SLO1: Identify and critically evaluate sources of information and assistance that may help with the dvelopment of new business ideas.
SLO2: Demonstrate an understanding f the driving forces behind creating and building value in new enteprises.
CLO S2: Apply critical thinking to address complex issues in innovation.
A3: Capacity for personal reflection and self development.
Innovation is the fundamental practice of the entrepreneurs that helps in economic growth and fosters business management and functioning. Innovative entrepreneurs needs to create strategies and policies in regards to the benefits of the organization and develop solutions in risk management and generate ways through which the enterprise will be able to accept and face the challenges and change affecting the performance of the business. The paper conducts a research on the important aspects of entrepreneurship and identifies the importance of entrepreneurship and business innovation.
Entrepreneurs are referred to as the engines of business enterprise in regards to small or large firms. They are the most significant part of business economy that helps in the development of employment and new technologies. They look forward toward meeting the challenges and are willing to take risks in accordance to the benefits of the business enterprise. The paper conducts research over developing and analyzing the multiple and efficient entrepreneur opportunities (Huqet al. 2017). Being an important part of the development of the economy of business enterprise, it is important in creating new ideas and improves innovations in regards to entrepreneurship. The research takes place through the study of primary and secondary sources providing a conceptual framework while evaluating knowledge and prepares a questionnaire.
Entrepreneurs for example Mark Zuckerberg has been well known for his entrepreneurship and strategic innovation in the creation have varied ideas and thoughts as every individuals are not similar therefore, there are differences in personality and temperaments. The entrepreneurs in being successful needs to master the capability in risk assessment, effective and smooth communicative skills fostering communication among the workplace, flexible, and needs to adapt to the different work culture and associate with the temperaments of the employees, have own work ethics, needs to be honest and integrated towards performance, needs to undergo constant learning, needs to have qualities such as patience, committed, truthful, hardworking and needs to have confidence about his performance and thoughts (Garcia, Leles& Romano, 2017).
Entrepreneurship and business innovation helps in educating small and large business firms that projects the economic condition and recognizes the development towards work culture, employment and wealth creation. In recent times, the popularity and importance of entrepreneurship depends much on the various entrepreneur practices. There are several business organizations that provide education in introducing effective entrepreneur and business innovation. In maintain effective entrepreneurship organizations employ multiple policies that facilitates innovation among individuals (Schaltegger, Lüdeke& Hansen, 2016). There have been debates and discussions over examining and establishing effective and strategic entrepreneurship. Individuals belong from different backgrounds and experiences, therefore, the entrepreneurship ideas differ from person to person. The driving force in creating a successful business entrepreneur and innovator includes the ability to learn from, the experiences and understand the current economy and willingness towards accepting challenge and change. The entrepreneur needs to constantly innovate it existing work structure and analyze the economy in generating the best out of the outcomes.
There are contemporary issues faced by the business owner and entrepreneurs in regards to the innovation, marketing, managing projects, assessing risks and change. The major issues that brainstorms the entrepreneurs are the generating the ways in reducing or limiting risks for short term and long term benefits , change requirements and analyzing the various cultural trends adhering to the entrepreneurial innovation (Huqet al. 2017). They need to manage the business plans in consideration with the change, adapt to the changes for which capital is needed, therefore the entrepreneur needs to establish continuous income strategies in meeting the challenges. However, a major concern of the entrepreneurs being the collection of capital for financial backing in facing the new ventures and incorporating advanced technologies.
Entrepreneurship is ongoing and emerging trend in the contemporary era in reshaping and structuring the economy of business. Entrepreneurs are the key drivers of economic growth who helps in expanding economy, provide job opportunities, introduce and improvise existing and new products and services, and tends to promote higher upstream and downstream activities in accordance to the value maximization.Internationally, education is been given in relation to the framework challenging entrepreneurial activities and accordingly develop and innovate new entrepreneur opportunities (Nabiet al. 2016). As analyzed it is said that the developed economies are way ahead of the emerging markets and business enterprise. In addition, anumber of rapid-growth markets are taking action, generating action plans, building marketing strategy, and implements more projects in different sectors of business enterprise that are currently underway. Therefore, consequently it helps in stimulating various dynamic clusters in relation to multiple entrepreneurial activity and practice. BRICS is the acronym that refers to the association of four major countries that include Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The members of BRICS help the leading or developing countries in improving and modifying their existing economies. The countries are distinguished and determined through their fast-growing economies and their affects and impacts on regional affairs.
Entrepreneurship in academic discipline helps the students in training and management of skills and competences and the ways in building successful mindset in regards to entrepreneurship. The developing economies and recognized approach targets unemployed youth and tries to incur among the youth about potential entrepreneurial prospects and the positive outcomes celebrating young entrepreneurial successes. It helps in promoting domestic and enable a business enterprise in working globally rather strategizing international level. Progressive entrepreneurs help in developing the capital strategy and fund-mentoring programs and venture capitalists, incubators, loan guarantee schemes attracting a lot of shareholders and investors for better functioning (Prayukvong&Hoopes, 2016).Entrepreneur and business innovative education helps in creating distinct skills and practical experiments in facilitating the entrepreneurs towards executing effective practices. The entrepreneurship includes three major components such as dimensions, risk-taking and pro-activeness in developing the trends in the new products and services and adaptations to the technologies in improving organizational performance.
Research has been conducted widely on entrepreneurship in examining the effective strategies and programs governing the practices. However, the research on entrepreneurship has been relatively less in context to literature as estimated from the past two decades. However, writers and authors have analyzed that there has been lack of paradigms, theories and models in respect to entrepreneur practice (Teplov, Väätänen&Podmetina, 2016). According to the review, entrepreneurship as an academic curriculum has reached to the heights of maturity as an academic field in guiding candidates in towards better understanding of entrepreneur practice. Research literature on entrepreneurship and business innovation reflects the ways in which the innovative individuals will strategize the ways of persuasion of capital and preparation structured training program in gaining itsbusiness prominence (Nash, 2016).
According to the contemporary review of organizational innovation it is analyzed that a small number of percentage. The study of entrepreneurial innovation helps in the understanding o leadership and managerial levels that examine the segments that depend most on individual or group based learning.According to the literary research it is important to identify and analyze the characteristics of successful entrepreneur, and examining the risk environment and its impacts assessment and collection of capital, assessment of available resources.
Research on Entrepreneurship is generally distinguished by its unique feature of innovation, and the development and growth-orientated entrepreneurship. The research tends to unleash various distinctive contexts such as entrepreneurial finance, sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education. On the other hand, innovative study deals with the study of innovation surrounding new information and communication technologies and business management. Innovation is the significant determinant that helps in shaping the economy and sets down ideal policies and measures for the overall development in every sector. The research has been conducted through the assessment of online journal interviews and detail assessment has been done on the entrepreneur idea of famous entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg. Entrepreneurs help in nurturing and restructuring the business atmosphere and performance while creating new ideas in supporting of the existing economic system (Huggins, 2016). Entrepreneurs act as the ideal policy maker, playing a significant role in nurturing innovations.It is important to develop entrepreneur mindset and temperament that will foster development in professional and private life, employability and inclusive growth.
With the basic knowledge and examined from the above study it is understood that entrepreneurship helps with the gradual development of wide competencies. The study analyzes the creativity and a sense of initiative taken by the entrepreneurs that determines problem solving and decision-making and risk taking capability. The interview analysis and assessment have helped in identifying the major factors in relation to become a successful entrepreneur like the well known figures as Mark. The entrepreneurs are characterized by adaptability and perseverance self-discipline and are judged on the basis of their responsibility and ways in which he manages his leadership and group based learning and work. The entrepreneurs help in planning organizational performance and productivity by initially understanding of the social, economic and cultural factors in driving the economy.
The study tries to evaluate andexplore the new horizons in organizational approach and the roles entrepreneurs play in order to attain objectives and targeted goals. It encourages the entrepreneurs in examining methodological innovation and trans-disciplinary that fosters as management, economy and policy decision-making.Academic institutions, training institutions needs to endeavoring being more active and creative in accordance with the changing environment driven by globalization and advancement of technologies and economy. In order to run an eco friendly and healthy environment it is important for the entrepreneurs in fostering communication skills and evolving the needs of specific skills. The teachers and trainers of academic institutions and educational leader need to encourage and foster entrepreneurial skills, competences and mindsets. Therefore, the institutions and educational leaders or the owners of an enterprise can offer creative and innovative learning environments.
