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New Reader? | FAQ | Glossary
When is the next volume of the collection coming out?
Will you be reprinting that volume that's out of print right now?
Will you be making more hardcover editions?
Will you be making more of the Secret Blueprints?
What was printed where in the comics?
Can I get a Girl Genius tattoo?
How's the Role-Playing Game coming along?
I want to help write/edit/playtest the RPG!
I have this great story idea...
Where can I buy the books?
What is Girl Genius?
What age group is Girl Genius written for?
What is "Gaslamp Fantasy?"
What's with the "101 Class" and the "Advanced Class" thing?
How can I help spread the word?
I want to make a fan site, but I don't want to step on your toes.
I wish to mail you something wonderful! Where should I send it?
Volumes of the Girl Genius Collection are published roughly once a year, as we gather enough pages to fill a book. We have found that running a KickStarter campaign is a great way to gauge the scale of and pay for our print run. We never print a new volume without going on about it a lot on our various sites, so watch the main Girl Genius page (or one of our social media outlets) for news about our our next KickStarter campaign! You can also form a fairly reasonable hypothesis regarding the imminence of the newest volume by looking at the page number at the bottom of the most recent online page, and comparing it with the page counts of previous volumes.
Will you be reprinting Volume (whatever is out of print at the moment)?
As far as Girl Genius softcovers go, the answer is yes, we plan to keep those in print. So when one goes out of print, we reprint as soon as we can. It can take a few months, though. Hardcovers, being expensive to make and stroppy to warehouse and mail, are not reprinted. Until something changes, they're a one-time print run for us.
Will you be reprinting the hardcover editions?
We make the hardcover editions of each volume of the collection so that we have our own lovely copies. We don't really intend to reprint them, as they are rather expensive to make. When we get the first collection colored and printed, we will do another hardcover run of that book; but otherwise, when they're gone, they're gone. This could change if a larger publisher picked us up and re-released the books in hard and soft cover, but for now that's the way it stands.
Will there be more Secret Blueprints?
Sure, the Role-playing game and sourcebook is in the works right now! The Secret Blueprints were a little comic we published as a teaser when we were first starting with Girl Genius. It featured portraits and bios for several of the key characters in the early stories, and went out-of-print right quickly. We always thought we would do more of these, but we've been pretty busy and haven't got to it yet. And really, the RPG and Sourcebook is pretty much the same kind of thing, only better. So hang in there.
When we first started publishing Girl Genius, we were doing it as a traditional pamphlet-style comic book.
Collection 1: Comic Book Issues 1-3
Collection 3: Comic Book Issues 7-10
Collection 4: Comic Book Issues 11-13
Issue 13 was the last of our "flimsies." After that, Girl Genius was released online before being collected into Studio volumes.
Can I get a Girl Genius tattoo? How much do you charge for something like that?
Of course you can! What do we charge? Why, a tasteful photo and bragging rights, please.
Keep in mind that printed temporary tattoos are NOT what we're talking about here. We still hold copyright for those. But if you want to take one of our pictures to a tattoo artist and have him or her needle that sucker onto your actual body, you may do so to our enthusiastic cheering.
How is that Girl Genius Role-Playing-Game-and-Sourcebook, Powered by GURPS coming along?
Slower than it should have. We'll let you know when it's ready. Yes, it's been a long time. We regret.
Thank you! But we already have writers and editors, and those are grumpy territorial animals. Grr. Potential playtesters, on the other hand, are advised to look into the Steve Jackson Games playtester program. There's nothing to do for GG yet, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
To heck with the RPG, I have a great story idea that I want to send you!
Noooooo! Please don't! It's not that we don't love you, or that your idea is bad. It's that in order to protect ourselves legally, we must stick to a strict "no submissions, please" policy. That and we have enough ideas of our own to fill several lifetimes. We won't get to it all as it is. Please don't add to our workload stress!
Where can I buy the books? What about other Girl Genius merchandise?
You can get our books at our online company store, which is now run by TopatoCo. For other sources, as well as some of our licensed goods, please check out our Shopping Guide, where we have collected all that information for you.
IRL, Our books are very likely available at your local comic and/or book store. You can also get them at all the usual online places.
So glad you asked. Girl Genius is an ongoing "gaslamp fantasy" story by Phil and Kaja Foglio. It started out in 2000 as a periodical comic book, which is collected into thirteen (and counting) larger volumes, and has now won three Hugo awards for Best Graphic Story. Girl Genius follows the career of Agatha Heterodyne--a hapless student at Transylvania Polygnostic University who discovers that she has more going for her than she thought.
RATING: Please be aware that Girl Genius is recommended for an audience of teens and up. Why? Well, let's see... we have lots of running around in Victorian underwear, occasional innuendo, a certain amount of violence and the occasional "damn!" Will this deprive us of future happy meal toys? Probably. Are we having fun making our story our own way? Oh, goodness, yes! A lot of our readers still say they read GG to their kids, but now you can make an informed choice. Thank you.
Okay, what's a "Gaslamp Fantasy?"
Influences include Jules Verne and H. Rider Haggard. Expect big, clanking Victorian-style tech, old-fashioned clothes, Frankenstein monsters and airships. Lots and lots of airships. Is it magic? Is it science? A little of both, I suppose--it's Mad Science. The term actually came about when Kaja mis-remembered something and accidentally came up with her own term. It works. We like it.
What's with this "101 class" and "Advanced Class" stuff? Am I getting credit for this?
Okay, here's the story: Girl Genius used to be published as a quarterly comic book. Then we gave in to our envy of Web comics artists and took the book online. Still, we didn't want to leave the people who had been reading all along stranded in the middle of the story while we went back and made the earlier chapters a three times a week Web comic. We also didn't want to make the Web comic audience go out and buy a whole bunch of books to get into a story they'd never heard of...and we didn't want to dump several years worth of comic into one huge archive, we wanted to start from the beginning. What to do? We made it into two strips. But have no fear: The 101 class caught up with the Advanced Class in July 2007, and now the two threads have been merged into one archive. So although the two classes are no more, you may still come across mention of them on our site or elsewhere on the Web, hence this FAQ entry. Now you know!
Why classes? As we're told in the comics, the Girl Genius comics are written by Professors Foglio and Foglio of Transylvania Polygnostic University as textbooks for their "True Events in the Life of Agatha Heterodyne 101" class. So if you're reading this, we assume that you're a Spark, and a student at TPU. Or possibly a nefarious rival out to destroy us all. Whatever. We don't really care. Credit will only be given to those students still standing at the end of the quarter.
How can I help spread the word about this fantastic series?
How nice of you! The best thing you can do if you like our work is tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell people you meet on the bus, tell anybody. It couldn't hurt! We also have some nice shirts with the Girl Genius logo available, that always helps get the conversation going.
Also, at this time, we have a lovely selection of link banners available for downloading. Actually, we appreciate a link with or without a banner.
Thank you to everyone who has asked how they can help.
I want to make a fan site, but I don't want to step on your toes or otherwise offend you. What should I do?
When we started getting letters like this, we didn't know what to do either. We certainly don't want to discourage shrine sites and the like. So we asked our attorney what to do, and he said to post guidelines. Here they are!
I want to send you something wonderful that isn't a story submission. Where should I send it?
Oooh! Kind letters and the like can be sent to Studio Foglio, LLC, 2400 NW 80th St. #129, Seattle, WA, 98117-4449. Keep in mind that this is just a mailing address, if you make the pilgrimage the nice people at the mailbox might sell you a postcard with a fish on it, but we aren't there.
The Hopefully Unnecessary Glossary
The Spark--whatever it is that makes Mad Scientists what they are. A poorly understood concept that identifies and incorporates a batch of personality traits shared by those who have it. Also referred to as the Gift, the Touch, the Curse, the Madness, the Doom, &c. Also referred to as his or her Spark, in this case a personal quality. Also used as another term for a Mad Scientist--you would say that someone is a Spark if they have the Spark.
To Break Through--to reach the point where it is obvious from one's work or behavior that one has the Spark. Some say that the Spark does not exist in potential, and that Breaking Through is that point at which the Spark develops. This is a dangerous time for one of the Gifted, when their existence is known but they may not yet have built up the power or ability to defend themselves.
Clanks--robots, autonomous mechanical devices, usually, but not necessarily, somewhat anthropoid.
Constructs--usually organic creations, Frankenstein-type monsters, etc.
The Gifted--another polite term for the Mad Scientists
Madboys/Madgirls--a not so polite term for the Gifted, used by the general public.
Mimmoths--tiny verminous mammoths. Originally somebody's experiment, they escaped and quickly populated most of Europe. They fill the same niche as mice and tend to live alongside them. They get into machinery and push things around with their tusks, wreaking havoc.
The Other--a mysterious enemy who attacked without warning many years ago. Agatha's family, the Heterodynes, went off to find and stop it. They never came back. It is assumed that they DID stop it, since the threat went away soon after the Heterodynes left.
Revenants--also referred to as mummers, or various other things according to region. People and animals that the Other has taken over. They retain their own consciousness and are usually allowed to go about their daily business, but are under the complete control of the Other, should he choose to exercise it. Their life is in many ways a living hell, as they are always aware of a master force in their head. There is no known cure except death.
The Outlands / The Wastelands --the wild areas outside of the main cities. Even though these areas might lie within someone's domain as you see it on the map, they tend to be dangerous to traverse.
Slaver Wasps--the transport form for the controlling mechanics of the Other. Nasty things whose purpose is enslavement, but will kill if resisted. Extremely fast and dangerous, they usually appear in swarms. None have been seen for years.


