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Quebec pro-pedophile group loses status
Feb 18, 2016 • July 15, 2020 • 2 minute read
Website of Les amis de toutes les minorités sexuelles, a pedophile support group.
A non-profit organization whose website openly offers services to pedophiles should not legally be allowed to operate in the province, a Quebec superior court judge has ruled.
The company, called Les Amis de Toutes les Minorités Sexuelles (LATMS), was registered as a non-profit company with Quebec's business registry, Le Registraire des entreprises, back in 2011.
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Its president, André Faivre, was arrested last month along with 13 other suspected members of a pedophile ring, making registry officials take a closer look at its website.
The registrar argued in court on Wednesday that the company should have its letters patent revoked because its actions go against public interest. In a judgment delivered Thursday morning, Quebec Superior Court Justice David Collier agreed.
"It is undeniable that the protection of children is one of the core and constant values of our society," Collier said. "It is evident that by inviting its collaborators to consult together, undertake private discussions about their sexual predilections, and to publish writings about pedophilia, that the defendant is banalizing and encouraging pedophilia."
For those reasons, Collier ruled, it's "in the public interest to cancel (the company's) letters patent."
When it requested registration, the company described itself as a kind of social club which also offered computer services, the lawyer representing the registrar had explained on Wednesday.
But the LATMS website, which is public, states openly that the company "was created with and for our pedophile and pederast friends and we are ready to offer the same attentive and respectful ear to all taboo sexual minorities."
The lawyer representing Les Amis de Toutes Les Minorités Sexuelles, Melissa Podilchuk, had argued that there is no evidence the company promotes pedophilia, positioning the website instead as a place where pedophiles could seek help among each other.
Collier countered that argument in his judgment.
"It is clear that the main mission of the defendant is to defend the interests of pedophiles and other sexual deviants," he said, "As well as promoting the idea that their sexual orientation is normal and worthy of respect."
Faivre, 67, is facing 11 criminal charges, including some related to juvenile pornography and encouraging others to have sexual contact with children. He was arrested Jan. 27 during Operation Malaise, an investigation by a special unit led by the Sûreté du Québec. Police believe he is the ringleader of a highly organized pedophile network. His bail hearing on those charges is ongoing.


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Coming through Big Time
By Seth Doria
Ian Mayer
Freshman forward Michael Wright (21) tries to pull down an offensive rebound during Arizona 78-76 win over Stanford yesterday at McKale Center. Wright had nine points and one rebound.
For those waiting to see when the Arizona men's basketball team would come together, the wait is finally over.
After falling apart in a loss to Oregon State last Saturday, the No. 13 Wildcats (14-3 overall, 6-2 Pacific 10 Conference) got it back together, playing by far their most complete game of the season as they defeated No. 3 Stanford (17-3, 7-1) 78-76 in front of a fanatical packed house at McKale Center last night.
"We lost to Oregon State, but we're still one of the best teams in the country and we're a team that's going to have to be reckoned with at the end of the season," freshman forward Richard Jefferson said.
As has been customary over the past month with the last five games being decided in the last 10 seconds, last night's game came down to a Jason Terry jumper with 3.4 seconds left to put the Wildcats ahead by two after Stanford had tied the game up on two Jarron Collins free throws.
The last shot was a microcosm of the entire game, as Terry torched Stanford point guard Arthur Lee for a game-high 29 points.
The matchup of the two John R. Wooden Award nominees, considered to be the two best point guards in the Pac-10, really didn't turn out to be all that competitive, with Lee managing just 10 points on 2 for 11 shooting.
"Arthur Lee just didn't have a good game. We needed Art steady. He just didn't have the game we needed him to have tonight offensively and defensively," Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery said. "It was hard to guard Jason Terry on that last shot. He made the plays he needed to make."
No. 13 Arizona vs. California
(14-3, 6-2 Pac-10)(12-6, 3-5)
When: Saturday at 4:07 p.m.
Where: McKale Center
TV/Radio: Televised of Fox Sports Net (Cox Cable ch. 22); broadcast on KNST (790 AM)
What: For the second straight game Wooden Award Nominee Jason Terry will be going against another award nominee in Geno Carlisle. . .Lute Olson is 23-8 against Cal, though the Golden Bears have beaten UA at McKale twice since 1994. . .The last three matchups between these two teams at McKale have been decided by a total of seven points.
Terry said it was sweet redemption to have this kind of game, especially after a disappointing performance against the Beavers when he was sick with the flu.
"It felt so good; I'm still living it up," Terry said. "This is the most focused I've been for a basketball event in my entire life. This is the biggest game of my career."
UA head coach Lute Olson said there wasn't any doubt about who was getting the ball for the last shot.
"When it gets down to the final shot, there aren't many people I've coached who I'd rather have take the shot than JT. He just has such a knack," Olson said.
In addition to the 29 points, Terry also racked up five rebounds, four assists and two steals, the first of which gave him the record as Arizona's all-time steal leader, passing Reggie Geary with 210 for Terry's career.
"JT is the best point guard in the country," Jefferson said. "He was really focused tonight. You could see it in his eyes in warm-ups."
Not to be outdone, senior center A.J. Bramlett scored 16 points on 5 of 7 shooting, but more importantly, he hit all six of his free throw attempts down the stretch, atoning for his misses against OSU and helping UA come back from a four point deficit with three minutes to play.
Bramlett also contributed on defense, holding 7-foot-2 Stanford center Tim Young to only 12 points and three rebounds before Young fouled out with 2:50 left.
"Our seniors stepped up big time for us like we knew they needed to if we had a shot," Olson said. "A.J. hit some pretty big free throws."
While freshmen starters Michael Wright (nine points, one rebound), Rick Anderson (five points, three assists) and Jefferson (12 points, five rebounds) didn't light up the nets, Olson said he was proud of the way they played in light of the circumstances surrounding the game.
"The thing that I was really pleased about is that the freshmen are coming out and we're not seeing gaps in their play," Olson said. "Stanford sets a lot of screens and they use them well so you have to bust through them. There was only one time that I thought a guy didn't bust to try and get through the screen. You could see from the way they were on people tonight they weren't backing down to anybody."
And while the Wildcats lost the battle on the boards 36-29, Olson said he was extremely pleased with the poise they showed, particularly with the low number of turnovers.
After averaging over 20 turnovers per game, the Wildcats committed only six last night with no player having more than one.
"Six turnovers in a game that intense is probably the biggest thing," Olson said.
But as good as winning the game felt, Terry and Bramlett reminded the freshmen in the locker room that California would be in town Saturday and that they would have to play then with the same kind of enthusiasm.
"This game is big, but the Cal game is bigger," Terry said. "It will be hard to focus the freshmen. This is probably the most important game of their life."
Min.     FG     3pt      FT     R     A     TO     B     S     Pts.
Sauer, Peter   32     6-9     3-3     0-0     7     2      2     0     0      15
Madsen, M.     33     4-8     0-0     3-5     9     1      3     1     0      11
Young, Tim     25     4-5     0-0     4-4     3     3      2     0     0      12
Weems, Kris    34    6-14     4-8     2-2     1     5      2     0     0      18
Lee, Arthur    32    2-11     2-9     4-4     0     5      2     2     0      10
McDonald, M.   10     0-0     0-0     1-2     2     3      0     0     0       3
Moseley, D.    11     1-7     0-2     0-0     3     0      1     0     0       2
Collins, J.    17     2-4     0-0     3-5     3     0      0     0     0       7
Seaton, M.      6     0-1     0-0     0-0     2     0      0     0     0       0
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Terry, Jason   39    9-20     1-5   10-10     5     4      1     0     2      29
Douglas, R.    17     0-3     0-1     0-0     3     1      0     0     0       0
Wilson, T.      1     0-0     0-0     0-0     0     0      0     0     0       0
Wessel, J.     20     1-2     1-1     0-0     1     1      1     0     0       3
Edgerson, E.   14     2-2     0-0     0-0     4     0      0     1     2       4
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Mr. Obama's opinion on this issue couldn't be clearer. As we noted yesterday, Democrats in the House and Senate are pushing forward on a massive $100-300 billion infrastructure, and Mr. Obama's comments on this issue imply that he will push ahead, working to rebuild the nation's physical plant. His specific note on the speed of Chinese trains implies that, as he's said in the past, building a high-speed rail network is a major part of his program. Note that the remaking of the power grid that he discusses would be necessary to provide the power for such a system.
