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The Man Who Buried His Own Leg - An Animated Lesson
G-dcast has been offering Jewish learning in a few minutes at a time with videos, apps and interactive experiences for everyone. In 2009 they presented a four minute animated narrative of each of the 54 Torah portions.
Now, G-dcast has produced its first original narrative short, The Man Who Buried His Own Leg.
The topic may not sound humorous at first glance, but it's an important lesson in Jewish law that's presented in a very entertaining way.
It was inspired by a story Sarah Lefton heard on the street almost ten years ago. It teaches about Jewish views on the body without getting into the details of source texts and whatnot...and might just send you off on a journey of your own.
It was an official selection at the Palm Springs Shortfest, LA Jewish Film Festival, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, Washington DC Jewish Film Festival, and the DAM Short Film Festival.
Posted by Al at 12:19 AM 1 comments
Labels: Animation, Cartoons, G-dcast, Jewish Education, Jewish Life, Videos
Comedian Benji Lovitt in TV Interview on Israeli Humor
Comedian Benji Lovitt has been delivering standup comedy ever since he made aliyah to Israel from his native Texas nine years ago.
His humor has spanned performances in comedy clubs in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, entertaining groups visiting Israel, acting in an improv comedy troupe, posting hilarious comedy skits on YouTube, writing funny and satiric columns for Israeli newspapers, and presenting a program on exploring Israeli history through comedy.
In this video clip, Benji was interviewed by an Israeli TV reporter on the subject of Jewish and Israeli humor.
Labels: Benji Lovitt, Israel, Israeli Humor, Standup Comedy, TV, Videos
Remembering Abe Vigoda as Chief of the Waponis in "Joe and the Volcano"
Abe Vigoda, the tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor who died yesterday at the age of 94, proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles, and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing.
As he was profiled on the IMDb film website,Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, both Russian Jewish immigrants.
His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 17 and plodded away in small theater shows for over 20 years. For the majority of film-goers, Vigoda first came to prominence in The Godfather (1972) as the double-crossing Tessio, pleading with Robert Duvall to get him off the hook "for old times' sake." He also appeared in its sequel.
Vigoda had roles in a few nondescript TV films before landing the plum part of Sgt. Phil Fish on the brilliant sitcom Barney Miller (1974). Perhaps his best known role, Sgt. Fish proved popular enough to be spun off to his own (short-lived) series Fish (1977).
With his long face and unusual looks, Vigoda remained in high demand in mafioso-type roles, and for a while in the mid-1980s, he was mistakenly believed to have been dead, leading producers to remark, "I need an Abe Vigoda type actor," not realizing Vigoda was still alive and well. The 1990s and beyond became busy again for him, with appearances in North (1994), The Misery Brothers (1995), A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998), and Crime Spree (2003). He continued acting into his 90s, surprising audiences with his entertaining style.
One of his funny roles was in Joe Versus the Volcano, a 1990 American romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Vigoda had a supporting role as Chief of the Waponis.
In the film, Joe (Tom Hanks) is diagnosed with an incurable disease, quits his dehumanizing job, and accepts an offer to briefly "live like a king, die like a man" - but to fulfill his agreement he must willingly jump into a live volcano on the island of Waponi Woo in order to appease the volcano god. En route to the island, Joe meets a series of interesting characters in NYC and LA, then boards a yacht, captained by Patricia Graynamore (Meg Ryan). During the voyage Joe and Patricia survive disaster, fall in love, and finally arrive at the island where they face their destiny.
The film received positive reviews from some critics, including Roger Ebert, who described the film as "new and fresh and not shy of taking chances", and also was a box office success in the US.It has since become a cult film.
The full movie is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/RjsLqFohMjc. It's an hour and 42 minutes long.
Here is a scene featuring Abe Vigoda as Chief of the Waponis.
Labels: Abe Vigoda, Nostalgia, TV, Videos
The Great Jewish Comedians: Norm Crosby in Malaprop Standup on MDA Telethon
Norm Crosby is a Jewish comedian from Boston who served time on the Borscht Belt circuit and in Las Vegas hotels. He's known mainly as a source of malapropisms that he integrates into his comedy routines.
The 88-year-old comedian is still performing at casinos, cruise ships, and at Friars Club roasts.
His malapropisms are legendary. For example, he delivers lines like "Wilt Chamberlain is an insulation to young people all over the world. Wherever he appears, after every game the kids give him a standing ovulation."
Here is a video clip of Crosby co-hosting a Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon.
Labels: Great Jewish Comedians, Norm Crosby, Standup Comedy, TV, Videos
The Great Israeli Singing Groups: The Gevatron Sing Their Hit "Bat Shishim" Then and Now
Today we're starting another new series on Jewish Humor Central -- The Great Israeli Singing Groups. Every few weeks we'll profile one of the ensembles that brought joy to the people of Israel, whether on a kibbutz or in the streets of Tel Aviv in the early days of the state.
Just like us, they've aged. But just like us, they haven't stopped singing the songs that carried them through the founding and building of the state of Israel. We'll post video clips of them at reunions held recently alongside video clips at the height of their popularity.
We'll start with the Gevatron. The story of the Gevatron troupe begins in early 1948, when a group of singers in Kibbutz Geva performed at the dedication of a new basketball court in the kibbutz. They called themselves the "Gevatron" – a combination of the name of the kibbutz with the name of the "Cheezbatron", a singing troupe that performed during the War for Independence. The young group started performing for communal occasions in the kibbutz, with accordion accompaniment. They were amateurs and sang mainly verses, written by members of the kibbutz, to borrowed melodies, Russian songs for the most part.
One of their most popular songs, Bat Shishim, was originally written for the kibbutz's 60th anniversary in 1981. It was revived and updated in 2008 when the Israel government chose it as the official song to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state.
In this video clip, recorded at their 60th anniversary concert, the Gevatron sing Bat Shishim. It's followed by a video recording of the group singing the original song and a TV report of members reminiscing about the old days after being awarded the prestigious Israel Prize.