The interview has been highly inspired from the assessment of the journey towards success of famous entrepreneurs such as Mark Zurckerberg the founder of Facebook, Henry Ford and Sam Walton, all of whom are referred to as the top most entrepreneurs of the world.
Question 1: In entrepreneurship which is more important to the success of startup- idea or execution?
Answer: Idea is referred to as static that helps in defining the structural and logical business process. Every business startup needs execution of ideas where the innovative and creative ideas are the driving force for the development. Execution is the implementation of the thoughts and ideas in regards to the benefits of the business while an idea that sprung up suddenly and has no connection with any development within the existing structure has no relative importance. Execution of the ideas is important as it dales with hard work, patience, efficiency and is directly linked to the overall growth and development.
Question 2: what are the basic skills and requirements for an entrepreneur in running a business?
Answer: every entrepreneur is guided by its governing principles and skills that helps in emergence of innovation and new ideas., the most important skills associated with the success of entrepreneurship are the adaptability and acceptability of failures, and needs to accept challenge and change, strong cross functional skill base and strong business skills.
Summary: The analysis of the questionnaire has contributed in a wide variety of fields that helps in connecting relationships and inter-dependencies among the following elements such as innovation, political regime, economic and social development.Entrepreneurship skills and competences needs to be identified and accordingly assessed for continuous in attaining positive entrepreneurial learning outcomes.


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Clients often ask for formatting tricks that save time. The two that come to mind are the format painter and applying well designed layouts.
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The relationship with the passageway.
Delhi may be a world unto itself – encompassing nearly 25 million of us. But it's also countless private lives vividly played out on the streets and alleyways of the national Capital.
Somehow the spirit of our city – its esprit de corps – is encapsulated strikingly on a narrow lane where one late sun-filled afternoon The Delhi Walla encounters two young boys squabbling over yesterday's carom board match. Also within earshot are some older women heatedly discussing the merits of the recent union between cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma.
This pleasant lane — an alleyway, really — vividly shows us the minutiae of the relationship we unconsciously strike with what is, basically, an infrastructural amenity connecting our intimate neighbourhoods to the vast, baggy city.
The lane gets its start along a broad pavement in central Delhi facing the sprawling grounds of Ramilila Maidan but ends in a mohalla so constricted that sunlight is more or less blocked; definitely a benefit during the steamy summer months.
With high walls topped by barbed wire, the snaky passageway can be negotiated in a mere two minutes, leaving you in the extremely congested Basti Mir Dard. It is actually disorienting to be transported so swiftly from a totally open space into a place so damp, dark and claustrophobic. May be that's why this passageway is so different from all the other passageways I have encountered.
All day long, the basti dwellers pass along the corridor, sometimes halting for a leisurely chat with an acquaintance they spot. The traffic varies with the hours. For instance, the afternoon is filled with the rushing footsteps of returning school children. I see, an elderly man is taking turns along the lane as if it were a community park — he has no choice for there is barely any open space in the Basti inside. I also spot young men huddled on one side, watching a YouTube video in complete silence, like the audience inside a dark movie hall.
A number of the residents, a basti grocer tells me, work as mechanics, waiters, and tailors.
This lane isn't merely convivial, however. It's downright gorgeous, with the fleshy flowers of a tall Semal constantly flopping down with a loud thudding sound. These flowers are very slippery and we see a boy accidentally stepping over one of them. He almost falls but recovers in time, walking on with as much dignity as he can muster while his friends follow him laughing.
Then there are those pink shrubs of burgeoning bougainvillea. But these beauties stand ignored as a preoccupied passerby hurriedly walks past, dismissing the passageway as a shortcut from the hugeness of Delhi to his humble abode in this basti.


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Fossils can tell us about the world in geologically ancient times. Leaves, stems, roots, and fruits may all be recorded in the geological strata, as impressions in stone, or sometimes as preserved material in coal seams.
Some trees with this tag died a very long time ago, but as they decomposed they interacted with the terrain around them and turned to stone. These fossils may be exposed thousands, or millions of years later, and still be recognizable as a tree. Fossils are the key to understanding the evolution of life on Earth, and offer hints as to the geological development of the planet.
In the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the Birbal Sahni Institute for Paleobotany is the world's largest research centre specialising in fossil plant studies. There are a handful of Fossil Wood Parks in India, which preserve this unique heritage.
Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals (also known as zoolites), plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record.
The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa (phylogeny) are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology. Such a preserved specimen is called a "fossil" if it is older than some minimum age, most often the arbitrary date of 10,000 years ago. Hence, fossils range in age from the youngest at the start of the Holocene Epoch to the oldest from the Archaean Eon, up to 3.4 billion years old. The observations that certain fossils were associated with certain rock strata led early geologists to recognize a geological timescale in the 19th century. The development of radiometric dating techniques in the early 20th century allowed geologists to determine the numerical or "absolute" age of the various strata and thereby the included fossils.
Like extant organisms, fossils vary in size from microscopic, such as single bacterial cells only one micrometer in diameter, to gigantic, such as dinosaurs and trees many meters long and weighing many tons. A fossil normally preserves only a portion of the deceased organism, usually that portion that was partially mineralized during life, such as the bones and teeth of vertebrates, or the chitinous or calcareous exoskeletons of invertebrates. Preservation of soft tissues is rare in the fossil record. Fossils may also consist of the marks left behind by the organism while it was alive, such as the footprint or feces (coprolites) of a reptile. These types of fossil are called trace fossils (or ichnofossils), as opposed to body fossils. Finally, past life leaves some markers that cannot be seen but can be detected in the form of biochemical signals; these are known as chemofossils or biomarkers.
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While working to inspire a community to make a lasting change for themselves, when the community has never thought critically about the possibility to start a movement from within; it could be easily forgotten that the best work stems from the work you do while having fun. We are spending hours a day pushing ourselves, and our participants, to basically create meaningful work for themselves. However, the time spent building connections across cultural boundairs should not overlook the possibility to have fun.
Every day we are in our workshops we introduce different ways to build team camaraderie, and sometimes that means to just play a game. My experiance working at my university on our Orientation staff has given me a wide variety of activites and I loved having this opportunity to see how well they would translate for a different target group.
Above, you can witness one of our more successful 'Icebreakers'. In this one, called Animal Farm, we have the participants close their eyes and make a predetermined animal noise(told to them secretly). Then, when the game begins everyone must call and then listen for the appropriate matching animal. At the end of the game, everyone will be grouped in the corresponding animal group.
This is just one example of a variety of different games we play, but it was one of the most successful attempts to take ourselves out of the stress of project management and just enjoy our brief time together.
Our time in the smaller city of Esperanza was great, and the group of young men from both the city and the batay were a wonderful group to work with. Enjoy this short slideshow of my favorite pictures and be sure to see the complete collection at: Flickr.
Entonces, como empiezo a explicar hoy día?
My feeling so far is that the theme of this project in the Dominican so far has been `back to basics`. In every sense that is. For Development this means scrapping your models and turning a fresh page to redraw the possibilities. An idea today could be community development tomorrow. Concepts you hold to dearly ought to be put under the light for closer inspection. This continual process of reflecting on how we interact with the people around us is what can make the difference.
Back to basics has also meant that the sessions we envisioned delivering to the group had to be amended as we discovered the language barrier – particularly in an environment where some may speak Spanish others Creole, some French and few have a handle of English. Yet despite the language divide, and between our wonderful translator and our own broken Spanish there are the beginnings of some powerful ideas. Ideas this community in Esperanza and the Batey – as well as others, could benefit from.
Everyday we have to reassess our plan and every day is more and more a reminder of why back to basics is a great thing. Our arrival into Esparanza was one that included no power in the house, no internet and thus no way for us to present everything we had intended. "All we need is a 'projector'"- and although our power point presentations or prezis may have certainly helped, they were not necessarily needed. So forward we went, paper and pen – none to sure how it would all turn out.