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Q: How to Capture text from DB column in SQL Server 2012? I have a column notes with a length of more than 80,0000 characters.
As per the transformation rule, I have to write a SQL script which will caption the notes column in the below steps :

*

*First 300 characters in Column_A

*Next 300 characters in Column_B

*Next 300 characters in Column_C
and so on.
So I am looking for a output as below :

For every client ID with end of the length of the notes column.

A: Ouch!  That's quite a complex requirement.  You will need to combine a number of skills to solve this one.
Firstly you need to create additional rows.  One way to achieve this is via recursion. In the example below I've calculated how many rows are required for each Client Id.  I've then used recursion to create them.
You also need to break each row into 3 300 character blocks.  In my example I've used 3 3 character blocks instead, so it's easier to read.  But the principle will scale up.  Using SUBSTRING and the record number you can calculate the starting point for each column.
I've created some sample records in a CTE called Raw.  This allows anyone to follow the example, which is up on Stack Data Exchange (link below).
Example
DECLARE @ColumnWidth   INT = 3;       -- Use to adjust required length of columns A, B and C.
DECLARE @ColumnCount   INT = 3;       -- Use to adjust number of output columns.

WITH [Raw] AS
    (
        /* This CTE creates sample records for us to experiment with.
         * The note column contains each letter of the alphabet, repeated
         * 3 times.  The repeatition will help us validate the result set.
         *
         * Using ceiling, to round up, the field length (@ColumnWidth) and
         * the number of fields (@ColumnCount) and the number of charaters (LEN)
         * we can calculate how many rows are required.
         */
        SELECT
            r.ClientId,
            r.Note,
            CEILING(CAST(LEN(r.Note) AS DECIMAL(18, 8)) / (@ColumnWidth * @ColumnCount))    AS RecordsRequired
        FROM
            (
                VALUES
                    (1, 'aaabbbcccdddeeefffggghhhiiijjjkkklllmmmnnnooopppqqqrrrssstttuuuvvvwwwxxxyyyzz'),
                    (2, 'aaabbbcccdddeeefffggghhhiiijjjkkklll'),
                    (3, 'aaabbbcccdddeeefffggghhhiiijjjkkklllmmmnnno'),
                    (4, 'aaabbbcccdddeeefffggghhhiiijjjkkklllmmmnnnoooppp'),
                    (5, 'aaabbbcccdddeeefffggghhhiiijjj'),
                    (6, 'aaabbbcccdd')
            ) AS r(ClientId, Note)
    ),
    MultiRow AS
    (
            /* This CTE uses recursion to return multiple rows for
             * each orginal row.
             * The number returned matches the RecordsRequired value
             * from the Raw CTE.
             */
            SELECT
                1 AS RecordNumber,
                RecordsRequired,
                ClientId,
                Note
            FROM
                [Raw]

        UNION ALL

            -- Keep repeating each record until the number of required rows has been returned.
            SELECT
                RecordNumber + 1 AS RecordNumber,
                RecordsRequired,
                ClientId,
                Note
            FROM
                MultiRow
            WHERE
                RecordNumber < RecordsRequired

    )
/* Each record returned by the MultiRow CTE is numbered: 1, 2, 3 etc.
 * Using this we can extract blocks of text from the orginal Note column.
 */
SELECT
    ClientId,
    SUBSTRING(Note, ((@ColumnWidth * @ColumnCount) * RecordNumber) - ((@ColumnWidth * 3) -1), @ColumnWidth)    AS Column_A,
    SUBSTRING(Note, ((@ColumnWidth * @ColumnCount) * RecordNumber) - ((@ColumnWidth * 2) -1), @ColumnWidth)    AS Column_B,
    SUBSTRING(Note, ((@ColumnWidth * @ColumnCount) * RecordNumber) - ((@ColumnWidth * 1) -1), @ColumnWidth)    AS Column_C
FROM
    MultiRow
ORDER BY
    ClientId, RecordNumber
;

A: Here is how you can do this:
DECLARE @c TABLE(ID INT, Notes VARCHAR(26))
INSERT INTO @c VALUES
(1, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),
(2, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')

DECLARE @size INT = 26
DECLARE @chunk INT = 5

;WITH tally AS(SELECT 1 s1, @chunk + 1 s2, 2*@chunk + 1 s3
               UNION ALL
               SELECT s3 + @chunk, s3 + 2*@chunk, s3 + 3*@chunk FROM tally
               WHERE s3 < @size)
SELECT c.ID,
       SUBSTRING(Notes, t.s1, @chunk) A,
       SUBSTRING(Notes, t.s2, @chunk) B,
       SUBSTRING(Notes, t.s3, @chunk) C
FROM @c c
CROSS JOIN tally t
ORDER BY c.ID, t.s1

Output:
ID  A       B       C
1   abcde   fghij   klmno
1   pqrst   uvwxy   z
2   ABCDE   FGHIJ   KLMNO
2   PQRST   UVWXY   Z

Description:
tally table returns you the starting positions, which you will use in substring function. For the above configuration it returns:
s1  s2  s3
1   6   11
16  21  26

For this you are using recursive cte which spreads starting positions across the rows with 3 starting position. The rest should be easy to understand.