Here is an English translation of the lyrics:
She (the song, the kibbutz, the State of Israel) is 60 years old,
The head of the Gilboa (mountain)
That someone painted in red
A great day is coming,
A young and new day,
That erases her wrinkles
And her years
She's real
And not just a symbol
And not a flag or a sign
She is looking to the future
As the past is behind her
A great day is coming
A young and new day
That erases every wrinkle
And her years to the day
She is a grandma
And a mother
And a granddaughter
That becomes always new
Like the seasons of the year
A woman of the summer
Or the winter
But in her heart she is always spring
Labels: Folksongs, Gevatron, Israel, Kibbutz, Music, Nostalgia, Videos
Five Jokes to Start the Week from the Chicago Production of Old Jews Telling Jokes
Today is Monday and it's also Tu B'Shvat, the new year of the trees. We posted our Tu B'Shvat post yesterday so we wouldn't miss starting the week with a joke today.
Since it's a holiday, we're giving you a bonus -- not just one joke, but five in rapid succession. They come from a Chicago production of Old Jews Telling Jokes, and we're thankful to the Chicago Tribune for posting them on YouTube.
The performance was in 2013 when the off-Broadway show went on a national tour. Alex Goodrich, Tim Kazurinsky, Renee Matthews and Gene Weygandt are the performers at the Royal George Theatre.
Labels: Joke to Start the Week, Off-Broadway, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Standup Comedy, Theater, Videos
Funniest Jewish Film Moments (A Tu B'Shvat Treat): The Tree Planting Scene from Sallah Shabati
One of the funniest films to come out of Israel is Sallah Shabati סאלח שבתי))
It's a 1964 comedy about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. It also introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide.
The film's name, Sallah Shabati, is a play on words; ostensibly a Yemenite Jewish name, it is also intended to evoke the phrase סליחה שבאתי, "sorry that I came". In earlier print versions of Kishon's short stories which were revised for the film, the character was known as Saadia Shabtai.
The film begins with Sallah Shabati, a Mizrahi Jewish immigrant, arriving with his family in Israel. Upon arrival he is brought to live in a ma'abara, or transit camp. He is given a broken down, one room shack in which to live with his family and spends the rest of the movie attempting to make enough money to purchase adequate housing. His money-making schemes are often comical and frequently satirize the political and social stereotypes in Israel of the time.
In this scene, appropriate for tomorrow's holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the new year of the trees, Sallah is working in a tree planting detail on a hillside in Israel. A government official plants a sign announcing the naming of a forest for an American donor couple just as they arrive in a taxi. After they take a few photos of their new tree and depart, the official plants a new sign with the name of another donor pair just as they arrive at the same spot.
The movie is in Hebrew and there are no English subtitles, but the story line is obvious and easy to follow.
Enjoy, and have a happy Tu B'Shvat!
Labels: Funniest Jewish Film Moments, Jewish Comedy, Parody, Sallah Shabati, Satire, Topol, Videos
A New Version of Lecha Dodi at New York's Central Synagoue
The song Lecha Dodi is a central part of the Friday night synagogue service of all Jewish denominations all over the world.
With all of the services that we've attended over the years, we thought we'd heard them all. And we probably have. But musical talent is emerging in places that we haven't attended.
The Internet and YouTube have been instrumental in introducing new music to people who otherwise would not have been exposed to it.
In looking for video clips to share with you in welcoming Shabbat each Friday, we discovered this new one that premiered last year at the Central Synagogue in Manhattan. It was composed by Elana Arian, who plays the guitar and sings it together with Associate Cantor Julia Cadrain and Senior Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.
Enjoy and Shabbat Shalom!
Labels: Jewish Life, Lecha Dodi, Liturgy, Shabbat, Singing, Synagogue, Videos
The Great Jewish Comedians: Joey Bishop on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jack Benny
Joey Bishop (1918-2007) born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk show host. He then became the host of a late night talk show.
Bishop later became a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. sord
Like most of the old-time Jewish comedians, he wasn't known for any overt Jewish material, but he usually managed to insert a reference to a Bar Mitzvah or other Jewish term into his commentary.
The youngest of five children, he was born in The Bronx, the son of Anna (Siegel) and Jacob Gottlieb, Jewish Polish immigrants. His father was a bicycle repairman. Bishop was raised in South Philadelphia.
He guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at least 175 times from 1971–76, more than anyone else until that time. Here is a video clip of one of his appearances on the show in October 1972.
Labels: Great Jewish Comedians, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, Johnny Carson, Nostalgia, Videos
Just Published - "Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places." Get the e-Book Edition Free Now Through Sunday!
Among the more than 1,800 video clips that we've shared with you on Jewish Humor Central, there are about 150 video examples of Jewish life and music that appear in places you wouldn't expect them to.
This week we published the collection in a new book, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places (and Unexpected Traces in Jewish Places). It's available now from Amazon.com in paperback and in a Kindle (e-book) version that you can read on any device with free Kindle reader software from Amazon.
The paperback version sells for $9.95, and when you buy it, Amazon will offer you a free Kindle download. So when you receive the paperback version you can give it as a gift and keep the Kindle version for yourself.
For the next 5 days (Wednesday, January 20 through Sunday, January 24) you can get the Kindle version free of charge directly from Amazon.com by clicking here.
The book presents anecdotes and associated video clips that reveal the myriad ways that Jewish culture, religion, humor, music, song, and dance have found expression in parts of the world that, at first glance, might not seem supportive of Jewish Life.
It includes 50 videos of Hava Nagila being performed from Texas to Thailand, from India to Iran, and from Buenos Aires to British Columbia.
Also highlighted are 34 international versions of Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, Adon Olam, Abanibi, and Tumbalalaika. Whether you're reading the print version and typing in the video URLs or reading the e-book version and clicking on the links, you'll have access to 150 video clips totaling more than 10 hours of video.
Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places is also the title of a popular lecture that Al will be presenting in South Florida in February and in the Berkshires in July. If you're interested in information about Al's lectures and Jewish humor programs for your organization, you can reach him at akustan@gmail.com.
Here are the videos shown on the cover. There are 146 more videos that you can link to in the book.
Adon Olam with Leaping Brazilian Dancers
Sh'ma Yisrael in Papua New Guinea
Chabad Wins World Cup Soccer in South Africa
Are the Japanese the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel?
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Comedy Flashback: Allan Sherman and Herman's Hermits Parody "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah"
Back in 1965 there was a musical variety show on TV called Fanfare.
In one of the episodes, master song parodist Allan Sherman got together with Peter Noone, the lead singer of Herman's Hermits to create song parodies in real time.
First Sherman wrote an American version of the British pop song Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter.
Then after Sherman sang a new version of his hit Hello Muddah Hello Faddah, the two singers collaborated in creating a British version of the classic funny song about summer camp.
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Labels: Allan Sherman, Herman's Hermits, Parody, Satire, Singing, Spoof, Videos
A Joke to Start the Week - A Scientific Experiment
We can't believe that it's already another Monday, and time to post another Joke to Start the Week.
After a long interval, we discovered a new treasure trove of Old Jews Telling Jokes. Or maybe it's an old treasure trove. In any event, we found some jokes that met our requirement of not having been posted here before and being reasonably family-friendly.
So today's joke is told by 72-year-old social worker Vicki Salz. Here's the setup:
An Italian scientist is doing work with frogs. He cuts off the frog's front leg and says "Jumpa frog, jumpa." And then...
Labels: Joke to Start the Week, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Standup Comedy, Videos
German Violinist and Lithuanian Accordionist Play a Rousing Hava Nagila in Berlin
David Garrett, a record-breaking German pop and crossover violinist and recording artist, and Martynas Levickis, a young Lithuanian accordion virtuoso, got together at a concert in Berlin and electrified the crowd with a rousing rendition of Hava Nagila.
Garrett attended the Keshet Eilon Masterclasses in Israel in the summers of 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002. Keshet Eilon is a music center established in the year 1990, located in Kibbutz Eilon, Israel. Its mission is to be a source of strength and support for young gifted violinists.
Martynas recently completed his degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and has acquired all the knowledge and technical expertise of a professional classical musician, but he sees classical music as just one part of his personal mix.
Labels: David Garrett, Hava Nagila, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places, Martynas, Music Video
Unexpected Traces in Jewish Places: Lecha Dodi (Let it Be) at a Beatles Shabbat in Los Angeles
Beit T'shuvah is a Los Angeles based community with a mission to guide individuals and families towards a path of living well, so that wrestling souls can recover from addiction and learn how to properly heal.
The Beit T'Shuvah faith-based model, founded on authenticity and wholeness, integrates spirituality, psychotherapy, Jewish teachings, the 12 Steps, and the creative arts. They are a compassionate, supportive community, devoted to building an empowering sense of belonging and purpose to everyone who seeks it.
They also have a band, and last month they recorded a Beatles Shabbat service with all the familiar songs in the Friday night liturgy sung to some of the most popular Beatles songs.
Here's an excerpt from the service with the shul band welcoming Shabbat with Lecha Dodi set to Let it Be.
Labels: Beatles, Lecha Dodi, Liturgy, Shabbat, Synagogue, Videos
The Great Jewish Comedians: Jack Carter Sings "What's the Matter With Kids?" on the Judy Garland Show
Jack Carter (1922-2015) was born Jack Chakrin in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. Carter served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He hosted an early television variety program called Cavalcade of Stars on the DuMont Network. He was lured to NBC to host his own program titled The Jack Carter Show.
Carter recommended Jackie Gleason to take his place as host of Cavalcade of Stars. The Jack Carter Show appeared under the banner of the Saturday Night Revue, NBC's two-and-a-half-hour Saturday night programming slot. Carter hosted his show for one hour each week followed by the 90-minute Your Show of Shows starring Sid Caesar,Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. Carter remained friends with Sid Caesar his entire life and delivered the eulogy at his funeral.
In this excerpt from the Judy Garland Show in 1963, Carter delivers a riff on teenage behavior after singing What's the Matter with Kids Today?, the classic song from Bye Bye Birdie.
Labels: Great Jewish Comedians, Jack Carter, Nostalgia, Standup Comedy, TV, Videos
Hava Nagila Around the World: A Mexican Mariachi Version in Apatzingan
Apatzingán, located in the hot Tierra Caliente valley, in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, has received media attention because of the strong presence of notorious, powerful and wealthy drug trafficking cartels.
But it's also the home of some beautiful music, as played by the Apatzingan Real Mariachi Band.
In this video, they perform a Mexican version of Hava Nagila that we're adding to our collection of more than 50 versions.
Labels: Hava Nagila, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places, Mexico, Music Video
Jerry Seinfeld in Tel Aviv: "It Is What It Is"
Since it's likely that you missed Jerry Seinfeld's show in Tel Aviv in December, as we did even though we were spending the month in Israel, we're posting some excerpts from his performance.
This video clip has Jerry carrying on about empty phrases that have become popular, such as "It is what it is," and "Business is business."
(A tip of the kippah to Yifat Cohen for posting this video on YouTube.)
Labels: Israel, Jerry Seinfeld, Standup Comedy, Tel Aviv, Videos
A Joke to Start the Week - "A Serious Senior Moment"
It's Monday morning again, and it's time for a Joke to Start the Week. This week it's an oldie but goodie from retired teacher Freyda Kolinsky.
Here's the setup: Two young people are walking along and they see an elderly Jewish man sitting on a bench, crying. They go over to him and say "Are you OK?" And then...
Labels: Joke to Start the Week, Standup Comedy, Videos
Indian Band Amrutam Gamaya Performs Beautiful Version of Hava Nagila
If you think you've heard the most beautiful rendition of Hava Nagila, you may have to rethink it. Recently the Israeli folk song was performed on, of all places, the popular Indian talent show Music Mojo by a band by the name of Amrutam Gamaya.
We've posted more than 50 versions of this song in the 6+ years that we've been publishing Jewish Humor Central, and all of them will be included in our book, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places, which will be released in a second, updated edition in February.