The frustrating part is that many of them do not understand what community development is or looks like. Although while it is frustrating this is also one of the aspects I love best. As we continually push them to see further than just `what` the idea does but see `why` they are doing it, the idea transforms into something far more beautiful and inspiring. A group of boys playing soccer to pass the time becomes a way for youth, who face hardship more than is ever necessary, to give hope to those with dreams of something greater. With a ball and some hand me down uniforms they can move adolescents into a positive and fun environment.
On a personal level I feel I am returning to a time where being in this type of environment was second nature. Every thing here feels familiar and yet I discover so much with everyday. I love being surrounded by the Spanish and the Creole and French – as if the multilingual environment was designed for me. As I have developed a steady ear to catch the quick fire chopped up Dominican Spanish, I can now begin to understand the issues more closely – what a translation could not fully allow.
As always, I look forward to learning about a human dimension that simply cannot be taught.


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Dairy Queen Launches Zero Gravity Blizzard to Honor Moon Landing Anniversary
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That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for dessert lovers. Dairy Queen is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a new limited-edition Zero Gravity Blizzard treat. It's sure a lot tastier than the freeze-dried bricks of "astronaut ice cream" you find in museum gift shops, and it's much more Instagrammable too.
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The Zero Gravity Blizzard honors America's space legacy, and also looks like something the Jetsons would eat. Its swirly blue appearance somewhat resembles Earth as seen from space, and it's dotted with colorful sprinkles that look like stars and planets. The treat also features Oreo cookie pieces and sweet cotton candy topping, all blended with vanilla soft serve.
Like all Blizzards, this one defies gravity, as it is served upside down or the diner is given their next blizzard for free. It's available at participating Dairy Queen locations beginning June 24 and offered while supplies last.
In case you need a history refresher, NASA's Apollo 11 lunar mission touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human to step on the lunar service, followed by Buzz Aldrin, while command module pilot Michael Collins stayed in orbit.
DQ is really mooning over the moon landing anniversary. In addition to the spacy treat, there's a free space-themed Zero Gravity playlist that can be downloaded on Spotify. Songs include David Bowie's "Space Oddity," Elton John's "Rocketman" and R.E.M.'s "Man on the Moon." If you're craving ice cream as the summer rolls on, you're not alone, and these wild ice cream trucks may have something just as insane as this Blizzard.
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Lidl is selling an activity tracker for just £24.99.
The clever gadget is a steal compared to similar products on the market that cost up to £99 !
If you're looking to up your steps, start training for that race in the autumn or simply seeking the solace of an air conditioned gym, Lidl's fitness tracker is the perfect accessory.
The stylish fitness watch comes in black, purple and pink and includes features such as step count, distance covered, calories burned, activity duration and sleep duration.
What's more, the activity tracker connects to a free health app via Bluetooth helping customers to stay active this summer.
Other features include smartphone notifications for incoming calls and texts, rechargeable battery, an alarm function with UV light or vibration and is water resistant.
The activity tracker is in stores from Thursday August 2 until stocks last.


Is your focus on accumulating more things or on what you can do for someone in need?
The tendency expressed in today's verse is what prompted Karl Marx to comment that capitalism destroys itself because it is humanistic and feeds its own greed.
Christianity in America has been the controlling influence on capitalism, because we practice self-control and moderation. But now we have become caught up with everyone else in the race to see who can accumulate the most things. As a result, we have lost our witness in that area.
A Christian businessman and his wife were asked to go on a trip to Haiti with a missionary group. It was their first trip into an impoverished culture and it was a life changing experience.
When we recognize that these kinds of needs exist, it should become easier to curb our temptations to accumulate things.
Remember what Peter said: "In your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness" (2 Peter 1:6).


Citation: Tan, K.K.,Huang, S.,Ferdous, R. (2001). Robust self-tuning PID controller for nonlinear systems. IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference) 3 : 758-763. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a robust self-tuning PID controller suitable for nonlinear systems. The control system employs a preload relay (P_Relay) in series with a PID controller. The P_Relay ensures a high gain to yield a robust performance. However, it also incurs a chattering phenomenon. In this paper, instead of viewing the chattering as an undesirable yet inevitable feature, we use it as a naturally occurring signal for tuning and re-tuning the PID controller as the operating regime digresses. No other explicit input signal is required. Once the PID controller is tuned for a particular operating point, the relay may be disabled and chattering ceases correspondingly. However, it is invoked when there is a change is setpoint to another operating regime. In this way, the approach is also applicable to time-varying systems as the PID tuning can be continuous, based on the latest set of chattering characteristics. Simulation results for the level control of fluid in a spherical tank using the scheme are also presented.


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At our annual Congregational Meeting on Wednesday, June 20, several new officers and members of our Board of Directors were elected.
Succeeding Alan Spector as President of Adas Emuno will be Lance Strate, after having served a term as Vice-President. Board member Michael Raskin will in turn take on the responsibilities of our congregation's Vice-President. And past president Virginia Gitter will be taking over as Recording Secretary, as Robyn Labombarda steps down from the Board.
Mark Rosenberg will continue to serve as Financial Secretary, and Michael Fishbein as Treasurer, while Alan Spector will now hold the office of Immediate Past President. All of the officers serve two-year terms.
As for the Board of Trustees, Fred Friedman and Lauren Rowland were elected to three-year terms, while Rebecca Kind-Slater was appointed to fill out a 1-year unexpired term.
The new officers and trustees officially begin their terms on July 1st.
On behalf of the entire congregation, we say Mazel Tov and especially Todah Rabah to you all for your service to Adas Emuno!
I'm very happy to write about this week's Torah portion, Shelach Lecha from the Book of Numbers; it was my bar mitzvah portion some four decades ago!
As a young teen I was very impressed by the fact my portion was primarily an intriguing spy story. At the same time, I was happy to note that the very end of the portion contained the important commandment of the tallit. We are told that the purpose of wearing the fringed garment is to be "holy to your God" (Numbers 15:40), and it is this point that I would like to address.
One of the most important words in Judaism is kadosh, holy. From that root we get kaddish, the memorial prayer that sanctifies God's name; kiddush, the blessing over the wine that sanctifies the Sabbath and other holy days; kiddushin, the traditional term for marriage that understands the union of a man and women as holiness. The synagogue is traditionally called the kehillah k'dosha, the holy community, reflecting the fact that we are called upon to be goi kadosh, a holy people. We term our sacred books in Judaism sifrei kodesh. Jerusalem is called ir hakodesh, the holy city and the inner sanctum of the great Temple that housed the ark is called kodesh kedoshim, the holy of holies.
Even the angels, according to Isaiah, are said to sing kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, and those are words we repeat in the Amidah prayer. Among the most important Torah portions is K'doshim in Leviticus, because it contains the famous Holiness Code that begins: K'doshim t'hiyu, You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
So it comes as a shock that in the very next words of Torah after the description of the tallit a major debate about the very nature of holiness erupts. The debate is between Moses and his cousin, no less, named Korah, whose name commences next week's portion.
Korah to Moses and Aaron: You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and the Lord is in their midst. Why then do you raise yourselves above the Lord's congregation?
Moses to Korah: Come morning the Lord will make known who is His and who is holy….
Korah: You think you are the only chosen ones. We are too.
Moses: The man whom the Lord chooses, he shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The sages wonder, in connection with this week's portion, how the tallit enhances holiness. Yes, the act of wearing a fringed garment is a physical reminder of a Torah commandment, but there is more, and it has to do with the blue thread. "The blue suggests the sea, the sea suggests the heavens, and the heavens suggest the Throne of Glory," wrote the rabbis. Even small acts, and simple things, can elevate us toward the holy.
And to this sage exegesis, we might add, congratulations on the anniversary of becoming bar mitzvah, Rabbi Schwartz!
As an occasional guest blogger for the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, I'm asked to choose a quote from her writings, and provide a bit of discussion about it. I previously shared with you my post on Hannah Arendt and Charlie Chaplin, and I thought I would also share my latest entry.