A: The required result can be obtained using simple looping
/* Declare a temperory table for storing the results */
    DECLARE @Result_TABLE AS TABLE
    (
     CustomerId     BIGINT
    ,ColA           VARCHAR(300)
    ,ColB           VARCHAR(300)
    ,ColC           VARCHAR(300)
    )

    DECLARE @CustomerCount INT      --To store customer count
    DECLARE @IteratorForCustomers INT = 1 --To iterate for each customers
    /* Get Count of cutomers */
    SELECT @CustomerCount = COUNT (1) FROM Customers

    DECLARE @CustomerId BIGINT  --To store customer id in looping
    DECLARE @TempNote VARCHAR(MAX) -- To store customer note of each customer in looping
    /* Loop for all customers */
    WHILE (@IteratorForCustomers <=@CustomerCount)
    BEGIN
        ;WITH CTE AS
        (
        SELECT
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CustomerID ) AS RowId
        ,CustomerId
        ,Customer_Note
        FROM Customers
        )
        SELECT
          @CustomerId = a.CustomerId
         ,@TempNote = a.Customer_Note
        FROM CTE a
        WHERE
        RowId = @IteratorForCustomers

        /* Loop for generating each row with three columns */
        WHILE (LEN(@TempNote)>0)
        BEGIN
            INSERT INTO @Result_TABLE
            VALUES

            (
            @CustomerId,SUBSTRING(@TempNote,1,300),SUBSTRING(@TempNote,301,300),SUBSTRING(@TempNote,601,300)
            )

            SET @TempNote = CASE WHEN LEN(@TempNote)>900 THEN   SUBSTRING(@TempNote,901,LEN(@TempNote)-900)
                            ELSE NULL END

        END

        SET @IteratorForCustomers = @IteratorForCustomers + 1

    END

    SELECT * FROM @Result_TABLE

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Academic fieldwork data collections are often unique and unrepeatable records of highly significant events collected at considerable expense of researcher time, effort and resources. While fieldworkers have been quick to take advantage of digital technologies to enable them to collect and organise their data, standards and workflows are only now beginning to emerge to assist researchers to submit their data for archiving and access. Even equipped with the best training, equipment and intentions, fieldworkers very often (if not always) find their data collection activities constrained in unpredictable ways by contingencies that arise in the field. With the increasing use of digital methods of data capture and organisation, the sustainability and curation services offered by archives and institutional repositories are needed more than ever.
This collection of refereed papers from the conference of the same name held at the University of Sydney in December 2006 provides a record of recent research practice by fieldworkers in linguistics, botany and anthropology, and by archive and repository managers.
Alongside the refereed proceedings available in this collection, five mp3 podcasts of unpublished papers given at the conference are also available for download.
To purchase a hard copy of the proceedings please visit the Sydney University Press web site.


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › Second Circuit › 1973 › United States of America, Appellee, v. Peter E. Lafroscia, Defendant-appellant
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United States of America, Appellee, v. Peter E. Lafroscia, Defendant-appellant, 485 F.2d 457 (2d Cir. 1973)
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 485 F.2d 457 (2d Cir. 1973) Argued Sept. 10, 1973. Decided Sept. 25, 1973
Peter L. Truebner, Asst. U. S. Atty., (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty. S. D. N. Y., and John D. Gordan, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.
Paul K. Rooney, New York City (Elliot L. Evans, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.
Peter Edward LaFroscia appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, convicting him, after a verdict, of importing some 78 1/2 kilograms of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a), and of bringing and possessing on board the M. S. Michaelangelo the same quantity of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955.
LaFroscia arrived in New York on June 22, 1972, after a week's voyage on the Michaelangelo from Algeciras, Spain. After leaving the ship and going through Customs, he waited on the pier for the unloading of his Volkswagen camper. When the camper arrived on the pier, Customs Patrol Officers Heaton and Ruggiero searched it and found some 54 1/2 kilograms of marijuana in the gasoline tank cavity. The tank, they discovered, had been truncated and welded so that it was only a third of its normal size, and the marijuana had been secreted between the altered tank and the fire wall. Some three months later Customs agents who were repairing the car in the Customs garage found another 24 kilograms of marijuana hidden between the roof and the ceiling. LaFroscia was arrested promptly after the initial search, and various papers were removed from his person.
LaFroscia properly does not contest the validity of the Customs search; apart from the suspicions generated by his conduct on the pier, it was Customs policy at the time to search all cars arriving at New York from a foreign origin. This is plainly lawful. See Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 413 U.S. 266, 272, 93 S. Ct. 2535, 37 L. Ed. 2d 596 (1973); United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs, 402 U.S. 363, 376, 91 S. Ct. 1400, 28 L. Ed. 2d 822 (1971); Henderson v. United States, 390 F.2d 805, 808 (9 Cir. 1967); United States v. Summerfield, 421 F.2d 684, 685 (9 Cir. 1970). He likewise does not question that discovery of the large quantity of marijuana in the gasoline tank afforded probable cause for his arrest and the incidental search of his person. Apart from requesting us to reconsider United States v. Kiffer, 477 F.2d 349 (2 Cir.), petition for cert. filed, 42 U.S.L.W. 3001 (U.S. June 21, 1973) (No. 72-1730), sustaining the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance in Schedule I of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., which we decline to do, he asks us to hold that the evidence was insufficient to permit submission of the issue of guilty knowledge to the jury and that a question asked by the prosecutor, to which the judge sustained prompt defense objection, required the more drastic remedy of declaration of a mistrial.
The claim of insufficiency of the evidence is so insubstantial that we would have affirmed the conviction from the bench if it had stood alone. LaFroscia argues that his conduct on the pier, before and after the seizure, did not depart sufficiently from the norm to warrant an inference of guilty knowledge. We need not debate this, for that evidence, although significant, was only part of the total, which included LaFroscia's own testimony. Taken as a whole, the evidence almost compelled a finding of guilty knowledge. LaFroscia's bizzare itinerary in Europe included three trips between Germany and Torremolinas, Spain, within less than six weeks, the last being after Mrs. LaFroscia had returned to the United States to care for a sick baby. He failed to provide any plausible explanation how such a large quantity of marijuana could have gotten into the Volkswagen without his knowledge.1 Despite his small means, he spent $405 to ship the damaged Volkswagen and $380 to transport himself on the Michaelangelo, even though he held an unused portion of a round trip transatlantic airline ticket worth only some $100. Finally, while he was waiting on the pier, LaFroscia told the Customs agents that his wife had been injured in the accident that had damaged the camper; in fact, the accident occurred after she had returned to this country, and while he was en route to Torremolinas.
The claim that Judge Metzner should have declared a mistrial demands more serious consideration. Among the papers found on LaFroscia at the time of his arrest was a business card on the reverse of which had been written the names of Paul Rooney, Esq., who was later to be his trial counsel, and of two other lawyers, apparently associated with Mr. Rooney; their office address; and their telephone number. In cross-examination the prosecution asked:
"Q. Among the papers you had on June 22, 1972, was a card with the name, address and telephone number of a criminal law firm headed by Paul Rooney; is that not right?"
Defense counsel objected and moved for a mistrial. Judge Metzner sustained the objection and instructed the jury to disregard the question and ignore any inference of guilt that might be drawn from it, but he denied the motion for a mistrial.
If the question had been properly framed and the judge, after weighing the probative value of the evidence against its possible prejudicial effect, had decided to allow it, we would have seen no reason to interfere. The card passed the rather low test of relevancy, "evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence." Proposed Federal Rules of Evidence 401; see McCormick, Evidence Sec. 185, at 437 (Cleary ed. 1972). There would be little reason for LaFroscia, an air conditioning mechanic in Brooklyn, to carry, on what he characterized as a belated honeymoon in Europe, a card with the names, address and telephone number of three lawyers unless he anticipated needing to communicate with them promptly on his return. To be sure, the card might simply have remained on his person after having served some previous use unconnected with the commission of crime; but, particularly since he had chosen to take the stand, it would have been easy for him to offer explanation, if such there was. The vice of the question lay in the prosecutor's using the invidious term "criminal law firm" and conveying the impression that the card was the firm's whereas, as the prosecutor knew, it was LaFroscia's. However, the judge, not permitting a reformulation, sustained the objection and directed the jury to ignore any inferences from the question. It was unnecessary to do more, see United States v. McKee, 462 F.2d 275, 277 (2 Cir. 1972).
LaFroscia testified that he drove the camper from Torremolinas to Algeciras on the morning that he boarded the Michaelangelo, and that when he left, the gas gauge showed the tank to be one-third full. In addition, he testified that he did not refuel at any point along the way. However, the Customs agents who examined the car after LaFroscia's arrest discovered that the gas gauge did not work at all and that the altered gas tank would take only about a gallon of gas. If, as LaFroscia implausibly contends, the tank had been altered without his knowledge prior to his sailing on the Michaelangelo, it is highly unlikely that he could have made the roughly 80-mile journey from Torremolinas to Algeciras without refueling or at least noticing the reduced capacity of the tank
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Marcus Dunn
Marcus Dunn is an alumnus of the 2011 CLS Korean program in Jeonju, South Korea. His summer on the CLS Program followed his final undergraduate year at the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture, where he studied Fine and Studio Arts. He also holds a master's degree in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. He's taught in a variety of spaces and participated in artist residencies at The Vermont Studio Center and Ox-Bow School of Art. Marcus is currently an art instructor at Richmond Community College in North Carolina, where he teaches painting, art appreciation, and drawing.
"Just having conversations with people and being open with them about what we did culturally where I'm from; I've always wanted to share that with people."
Nine years after completing the CLS Program in South Korea, Marcus is still passionate about language and the importance of intercultural exchange. As an enrolled member of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina and the Pee Dee Tribe of South Carolina, Marcus valued the opportunity to serve as a citizen diplomat to his host community.
Marcus was able to discuss his unique experience as an American both with his host community and other Americans in his cohort. While learning about Korean musical and dance traditions, he had the opportunity to share some traditional songs particular to the Tuscarora people, which he grew up performing with his family in a community dance troupe, touring the Southeastern United States to perform at festivals. He enjoyed sharing this aspect of his culture not only with Koreans, but also with other Americans who were not familiar with it. He remembers it as being very rewarding, "just having conversations with people and being open with them about what we did culturally where I'm from; I've always wanted to share that with people."
In turn, Marcus wanted to be sure to be respectful of his surroundings and the community in which he was a guest. Being a responsible citizen diplomat while abroad was very important to Marcus, and he felt that this approach would open him up to learning about his host culture while enjoying himself along the way. He particularly remembers learning about and seeing pansori performances, a Korean genre of traditional musical storytelling. In doing so, he had the opportunity to learn some pansori drumming, while being cognizant of the context in which the musical form existed. "I wanted to make sure that it was okay to explore that, that how we presented it was accurate and respectful, understanding that I was an outsider."
Marcus feels it is important for Americans to learn critical languages, not just for cultural exchange that happens abroad, but also to support communities in the United States. Considering communities near him in the United States where there are significant number of Korean immigrants, he says, "having people in those surrounding communities who have learned the language opens them up to welcoming immigrants who may feel isolated." He emphasizes that, "putting yourself in someone else's shoes" helps you to be more empathic and understanding of others, something that he feels is particularly important in this moment.
Since the CLS Program, Marcus has applied his passion for languages to Creek and Tuscarora. "These languages are important for ceremonial purposes and, even if you don't speak them every day, so many native languages have died out even in the past 20 years," says Marcus, who wants to help to keep these languages alive. Marcus also says that participating in the CLS Program, "ignited his desire" to explore the world and see how others live. It has prompted him to apply for other selective and intensive programs, like artists' residencies, and to continually be open to new experiences and places.
Liz Sinclair


