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Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway Tulsa
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway consists of the portion of US Highway 169 from Memorial Drive to the Tulsa County line. The memorial was created through the efforts of the Last Man Club of Pearl Harbor Survivors in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This group petitioned the Oklahoma legislature to designate the highway as a memorial.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution designating the Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway on March 8, 2001. House Concurrent Resolution 1007 includes the following statement of the intent of the House of Representatives to recognize the significance and impact of the Pearl Harbor Attack.
Whereas, the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941, forever changed the history of the world; and
Highway sign on Highway near 169/Creek Turnpike interchange
Whereas, the attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the death of 2,403 servicemen and civilians, the wounding of 1,178 servicemen and civilians, damaged or destroyed eight battleships, destroyed 188 airplanes, and forever affected the lives of every American family; and
Whereas the U.S.S. Oklahoma was one of the ships to perish on that infamous day; and
Whereas, the attack on Pearl Harbor will forever be indelible on the minds and hearts of all Americans.
Four Tulsans who were survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack were present in the House chamber when the resolution was adopted, representing all service members who were present at Pearl Harbor during the attack. They were Navy survivors R.J. Norman, Arles Cole and Jay Jernigan; and Army survivor Robert Wheeler. These men were all members of the Last Man Club, a group of Pearl Harbor Survivors in Tulsa. The highway is one of the busiest in Tulsa, and the memorial signs on the highway remind the thousands of motorists who drive past these signs each day of the Pearl Harbor attack.
There are many lessons to learn from the Pearl Harbor memorial. Google a phrase like "lessons of Pearl Harbor" and you will get hundreds of hits. Here are two worth contemplating the next time you notice that sign on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway.
For those who survived the attack, and the families of those who did not, the attack was at least partly the result of America's failure to be vigilant and prepared for threats to our freedom. The bravery and sacrifice of the service members who fought, died or were wounded that day were due to our failure to recognize and prepare for the threat Japan posed to the United States at that time. Pearl Harbor survivors remind us of this lesson: freedom is not free. Pearl Harbor is a powerful enduring reminder that we must be aware of threats and prepare to meet them if we are to remain a free country.
Another lesson is reconciliation can occur after conflict. Consider the wording of the House Resolution. Japan is not mentioned in the resolution because it is the attack and its effects that are memorialized as an enduring message. Japan was defeated after almost four years of total war, culminating in the devastating nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The enduring lesson is that even after such a brutal conflict, enemies can become allies through cooperation and understanding.
There are many excellent web sites about Pearl Harbor. Visit these two for a good start on the subject:
National Parks Service Pearl Harbor site
The USS Oklahoma Memorial


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'Satan' Geldof: Bob is only interested in Tiger Lily's inheritance, says granny
By RICHARD SIMPSON
Last updated at 11:07 20 September 2007
Bob Geldof has been branded "Satan" by the mother of his late love-rival Michael Hutchence.
Patricia Glassop claimed the poverty campaigner and rock star has severed all ties between her family and Tiger Lily, the 11-year-old daughter of Hutchence and Geldof's late ex-wife Paula Yates.
Mrs Glassop accused Geldof of being a bad father, interested only in the inheritance the youngster would get when she comes of age.
She also complained the Dublin-born Live Aid hero, who has an honourary knighthood, was refusing to let the youngster come "home" to Australia and is "very cruel" in keeping her from her rightful family.
Referring to his much-used nickname of Saint Bob, Patricia said: "He's certainly not
a saint, I can't see that side of him at all.
"I think he is Satan."
On national television in Australia yesterday, Mrs Glassop revealed she was informed two weeks ago that Geldof wanted to adopt Tiger Lily.
She has been living with him as her legal guardian in London since her mother Paula Yates died from a heroin overdose in 2000.
INXS singer Hutchence was found hanged in a Sydney hotel room in November 1997, after what was rumoured to have been a bizarre act of auto-eroticism.
Mrs Glassop claimed Geldof rarely lets her see or speak to her granddaughter.
She added: "I think he is cruel, very cruel to keep her from her family.
"I am not allowed to speak to her on the phone. He's even changed the phone number."
She said she has seen her granddaughter twice in the last seven years, once in London and once last year when Tiger Lily stayed with her for five days at her Gold Coast luxury apartment while Geldof performed in Australia.
She said: "She rang here five nights in a row when she went home, begging to come to live with us but Bob, of course, wouldn't let her."
She also alleged that presents she sends Tiger Lily were hidden.
Mrs Glassop criticised Geldof's other children, saying the singer brought them up "like hippies" and claiming he 'has no control over anything' his daughters do in public.
Of Peaches, Geldof's 18-year-old daughter, she said: "I don't think she should be Tiger's role model.
"Tiger knows about it and reads about it."
She accused Geldof of greed, saying: "Whoever gets the child gets the inheritance.
He has control of Michael's "money".
Mrs Glassop said she thought the money had gone missing but "he can keep all the money he's got belonging to Michael, we just want Tiger".
She added: "We just hope Tiger gets to hear that we want her. If we can't have custody then we would like annual visits."
Geldof, who has previously declined to comment on Mrs Glassop's claims, was unavailable last night.

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"Best Mistake" is a song from Ariana Grande's second studio album, "My Everything" (released in August 2014). It features a rap part by Big Sean. Ariana Grande said that "Best Mistake" was her favourite track from the album, and we can see why - her voice sounds just great over those beautiful piano chords!
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The Flight MD is equipped with the Navigator texture and a semen collector cup. Test your navigation skills as you explore the tight and bumpy ride of the Flight MD. Purchase includes regular Flight endcap, adapter, and collection cup.
The Flight Navigator in the first third of the inner canal offers a bump texture consisting of six rows of big bumps (0.5 x 0.2 inch / 12 x 5 mm each) which have been borrowed from the Stamina training Unit. In the rear canal part is a relatively tight and smooth-walled tube with a triangular cross-section. At the canal end is a funnel-shaped canal expansion which is designed to support the drainage of semen into the collection cup.
The purpose behind this new development is likely its usage as a device for the collection of sperm donations, which could very well be the reason behind the medical-looking appearance of the design as well as the name Flight "MD" for "Medical Device". Only time will tell whether the Flight MD Navigator will end up serving for this purpose. In any event, it is a brilliant idea and in my opinion it should be a standard "apparatus" in any hospital or laboratory. But also for home-use, the collection cup is a rather quirky additional gimmick that allows you to see exactly how much sperm the Fleshlight Flight MD can suck out of your body.
rich28988's Review
December 27th, 2017 by rich28988
This is pretty much a smaller version of the Endurance and Super Tight condensed into one travel-friendly size. The suction effect is weaker, however, because of it's smaller size. It's great for travel but I there's something about the feel of this material that doesn't do much for me. Somehow I can't really feel as much as I can with the regular flesh-coloured or Ice material. Given the short l... Read More
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Fleshlight Navigator Reviews
Intensity 3
Stimulation 2.9
Penetration 2.15
Tightness 3.65
Realism 1.65
Variation 3.2
Orgasm Rating 3.15
Dry Time 3.7
Owns 17 Sleeves, 17 Ratings, 17 Reviews
This is pretty much a smaller version of the Endurance and Super Tight condensed into one travel-friendly size. The suction effect is weaker, however, because of it's smaller size. It's great for travel but I there's something about the feel of this material that doesn't do much for me. Somehow I can't really feel as much as I can with the regular flesh-coloured or Ice material. Given the short length of this sleeve, it's good that there are effectively only 2 textures as I can discern the two, unlike Pilot which I think has one too many textures.
