartesian intellectual and cultural histories of nature in Europe and Japan and their relevance to the creative practice of knowledge today.She previously worked as a curator and writer of contemporary art and ideas that conjoins arts and sciences in the context of global history.http://curatingcuriosities.tumblr.com/
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CALVADOS BRANDY APPLE BRANDY PEARS
One of the best kept secrets in the world of elegant brandy is the spirit called Calvados. It comes from a region in France's Normandy with the same name. There are some really top distillers in the region and even your simple farmer down the street probably makes a bit of Calvados.
In our shop, only a few rare birds have a clue about this wonderful brandy. Most of the requests we get for Calvados are customers looking to follow a recipe which calls for a cup of Calvados. These people are shocked that this stuff costs more than ten bucks a bottle. (We have a really good one for cooking and it's around $29 and has lots of apple character.)
The first references to "Calvados" as the name of some sort of distilled product dates back into the 1550s. It took them until 1942, though, to grant "Calvados" its own Appellation Contr�ll�e status. I've read theories as to the origins of the name..."Calvador" being the name of a shipwrecked boat off the coast of Normandy is one suggestion. Another thought is the combination of the Latin "calvus" for naked or barren with the French word for spine, "dos." This line of thinking suggests the term was used by sailors for nautical landmarks along the relatively barren coastline.
There are three designations of Calvados: "Calvados", "Calvados Pays d'Auge" and "Calvados Domfrontais" and their geographical areas of production are strictly defined by the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (I.N.A.O.).
Basic Calvados comes from an apple distillate and it's made in a single distillation using a column still. This appellation represents nearly three-quarters of the entire production of all Calvados.
Calvados Pays d'Auge comes from clay soils, typically and these are usually double-distilled in "pot" stills. This designation, too, is typically entirely made of apples and it accounts for nearly a quarter of all Calvados. Most artisan distillers have numerous varieties of apples in their "recipe," citing some being superior for aromatics, others adding acidity and structure to the brandy, etc.
Calvados Domfrontais hails from granitic soils and many of these orchards are predominantly pears. The law requires Domfrontais spirits to be at least 30% pears and there's even an age requirement to a percentage of the pear trees! Domfrontais Calvados is distilled once in a column still and it's a mere one percent of the entire Calvados production.
Double distillation is said to produce subtle, elegant aromas and a roundness to the eau-de-vie. It's said these spirits age handsomely and are capable of maturing exceptionally over a 20-25 year period.
The single, column still yields a more exuberantly fragrant spirit and these spirits, we're told, are superior for youthful, drink-it-young Calvados.
The first apples of the year tend to ripen starting in September, but these are usually "eating" apples as opposed to those used for making cider and spirits. Then there are mid-season apples, ripening in October and November, with late season fruit being ready in December. These October-November-December varieties make the best cider and 'mash' for distilling.
STATEMENTS OF AGE ON THE LABEL
"Three stars"
This means that the Calvados has matured for a minimum of 2 years in the wood.
"Vieux"-"R�serve"
a minimum of 3 years' ageing
"V.O."-"Vieille R�serve"-"VSOP"
"Extra"-"XO"-"Napol�on"-"Hors d'Age"-"Age Inconnu"
a minimum of 6 years' ageing.
In the case of a blended Calvados, only the age of the youngest Calvados is indicated.
In France, you may enjoy a Trou Normand, a little shot of Calvados in between courses at dinner. This is said to aid digestion and provide help you make room for the next plate. We recently enjoyed this in the form of an apple cider sorbet doused with a splash of Calvados. Terribly civilized!
At the La Couronne restaurant in Rouen we had an apple sorbet topped with a pour of young Calvados from Adrien Camut.
We also enjoy Calvados as a post prandial potation...it's a nice way to finish a meal and some older, well-aged Calvados can be exceptional.
We have a nice range of Calvados in the shop...from good quality, entry-level Calvados to deluxe, serious quality, well-aged Calvados for contemplation.
ADRIEN CAMUT
The sublime Calvados of the Camut family is found in top restaurants around France. Their work has been well-known in Europe and it's only relatively recently that we've had access to them here.
American importer Charles Neal had visited the estate on several occasions, working on cajoling Papa Camut to sell him some of their Calvados. This took some doing, since Camut would be obliged to use different sized bottles for shipments to America, not to mention jumping through hoops for labeling requirements as well as rigorous lab tests for the brandy. With their Calvados in demand in easier-to-accommodate markets, who needs the headache? But Charles finally got them to allocate some bottles to the U.S. and we've been featuring these ever since.
Years ago we first visited the property. I sensed the Camut brothers, Jean Gabriel and Emmanuel, were pleasantly surprised to meet a few American customers who actually had discerning palates and an interest in their work.
These fellows, for making such a well known and highly-regarded artisan brandy, are down-to-earth farmers and distillers. At some establishments, you meet the proprietors and they have a crew of folks working for them. As a result, they're a bit disconnected from the actual production of their wine or spirits. Not these guys.