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import com.twu.biblioteca.core.Customer;
import com.twu.biblioteca.core.Library;

/**
 * Created by dianadevasia on 27/02/15.
 */
public interface MenuAction {

    public void doAction(Library library, Customer customer, InputOutputDevice ioDevice);
}

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January 16, 2022 | י״ד בשבט תשפ״ב
This month's shiurim are dedicated by Efrat Arnold in loving memory of Joshua Carr, Yehoshua Aryeh Leib ben Yonatan Chaim and Malka Esther HaCohen.
This month's shiurim are dedicated by Tova and David Kestenbaum in honor of their children and grandchildren.
Moed Katan 4
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Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yishmael differ on tosefet shviit (adding on time before and after the shmita year) whether it is a Torah law or a halakha l'Moshe mi'Sinai. Rabbi Akiva learns it from the verse "And one should rest from plowing and reaping." Rabbi Yishmael holds that the verse is referring to Shabbat and it is coming to teach that only actions that are optional are forbidden on Shabbat but if the reaping is for a mitzva, such as the Omer, it is permitted on Shabbat. Rabbi Yochanan's explanation of Rav Dimi's statement is explained according to Rabbi Akiva that tosefet is from the Torah and one would have thought one would get lashes, but Rabban Gamliel learned by a gezeira shava that there is no law of tosefet. Rav Ashi questions this and explains Rabban Gamliel differently – he held like Rabbi Yishmael and that it was only for a time when the Temple was in existence. Once it was destroyed, there was no longer a law of tosefet. Why can't a field be watered from a cistern filled with rainwater? Is it just because if we allow that, one may think it is permitted to use water drawn from a well. Or is it because the water level may drop to the point where one will need to draw it with a pail. A series of braitot are brought which have various cases of watering that are either permitted or forbidden. Comments of amoraim on each braita are brought. If the Mishna says one cannot dig circular ditches around a vine, why did Rav Yehuda allow the people of his city to do that? Why does Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria forbid digging a channel on the shmita year? Two answers are brought and questions are raised on each answer. One can fix a broken channel on Chol Hamoed. Under what circumstances?
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שנכנס לשביעית וקציר של שביעית שיצא למוצאי שביעית
that entered into the Sabbatical Year, i.e., plowing in the sixth year that will benefit crops growing in the seventh year, and reaping the crops of the Sabbatical Year that continued into the conclusion of the Sabbatical Year, i.e., reaping seventh-year produce that continued to grow into the eighth year.
רבי ישמעאל אומר מה חריש רשות אף קציר רשות יצא קציר העומר שהיא מצוה
Rabbi Yishmael says that this verse is to be understood as referring to Shabbat and not to the Sabbatical Year, in accordance with the straightforward meaning of the verse. It teaches as follows: Just as only optional plowing is prohibited on Shabbat, as there is no instance where plowing fulfills a biblical mitzva, so too, only optional reaping is prohibited, to the exclusion of the reaping of the omer offering, which is a mitzva, and consequently permitted on Shabbat. Nonetheless, the first opinion cited in the baraita, that of Rabbi Akiva, holds that the prohibition against plowing on the eve of the Sabbatical Year is derived from an explicit verse.
אלא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק כי גמירי הלכתא למישרי ילדה קראי למיסר זקינה
Rather, Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: When we learned this as a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, it was to permit plowing in the case of young saplings until Rosh HaShana. In contrast, the verses that were cited come to prohibit plowing in the case of mature and well-rooted trees thirty days before Rosh HaShana of the Sabbatical Year.
וכיון דהלכתא למשרי ילדה לאו ממילא זקינה אסירה
The Gemara asks: But since the halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai comes to permit plowing in the case of young saplings until Rosh HaShana, does it not automatically follow that in the case of mature trees, plowing is prohibited before Rosh HaShana? Therefore, not only the allowance, but the prohibition as well was learned by tradition as a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, and not from the verses.
אלא הלכתא לרבי ישמעאל קראי לרבי עקיבא
Rather, the halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai is the basis of the prohibition against plowing on the eve of the Sabbatical Year according to the opinion of Rabbi Yishmael, who interprets the verse as referring to Shabbat, and not to the Sabbatical Year, whereas the verses are the basis of the prohibition according to the opinion of Rabbi Akiva.
ורבי יוחנן אמר רבן גמליאל ובית דינו מדאורייתא בטיל להו
The Gemara previously cited Rabbi Yitzḥak, who explained how Rabban Gamliel's court nullified the extension to the prohibition against plowing before the Sabbatical Year that had been enacted by Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel. The Gemara now cites another opinion, which holds that Rabban Gamliel's court abolished the prohibition against plowing before the Sabbatical Year entirely. And Rabbi Yoḥanan said that Rabban Gamliel and his court nullified the restrictions on working the land on the eve of the Sabbatical Year based on a source written in the Torah.
מאי טעמא גמר שבת שבת משבת בראשית מה להלן היא אסורה לפניה ולאחריה מותרין אף כאן היא אסורה לפניה ולאחריה מותרין
What is the reason? He derives it by means of a verbal analogy between the word Shabbat stated with regard to the Sabbatical Year in the verse: "But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land" (Leviticus 25:4), and the word Shabbat stated with regard to the weekly Shabbat, which commemorates the Shabbat of Creation. Just as there, on Shabbat itself it is prohibited to perform labor, but before and after Shabbat it is permitted, so too here, in the case of the Sabbatical Year, during the Sabbatical Year itself it is prohibited to perform labor, but before and after the Sabbatical Year it is permitted.
מתקיף לה רב אשי מאן דאמר הלכתא אתיא גזרה שוה עקרה הלכתא ומאן דאמר קרא אתיא גזרה שוה עקרה קרא
Rav Ashi strongly objects to this: If Rabban Gamliel and his court nullified the restrictions based on a verbal analogy, then according to the one who said that the prohibition against plowing thirty days before Rosh HaShana of the Sabbatical Year is a halakha that was transmitted to Moses from Sinai, can a verbal analogy come and uproot a halakha that was transmitted to Moses from Sinai? And similarly, according to the one who said that the prohibition against plowing is derived from a verse, can a verbal analogy come and uproot a verse?
אלא אמר רב אשי רבן גמליאל ובית דינו סברי לה כרבי ישמעאל דאמר הלכתא גמירי לה וכי גמירי הלכתא בזמן שבית המקדש קיים דומיא דניסוך המים אבל בזמן שאין בית המקדש קיים לא
Rather, Rav Ashi said: Rabban Gamliel and his court held in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yishmael, who said that they learned this prohibition as a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai. But they learned this halakha only with regard to the time period when the Temple is standing. This is evidenced by the fact that it is similar to the other halakha stated along with it, that of the water libation, which was part of the service in the Temple. But when the Temple is not standing this halakha does not apply, and therefore Rabban Gamliel and his court nullified the prohibition after the destruction of the Temple.
אבל לא ממי הגשמים וממי הקילון בשלמא מי קילון איכא טירחא יתירא אלא מי גשמים מאי טירחא איכא
§ It was taught in the mishna: However, one may not irrigate a field on the intermediate days of a Festival with rainwater collected in a cistern or with water drawn with a shadoof. The Gemara asks: Granted, irrigating a field with water drawn with a shadoof involves excessive effort, and so it is prohibited on the intermediate days of a Festival. But what excessive effort is involved in irrigating a field with rainwater? Rainwater collects on its own and one merely has to channel it to where it is needed.