Hannah Arendt was a Jewish German-American philosopher and political scientist, perhaps best known for her reporting on the Adolph Eichmann trial for The New Yorker, Eichmann having been the Nazi in charge of the concentration camps; that work was later published in revised form as Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil.
In philosophical circles, her most influential work is The Human Condition, and my post begins with a quote from that work. I should warn you that, while the underlying sensibility is certainly Jewish, there is very little overtly Jewish content in this post, at least not until the end. But I hope that you find it of interest nevertheless.
"The human condition comprehends more than the condition under which life has been given to man. Men are conditioned beings because everything they come in contact with turns immediately into a condition of their existence. The world in which the vita activa spends itself consists of things produced by human activities; but the things that owe their existence exclusively to men nevertheless constantly condition their human makers."
The human condition is the context or situation we, as human beings, find ourselves in, the implication being that human life cannot be fully understood by considering humanity in isolation from its environment. We are, to a large degree, shaped by our environment, which is why Arendt refers to us as conditioned beings.
We are conditioned by phenomena external to us, and this may be considered learning in its broadest sense, that is, in the sense that the Skinnerian conditioned response is a learned reaction to external stimuli. It follows that any form of life that is capable of modifying its behavior in response to external stimuli is, to some extent, a conditioned being.
On a grander scale, natural selection, as it is popularly understood, can be seen as a conditioning force. Survival of the fittest is survival of those best able to adapt to existing external conditions, survival of those best able to meet the conditions of their environment. The fittest are, quite naturally, those in the best condition, that is, the best condition to survive. Whether we are considering the effects of natural selection upon an entire species, or individual members of a species, or what Richard Dawkins refers to as the selfish gene, the environment sets the conditions that various forms of life must meet to survive and reproduce.
Such views are inherently incorrect insofar as they posit an artificial separation between the conditions of life and the form of life that is conditioned. An ecological or systems view would instead emphasize the interdependent and interactive relationships that exist, as all forms of life alter their conditions simply by their very presence, by their metabolism, for example, and through their reproduction. Darwin understood this, I hasten to add, and the seeds of ecology can be found in his work, although they did not fully germinate until the turn of the 20th century. And Skinner certainly was aware of the individual's capacity for self-stimulation, and self-modification, but a truly relational approach in psychology did not coalesce until Gregory Bateson introduced a cybernetic perspective during the 1950s.
In the passage quoted above, it is readily apparent that Arendt is an ecological thinker. In saying that, "the things that owe their existence exclusively to men nevertheless constantly condition their human makers," she is saying that we create the conditions that in turn condition us. We exist within a reciprocal relationship, a dialogue if you like, between the conditioned and the conditions, the internal and the external, the organism and its environment. The changes that we introduce into our environment, that alter the environment, feedback into ourselves as we are influenced, affected, and shaped by our environment.
The story of the Coke bottle, although fictional, follows the pattern of many documented cases in which the introduction of new technologies to traditional societies has had disruptive, and often enough, disastrous effects (the film itself, I hasten to add, is marvelously comedic, and quite often slapstick following the introductory quarter hour).
The understanding that we are conditioned by the conditions we ourselves introduce was not unknown in the ancient world. The 115th Psalm of David, in its polemic against idolatry and the idols that are "the work of men's hands," cautions that "they who make them shall be like unto them; yea every one that trusts in them." Along the same lines, the Gospel of Matthew includes the famous quote, "all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword," while the Epistle to the Galatians advises, "whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap." A more contemporary variation of that maxim is, "as you make your bed, so you shall lie on it," although in the United States it is often rendered in the imperative and punitive form of, "you made your bed, go lie in it!" During the 19th century, Henry David Thoreau notified us that "we do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us," while Mark Twain humorously observed that, "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." More recently, we have been told, "ask a silly question, get a silly answer," to which computer scientists have responded with the acronym GIGO, which stands for, "garbage in, garbage out." Winston Churchill said, "we shape our buildings, and thereafter they shape us," and former Fordham professor John Culkin, in turn, offered, "we shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us," as a corollary to Marhsall McLuhan's media ecology aphorism, "the medium is the message."
In addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made conditions, which, their human origin and their variability not withstanding, possess the same conditioning power as natural things.
The "conditions" that we make are used to create a buffer or shield against the conditions that we inherit, so that our self-made conditions are meant to stand between us and what we would consider to be the natural environment. In this sense, our self-made conditions mediate between ourselves and the pre-existing conditions that we operate under, which is to say that our conditions are media of human life. And in mediating, in going between our prior conditions and ourselves, the new conditions that we create become our new environment. And as we become conditioned to our new conditions, they fade from view, being routinized they melt into the background and become essentially invisible to us.
Whatever touches or enters into a sustained relationship with human life immediately assumes the character of a condition of human existence. This is why men, no matter what they do, are always conditioned beings. Whatever enters the world of its own accord or is drawn into it by human effort becomes part of the human condition. The impact of the world's reality upon human existence is felt and received as a conditioning force. The objectivity of the world—its object- or thing-character—and the human condition supplement each other; because human existence is conditioned existence, it would be impossible without things, and things would be a heap of unrelated articles, a non-world, if they were not the conditioners of human existence.
This last point is quite striking. It is we, as human beings, who create worlds, which brings to mind the moving commentary from the Talmud: "whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." We create worlds, in the sense that we give meaning to existence, we attribute meaning to phenomena, we construct symbolic as well as material environments. Each one of us, in our singular subjectivity, creates a world of our own, and therefore each one of us represents a world unto ourselves.
But these individual worlds are links, nodes in a social network, interdependent and interactive parts of an ecological whole. The term condition, in its root meaning is derived from the Latin prefix com, which means together, and dicere, which means to speak. And our ability to speak together, to engage in discussion and deliberation, to enter into symbolic interaction, constitutes the means by which we collectively construct our intersubjective, social realities, our worlds.
As human beings, we are conditioned not only by our labor, the ways in which we obtain the necessities of life, i.e., air, water, food, shelter, to which Marx sought to reduce all aspects of society, a position that Arendt severely criticized. We are conditioned not only by our work, which Arendt associated with artifacts, with instrumentality and technology, with arts and crafts. We are conditioned most importantly by action, which in Arendt's view is intimately tied to speech and the symbolic, and to processes rather than things, to relations rather than objects.
In the end, Arendt reminds us that the human condition is itself conditional, and to be fully human requires not only that we take care of biological necessity, nor that we make life easier through technological innovation, but that we cooperate through speech and action in collectively constructing a world that is truly blessed with freedom and with justice.
This YouTube video, entitled "I Am Jewish", was brought to our attention by Rabbi Schwarz, and it is truly marvelous.
The main portion was written and performed by Andrew Lustig, and the video was filmed and edited by Tracie Karasik, produced by Harold Messinger, Raffael Lomas, Andrew Lustig, and Tracie Karasik, with camera equipment provided by Jacci Chanon and Harold Messinger, and filmed at Brandeis-Bardin Campus of the American Jewish University in Simi Valley, California.
The background music is the "Theme from Schindler's List" performed by Itzhak Perlman, John Williams, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, composed by John Williams, from the album, Cinema Serenade; and "Watermark" performed by Enya, composed by Enya and Roma Ryan, from the album Watermark.
On the YouTube page for "I Am Jewish", the write up includes, "Special Thanks To The Staff and Participants of BCI Aliyah 2011," "©2012 Andrew Lustig All Rights Reserved," and "©2012 Tracie Karasik Media. All Rights Reserved."
I am all the words in Yiddish I've been called all my life that I still don't understand.
I am going to all three Phish shows this weekend.
I am my melody of Adon Olam. I am my melody of Adon Olam. The words may be the same but I am my melody of Adon Olam.
I am not getting Bar Mitzvahed. I am a Bar Mitzvah.
I am a concept foreign to the rest of the world. I am not Judaism. I am sleep-away camp.
I am your grandmother who's seen Chortkov and Auschwitz, who's seen '49, '67, and '73 and whose tired of trying to make peace with those people who just want to blow up buses and destroy her people.