While the tune is normally fast paced and uplifting, this version definitely stands apart from other versions of the song. Although the tune does quicken near its end, the song is less upbeat and Amrutha Suresh, the lead singer of the group, has a hauntingly beautiful voice.
Labels: Hava Nagila, India, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places, Music Video
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McLaren software glitch hampers Formula One's Red Bull Racing
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Formula One (F1) racer Mark Webber finished sixth in the popular sport's season opener following an error in his engine software that contributed to a poor start. McLaren Electronic Systems, the maker of the equipment, has apologized to Webber and his team, Red Bull Racing, following the incident. In a sport in which...
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Formula One (F1) racer Mark Webber finished sixth in the popular sport's season opener following an error in his engine software that contributed to a poor start. McLaren Electronic Systems, the maker of the equipment, has apologized to Webber and his team, Red Bull Racing, following the incident. In a sport in which precision technology is essential to success, such errors carry high stakes.
McLaren Electronic Systems is the sole supplier of the engine control units (ECU) – complex hardware systems containing hundreds of thousands of lines of code – that power engines for racing series including F1, NASCAR and IndyCar. It introduced a new ECU for this F1 season, and the hardware will also be used next season when the sport debuts its new turbo rule.
F1 is often seen as a sport in which the technology and engineering behind the racing is as important as the driver. Red Bull Racing blamed the supplier for an issue that caused Webber to lose telemetry during his warm-up lap, putting him at a disadvantage, as well as for the failure of his Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) during the first 20 laps, which reduced the engine power available, Autoweek reported.
"We lost all telemetry on the formation lap," Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner said. "And then you can't do the preparation that you need to for the start, so then he's in the blind for the start, and that ECU issue [sic] shut the KERS down as well, so by the time we'd reset the whole system obviously he'd lost the start and lost early ground. It's something that they need to get on top of, because there's been a lot of issues during testing."
McLaren acknowledged the error and apologized, but it noted that the equipment's electronics were sound. The issue was in the software's data transmission functions, which had to be restarted during the formation lap, the company said, according Autoweek.
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This incident underscored the heightened complexity of the hardware in F1 cars and, increasingly, the automotive world at large. F1 has very strict technical regulations governing the equipment that can be used in its cars, with the goal of standardizing engineering as much as possible.
Since 2008, McLaren has been the sole supplier of ECUs for F1 engines. In addition to controlling KERS, the only allowed method of increasing speed in F1 cars, ECUs can help monitor settings based on data gathered from around 120-150 sensors on the car, EE Journal explained. Data from these sensors is fed to the car, as well as back to the garage and the factory, to optimize performance. During a race, each car will generate around 500 kilobytes of data per second, totaling around a gigabyte and a half for the entire race.
"This data is then used in real time by the garage team to inform the driver and to guide him on changes that he might make in his driving, although the rules forbid electronic feedback to modify the car electronics," EE Journal's Dick Selwood wrote. "Within the ECU, there may be a number of driver-selectable different mappings, balancing, say, fuel consumption and power. The garage might encourage the driver to use one of these to reduce fuel consumption (Refueling is currently not allowed). The ECU data is also retransmitted to the factory, where it is analyzed in detail to see where improvements can be made for the next race."
F1 is often seen as a development ground for technologies that filter into consumer automobiles and other products. Freescale, the company that makes the processors used in McLaren's F1 ECUs, estimates that 50 million new cars used its chips in 2010, EE Journal reported. McLaren uses modified chips, designed for telecom base stations, but its improvements will likely play out in consumer products.
As software increasingly defines automotive performance, both in cutting-edge racing machinery and standard road cars, ensuring flawless performance is essential. In the high-stakes world of F1, preventing errors in automated systems such as ECUs might be accomplished through more thorough source code analysis and the use of static analysis software.
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Live music all year round, once or twice a week.
Line dance lessons, once a week. Zumba in summer.
Children´s entertainment in July and August.
Spanish lessons for foreigners from November to April.
Hiking from October to April.
Permanent warm water. Heating in winter.
Clothes washer sinks with warm water.
Combines dishes, snacks, sandwiches, drinks, ice-creams, etc. We prepare Paellas on order.
Open from 8,00 am to 11,00 pm. (from 8,00 am to 9.30 pm in winter).
Local, sports and cultural information.
Pets, are allowed in Camping Area, on a lead.
Open air swimming pool. (Kids & adults).
Small sports ground, to play football hall and basketball. Petanca ground. This area is open from 10,00 am until 10,00 pm.
Inodoro químico para vaciar las casettes químicas.
Venta diaria, prensa, pan y cubitos de hielo.
300 m. Arenal beach and sea front promenade.
300 m. center of Calpe.
1.500 m. port of Calpe.
1.500 m. Peñón de Ifach.
You can bring your pet, always on leash and under control. Pets shower.
Obligation to declare pets at the time of registration.
Keep the animals tied, even within the plots and always under control, avoiding all time that causes discomfort to the neighbours.
Walk the animals out of the Camping.
It is forbidden to enter pets in common areas such as blocks of toilets and showers, social room, laundry, swimming pool and sports area, bar, etc. As well as to the bungalows.
Present the animal's passport at the reception, together with the update of the vaccines, especially the rabies virus.
Liability insurance, whose policy must be shown by the owner at the reception.
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Le comté de Looz, parfois encore comté de Los ou Loos, en prononçant Lau, est un ancien comté du Saint-Empire romain germanique qui s'étendait approximativement à la fin de l'ancien régime sur la province belge actuelle du Limbourg, sans comprendre ni Tongres ni Saint-Trond.