Meanwhile, the fight continues in England about whether to provide an HSR link between London, Birmingham, and Manchester, or whether to invest in a third runway for Heathrow airport. Read commentary in the Financial Times by the Tory Shadow Transport Minister Theresa Villiers here (pro-HSR), and by the Labor Transport Minister Geoff Hoon here (pro-airport expansion).


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Tijs Krammer studied singing pop and jazz at the Utrecht Conservatory and choral conducting with Jos van Veldhoven at the The Hague Conservatory. He was founder and conductor of the prizewinning Dutch choirs, like Be Sharp! and Leeuwenhart. From 2000 to 2004 he sang in the professional a cappella pop group, Montezuma's Revenge.
Tijs teaches conducting at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. He also teaches the course Dirigent Licht Vocaal, organised by Balk and is one of the founders and teachers of 'Ward Swingle Cursus'.
Tijs has arranged pieces for several professional vocal groups, like Intermezzo, The Gents, Frommermann and Wishful Singing. He is the author of seven books, on warming-up, arranging and beating technique.
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Ruben Smits studied musicology at the Utrecht University, choral conducing at the HKU and Vocal Leadership at the Rotterdam conservatory. He has studied with, among others, Kurt Bikkembergs, Béni Csillag and Boudewijn Jansen. In May 2017 he conducted the Requiem of Mozart. In 2018 he was finalist in the 'Nederlands Koorfestival' with his vocal group Jammin' from Amersfoort. He is currently the conductor of Vivid at the Zwolle Conservatory and Studio Voices and is artistic director of several projects, including Summer Vocals, de Osse Scratchdagen and Pop-up Vocal Projects.
Ruben arranges for pop choirs and vocal groups. These include for the Nederlands Studenten Kamerkoor, Leeuwenhart, Twelve and the Olga Vocal Ensemble. His arrangements are published and sung all over the world. Apart from his work as a musician, he is the artistic director of www.volkoren.tv and was a member of the Youth Committee of the European Choral Association / Europa Cantat.


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The Largest All-U.S. Pot Stock Acquisition Was Just Announced
This nearly $950 million deal is a game-changer.
Last year, we witnessed the biggest advancement of the cannabis movement in history. Following months of debate, Canada became the first industrialized country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, while the number of U.S. states to have waved the green flag on medical cannabis increased to 33.
With the cannabis movement picking up steam, and a record number of Americans supporting a broad-based legalization of the drug, marijuana stocks are moving onto the next stage of their maturation process. After focusing on capacity expansion throughout most of 2018, industrywide consolidation is the name of the game in 2019 -- especially with regard to the vertically integrated dispensary model in the United States. By "vertically integrated," I mean companies that control their supply chain from seed to sale.
Vertically integrated marijuana dispensary buyouts are getting bigger and bigger in the U.S.
Earlier this year, U.S.-focused dispensary operator iAnthus Capital Holdings completed the largest U.S. pot acquisition in history when it purchased MPX Bioceutical for around $600 million. To date, this is still the largest completed transaction among pot stocks in the United States.
Of course, there are no shortage of deals that are even larger than the iAnthus-MPX buyout. Upscale dispensary chain MedMen Enterprises is currently in the process of buying privately held PharmaCann for $682 million in an all-stock deal that's expected to close in the second half of this year.
In mid-March 2019, Harvest Health & Recreation (OTC:HRVSF) announced what would, at the time, become the largest announced U.S. marijuana acquisition of a privately held company. Harvest Health, one of the very few pot stocks to be generating an operating profit, laid out plans to buy Verano Holdings for $850 million in stock. Assuming the deal gains approval from shareholders and regulators, and Harvest Health's other pending deals close, Harvest Health will have the highest number of retail licenses (130) in its portfolio of any dispensary operator.
And on April 1, Cresco Labs (OTC:CRLBF) shocked investors when it announced that it'd be acquiring Origin House (OTC:ORHOF) for $823 million in an all-stock deal. This deal, which will allow Cresco the opportunity to push its in-house brands into more than 500 California dispensaries thanks to Origin House's growing cannabis distribution market shares in the Golden State, was the largest between two U.S.-focused publicly traded marijuana stocks. Should it close, it'll surpass the iAnthus-MPX deal for being the largest in the U.S. among two publicly traded companies.
Then Curaleaf Holdings (OTC:CURLF) came along and changed the game on May 1.
Curaleaf makes history with its latest acquisition
This past Wednesday, Curaleaf agreed to buy Cura Partners in an all-stock deal worth $949 million (1.27 billion Canadian dollars). Assuming closure, it would be the largest U.S.-focused acquisition in history. Period! Note, I'm not including the April-announced deal by Canopy Growth to acquire Acreage Holdings for $3.4 billion, because that deal is wholly contingent on the U.S. legalizing marijuana at the federal level, which is no guarantee.
Curaleaf may not have the lead in retail licenses held, which currently belong to Harvest Health, but it does currently have more open retail locations than any other dispensary operator at 44, to go along with 12 cultivation sites and 11 processing sites spanning a dozen U.S. states. This deal will allow Curaleaf to continue to focus on growing its medical marijuana business on the East Coast, while incorporating Cura's lifestyle Select brand on the West Coast, which caters to wholesale buyers. In essence, it's a blend of high-margin medical marijuana on the East Coast, with a larger potential consumer pool via Cura's Select brand on the West Coast, which is sold in more than 900 retailers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Curaleaf will issue 95.6 million shares of common stock to acquire Cura, with Cura's investors holding a 16% stake in the newly combined company, on a pro forma basis. Additionally, Cura equity holders may be eligible for an earn-out payment of up to $200 million dependent on whether or not Curaleaf hits certain 2020 sales targets for the combined wholesale extracts business and Select-branded retail extract sales.
What's more, Curaleaf Chairman Boris Jordan noted in an interview with CNBC that this deal would make Curaleaf a dispensary operations leader in annual revenue.
Two big question marks
On the surface, this purchase looks like a no-brainer for Curaleaf. It combines two businesses that complement each other nicely and should result in operational synergies that help to drive down growing and/or operating costs. But even with "no-brainer" deals there are still questions to be answered.
First of all, we can't ignore the 800-pound gorilla in the room: U.S. marijuana legalization. Even with the public overwhelmingly in favor of giving recreational weed the green light and cannabis banking bills showing signs of life in Congress, there are zero assurances that the federal government will change its tune anytime soon (if ever). Republicans have a markedly more negative view on marijuana than Democrats, and they currently control the Senate and Oval Office.
Furthermore, removing the Schedule I classification from pot would mean no longer subjecting businesses that deal with cannabis to Section 280E of the U.S. tax code. This is what disallows marijuana businesses from taking normal corporate income tax deductions, save for costs of goods sold. Removing this "penalty" of sorts would cost the federal government billions of dollars over the next decade. In other words, it's unclear if Curaleaf is being too aggressive with a $949 million buyout when legalization is no sure thing.