Does the job, good size for travel, but not a fan of the sleeve material.
Score 2.97 Overall Satisfaction 2.6
Thank rich28988
Casquetero's Review
March 16th, 2013 by Casquetero
Owns 56 Sleeves, 5 Ratings, 58 Reviews
When I saw the first photos of the new Flight Navigator (also known as the Flight M.D.), I thought the guys at Fleshlight had gone crazy. Why would anyone want a semen collection cup at the end of their FL? Well, apparently someone at ILF has a weird sense of humor - or a weird semen collection fetish - and included a graded specimen cup to a FL so you can measure how much juice you shoot after a session. As if I would make a record of how much I cum every time I masturbate! (Which I maybe start doing now that I have the Navigator...) Is the Navigator good enough to justify a specimen collection cup? Lets go to the review to find out!
The Navigator has the same external design of the other Flight toys - Pilot and Instructor - but comes with an additional end cap housing a graded collection cup like the one used in sperm banks. The toy has both the novelty collection cup and the regular end cap of the Flight line, so it costs a few extra dollars for the novelty. (At the time of writing this, the collection cup was not optional).
The texture is slightly different from the Instructor. It has a similar arrangement of bumps and smooth surfaces, but the navigator bumps are based on the pointy bumps of the Nipple Alley. There are about five rows of these bumps before opening the tunnel to a smooth section that many of us mistook for an ultra tight section. In reality, the smooth section of the sleeve have some slabs of material to tighten the width of the canal just a little bit, but enough to be felt.
With this design, I expected a milder feedback from the Navigator. Because of the wider smooth section, I expected a texture good for long sessions.
I was expecting long sessions with the Navigator and I got them - ending in awesome orgasms. The bumps are less pronounced that the ones on the Nipple Alley, so they feel less aggressive than them. The smooth section, although it is wider than expected, has a nice narrower entrance, simply caressing your penis in every stroke. If the Pilot and the Instructor are about control, the Navigator is about pleasure.
The Navigator simply allows you to control the session and enjoy it. Imagine driving a convertible car in a road next to the coast. You are just cruising, enjoying the scenery and the whole trip. Once you arrive at your destination, you have a grin from ear to ear. That's how I felt using the MD. I put a porn movie on the DVD player, took my position in bed and humped this toy at a leisure pace for 30 to 45 minutes before reaching powerful and happy orgasms.
Now I understand why ILF named this toy the MD... It takes off your stress better than any pill!
As all Fleshlight / FleshJack toys, cleaning is as easy as just running water through the toy.
The Flight Navigator is the perfect toy for those looking for a compact and discrete toy for long sessions. The collection cup adds a novelty factor, but I could not care less about it.
Thank Casquetero
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As part of the T2 Panic effort, I've recently been diving deep into the issues of sharing location. It is unfortunately looking really bad, with many services, including Google, frequently sharing location as plain text over the network. I've started to write up some of the issues on this blog.
As part of this, I've put together an experimental Android app that aims to act as a privacy filter for all ways of sharing location. Mostly, that means it accepts all sorts of URLs from location services, and tries to parse the location from the URL, then rewrites it into a geo: URI, which is the standard way to share location in Android (and hopefully soon all others). As of ChatSecure v14.1.0, these geo: URLs are also clickable.
Many URLs are not parsable, like http://goo.gl/maps/Cji0V. LocationPrivacy then goes online and to try to fetch the location. This should happen over Tor, but it does not yet. You have been warned! Otherwise, it changes the URL to HTTPS on services that support it.
Please do not rely on this app for strong privacy, it is still very much a new, beta app.


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Interview: Displaced and Destitute as Guinea Advances Dam Project with Help from China
How a Flawed Resettlement Process Is Robbing Thousands of Villagers of Their Livelihood
How has the construction of the dam affected people's livelihood so far? The vast majority of people who are being resettled are farmers whose families have exploited the land in the area for generations. Most are extremely…
March 5, 2020 News
Interview: Libya's Chaos Explained
Civilians Bear the Brunt of Renewed Fighting
Libya began descending into chaos after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011. Could you summarize the complex situation in Libya today? The latest conflict started in April 2019, when an armed group in eastern Libya called…
November 7, 2019 News
Congo Warlord Gets 30 Years
Persistence Over Many Years Helps Bring Bosco Ntaganda to Justice
How long had you been investigating Ntaganda's abuses? I started documenting his abuses when I first moved to Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008. Bosco Ntaganda was a member of the Rwandan-backed CNDP (Congrès national pour la…
Interview: Playing in Poisoned Dust
Being Outside is a Health Risk for Some of Zambia's Children
How did you first become aware of the problem in Kabwe? We learned about it from an environmental group several years ago but became interested in doing our own research after seeing a young person from Kabwe speak at a United Nations event.…
Interview: The Dangers of Opposing Mining in South Africa
Left Destitute and Sick, Communities Defy Police Abuse and Threats to Assert their Rights
What changes for a community once a mine starts operating? Most mining in South Africa takes place in rural areas, where people live off the land and their livestock. Mining often forces people to leave the land they use for farming and grazing…
Interview: The Future of International Justice Amid Boundless Cruelty
The ICC Turns 20
You were there when the treaty establishing the ICC was completed 20 years ago. What was that like? It was a six-week rollercoaster ride of intense negotiations, preceded by three years of negotiations at United Nations…
Interview: Finally, Justice for Victims in Afghanistan?
This potential investigation sounds like big news, especially if alleged US crimes are examined. What kinds of crimes have taken place in Afghanistan since 2003? The prosecutor said she is seeking permission to investigate alleged crimes against…
Interview: Victims Need a Greater Say at ICC
Many people in Lukodi, in northern Uganda, were killed and abducted by the brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in 2004. Today, a former LRA commander, Dominic Ongwen, is on trial for these crimes and others at the…
How Equatorial Guinea Turned Corruption into an Art Form
Equatorial Guinea has the highest GDP per capita of any African country. What's gone wrong? About 20 years ago the country discovered oil, and virtually overnight it went from being one of the poorest…
Interview: Pushed to the Brink in Turkana
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world. Anthropologists consider it the cradle of civilization, where some of the earliest hominid fossils were found. Roughly 300,000 people live around Lake Turkana, and most…
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In this article, I will write about how to get professional wedding photos.
During Autumn/Fall I always tend to get quite a few enquiries from very disappointed couples who have had their wedding photos recently delivered. As I have mentioned in one of my previous post I am not only a photographer, but also a photo retoucher -check out my website, and I spend my time in between photography assignments retouching photos. What still never fails to surprise me – is the amount of so called "professional photographers". Plying their trade, charging ridiculous fees and having the audacity to send complete junk to their clients..
I am interested In getting my wedding photos retouched. I have been married for almost 3 years and I rarely ever show people my photos as there are a large number that I feel could look better (Example bad angles, my arm is in weird position or I have obvious bags under my eyes etc) and even a few photos where I feel we missed out on getting completely.. I also feel the photos would look a bit nicer with a filter over them or change in lighting for some.
I have for a while now been seriously thinking about getting them re-touched but have never gotten around to doing it. My photographer had a "candid" style of shooting so didn't do any posed or styled photographs which is what I preferred but at the same time I feel a little bit of direction from him, could have been given so some shots could of turned our better.