Déclinaison et origine du mot Los, Looz, Loos
Le latin médiéval des scribes et tabellions médiévaux a gardé diverses graphies  "lomensis pagus", "lummensis pagus", "lumacensis pagus", "lamacensis pagus", "loffensis pagus", voire "in pago lotmensi"... ou simplement "lomensis", "lummensis" ou "lucumaconsis", loensis...

Le mot s'écrivait en flamand Loon ou loën, graphies préservées longtemps dans le monde germanique.

La localité comtale de Looz, actuellement dans la province belge de Limbourg, s'écrivait en néerlandais Borgloon, en flamand ancien Borcleon, Borcleon, Borchloen ou Borchloën, mais aussi en langue romane ou wallon ancien Borcklain, Loos, Lootz ou Los, très rarement "Bourg Los". Un château est construit au  sur une partie de l'ancienne enceinte défensive.

Le comté féodal tire son origine d'un modeste "pagus" mérovingien, qui désigne apparemment un modeste pays de domaines (manses) dispersés dans des vastes clairières (lucus ou lucii), chaque domaine formant une source de revenu pour les tables de compte ou menses. Le comte de Looz se nommait lomensis comes ou loensis comes, parfois lossensis comes.

Description géographique
En 1367, par effet de l'acquisition par l'évêché de Liège, le comté de Loos autonome est devenu un simple "pays" sous tutelle de la cité de Liège. Selon l'historien Dom Calmet, cet ancien pays ou comté est placé entre la Hesbaye au midi, la Campine liégeoise au nord, le duché de Brabant au couchant et le duché de Limbourg au levant.

Le comté a regroupé les villes de Beringen, de Bilsen ou Bilzen, de Looz, de Bree, d'Hamont, de Hasselt, Herck ou Herck-la-Ville, de Maaseik, de Peer, de Stokkem, mais aussi celles de Tongres et de Saint-Tron ou Saint-Trond avant leurs émancipations urbaines et campagnardes définitives au .

Il comprenait donc en un sens anachronique une petite partie de la Hesbaye actuelle en Belgique et une plus grande partie de la Campine, aujourd'hui partiellement en Belgique et partiellement aux Pays-Bas). Il était voisin au Nord de la commune de Bois-le-Duc et du comté de Gueldre (Pays-Bas), vers l'Ouest des quartiers de Louvain et d'Anvers ; vers l'Est ses frontières étaient baignées par la Meuse, et vers le Sud l'ancien Pays de Liège.

Sa circonférence était de  au moins, et il comprenait encore à la fin dix villes, plus de cent vingt bourgs, villages et châteaux, et une quantité d'établissements ecclésiastiques ; il ressort de lui un nombre de fiefs plus ou moins importants.

Histoire du comté féodal et de la maison de Looz
La Maison de Looz s'éteint précocement en 1336 avec la mort de Louis IV. Son neveu et héritier Thierry de Heinsberg est également le beau-frère de l'évêque de Liège Adolphe de La Marck, qui lui laisse hériter du comté. Godefroy de Heinsberg, seigneur de Daelenbroeck, neveu de Thierry hérite des comtés en 1361, mais le nouvel évêque, Englebert de La Marck annexe Looz en 1362. Godefroy vend ses droits sur Looz à un cousin, Arnoul de Rumigny qui tente de conquérir le comté, mais en vain, et doit y renoncer définitivement par une transaction signée le  avec le prince évêque de Liège Jean d'Arckel. Il préfère vendre ses droits pour une grosse somme d'argent, sonnante et trébuchante, la transaction est finalisée en 1367.

Les princes-évêques de Liège prennent alors le titre de comte de Looz, mais conservent les institutions du comté et lui laissent une certaine autonomie. Ces dispositions sont confirmées en 1522.

L'avouerie de la ville de Liège était héréditaire dans la maison comtale de Loos depuis Arnoul de Looz. Le comté était du diocèse de l'évêché de Liège, qui devait à ses comtes d'immenses largesses à ses églises.

Origine légendaire
Les historiographes lotharingiens mentionnent une prime origine du comté, associée à une première lignée légendaire, celle d'Oger ou Otgar le Danois et de ses trois fils Odulphe, Bérenger et Angelra. La richesse de cette lignée, qui aurait organisé ce pays jusqu'en l'an 910, selon Mantelius ou Mantel, l'historiographe du comté de Loos, s'explique par la titulature de Oger sur l'abbaye Saint-Faron de Meaux, qui aurait possédé de vastes terres dans cette contrée, accordées par les premiers souverains carolingiens.

Cette mention rappelle indirectement l'usurpation publique et l'accaparement politique que commet Reinier II, le comte de Hainaut lorsqu'il laisse son fils cadet Rodolphe accaparer le comté.

Maison de Loos
Le comté féodal apparaît, selon de nombreux historiens médiévistes anciens, aux alentours de l'an mil, probablement formé des restes d'un récent comté carolingien de Hesbaye. Les sources de la seconde lignée sont à la fois variables et imprécises, selon les localités et les historiographes lotharingiens. Par exemple, les grandes familles de la cité médiévale de Metz et du duché de Haute Lorraine sont omniprésentes dans l'histoire de la principauté de Liège et de ses entités comtales satellites ou voisines. Les abbayes d'Hastière et de Vassor, gérées par l'évêché de Metz, les biens éparpillés de la puissante maison d'Ardenne et les alliances et contre-alliances incessantes, par exemple le mariage de Gérard d'Alsace et d'Hedwige de Namur, à l'origine de la maison de Lorraine, attestent de relations d'alliances et de rivalités complexes.

Arnoû ou Arnoul , lomensis comes selon la noble tradition lotharingienne, hérite du comté de son père Rodolphe, le défend contre les agresseurs voisins et le transmet à son fils Arnoû ou Arnoul II, né d'un premier lit, suscitant une rivalité durable du clan de la seconde épouse et marâtre, Liutgarde, comtesse de Warenne en Hesbaye. Arnoû II ne cesse de guerroyer contre ses parents par alliance et ses voisins, avant d'engager une grave lutte contre Baudoin, comte de Flandres, qui s'est érigé défenseur et protecteur de Looz.  Mais Arnoû II parvient à résister et, avant sa mort en 1014, à instituer miraculeusement évêque de Liège, Baudry, le fils de son oncle Louis.

L'évêque de Liège Baudry, premier soutien financier du comté de Loos en guerre, saisit le comté et le donne à son frère Arnoû III. Mais ce dernier peu combattif meurt en 1021, laissant ses biens à son frère Otton, époux de Liutgarde née comtesse de Namur. Ce dernier couple, selon la tradition lorraine, n'est pas le père de l'évêque Baudry.

La lignée est fondée, selon la chronique monastique de Saint-Trond, par Otton, fils de Rodolphe, comte en Betuwe ou du fils d'Otton, Gislebert. C'est pourquoi l'histoire ecclésiastique, qui hérite de l'intérêt épiscopal liégeois pour le comté avouerie de Looz, n'a pas le même ordre de classement des comtes de Looz. La liste des comtes de Looz, décrite ensuite ci-dessous, provient essentiellement de l'historiographie des princes-évêques de Liège.

Les descendants de Gislebert ou Gilbert de Looz sont :
 Emmon, le comte de Looz, aïeul de la lignée comtale,
 Othon, père de Gislebert ou Gilbert, aïeul des comtes de Duras,
 le chanoine Hermann
 Marguerite, marié à Vitarde, administrateur de Gueldres : leur fille unique, Adelaïde, épouse Othon de Nassau, qui hérite du comté de Gueldre.