The second question mark revolves around Curaleaf's decision to finance this deal entirely with its common stock. While this does leave Curaleaf with the cash to make future deals, which is something the company notes in its press release announcing the purchase of Cura Partners, these all-stock deals have become something of a long-term drain on shareholders. Even with some level of value created by absorbing Cura Partners' business, these added shares will make it that much tougher for Curaleaf to generate a meaningful per-share profit.
There's no doubt this is a game-changing acquisition. But at the same time, there are important questions left to be answered.
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Smart Containers
Tue Nov 19 2019 00:29:29 IN News
Partnership to Bring Intelligence to Commercial Waste Bins
Ingram Micro is employing Nordsense technology to identify waste containers' fill levels using laser optical sensors, then is transmitting data via a cellular connection and using that information to provide waste collection management to collectors and cities, in order to improve collection routing and reduce energy consumption.
Information technology company Ingram Micro is partnering with Internet of Things (IoT) solutions firm Nordsense to offer a waste-management system that automatically detects the level of waste in each of a city's bins, as well as the conditions in and around every bin, in order to streamline waste collection. The company is currently in conversations with several cities to begin deploying the technology in Canada and beyond.
Ingram Micro offers waste-management systems that include software to store and manage data about a waste-management company's or city's commercial customer bins for dispatching, operations and billing purposes. The company's software is aimed at helping its customers better manage the status of bins and their scheduled emptying by waste-management employees.
Nordsense's IoT solution brings a real-time view into the contents of a waste bin, including its waste fill level and whether that bin requires attention. Although there are other IoT sensor-based technologies available in the waste-management market, the Nordsense solution offers highly precise data about the level of waste in any given container, says Savio Lee, Ingram Micro's senior business and technology lead for digital transformation. Ingram Micro has begun partnering with Nordsense to offer its sensor-based solution to existing and new customers. "When it comes to the IoT," Lee says, "we are the ecosystem aggregator and orchestrator," using data from the Nordsense technology and AI-based software.
Nordsense launched in 2016 with its wireless, sensor-based system to make waste collection greener, cleaner and smarter, according to Manuel Maestrini, the company's founder. While Nordsense opened its doors in Denmark as a spinoff from research conducted by the University of Copenhagen, it offers its solution to cities such as the San Francisco Public Works Department, and has offices in the United States and in Europe.
The IoT solution consists of a sensor device developed by Nordsense's engineers, with a built-in cellular radio to transmit data to the cloud-based software, as well as laser optical, temperature and accelerometer sensors. The device is attached to each bin's cover, facing into its interior. The laser optical sensors measure the waste fill level more accurately than traditional infrared or ultrasound sensors used in other solutions, Maestrini explains.
The system is designed to calculate the level of waste, even if materials are unevenly distributed, which could fool traditional sensor systems. A built-in multipoint laser sensor aims its beam into the container, then transmits data to its cloud-based software via a cellular connection. The software interprets the results in order to determine the surface level of the waste. By leveraging artificial intelligence in the cloud-based software, Maestrini says, the system can create a 3D granular view of whether or not the bin is full.
Each device includes a sensor for monitoring temperatures to detect problems, such as a fire, in or around the bin. This could trigger the unit to send an immediate transmission to software, which would, in turn, alert authorized parties that a problem has occurred. The built-in accelerometer can detect movement as well, so if a bin tips over or is moved, a similar alert can be issued. Typically, the sensor stores data locally, and the built-in cellular unit sends that information to Nordsense's platform once daily. In this way, the device's battery has a typical lifetime of six to seven years.
Ingram Micro began working with Nordsense approximately two months ago to build the IoT technology into its own solution. "They're a great fit for what we see in opportunities around smart waste management," Lee states. Nordsense offers an API, so Ingram Micro provides its own software-as-a-service (SaaS) that can be integrated with the Nordsense data and can then provide route optimization and other services. Its data analytics can help waste management better schedule service calls, Lee says. If, for instance, the system determines that a bin has very little waste inside, a dispatcher can leave that bin off the waste-management crew's schedule.
With the Nordsense system, Maestrini reports, Micro Ingram can enable its customers to transition from static scheduled routes to data-driven pick-ups, thereby preventing excessive fuel use and time on the road for drivers and vehicles. With historical analytics, the data enables managers to make predictions regarding which bins may require collection either more or less frequently, as well as the locations at which an additional bin might be needed, or where fewer bins would suffice.Nordsense also provides an app that can run on any tablet or mobile phone, allowing drivers to view data in real time as they go about their route. The app enables managers to view a vehicle's location using the GPS data from the device, as well as the status of waste bin collection, in real time, so that they can understand the progress of their routes.
Maestrini predicts that the solution will allow waste managers to optimize their waste-collection costs by 50 percent, while also helping cities to reduce their environmental impact. Additionally, he says, the company has found that the IoT system leads to less illegal dumping, since a bin that appears neglected tends to attract bad behavior. Once a bin overflows, for instance, people have a greater tendency to start dropping refuse on the side of that bin. If it is regularly emptied, however, they are less inclined to do so.
In the future, Nordsense may also sell its solution for the management of residential bins in addition to the commercial waste-management market.
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Enshrinement Classes
Enshrinees
Schools in the Hall of Fame
Paul O'Hern
by Mike | Mar 26, 2016 | Class of 2016
Christian Brothers Academy Forward A 1984 graduate of CBA, Paul O'Hern was captain of and led CBA to the school's first state championship in 1983. He was the MVP of the first Garden State Ice Hockey Games in 1983. In 1984, he led CBA to the semi-finals in...
by Mike | Apr 11, 2014 | Class of 2014
Bob has devoted 39 years to NJ high school hockey as a player, coach and official. He was an All- League Honorable Mention defenseman for Brick Township HS, playing on the 1975 -76 Gordon Cup and 1975-76 and 1976-77 State Championship teams. Bob started his coaching...
As a player, Mike Reynolds rewrote the record books at Warwick High School in Rhode Island and Merrimack College, Andover Mass. Mike was first team All-State in soccer and hockey. He was chosen All-American at Merrimack in 1976. He was the first player ever inducted...
The New Jersey High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to formally honor the contributions of the many outstanding players, coaches, teams and contributors to New Jersey high school ice hockey.
The Hall of Fame honors the contributions and accomplishments of these individuals who are worthy of recognition as examples for others to emulate and serves as a symbol of appreciation of the excellence, honor, and devotion displayed by these celebrated individuals.
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"The famine was a ghost and it stepped on to the ship with them." - RTÉ Radio 1 Highlights
"The famine was a ghost and it stepped on to the ship with them."
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Marita Conlon-McKenna"The famine was a ghost and it stepped on to the ship with them."
As heard on The Ryan Tubridy Show January 13, 2020
Author Marita Conlon-McKenna wonders if she was a bit mad to take on another book about the Irish Famine. Her famine-themed children's book, Under the Hawthorn Tree (1990) continues to be enjoyed by kids and adults alike and is used in history classrooms across the globe. She told Ryan Tubridy this morning that she couldn't resist working on the topic again after reading the real-life diaries of Dr Dan Donovan of Skibbereen:
"It was a story there for the telling, I was wondering why no-one had told it. I've already done the famine. I was wondering, am I going mad, bonkers?"
Dr Daniel Donovan was a Roscarberry native who became medical officer of the Skibbereen Workhouse in 1839. Dr Dan's Diary of a Dispensary Doctor appeared in many publications in Ireland and England during the mid to late 1840s. Marita has woven his harrowing testimony into her latest novel for adults, The Hungry Road.
