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troy crisswell – born, 1952 …in b'ham al…grew up in montevallo, al in 50's and 60's…began drawing and painting and playing guitar in 1964…got fairly good at both…included in art show senior year high school where sold several pieces to teachers and students but didn't register…thought it was a fluke….played electric guitar in various bands in south and northeast until about age 25 when became tired of entertaining people…took job as camera operator in commercial art dept in b'ham and eventually became graphic artist …worked this job for several years… began painting seriously at night and on weekends and attending local life classes… married in 84 to potter Becky Bolton from whom he learned about art fairs… …began showing at art fairs in 1988 and 3 years later quit day job and has been full time painter since '91…for several years sold watercolors and in 1998 or so began showing oils as well as watercolors….
These paintings are done using oil on Masonite board or canvas. I normally use a transparent glazing technique, using one of several oil painting mediums available. There can be as few as one layer of paint over the white ground, or many, depending on the piece. Having said that, sometimes I will reverse myself and use a totally opaque method, using lots of white paint.
I guess I try to create a sort of mood, and use some surrealistic elements here and there to throw the viewer off just a little – but not enough so that he or she trips on the pavement…I'm a figure drawing fan, so a lot of figures show up in the pictures – family members and people I know most often. I'm trying not to sound too pompous here, but every now and then I'll get a piece that I actually like.


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public class StateReferenceApp {
	#region STATIC_ENUM_CONSTANTS
	public static readonly string	INIT_MENU					= "InitMenuState";
	public static readonly string	MAIN_MENU					= "MainMenuState";
	public static readonly string	GAME						= "GameState";
	public static readonly string	END							= "EndState";
    public static readonly string   UPGRADE                     = "UpgradeState";
    public static readonly string   OPTIONS                     = "OptionsState";
    public static readonly string   TUTORIAL                    = "TutorialState";

	public static readonly string	POPUP_ALERT					= "PopupErrorState";

	public enum TYPE_STATE{
		GAME						= 0,
		MAIN_MENU					= 1,
		INIT_MENU					= 2,
		END							= 3,
        UPGRADE                     = 4,
        OPTIONS                     = 5,
        TUTORIAL                    = 6
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	public enum POPUP_TYPE_STATE{
		POPUP_ALERT					= 0,
	}
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Rattling your stick along the bars of the cage again, Z? I think this one-star movie will go straight to TV and may well not make DVD. These guys do go on and on and on until they finally fall over backwards, still in full rant mode. The irony is Jarvis clearly needs help, which he'd refuse as being part of the grand conspiracy. If he started on about the CIA controlling him through the TV set I wouldn't be surprised. Incidentally, he has accused the statutory authorities of removing children in order to rent them out to paedophiles. What I think that may refer to is the exploitation of adolescents in care by taxi drivers and the slowness of DI Plod to respond adequately and in time (an old story).
You are so funny with your pathetic attempts at journalism, you have no integrity, you hide behind a fake name and print lies and pathetic rants revolving around your pathetic career, turning down the offer of a live debate on the radio, you are everything that I expect from a social worker, keep it up, you are making me look good to the masses!
Erm…I'm not a social worker. I'm a nurse.
I've removed the link in Chris' comment as it contains footage of a child being removed under an Emergency Protection Order. With all due respect, I don't think it's appropriate for you to parade such footage around the internet.
Incidentally, the video contains 47 minutes of Chris ranting pseudo-legal mumbo-jumbo of the variety that the Freemen claim gets you out of all kinds of legal difficulties, but which immediately fails when they try to use it with actual courts and police officers. It didn't work this time either. That's 47 minutes of my life I won't get back.
Brian has helped many families and attended the secret family courts. He does not condemn all social workers but is aware of problems up and down the country and pretending they don't exist is sick and shameful !. I think its possible that Racist peoples took notice of Brians group because sadly UK Column does sound dodgy but its a newspaper. Please talk with Brian and You will see he is a calm, rational, intelligent, hardworking and caring retired Naval officer. He has no idea that I am commenting here about him but I feel there are plenty of wasters out there to take the piss out of but please stop attacking him because he's doing a damn good job and if he quit due to abuse, a lot of families will lose out of his dedicated support. ! ! !


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Wesley Sneijder rules out a transfer to Manchester United, City or Chelsea
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Back off: Wesley Sneijder says he is committed to Inter Milan (XPOSUREPHOTOS)
The 27-year-old playmaker has been mooted as a target for the Blues, United, and City, but his latest comments seem to suggest that he's set to remain at the San Siro.
'Milan is marvellous, picturesque and full of elegance. I love it,' Sneijder told the Inter website.
'At the moment I am very happy here and I don't see why I should leave.
'There is a family atmosphere at Inter and there are all the ingredients to aim high.'
The Dutch international joined Inter in 2009 and played a major part in helping Jose Mourinho win the Treble of the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia in his first season.
The Italian club finished second in the league during the last campaign, with their only trophy coming when they beat Palermo to win the Coppa Italia.
However, Serie A sides have been known to cash in on their best players in the past, and should a sizeable offer come in for Sneijder, who only cost £13million from Real Madrid, the Dutchman may have no choice in whether he stays or not.