Les descendants du noble Emmon se succèdent à la tête du comté.
Le comte Arnoul II (Arnoû V) fonde l'abbaye d'Averbode ou Auvrebode entre 1131 et 1135.

Mais en 1190, le comte Gérard II doit accepter que le comté de Looz devienne un fief de l'Église de Liège et revienne à la principauté en cas d'absence d'héritier mâle direct.

Le pieux Gérard fonde l'abbaye d'Herkenvode. Il accomplit quatre pèlerinages à Jérusalem, et meurt au siège de Saint-Jean d'Acre en 1191.

Maison de Loos et de Chiny
En 1227, le comté de Looz est uni au comté de Chini ou Chiny, par le mariage du comte Arnoul IV de Looz et de Jeanne de Chiny.

Le centre de gravité de l'entité féodale se déplace vers le sud. La forteresse de Looz est délaissée. Dès 1232, le gros village d'Hasselt s'érige en ville avant d'être promue au rang de capitale économique et administrative par Arnoul IV de Looz.

La famille est désormais protectrice et bienfaitrice du monastère d'Orval.

Mais la puissante maison de Chiny et de Loos se désagrège après 1330.

Louis IV hérite des biens de la maison de Chiny et Los, Or il n'a pas d'enfant de Marguerite de Lorraine son épouse. Arnoul, jeune neveu du comte de Chiny et Los, adopté comme héritier, est tué au siège de Rhodes, ville du comté de Luxembourg, en 1333. Son autre neveu, Thierry de Heinsberg hérite du comté, mais l'évêque de Liège impose son véto sur l'héritage comtale.

Le duc de Luxembourg Wenceslas saisit, puis se met en possession du duché de Chiny, obligeant Arnoul de Rumigny le  à lui vendre ses droits sur la maison de Looz et Chiny, en particulier le comté de Chiny. Et le principe-évêque de Liège tente de faire de même avec le comté de Looz.

Disparition du comté de Los comme entité administrative et territoriale
En 1794, les révolutionnaires français remportent la bataille de Fleurus et occupent la rive ouest du Rhin. Le comté de Looz est intégré dans le département de la Meuse-Inférieure. En 1830, avec l'indépendance de la Belgique, il se retrouve dans la province de Limbourg.

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Q: How to compare two different algorithms for deep RL? Assume we have two algorithms for a deep RL problem. We used them to train an agent for this environment and stored the rewards at each episode for these two different algorithms. My question is that how can we say which algorithm is better?
Plot for all 50k episodes

Plot for 50k episodes where we have only plotted once every 20 episodes

Plot for 50k episodes where we have only plotted once every 200 episodes

Another question, which plot is the one people use when they want to plot reward\return with respect to the episode numbers?

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My question is that how can we say which algorithm is better?

It doesn't look to me like you can say which algorithm is better from these experiments at all; the only reasonable conclusion I'd be able to draw from these plots is that they perform pretty much identically, neither is clearly better or worse than the other.

Some things you can try to get more informative plots:

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*Multiple runs of 50K episodes. If I understand your post correctly, you ran one sequence of 50K episodes for each of the algorithms, and plot those results. RL methods, in particularl Deep RL ones, are known to be susceptible to having wildly varying performance levels just based on initial random seeds. Therefore, it would be useful have multiple "runs", starting at episode = 0 and ending at e.g. episode = 50K for each algorithm (meaning, using the same algorithm to re-start learning completely from scratch multiple times). For every point on your $x$-axis (every episode number), you can then plot an average performance level across all runs, rather than just a single measure of performance. This will likely reduce the "spikiness" in your plots a bit.

*Plot running averages. Another cause of the "spikiness" in your plots is that you are likely using a policy that involves some element of exploration, like an $\epsilon$-greedy strategy. Even when an algorithm has learned what the optimal policy would be, it will sometimes intentionally do something different instead for the sake of exploration, and this can lead to occasional poor performances even after an algorithm has already demonstrated to be capable of performing better. You can smoothen this out by plotting running averages, rather than single point estimates of performance. What this means is, rather than plotting the score obtained in episode $x$ for every episode $x$, you can plot the average score obtained during the window of episodes $[x-50, x]$ for every episode $x$. Of course that's just an example with a window size of $50$, you can also use different window sizes.

*Plot standard deviation or 95% confidence intervals (or 99% confidence intervals or whatever you choose). These can be drawn as transparant, shaded areas around measured means of performance. This will only really work in combination with one or both of the points above; standard deviations or confidence intervals for single point estimates don't really make sense. If the shaded areas for two different algorithms overlap for a large part, that's indicative of the algorithms having similar performance levels, even if the means may be slightly different.

If I look at your current plots though, I highly doubt any of the ideas above are going to enable you to conclusively say one algorithm outperforms the other; they really do seem to perform pretty much the same. Of course, one may be better than the other in some different dimension though (faster runtime, less memory, easier to understand / implement, fewer hyperparameters, easier hyperparameters to tune / understand, etc.). The paper I linked above (Deep Reinforcement Learning that Matters) is probably a good one to read through for more information other than what I mentioned above too.

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Mondo, an online shop based in Austin, Texas, is selling a 400-edition print by designer Olly Moss that re-imagines Bespin's Cloud City as Boba Fett's helmet. The print goes on sale on "12/20/2010 at a random time." Be sure to go through the entire checkout process; putting it in the shopping cart doesn't reserve it for you. Sometimes these prints at Mondo sell out in a few minutes. It's a 24"x36" screen print, hand numbered, and printed by D&L Screen Printing.
That's pretty sweet but would make more sense if Boba was more a present antagonist.


Boston Fashion Week is a week-long luxury clothing event that takes place annually in Boston. The cities fashion week lets international and local designers showcase their creations to the general public, buyers, celebrities, and fashion experts. This was started in your city by Jay Calderin in 1995. After a few setbacks it is now increasing its popularity and importance, as Boston becomes a more fashion forward city. The event gives access to the public to engage In many ways. A show, enjoying an exhibit, or joining in the fun at a party. The week also contributes to a sense of city pride about what Boston brings to the table and how it keeps growing in so many ways.