The book is the story of The Great Hunger as seen through the eyes of several characters, including Skibbereen seamstress Mary Sullivan. Conlon-McKenna also has a personal connection to the West Cork town. She recalls the graveyard at Abbeystrowry, where along with the graves marked with individual headtones, it is also home to a large mass grave:
"My mother's mother is buried there. My mother's family is from Skibbereen. She's actually buried there. But that is the famine grave where 9,000 coffinless bodies are buried."
Around one million people left the country in ships headed for Liverpool, Grosse-Île or New York. Conlon-McKenna told Ryan that in 1847, 52,000 Irish people landed in New York, which at the time had a population of only 340,000. Marita says that it's her job to create memorable personal stories from the data:
"My job as a writer is to take history and put flesh on the bones of it. To make you care about it. I can't make you care about a million, but I can make you care about 4 or 5 or 6 or 8 people."
While many made it onto the crowed famine ships, Marita Conlon-McKenna says escape was just an illusion. She says disease and trauma were lodged in their bones:
"In one way they thought they had escaped, they were crossing the ocean, crossing the Atlantic. But the more I read different accounts and things that happened I felt like The Famine was like a ghost and it stepped on to the ship with them. And it followed them across."
Marita Conlon-McKenna is adamant that Irish people fought back and helped themselves. The English narrative about the famine was often one of a lazy, degenerate population, undeserving of help because we could not help ourselves. Conlon-McKenna spoke about the famine soup kitchen founded by the people of Skibbereen, acting in the absence of any government help. She says this fighting spirit has infused The Hungry Road:
"The book is really I think about courage, kindness of good people and the strength of the human spirit."
You can find out more about Marita's new book and her work on The National Famine Way in the full interview here.
Marita Conlon-McKenna's book, The Hungry Road is published on the 23 of January by Transworld Ireland.
Ruth Kennedy
"Why wouldn't you bring a kid to a funeral? A four-year old child has the capacity to learn four languages."
Marita Conlon-McKennaThe FamineThe Hungry RoadThe Ryan Tubridy Show


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Should America Have Faith In Harvey?
The SEC chairman faces challenge to rebuild his agency--and his image
By Pat Wechsler | August 01, 2002 at 08:00 PM
One year ago, on Aug. 3, Harvey L. Pitt was confirmed by the Senate as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and he has been playing catch-up ever since. In those intervening 12 months, scandals have erupted at an alphabet soup of companies–including WorldCom, Xerox, Global Crossing, Qwest Communications, Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch, Salomon Smith Barney, KPMG, Adelphia, Halliburton and, of course, Enron. Pitt has also gotten himself into hot water, becoming as much a target as the executives his SEC investigators are scrutinizing. The charge against him? He is soft on corporate types whom he used to represent when he was a top-rung, highly compensated corporate lawyer. New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has been conducting his own inquiries into Wall Street hanky-panky, described the SEC as asleep at the wheel because of an "absolute void of leadership."


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Lars Georg Rabenius, född den 18 januari 1771 i Näs socken i Uppland, död den 23 juli 1846 på Gottsunda nära Uppsala, var en svensk rättslärd, professor och rektor för Uppsala universitet, son till Olof Ingelsson Rabenius och Anna Kristina Bruncrona, gift år 1814 med Margareta Maria Schultén, omgift 1822 med Eva Charlotta Bruncrona. I första äktenskapet föddes ingen son. I andra äktenskapet föddes Olof Matthias Theodor Rabenius.

Biografi
Efter akademiska studier  i Åbo med början 1783, och Uppsala, dit han flyttade 1788, blev han filosofie magister 1791. Han blev 1792 extra ordinarie kanslist i akademiska kansliet. Juris utriusque kandidat blev han 1792 och kort därefter docent vid juridiska fakulteten, blev juris licentiat 1800 och utnämndes 1807 till jurisprudentiæ, oeconomiæ et commerciorum professor i Uppsala. Juris utriusque doktor 1810; arbetande ledamot i Lagkommissionen [1811–1814; ledamot av Krigsvetenskapsakademien 1810, Lantbruksakademien 1812, Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala 1829 samt flera andra lärda samfund. År 1834 erhöll han adlig värdighet och tog avsked från sin professur 1837. Lars Rabenius ligger begravd på Uppsala gamla kyrkogård.

Bibliografi
Han utarbetade läroböcker i de ämnen, som han undervisade i, nämligen "Lärobok i svenska kamerallagfarenheten"  (2 delar 1825), "Lärobok i nationalekonomien" (1829) "Lärobok i svenska kyrkolagfarenheten" (1836) vilka hade betydande inflytande.

Födda 1771
Avlidna 1846
Svenska professorer i juridik
Rektorer vid Uppsala universitet
Bureätten
Män
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PHILOSOPHY > Great Thinkers > Modern Rabbinic Thought > Zeh Le'umat Zeh
Zeh Le'umat Zeh
Rav Yitzchak Blau
By Rav Yitzchak Blau
This shiur is dedicated in memory of Shmuel ben David Ehrenhalt, z"l,
father of our alumnus Steve.
May the entire Ehrenhalt family be comforted among the mourners of Tzion veYerushalayim.
Yeshivat Har Etzion mourns the death of Yona Baumel, z"l.
Mr. Baumol died on Friday, without fulfilling his heart's deepest desire:
to discover the fate of his son – and our talmid - Zecharia,
last seen on the Sultan Yakoub battlefield in Lebanon 27 years ago.
We continue to pray for Zecharia's return.
HaMakom yenakhem etkhem be-tokh she'ar avelei Tzion veYerushalayim.
Shiur #26: Zeh Le'umat Zeh
R. Zadok teaches that every trait allows for positive and negative expression. Good characteristics become problematic when taken to an extreme; bad characteristics also have their legitimate place. Thus, Chazal fault Shaul for excess compassion (Yoma 2b) and R. Zecharya ben Avkolus for inappropriate humility (Gittin 56a). Conversely, a scholar should exhibit some degree of anger (Shabbat 63a) and pride (Sota 5a).[1]
A parallel idea animates R. Zadok's thinking about world history. Each generation manifests particular tendencies which find expression in a variety of opposing ways. R. Zadok terms this idea "zeh le'umat zeh" (literally, 'this opposed to this'). For example, a generation that desires to know the future produces both prophets and fortune tellers. A time period which emphasizes the abilities of the human intellect witnesses the rise of the Oral Law as well as the ascendency of Greek wisdom. While R. Zadok frequently contrasts Jewish and non-Jewish manifestations of a given era, he sometimes places in opposition two different expressions within the Jewish world.