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July 09, 2014 News + Opinion » Letters to the Editor
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Published July 9, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
Brian Garen writes with righteous indignation about the 15 percent increase in the cost of his health insurance under Obamacare [Feedback: "$ame Old Health Care" June 18]. He attributes this directly to the greedy insurance companies lining their pockets with green.
He chooses to ignore the fact that free or subsidized insurance is now provided for those who previously were either unable or chose not to buy their own health insurance. Where does he think that money comes from?
"Share the wealth" sounds great until it hits you in your own pocket.
Lee Bowen
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Turtle Trouble
I enjoyed reading the article on Mark Powell and will try to connect with him and "talk turtle" when I next come to Vermont ["Shell Game," June 25]. I was concerned, though, that you printed how much one might sell these turtles for and how he trained his dog to find them. I think this might make it all too easy for unethical people, or someone desperate for money, to find them and try to sell them on the internet.
I think it could have been a good article without some of these details. All of us who work with our native turtles worry about these thefts and everyone you talk with has some story about losing turtles "to the trade." You might have gone on to say that turtles collected from the wild do not make good pets, can harbor diseases and most often die.
Hopefully your readers will want to learn more about these wonderful creatures, how to preserve their habitats, and how to support the individuals and groups trying to keep them part of our natural heritage for years to come.
Jennifer Pettit
Townsend, Mass.
Bad Gas
Vermont is a state with a great history of personal freedoms ["Monkton Woman Arrested at Vermont Gas 'Knit-In' Protest," July 2]. Surely, when these women protested in such a peaceful manner, they should at least have gotten the hearing they requested. The action of calling the police was both rude and sexist. This company has shown that it has no regard for its customers, nor for our freedom of speech.
Joyce Allen
Fairbanks, Alaska
Nothing "Natural" About It
The article about the Monkton women knitting at Vermont Gas is great ["Monkton Woman Arrested at Vermont Gas 'Knit-In' Protest," July 2]. However, I would suggest you stop calling the fracked gas "natural," which is understood as "good" and "healthy." The fracked gas is mostly methane, which is natural but neither good nor healthy. Remember, arsenic is natural, too!
Elisabeth Hebert
Going Places...
[Re Feedback: "Take the Bike Path," June 18]: As a New North End resident who often rides a bike to get where I need to go, I regularly use the Burlington Bike Path. The issue is that the path doesn't always get you where you're going. Headed to North Street? Sure, take the Bike Path and then climb Depot Street. Headed to Church Street? Sure, take the Bike Path and then climb College Street.
For many destinations, North Avenue is the easiest and most direct route, despite the fractured and sometimes nonexistent bike infrastructure along the corridor. Telling people on bikes to "use the bike path" is like telling people in cars to take Route 127 instead of North Ave. Sometimes it is a great option, but it doesn't always work if the suggested route doesn't really get you where you're going. Getting more people to choose bikes as a mode of transportation is as much about convenience as it is safety. Real bike lanes on North Avenue would provide both.
Liam Griffin
Sears No Savior
It is inconceivable to me that you would hold Sen. Dick Sears up as some kind of savior of children ["From State Ward to the Statehouse," June 18]. First, you should have looked at the businesses he's been involved in. Next, you should've looked at his history as chair of the judiciary committee.
My understanding is that these DCF gatherings weren't even legal hearings; Shumlin just wanted to make voters think they gave a damn about children. These were listening sessions because apparently no one listened when folks reported child abuse — many times on their own families. Secretary Doug Racine couldn't even bother to attend.
Sears was a member of pre-Act 60 senate hearings when at least three towns literally begged the committee not to pass the bill. He was chair of the judiciary when Vermonters instructed him to fire Judge Dooley and the 30-days-for-child-rape judge. Sears has never cared what Vermonters instructed. In fact, he has taken campaign contributions from the industrial prison system and passed regulations that fill out-of-state prisons.
Help children. Elect folks who know how to hire knowledgeable staffs rather than friends. Open the secret family courts. Let's elect judges, making them accountable to us — not the government. Enforce immigration laws so children are less likely to be trafficked for sex. Open all the truck inspection stations and fully staff them.
How many dead children will it take for you to make a change?
Laura Brueckner
Waterbury Center
Scout's Dishonor?
As a Montpelier city councilor, I take to heart the responsibility of holding and advancing the interests and ethic of our city and its residents [Off Message: "Boy Scouts Bow Out of Montpelier Parade Over National Policy on Gay Leaders," July 1]. Around the decision to allow the Boy Scouts to sell water at our Independence Day parade, I could not vote to allow a group that openly discriminates to use city property for its financial benefit. As a public official I cannot ignore the imperative to uphold equal rights for all. Still, the Boy Scouts provide fantastic educational and recreational opportunities to area youth, and my hope was that a council discussion might have discovered a workable solution. I encourage the Scouts to take Mayor Hollar's interest in continued conversation at face value and similarly invite that conversation.
Jessica Edgerly Walsh
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gTorah | The Dvar Torah Service > New > Bereishis | Genesis > Vayeshev
Avoiding I Told You So
By Neli On December 15, 2020 · Add Comment
The book of Genesis concludes with Yosef's story. It's worth noting that Yosef is its most prominent protagonist, with roughly a quarter of the book revolving around Yosef as the central character.
As an adolescent, Yosef was his own worst enemy, sharing his vivid dreams with his brothers, who were already jealous of their father's close relationship with him. Anticipating that this arrogant dreamer was inherently unworthy and would pose a threat to their great ancestral legacy, his brothers unceremoniously deposed him, selling him into ignominious slavery. Yet, this hero of heroes was undeterred and climbed his way from the depths of slavery and false imprisonment to the heights of Egyptian aristocracy.
The story reaches it's climax with Yosef positioned as the fully naturalized Egyptian Tzafnas Paneach, ruler of Egypt. In a stunning reversal, his brothers unwittingly appear before him, humbly supplicating for his benevolent assistance:
וַיָּבֹאוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִשְׁבֹּר בְּתוֹךְ הַבָּאִים כִּי־הָיָה הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן. וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט עַל־הָאָרֶץ הוּא הַמַּשְׁבִּיר לְכָל־עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לוֹ אַפַּיִם אָרְצָה. וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף אֶת־אֶחָיו וַיַּכִּרֵם וַיִּתְנַכֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם וַיְדַבֵּר אִתָּם קָשׁוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם מֵאַיִן בָּאתֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לִשְׁבָּר־אֹכֶל. וַיַּכֵּר יוֹסֵף אֶת־אֶחָיו וְהֵם לֹא הִכִּרֻהוּ – The sons of Israel were among those who came to procure rations, for the famine extended to the land of Canaan. Now Yosef ruled the land; it was he who dispensed rations to all the people of the land. Yosef's brothers came and bowed low to him, with their faces to the ground. When Yosef saw his brothers, he recognized them; but he acted like a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked them, "Where do you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to procure food." For though Yosef recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. (42:5-8)
This moment is arguably the moment the entire book turns on. Up to this point, families fracture and go their separate ways because they cannot get past their differences. But something different happens this time because Yosef does something different.
To be sure, Yosef remembers the dreams he once had that his siblings would one day bow before him. This moment utterly vindicates him – his dreams are literally becoming a reality right now! All the difficulties in his life, from his brothers' torment at home, through slavery and prison, fighting to get by on his own, were because his brothers thought he was a conceited upstart. Little did they know that the jumped up dreamer had been a prophet all along!
After so many years of wrongful hurt; if he were to reveal his true identity now, can we begin to imagine the sense of power and satisfaction that those words might be laden with? How tantalizingly sweet would those words taste rolling off our tongue?
Yet, faced with the ultimate I-told-you-so moment, Yosef turned away from that path and towards the road to reconciliation, paving the way for the family to let go of past differences successfully. The Kedushas Levi highlights how gracious and magnanimous Yosef was to avoid rubbing in his complete and total vindication. Yosef recognized who they were, remembered precisely what they had done, and only made sure they could not recognize him in the very moment they bow and submit!