They know all about the intricate blend of two dozen, or so, varieties of apples. They know about making and aging the resulting cider and then distilling it in an old, wood-fired still. They know about aging the Calvados and they're involved in the bottling and hand-labeling each bottle.
Jean Gabriel shows off their old press.
A chalkboard had the "recipe," a roster of the 25, or so, different apples which comprise their cider.
Siphoning a taste of the cider, a work-in-progress. The cider is aged until September when they start distilling the apple "wine" from the previous year's harvest.
The wood-fired still at Camut.
Jean-Gabriel and Emmanuel siphoning some Calvados from an old puncheon.
In the cellar, there is a small stash of ancient Calvados...
"Rarete"...this bottle was brought out at 2 in the morning after a fancy dinner in the city of Rouen. We had parked the car, as directed by the Camut brothers, only to discover it had been towed by the police! We spent an hour to bail the vehicle out of the impound lot and then had a drive "home" where they immediately found some glasses and a bottle of this ancient Calvados. I think they sell but a handful of bottles annually.
We typically have a few bottles of several Calvados in stock.
The 6 year old has more fruity aromas and notes reminiscent a bit of Granny Smith apples. It's dry and nicely expressive as being "Calvados."
There's a 12 year old bottling...this shows some baked apple character or apple pie-like fragrances. It's dry on the palate and shows a hint of brown spice. Nice length, too, as the finish lingers for a while.
The 18 year is quite a "serious" bottle of brandy and a treat for the connoisseur. Its fragrances are reminiscent of a freshly-baked apple drizzled with honey and there's a faintly floral aspect to the fragrance. Impressive and long on the finish.
There's a blend of old Calvados called "Reserve de Semainville." The young spirit in this blend is 25 years of age...and the older portion is, perhaps, 30 years of age. The perfume is wonderful and it's the sort of spirit that one swirls in the glass, savoring each little sniff. Again, there's some baked apple notes with a pastry crust element, a touch of brown spice and honey and yet it's dry on the palate and lengthy.
Currently in stock: ADRIEN CAMUT 6 Year CALVADOS PAYS D'AUGE $84.99
ADRIEN CAMUT 12 Year CALVADOS PAYS D'AUGE $123.99
ADRIEN CAMUT Reserve de Semainville CALVADOS PAYS D'AUGE $319.99
ADRIEN CAMUT "Prestige" Please inquire as to Pricing and Availability
ADRIEN CAMUT "RARETE" Please Inquire as to Pricing and Availability
ROGER GROULT
The 5th generation of the Groult family runs this modest Calvados company. The first distillations were made in the mid-1800s, but brandy was a small sideline to their livestock business. The second generation installed a second still and increased the production. Roger Groult added the company's third still in 1950 and it was he who really pushed the production in terms of quality (and quality), adding significant cooperage for aging the brandy.
In 2008, the new generation has assumed the reigns of this company, as young Jean-Roger has taken over the firm.
They have 30 hectares of orchards and they augment their own "estate grown" fruit with that of some neighbors.
Sweet Apples
Bedan, Clos Renaud, Doux Verret de Carrouges, No�l des Champs, Rouge Duret.
They bring sugar and balance out the bitterness.
Bitter Apples
Antoinette, Fr�quin Rouge, Marie Mesnard.
They are rich in tannins, lend the cider its colour, body, finish and keeping qualities.
Bittersweet Apples
Bisquet, Domaine, Egyptia, Germaine, Mettais, Moulin � Vent, Petite Sorte, St Martin.
Those apples typical from the Pays d�Auge combine the qualities of sweet and bitter apples.
Acid Apples
Rambault, Ren� Martin, Avrolles.
They bring a fresh taste on the palate.
As with the Camut family, the Groult clan uses wood-fired stills for their brandy. I don't think, though, that they age the cider quite a long as do the Camut brothers.
The 8 year old from Groult retains a beautiful perfume of the fruit. It's easy to spot as "apple brandy." And it's smooth and rather complex for a young sipping Calvados.
There's a 15 year bottling, as well. There's less overt fruitiness here and more "nutty" notes associated with well-aged brandies. The flavors are fairly soft and supple on the palate.
Currently in stock: ROGER GROULT 8 Year CALVADOS $56.99
ROGER GROULT 15 year CALVADOS $72.99
LEMORTON
The Lemorton family is in the "Domfrontais" region of Calvados and with more granitic soils, pear trees are more predominant.
The production is small and in a certain way, it mirrors, a bit, the production of the Camut brothers.
The cider is aged until shortly before the succeeding harvest when it is then distilled.
They have a smallish alembic still and the spirit starts out around 140 proof before they knock it down to something more drinkable. The wood cooperage employed is old and neutral, so you'll really get a nice sniff of the fruit aromas.
The "Reserve" bottling is the youngest we see...nice fruit on the nose and a hint of wood spice, but it's very faint. The spirit is dry and there's a mild "attack" here (in a positive way), with the eau-de-vie being a good palate cleanser and digestif.