I am the 19 year old who's seen Budrus, Don't Mess With the Zohan, and Waltz with Bashir and who thinks -- who knows -- peace is possible.
I am never asked if I have horns or a pot of gold, if I rule the world or why I killed Jesus. I am asked where my black hat is, if I really get 8 presents on my Christmas, why my sideburns aren't super long, and if I've really never tried bacon.
I am asked what a Gefilte Fish is. I say, "I don't know. I don't like it. Nobody does. But we eat it because its what we do."
I am asked if my dad's a lawyer. I say "no... my mom is... my dad's an accountant."
I am asked if my grandparents were in the Holocaust as if it were a movie. "Yeah, they were. But luckily they were also on Schindler's List."
I am on JDate and not Match.com because, well, it's just easier that way.
I am that feeling of obligation to buy the Dead Sea salt at the mall kiosk because you know the woman's Israeli.
I am an IDF sweatshirt and the Chai around your neck. I am a $100 Challah cover you will never use and a 5 Shekel piece of red string you will wear until it withers away. I am your Hebrew name. I am your Israeli cousins. I am your Torah portion and your 13 candles. I am your Bat Mitzvah dress and the cute Israeli soldier on your Birthright trip.
I am 18 when I discover that Israel is not actually a garden of Eden of milk and honey where Jews of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and styles of worship come together -- eternally happy and appreciative -- to do a constant Hora in the streets of the promised land.
I am the way your stomach forgets to be hungry and your lungs forget to breathe when the Rabbi commands the final Tekiah Gadolah and an entire congregation -- a congregation that is not any one synagogue but an entire people -- listens to what on January 1st is a ball dropping in Times Square, but today -- any day in late September or early October for the 5770th time is a Ram's horn being blown into for what seems like 10 minutes, like the 8 days the oil burned, and how David defeated Goliath, and how Moses parted the seas -- it would have been enough, dayenu -- how we won the war, and how your grandparents survived, Nes Gadol Haya Sham -- Shana Tova -- time for bagels and lox. I am Jewish.
And we have to say, todah rabbah and mazel tov to Andrew Lustig, Tracie Karasik, and everyone involved in the creation of this brilliant bit of filmmaking, and to Brandeis Collegiate Institute as well. Our landsmen out in California may not know how to make a reuben sandwich right (see our previous post, Rue the Rueben?), but they certainly know how to make a movie!
Here now is the third in a three-part series of posts related to my visit to Israel in March, following Speaking of Israel and Israel's Image Wars.
In addition to the radio interview which I featured in the last post, I was also interviewed by a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Israel's leading English language newspaper, for a feature that appeared in their Friday magazine (the equivalent of our Sunday papers' magazine sections). The interview appeared the week after I was there, in the issue cover dated March 23, but you can also find it online where it's dated March 22, all under the title: Assessing the Media.
On a recent visit here, Dr. Lance Strate, discusses social media and how they help facilitate social change. Over the past century, for better or for worse, governments, social action groups, private individuals and others have used traditional forms of media to effect change. But with the emergence of the Internet and new-media outlets, a vast array of other electronic tools have become available. The last couple of years saw three major attempts at effecting change utilizing this new technology: the 2010-11 Arab Spring throughout the Middle East, the 2011 Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWS) and last summer's local social justice tent protests.
Dr. Lance Strate, a professor of communication and media studies and the associate chair for graduate studies at New York's Fordham University, was recently in Israel as a guest of the School of Media Studies at Rishon Lezion's College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS). The communications expert – who did his doctorate under author, media theorist and cultural critic Neil Postman at New York University – delivered a series of lectures to COMAS students and faculty on the impact of social media. One of the sessions was titled "Media, Protest, and Social Change," and some of last summer's tent protesters attended the lecture. The Jerusalem Post caught up with Strate following his talks.
What was the focus of your lectures here in Israel?
I gave three talks here. One was a talk on media ecology, another on new media, and the third was on media and their role in the recent protests [around the world].
Media ecology is the study of forms of media as environments. So the idea is that media play a leading role in human affairs. The media shape the way we think, the way we feel, act, and how we perceive the world, and our culture and social organizations.
Can you discuss the role social media played in the Arab Spring?
Social media played a significant role in facilitating the protests and movements that collectively became known as the Arab Spring. The role of media [in any form] was not clearly recognized in previous decades, but now it has become much more apparent [especially social media]. It's true that a mobile device can't stop a bullet, but that's not all there is to it. Part of the impact [of social media] is its ability to organize people, connect people and mobilize people toward a common cause. Also, now there is the idea that people can have a sense of involvement even at a distance. You no longer have a passive audience viewing images on television, but even something as simple as clicking "Like" on Facebook gives people a sense of involvement.
But in regard to social media and the Arab Spring, you have to be cautious. This is not necessarily a movement toward democratization. We associate democracy as an idea born out of print culture. And print culture and other institutions formed through print culture are in decline or are on the way out.
Change doesn't come easily, but it does come sooner or later. What we don't know is what new forms of social organizations will appear. When radio was introduced, we were given the totalitarian movements of communism, fascism and Nazism. You could suddenly appeal to mass audiences and mobilize them or even cause mass panic. On the other hand, intimate connections were made between a personality speaking [on the radio, and the audience], thus creating a new cult of personality.
We should not assume that movements like the Arab Spring are going to result in the kind of democracies that have emerged in the West. In all likelihood they will not.
It's not a matter of being pessimistic I'm just realistically assessing the situation. We have a different media environment today than the environment which was associated with the Enlightenment that gave rise to nation states and democratic governments of the West. For that reason, we can't assume we are going to see the same development. Electronic communication bypasses structures that were built around print culture. People used to have access to news in a digestible form through print media and could get together to discuss it locally, which created stability. But now we see a great deal of instability and complexity. People are connecting despite geographical differences. It used to be that a person's loyalty was to his tribe or his nation, but now their loyalties are to different groups they are connected to, making it a much more complicated world we live in. This leads to separatism. You have a group that breaks apart, then another small group that wants to break out, and there is no end to it.
What are possible negative ramifications of that phenomenon?
It's dangerous. We are not prepared for these developments and don't know how to deal with them. When the United States went into Iraq, they asked themselves, "Should we allow the country to disintegrate into small homogeneous units, or preserve the nation as a whole?" And the US, being a nation state, took the position to try and preserve a nation state. On other side of the coin you have Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and even Scotland, [which] now wants to leave the United Kingdom, so this is the direction that electronic media can lead us toward. In the end, we have to expect new structures to begin and to form in a way that does not fit into what we have previously seen, and can conflict with what's existed before.
But before we had social media, we had the Holocaust. How much worse can it get than when social media didn't exist?
Well, you have to realize that on the other side of the coin, something like the Holocaust could not be kept a secret today. One of the features of new media is the proliferation of images. And images evoke emotional responses. Something like this [the Holocaust] would be publicized and cause great outrage. We see [this outrage] over and over, with what's going on in places like Syria and Iran. In all these places, it's too easy to get information out for any kind of authority to control and operate in secrecy.
On the other hand, it opens a new door – for example, what we are seeing in Gaza. The images we see don't promote rational thinking, they elicit emotional responses. Those images require framing, since we don't know when and where images are really taken and there are ways people can be manipulative to fit their "image culture." In that sense, social media are not positive – but still, it would be hard to pull off another Holocaust or another genocidal campaign without world awareness. You just can't hide it.
Changing topics, what were some of the tangible results of the OWS movement as a result of social media?
The strength of social media in this instance was to facilitate the organization of events and the mobilization of people. That was effective. There were also some quite wonderful things going on that involved people using social media, such as protest supporters ordering pizzas for the protesters online.
[That said,] I was a guest on a talk radio show and they had an OWS organizer call in, and she said she was disappointed that the [mainstream] news media didn't cover the protests adequately. I tried to explain to her why they didn't get the same coverage as the Tea Party movement did. The problem is... TV favors close-up cameras focusing on personalities, on faces. The Tea Party was personified by certain people, such as Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. They provided a face and a voice for the movement. And that's what TV wants. In the United States, television stations can't do a good job of covering Congress because what you see is a large group of people sitting around. That's bad television. Instead you get an exaggerated view of the president because you can get nice closeups of him. This distorts the images of what government is and probably has to do with the dysfunctionality of Congress in recent years.