There are also a few photos where I feel the background could have been nicer so are you able to change the background in a few of the photos if I send a copy of the background I preferred?
I see you offer this service and I feel there would be at least 30-50 photos that I would like fixed.
As you can read from the email, there seems to have been absolutely no communication between the photographer and the client, even more importantly no interest in hearing what type of photos would be best suited for their wedding. Worst of all no attention to composition at all! It was probably the most difficult set of retouches I have had all year, from sharpening out of focus people to cutting out and placing the wedding party onto better looking backgrounds. Basically a "rescue retouch" batch of photographs.
This unfortunately does not only occur in wedding photography, I have had to do some disaster repairs to stock photography as well as studio fashion shoots that have gone completely pear shaped!
Check out your prospective photographer thoroughly. Nowadays the only thing some unscrupulous photographers do to get started is buy a semi decent digital camera, get a website template customised and worst off, go to a stock photo library like Shutterstock and purchase some great looking photos that they pass of as their portfolio.
So how do you evaluate their real skill level? Quite easy actually; when booking the photographer, I would always suggest you meet them to get a feel for them. Most professional wedding photography these days is quite pricey, so you have every right to spend a good couple of hours discussing your particular needs with the photographer. Some of the best photographs usually happen when there is a good communication between the subject and the photographer – meeting and talking with them, will give you a good idea of how you interact with him/her.
Ask to see their recent photos, ask what style they like working in: formal portrait style or capture the moment etc. Does this meet with your requirements? Do you know what you are looking for in your photos?
Before I do a wedding photo shoot, I always ask my clients to send me at least 10 photos that catches their eye, and to tell me why they like the photo. I also ask them to find photos with a particular tone/mood that they like (black & white, sepia, warm tones even standard unedited digital images), so that I clearly understand what style they would like the final image to be processed into.
Ask the photographer if they know how to process a photo, do they have any retouching skills? What happens on your big day if a bridesmaid has an outbreak of acne? Removing some spots from a face is quite an easy process if you know how to. Remember most professional photos have been retouched. That does not mean you have to do any drastic changes, maybe remove a stain from a shirt, an unwanted piece of junk in the corner is enough to transform the photo.
I would even go as far as to ask the photographer to shoot a few sample shots of you and your partner. These results would give you a good idea of what you can expect from your wedding photos – it is a lot easier to cancel before the day, than to spend the rest of you married days annoyed at your wedding photographer!
Understand your physical limits, if you are overweight, have a skin condition or a certain posture/pose that in your mind which is not flattering, discuss this with your photographer. Make sure they know what you are hoping from the final photos. A good photographer can use this information and work on the composition during the shoot, if needed do some adjustments in the post processing.
Before the wedding, ask your photographer if they are prepared to give you the full set of the originals. This is like having the negatives in the old days. Explain that these will be for your archives, and as a backup if you lose or damage the final photos. This would also make it easier to retouch them if you hate the final photos. I have seen some truly appalling final photos, which unfortunately were the only versions the photographer had kept.
Lastly ask what format you will get the final photos delivered to you. There is a huge difference between what a screen/monitor shows and what is needed for a decent size wedding photo to be printed. Screen resolution is usually 72 DPI (pixels per inch), for printing you need 300 DPI. If you print photos that were meant for your computer, they will appear quite blurry or grainy, especially at larger print sizes.
I hope this will help you get the wedding photos you are after, remember if you have not yet had your big day, get in touch with me, who knows I might just surprise you with the results.


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Wednesday Night Whinos has become the premier Main Line ladies social club!
Wednesday Night Whinos, AroundMainLine.com's very popular Main Line ladies social club, continues to grow in its popularity—and for good reason! Whinos, which launched this past March, has brought hundreds of local women together at restaurants, shops and businesses across the Main Line and surrounding suburbs. Wednesday Night Whinos is free and open to all women 21 and over and has helped local gals meet new friends, make business connections and experience the fantastic businesses, boutiques and restaurants the region has to offer!
Whinos picks back up this month with, not one, but two awesome parties. New AML client Whitney Ayerle Bachrach opened an exciting, chic accessories boutique in Eagle Village Shops on September 1st called Kat Bradley! Join over a hundred local women this Wednesday for a great kickoff to fall fashion. Then, as part of our exciting inaugural Main Line Restaurant Week running September 27th through October 3rd, 2010, we will host a special Wednesday Night Whinos at Dettera Restaurant and Wine Bar. Full details below and, of course, on both AroundMainLine.com Facebook event pages. See you soon ladies!
A Taste of Britain, a Main Line Restaurant Week participant, is catering Wednesday Night Whinos' sophisticated soiree at Kat Bradley boutique in Eagle Village Shops on September 8th.
Details: Whinos will take place at the Kat Bradley Shop in the rear of Eagle Village Shops. The shop is directly behind georges' restaurant.
Food: Whinos will be catered by Kat Bradley neighbor, A Taste of Britain. Enjoy delicious, complimentary appetizers courtesy of this popular British tea and lunch spot-who is participating in Main Line Restaurant Week as they launch their dinner menu September 27th.
Prizes: Sign in with a business card, email address and cell number and you will be entered to win our mega Main Line Restaurant Week gift card giveaway! We will be drawing names for $50 gift cards Wednesday night and announcing them on Main Line Restaurant Week's Facebook Fan Page.
Discounts: Kat Bradley is offering 15% off all store accessories for our Whinos event!
Main Line Restaurant Week Menu: Click here to view A Taste of Britain's menu for Main Line Restaurant Week and to make a reservation.
Virtual Tour of Kat Bradley: Click here to view a virtual tour of Kat Bradley on their Facebook fan page!
Details: Free food and fabulous drink specials await our Whinos! Join us upstairs at Dettera when you arrive.
Parking: Valet parking is available at Dettera.
Special Guest: Birthday Girl Marilyn Russell of 95.7 BEN-FM will be our celebrity Whino for the night!
Main Line Restaurant Week Event Preview: Click here to read our full preview on MainLineRestaurantWeek.com.
Main Line Restaurant Week Menu: Click here to review Dettera's menu on MainLineRestaurantWeek.com and to make a reservation.
Virtual Tour of Dettera: Thanks to the talents of AroundMainLine.com photographer Courtney Apple, you can view a virtual tour of Dettera on Main Line Restaurant Week's Facebook fan page!


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No Recommendation / Blank
DICE's reboot of a flawed modern classic fixes old problems while introducing new ones all of its own.
Samuel Roberts
Catalyst is as close to a definitive version of a Mirror's Edge game as we're likely to get, despite retaining some of the first game's issues.
Ryan McCaffrey
The staples of Mirror's Edge remain refreshing and unique in the first-person genre in 2016, but Catalyst's attempts to keep up with the open-world Joneses don't always jive with its design strengths of movement and momentum. On top of that, muddy-looking console versions and a lame story filled with unlikable characters doom Mirror's Edge's return to fall short. I was so happy this game was being made, but in the end I'm just as disappointed in how it turned out.
Michael Damiani
Leon Hurley
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst is an interesting game with some strong ideas but not enough variety.
A better game than the original, but it still suffers from many of the same problems – with desperately uninteresting storytelling and combat.
Ben Reeves
This genre-blender experiments with the traditional sandbox formula, but fails to encapsulate the fun elements of an open world
Arthur Gies
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a flawed, but often great breath of something different and exciting in an open-world landscape full of the same old thing.


In the previous Halacha we have explained the basic laws ofShemitta which apply this year, 5775, including some agricultural prohibitions, such as ploughing and pruning.