Yosef refused to kick them when they were down, and would ultimately offer a positive spin on the entire story, that God had ordained the whole thing to position him to save them from their predicament – שָׂמַנִי אֱלֹהִים לְאָדוֹן לְכָל־מִצְרָיִם / לֹא־אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי הֵנָּה כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים / כִּי לְמִחְיָה שְׁלָחַנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם.
Fully grown-up, Yosef learned that it was never about him, and he recognized that he was just a tool. There was no glory to be had in his wealth, success, or even his prophecy, except to the extent he could use it to help others and heal the rift in his family. No-one had properly understood his childhood dreams; they wouldn't bow because he was better than them but because he was going to save them all. From this point on through the end of the story, he repeatedly makes sure to feed and care for his brothers and their families.
He acted from his heart, not his pain. He was better than the brothers who had once tried to break him. He healed, rather than staying bitter.
If your family is even on speaking terms, some members are probably at odds a little too often, and there are probably quite a few I-told-you-so moments. It's the cycle of most of the book of Genesis; it might even be the natural course of life. But as natural as it is, it doesn't have to be that way. It's not inevitable.
We should remember that the greats that we look up to faced those moments with compassion and humility. We should remember that choosing to react that way has the power to defuse decades of hurt. The legacy of these stories is that we have the ability to choose to avert the cycle of hurt and fill that void with healing. Be the person you needed when you were hurting, not the person who hurt you.
Be the person that breaks the cycle.
Enough About Me, Tell Me Your Hopes and Dreams
In the stories of Yakov's family and their descent to Egypt, Yosef features prominently. Yosef's brothers hate him, orchestrating his disappearance. Yet, he somehow manages to rise to the rank of prime minister of Egypt, and in an ironic twist, winds up saving his family years later from a devastating famine in their homeland.
Our Sages herald Yosef as arguably the greatest of his generation, with certain characteristics and traits exceeding even those of his lauded ancestors.
What was so remarkable about Yosef, and what does his story have to teach us?
R' Isaac Bernstein sharply observes that Yosef's fortunes turn based on his focus. The first story, the story of his youth, starts with him on top, as his father's favorite, and ends with him literally at the bottom, in a pit, and on the way to slavery. The second story, the story of his maturity and growth, begins with him in the bowels of a prison dungeon, yet he climbs his way to the heights of Egyptian aristocratic society. What changed was Yosef's perspective.
In his youth, his falls stemmed from how he could only talk about his own dreams and ambitions; but in his maturity, his climb stemmed from his deep empathy and sensitivity, listening to the butler and baker, and eventually Pharaoh, keenly attuned to their dreams, hopes, and fears. Our fortunes change when we stop looking out for ourselves.
The Da'as Zkeinim observes that it's not too remarkable for someone desperate to believe in God – who else is going to help? But far too often, and with uncomfortable regularity, those self-same people forget God the moment they get their blessings, because all too often, wealth and success are the death of spirituality, snuffed out under a tidal wave of materialism. The Torah begins the second story by testifying that God was with Yosef from the bottom through the top of his successes:
וְיוֹסֵף הוּרַד מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּקְנֵהוּ פּוֹטִיפַר סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים אִישׁ מִצְרִי מִיַּד הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִדֻהוּ שָׁמָּה׃ וַיְהִי ה אֶת־יוֹסֵף וַיְהִי אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ וַיְהִי בְּבֵית אֲדֹנָיו הַמִּצְרִי׃ – When Yosef was taken down to Egypt, a certain Egyptian, Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his chief steward, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. God was with Yosef, and he was a successful man, and he stayed in the house of his Egyptian master. (3:1,2)
It's vital to pay attention to what the Torah classifies as "successful" – אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ – because this title belongs uniquely to Yosef – it is the only instance the Torah describes someone this way.
The story is abundantly clear that Yosef earns this label because he brings success to others; first, making Potiphar's household successful, and then running the prison successfully, and eventually, the entire government. The Malbim notes that the word itself is the causative form of the word for success – מַצְלִיחַ – meaning Yosef was literally someone who caused success.
We would do well to adopt this as our working definition of what success looks like. All too often, it can feel like success inflates our egos; we should be mindful that Torah defines success quite the opposite of our egocentric definition: success is helping others improve their lives.
The common thread that runs through Yosef's story is Yosef learning to help others with his God-given charisma, looks, and obvious talent. In the beginning, he thought it made him better than everybody, but as he grew up, he learned that it merely gave him a greater ability to help others.
R' Shlomo Farhi suggests that this was the symbolic significance of Yosef's stripy cloak, bestowed by Yakov. Yakov saw in Yosef the ability to recognize and bring together people of different stripes and backgrounds.
It shouldn't be so surprising that Yosef is heralded as the greatest of his generation. He stood up to tests his brothers could never imagine, and he rose to every challenge that came his way, and he did it with flair and aplomb.
But most importantly, from his shackles in the pits of a dungeon to the summits of high society, he never forgot that God was with him, and he never lost his sensitivity to others' problems or his determined drive to help them.
Our fortunes turn the moment we stop looking out for ourselves.
Living with Differences
The formative stories in the book of Genesis are powerful and moving, and they tell us where we come from and what our heroes and role models looked like, and how they got there. When we read the stories, we recognize the individual protagonists' greatness, but the stories also include plenty of failings in every generation.
In the stories of Yakov's children, there is constant tension, a sibling rivalry for all intents and purposes. Yet Yakov's children are the first of the Jewish People, the שבטי י-ה; the first generation to be entirely worthy of inheriting the covenant of Avraham collectively – מטתו שלימה. While the Torah's terse stories cannot convey to us or capture who these great people truly were, we shouldn't pretend that the Torah doesn't deliberately frame the stories a particular way, characterizing and highlighting certain actions and people. We should sit up and notice and wonder what we are supposed to learn from the parts that don't seem to fit with the picture of our greats.
Each generation of our ancestral prototypes added something – Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yakov. What are we supposed to learn from the obvious disputes and strife between Yosef and his brothers?
R' Yitzchak Berkovits suggests that the story's lesson is how close the brothers came to very nearly killing one of their own in Yosef. Their inability to tolerate Yosef tore the family apart, with a straight line from their disagreements to two centuries of enslavement in Egypt.
While we can't get to the final historical truth of the matter, the characterization is unequivocal. As much as we believe that there is a right and wrong approach to life and that we fight for what we believe in, we must love the people we disagree with. If in our pursuit of truth and justice, we end up dividing the family, hating and alienating others, we have gotten lost along the way.
All the same, what was it they were fighting about?
The Sfas Emes suggests that Yosef's criticisms stemmed from the fact that he had different, that is, higher, standards than his brothers. Being the closest to his father, he was the best placed to claim authority from his father's teachings; and being so highly attuned, he was sensitive to his brother's nuanced foibles. Yosef's brothers could not dispute Yosef's greatness but determined that his standards were destructive.
It's not so hard to see why. They knew they were the heirs of Avraham's covenant, but it would be intolerable to have someone so demanding and sensitive policing you day and night. It was untenable to them and completely nonconducive to a viable Jewish future.
The brothers would come to see that Yosef wasn't a threat, that he had been on the right track all along – just not the right track for them. They came to that realization years too late, and the family was mired in Egypt for centuries as a result.
R' Yitzchak Berkovits highlights that the lesson for us is learning to live with such high standards, where theory and practice meet.
In our daily grind, we readily see the constant tension between the razor-sharp edge of absolute truth classing with the realpolitik of practical rather than moral or ideological considerations. It's impossible to measure and quantify our values, and where we draw the line, it's deeply personal and subjective to specific circumstances – it hinges on so many practicalities.
One of the lessons that jump out of the story is confusing theory and practice. Yosef and Yehuda never clash about what's true, or what matters. They know how valuable Avraham's legacy is, but they could not agree on what it was supposed to look like. And while it's a fine line to tread, it's clear that we should tolerate difference in practice, but not a difference in values.