אמר רבי אילעא אמר יוחנן גזירה מי גשמים אטו מי קילון רב אשי אמר מי גשמים גופייהו לידי מי קילון אתו
Rabbi Ile'a said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: A rabbinic decree was enacted with regard to rainwater due to its similarity to water drawn with a shadoof. Rav Ashi said: Rainwater itself will come to be like water drawn with a shadoof. Once the level of the collected rainwater drops, it will become necessary to draw it with a bucket, a procedure involving excessive effort.
וקמיפלגי בדרבי זירא דאמר רבי זירא אמר רבה בר ירמיה אמר שמואל נהרות המושכין מים מן האגמים מותר להשקות מהן בחולו של מועד
The Gemara comments: Rabbi Ile'a and Rav Ashi disagree with regard to the ruling issued by Rabbi Zeira, as Rabbi Zeira said that Rabba bar Yirmeya said that Shmuel said: With regard to streams that draw water from pools of collected water, one is permitted to irrigate his field from them on the intermediate days of a Festival, because the flow of water is steady.
מר אית ליה דרבי זירא ומר לית ליה דרבי זירא
One Sage, Rav Ashi, is of the opinion that the ruling is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Zeira, as he prohibits only irrigating with rainwater, because the supply might come to an end, but he does not prohibit watering from a source whose flow is steady. And one Sage, Rabbi Yoḥanan, is not of the opinion that the ruling is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Zeira, as he prohibits irrigating with rainwater due to its similarity to water drawn with a shadoof. This applies regardless of whether the level of the rainwater will drop, and therefore Rabbi Yoḥanan would prohibit using collected water even if a stream flows through it and it will not dry up.
גופא אמר רבי זירא אמר רבה בר ירמיה אמר שמואל נהרות המושכין מים מן האגמים מותר להשקות מהן בחולו של מועד
After mentioning the statement of Rabbi Zeira in the course of the previous discussion, the Gemara examines the matter itself. Rabbi Zeira said that Rabba bar Yirmeya said that Shmuel said: With regard to streams that draw water from pools of water, one is permitted to irrigate his field from them on the intermediate days of a Festival.
איתיביה רבי ירמיה לרבי זירא אבל לא ממי גשמים ולא ממי קילון אמר ליה ירמיה ברי הני אגמים דבבל כמיא דלא פסקי דמו
Rabbi Yirmeya raised an objection to Rabbi Zeira from what is taught in the mishna: However, one may not irrigate a field on the intermediate days of a Festival with rainwater collected in cisterns or with water drawn with a shadoof. This indicates that whenever there is a concern that the water might run out, it is prohibited to irrigate from this water source. Consequently, Rabbi Yirmeya wanted to know why this concern did not exist in the case of the pools of water as well. Rabbi Zeira said to him: Yirmeya, my son, these pools in Babylonia are like water that does not stop flowing. Therefore, there is no concern that the water level in these pools might go down to such an extent that it will become necessary to draw the water with buckets.
תנו רבנן הפסיקות והבריכות שנתמלאו מים מערב יום טוב אסור להשקות מהן בחולו של מועד ואם היתה אמת המים עוברת ביניהן מותר
The Sages taught in a baraita: With regard to temporary pools and regular pools that were filled with water on the eve of a Festival, it is prohibited for one to irrigate his field from them on the intermediate days of the Festival, lest they run out of water and he will come to exert himself and bring water from elsewhere. But if a water channel passes between them so that water flows from the one to the other, it is permitted.
אמר רב פפא והוא שרובה של אותה שדה שותה מאותה אמת המים רב אשי אמר אף על פי שאין רובה של אותה שדה שותה כיון דקא משכא ואתיא מימר אמר אי לא שתיא לחד יומא תשתי לתרי ותלתא יומי
Rav Pappa said: And this allowance applies only when the majority of that field can be irrigated from that water channel, such that most of the field can be irrigated at the same time. In this case, there is no concern that when the water runs out, he will come to exert himself and irrigate the rest of the field from another source of water. Rav Ashi said: It applies even though the majority of that field cannot be irrigated from that water channel at the same time. Since the channel continuously draws water, constantly replenishing its supply, even if it does so at a slow rate, one will say to himself that even if the entire field cannot be irrigated from that water channel on a single day, it can be irrigated from it over the course of two or three days. Accordingly, he will not find it necessary to exert himself to quickly irrigate that portion of the field that did not already receive its water.
תנו רבנן בריכה שנוטפת מים משדה בית השלחין זו מותר להשקות ממנה שדה בית השלחין אחרת
The Sages taught in a baraita: With regard to a pool that receives drips of water from this field that requires irrigation, which itself receives water from a spring, one is permitted to irrigate from this pool another field situated below it that requires irrigation.
והא עבידא דפסקא אמר רבי ירמיה ועדיין היא מטפטפת אמר אביי והוא שלא פסק מעיין ראשון
The Gemara asks: But isn't the pool likely to stop flowing, which will force him to exert himself and draw water from somewhere else? Rabbi Yirmeya said: The case is where the upper field is still trickling water into the pool and does not stop. Abaye said: And this allowance applies only when the water from the first spring that irrigates the upper field has not stopped flowing. Only in that case can one rely on the water trickling from the upper field and consequently irrigating the lower field from the pool.
תניא רבי שמעון בן מנסיא אומר שתי ערוגות זו למעלה מזו לא ידלה מן התחתונה וישקה את העליונה יותר על כן אמר רבי אלעזר בר שמעון אפילו ערוגה אחת חציה נמוך וחציה גבוה לא ידלה ממקום נמוך וישקה למקום גבוה
It is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya says: With regard to two garden beds located one above the other, one may not draw water from the channel supplying the lower garden bed in order to irrigate the upper garden bed, due to the excessive exertion involved. Furthermore, Rabbi Elazar bar Shimon said: Even in the case of a single garden bed, half of which is lower and half of which is higher, one may not draw water from the channel supplying the lower area to irrigate the upper area, even though they are two parts of the same garden bed.
תנו רבנן מדלין לירקות כדי לאוכלן ואם בשביל לייפותן אסור
The Sages taught in a baraita: One may draw water and irrigate vegetables in order to eat them on the intermediate days of a Festival. But if he does this in order to improve their growth and to enhance their appearance it is prohibited, as he is considered to be unnecessarily exerting himself on the Festival.
רבינא ורבה תוספאה הוו קא אזלי באורחא חזו לההוא גברא דהוה דלי דוולא בחולא דמועדא אמר ליה רבה תוספאה לרבינא ליתי מר לשמתיה אמר ליה והתניא מדלין לירקות כדי לאוכלן אמר ליה מי סברת מאי מדלין מדלין מיא מאי
The Gemara relates that Ravina and Rabba Tosefa'a were once walking along the road when they saw a certain man that was drawing water with a bucket on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabba Tosefa'a said to Ravina: Let the Master come and excommunicate him for transgressing the words of the Sages. Ravina said to him: But isn't it taught in a baraita: One may draw for vegetables in order to eat them, and so he has not committed a transgression. Rabba Tosefa'a said to him: Do you maintain that what is meant by one may draw [madlin] is that one may draw water in order to irrigate the vegetables? This is not so. Rather, what is meant by
מדלין שלופי כדתנן המידל בגפנים כשם שהוא מידל בשלו כך הוא מידל בשל עניים דברי רבי יהודה רבי מאיר אומר בשלו רשאי ואינו רשאי בשל עניים
one may draw is that one may pull out some of the vegetables that are growing densely together. The baraita comes to teach that one is permitted to thin out a garden bed on the intermediate days of a Festival in order to eat on the Festival those that he removes, but he is prohibited to do so in order to enhance the appearance of those that remain. As we learned in a mishna (Pe'a 7:5): One who thins out [meidel] the vines in his vineyard, just as he may thin out his own vines, so too, he may thin out the vines set aside for the poor. Since he is doing it for the sake of the vines, he may also thin out what he leaves for the poor; this is the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Meir disagrees and says: His own vines he is permitted to thin out, but he is not permitted to thin out the vines set aside for the poor. This mishna indicates that the term meidel can be used to mean thinning out and does not refer only to drawing water.