All of the detailed laws applying to the tending of gardens or fields during Shevi'it do not apply to many people who do not have a field or garden. Thus, let us first discuss the laws ofShemitta which apply to everyone, i.e. the laws of fruits and vegetables grown during the Shemitta year.
Fruits frown during Shevi'it and vegetables picked during Shevi'itretain the sanctity of Shevi'it, for the Torah states (Vayikra 25) regarding the Shemitta year, "For it is a jubilee, it shall be holy for you." Our Sages expounded (Yerushalmi, Shevi'it, Chapter 4) that just as it is holy, so are its fruits holy. This means that all fruits and vegetables grown or picked during Shevi'it (each fruit or vegetable with its respective law as we shall explain) retain sanctity and they cannot be treated the same way they are on other years.
The sanctity of Shevi'it manifests itself in several laws, as follows: The proper way to eat these fruits, the permissible method of selling them, and guarding them from loss or destruction, as we shall soon explain.
The sanctity of Shevi'it only applies to the Land of Israel. Thus, all fruits and vegetables grown outside of Israel, including those grown in Eilat (southern Israeli city which is biblically outside the borders of the Land of Israel), do not retain the sanctity ofShevi'it. All fruits and vegetables grown outside of Israel retain no sanctity even if they were later brought into Israel. Similarly, fruits and vegetables grown in Israel and later exported to other countries do retain the sanctity of Shevi'it, for the law depends on where the produce was grown.
Our Sages decreed that most of the laws of Shevi'it apply to fruits and vegetables grown in Syria so that the Jewish people would not desert their fields in Israel and relocate to Syria in order to work the land there (in those times, Israel and Syria enjoyed good relations).
Nowadays when the market for fruits and vegetables is very large, it is customary in many places where there is a large Torah-observant population to import fruits and vegetables grown outside of Israel in order to avoid any halachic limitations ofShevi'it produce (which we shall try to discuss in a following Halacha, G-d-willing). When the fruits are from Israel, there is usually a sign or sticker next to every fruit and vegetable marking its origin. Nevertheless, in places where no Kashrut organization is responsible for the fruits and vegetables, purchasing produce during Shevi'it can cause serious halachic concerns to arise, as we shall explain.
The sanctity of Shevi'it only rests on things which grow from the ground. However, mushrooms, which do not grow from the ground and require the "Shehakol" blessing, do not retain the sanctity of Shevi'it at all.
The sanctity of Shevi'it rests only on fruits, vegetables, legumes, and the like; on the other hand, the sanctity of Shevi'it does not apply to non-fruit-bearing trees at all. Nevertheless, it is still forbidden to plant or perform any of the works forbidden duringShevi'it on a non-fruit-bearing tree exactly as it is forbidden to do so regarding a fruit tree.
The laws of the sanctity of Shevi'it apply only to land belonging to a Jew in the Land of Israel; however, land belonging to a non-Jew in Israel does not retain the sanctity of Shevi'it. Indeed, Maran Ha'Bet Yosef and his rabbinical court decreed excommunication upon anyone who treated fruits grown on such land with the sanctity of Shevi'it (since this stringency caused a tremendous uproar and confusion in those times; there are those who rule stringently on this matter even nowadays).
In the next Halacha we shall, G-d-willing, discuss the issue of "Heter Mechira" (permissible sale of land in Israel to a non-Jew ahead of Shemitta), those who supported it, those who opposed it, and if there is room to rely on this leniency in our times.


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Yanks' Voit to IL, may need surgery for sports hernia
By JAKE SEINER
NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees placed slugger Luke Voit on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a sports hernia that may require surgery.
Voit was pulled from New York's 4-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night and went for an MRI, which revealed the injury. Manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday the team is still evaluating the severity.
The Yankees expect to determine in the next day or two whether Voit will require surgery, which would take him out of the lineup for about six weeks. If he doesn't need an operation, Boone said it will be a "day to day scenario."
"Sometimes you're able to treat this thing and it becomes a day to day thing," Boone said. "Sometimes surgery is the necessary way to go."
Voit is batting .278 with 19 home runs and an .885 OPS.
Boone said he felt comfortable with the team's depth if Voit does need surgery. Edwin Encarnación would likely get more reps at first base to fill in.
"Worst case, hopefully we'll have him back before the end of the season," Boone said.
Boone also opted to hold All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu out of the lineup for a fourth straight game as he nurses a sore groin. Boone said LeMahieu was available to pinch hit and is expected to start when New York opens a four-game series against Boston on Friday night.
Voit's IL move came hours before the 4 p.m. EDT trade deadline. The Yankees have been shopping for pitching help but haven't swung any impactful moves. That's not a concern to Boone.
"Absolutely we have the people necessary to get this done," he said, adding, "We've obviously been tested a lot this season with our depth. At every turn, it's served us well."
Right-hander David Hale was also placed on the injured list with a lumbar spine strain, retroactive to Sunday. He became the 24th Yankees player on the IsL this year, four more than their disabled list total last season.
Infielder Breyvic Valera and right-hander Jonathan Holder were recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.


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A Reader's Review of American Foreign Policy
A reader sees American foreign policy since World War II as a series of failures in judgment, concluding with Afghanistan and Iraq. The focal point of our policy today, he believes, should be supporting Israeli actions to defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon and then turning all our forces upon Osama Bin Ladin.
Israel Steps Up When The United States Steps Down
By Lewis Lafontaine
??He follows his father, but with shorter strides. ?Virgil
??The President of the United States has acknowledged that things are "bad" in Iraq. The United States chose to invade Iraq believing that the Iraqis abandon Sharia Law which has served Islam well for hundreds of years in favor of a Western style of democracy. This endeavor is doomed to failure.
It is time for the United States to recognize some fundamental facts about Islam.??Jesus was crucified by the Romans and subsequent to his death Peter, his fellow Apostles and followers were relentlessly persecuted by Rome until the conversion to Christianity of the Emperor Constantine in the year 313. From the advent of Christianity Church and State were separated. This separation was exacerbated with the advent of the Protestant Reformation which resulted in many schisms within Christendom and hundreds of years of violence.
In the year 610, Muhammad reported receiving the words of the God from the Archangel Gabriel and wrote them down in what became known as the Koran. Several years later Muhammad and his followers would conquer Mecca in battle thereby uniting Church and State. The Islamic nation state was founded as a Theocracy. Unlike in the West the separation of Church and State is a historically and culturally alien concept within Islam.
The concepts of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are as foreign to Moslems as the concepts of Sharia Law and Fiqh are to Christians.
There are many Islamic nations. Among them are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Syria. While all of these countries are predominately Moslem Islam is not a monolith. The nations of Islam are as historically, culturally and linguistically diverse as their Christian counterparts of Argentina, Armenia, Belgium Botswana, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, Finland, Greece, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Ukraine, and the United States.
Take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then if they turn away seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take no friend nor helper from among them ~ Sura 4:89
At the death of the Prophet Mohammed a schism developed between Sunnis and Shiites over the legitimate successor to Mohammed. The depth of this schism between Shiites and Sunnis must not be underestimated and ought to be used to the advantage of the United States. In the Koran there are indeed admonitions for faithful Moslems to attack the Crusader (Christian) and the Jew but more importantly the Prophet Mohammed condemned the Apostate of Islam as a greater sinner than either Crusader or Jew.