The OWS movement didn't produce distinct personalities or spokespeople. So while there were visual images of tents in a public park, that only provided a backdrop for various news reporters to provide their own views and explanations. When I explained this to one of the OWS leaders, she said, "We don't want to fall into the trap of left-wing individualism." But TV is not about private individuals, it's about audio and visual personalities, and that's why the movement didn't get the same coverage cache as the Tea Party.
But again, social media were effective in organizing people and the grassroots work on the ground. This is also how President [Barack] Obama was successful in using social media effectively on the campaign trail, not to persuade voters, but to organize campaign workers. The problem is trying to use social media to reach the mass media, and that's not possible. The mass media and TV have a different bias, and that's the point the OWS movement missed. Was the goal to use new media to target old media structures, including the government, or do you use new media to bypass old media? They were not clear as to their intentions; hence the movement was a failure – they didn't get much of anything out if it except expressing a generalized sense of dissatisfaction. By contrast, look at the effective social movements of the 1960s. They had genuine personalities and musicians on board, which gave a face to the movement. [The point is,] if you want to deal with a certain medium, you have to deal with it on its own terms.
How did the Israeli tent protesters demanding cost-of-living reform fare last summer utilizing social media?
[Unlike in the OWS movement,] some personalities did emerge, but again, the bottom line is that they were trying to use the new media to organize and also reach the old media structures, including the government and professional news media. In the long run, perhaps that might turn out to form the basis of a successful campaign, but the alternative is to use the new media to create new structures. It's difficult but could be more effective to bypass [traditional] news media and communicate directly to the audience, while also bypassing the government and creating other forms of organization.
But were they not somewhat successful, since the government took notice and formed a committee to propose economic solutions?
The organizers didn't feel like it was a success. While they did get some kind of response, I didn't get the sense (from the organizers I spoke with who attended my lecture) that they were satisfied with the overall outcome – including dissatisfaction with news coverage and a dissatisfaction with the government response. The real problem with the movement, though, I feel, is that they never really articulated their goals.
Will we one day see the death of traditional media, specifically newspapers?
Right now newspapers are not entirely disappearing, but being turned into something less common. When we think of a newspaper, we think of wrapping fish in it, stacking newspapers and those stacks being thrown out. Newspapers are disposable, so it makes perfect sense for that disposability to be shifted to an entirely electronic form [one day]. Eventually newspapers and even their online versions cannot survive. If you want to check your horoscope, read a cartoon, get a financial report, why go to a newspaper or its website when you can go to a specialty site?
I do believe that a market for professional news-gathering will always remain; however, it will evolve into a form that's fully given over to the online environment. But as I said, there will be too much competition from specialized sources to have newspapers online long term. [Still,] the tradition of professional newspaper-oriented journalism and journalists will remain a commodity.
To follow up on my previous post, Speaking of Israel, while I was visiting in the Tel Aviv area, rockets were being fired from Gaza into southern Israel, and Israel was responding with air strikes against the Palestinians. You can read about the exchange of hostilities on Wikipedia under the heading of March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes, and this post relates to the topic briefly covered towards the end of that entry, on the Twitter hoax.
This has to do with an image that some may find disturbing, as it shows a Palestinian man holding a little girl who appears to be unconscious, and covered in blood. I decided not to include the image here, but if you want to see it, I did include it in the post on this topic that I put up on my own blog, Pictures and Propaganda.
But perhaps you've seen it already, identified as the picture of a Palestinian girl wounded in an attack by the Israeli army or air force? Maybe just recently, or maybe in years past? If so, and if you've felt anger, or outrage, or shame regarding the Israeli military, you've been propagandized.
This is not to say that the Israeli Defense Forces are free from committing offenses, no military is without error or sin, after all. But in this specific instance, the little girl was injured in an accident on a swing, and this picture has been used repeatedly, during different conflicts, spread in viral fashion via email, websites, Facebook, and Twitter, and picked up repeatedly by respectable news organizations that seem to be no longer capable of fact checking.
But the fault lies not so much with our newscaster stars, and supporting players, but with in the nature of images. It is no accident that the Second Commandment expressly forbids the creation of any kind of graven image. To move past a mythological mindset and into one governed by reason, it was necessary to ban images, so that words (and "the word of God') could prevail.
Simply put, the image in and of itself, carries no set information about its date or place of origin, about the circumstances of the moment in time that it depicts. No context. Any statement that we might think an image makes must be made via words, which is why we look to captions in print media or online, and look at the title of paintings in museums. Pictures are not worth a thousand words, nor are they worth a single word. Pictures and words are apples and oranges.
Verbal statements can be evaluated as true or false. Pictures may be judged faked or genuine, but otherwise, they are what they are, entirely concrete, referring to nothing else but the surface impression that they capture. In this sense, images are not facts that can be checked or evaluated (facts can be proven true or false, meaning that there is such a thing as a false fact). Images can be used as evidence, to support a claim, but the claim itself must be made in words.
Newscaster: The Palestinians in Gaza have been gearing up their propaganda machine with a string of photos, showing the alleged violations of the Israeli army.
These photos are being released on Facebook, Twitter and to news agencies like Reuters, who, for example, released a picture of a bleeding girl, carried by her father. Later on they had to issue a correction, when they discovered the picture had already been released three times: in 2006, 2009 and now again. And the girl had a swinging accident, nothing to do with a crisis in Gaza.
Now, another picture is in circulation of what looks like the boot of an IDF soldier stamping a young Arab girl, who's lying on the ground. An officer from the special unit in the IDF spokesman's office, who looks at the provenience of these pictures, told Channel 2 TV News, the picture comes from Bahrain and has nothing to do with the Mid East crisis in this region.
Well, is this a known phenomenon? That is the question we asked Lance Strate, Professor of Communication at Fordham University in the US, who is in Israel presently as a guest lecturer at the School of Media Studies, College of Management and Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion.
Lance Strate: It comes down to the fact that pictures, first of all, have an enormous impact, well beyond words. Simply, words leave us distanced from the topic. And pictures speak to us in an immediate way, and in a powerful way. They elicit emotional responses, and particularly pictures of that sort elicit anger and moral outrage. So, they are a very powerful weapon to be wielding.
Reporter: Now, a respectable network, like Reuters, has used the same picture three times, in 2006, 2009 and now once again. A picture of a child with a bleeding face being carried by her father. And in the end they found out they have to issue an apology that this has nothing to do with war or fighting, she was actually hurt by a swing or something. Why can''t a respectable organization like Reuters, check their pictures.
Lance Strate: It's a great question, and actually one problem would be just turn over of personnel.
But the bigger problem is that you simply cannot do a search on images the way you can for verbal statements. If you think about doing a Google search, for example, you can say, if you have a quote, let's do a Google search and you can find out where that quote comes from. But if you have an image in front of you, there's no way to plug it into Google and find that image on the Internet. And there's nothing in the image that helps you to identify where and when it was taken necessarily.
And I know, they're developing technology that is going to solve this problem or, at least, alleviate the problem, but we are not quite there yet.
Newscaster: Professor Lance Strate, a specialist in communication and media studies.
But: A. most people don't use them.
B. It's hard to find the "zero patient" picture, or where it all began.
And of course, the bottom line is that finding the images elsewhere on the web does not guarantee that you can identify the source, and may in fact reinforce the false attribution, one of the pitfalls of crowdsourcing. And, of course, quotations can also be misidentified, but still, they are much easier to identify than images, that should be obvious, and their impact is not the same as the immediate and emotional effects of the visual image.
Anyway, I do think it was altogether appropriate that this subject was covered on radio, a medium that is entirely devoid of the visual image. A sound decision, I'd say. Do you see what I mean?
I thought I would share with you some items from my trip to Israel this past March. I was a guest of the College of Management and Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, a town not far from Tel Aviv. COMAS is the acronym they use, at least when they use the Roman alphabet, and it's the largest college in Israel according to its Wikipedia entry.