אמר ליה והתניא מדלין מים לירקות כדי לאוכלן אמר ליה אי תניא תניא
Ravina said to Rabba Tosefa'a: But wasn't it explicitly taught in a baraita: One may draw water to irrigate vegetables in order to eat them? Rabba Tosefa'a said to him: If it is taught explicitly in a baraita, the halakha is as it is taught, and I retract my statement.
ואין עושין עוגיות לגפנים מאי עוגיות אמר רב יהודה בנכי תניא נמי הכי אלו הן עוגיות בדידין שבעיקרי זיתים ושבעיקרי גפנים
§ It was taught in the mishna: And one may not construct circular ditches [ugiyyot] around the bases of grapevines on the intermediate days of a Festival. The Gemara asks: What are ugiyyot? Rav Yehuda said: They are what are called in Aramaic binkei, circular ditches around vines. The Gemara notes that this is also taught in a baraita: These are ugiyyot: Bedidin, circular ditches around the bases of olive trees and around the bases of grapevines.
איני והא רב יהודה שרא לבני בר ציתאי למעבד בנכי לכרמיהון לא קשיא הא בחדתי הא בעתיקי
The Gemara asks: Is that so? Is it prohibited to dig circular ditches on the intermediate days of the Festival? Didn't Rav Yehuda permit the family of bar Tzitai to construct circular ditches for their vineyards on the intermediate days of a Festival? The Gemara answers: This is not difficult. This source, i.e., the mishna that renders the practice prohibited, is referring to digging new ditches. That other source, i.e., Rav Yehuda's ruling that permits the digging of such ditches, is referring to old ones, which merely need to be cleared.
רבי אלעזר בן עזריה אומר אין עושין את האמה בשלמא מועד משום דקא טרח אלא שביעית מאי טעמא
§ It was taught in the next clause of the mishna that Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says: One may not construct a new water channel during the intermediate days of a Festival or during the Sabbatical Year. The Gemara asks: Granted, it is prohibited for him to do so on the intermediate days of a Festival, because in so doing he excessively exerts himself on the Festival. But what is the reason that this is prohibited during the Sabbatical Year, when only labors that enhance the growth of plants are prohibited?
פליגו בה רבי זירא ורבי אבא בר ממל חד אמר מפני שנראה כעודר וחד אמר מפני שמכשיר אגפיה לזריעה
The Gemara answers: Rabbi Zeira and Rabbi Abba bar Memel disagreed with regard to this issue. One of them said: It is prohibited because it appears to others as if he were hoeing his field. As onlookers do not know that he is merely digging a water channel, they suspect him of working his land during the Sabbatical Year. And the other one said: It is prohibited because he thereby prepares the channel's banks for planting, for when he digs out the channel, he piles the fresh soil that is fit for planting on its two banks.
מאי בינייהו איכא בינייהו דקא אתו מיא בתריה מאן דאמר מפני שמכשיר אגפיה לזריעה איכא ומאן דאמר מפני שנראה כעודר ליכא
The Gemara asks: What is the practical halakhic difference between them? The Gemara answers: There is a practical halakhic difference between them in a case where water comes into the channel immediately after he digs it out. According to the one who said that digging a water channel is prohibited because he thereby prepares its banks for planting, there is still a prohibition, as here too, he piles the fresh soil on the channel's banks. But according to the one who said it is prohibited because it appears as if he were hoeing, there is no prohibition here, as the immediate entry of water makes it obvious that he is digging a water channel.
ולמאן דאמר מפני שנראה כעודר ליחוש מפני שמכשיר אגפיה לזריעה אלא איכא בינייהו דקא שקיל מיניה ושדי לבראי למאן דאמר מפני שמכשיר אגפיה לזריעה ליכא למאן דאמר מפני שנראה כעודר איכא
The Gemara asks: But according to the one who said that digging a water channel is prohibited because it appears as if he were hoeing, let him be concerned that the digger thereby prepares the channel's banks for planting and render digging prohibited in this case as well. Rather, the matter must be explained differently, such that there is a practical difference between them in a case where he takes the earth that he excavates from the channel and throws it a considerable distance outside. According to the one who said that it is prohibited because he thereby prepares the channel's banks for planting, there is no prohibition here, as he does not prepare them for planting. But according to the one who said it is prohibited because it appears as if he were hoeing, there is a prohibition here, as here too, it appears as if he were hoeing.
ולמאן דאמר מפני שמכשיר אגפיה לזריעה ליחוש מפני שנראה כעודר עודר נמי כי קא שקיל בדוכתיה מנח ליה
The Gemara asks: But according to the one who said that digging a water channel is prohibited because he thereby prepares its banks for planting, let him be concerned that the digger appears as if he were hoeing. The Gemara answers that this is not a concern, because it is also true of one who hoes that when he takes up a clump of earth, he puts it down again in its place. Consequently, since one throws the dug-up earth far away, it is immediately apparent that he is not engaged in hoeing but is rather digging a water channel.
אמימר מתני לה מפני שנראה כעודר וקשיא ליה דרבי אלעזר בן עזריה אדרבי אלעזר בן עזריה ומי אמר רבי אלעזר בן עזריה כל שנראה כעודר אסור
Ameimar would teach this mishna as stating explicitly that Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says that one may not dig a new water channel during the Sabbatical Year because it appears as if he were hoeing his field, and he therefore found a difficulty between this statement of Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya and another statement of Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya. The difficulty is as follows: Did Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya actually say that any action that causes him to appear as if he were hoeing is prohibited?
ורמינהי עושה אדם את זבלו אוצר רבי מאיר אוסר עד שיעמיק שלשה טפחים או עד שיגביה שלשה טפחים היה לו דבר מועט מוסיף עליו והולך
One may raise a contradiction to this assertion from a mishna (Shevi'it 3:3) that states: A person may pile his manure in his field during the Sabbatical Year so that it becomes a storage heap, and there is no cause for concern that it may appear as if he were fertilizing his field. Rabbi Meir prohibits this unless he deepens the storage area for the manure three handbreadths below the ground or raises it three handbreadths above the surface of the ground, so that it does not appear as if he were fertilizing his field. If he already had a small amount of manure in that heap from before the Sabbatical Year, he may continue to add to it, and there is no need for concern.
רבי אלעזר בן עזריה אוסר עד שיעמיק שלשה או עד שיגביה שלשה או עד שיתן על הסלע
Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya prohibits piling his manure in his field unless he deepens the storage area for the manure three handbreadths below the surface of the ground, or he raises it three handbreadths above the surface, or he places it on a rock. In any event, it seems that according to Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya, it is permitted for him to dig a hole in the ground in order to deposit his manure there, even though he might appear to be hoeing the ground.
רבי זירא ורבי אבא בר ממל חד אמר כגון שהעמיק וחד אמר זיבלו מוכיח עליו
Rabbi Zeira and Rabbi Abba bar Memel both offered resolutions to this difficulty: One of them said: The case in this second mishna is one where he had already deepened the three-handbreadth pit during the sixth year. And the other one said: His pile of manure is proof that he intends merely to bury the manure and not to hoe the field.
ומתקנין את המקולקלת במועד מאי מקולקלת אמר רבי אבא שאם היתה עמוקה טפח מעמידה על ששה טפחים
§ It was taught in the mishna that the Rabbis say: One may repair a damaged water channel during the intermediate days of a Festival. What is meant by a damaged water channel? Rabbi Abba said that if it was now a handbreadth deep because it had become filled with sediment, he may dredge it out until he sets it at its original depth of six handbreadths.