One midrash famously says that no Jewish prophet equaled Moshe but a Gentile prophet, Bil'am, did (Sifrei, Ve-zot Ha-berakha). For R. Zadok, this fits his general concept of history. Whatever themes find expression in Jewish circles must find a parallel outlet in the non-Jewish world. Analogously, as already mentioned, the time of prophecy was also the time of star gazers. In that era, the search for knowledge about the future dominated with different groups adopting superior or inferior versions of the search.[2]
At other times, R. Zadok identifies idolatry as the negative mirror image of prophecy. The gemara (Yoma 69b) states that the sages managed to annihilate the inclination for idolatry. R. Zadok agrees with the Vilna Gaon, Meshekh Hokhma, and Rav Kook in arguing that this maneuver was a double edged sword. During the Second Temple period, the dangers of idolatry receded but prophecy ceased as well. He notes that Elihayu Ha-navi's generation incorporated both a large number of prophets (Rut Rabba Petichta 2) and a high concentration of idolatry (Sanhedrin 102b). This overlap does not reflect historical coincidence; it indicates a conceptual relationship between these two phenomena.[3]
What do prophecy and idolatry share in common? R. Zadok suggests that prophecy represents a clear apprehension of God. For a religious person, the excitement and magnificence of such a possibility inspires ardent yearning for more such experiences. In such a climate, people may make gods out of graven images due to their intense desire to visually experience divinity. Powerful craving for something positive can also engender negative manifestations.[4]
In other passages, R. Zadok adds a different factor: "According to the effort is the reward" (Avot 5: 23). For the institution of prophecy to flourish, it must be born out of religious struggle and effort. When prospective prophets combat the temptation for idolatry, their prophetic aspirations can materialize. On the other hand, if they need not extend energy in overcoming this inclination, then they have not earned the ability to prophesy. The most precious things in this world are acquired only in the crucible of struggle.[5]
The "zeh le'umat zeh" principle means that different periods of Jewish history bring divergent challenges. In this context, it is worth noting R. Zadok's sense of historical progression in his depiction of Jewish history. Since significant changes occur over time, the rival forces invariably shift as well. R. Zadok contends that the full flourishing of the Oral Law did not happen immediately at Sinai. As Yaakov Elman points out, R. Zadok identifies several starting points for greater human involvement in the process of Torah. Moshe's greater role in composing Sefer Devarim marks one transition. Other starting points include Sefer Yehoshua, the Purim episode, and the time of Shimon Ha-tzaddik.[6]
Elman emphasizes R. Zadok's idea that the halakhic process during the First Temple period depended more on prophet than sage. People preferred the greater clarity of prophetic directives to the more ambiguous endeavor of human reason as practiced by sages. On the other hand, Talmudic dialectics of human reasoning have certain advantages over the prophetic method (we shall return to this theme in a subsequent shiur) and the prophet eventually gave way to the sage.[7]
Based on the "zeh le'umat zeh" principle, the prophetic era and the period of the sages produce varying challenges. The former involves more obvious manifestations of the divine presence. Therefore, the rival ideology to Torah was the world of magic, a world that attempts to access the grand cosmic forces of the universe. When the written law was given, Egyptian sorcery constituted the world's other major philosophy.
At a later date, the world moved from reliance upon the divine to a greater stress on human intelligence and initiative. In the Jewish context, this meant the flowering of the Oral Law. The parallel in the broader world found the Greeks displacing old magic with their science and philosophy. According to one gemara, Shimon Ha-tzaddik met Alexander the Great (Yoma 69a). Since Aristotle taught Alexander the Great, that monarch can symbolize Greek wisdom. Thus, the meeting of these two figures conveys humanity, both Jews and non–Jews, moving from reliance upon divinity to self-reliance.[8]
The question of how this process occurs provoked an interesting scholarly debate. In an article in a memorial volume for Lt. Dani Cohen, Aviya Hakohen analyzes one of R. Zadok's sermons on Chanukah.[9] R. Zadok points out that the miracle of the oil was not truly necessary. The Jews had vanquished the Greeks and reclaimed control of the Temple. They could not be faulted for not lighting the menora when they lacked available pure oil. The need for this miracle must be located elsewhere. R. Zadok identifies the light with the illumination of the Oral Law. The miracle symbolizes the growth of Torah she-be'al peh at the time of Chanukah. When we recall that Chanuka is the only halakhic holiday lacking scriptural basis, identification with the Oral Law becomes even stronger.
For R. Zadok, the priesthood has a special role to play in disseminating the Oral Law. The Torah already speaks of the tribe of Levi as those who "teach your law to Jacob and your Torah to Israel" (Devarim 32:10). The prophet Malakhi writes: "for the priest's lips guard knowledge and they should seek the Torah at his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts" (Malakhi 2:7). The centrality of the Hasmonean family in the Chanuka story takes on an added layer of meaning. If this festival reflects a flowering of the Oral Law, how appropriate that the teachers of this law should serve as the heroes.
This approach enables R. Zadok to offer a novel explanation for a well-known midrash. According to the midrash (Tanchuma 5), Aharon is depressed that he and his tribe did not participate in the consecration offerings brought by the nesi'im - the princes of the other tribes (Bemidbar 7). God reassures him that he has a greater role in his lighting of the Temple candelabra. In the version preserved in Bemidbar Rabba (15:6), God reassures Aharon that sacrifices will cease with the destruction of the Temple but the lights continue forever. Exegetically, this midrashic motif explains the juxtaposition of the mitzva to light the menora with the offerings of the princes.
Ramban wonders about the meaning of this midrash. Why would God highlight the menora any more than the other unique responsibilities of the High Priest, such as entering the inner sanctum on Yom Kippur? Furthermore, the Temple's destruction stops both sacrifices and the lighting of the menora. Why does the midrash portray the menora as more enduring? Ramban explains that this midrash alludes to the Chanuka episode and the central role played by Aharon's descendents. Chaunka lighting outlives the Temple and endures throughout Jewish history.[10]
R. Zadok cites Ramban's interpretation but also moves beyond it. According to R. Zadok, the midrash refers not only to the Chanuka story but to the entire edifice of the Oral Law. God reassures Aharon that his children would play a crucial role in the ongoing creation and vitality of Torah. Surely, such a message would gladden Aharon's heart and alleviate his sense of having been left out of the princes' sacrifices.
In the context of this discussion, R. Zadok writes:
And we have already said that they were in the outer husk (the kelipa), this opposed to that, in opposition to the sanctity of the Oral Law, which essentially spread due to Shimon Ha-tzaddik, who was from the remnant of the Men of the Great Assembly, and from him began the chain of the mishna. And in his day was Alexander the Great, and then began Greek wisdom due to Aristotle, who was part of the outer husk in opposition to the sanctity of the Oral Law, that they too innovated from their own wisdom and ethics in proper behavior, and that is why they wanted to negate the Oral Law from Israel.
Aviya Hakohen interprets R. Zadok to mean that Greek influence brought about the growth of the Oral Law. The Jews adopted a focus on human thought from the Greeks. Of course, they did not blindly accept whatever the Greeks stood for; rather, they attempted to discerningly take the positive while rejecting the negative. Azarya Ariel, one of the volume's editors, appended a note to this article disagreeing with a few points. Ariel objects that R. Zadok never says that the Greeks preceded the Jews in this endeavor or that Jews derived the concept of a more intensive reliance on human intelligence from the Greeks.
I believe Ariel to be correct. R. Zadok was not against the idea that Jews could learn something of value from Gentiles, but that is not what he says here. As we have seen, R. Zadok endorses a grand metaphysical principle of "zeh le'umat zeh." This need not mean that A influences B, but rather that A and B both respond to a change in the world order. Presumably, Moshe did not learn from Bil'am nor did Eliyahu learn about prophecy from idolaters. In each case, the individuals involved were attuned to the spirit of the age and they responded in different ways. In the sources listed above, R. Zadok says nothing about one group influencing another.
If anything, one source indicates that the influence proceeds in the opposite direction. Ariel mentions a passage from Tzidkat Ha-tzaddik in which R. Zadok says that the Torah and the Jewish people are the map or the blueprint of the world. R. Zadok says:
in accordance with the innovations within the souls of Israel in a generation, so too are there innovations in the world at that time... and this is the Oral Law which allows for novelty in each generation through the innovations of the sages of Israel, and through these innovations of Oral Law, new Jewish souls come to light, and through them there are changes in the world.[11]
This passage indicates that the dramatic changes originate with the Jewish sages and then trickle down to the rest of the world. As mentioned, most of R. Zadok's "zeh le'umat zeh" passages do not emphasize influence traveling in either direction. Thus, we lack evidence that R. Zadok thought the sages learned to rely on human intelligence from the Greeks.