Like Yosef, we mustn't be afraid of having high standards. But if we aren't quite ready to live that way, we should at the very least tolerate others who do have high standards. Our society has to tolerate the person who wants us to be better, just as equally it has to tolerate the person who can't quite live up to that just yet.
Two of the most fundamental principles of the Torah and life are loving your neighbor and the image of God – ואהבת לרעך כמוך / צלם אלוקים, which both speak to the dignity of others. If we only reserve love and compassion for those just like us and think we are upholding the Torah's greatest principles, we should reorient ourselves for a moment because these principles demand nothing of us. Unless we can tolerate the existence of people who are not like us, we ignore our responsibility to share respect and empathy with the world.
True to life, we know you can't teach someone anything when you've chased them away.
Family Feuds
In the stories of the middle phase of Yakov's life, the recurring theme is internal clashes within the family. There is a constant tension between Rachel and Leah, and it spills down to their children as well when the brothers hate Yosef for being the favorite.
To be sure, multiple moments mark them out as great humans, such as when Rachel recognized her father for the scoundrel he was and gave Leah the secret code signals on what was supposed to be Rachel's wedding day so that Leah wouldn't be discovered and humiliated; or when Yosef saved his family from starvation when he could have taken revenge.
But as much as we hold these individuals up as our righteous and saintly ancestors, and even bless our children after them, they seem to compete and fight rather often, vying for Yakov's attention.
What are we supposed to make of it? Is it every man and woman for themselves? Utter ruthlessness to assert ourselves, whatever it takes?
R' Yitzchak Berkowitz cautions us against this superficial analysis.
Some things are constant, like the characteristics of Avraham, defined by his loving outreach and warm, kind heart, and God promises that Avraham's name would be the one we highlight in our prayers – מָגֵן אַבְרָהָם.
But past that common denominator, perfection looks different from person to person, and it doesn't follow that what's good for me will work for you. The correct perspective to understand these stories – and ourselves- is that we are all different people with different personalities and perspectives, with different responsibilities requiring different things.
The stories of Yakov's family are of people vying to leave their mark, fighting to contribute, fighting to matter, fighting to leave an impact, and it's something we should notice that our greats tend to do, raising their voices to draw out individuality and avoid homogeneity. These clashes are not about a winning ideology; they're about making sure that different voices exist.
The notion of collectivism and unity – אַחְדוּת – is all too often propounded to squash individuality, and we mustn't tolerate that. On the contrary, the Torah is indisputably tolerant of pluralism, the existence of different voices. As the Lubavitcher Rebbe put it, people are not dollars. Your voice and existence are not fungible. You are not replaceable, and we need you to shine.
There is a beautiful and uncommon blessing we say upon seeing a crowd of multitudes – חכם הרזים – the knower of secrets, which the Gemara explains as acknowledging God's greatness in knowing each of us in our individual hearts, despite our different faces and minds. This is a subtle but vital point – God is great not because of the glory and sheer size of the crowd, but because God can see each of us as distinct within the sea of all too forgettable faces; God can see the individual within the collective.
It is a blessing in praise of the God who creates diversity in our world, rejoicing in our different minds, opinions, and thoughts. It is a blessing over Jewish pluralism. It is one thing to tolerate our differences; it is quite another to acknowledge them as a blessing. It is one thing to love Jews because we are all Jewish, that is, the same; it is quite another to love Jews because they are different from ourselves.
Sure, we have a group identity, but there is also individuality, and everyone expresses their sparkle in their own unique way.
As much as the world has gotten smaller in a certain sense, our world is also bigger today than it's ever been, so it's not zero-sum. Opportunities are abundant all around us, and we mustn't be shy about shining in whatever way we do it best.
Because our world will only sparkle when we do.
Parallel Lines
Most of the second half of the book of Genesis is about Yakov's children, with a strong focus on Yosef. Yet, right in the middle of the Yosef narrative, the Torah interrupts with a cryptic parallel side story about Yehuda. It's commonly glossed over as it's content is perhaps a little awkward.
Yehuda has a son who displeases God and dies. Presuming some form of levirate marriage, wherein marriage outside the clan is forbidden, Yehuda's second son marries Tamar, but refuses to do his duty and have a child with her, so he dies as well. Fearing that Tamar was somehow killing his sons, Yehuda withheld his third son from her, leaving her in limbo as the first chained woman – aguna. The story continues that she pretended to be a harlot to seduced Yehuda, and became pregnant.
When word spread that Tamar was pregnant, the natural presumption was that she had violated the prohibition of staying within the clan, and she ought to be executed. Only at the last minute, she revealed her ruse, and Yehuda admitted fault.
What is this story doing in the middle of the Yosef story?
R' Jonathan Sacks observes that this story mirrors the Yosef story, and illustrates that Yosef and Yehuda had a parallel rise and fall.
Both stories involve deception through clothing – Yosef with his blood-stained tunic, and Yehuda with Tamar's seductive disguise.
The way the Torah begins this narrative is that Yehuda was isolated:
וַיְהִי בָּעֵת הַהִוא וַיֵּרֶד יְהוּדָה מֵאֵת אֶחָיו וַיֵּט עַד־אִישׁ עֲדֻלָּמִי וּשְׁמוֹ חִירָה. וַיַּרְא־שָׁם יְהוּדָה בַּת־אִישׁ כְּנַעֲנִי וּשְׁמוֹ שׁוּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ – And afterward, Yehuda descended from his brothers and camped near an Adullamite whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and lived with her. (38:1, 2)
Yehuda's descent was both literal and figurative – וַיֵּרֶד יְהוּדָה מֵאֵת אֶחָיו – the Midrash teaches that the remaining brothers held Yehuda responsible for their father's misery. He separated himself and did what no one else in the family had done – he married a Canaanite.
The turning point in this story is powerful, where Tamar reveals that she fulfilled her duty to the clan when the family would not fulfill theirs:
הִוא מוּצֵאת וְהִיא שָׁלְחָה אֶל־חָמִיהָ לֵאמֹר לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵלֶּה לּוֹ אָנֹכִי הָרָה וַתֹּאמֶר הַכֶּר־נָא לְמִי הַחֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים וְהַמַּטֶּה הָאֵלֶּה. וַיַּכֵּר יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר צָדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נְתַתִּיהָ לְשֵׁלָה בְנִי וְלֹא־יָסַף עוֹד לְדַעְתָּה – As she was being brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law, "I am with child by the man to whom these belong." And she added, "Examine these: whose seal and cord and staff are these?" Judah recognized them and said, "She is more in the right than I since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he was not intimate with her again. (38:25,26)
As surely as Yosef and Yehuda hit their rock bottoms, they could both rise again.
Admitting his wrongdoing, he could now make amends, and the man who had proposed murdering Yosef could find his way back to become the man who would volunteer to stand in for Binyamin when Binyamin was in danger.
Parenthetically, it is worth noting that Tamar took an enormous gamble to avoid embarrassing Judah. Chazal hyperbolically liken humiliating someone to murder. R' Jonathan Sacks quips that we cover bread at the Shabbos table so that we don't embarrass the bread when we make kiddush first; if only we would be so careful with people with feelings!
R' Jonathan Sacks notes throughout the Yosef story that it contains the first instances of teshuva – repentance and forgiveness, healing what would otherwise lead to permanent fractures in family relationships. Yakov's family could find their way back once they could admit their mistakes to themselves and each other, and so can we.
One of the most tragic figures in the Torah is Reuven. His haunting story is replete with squandered potential and the road not traveled. When he wanted to bring his mother flowers, he might have waited until Leah was alone. After Rachel's death, he might have spoken directly to his father instead of moving the beds.
One of his defining missed opportunities is when the brothers resolved to dispose of Joseph, and Reuven convinced them to change their scheme:
וַיִּשְׁמַע רְאוּבֵן, וַיַּצִּלֵהוּ מִיָּדָם; וַיֹּאמֶר, לֹא נַכֶּנּוּ נָפֶשׁ. וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רְאוּבֵן, אַל-תִּשְׁפְּכוּ-דָם–הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל-הַבּוֹר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר, וְיָד אַל-תִּשְׁלְחוּ-בוֹ: לְמַעַן, הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ מִיָּדָם, לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ, אֶל-אָבִיו – But when Reuven heard, he tried to save him from their clutches. He said, "Let us not take his life." And Reuven went on, "Shed no blood! Cast him into that pit out in the wilderness, but do not touch him yourselves"—intending to save him from them and restore him to his father. (37:21, 22)
Yet his good intentions never materialize:
וַיָּשָׁב רְאוּבֵן אֶל-הַבּוֹר, וְהִנֵּה אֵין-יוֹסֵף בַּבּוֹר; וַיִּקְרַע, אֶת-בְּגָדָיו. וַיָּשָׁב אֶל-אֶחָיו, וַיֹּאמַר: הַיֶּלֶד אֵינֶנּוּ, וַאֲנִי אָנָה אֲנִי-בָא – When Reuven returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes. Returning to his brothers, he said, "The boy is gone! Where do I go now?" (37:29, 30)