??Approximately 85% of all Muslims are Sunni and Sunnis are the dominate population of Saudis Arabia, Egypt and most other Arab nations. Sunnis are also the majority in non-Arab Turkey and Afghanistan. Sunni Muslims constitute most of the Palestinian Muslim population.
??Iran is the only nation with an overwhelmingly dominate Shiite population. Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain have large Shiite populations. The mixture of Sunni and Shiite populations in Iraq and Lebanon and the fact that they view each other as Apostates goes far in explaining the secular violence in these respective countries.
??hu?bris NOUN: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris (McGeorge Bundy).
??Since 1945 the possession of the Bomb and the existence of oceans separating us from potential enemies in Europe and Asia gave us a false sense of security and invulnerability.
??The United States began to fight "politically correct" wars and settled for a truce in what was referred to as a "police action" in Korea. Today after giving billions of dollars in "aid" to North Korea this third member of the so-called axis of evil possesses the bomb.
??The United States left South Vietnam after 50,000 Americans died. Communist Vietnamese regiments halted the genocide of Pol Pot in Cambodia and went home. A unified communist Vietnam did not conquer any of its neighbors. The ?domino theory? did not materialize at the conclusion of the war. North Vietnam did not change its politics but now enjoys Most Favored Nation status and will soon be admitted to the World Trade Organization.
??The United States under President Carter experienced months of "malaise" while U.S. citizens were held hostage in our own Embassy in Iran and did nothing. The United States during the Reagan Administration did nothing when 200 marines died at the hands of Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Clinton Administration stood idly by as our embassies were bombed in Africa and a Somali thug and his militia killed our airmen. The United States did nothing when the U.S. Cole was bombed. An earlier era would have proclaimed: ?Remember the Cole.?
??Another "Super Power", the Soviet Union, went to war in Afghanistan and lost in this poverty stricken third world country. The United States financed, trained and equipped the Afghan Mujahideen including the Arab Al-Qaida fighters under Osama Bin Laden. The U.S. celebrated this loss by the "Evil Empire" but failed to understand why the Soviets had lost. The U.S. State Department and Department of Defense failed to learn as the British had in an earlier century: "You can rent an Afghan but you cannot buy one." Had the United States recognized this truism it would have used its own forces to destroy Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban at Torah Bora rather than outsourcing the job out to Afghan warlords.
??Like the Soviet Union the United States boasts of capturing Afghan cities and destroying enemy infrastructure. This ignores the fact that Afghanistan has no infrastructure and is not an urban based society. The traditional Mongol method of warfare has always been not to face the enemy in all out battle but ever to retreat and bide their time. Mongols have always surrendered their cities. Mobility, terror and defeating the will of the enemy were the greatest weapons for the Mongols and are the weapons they are using today.
??In addition the Afghans are experiencing bumper crops in the growth of poppies which are finding their way into Western Europe and the United States. The U.S. does nothing to destroy the cultivation of poppies. The U.S. is a long way from victory in Afghanistan and the War on Drugs.
??This history of a failed foreign policy crosses all party lines. While the United States faces the grave threat of chemical and/or nuclear attack upon our soil both republicans and democrats demonize each other. They are like the two lepers who continuously ague with each other over who has the most fingers left.
Prior to the United States choosing to go to war with Iraq Saddam Hussein (a Sunni) represented a buffer that protected the Shiites of the Arabian Peninsula as well as the Jewish State of Israel from aggression by the Shiite dominated Iran. The tragedy of the United States first pre-emptive war in its history is that in geopolitical terms the United State broke what was not broken. Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaida with support from the Taliban in Afghanistan attacked the United States and not Saddam Hussein.
??As a matter of fact Osama Bin Laden despised Saddam Hussein. When Kuwait was invaded by Saddam, Osama begged the Saudis not to allow permanent U.S. Military bases on the Arabian Peninsula that would be used to evict Saddam from Kuwait. Osama offered his mujahideen forces that had already defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan to defeat Saddam and liberate Kuwait.
??Osama is a Sunni who was born in Yemen but raised in Saudi Arabia. He is a devout Sunni who considers the secular Sunni Saddam Hussein an abomination. As a Sunni Osama also has a natural antipathy towards the Shiite Iran. The Saudi Arabian refusal to accept Osama's offer to fight in behalf of the Saudis against Saddam prompted Osama's flight to Afghanistan from Saudi Arabia.
??The United States would renege on its promise to abandon its military bases in Saudi Arabia at the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. This would cement the hatred Osama Bin Laden has of the United States and the Saudi house of Fahd since in the Koran Mohammed prohibits the establishment of any foreign military forces on the Arabian Peninsula.
??Americans should note that there was never an Islamic attack upon a U.S. embassy, vessel or American soil until after the establishment of permanent U.S. military bases upon the soil of the Arabian Peninsula.
??A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.~Joseph Stalin
??Saddam Hussein is an unsavory character but a breath of fresh air compared to Josef Stalin who was an invaluable ally to the United States in defeating Nazi Germany or to the Ottoman Turks who ruled Iraq for over 350 years.
??Americans forget that Saddam made his bones fighting Iran from 1980-1988. It was Saddam who fought the Ayatollah Khomeini. In the first four years of war with Iran Saddam Hussein suffered 250,000 dead troops. He would lose nearly 500,000 by wars end. In comparison the United States has had fewer than 3000 casualties in four years of war in Iraq.
??Saddam hated Israel but he hated the Apostate Iranians even more. A great irony is the fact that had Saddam possessed WMD he would have been far more likely to have used them against Iran than the United States. This is fundamental to understanding how to "fix" Iraq.
??Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one ~Karl Marx
??The United States will never gain a military and political victory in Iraq using its current mode of fighting. Victory with reliance upon high tech weaponry and the avoidance of a high body count (of U.S. forces and the enemy civilian population) is doomed to failure. Like the Battle of Stalingrad only the use of overwhelming force i.e. the firebombing of Baghdad and Fallujah can assure a military victory.
??As in post war Germany and Japan military victory would need to be followed up by a 21st century Marshall Plan giving billions of dollars in economic reconstruction aid to Iraq once the enemy has unconditionally surrendered. Inexplicably the United States currently spends billions of dollars in taxpayer?s money reconstructing enemy territory before the enemy has surrendered.
??Reconstruction of Iraqi cities includes those controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr. This is the same Shiite militia leader who killed a number of U.S. military personnel in Fallujah and still has an outstanding Iraqi warrant charging him with murder. Saudi Arabia whose very existence the United States protects from Iranian aggression pays nothing towards the war effort. Meanwhile millions of Americans pay three dollars a gallon for gasoline produced from Saudi oil.
??America has also pledged aid to Lebanese cities and town bombed by Israel. This aid is given despite the fact the Hezbollah has not surrendered or abandoned the areas being rebuilt.
??Prior to 1945 the United States never lost a war. The Civil war was won with the burning of Atlanta. Dresden and Cologne were firebombed in Germany. The dropping of "Little Boy" on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" on Nagasaki brought Japan to her knees. Civilian casualties inflicted upon enemies of the United States have always been crucial in attaining victory. Since 1945 the United States has fought "politically correct" wars and consequently has never won.
??Nuclear War is and will be an ever present danger in the world but the Wars since 1945 have not been nuclear. They have been modeled after the Battle of Stalingrad I.e. All out urban, or in the case of Vietnam, Jungle warfare. This is an important lesson for America and Europe to internalize since the riots in French cities last summer by Moslem dissidents are probably a forerunner of the urban warfare that will infest Europe in years to come. They are patterned after the battles of Stalingrad, Baghdad and Beirut.
??Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ? John Adams
??Initially the rationale for choosing to go to war with Iraq was to destroy weapons of mass destruction. There were no weapons of mass destruction and faulty intelligence from the CIA was blamed. It was George Tenant who headed the CIA under both Clinton and Bush Administrations guaranteed the existence of WMD in Iraq.
??Shortly after President Bush chose to go to war in Iraq George Tenant received the highest civilian honor this nation can bestow: The Medal of Freedom. With over 2500 dead American soldiers and billions of taxpayer dollars spent one can only wonder at the mockery of bestowing such an honor upon Mr. Tenant.
??The United States must reestablish a buffer between the Arabian Peninsula including Israel in order to prevent military aggression from Iran. To do this the United States must abandon the fantasy of democracy in Iraq and reinstate a Sunni strongman to bring order to Iraq and stand up against Iran.
??President Bush boasts of millions of Iraqis voting in ?democratic? elections. Democratic elections have also been held among the Palestinians and in Lebanon. Hamas won Palestinian elections and Hezbollah won a large block of seats in the Lebanese Parliament. Does the United States have any realistic reason to believe that its enemies will not win democratic elections in Iraq?
??The outcome of War is a most uncertain thing. ~Queen Elizabeth I
??This would bring us full circle back to the geopolitical position in Iraq prior to the U.S. intervention of troops. While an eminently practical solution geopolitically this would be a poison pill domestically for the Bush Administration to swallow.
??There is a second alternative to "fixing" Iraq but the second alternative demands that the makers of U.S. foreign policy and the American public ask a most provocative question: Why does the United States need to fight and die in Iraq to protect Israel?
??It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. ~ Moshe Dayan
??The mid-term elections served as a mandate by the American people demanding the United States remove or substantially reduce its military forces from Iraq. This will create a power vacuum and it is an axiom of international politics that power vacuums are always filled. The question is: Will the power vacuum be filled by Iran or by a nation state that supports the interests of the United States?
??Prior to the mid-term elections in the United States Israel had two of its soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah forces based in Lebanon and subsequently endured missile attacks by Hezbollah forces across the Israeli border with Lebanon.
??Israel retreated ignominiously from Lebanon. Israel did not even attain the most minimal goal of the release of their soldiers who were taken hostage by Hezbollah. The Israeli retreat was due partly to the ferocious fight put up by Hezbollah fighters and in part by pressure from the United States insisting that Israel not be the catalyst for a wider war in the Middle East.
??This is the same Israel who defeated several Arab armies in the 7 Day War. This humiliating defeat on the part of Israel and the inability of the United States to win in Iraq is a source of great succor to our enemies. Imagine: Two nuclear Super Powers unable to defeat largely uneducated insurgents who possess no nuclear weapons, tanks, planes, navy or high tech equipment. This is truly shock and awe!!!
??The mid-term elections in the United States changed the dynamics of the Israeli-American relationship. If the United States cannot establish a situation in Iraq where the Iraqis step up so the United States can step down then it is time for Israel to step up so the United States can step down.
??We always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. ~Golda Meir
??The kidnapped Israeli soldiers have not been released by Hezbollah. Hezbollah is reconstructing its missile sites and reinforcing its military forces and bunker positions in Lebanon. The Israelis have witnessed both the winning of over 30 seats in the Lebanese Parliament by Hezbollah and tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters demonstrating in Beirut for the overthrow of the current Lebanese government which is supportive of the interests of the United States.
??Israel must bring their kidnapped soldiers home to Israeli soil either alive or in body bags. Israel cannot allow Lebanon to fall into the hands of Hezbollah. The very survival of Israel as a nation would be threatened if the Shiite Crescent extended uninterrupted from Tehran continuously through Lebanon to the Israel's northern border.
??Israel must destroy Hezbollah. Hopefully this can be done with the active support of the Lebanese Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians and the tacit support of the Sunni and Druze Moslems in Lebanon and thereby establishing a secure Lebanon which would constitute a buffer against potential Iranian aggression. This objective will only be obtained by the shedding of Israeli blood. Israel is not unfamiliar with the concept of Blood Atonement.
??With the elimination of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the removal or substantial reduction of U.S. troops from Iraq the Iraqis will be forced to make a decisive decision: Make peace with each other or to annihilate each other.
??The United States would then be free to focus on the destruction of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. It is a known fact that members of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban operate in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
??With the United States preoccupied in Iraq the government of Pakistan has negotiated a treaty with the warlords of northwestern Pakistan in which the Pakistani government agrees not to send troops into northwestern Pakistan to attack Al-Qaeda or the Taliban.
??Adding insult to injury, Pakistan who ostensibly is an American ally refuses to allow U.S. troops into northwestern Pakistan to attack forces of Al-Qaeda or of the Taliban. In essence Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have safe refuge in Pakistan. Remarkably there is little outrage from the American public over this farcical situation.
??Once free of the yoke that is Iraq the United States must focus on the destruction of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. This is an imperative objective since there is an ever present danger of a coup occurring in Pakistan that would install militant Islamists in power of a nation possessing nuclear weaponry. This would have a chilling impact not only upon the United States but impact the relationship between Pakistan and India.
??The American and Israeli public opinion must support this objective since they cannot afford to lose the War on Terror.
??If we lose the battle with Crassus and Pompey I won't need a horse, and if we win, we'll be riding Cilician ships from Brundesium. ~Frankel
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Italian town of Cammarata offers free houses to lure new residents
Silvia Marchetti, CNN
Published 4:25 AM EDT, Sat November 2, 2019
Free homes: The Sicilian town of Cammarata is the latest Italian destination to launch a scheme to revive its dwindling community.
Gianpiero La Palerma
Declining town: However, unlike other towns, who are selling homes for one euro, Cammarata is offering them up for absolutely nothing.
Revitalization scheme: "I can't stand to see this gorgeous, old historical center empty and turn into a ruin. It hurts me," says mayor Vincenzo Giambrone, who has spent years convincing owners to hand over their dilapidated properties.
Crumbling properties: According to Giambrone, there are roughly 12 empty stone buildings available at present and "more to come shortly".
High hopes: "New buyers can finally step in to secure these crumbly walls and revive the historical area," adds Giambrone.
Refurbishment assurance: Buyers must commit to renovating their property within three years of purchase and pay a 5,000 euro deposit, which will be returned once the work is complete.
Enzo Li Gregni
Family significance: While all potential buyers who meet the criteria will be considered, couples with children will receive priority.
Welcoming place: "Visitors and guests come first [in Cammarata,] even before our own family," says Giambrone. "Newcomers trigger change, innovation, new ideas. They revamp the local economy and can kick start a revolution."
Purposes optional: New owners can use the buildings as a private house, B&B, hotel, shops or even a restaurant.
Strong preservation: Cammarata is one of several authentic Italian villages fighting against decline.
Dwindling population: The historic town has been deserted by a large number of residents over the years, and many of its homes remain abandoned.
Fortress ruin: Set at an elevation of around 1,000 meters, the town is made up of narrow uphill alleys, arched passageways and winding steps that leads up to its overhanging castle.
Long lifespan: Locals say the town boasts Sicily's highest number of centenarians.
Local longevity: "Each year four to five over-100 birthdays are celebrated and there's this one old guy who every day, after lunch, hops on his Vespa and tours the hills," says local reporter Francesco Lopresti.