פשיטא חצי טפח על שלשה טפחים כיון דלא עבר מיא לא כלום הוא טפחיים על שנים עשר דקא טרח טירחא יתירא לא
Based on this ruling, the Gemara clarifies several practical issues: It is obvious that if the channel is half a handbreadth deep and he wants to restore it to a depth of three handbreadths, since water does not flow through a three-handbreadth-deep channel in sufficient quantity, it is nothing at all and it is certainly prohibited to exert oneself with work that provides insignificant benefit. So too, if the channel is two handbreadths deep and he wants to deepen it to twelve handbreadths, even though he preserves the same ratio as in Rabbi Abba's case, since it involves excessive exertion, no, this is also not permitted.
טפחיים על שבעה מהו הכא חמשה קא מעמיק והכא חמשה קא מעמיק או דלמא כיון דאיכא טפח יתירא איכא טירחא טפי תיקו
However, in a case where the channel is two handbreadths deep and he wants to deepen it to seven handbreadths, what is the halakha? The Gemara explains the two sides of the question of whether this can be compared to the case in the mishna: Here, in the case of dredging a one-handbreadth-deep channel to restore its depth of six handbreadths, he deepens the channel by five handbreadths, and similarly here, in the case of deepening the channel from two to seven handbreadths, he likewise wants to deepen it by five handbreadths, and therefore it should be permitted. Or perhaps, since there is an extra handbreadth of depth, then bending over to dig that additional handbreadth involves greater effort, which is unnecessary, and so possibly it should be prohibited. The Gemara states that the dilemma shall stand unresolved.
אביי שרא לבני בר המדך לשחופי נהרא רבי ירמיה שרא להו לבני סכותא למיכרא נהרא טמימא רב אשי שרא להו לבני מתא מחסיא לאקדוחי נהר בורניץ אמר כיון דשתו מיניה רבים כרבים דמי ותנן עושין כל צורכי רבים
It was related that Abaye permitted the people of Bar Hamdakh to remove the branches of the trees from the river on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabbi Yirmeya permitted the people of Sekhavta to dredge out a river that had become blocked. Rav Ashi permitted his townsmen, the people of Mata Meḥasya, to clean out the nearby Burnitz River. He said: Since the public drinks from it, it is considered like a public need, and we learned in the mishna that one may tend to all other public needs on the intermediate days of a Festival.
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§ It was taught in the mishna: During the intermediate days of a Festival one may repair
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Magnets have both a north pole and a south pole.
The magnetic lines of force flow from pole to pole as shown in the sketch.
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Alicia Napoleon Defends Her Title Against Once-Beaten Contender
Hannah Rankin Saturday, August 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Super Middleweight champion ready to defend her title on August 4. Photo Credit: DiBella Entertainment
LONG ISLAND, NY (July 16, 2018) – WBA Women's Super Middleweight World Champion Alicia "The Empress" Napoleon, (9-1, 5 KO's), of Lindenhurst, NY will make her first defense against WBC Silver Middleweight titlist Hannah Rankin, (5-1, 1 KO) of Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, August 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Scheduled for ten rounds, Napoleon vs. Rankin is a special attraction undercard bout on the stacked Premier Boxing Champions card headlined by the welterweight showdown between former world champions Andre Berto and Devon Alexander on FOX and FOX Deportes (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT).
"I'm thrilled for this opportunity to be able to defend my world title for the first time on Long Island at NYCB LIVE," said Napoleon. "It's a special moment in my career and truly an honour to be part of the first women's bout ever in this iconic venue.
"I know how good Hannah Rankin is. She just won the WBC Silver Middleweight Title and she's taller than me with a longer reach, plus she just finished training with Cecilia Braekhus. I've been training the whole summer and I'll be ready to defend my title on August 4."
Alicia Napoleon is excited to defend her title against Hannah Rankin. Photo Credit: Double G Sports
Napoleon: I am excited
"I'm very excited to announce this women's world title fight between Alicia Napoleon and Hannah Rankin on our stacked August 4 event at the Coliseum," said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment.
"Alicia is a Long Island girl and a charismatic world champion with a legion of fans in the New York City area. She won her world title at Barclays Center and will defend it at NYCB LIVE. Hannah Rankin is a quality challenger from Scotland, who is well known for her ring ambition as well as her accomplishments as a professional musician. Women's boxing in the United Sates and internationally continues to rise in popularity and our commitment to promoting it remains stronger than ever."
The popular Napoleon, owner of both Overthrow Gyms in Manhattan and Brooklyn, won her world title on March 3 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a dominant ten-round decision over previously undefeated Femke Hermans in front of a huge contingent of supporters from both Long Island and New York City. Napoleon had a previous fight scheduled for June 21 postponed and has continued training in preparation to defend her world title.
Fighting in the paid ranks for just one-year, Rankin defeated then undefeated Sanna Turunen over ten rounds in June to capture the vacant WBC Silver Women's Middleweight Title and her third straight victory headed into August 4.
A professional musician outside of the ring, the 27-year-old Rankin plays the bassoon and has travelled the world in recent years playing with numerous orchestras while also training and furthering her career in the squared circle.
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Just because there is nothing available now, doesn't mean that they won't offer something down the line and when speaking to their customer support team, Sportsbetting24 found out that they do regularly look to do 'deposit bonuses, free bets, free spins and other fun things'.
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Where Can I Find Great Betting Promos?
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Can I trust Betsson for Sports Betting?
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Online sports betting has changed over the years, and now in-play betting is a huge part of it with various sportsbooks offering different in-play products to help you enjoy your favourite sports.
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Much like the rest of the website, the customer service and Help area do a great job in giving the customer the assistance they're looking for. It's clean and easy to find the different functions - essential to a good customer service page. They're also an excellent source of free bet information.
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Firstly, it's worth saying that the FAQ area is one of the best we've come across - loads of pre-written questions, the ability to search and comprehensive pre-written answers that should cover the majority of what you're after.
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Email wise, they advise that they'll take between 30 and 60 minutes to respond and all enquiries go to [email protected]
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Live Chat has a response time of 30seconds which sounds a little optimistic at first, but when tested o numerous occasions, they've exceeded this. More importantly, the customer service we've received here has been top-level; friendly, professional, informative and fun - you're dealing with a human rather than a bot.
Where Else do Betsson Operate?
Betsson, as mentioned already, are a huge betting business and one that targets customers from all over the world. The website itself has 17 different language versions, mostly in European languages and the site is very much set-up from a more European position with betting terminology and language not UK-focused.