COMAS is much more than a business school; it is, in fact, a full-fledged university, but has held onto its original name because it's an established brand here in Israel. Anyway, within the College there is a School of Media Studies, and the Dean is an old friend of mine from my graduate school days at New York University, Eva Berger.
While I was there, I gave a talk about media ecology to the faculty on Sunday, March 11. As you may know, in Israel, Sunday is the first day of the week. Well, actually, Sunday is the first day of the week everywhere, that's why it goes all the way on the left side of calendars, but in Israel it's the first day of the work week, and Friday is the first day of the weekend. By the way, the days of the week in Hebrew literally translate as First Day, Second Day, Third Day, Fourth Day, Fifth Day, Sixth Day, but the seventh day (Saturday) is actually called Shabbat, which of course means Sabbath.
Anyway, on Monday, March 12 I gave a guest lecture to a class on new media, the students were bright and attentive, and it was a real pleasure.
Thankfully, my talk didn't generate too much protest on the part of the participants, although things did get a bit heated in the panel discussion that followed, between organizers of an Israeli protest movement from last summer, and a TV news executive who called their movement a failure. Of course, it wouldn't be Israeli without some arguing, and great debates are a part of our tradition (see the previous post on this blog, Judaism's Great Debates Now in Print!).
During my visit, I also got to spend a little time with my cousins, who also live in the Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion area, and with some old friends, for which I am grateful. And I was asked to do a couple of media interviews, which I will share in the next two blog posts here.
We members of Congregation Adas Emuno extend our sincere congratulations to our Rabbi, Barry L. Schwartz, on the publication of his latest book, Judaism's Great Debates: Timeless Controversies from Abraham to Herzl.
In this concise but important survey, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz presents the provocative and vibrant thesis that debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. In his graceful, engaging, and creative prose, Schwartz presents an introduction to an intellectual history of Judaism through the art of argumentation.
Beyond their historical importance, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them, regardless of their epochs, are still being argued. Schwartz builds the case that the basis of Judaism is a series of unresolved rather than resolved arguments.
Drawing on primary sources, and with a bit of poetic license, Schwartz reconstructs the real or imagined dialogue of ten great debates and then analyzes their significance and legacy. This parade of characters spanning three millennia of biblical, rabbinic, and modern disputation reflects the panorama of Jewish history with its monumental political, ethical, and spiritual challenges.
Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz is the director of The Jewish Publication Society in Philadelphia and the spiritual leader of Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia, New Jersey. He is the author of the acclaimed textbook Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values and several other works. Judaism's Great Debates is also being published in a student edition by Behrman House, Inc.
Now if all this hasn't convinced you to read the book, you can read an excerpt (pdf) and see what you'll be missing if you don't get a hold of a copy.
It really is a must read for anyone interested in Jewish history, culture, and religion. And that, dear friends, is not open to debate!


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The Outerhaven's 2015 GOTY Picks
What's up everyone! The year of 2015 is now at the end of the road and of course this is the time where we reflect upon which games were our favorites and from there we have to make the soul crushing decision as to which game, out all of them would b our pick for the 2015 GOTY. And as such we'll present our picks for the game of the year. And sure, there's definitely more than 1 GOTY on here for many us, so we cheated a bit.
This year as be especially hard to call out our favorites and the best in our mind, since this year has had some of best game releases in quite some time. Yes friends, 2015 has been one of the best years for gaming and we can't wait to see what 2016 brings us.
Now, let's get on to our picks for GOTY of 2015!
Keith – This was perhaps the main reason why I picked up a PlayStation 4. As a huge fan and addict of the previous Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, so Bloodborne was an obvious choice for me. It simply takes the formula that was perfected in Dark Souls, strips it of it's shied, speeds up the combat and gives us a unique spin on how to use weapons. After numerous playthroughs with multiple characters and of course the recently released The Old Hunters expansion, It's no surprise that Bloodborne is my GOTY for 2015.
Adriel – Bloodborne proves that developers don't need to reinvent the wheel when making a new game. In essence, Bloodborne is basically Dark Souls with every use of the word "souls" replaced with "blood"; however, additions such as limited regenerating health, dual-wielding, and the world characterization make Bloodborne an experience not worth missing.
Mark – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain made me angry. It was my most anticipated title of the year, it delivered on almost every aspect it promised, and it gave me hours upon hours of enjoyment. I loved it, but we may very well never get a game quite like this ever again. Good luck in the future Konami, because Kojima and his team made one hell of a video game.
Jason – Hideo Kojima's magnum opus, at least in the Konami era of his career, was one of a multitude of titles from 2015 that were all pushing massive, open worlds and hundreds of hours of gameplay. Unlike its competitors, however, The Phantom Pain played like a hot knife through butter. Taking control of (a) Snake has never felt so good, and the game did a fantastic job of creating a true sandbox where everything is a potential tool. From airstrikes to horse shit, everything had a use and allowed the player to approach missions from a different direction. It is an 80's action movie, where you're the director. The game's structure and story may have left something to be desired for die-hard fans (possibly a result of the dramatic saga of Kojima's exit from Konami), but it never hurt the moment to moment gameplay, which outdid everything 2015 had to offer.
Clinton – Sony Santa Monica, to me, is the undisputed king of sports sim gaming, and MLB 15 the Show is no exception to the rule. I've spent countless hours playing its many modes, none more than Road to the Show, and I haven't been less than impressed. It's the closest thing to playing real baseball without leaving the house, and I don't feel bad saying that.
Walter – Yeah, yeah. At this point, I know plenty of people are calling Fallout 4 overrated, but it's all I've really been playing on my Playstation 4 for the past month or two (other than a brief break in which I tackled Telltale's Game of Thrones). I do have Witcher 3 sitting on my desk, but I haven't had the time to really play it yet. Even as someone who hasn't ever touched a Fallout game before, Fallout 4 was a pretty great title to jump into.
From my excitement in finding Dogmeat to the thrill of fighting my first Deathclaw, Fallout 4 was a game I was instantly hooked to. The settlement feature is one that I enjoy immensely, and I'm still trying to build up a perfect bar. I've taken to trying to collect all the billiards balls on my travels, and it's little things like this that makes it so enjoyable for me. There's so many side missions and places to explore that on my second day of playing, I hadn't even begun to attempt to look for Shaun. While the graphics may be a bit sub-par compared to some of the games I'm sure my colleagues will nominate, the immersion was enough to retain its hold on me. It's a game I'm sure I'll be playing for a very long time as I chase the platinum, and perhaps even still afterwards.
Keith – Who knew a game that combines the fast and furious concepts of cars and pitting them against each other in a game of soccer? Little did I know that when the day this title arrived on PSN and I decided to try it out, that I would be hopelessly hooked. Between the tightly honed game-play, the various customization options and the ability to go head to head with other players in an online arena, I highly recommend anyone who hasn't played this to do so. You're be be jumping, flipping and go frantic crazy, as you attempt to help your team get that damned soccer ball in to the opposing teams goal.
But damn if you'll have fun doing it!
Mark – I didn't intend to spend too much time with Rocket League. I had only downloaded it because a friend wanted to try it out and play together, so I gave it a shot. Little did I know that it would become one of my most played titles this year. The sheer fun and ridiculousness that comes with playing soccer with cars is unparalleled. Even if you think you won't enjoy it, try it out. Like me, it may surprise you.
Adriel – Arkham Knight is the first title I have come across that's in the running for best and worst game of the year. On a gameplay level, it's amazing, everything feels tight, and aside from the strange amount of tank combat, it really gives the feel of being Batman. However, the PC release was a complete nightmare, being beaten out in infamy this year only by Afro Samurai 2. However, the merits of the game make it worthy of praise regardless, from the engrossing story to the adequately entertaining side quests.