We have a 1984 vintage...not that the "vintage" is important, but the age of the spirit IS.
This has a beautiful fragrance, showing some pear nectar aromas. It's dry and smooth on the palate, apart from the 'fiery' notes of the alclohol.
The 1978 is phenomenal. It's aged "to perfection." The aromas are sweet, but not sugary. The flavors are deep and complex. It's quite smooth and this is tops. No question.
Currently in stock: LEMORTON "RESERVE" CALVADOS DOMFRONTAIS $58.99
LEMORTON 1984 CALVADOS DOMFRONTAIS Sale $99.99
LEMORTON 1978 CALVADOS DOMFRONTAIS Sale $149.99
DOMAINE DU MANOIR DE MONTREUIL
This modest estate is owned by the Giard family and they've been around for more than just a few years.
Patrice Giard is the current "master of the Manoir," making good ciders and Calvados.
The current bottling of Reserve is a blend of barrels from 1999, 2000 and 2001 as we understand it. It's got nice appley fruit aromas and flavors...not as complex as the older bottlings we're fond of (above), but it's a good, youthful spirit and well-priced for this quality.
I also found their cider to be quite good, with intense fragrances of the fruit...we usually have that available in the shop, too, priced around $12 a bottle.
Currently in stock: DOMAINE DE MONTREUIL CALVADOS DU PAYS D'AUGE "RESERVE" $45.99
LAIRD'S
The Laird family came to the New World in 1698 according to their record books. One of the Laird sons, it's speculated, was involved in the distillation business back home in their native Scotland.
Upon their arrival on America's eastern seaboard, they began distilling apples, as these were plentiful. Another family member establish a small inn during the 1700s and there are documents showing "cyder spirits" on the menu, costing what was then roughly half a day's pay.
One Laird was in the army under a fellow named George Washington and he was instrumental, apparently, in supply "applejack" to the troops. Washington reportedly asked the family for the recipe so he could do some "cyder spirit" production of his own.
The Laird family still owns this company, headquartered in New Jersey but with a distillery in Virginia. Fruit for their "Applejack" comes from the Shenandoah Valley.
Applejack is different from Calvados. It's 35% apple brandy blended with some neutral spirit. It's the spirit for the cocktail called a "Jack Rose," (3 parts Applejack, 2 parts lemon or lime juice and a few drops of Grenadine...shaken with ice and poured in a highball glass or martini glass...garnished with a Maraschino cherry).
Laird's does make a full-throttle apple brandy, though. It's a 12 year old spirit, barrel aged and bottled in small quantities. That's "too good" for a Jack Rose cocktail.
Currently in stock: LAIRD'S APPLEJACK $18.99 (750ml)
LAIRD'S 12 YEAR OLD APPLE BRANDY Sale $59.99 (750ml)
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Johann Baptist Cramer
Johann Baptist Cramer (* 24. February 1771 in Mannheim; † 16. April 1858 in Kensington) was a pianist and composer.
1 life
2,1 piano
2,2 piano and orchestra
Cramer, which came as three-year with its parents to London, was one of the most famous pianists of its time and beyond that particularly as a piano paedagogue well-known. The British queen Victoria was inspired of its appearance. Its teacher was Clementi. His father William was already a well-known violonist.
On its concert journeys of several years (1788-1790 and 1799-1800) by Europe it made friends itself also with Beethoven. He was a composer of contemporary piano works. Its 84 also as 5.Teil of the large ones practical Pianoforte school (1815) published Etüden OI. 50 is today still of importance and in the Klavierpädagogik indispensably, them of Hans's von Bülow was revised (Cramer Bülow Etüden). Cramer was successful also as entrepreneurs in London in the Pianobau and as music publishers. The Pianomarke existed this very day and is in demand in the far east. The music publishing house, which it with Addison and Beagle opened as Kompagnions, exists under the name J.B.Cramer & CO Ltd. likewise this very day. Cramer was joint founder of the Philharmoni society in London. A part of its piano works is from rather simple structure, it concerns primarily works, it for its publishing house was written and around the large number of the amateurs with genuine Cramer to supply. Its it wrote works fully valid in law primarily for itself. These works stand stylistic for instance between Hummel and Beethoven and are partly considerable virtuos.
Klaviersonaten
among other things
La Parodie op.43 (1810)
L `Ultima op.53 (1815)
3 Sonaten “Les Suivantes “op.57 - op.59 (1817 - 1818)
Le Retour à Londres op.62 (1818)
L `Amicitia op.64 (1825)
piano and orchestra
1.Klavierkonzert E flat major op.10 (1795)
2.Klavierkonzert D-moll op.16 (1797)
4.Klavierkonzert C major op.38 (1807)
5.Klavierkonzert C-moll op.48 (1813)
7.Klavierkonzert E major op.56 (1817)
| | * Literature of and over Johann Baptist Cramer in the catalog of the DDB
NAME Cramer, Johann Baptist
SHORT DESCRIPTION English pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 24. February 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DYING PLACE London
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