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Seung Woo Back's Double Vision
This book brings together two different projects by Seung Woo Back. Real World is a set of photographs made in a South Korean theme park. Blow up is a series of enlargements derived from photographs taken in North Korea. In each case the photographic technique Back has chosen is as different as the subject matter. Nevertheless the projects are united by the same concerns. What does it mean to make photographs of nationality? And how do we make sense of those photographs?
Back's images of the theme park Aiinsworld in Seoul seem uncannily right and wrong at the same time. Technically they are perfect examples of the 'straight photograph'. They are frontal, rectilinear, in deep focus, balanced, orderly and shot in smooth, flat light. This is the non-style favoured by architectural photographers promising to present their subject matter in the simplest, clearest terms. A stable perspective is established allowing the space and the surfaces to be described soberly and coherently. Yet within Back's views there are contradictions. The photographs might be straight but Real World is not. Behind the image of Paris's Notre Dame we glimpse Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers. In another the same towers seem to stand tall beside the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center (now a monument to the disappearance of the real one). In another the waters surrounding Manhattan are fringed with Hong Kong junks. This is almost a photographic form of Sigmund Freud's dreamwork. Real World is a lucid dream of global displacements and condensations. Here real geography gives way to the spatial fantasy of an ideologically motivated mental map.
The kind of hyperreal superficiality on offer to the visitors at Aiinsworld has always been a reliable sign, or more exactly an authentic symptom, of modernity. Aiinsworld belongs to the history of global theme parks and museums that stretches back into the nineteenth century. Confident and ambitious nations have asserted their nationalism and their internationalism by miniaturising and incorporating the world beyond their borders. Perhaps the most renowned of these parks was the Exposition Coloniale Internationale held in Paris in 1931. It attracted 34 million visitors in six months. Within its extensive grounds the citizens of France and neighbouring countries could wander through remakes of landmarks and typical structures to be found across the French empire, from Cambodia's Ankor Wat to Tunisia's minarets.
Today those older colonial empires have almost disappeared. They are giving way to the hegemony of international capitalism. In this new situation nationalism is itself the façade, the quaint pretense that hides fact of near-borderless exchange. This new world order depends upon the speculative washing around the world of money, goods and people - seeking leisure if they are fortunate, seeking work if they are not. We might compare Back's Real World with Jia Zhangke's film The World (2005). Set in a similar park in Beijing, China, it explores the complex relationships between the young staff. They come from many countries including post-Glasnost Russia. In fact they are as internationally mixed as the park's attractions and its visitors. But while the park tries to offer seamless transitions for the visitors as they glide by monorail between the world's monuments without the need for passports, the staff live their lives through their cultural and economic differences, unable to 'fit in', unable to fully identify with the fantasy of the global dream. The 'message' of the film is similar to the message suggested by Back's Real World. Appearances, seductive as they are, ought not to be trusted and the supposed transparency of the new internationalism can be blinding.
Back's Real World takes up the neutral photographic style only to undermine it through the choice of subject matter and point of view. The series Blow-up undoes itself in a very different way. First of all the title 'Blow-up' turns a very particular photographic process into vital part of the meaning of the work. But what is the meaning of a blow up? What is at stake in this familiar technique? Essentially a blow up is an image made in two separate stages. The initial taking of the shot is followed by what we might call a 'secondary revision' (another Freudian term). A blow-up may imply that the original photograph was too generous, that it included much more than the important information. It may imply that the photographer could not be as close to the subject as they wished and had to compromise with a more distant shot, enlarging a section afterwards. Or it may imply the opposite, that the significant details were not even noticed at the moment the photo was taken but became important only later. This of course is the basis of Michelangelo Antonioni's famous film Blow up (1966), in which a series of harmless photographs of a quiet London park park turn out to be potential evidence of a murder. The photograph may carry more meanings and speak of more truths and untruths than the photographer can ever grasp or control when the image is shot.
We cannot be sure of the circumstances of Seung Woo Back's blow ups, so we cannot be sure of their meanings. Moreover Back evokes different types of blow up. Some are shots of young performers on stages. The grainy enlargements suggest they derive from photos by members of the audience, perhaps friends or family sitting far back in large concert halls or theatres. Others have the feeling of surveillance images in which wide shots of public spaces have been scrutinised for telling details. Some look as if they derive from old family album photos - perhaps lost or discarded - which Back has then re-viewed. In fact all the images were taken by Back himself on earlier trips to North Korea. The blow-ups were indeed a result of his re-viewing those images much later. But what are we to make of the details he has enlarged? Is he looking for something specific? Something typical? Something unusual? Something hidden? Is he looking to simplify the meaning of the original photographs, or to complicate them?
In the English language the phrase to 'blow-up' can mean two different things: to destroy or to enlarge. One can blow up a building or a bridge; one can blow up an image. In some ways the two meanings are not so far apart. Any photographic blow up is the creation of a new image through the destruction of its older self. But the older self still remains as a partially visible origin. Back seems to recognise this and the title of the series draws our attention not just to what is in the image but what is excluded and implied. Is Back's gesture an attempt to somehow overcome his original photographs? Is it a sign of a rethinking about why and how they were taken? Did he feel they were too bland, too accepting of a North Korean 'point of view'? Is the blow up an attempt to regain control? Did the fact of his being in the North restrict his vision? Did the act of looking again at his images - in another time and space - redefine them? Did he change his mind about what was significant? If so, what actually changed? The image? Memory? Culture? History? Ideology? Do the details in the blow ups really tell us something? Or are the details less significant than the process of blowing up, understood as a metaphor for secondary revision in general?
Real World concerns South Korea's aspirant global cosmopolitanism. This is the cultural manifestation of its entry into international capitalism. The visual logic of this culture is, as we know all too well, excess, spectacle, distraction and consumption. Blow up is the opposite, a project concerned with one nation's isolation and the attendant fantasies about its inside and outside that keep it separate from rest of the world. And while the physical border between North and South is well policed, the psychological border can never be quite so concrete. Bound together in one book Real World and Blow up are a joint testament to this condition.
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- 04 Mar 2019, 03:35 #16156 Our review of Sony X950G (XG95 in Europe) is online. The 2019 model features a 4K LCD panel with zone dimming, Android TV, X-Wide Angle (only 75 & 85"), a new remote control, and Dolby Vision + Atmos.
- 04 Mar 2019, 04:23 #16157 It seems those sets without Wide Angle feature are a different story and your comments about dark levels are not valid for 55"" and 65" tellies.
"In our opinion X900F delivers better picture quality for your money."
- 04 Mar 2019, 05:08 #16158 Blacks will differ on the 55" and 65" yes and on those models the picture quality will be somewhat on par with the XF90. The final score reflects the model we review, and I can't guarantee how the smaller ones behave, but I would expect it to be very similar to the XF90. I would prefer a bit darker blacks, which is why the picture quality score ends up below the XF90, but for the 55" and 65" the final comment would probably be "...identical picture quality for your money".
- 04 Mar 2019, 08:31 #16163 Thanks for the detailed review!
Since i have to purchase a new TV, I was wondering whether the new XG was worth more than the "old" XF.
Given the result I have one doubt: if the picture quality of the 55" model should be similar to X900F, is it worth considering the X950G just for the "revamped" Smart features?
ZF9/Z9F is the 4K flagship which will be made defunct this year. so XG95 will be.
Torben Rasmussen wrote: Blacks will differ on the 55" and 65" yes and on those models the picture quality will be somewhat on par with the XF90. The final score reflects the model we review, and I can't guarantee how the smaller ones behave, but I would expect it to be very similar to the XF90. I would prefer a bit darker blacks, which is why the picture quality score ends up below the XF90, but for the 55" and 65" the final comment would probably be "...identical picture quality for your money".
Hi! Please can you show AIDA menu very interested SoC Mediatek? Realtek?
- 06 Mar 2019, 03:59 #16175 Please do keep us updated on Sony's response regarding the remote.
I have a X900F and I would love to get the remote from the x950G, as there is a soundbar blocking my IR receiver and an RF remote would make my life so much better.
- 12 Mar 2019, 13:35 #16190 Just got the response. It won't be available for purchase unfortunately.
- 12 Mar 2019, 13:37 #16191 AIDA screenshot.
- 12 Mar 2019, 13:53 #16192 "Torben Rasmussen"
Tak Konge! and plz show section CPU?
- 29 Mar 2019, 05:40 #16778 How would this one compare to AF9? Which one if the better of the two?
I purchased an AF9 but reading about XG95 got me thinking whether I should have gone for the latter instead.
- 29 Mar 2019, 08:30 #16779 You should go for the XG95 if burn-in is worrying you and if black level is less of a concern. In most other regards the AF9 is a better choice.