Lush landscape: "Cammarata is stunning, the green landscape, the sea and mountains are both nearby. It's a perfect retreat," says Brazilian-Italian Jose Augusto Manetta Ramos, who's considering buying one of the buildings.
Dairy delights: Ainuzzi, cheeses shaped into miniature horses, deers and goats, are also hugely popular.
Courtesy Vincenzo Giambrone
Local delights: The signature pastries here include re Pupi ccu l'ova, which are sweet rolls with a boiled egg placed on top.
Snowy season: It snows in Cammarata a few times a year, offering a refreshing alternative to the hot summer months.
The Sicilian town giving houses away for free
Over the past few years, numerous towns in Italy have resorted to selling homes for just over a dollar in a bid to revitalize their dwindling communities.
Zungoli near Naples and Sicily's Sambuca were the most recent Italian destinations to get in on the act, launching schemes promoting dilapidated properties for just over a dollar with the hope of attracting new residents.
Now, the Sicilian town of Cammarata has gone one step further – offering homes for absolutely nothing.
Desperate to save his hometown from depopulation, mayor Vincenzo Giambrone has spent the last three years convincing owners who've long abandoned their family homes to hand over the empty, crumbling buildings to newcomers for free.
"I can't stand to see this gorgeous, old historical center empty and turn into a ruin. It hurts me," Giambrone tells CNN Travel.
"The owners are oblivious to the damage they cause when they ditch their homes and refuse to restyle their ancient dwellings. It leaves a deep scar on the townscape with the risk of dangerous collapses."
According to Giambrone, there are roughly a dozen empty stone buildings available at present and "more to come shortly."
And with at least 100 other abandoned homes, all located in Cammarata's most ancient part, with the potential for rescuing, Giambrone has high hopes for the scheme.
"Now new buyers can finally step in to secure these crumbly walls and revive the historical area," he adds.
Understandably, there are a few conditions to Cammarata's "free" homes scheme.
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Renovation promise
Cammarata is filled with declining homes abandoned by owners.
Buyers must commit to renovating the property within three years of the purchase and pay a 5,000 euro ($4,300) deposit, which will be returned once the work is complete.
They will also need to present a clear refurbishment proposal for the property in question.
While all potential buyers who meet the criteria will be considered, young couples with children will receive priority – couples who move there and go on to have a baby even receive a 1,000 euro bonus.
New owners can transform the multi-story buildings into a private house, B&B, hotel, shops or even a restaurant.
Giambrone's main concern is that the town "goes back to being a lively, vibrant place."
Cammarata is part of an elite group of authentic Italian villages fighting against decline and to preserve traditions.
Positioned about 60 kilometers southeast of Palermo, it was once a "lively, vibrant place," says Giambrone.
But the historic town has lost a large number of residents over the years, and many of its homes lie abandoned today.
Set at an elevation of around 1,000 meters, it's based in Sicily's wild south eastern area, renowned for its sleepy villages and slow pace of life.
Founded by the Byzantine Greeks, the town's name comes from the Greek word "Kàmara," which means "vaulted room."
A thousand balconies
It's known as "the town with 1,000 balconies to the East."
"It's a unique location," says Enzo Li Gregni, head of the tourist board for Cammarata and part time tour guide.
"Cammarata is known as 'the town with 1,000 balconies to the East,' as each window here basks in sunsets and you can enjoy spectacular views of Mount Etna," he adds.
"When the volcano erupts, we see the sciara red lava flow and the rising smoke."
The town is filled with reddish stone dwellings with panoramic balconies and bright walls, along with a few lavish aristocratic palazzos.
Its many green fields are dotted with grazing sheep and former agate stone and salt mines, while its surrounding fertile hills were once used to breed and train horses competing in the Olympic Games.
Cammarata is filled with narrow uphill alleys, arched passageways and winding steps.
One of the biggest streets here is Strada Carrozza or Carriage Road, made of flat shiny river stones, which measures about 1.7 meters and leads up to the overhanging castle ruin.
Brazilian-Italian Jose Augusto Manetta Ramos, a businessman based in the UK, is among those who've been tempted by the prospect of owning a home here.
"I've visited other villages selling one euro houses in central Italy but I want a warmer place," he says.
"Cammarata is stunning, the green landscape, the sea and mountains are both nearby just like the Valley of the Temples [an archaeological site in Agrigento, Sicily] and other great spots. It's a perfect retreat."
If Ramos does opt to purchase one of the properties, he aims to spend weekends or even months at a time in Cammarata.
Potential newcomers are likely to be welcomed with open arms, as the town's locals are renowned for their hospitality.
In fact, Cammarata's official symbol is a woman breastfeeding two serpents while she places her foot on her own child.
"This embodies our culture of welcoming with open arms all foreigners and outsiders," says Giambrone.
"Visitors and guests come first, even before our own family. Newcomers trigger change, innovation, new ideas. They revamp the local economy and can kick start a revolution."
"A local proverb goes 'a tavula è na trazzera', meaning the table is a sheep trail where all wayfarers are welcome to sit and enjoy the great food.
"In the old days, farmers from nearby towns moving to Cammarata to collect wheat were hosted and fed by local families.
"That's still our spirit. When teachers and policemen are transferred here, they don't want to leave."
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Local rivalries
Cammarata is one of several authentic Italian villages fighting against decline.
But while residents may embrace tourists and newcomers, the same can't be said for those from certain neighboring towns.
Locals have been embroiled in long running feuds stemming from "campanilismo" – an exaggerated pride and affection for one's local area, which has resulted in rows over everything from the address of a house to the name of a road.
Cammarata is attached to San Giovanni Gemini, which is a much newer town. One particular road here has two different names depending on which town you're standing.
Several houses have been accidentally built along the "border" so the kitchen is in Cammarata and the living room in San Giovanni.
Both towns recently voted against a fusion.
As it snows in Cammarata a few times a year, unlike most Sicilian spots, the area is something of a haven for trekking enthusiasts, offering a refreshing alternative to the hot summer months.
Some of the families here have even worked as "nivaroli" snow-collectors to make sorbetto, gelato and granita, a dense hybrid between ice cream and a slush served solely in its original "purist" lemon flavor.
Granita is one of Cammarata's many sweet treats. Its signature pastries include pizzarruna with dried figs, paste bianche sweet almond cakes, muffuletta anise-filled panini and ricotta-stuffed cassatelle ravioli.
Ainuzzi, cheese forms shaped into miniature horses, deers and goats, are also a niche product for gourmands.
Giambrone swears the fresh sheep milk ricotta produced in the area is among Sicily's best, "a special cream that will make you faint."
The weirdest concoction however are Pupi ccu l'ova, literally meaning "puppets with eggs." They're snake-like sweet rolls with a boiled egg placed on top resembling Sicilian marionettes.
This cuisine boasts strong starters with tripe, lamb interiors, sweet and sour caponata veggies with pine nuts and almonds, and sanguinaccio salami made with pig blood, believed to be an aphrodisiac.
"Sanguinaccio can be quite heavy to digest but it's a delicious niche product for fine palates," says Giambrone.
Town of longevity
Locals say the town boasts Sicily's highest number of centenarians
Although Cammarata barely has 6,000 residents, there are more than a dozen churches in the area.
Hundreds of pilgrims gather in Cammarata each year walking along a 160-kilometer-long spiritual trail from Palermo to Agrigento.
During the town's spectacular Easter festival men dressed in white hoods and women wrapped in black clothes parade through the town carrying the statue of a bleeding Jesus.