A big presence in the Scandinavian nations, which makes sense with the company originating there, they do still value UK customers, and the fact that they've invested heavily into elements like live streaming and the mobile website is encouraging too.
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Although it's a casino-first operator, Betsson has the capabilities to provide an attractive betting product. However, until this very day, this isn't the case. The lack of horse racing odds makes it inadequate for UK bettors, and they still do not pay enough attention to the UK audience from a bonus and promotion perspective. Their eyes are focused on casino players only, but we think this will change soon, especially since they are so big, and due to the existing regulation, the number of new operators has been brought to a minimum.
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The best product builders are both ruthlessly self-critical AND filled with positive faith in the product. They have enough faith and belief to fully commit themselves to the creative endeavor. At the same time, they have the strength of character to see clearly how their product is really quite lousy and can be so much better. You have to have a strong character to keep the pressure on. As F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." Great product people must believe — and be very critical — at the same time.
In business and product planning with teams, I love it when people have "passionate beliefs loosely held." What that means to me is that as you argue it out, bring passion and fire to your articulation of an idea. Believe in that idea fully in the moment. That will give it its best chance of being convincing and thus becoming a reality.
But also hold that idea loosely, and be able to let it go in a few minutes. That allows ideas to flow and the best option to be adopted by the team.
Don't allow process creep. As part of maintaining a fast production culture, you should actively prevent too many processes from getting put in place.
10 at 10 meetings. Have a 10-minute, standing-up meeting at 10 am where everyone on the team reviews what they've accomplished yesterday and what they're planning to do today. This is a quick way to sync people surface any conflicts early in the day before too much work is done.
Spend less than 5% of the minutes you're working per week on meetings. It can be done, and your communication will be much crisper and clearer if you hold yourself to this standard.
Engineering Task Blast. An engineer presents a task he/she needs to accomplish to the other engineers on the team. Everyone writes down how long they think it will take. Everyone shares their number and then talk about how the engineer might do the task it faster. They agree at the end how long it should take, and then the engineer is held accountable by their peers.
Don't create silos. Whenever an organization creates "engineers" or "marketing" silos, it slows the company's progress down. Only allow cross functional meetings.
Establish a cadence of work. Regular releases, weekly milestones, daily short meetings, monthly major releases, regular user testing and review of the report, after work drinks, etc. Get in a grove with your team, your product and your users.
Measure the right things and elevate those to everyone's view. As a manager you should obsess about choosing the right metrics to measure, how you're presenting what you're measuring (meetings, daily email stats reports, flat panels on the wall with real time data, private emails) and then how you reward people for accomplishments publicly.
Quick, cheap, early user feedback. Put up design mocks on forums. Put up a video of what you think it will do and ask for feedback. One CEO told me the best thing he did in 2009 was implement a weekly program of buying 5 tests of his product by target users from http://www.usertesting.com and then reviewing the resulting videos on Friday afternoons.
Transparency. Having all goals and data available throughout the company allows good people at every level to make the right decisions faster. You must make it really easy and really clear (and perhaps fun!) for people to get the data they need to make decisions.
Small teams. Google constantly breaks teams down into no more than 7 people. Amazon has "Pizza box teams" which is defined as a group that only needs one large pizza to have dinner. Over 300 Pizza Box Teams touch Amazon's home page.
Communicate priorities. Create a spreadsheet that everyone on the team easily has access to that shows all the major things that need to be done in priority order with the name of the person to do them and the date they are to be done. In meetings, argue over this list.
Create the perception of competition to motivate all external relationships. Getting other organizations and people outside your company to move quickly (VC's, clients, distribution partners, potential employees, users) is very difficult. The main lever you have is to always make it clear to them that there is time urgency and competition for whatever they think they may want from you. That's the most repeatable and universally effective lever you have.
Get cultural DNA for speed. Make sure the people in your company want to go fast and know how to go fast. Make it a major part of your interview process and visible culture. Web 2.0 folks generally get it, but others don't and they need to be cycled out. Can you pair fast people with not-fast people and teach the not-fast people how to go fast? No. You can't. In short, get the right people.
Every engineer ships production code their first day at work. As part of building up the cultural DNA about quickly writing code and pushing it out for users to use, you should set it up so every engineer writes and pushes live some code to the production servers on their first day of work. If the site breaks in some way, shame on you for not having it set up avoid that.
Make shipping a fetish. Make shipping product fast to the right customer the obsession.
Fast is not sloppy. Make sure your team knows the difference.
The best thing to do is the easiest thing to do. But do it right. That's speed.
Don't own the product, own the goal. At Google, teams choose a goal to own, not a feature to own, or even a product to own. What product solution ends up achieving a goal evolves much more in a business than the goal itself, so the goal is the better target, and gives the team more opportunity for creativity and speed.
Make decisions. Make sure you're making decisions, not pseudo-decisions or delaying decisions. Commit to it as a team, and have the team demand it from management.


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Mundelein Mayor Announces He Tested Positive for Coronavirus: Report
Published March 24, 2020 • Updated on March 24, 2020 at 8:19 am
The mayor of north suburban Mundelein has reportedly announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.
Mayor Steve Lentz made a statement about his diagnosis during a virtual village board meeting on Monday, according to the Daily Herald.
Lentz told the Herald he was experiencing "mild symptoms" and his wife also tested positive for the virus, but they were optimistic about recovery.
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"Normally, I would never tell our constituents that I have a runny nose, a cold, the flu, or even a broken limb," Lentz said in his statement during Monday's board meeting, according to the Herald. "But given the awful events surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus, as an elected official I feel obligated to disclose that over the weekend I tested positive for this virus."
He went to a coronavirus testing center on Friday after feeling a "scratchy throat" and learned his positive results the following day, Lentz told the Herald. He and his wife have isolated inside their home, according to the Herald.
"My first symptom, a scratchy throat, was so mild I would never have thought I had (the virus)," he told the Herald. "Without the call to social distancing, I think it highly likely that I would have gone about my routine as usual and spread the disease unknowingly."
Health officials announced Monday that an additional 236 cases of COVID-19 had been identified across the state, bringing the total in Illinois to 1,285 in 31 counties.
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