R' Shamshon Raphael Hirsch wonders whether his previous failures might have crippled him, or that he felt threatened by Joseph; what is certain is that by deferring action to avoid the tension of confrontation, the moment fizzled out and disappeared.
The Midrash laments the missed opportunity, saying that if Reuven had known that the Torah would record for posterity that "when Reuven heard, he tried to save him from their clutches", he would have carried Joseph back to his father on his shoulders; and the Midrash concludes with the lesson that we should do everything wholeheartedly.
But if you think about it, that's the wrong message. If Reuven would act because of his audience, he wouldn't be saving Joseph because he cared at all! Isn't the Midrash honing in on the wrong point?
R' Elya Meir Bloch observes that since the Torah spans centuries and generations, it has time skips. The stories and sagas that make the cut resonate not just in the protagonist's lives, but in the lives of their readers for all time.
R' Shlomo Farhi teaches that we can never know which moments in our lives are the inflection points. The Midrash is not about insincerity; it's about indecisiveness. If we knew which moments would be the ones that mattered, we'd be fully present and engaged to give our all.
If Reuven had only known, says the Midrash. If he'd known that the future was watching that moment, he might have found the conviction to follow through. But Reuven could not know. He had not read the story. None of us can read the story of our life – we can only live it.
As R' Jonathan Sacks notes, it is impossible not to recognize in Reuven a person of the highest ethical sensibilities. His heart is in the right place and he only means the best. But though he had a conscience, he lacked courage and conviction. He knew what was right, but dwelling on his mistakes had robbed him of the resolve to act boldly and decisively; and in this particular moment, more was lost than Joseph. So too was Reuven's chance to become the hero he could and should have been.
The feeling of regret is the pain of what could have been. To minimize regret, engage in every moment wholeheartedly and fully present.
The future is watching.
During the famine in Canaan, Yakov sent his sons to Egypt to obtain provisions for their family. But they were arrested and imprisoned. Unbeknownst to them, their captor was their long lost brother Yosef. While in prison, they speculated how they'd wound up in their precarious situation:
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל-אָחִיו, אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל-אָחִינוּ, אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּהִתְחַנְנוֹ אֵלֵינוּ, וְלֹא שָׁמָעְנוּ; עַל-כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלֵינוּ, הַצָּרָה הַזֹּאת – The brothers lamented to each other, "We are guilty! For what we did to our brother… We saw his suffering! He pleaded with us, and we ignored him. We have brought this on ourselves!" (42:21)
But reviewing the entire episode as it unfolded, the story is simply about what they did to him. There is no record of Yosef saying anything to them, let alone pleading!
What were they talking about?
R' Shlomo Freifeld powerfully suggests a frightening resolution.
Vision has two aspects. There is a physical aspect, governed by our eyes. But there also the mental aspect, governed by our minds. Lacking the physical aspect will result in literal blindness, lacking the mental aspect will result in figurative blindness. But the result is the same. You do not perceive.
In the brothers eyes, Yosef was trouble, and he had to go. It was settled in their minds. They were single-mindedly focussed solely on the task at hand of exiling Yosef. As the story unfolded in their minds eye, he was an object to be removed.
But is there any doubt that a third-party observer to this traumatic episode would have witnessed the victim crying and pleading? But the Torah records the story from the actor's perspective. Powerful emotions had dulled their sensitivity. Caught up in the heat of the moment, he hadn't made a sound in their eyes.
Only in hindsight, sitting in jail years later, could they take stock of the terrible ordeal as it truly happened.
It's scary because our minds corrupt our vision to conform to our biases.
And your eyes are useless when your mind is blind.
Fighting the Darkness Alone
During Yakov and his family's escape from Lavan's house, they had to navigate their way across a river. During the crossing, some of the family's articles had been left on the wrong side, so he sent his family ahead in the dwindling light while he stayed back to retrieve what been left behind. Alone as darkness fell, he was accosted by and fought with a mysterious figure, whom we identify as Esau's guardian angel, one of the defining moments in Yakov's life:
וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב, לְבַדּוֹ; וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ, עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר. וַיַּרְא, כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ, וַיִּגַּע, בְּכַף-יְרֵכוֹ; וַתֵּקַע כַּף-יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב, בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ עִמּוֹ. וַיֹּאמֶר שַׁלְּחֵנִי, כִּי עָלָה הַשָּׁחַר; וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ, כִּי אִם-בֵּרַכְתָּנִי. וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו, מַה-שְּׁמֶךָ; וַיֹּאמֶר, יַעֲקֹב. וַיֹּאמֶר, יַעֲקֹב לא יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ–כִּי, אִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל: כִּי-שָׂרִיתָ עִם-אֱלֹהִים וְעִם-אֲנָשִׁים, וַתּוּכָל. וַיִּשְׁאַל יַעֲקֹב, וַיֹּאמֶר הַגִּידָה-נָּא שְׁמֶךָ, וַיֹּאמֶר, לָמָּה זֶּה תִּשְׁאַל לִשְׁמִי; וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתוֹ, שָׁם. – Yakov was alone, and a man grappled with him until daybreak. When the stranger saw that he could not overcome him, he struck Yakov's hip and dislocated it as he grappled with him. He said, "Let me go, dawn is breaking!" – but Yakov said, "I will not let you go until you bless me." He said to him, "What is your name?" and he replied, "Yakov." He said, "No longer shall your name be Yakov, for your name is Yisrael, because you have mastery with God and men, and you have prevailed." Yakov asked, and said, "Now tell me your name" and he replied, "Why is it you ask my name?"' and blessed him there. (32:25-30)
The imagery of this iconic battle is that it takes place in the dark of night until dawn's early light. Darkness is not just a description of the battle environment; it's a description of the battle itself. Most humans are afraid of the dark, at least to some degree; our sight is the sense we depend on the most, and we cannot see well in darkness; therefore, a lack of light makes us feel very vulnerable to danger.
The Mesilas Yesharim says the trouble with darkness is not just that you won't see something dangerous, but that you can mistake something dangerous for something safe!
In the darkness, we are surrounded by the sea of the unknown, with all sorts of hidden threats lurking in the shadows in the corner of our eye. But when dawn comes, and it surely will, the darkness dissipates, and the shadows disappear. The light of reality dispels the darkness of the unknown, and the shadowy figures can't stand to be caught in the daylight.
When Yakov asks the figure for his name, Yakov gets an evasive non-answer, "Why is it you ask for my name?" R' Leib Chasman intuitively suggests that this the nature of the formless enemy we fight in the battles of our minds. The Gemara teaches how at the end of days, Hashem will slaughter the Satan, and the righteous will cry because it was this gargantuan mountain they somehow overcame, and the wicked will cry because it was a tiny hair they couldn't even blow away. The very idea of the Satan is a shorthand for what we really fight – a flicker of our reflection, constantly in flux.
The Steipler teaches that the battleground of our struggles is in our minds. Whether we're dealing with fear or fantasy, our minds can paint such vivid pictures that do not correlate with reality. Our fears amplify how bad things can be, and our fantasies amplify how good things will be; neither include any of the pathways, tradeoffs, or consequences of reality. When someone returns home after a long time away, they might hope to finally get along peacefully and happily with their family; a newlywed couple might hope it'll be plain sailing to happily ever after, but we all know how naive that is. Reality is much harder than the illusion of fantasy, but the difference is that it is real.
We should expect to trip, stumble, and make mistakes along the way, and we might even get hurt too. But we should remember that as much as Yakov was permanently injured in his encounter, he still emerged as Yisrael, the master. It is the human condition to fight and struggle, but we can win.
The Hebrew word for grappling is cognate to the word for dust because the fighter's feet stir up dust when fighting for leverage and grip – וַיֵּאָבֵק / אבק. The Midrash suggests that the dust kicked up from this epic struggle rose all the way to the Heavenly Throne.
R' Tzvi Meir Silberberg highlights that the Midrash doesn't say that the victories go up to Heaven, perhaps because our victories are personal and not always within our control.
It's important to note that Yakov doesn't even really win – he holds out for a stalemate while seriously injured. The victory – וַתּוּכָל – is in staying in the fight and not giving up – וַיַּרְא, כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ. Our biggest tests, if not all of them, are when we are alone. This theme repeats itself with Yosef, home alone with Potiphar's wife. About to give in to an almost irresistible temptation, he sees his father's face, reminding him that his family heritage is that he has what it takes to stand alone and not give up. This characteristic is also highlighted in Bilam's reluctant blessing to the Jewish People – הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן.
It's our lonely struggle that ultimately endures and carries the day.