Meanwhile, a piece of St. Joseph's cloak is kept as a relic in the main chapel.
The town offers many long-running stories of supposed miracles, such as people surviving dramatic falls from the castle walls, along with reported sightings of the ghost of a fiery nun who stood up against anti-clerical invaders and is said to haunt the town hall building.
While many residents have long left Cammarata behind, those who've stayed have largely been rewarded with longevity.
In fact, the town boasts Sicily's highest number of centenarians, according to locals.
This is credited to its mild climate, the fresh air of the Monte Cammarata natural reserve and local food.
All families have a tiny patch of land with an olive grove and vineyard to make oil and wine for domestic use.
"Each year four to five over-100 birthdays are celebrated and there's this one old guy who every day, after lunch, hops on his Vespa and tours the hills," says local reporter Francesco Lopresti.
"Fitusa," the healthy, sulfurous and smelly water that springs from underground is also thought to play a role.
Once used inside thermal baths, many believe it can heal skin diseases such as psoriasis and some locals still bathe in it occasionally.
Available properties and more information on the "free" homes can be found on the town's official website.
Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter. She writes about finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media including MNI News, Newsweek and The Guardian.


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Aspirin takes the headache out of restoration
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An ARC-supported study has revealed that aspirin, which naturally occurs in the bark of the willow tree and other plants, can improve the survival of grass species important for ecological restoration and sustainable pasture when applied in a seed coating.
Lead researcher, Dr Simone Pedrini from the ARC Training Centre for Mine Site Restoration in Curtin's School of Molecular and Life Sciences, said salicylic acid has been used for its medicinal properties for more than 4000 years and its modern synthetic version, acetylsalicylic acid, or aspirin, is one of the most widely used medications in the world.
'Our research found that aspirin can do more than just ease a headache; it can also help restore degraded land and ecosystems and establish sustainable pastures through improving plant growth and survival,' Dr Pedrini says.
'This study was performed on native perennial grasses and showed that applying very low concentrations of salicylic acid to the seed can improve plant survival and therefore its effectiveness in reaching restoration goals.'
Research team member and Director of the ARC Training Centre, John Curtin Distinguished Professor Kingsley Dixon, said salicylic acid was applied to the seeds of the native grass species using a technology called seed coating, perfected by Curtin University researchers, that allows seed shape and size to be modified, improving seeding efficiency, and can be used to carry growth benefiting compounds.
'This is the first study to deliver aspirin via coating on native species which means the technology can be scaled up for improving restoration targets such as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to be launched on 5 June 2021,' Professor Dixon said.
Read more about the work of the ARC Training Centre for Mine Site Restoration in our feature article: Planting the Smart Seed.
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2009-07-19T16:19:23-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/fc7/287755-m.jpgAndrew Chaikin talked about his book Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences (Viking Studio; May 14, 2009). He talked about the Apollo 11 moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, and placed it in historical and scientific perspective on the 40th anniversary. He also talked about current scientific moon missions. Mr. Chaikin described how the Apollo moon missions were history's greatest technological achievements and a turning point in the evolution of the human species. Citing the significance of the first lunar landing, he discussed its impact on our culture, and how it changed our view of ourselves and our planet. Mr. Chaikin also showed photos of the Apollo 11 mission and took questions from members of the audience.
Andrew Chaikin, former advisor to NASA and a commentator for NPR's "Morning Edition," is the author of A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story of the Apollo Space Program, which was basis for the Emmy-winning miniseries, "From the Earth to the Moon." Mr. Chaikin has worked as an editor at Sky and Telescope magazine, Space Illustrated, and Popular Science.
"Evolution of Human Exploration: How Apollo Changed Our Concept of Our Place in the Universe" was a lecture at NASA Ames Research Center on July 9, 2009.
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The Iran has closed its borders with the Iraq and called on its citizens to avoid travel to the country, a senior official said today, amid an outbreak of violence after powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would retire from politics.
At least 20 people were killed during heavy clashes in Baghdad yesterday, Monday, when, following Sadr's announcement, his supporters stormed a government building and clashed with rival organizations.
As APE-MPE reports, millions of Iranians travel to Karbala every year for the religious festival of Arbain which marks the end of a 40-day period of mourning for the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein. This year Arbain falls on September 16-17.
"The border with Iraq was closed. Due to security concerns, Iranians should avoid traveling to Iraq until further notice," state television quoted Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi as saying.
State television reported that Iran has suspended all flights to Iraq "until further notice due to the ongoing unrest."
"We are trying to arrange an emergency flight to bring back Iranians from Iraq and Baghdad who are now at the airport. We hope to remove them today," state television reported, citing a senior civil aviation official.
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New York State United Teachers is planning a series of parties to take place across the state on Friday — that is as long as the state Senate votes and passes a bill decoupling teacher evaluations and standardized tests.
If the bill remains in committee though, the union warns those "thank you parties" could quickly turn into protests. In short, teachers plan on gathering outside nine district offices either way.
Marcellino, the bill's primary sponsor, is also the chair of the Education Committee where it remains stalled. NYSUT has already been working on nudging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to bring the bill to the floor with rolling billboards which will be circling the Capitol today.
The union has been pushing for the measure for years and with the Assembly already passing it and the governor indicating he would sign the bill, the Senate remains the final frontier.
**An earlier version of this story incorrectly noted the Senators listed had not sponsored the bill. In fact they are all among the 55 Senate co-sponsors.
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Because its really about the members and not the students. NYS would be much much better off without the NYSUT, can't wait for the SC ruling to end mandatory membership.
It's insulting for teachers in Serino & Murphy's district to understand how these two legislators who both only have a high school education can morally & ethically vote on education bills. We would throw them a little slack if they were well read on the topic, but both just vote as they are told. Neither have any comprehension of testings & evaluations or the daily life of an educator. Both just show up at local schools for photo opts but spend no time meeting with educators in their district to really understand the issues.
Why not hold educators accountable? NYS is paying the highest in the nation educational costs and yet we're only scoring towards the bottom of the pack. In other words, we're getting ripped.
Because its really about the members and not the students.
Your comment on teacher evaluation is utter nonsense. You don't understand the issue. I am a right wing Republican and know that the APPR bill from a few years ago is an outrage.
As noted above, someone needs to be held accountable, if not the teachers then who? NYS is paying the most in the nation for education and yet we perform near the bottom. Something needs to change and continuing on with no changes is unacceptable.


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Dr. Rivers is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on improving public health preparedness and response, particularly by improving capabilities for "outbreak science" and infectious disease modeling to support public health decision making. Dr. Rivers participated as author or contributor in influential reports that are guiding the US response to COVID-19, including National Coronavirus Response: A Roadmap to Reopening; A National COVID-19 Surveillance System: Achieving Containment; Filling in the Blanks: National Research Needs to Guide Decisions about Reopening Schools in the United States; and A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US. She is the lead author on the report Public Health Principles for a Phased Reopening During COVID-19: Guidance for Governors which is being used by, the National Governors Association, the state of Maryland, and the District of Columbia to guide reopening plans. In May 2020, Dr. Rivers testified in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on the COVID-19 Response. Prior to joining the Center for Health Security in 2017, Dr. Rivers worked as an epidemiologist for the United States Army Public Health Center as a Department of Defense SMART Scholar. She also participated in a National Science and Technology Council's Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technology working group. Dr. Rivers serves as an Associate Editor of the journal Health Security
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