I would like to add another brief point that will be elaborated on in future shiurim. Hakohen's presentation emphasizes the role of human wisdom in the Oral Law. However, in R. Zadok's worldview, innovations of the sages truly come from God. On one level, the sages utilize their efforts and ingenuity to understand Torah. On another level, they appreciate how their interpretations actually stem from God.[12] This dialectic makes it difficult to portray R. Zadok as championing the power of human intelligence in the Oral Law.
[1]Tzidkat Ha-tzaddik 47.
[2] Machshavot Charutz pp. 141-143.
[3] Divrei Soferim 38.
[4] Resisei Layla, pp. 13-14.
[5] Sichat Mal'akhei Ha-sharet, pp. 75-77.
[6] Yaakov Elman, "Reb Zadok Hakohen of Lublin on Prophecy In the Halahkic Process," Jewish Law Association Studies, Vol.1 (1985), p. 5.
[7] Ibid. pp. 5-9.
[8] Machshavot Charutz, pp. 141-143.
[9] Aviya Hakohen, "Derasha le-Chanuka le-Rav Zadok Ha-kohen me-Lublin: Mavo U-bi'ur," Be-orkha Nir'eh Or, eds. Yisrael Rozenson and Azarya Ariel (Jeruslaem, 5764), pp. 229-245. The sermon is found in Pri Tzaddik, Chanuka 1.
[10] Ramban, commentary Bemidbar 8:2.
[11] Tzidkat Ha-tzaddik 90.
[12] Sichat Mal'akhei Ha-sharet, p. 77.
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On behalf of IFARA, Fred Schaich spoke with Kimberly Smith, M.D., M.P.H., of ViiV Healthcare about 48-week data from the ARIA study announced at AIDS 2016. The results showed that a fixed-dose combination of dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine (Triumeq) was superior to a combination of atazanavir (Reyataz), ritonavir (Norvir) and tenofovir disproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (Truvada) in women who live with HIV. The better outcome in this open-label phase-3b study of 495 participants worldwide was mainly due to lower rates of discontinuation and virological failure in the dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine arm.
As people living with HIV become older, well-tolerated, effective antiretroviral regimens with fewer side effects that are easy to use become ever more important, according to Smith. To that end, her company is working on a two-drug combination of dolutegravir (Tivicay, DTG) and rilpivirine (Edurant). Enrollment in clinical trials for that medication has met internal goals of at least 20% of participants being female and at least a quarter being 50 years old or older. Other areas where dolutegravir could be helpful are among those who are coinfected with tuberculosis -- which is particularly relevant in Sub-Saharan Africa, as a second-line treatment and in pediatric HIV, Smith concluded.


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Hurricane Odile gains strength near Mexico's Baja peninsula. Heavy rains, high winds predicted for Sunday evening. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Odile became a powerful Category 4 hurricane before dawn Sunday.
Odile's core was predicted to stay out in the Pacific, but it was following a track that was forecast to take the storm's edge very close or even over Baja's southern end by Sunday night and into Monday.
Mexican officials posted hurricane warnings northward along the west coast of Baja California from Puerto San Andresito to La Paz, and along the east coast of the peninsula from north of La Paz to Loreto.
The storm's maximum sustained winds had increased to 135 (215 kph) by late Sunday morning. It was centered about 265 miles (425 kilometers) west of Manzanillo, Mexico and 230 miles (365 kilometers) south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California. Odile was moving to the north-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph).


When I was young, I can remember asking my mother what she wanted for her birthday. She usually said "peace and quiet" or "the house to myself." In my extreme childless innocence, I was genuinely perplexed and always felt a little sorry for her.
Why on earth, I used to wonder, would she ask for such a crap, stupid present? I thought it was because she knew as kids we didn't have money and my mother, being the ever thoughtful person that she is, was asking for something we could actually give her.
Or just messing with us.
Fast forward thirty really, really fast years later and I get it. I totally get it.
That would be my ideal birthday present. And Valentine's Day present. And Christmas present. And mother's day present.
The gift of time is an excellent present. On Saturday morning I was given something else. The Awesome Foursome presented me with a dead butterfly they found on the landing. It was perfectly whole; wings open as if to fly off and everything. Literally frozen in time. Then Juno got it and shredded it with one lick.
It was a thing of beauty while it lasted. Anyway, in a moment of boredom I compiled my 40 shades of aging list. Here it is.
My birth cert says so.
3. I don't go to the pub very often any more.
4. When I do go to the pub, I need a seat.
5. When I do go to the pub and get a seat, I feel like I am in a very loud crèche.
6. I don't mind when I discover a lump of marmalade stuck to my jaw line. One that's been there since breakfast. Which was 8 hours ago. Ditto the go faster stripe of Weetabix down my trouser leg.
7. I say things like, "because I said so," "could be worse," and "I'm your mother, that's why," without batting an eyelid. I don't even try and stop myself.
8. I need to wear a "slimming" garment when I wear a dress. About once a year.
9. I have three of the above slimming garments. All guaranteed to depress me into the ground through their sheer necessity and total unsexiness. Beige underwear is just so, so foul!
10. When I put my hand into my pocket I could find anything from used tissues to bits of Lego and old receipts.
11. I call all my married friends by their maiden names.
12. That crepe paper look on my cleavage area doesn't smooth out by midday anymore.
13. Above cleavage area is migrating. Fast.
14. I start worrying when there are new freckles on my hands. They'd better not be bloody liver spots!!!
15. The highlight of my weekend is a few glasses of Pinot Grigio and a weeks worth of Home and Away on the player.
16. When the kids at the school gate call me "Conor and Iarla's Mammy." Total annihilation of my identity right there.
18. I can remember the "Where's Grandad?" Health and Safety ad on television.
19. I can remember Ray D'Arcy when he was on Jo Maxi.
20. I can remember Jo Maxi!
21. I used to eat Snickers when they were Marathons.
22. I know what Fizzle Sticks are.
23. Two day hangovers. 'Nuff said.
24. Sleep is a luxury not a given.
25. Once upon a time I was afraid to stay at home in case I would miss something. Now I don't give a shite.
26. Five year plan goes out the window. Now it's called a bucket list.
27. I swear New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys were men compared to the boy bands that are out today.
28. Emmerdale Farm is the same age as I am.
29. I got my hands on a ticket to see Brax, the ridey one from Home and Away, and I offered it to someone else. I know I won't be able for all the screaming and jostling.
30. I think I would like a mid-life crisis but (a) I don't know how to go about having one and (b) I'm too tired.
31. I run for and have answered my mobile only to discover it's Bob the fekin Builders phone ringing on the TV.
32. I've never had a jaeger bomber. Nor do I want to.
33. Prescriptive text makes my head spin and I haven't been able to master Twitter.
34. I know more about The Wizards of Waverly Place than Homeland or Love Hate. Or any television show on the box after 9pm.
35. I remember the original Pippa from Home and Away.
36. My FMB's are chew toys for the dog because they no longer fit and have pointy toes. Round toes are "in" now.
37. While we are on the topic of shoes, anything higher than a flip flop becomes strictly a Car to Bar shoe. Once upon a time I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at vertiginous heels, now just looking at them makes my eyes water and feet bleed!
40. Music is "loud" now and I won't let the kids turn the sound up past number 10 on the remote control thingy.
People have told me age is just a number. It surely is. A big fekin' one! Anyway, I'm here now and time waits for no-one. Here's to the next 40 and if they are as good as the first 40, I shall consider myself very fortunate indeed.