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No Snoozing Here – Rod Quantock, An Convenient Truth
Posted on April 12, 2007 by Brendan McCallum
Rod Quantock is perhaps known to most Australian's as the eponymous floppy-hatted former mascot of Captain Snooze, but all that was just a cover (and cash-cow) for more subversive activities – redefining and refining the art of Australian satire. His last show, Court in the Act, was a chaotic shambles of audience participation poking fun at due process, while his latest show for the Comedy Festival, An Convenient Lie, looks set to go straight for the jugular of the body politic. In the lead-up to An Convenient Lie, Rod talks about how politics really does suck, the plight of the ABC, and his vote for master satirist of the age…
Rod Quantock - in spaaaaaccccce.
Hi Rod, its nice to be able to talk with you.
I'm just coming down with a cold or something, but anyway, that'll be fine. We'll get past that, and we'll soldier on.
I don't want to keep you too long – how long do I have you for?
How long do you have me for? Oh look, I'm 58 now Brendan, I'd hope another forty years, but who can tell?
I just wanted to let you know I came along to your last show, Court in the Act. I was involved on the evening where someone was going to stand trial for public frottage, but the case ended up concerning cannibalism in Albert Park.
[Laughs] Oh I remember, yes.
I want to talk to you about An Convenient Lie, but I'm curious about Court in the Act. Was it a difficult show to put together, was it a ball to do, could you speak about that for just a little bit?
It took a little bit of working out really but once I worked it out it just did what it did. It was dependant on the audience as you know from your experience of it, to choose the crime, and be all the players in the drama, so every night was different which always makes it a lot of fun. It took a lot of concentration and so on, but it was a very enjoyable thing to do.
Was that a new kind of approach for you? Had you done a show like that previously?
Oh, all my shows are like that really.
That was the first time I've had the opportunity to see you live.
Oh, ok. No, I used to do bus trips in the past which were entirely ad-libbed really, so it was not unique for me; and shows I do on stage they don't involve the audience to that degree so I really enjoyed it.
It was a ball to watch, and I wish I'd been able to see it on more than the one occasion to see how mercurial that relationship can be between yourself and the audience, given the changing circumstances.
Obviously some nights are better than others, because some people who play the parts are better than other people, and yeah its – everybody went away happy and I think they all understand the premise of it as well, so they forgive me for the weaknesses of others really.
Just moving on to your new show, An Convenient Lie. The press release doesn't really give a great deal away about it -is there anything you can let slip about what kind of a shape the show's going to take, what its impetus is, what's inspired you to get up for this one?
What inspired me? What inspired me, paying the mortgage is probably the first inspiration, the second inspiration is that it's the Comedy Festival, and the third inspiration is you gotta entertain people. Look, it's like, I don't get to see many other comedian's shows during the festival but it's not about anything in particular. It's about a lot of different things, but climate change gets a guernsey, Kevin Rudd's in there, Peter Costello's in there, I'm in there. So, you know, it'll change night by night with the political circumstances, and it's a ramble -I have a beginning, middle and end, but very rarely do I have an end. I've only ever had one end, I think, so ends are a bit hard to come by. It's what it is, its about a lot of stuff, about what's going on I suppose. But who knows what happens between now and when it opens. John Howard might be on another plane with smoke on it, and then we'll really be in trouble.
Or an even cleverer media stunt.
Yeah, exactly right
There's been quite a few commentator's in the papers recently talking about how there hasn't been a more absorbing time in Australian politics for as long as they can remember, with the ascension of Kevin Rudd to the Labor leadership and the polls, and what they seem to be suggesting for Howard's leadership. Do you think that's true, these observations?
Oh, look it's exactly what happened when Latham came in. He came in at about the same time of the year as Rudd came in, he had the summer holiday period when Howard was away sunning himself on the beach or whatever. So Latham was in a very similar position to Rudd, Latham was much more vulnerable to the Liberal Party than Rudd is, so yeah it's a different ballgame, but you know I think the polls show that whilst people prefer Rudd, the majority of people think that Howard will win again. That's the way it is. There's never anything new in politics. Howard's not going to change his spots, Rudd is less of an unknown than Latham was, and people are impressed by Rudd. But there's at least eight months before the next election, and people say a week's a long time in politics, well, eight months is an eternity. Howard will be… Howard's little gnomes that he has that dig the dirt, will be digging and digging and digging and Rudd will just have to watch every footstep he takes so from the point of view of a comedian it's endlessly amusing. Sometimes you feel guilty because politicians are just naturally funny, and its sort of like stealing other people's jokes sometimes. But I think people are interested at the moment because there are a lot of people who are very tired of Howard. Whether it's enough people who are tired of Howard or not I don't know, Australians are very much interested in their families and hip pockets, and that's about as far as people's concerns go. It won't be decided on the War in Iraq, it won't be decided on the refugees, it won't be decided on David Hicks or Welfare to Work. It'll be perhaps decided on the Workplace Relations reforms, because that's hitting people hard, but yeah, as long as Howard can continue the myth that only he can manage the economy, he is more than likely to win.
The more I've seen of Kevin Rudd, he's been very safe not to differentiate himself too much.
No, well that's the problem for many people, that there is no difference.
I wonder if it'll come down to a question of whether people want vanilla or French vanilla.
That's exactly right, and in the end our politics has become almost presidential, and the leader's the most important person because the average Australian doesn't have an opportunity to go much below the surface of policies. If all you've got is a twenty minutes of the Herald Sun or the Age of a morning, and half-an-hour with the television news at night, you don't know fuck all of what's going on really. Look, people aren't stupid, but equally people are self-obsessed, self-absorbed, and the sort of point-form delivery of issues is what they base things on and then just the experience of what interest rates are, how secure they feel in their jobs. I don't think any of them have got any idea of what the future holds.
I read in a previous interview that there was some suggestion or someone had questioned you about running for the seat of Batman. I wondered what your thoughts are on that notion that sometimes an artist in the world, who is maybe working with the political metier, whether or not they in fact accomplish more in terms of generating discussion than elected politicians?
No, I don't think they do. Look, a comedian like me who only has access to the stage makes a squeak I suppose against the foghorn of politics and media -it's a very tiny contribution to things. I mean there's no opportunity in the electronic media at all for political satire. There's certainly… I mean, the ABC is terrified of bias, and so you can't really do it properly on the ABC because if you say something about Howard you more or less… well, not only more or less, you have to say an equal amount about Rudd. Now, at the moment you probably could balance those two, but there are times when it's the Prime Minister who is doing and making all the decisions and the policies and to be then forced by the legal department of the ABC to make a statement about the Labor Party who've done bugger all just undermines the whole principle of satire, it's not something that can be constrained by ideas of bias and fairness and equity. That's the nature of political humour. So, you know, you just keep chipping away, you hope that more people join you in the chipping. Governments change because Governments lose, its not because Oppositions win it, its because Governments lose, and Howard's shaky at the moment. He may lose, I may claim a moderate amount of credit for that, but it would be a very tiny, tiny amount of credit for that. Look, I don't endorse the Labor Party, either, I vote for Howard because he's good for my career.
Who's the master satirist? Who have you found, in their writings or in their work, who has really exemplified the form?
Look at the moment there's the fantastic show from America called the Colbert Report.
Did you see his roasting of Bush? That was amazing.
Absolutely. I've got everything he's done now. So I've got all his programs going back to the beginning. That's extraordinary, it's a brilliantly conceived show, brilliantly written and brilliantly performed, and its just fantastic. But again, with programs like that, I mean, he is remarkable in that he did get to that roast. I doubt that he'll ever be invited back for something like that.
I actually feared for his life at one point.
And I think you know, what happens with programs like that is that people who agree with him watch it and people who disagree with him may watch it but just get angry and write a letter. I mean, the Republican Party is now funding their own tv satirical show, and prior to the last American election they actually funded a four-man comedy right-wing roadshow, live-show, which made jokes about Bill Clinton and Al Gore and so on, so increasingly people are -and it's particularly true in America, because they have the choices -people are getting their political opinion from opinionated comedians, basically, and the Republicans are awake to that. Nobody in Australia under thiry would read a newspaper or watch the news, they get their politics from god knows where really. Now that Midnight Oil doesn't give them their politics I don't think there's a band around to help them shape their views. It's difficult, it's a tough time, in Australia anyway, to get that sort of comedy to a wide audience.
Generally regarding politics, do you see politics as people from different paths in life enacting what they believe to be the best decisions, or do you see it as a consortium of shared interests or agendas? Are people being served or screwed?
Tick box B. Look, Bob Brown's the exception that proves the rule, really. The process of getting through either major party's pre-selection process at the branch level, and then ascending through the ranks into parliament and getting a position as a minister or god forbid a Prime Minister is a gruelling task of compromise all the way, and the best intentioned people who get in at the bottom don't get very far because they're not willing to compromise. So there's very… I mean, you see it occasionally… Petro Giorgio has been, Howard's pushed him to the limit on a couple of issues and uh, he's really had to stand up and say 'I'm against that' and its done his electoral chances no harm at all. But in the main they tow the line, and if you look at a party like the Liberal Party over the last eleven years there's not one person who hasn't supported the suffering of people for their short-term electoral goals. They've all got the blood of the Iraqi people on their hands, they've all got the mental anguish of the refugees on their hands, they're all stained by the Hicks trial, they've all got to answer questions about the health system, the welfare system -it's just an appalling litany of people self-serving, and in a system that allows private donations to political parties and it accessible to lobbyists, you can see this country is run by big business and for big business. And even something as urgent as climate change, that can only be discussed by a task-force of coal-miners, so it's just… we have been seduced over a period of a hundred years of democracy to think that the economy is what democracy is about. And if you sat somebody down and said 'Well, look, for the last eleven years you've been voting for the party that has increased the wages of CEO's beyond all justifiable dimensions, while at the same time you've been scrambling to pay your mortgage', why in a democracy would you vote for a system that does that? It's a two party system, people have learned very well how to control politics here, you know when a democracy is eight hours every four years, two minutes in a cardboard box in a primary school somewhere, and that's people's idea of democracy, well that's just nonsense. So, I think people will never wake up to that; leaving aside party politics, regimes of the sort we have in Australia don't change until they're forced to change, really. And you're hoping in a country like ours which is reasonably civilised there won't be blood shed, but in other countries it is.
So why should we laugh about these things?
Nothing else to do.
Nothing else to do. No, look, people who agree with me, it's not a small minority, but it is a minority, and they come to my shows because politics and life in Australia depresses them, and being able to laugh about it with a hundred or hundred and fifty like-minded people at least gives you the feeling that you're not alone. And laughter's really just the flip-side of tragedy. You can sort of howl and weep and gnash your teeth about it, or you can laugh about it. Look, I don't know what role the Arts ultimately play, I think the Arts here have been domesticated marvelously well, the Arts Council has been knobbled, the ABC has been knobbled, SBS has been knobbled -commercial television and radio are run by the people who support the Government, when you think about something like the Packer organisation having money in pastoral leases and mining and gambling and all sorts of things, and obviously the media, and you look at the legislation that's passed in those areas it benefits the Packer organisation -it doesn't benefit Aboriginals, it doesn't benefit problem gamblers, it doesn't benefit the environment, it benefits those people who have the power that Governments want in their pocket. So yeah, laughing about it is just one thing to do, I suppose. And if you're a comedian and you choose to talk about politics, that's your duty, that's your contract with the audience… see, it's depressing isn't it?
Well I.. well, it is, but what's really encouraging also is that it doesn't have to be the kind of thing that does your head in, it can be something that, as you say, is already so depressing as it is that it's a great thing that joy can be brought out of it, in whatever form.
Ah, that's right, and the bottom line is there are some fantastic people all over the world who, you know… in Zimbabwe you get beaten up for it, here you don't get reviewed and you get marginalised but there are people here who do fantastic things to sustain the world or change the world, and its those people who inspire you to keep going on. And a lot of those people come to the shows I do, otherwise I wouldn't do it, there are other activities I have beyond the stage, so yeah, you know, human beings are remarkable and they're not all stupid, and some of them are very passionate, very dedicated, and really quite amazing, I don't know where they get the time or the energy or the commitment to keep going on but they do.
Well, many could say the same about yourself. That's about twenty minutes, so I'll leave you there, but I've found this a fascinating conversation.
Thank you very much, it was very interesting, I'm sorry I've got a cold, I'm not at my scintillating best at the moment, I've just come down with it a couple of hours ago, so thank you for your time, and if you see me at the show come and tap me on the shoulder and say hello.
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The Keweenaw Waterway is a waterway that separates the Keweenaw Peninsula from the mainland of the Upper Peninsula. This waterway, sometimes referred to as the Portage Canal, has been used as an alternate route for shipping traffic when weather problems on Lake Superior were an issue. At the lower entry to this waterway near Jacobsville sits the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light, also known as the Portage Lake Lower Entry Light. This Michigan lighthouse was built in the 1920s and sits at the end of a breakwater that separates Lake Superior from the Portage River and the Keweenaw Waterway.
The current lighthouse replaced earlier towers that had stood at this site. It is an three-story octagonal steel tower that stands 30 feet tall. The light is painted white with a lantern room that is capped with a red roof. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, with the notation that it is a "well-preserved example of early twentieth century architectural design and engineering methods used in constructing offshore lighthouses in the Great Lakes. It includes a wooden crib foundation, concrete pier, and a superstructure that combines reinforced concrete and steel components. This property retains integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association."
Public access to the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light can be found at White City Park, which includes a sandy beach as well as playground and picnic areas. To reach the park, head east on 9th St. from downtown Lake Linden and M-26. Stay on 9th as it becomes Bootjack Rd. and follow Bootjack for a little more than seven miles. The road will fork here; follow the left fork (Dreamland Rd.) and stay on it for more than eight miles at which point it reaches a T intersection. From here, head to the right and follow the road to its end at the park (passing a boat launch then the old Coast Guard station). After parking, head toward the breakwater and lighthouse if weather conditions allow access.
The Upper Entrance Light marks the other end of the Portage Canal at F.J. McLain State Park northwest of Hancock. The Jacobsville Lighthouse Inn can be found a few miles down the road from the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light.
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Q: Connector to temporary connect SMD IC? Is there any material/device invented to quickly connect SOIC-14 like integrated circuits to, eg, breadboard? I am aware of adapter boards, but what if I want something without soldering? (I am not speaking of very high frequencies and too complex SMDs)
For example, if I remember correctly, I saw similar technology used for small LCD displays (where some kind of resin and evenly spaced wires provided very fine connection from the board to the LCD), so I guess, this kind of technique is possible. SOIC 14, in this example, would require two such  "wired pillow" connection terminals, which can be mapped to pins and/or wires.
Is there anything like this existing? Or maybe something with similar purpose, but universal enough to be useful with several cases?