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Developmental Scientist - Clinical Cancer Genomics (Salaried)
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.
Works independently under the guidance of and in conjunction with the Laboratory Leadership in accomplishing the goals of the laboratory. Senior level position requiring strong technical, administrative, and leadership skills.
This position is a senior level position within the Fred Hutch Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, formerly known as Cytogenetics Laboratory. Close interaction and collaboration with the director and the rest of the lab team members is required.
The Development Scientist will assist the director with the development of new clinical tests, coordination and oversight of the development and implementation of new and updated technical projects and initiatives within the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory.
The primary responsibility of the Development Scientist is the development of new clinical tests, coordination and oversight of the development and implementation of new and updated technical projects and initiatives within the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory. Interaction with other departments and laboratories in the Fred Hutch and external organizations/institutions is inherent to the position.
The Development Scientist may coordinate the formation of a common set of qualifications for running new protocols and training the technologists who perform work in the lab, as may include CAP competency assessment. The Scientist will work with the lab leadership to integrate new and updated procedures and protocols into the lab's routine workflow, in addition to ensuring appropriate regulatory documentation and quality control and management of data. The work will include forming working groups and teams consisting of specialty technologists to develop and implement procedures and practices, along with supporting standard operating procedures (SOPs) validations and qualifications.
The Development Scientist may also contribute directly to clinical workload; from bench level through director sign-out per credential qualification, supporting the lab's ability to meet turnaround time expectations. For example, ABMGG Board eligible or certified candidates with subspecialty in Clinical Molecular Genetics, Clinical Cytogenetics, or Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) may also assist with director review of clinical cases.
Required for this job:
M.D. or Ph.D. Degree in biological sciences
Typically, at least 2 years' experience in a genetics/genomics lab OR completion of a formal certified training program in genetics/genomics
The nature of this work is challenging, and the position requires individual initiative to carry out the required tasks. The work requires mature judgment for the development of appropriate techniques and in recognizing circumstances requiring special attention. The incumbent requires excellent communication skills.
Proven experience in clinical translational development
Proven technical expertise for molecular and cytogenetic testing with advanced troubleshooting skills
Proven leadership ability
Mature judgment
Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
Ability to interact with medical and scientific staff and senior leadership
Strong communication skills, both written and spoken
Demonstrates strong initiative and leadership skills
Strict attention to detail
Strong math and computer skills including ability to create and interpret graphical data
Multi-task oriented - ability to prioritize and drive multiple initiatives
Ability to implement directions provided by management
Ability to work in a rapidly-changing environment
Preferred for this job:
Experience in a Cytogenetics laboratory
Knowledge of CAP regulations
ABMGG (Clinical Cytogentics or Molecular Genetics or LGG) board certification or eligibility within 2 years
This position is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. As such, full COVID-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment, without exception. Booster doses are strongly recommended but not required. If declining a booster, completion of the COVID-19 Vaccination Status Form Questionnaire and COVID-19 Booster Declination Training is required. Because of our immunocompromised patient population, there are no medical or religious accommodations available for any employee who is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. Only employees whose positions are fully remote, who are not patient facing and/or require no access to clinical facilities, may apply for medical or religious accommodations. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees must provide proof of vaccination before their first day of employment.
The annual base salary range for this position is from $106,427 to $168,223 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (up to 13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 12 months for professor track faculty, up to 6 months for other scientific staff).
About Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance was incorporated in 1998 as a separate, jointly governed non-profit that included the cancer programs of three partners. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is a cancer treatment center that unites doctors from Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, University of Washington Medical Center, and Seattle Children's. The purpose of this organization is to provide state-of the-art patient and family centered care; support the conduct of cancer clinical research and education; enhance access to improved cancer interventions; and advance the standard of cancer care regionally and beyond. The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the Northwest, and according to the National Cancer Data Base, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance patients in general have better survival rates than patients treated at other cancer treatment centers.
Connections working at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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