Ha ha ha, I was just thinking about the "original" Pippa the other day... Sadly, I can identify with practically everything you said... And I'm not too near 40 yet!!!!!!!
Emily, I was aware when I was putting my list together that a lot of those things aren't really age appropriate at all - more 40 signs that i have kids.
Unfortunately it was equally as careless. His family left him alone on the banks of the river and he fell in as he was retrieving a football.


Spend a moment sitting in the shoes of Bucharest.
Romanian authoritarian ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu infamously left a heavy mark on the capital city of Bucharest with a massive urban planning scheme known as the Centrul Civic. In the 1980s, the project displaced 40,000 people, demolished churches and monasteries in the way, and replaced it all with 8 square kilometers of communist-era concrete buildings and government complexes in the heart of what had been a historic city.
One of the new monuments, the 3.7 million square-foot Palace of the Parliament, is thought to be the largest administrative building in the world, and it anchors the Centrul Civic along a dramatic axis in much the same way that the U.S. Capitol does in Washington, D.C. To this day, the palace and the brutally rebuilt urban fabric around it remain "perhaps the most violent scar left by a totalitarian regime," in the words of Bogdan Ilie and Dan Achim.
This project is our baggage, the people of Bucharest's baggage, and the question that we started with was "What would happen if we were to take this baggage with us through the world?
The scale of the irreparable damage makes most regrettable American urban renewal schemes look modest in comparison. The web project, at portmanteau.ro, even calculates the share of local citizens that would be displaced in any city (based on local population density) by such a grandiose rewriting of the urban map.
Top map is taken of Portland, Oregon.


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September | 2013 | Keep It Up, David!
Race Recap: Climbing To the Highest Roof in Town!
It was a great weekend, ladies and gentlemen, and it started with an incredible event: The 20th Annual Stair Climb for Los Angeles, a charity race up the stairs of the US Bank Tower, the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
How tall is it? The roof is over 1,000 feet off the ground. There are 75 stories. There are 1,679 steps. On Friday, I raced up all of them.
This is my third tower race, but my first in the US Bank Tower. My first two races were in the Aon Center, a 63-story tower a few blocks away, but the US Bank Tower is 12 stories higher. And that's a big difference when you're climbing stairs!
But I was mentally and physically prepared. I've been training hard for weeks (and feeling it afterwards). I was ready to go. The race was on a Friday afternoon, and it was a huge event. There were nearly 3,000 climbers, compared to 600+ for the Aon Center events. The whole thing was organized by (and benefited) the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA, and racers were scheduled to enter the building, one at a time, every 8 or 10 seconds from 11:45am until nearly sunset.
This post will be a little off-topic, but I couldn't resist sharing when I've learned in the past day or so. It will contain a recipe, written by a physician, so it's not entirely off-topic for a health and weight loss blog, but it is a stretch. And that's because that physician was Nostradamus, and he published this recipe a few years ago, in 1555.
Sore. Sore. Sore. Sore. Sore.
I slept terribly the other night. Why? Because I'm so incredibly sore. I've been pushing myself hard lately, in preparation for my climb up the stairs of the tallest building on the west coast, and I'm feeling it throughout my body. Most of the time, I don't mind feeling sore. In fact, I like it – it means I'm doing something right. But last night, I was so sore that every time I shifted or turned in my sleep (and I toss and turn a lot), my entire lower body would starting aching, and I'd wake up.
It began late last week, a day after my brutal (and wonderful) workout on the public stairways in Silver Lake (read about it here). In total, I ran up over 1,800 steps, and ran down them too.
On November 18, 1932, the biggest stars in Hollywood gathered at the now-demolished Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The occasion? The 5th Annual Academy Awards. The evening is noteworthy for a couple reasons: Walt Disney received his first 2 Oscar statues (he eventually would receive 24 more), and the Academy introduced categories to honor short films for the first time. The very first winner in the Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy category was the Laurel and Hardy classic "The Music Box," in which Laurel and Hardy are tasked with delivering a piano to the top of a giant staircase. As you can imagine, hijinks ensue. The entire film is on YouTube – watch it here.
Last week, a big package arrived at my door. I love big packages! What could it be?
FREE FOOD! I love food, but free food is even better. It was a gift, arranged by my friends Heather and Adam in New Jersey. They've become rabid fans of Blue Apron, and when they were given the opportunity to send food to someone, they chose me. How kind!
There were a total of three dives, and the third one was a doozy. Strong currents, and waves that were rocking the boat back and forth. Mikael and I started started our descent, and about 12 or 15 feet down, I exhaled, and that's when my mask started filling up with blood. Uh oh.
My Most Awesome (and Historical) Hike Yet!
Lately, my nerd flag has been waving most prominently in my Cardio to Vegas posts, where I explore local geography and history as I make a virtual run from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. And while I'm due for a Cardio to Vegas update (I've amassed over 25 miles since my last update), I'm going to nerd out right now on something else entirely. It involves the hike I went on yesterday – a hike that was one of the best hikes I've ever been on, because I got to visit 100-year-old ruins on top of a mountain.
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I'm married with three sons aged 4, 6 and 8. All are quite mad and all have changed my life out of all recognition…for the better, I hasten to add!
Sometimes I don't; sometimes I just stop working for a while until the urge builds up again and drowns out the voices in my head telling me to quit, that I don't have what it takes. Ultimately writing is not a choice but a need that cannot be denied.
Death. I don't have the easy crutch of religion so as a teenager I struggled with the questions of immortality and the ultimate futility of all life. Then the kids came along and I stopped worrying about me and started worrying about them. Besides, when the kids were born I realized that I had fulfilled my ultimate destiny.
Happiness doesn't exist. My work gives me satisfaction and my family give me an underlying contentment, and I think that's all anyone can ask for and more than most people receive.
I have great mental strength and can bounce back from almost anything. Most of the time! Sometimes things get too much for even the toughest of us and we need a time out to feel a bit sorry for ourselves.
That's something others should answer, not me, but mental strength is just the other side of the coin of emotional coldness, so my greatest strength and my greatest weakness are probably the same trait, just in different circumstances.
Because I have to. It's a compulsion I've had all my life.
Writing is a release and an escape all in one. I don't know why but I'm always happiest when I'm writing; it fulfills me.


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Rum is known for its sunny disposition, but now is revealing hidden depths. Jaq Bayles gets in touch with its serious side
Rum has rightfully earned its reputation as the party animal of the spirits world. It's the drink that likes to mix; the ingredient that puts the punch into the punchbowl; the glass of sunshine that evokes the warmth and personality of the countries in which it is produced.
But, as the category has matured over the years, so rum has developed a more serious side and, while it still loves nothing more than to socialise with mixers at parties, it has started to find its loner side – that aspect of its being which is more introspective and thoughtful.
This is the rum that has dared to captivate a whole new audience with its claims to connoisseurship, and there's no doubt that it is enticing 'serious' spirits drinkers who are more often associated with whiskies and Cognacs.
There's plenty of evidence to support its audacity, with IWSR data showing dark rum's compound annual growth rate to September 2011 (the latest available figures) up 6.2%, ahead of total rum's 4.8%.
Leading volume
In terms of countries, the IWSR data shows India leading the global volume consumption figures with 45 million of the global total 96 million 9-litre cases, up 21%, followed by the Philippines (15 million cases), US (5 million) and Spain (4 million).
If more proof were needed of rum's surging popularity, look no further than Drinks International's Millionaires' Club 2013, which shows most million-case brands in growth – some double-digit – while league table leader Bacardi is fighting off aggressive 5% growth from nearest rival Tanduay, which is just 200,000 cases short of toppling the giant.