UPDATE: There are prototype boards in existence, which make it much easier (and cheaper) to work with SMDs, eg http://www.whitewing.co.uk/protoboard.html . I wish, there were more such boards available for all kinds of SMDs.
UPDATE2: Actually, I have found anything I needed here: http://www.proto-advantage.com/store/ It seems, they have adapters for nearly everything. ZIF sockets, proposed in the answer, are also quite convenient in use.

A: Common practice is to use a ZIF adapter, aka programming socket adapter, test socket, etc, for the relevant IC form factor. For SOIC 16 through 24, for instance, this adapter ($13.99 on eBay) can be used:

Such ZIF sockets exist for several standard SMD IC formats.

The resin-like conducting strips used in LCDs are called elastomeric connectors, and are available in various pin pitches:

These can be purchased in long strips and cut up for use on a DIP adapter, but there don't seem to be any such adapters available on the sites I know of.

A: You are looking for a ZIF socket, sometimes called a programming adapter. Example of a 14 pin SOIC programming adapter.

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Вирджиния Эдельман Джонсон (, ) — американская учёная-сексолог.  Наиболее известна как член научного дуэта Мастерс и Джонсон.

Ранние годы
Вирджиния родилась в Спрингфилде, Миссури. Была одарённым ребенком, на 2 года раньше окончила школу и уже в 16 лет поступила в Друри колледж (), чтобы учиться музыке, но отказалась от обучения в пользу работы в государственной страховой компании. Там она провела 4 года, однако любовь к музыке подтолкнула её к продолжению образования в Миссурийском университете (англ. University of Missouri) и Музыкальной консерватории Канзаса (англ. Kansas City Conservatory of Music). Во время Второй мировой войны Джонсон выступала с музыкальной группой в качестве певицы.

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В 1957 году Вирджиния откликнулась на вакансию ассистента в департамент акушерства и гинекологии Вашингтонского университета (англ. Washington University School of Medicine), где и познакомилась с Уильямом Мастерсом, её коллегой в изучении сексуальности на ближайшие 35 лет. Учёные исследовали около 700 мужчин и женщин с целью понять их реакцию на различного рода сексуальную стимуляцию (во время полового акта или мастурбации). Результатом исследования стало открытие четырёхфазной модели реакции на половую стимуляцию, которая была описана в их книге "Сексуальная реакция человека" (англ. "Human Sexual Response") и включает в себя следующие фазы: возбуждение, плато, оргазм, завершение.