William – You're probably wondering why I choose Splatoon over Xenoblade X or Smash Bros 4? Couple of reasons. First it was the most surprise hit and greatest gamble for Nintendo. I was quite skeptical when they announced it and wondered how they would fair in the multiplayer shooter genre. Boy was I surprised. It was fun! Simple as that: Fun. It was easy to pick up, but deep enough for complex strategies and that you are always contributing. Second, FREE DLC. In this age of being nickle and dimed for content, Nintendo refuse to do so. While granted that Splatoon was bare in the beginning, Nintendo brought it and poured in the DLC with new weapons, costumes, and new stages post release! This gets major points. While there are people who play multiplayer only at the beginning of release and then drop it afterwards, Nintendo continues to "keep it fresh" and gave many reasons for players to come back. Then there is the occasional Splatfest. A Simple fan war, but it is a party and everyone is invited and boy does it get fierce. Believe that salt will be spilled when the results are posted. Lastly, Callie and Marie. Nuff said. That is why Splatoon is my Game of the Year. Stay Fresh!
Jason – Part of me feels terrible putting The Uncharted Collection into the Game of the Year conversation. After all, it is just three remakes of older games, right? Well, I had more fun with those three remakes than most of the games I played over the entirety of 2015, so Naughty Dog is doing something right. While the games were already gorgeous in their original forms, praise is certainly due to Bluepoint Games for going above and beyond in making sure they remain as relatively beautiful. Revamped controls worked to correct some of the few wrongs done in the franchise's history (wagging to throw grenades, etc.), and make this the definitive way to play these titles.
Clinton – Despite being overshadowed by Bethesda's Fallout 4, The Rise of the Tomb Raider is easily one of my favorite games for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. The follow-up to the 2013 remake of Tomb Raider, The Rise of the Tomb Raider follows the adventures of Laura Croft, as she sets out to search for the Divine Source. But she's not alone as the organization, only known as "Trinity" is also after the very same thing and they won't stop until they get theirs on it or Laura stops them first. A fantastic looking and fun game on either the Xbox One or Xbox 360, this is definitely a game that should not be missed.
And there you have it! The 2015 GOTY picks from us, The Outerhaven Productions, to you. 2015 was a pretty decent year of gaming, and we're looking forward to an even better 2016.


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Commander Joint Forces Command Commendations
By media_commeseditor | 23rd March 2017
The RLC has received individual Commander Joint Forces Commendations in recognition of its excellence in logistic operations over the last year.
Lt Col CM Morton
Lt Col CM Morton of SO1 J3 Ops UK & ROW, Defence Supply Chain Operations and Movements (DSCOM), has been awarded a Commander Joint Forces Command Commendation for her role as Chief of Logistic Operations in HQ British Forces Cyprus from Oct 13 and Sept 16.
That period was dominated by her support to Op SHADER ran from Cyprus where she concurrently reformed delivery of logistic support on island.
Her formidable leadership, dynamic approach and operational experience have transformed the delivery of logistic and equipment support for the regional air bridge and two infantry battalions.
Additionally, her acute eye for regulatory compliance and business efficiency has generated impressive financial savings. The pinnacle of her efforts, however, has been her unstinting work in delivering and assuring a significant element of British Forces Cyprus' continuous logistic support to Op SHADER and across the Middle-East.
With her unwavering determination and infectious enthusiasm, Lt Col CM Morton is a most talented and dedicated officer who has delivered far beyond the expectations of her post. With an output that is quite staggering, she is hugely inspirational and continually puts her service before her family. For her outstanding contribution to logistics in support of British Forces Cyprus' provision to Op SHADER, she is most deserving of recognition.
Maj RJ Swan
Maj RJ Swan from 32 Squadron, 3 Logistic Support Regiment, was awarded a Commander Joint Forces Command Commendation for his role as an Ammunition Technical Officer and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer within the Ministry of Defence.
Maj Swan has worked in his current role at the MoD since August 14. In this bespoke position, he has led a multi-disciplined team which has been required to move worldwide with very little notice.
Throughout his tour of duty his performance has been outstanding, far beyond what could have been expected for his rank and experience, and showing exceptional ability in rigorous circumstances. He has thrived on pressure, helping to identify opportunities for the United Kingdom and the return in terms of savings and capital assets has been astonishing.
None of this could have been achieved within resources and success has been entirely due to his commitment, dedication and exceptional work ethic. He has advanced swiftly to the position of a valued subject matter expert and is held in the highest regard across Government Departments and with our international partners. His actions and efforts are thoroughly deserving of recognition.
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The Way Way Back is a quirky comedy/drama based on a 14 year old boy, Duncan whom is forced to spend summer with his mum; Pam (Tony Collete), her obnoxious boyfriend; Trent (Steve Carell) and his bratty daughter; Steph (Zoe Levin). After misery spending time with this so-called family, Duncan stumbles across Water Wizz water park, where he acquaints with Owen.
Liam James as Duncan definitely creates a memorable character. He dwells into the 14 year old whom is very quiet, shy and always in his own world. We constantly feel sorry for Duncan, where we simply want him to escape and be free. We feel his pain and boredom. However, Duncan releases his mind at the water park where we see him genuinely having a good time and a sense of belonging. Throughout the film we aim to see Duncan smile and simply be a kid which pulls through the surprising reaction in his 'Pop and Lock' scene. Though due to Pam's arrogant boyfriend, Duncan's anger boils, bringing conflict to the table.
The relationship between Trent and Duncan sure is heated. Steve Carell brilliantly portrays this horrible want-to-be-father. His selfishness and careless attitude towards Duncan and relentless insight in his presence is strongly encountered. The situation becomes slightly tensed when both are confronted, where Pam is always in the middle. We see Trent's traits and begin to find him quite irritating, where this family seems disjointed and far from becoming one.
Tony Colette as Pam innocently plays Duncan's mother as well as Trent's girlfriend. She tries so hard to bring both her loves together, yet the pieces don't match. As much as Pam tries (whilst we appreciate her effort), we begin to get frustrated due to the fact that she doesn't seem to confront Trent's arrogant behavior. There are repetitive shots which focus on Pam when she notices the tensed reef between Trent and Duncan, yet she silently plays lamb throughout. This falls back on her insecure persona of being a divorcee, thus toying with the stereotype of a vulnerable single mother.
Having said that, the drama bubbles when Duncan confronts Trent in a beach party. This anger bottled inside of him finally bursts out, where Trent's face is unforgettable. The humiliation he feels is built up, where we feel proud of Duncan's brave move.
The Way Way Back unfolds this simple tale of a great kid. Duncan has this quality in which we all have once endured, he perpetuates the shyness and social awkwardness around people. Likewise, the film denotes an underlying message of how it just takes that one person to believe in you. Indeed, Duncan's friend Owen (Sam Rockwell) is an absolute delight to watch. His chilled out behavior and laziness bring out the comedic twists, where his dialogue is perfect. Owen genuinely helps bring out the confidence in Duncan, making him feel good about himself. Rockwell's very last scene, where he confronts Trent, is one of the highlights of the film.
Overall, The Way Way Back directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash is a great film with a simple plot and strong cast. The film has its own slow pacing, yet Duncan manages to hold our attention long enough. There could have been more dramatic scenes and a splash of further comedy. However if I had to sum the film up in one word, I would go with 'sweet'. Yes, it's a sweet little film.
Script may not light the world on fire, but that cast is a totally different story. In a good way, that is. Good review Meera.
Yes agree with you, its a fun quirky film. Thanks for reading!
I'm still deciding whether I want to see this film or not.


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Heathers team up with Coláiste Lurgan for their latest Coldplay song in Irish
Laura Holland
They can do no wrong.
A few weeks back the students of Colaiste Lurgan absolutely blew us away with their special rendition of Adele's song Hello. Student Shannon Bryan took the lead on the song and everything from the vocals to the setting was stunning.
In the past we've also seen them cover Sia's Chandelier and Hozier's Someone New and taken on the likes of Ed Sheeran and Wiz Khalifa.
A film adaption of Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi is in the works
Each time they've translated the words into Irish for a unique version of the songs and this latest one is no different. They've just released their version of Coldplay's Hymn For The Weekend and they were joined by music duo Heathers.
They recorded this during cúrsa A and it will feature in a TG4 series Lurgan Beo that kicks off at Halloween. They've released it a little early to coincide with tickets going on sale for Coldplay's Dublin gig.
The amount of effort that goes into these videos time and time again is astounding.
Watch their latest one here:
colaiste lurgan.