But that could soon change. As Drinks International went to press news was emerging online of four new rums from Bacardi, although the company said it had no comment to make at this time.
It seems no geographic region remains untouched by rum's allure – even Antarctica, from which self-styled global rum ambassador Ian Burrell has just returned from introducing Pusser's to the penguins.
He is excited by the turn aged rums are taking as production techniques improve and producers look to cask management and ageing to draw in more discerning consumers. "The target audience is becoming more discerning and calling for rum brands by name. Brands are creating great awareness within the category and we are seeing growth in the premium sector with more sipping rums being called for.
"There's also a rise in rum-focused bars. When I started out you were lucky to see four rums on the back bar, now there might be 20.
"Dark and golden rums are definitely going down the same route as whisky and cognac. Cognac is for sipping after dinner, warmed by a hand around the glass. There are rums that are being promoted and pushed and sipped straight in this way. Or rum served with just a couple of ice cubes.
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Eliza Joy Hofer arrived two days later than doctors anticipated, but in missing her Dec. 30 due date, Hofer was the first baby born in Aberdeen in 2023.
Born to Amanda and Jonathan Hofer at 2:36 p.m. on New Year's Day, she was born at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz, and is 20.5 inches long.
In a phone interview Tuesday, Amanda Hofer said Sunday was a really exciting day, as she wasn't expecting to deliver, but around 7 or 8 a.m. she started having contractions and soon they started getting closer together. Amanda and Jonathan live at Spring Creek Colony near Forbes, N.D., which is about a 50 minute drive to Aberdeen.
They arrived at the hospital at 10 a.m. with the baby delivered about four hours later.
Amanda and Jonathan have two other children, a 3 1/2-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, both of whom met their new sister Monday.


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phlegm–hard to to spell.. And yucky to see in print. I hope this post doesn't men you're not feeling well.
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AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Star Sebastian Stan Reveals Why He's Glad He Didn't Land Captain America Role
During a recent interview, Sebastian Stan has revealed why he's glad he missed out on playing Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger back in 2011. Hit the jump to hear more from the actor...
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Before he was cast as Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sebastian Stan audition for the titular role in Captain America: The First Avenger. That obviously ended up going to Chris Evans in what proved to be a piece of pitch-perfect casting by Marvel Studios. Stan hasn't done too badly playing The Winter Soldier as he's appeared in almost as many MCU movies as Evans over the past few years!
However, you have to believe that the actor has at least some regrets about missing out on starring as the Star Spangled Avenger, right? Apparently not! During a recent interview, Stan admitted that Marvel's decision "worked out" and that Bucky was actually a "much better role" for him in the end.
Stan went on to talk about now playing a "rehabilitated assassin" and confirmed that The Winter Soldier "now goes by White Wolf." With rumours pointing to Evans choosing to walk away from the role of Captain America following the release of Avengers 4 next year, there's a very good chance that the actor will actually be given the opportunity to suit up if the movies end up following the comics.
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TALLAHASSEE (CFP) — After protests, a flurry of lawsuits and two recounts, Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson has conceded defeat to Republican Governor Rick Scott, possibly bringing the curtain down on a political career that spanned more than four decades and included a trip into space.
Scott's victory means there will be just four Democrats among the 28 senators representing Southern states, down one from the last Congress. And Florida will have two Republican senators for the first time since Reconstruction in 1875.
"It's been a rewarding journey as well as a very humbling experience," he said.
He also made a plea for more civility to combat "a gathering darkness" in American political life.
"We have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat but to destroy, where truth is treated as disposable," he said.
Nelson's concession came after a machine recount of ballots in all 67 counties and a hand recount of ballots with under-votes or over-votes in the Senate race did not overturn Scott's margin of victory.
Scott defeated Nelson by just 10,033 votes, out of nearly 8.2 million cast.
Scott had led on election night, but late reports of ballots from Democratic-leaning Broward and Palm Beach counties began narrowing the lead. Both Scott and President Donald Trump suggested that fraud was occurring in both counties, although evidence seemed to point to mismanagement rather than deliberate malfeasance.
In the following days, both campaigns went to court, and protests erupted outside elections offices in Broward — scenes reminiscent of the recount battle that erupted in the Sunshine State after the 2000 presidential election.
Nelson's last hope was turning up uncounted ballots in Broward, where 25,000 fewer people voted in the Senate election than in the race for governor. But the hand recount confirmed that those ballots were indeed under-votes, which could have been caused by a flawed ballot design.
In Broward, the Senate race was listed at the bottom of a column underneath voting instructions, which could have resulted in some voters not seeing it.
Scott, 65, went into politics after building a fortune in the health care industry. Financial disclosure reports put his net worth at around $250 million.
He won the governorship in 2010 with a margin of just 1.2 percent and won re-election in 2014 in an even closer race, 1 percent. His margin over Nelson in the Senate race was narrower still, 0.12 percent.
Scott's win means Republicans will have at least 52 seats in the next Senate to 47 for Democrats, a net pickup of two seats. One seat remains to be decided in Mississippi, where Republicans are favored.
Nelson, 76, won his first election, to the Florida House, in 1972. He served 12 years in the U.S. House and six years as Florida's insurance commissioner before winning election to the Senate in 2000.
In 1986, while a sitting member of the House, Nelson went into space as a payload specialist on the space shuttle Columbia. His district included the Kennedy Space Center.
Just 10 days after his return, a different space shuttle, Challenger, exploded during launch, which ended NASA's program of sending civilians into space.
With Nelson's defeat, the only Democrats representing Southern states will be Mark Warner and Tim Kaine in Virginia, Joe Manchin in West Virginia, and Doug Jones in Alabama.
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I have wanted to share with you the project that I made for the raffle prize table at Inking Idaho on the Road event. I love the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper so it was my first pick to make a collection of Purses on a Platter.
Here it is in process before I was ready to wrap it up for presentation.
Aren't the prints lovely and perfectly suited for purses?
Each of the larger purses contained four coordinating cards. This was the night that I stamped and designed the cards. Each interior was lined with a Very Vanilla sheet of card stock with a strip of the Timeless Elegance DSP.
This sentiment is from the Butterfly Basics stamp set. I love the Venetian Crochet Trim, it is a touch of vintage romance!
Same card design but the Gold Satin Ribbon adds shine and dazzle for a more elegant touch.
"One Big Meaning" stamp set had the perfect Thank You stamp that I wanted. The Gold Thread adds some shine to the whimsy of the Very Vanilla thick baker's twine. This is a great masculine print.
Same card with a delicate, floral design on the background paper.
I cut a scallop along the lace print and it really pops to edge this purse. This design came from Sarah Wills.
This purse is very chic and sophisticated. Aren't the candy dots on brad bases a nice finishing touch? The pattern was designed by Becky Roberts.
This adorable mini-purse is so sweet.
It contains two Hershey's Nuggets wrapped in coordinating DSP. Design by Brenda Quintana.
This is a mini shoulder bag.
It contains my favorite Ghiradelli chocolate squares. Design is by Brenda Quintana.
Here it is packaged for presentation. I displayed the cards on the back side so they could see the full prize.
And here is the whole collection wrapped and ready to go home with the winner! It became such a beautiful ensemble because of artistic designers and excellent quality supplies. I am so proud of Stampin' Up! and how fun and easy it is to use our products.
Miss Lisa was the happy winner!
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Ship Building Industry in India: A Detailed Perspective of its Immense Capability
Crossing the Rubicon: The Indian Economy & its Challenges
Uprising Local Militia and Intensity of Bloodshed in Afghanistan
Amateur Superpower of World Politics
The Doha Talks
State's Travel Restrictions on Pashtun leaders in the Tribal Areas and Baluchistan
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