Также ими впервые были подробно описаны реакции женского тела на сексуальную стимуляцию и сделан вывод о способности женщин испытывать мультиоргазм.

Исследования Джонсон и Мастерса были по-настоящему революционными из-за табуированности темы секса и женской сексуальности, в частности. Учёные выступили освободителями американской сексуальности и впервые стали рассматривать женщину как полноправную участницу полового акта.

Репрезентация в культуре
В 2013 году вышел американский сериал «Мастера секса» () по мотивам жизни и исследований Джонсон и Мастерса, где Вирджинию сыграла Лиззи Каплан (англ. Lizzy Caplan). Сама Вирджиния Джонсон не дожила всего несколько месяцев до премьеры сериала, скончавшись в возрасте 88 лет.

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Winding mysteries, psychological thrillers, big plot twists you didn't see coming — these 10 books will take you on an adrenaline-inducing adventure.
Wherever She Goes is a thriller by K.L. Armstrong. (Doubleday Canada, Kathryn Hollinrake)
Wherever She Goes is a thriller about a woman, Aubrey Finch, who sees a child being abducted. But when no one reports a kidnapping, no one believes Aubrey. Aubrey, a single mother surrounded by whispers about her past and the state of her mental well-being, decides to take matters into her own hands and solve the crime herself.
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K.L. Armstrong is a pseudonym for popular fantasy and thriller writer Kelley Armstrong.
A Dance of Cranes is a mystery novel by Steve Burrows. (Dundurn Press)
Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns home to Canada to learn that his brother, Damian, has disappeared during his whooping cranes research trip in Buffalo National Park. Meanwhile, Jejeune's estranged girlfriend Lindy is abducted in Europe. Jejeune heads to the wilderness to find his brother and sergeant Danny Maik works to track down Lindy, leading them both into dangerous territory.
Steve Burrows is a birdwatching enthusiast from Oshawa, Ont. A Dance of Cranes is the sixth book in his "birder murder" mystery series.
Though the Heavens Fall is a mystery by Anne Emery. (ECW Press)
Though the Heavens Fall is the latest instalment in Anne Emery's popular Collins-Burke mystery series. The book takes place in Belfast of 1995, as the Irish Republican Army calls for a ceasefire to the violence that has ripped through the city, which lures Collins and Burke to town.
The Halifax writer won the the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel for this book.
A Deadly Divide is a novel by Ausma Zehanat Khan. (Alan Klehr, Raincoast Books)
In A Deadly Divide, the fifth book in Ausma Zehanat Khan's Getty and Khattak mystery series, Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty are sent to Quebec, where a community is reeling in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a mosque. Fuelling tensions is the arrest of a young Muslim man who was reported to be assisting the wounded, while a priest found holding a weapon was let go.
Khan is also the author of the fantasy series the Khorasan Archives, which includes the books The Bloodprint and The Black Khan.
A Matter of Malice is a mystery novel by Thomas King. (Trina Koster, HarperCollins Canada)
Trudy Samuels's death was ruled accidental, but Nina Maslow, the producer of a true-crime television show, is determined to prove otherwise. After ex-cop Thumps DreadfulWater declines her request for help, Maslow ends up dead in the exact same way as Samuels. The coincidence prompts Thumps to take on the case.
A Matter of Malice is the fourth book in Thomas King's popular DreadfulWater mystery series.
King is also the author of the novels The Back of the Turtle and Green Grass, Running Water and the memoir The Inconvenient Indian.
Someone We Know is a novel by Shari Lapena. (Doubleday Canada, Tristan Ostler)
In Someone We Know, a quiet well-to-do community in upstate New York is rocked by a series of break-ins. Somebody in their neighbourhood has not just been breaking into their homes, but their computers, and sharing the scandalous secrets they've uncovered. As tension mounts, a woman is found dead.
Shari Lapena is the author of bestselling thrillers including The Couple Next Door and A Stranger in the House.
The Kingfisher Secret is a thriller by an anonymous author. (McClelland & Stewart, CBC)
The Kingfisher Secret revolves around a beautiful Czech expat who's a longtime Russian spy. Her mission is to seduce wealthy and powerful men and learn their secrets. Her next target is an egotistical man running for president of the United States. Many of the details of this fictional story parallel facts that are known about Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump, and the publisher of the book says that the author has chosen to remain anonymous to protect his sources.
Hideaway is a novel by Nicole Lundrigan. (Viking, AnnaLena Seemann)
In the thriller Hideaway, Rowan runs away from home in the wake of his father's abandonment. He's terrified to be the main target of his mother Gloria's dark side. He bonds with a homeless man named Carl and they make themselves at home in an isolated cottage. Gloria uses everything at her disposal to track Rowan down, playing up her reputation as a loving suburban mom while also viciously manipulating her daughter Maisy.
Nicole Lundrigan, based in Toronto, is also the author of the psychological thriller The Substitute.
Your Life is Mine is a novel by Nathan Ripley. (Simon & Schuster)
Your Life Is Mine is a page-turning thriller about Blanche, the daughter of a notorious murderer and cult leader. Her father killed himself after a shooting spree more than 20 years ago, but when Blanche learns her mother was murdered, she must return home and learns there's more to her family's story than she could have ever imagined — and that the cult her father founded might be making a comeback.
Your Life Is Mine is the second thriller from Nathan Ripley, who is also the author of Find You in the Dark.
Vantage Point is a novel by Hamilton, Ont. writer Scott Thornley. (@scottthornleyauthor/Facebook, House of Anansi Press)
In Vantage Point, a gruesome murder scene is discovered in the master bedroom of a Dundurn mansion. Across town, a body is discovered underneath the Devil's Punch Bowl waterfall. In both cases, the bodies are purposely arranged with different props — a female mannequin, a doll with blood red cotton insides and a papier mâché donkey's head. The scenes trigger an old memory in detective MacNeice.
Scott Thornley is based in Hamilton, Ont. Vantage Point is the fourth book in his MacNeice series.
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Confor report on impact of Brexit on the UK Forestry and Timber trade
Will this give more value to UK timber?
Confor has issued a detailed paper on the implications of Brexit for its members. The document is written by Martin Glynn FICFor, the full version is avaliable on the Confur website. Here are the key bits...
Woodland Creation & Management
EAFRD supports the creation and management of woodlands where this has an environmental or rural development benefit. New planting, the creation or improvement of habitats, restoration of forests following pest and disease incidents, reducing flood risks and improving access are amongst the eligible activities. The production of timber per se is not a supported activity but many of the eligible activities will indirectly result in this.
Supply Chain and Timber Processing
The forestry supply chain and small scale timber processing sector also benefits from support through EAFRD with grants for machinery, training, buildings, innovation and collaboration. The extent to which the sector benefits varies between nations and forestry rarely has a 'ring-fenced' budget for such activity, instead competing with agriculture and other rural industries for a share of the funding. The delivery mechanisms also vary between nations, with the exception of Leader which is an EU wide scheme, although the nature of Leader delivery is different in each nation.
As the world's third largest timber importer, the UK has traditionally played a significant role in the formulation of timber trade policies and been at the forefront in their implementation. Many of these focus on the sustainability of supply and originate from concerns regarding afforestation in the tropics. The EU published the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan in 2003. The Action Plan sets out a range of measures available to the EU and its member states to tackle illegal logging in the world's forests, including the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR). This was adopted in 2010 and came into force in 2013. The Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulation 2013 transposes the EU Timber Regulations into GB statute. The EUTR requires operators who place timber onto the market for the first time to exercise due diligence with regard to its origin and sustainability. In the UK the requirements of the EUTR are met largely through the Felling Licence system, reducing the burden for growers and operators. The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) was transposed into the EEA Agreement in May 2015, so the UK would have to maintain the requirements of the EUTRif it became a member of the EFTA with access to the EEA. If the UK was outside of the EEA it would in theory be possible to remove the requirements although the terms of any trade agreement could still require it, as could UK government policy.
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