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Lamentations: Kinah 6 – Line 1
by Rabbi Simcha Weinberg in Holidays, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
"Everything came to a standstill". "Shavat" – This is based on Lamentation 5:15: "Gone –Shavat – is the joy of our hearts, our dancing has turned into mourning". The Ibn Ezra explains that the "joy of our hearts" refers to the Offerings brought in the Temple, as in Ezekiel 24:25: "And you, Son of Man, behold, on the day that I take their stronghold from them, the joy of their glory, the darling of their eyes, and the exaltation of their soul, their sons and their daughters."
The imagery of this prophecy begins with the death of Ezekiel's wife: (Ezekiel 24:15-27)
One moment Ezekiel's wife is there and the next moment she is gone. The 'darling of his eyes" was taken away in an instant. His life was shattered. "Won't you tell us what these acts that you are doing mean for us?" (Ezekiel 24:19) People did not understand Ezekiel's response to such a tragedy. They could only understand that the prophet was sending a message to them.
Our lives can change in a moment. Our world can stop. There is nothing we can do but watch. We all remember exactly what we were doing and where we were at the moment we heard of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center on 9-11. Time seemed to stop at that moment. Ezekiel was telling his people that they were functioning in Babylon with the assumption that the Temple was still standing and that sacrifices were still being offered. They still relied on that protection. Ezekiel was warning them that their world would change in one moment; a moment they knew, but refused to believe was coming. Nothing would be the same afterward.
Our lives can change in a single moment. The world is entirely different from one minute to the next. It can happen for good, as with the "Az"! of the Splitting of the Sea, or, it can happen in a negative way, as with the loss of the Altar and sacrifices.
Reasons: Joyful Mourning
by Rabbi Simcha Weinberg in Spiritual Growth
I have heard people explain the Holocaust as the expression of God's anger with Reform Judaism, which began in Germany. That would not explain why the Germans massacred so many more traditional Jews, or why Poland and Hungary were burned by the fires of the concentration camps.
People are desperate for answers and will accept anything that will allow them, with a few dashes of cognitive dissonance, to understand our suffering over the ages.
"A world that can be explained even with bad reasons is a familiar world. But, on the other hand, in a universe suddenly divested of illusions and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity." (The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus)
David Klinghoffer made the unforgivable, horrible, and hateful mistake of suggesting that the Bible actually warns us what will happen if we do not serve God with joy and abundance. How could he? I am under the impression that he was fired from First Things (I cancelled my subscription in protest) for arguing the Bible's point of view.
How strange! We prefer bad reasons and explanations to reading the Bible as reality!
I wonder what would happen if, as Klinghoffer suggested, we listen to the Bible's warnings and demands: "Because you did not serve God, your Lord, amid gladness and goodness of heart, when everything was abundant." (Deuteronomy 28:47)
We are quite skilled at mourning and crying. We even manage to mangle happy verses and chant them as lamentations: "My help is from God, Maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:2) I don't know about you, but the verse makes me sing, not mourn. "God will protect you from every evil. He will guard your soul." Sounds good to me. I don't want to cry over that verse. I want to yell it out with joy and confidence.
I would like to suggest that when the Talmud teaches that "We lessen our joy when the Hebrew month Menachem Av begins", means exactly that: lessen, not eradicate. Perhaps a little joy is in order.
We can celebrate the fact that the Temple is still so real to us that we continue to mourn more than two thousand years after its destruction. We can rejoice in the fact that, although his own generation ignored him, we listen to Jeremiah 2400 years later as if he was still alive. We can serve with confidence that all the murder, pogroms, crusades, wars, suffering, poverty, torture and more have not been able to destroy our faith. We continue to serve God and to strive to rebuild His Temple.
Perhaps a little more joy in our service will make our mourning more meaningful and potent.
Rabbi David Lapin of I-Awaken on Pinchas: What Are You willing To Sacrifice?
by admin in Spiritual Growth
The opening passage of the Parsha holds the key to understanding courage. Zimri desecrated G-d's name by publicly flaunting his illicit relationship with the Midianite Princess, Kozbi bat Tzor. Pinchas reacts passionately and in accordance with the Halachah of that time, assassinates Zimri and kills Kozbi. Hashem responds by rewarding Pinchas with an everlasting Brit Shalom (Covenant of Peace) manifesting in the hereditary rights of Kehuna. From now on Pinchas and his male descendants would be Kohanim. Rashi and others ask if Pinchas was already a Kohen, the grandson of Aharon the Kohen Gadol, what was new in this "gift" of Kehuna that G-d now gave him? Rashi answers that Kehuna had only been given to Aharon and to Aharon's sons (and their descendants) who were anointed at that time with Aharon. But since Pinchas was already born but was not anointed, he in fact did not become a Kohen until this moment.The Zohar however says that a Kohen who murders, loses his status and rights of Kehuna. The Sefat Emet[1] points out accordingly that Pinchas had lost his Kehuna when he killed Zimri, and G-d returned it to him as a reward for his intervention in the Zimri affair. Pinchas sacrificed his life (Zimri would have been fully entitled to kill Pinchas in self defense – that was a risk Pinchas took) and his Kehuna. He had no idea that Hashem would return it to him; he assumed it would be lost forever. He was willing to lose his Kehuna to do what was right. His reward lay exactly in the things he sacrificed: He was given eternal life (Pinchas is Eliyahu Hanavi who never died), and he and his descendants are given back the Kehuna they lost.
The fear of loss precludes courage: Herein lies the foundation of courage: So long as people fear loss they will lack courage. We have courage when we are willing to surrender our attachments to everything except our own souls. People who are inextricably attached to their physical lives, will not risk their lives for anything. People who are attached to relationships in ways they could never sever, will never risk them. People attached to power, will compromise their values to retain their power, and people attached to material belongings will never act in ways that could risk the loss of those belongings. The capacity to detach is the condition for courage. The idea in Mussar that best expresses detachment, is Perishut.
Detachment does not mean disengagement: Perishut does not mean disengagement, it means surrendering dependency. A person can be deeply engaged in a relationship, but not be attached to it in a needy or addictive manner. While the relationship exists he or she is fully committed to it and engaged in it. But should the need arise to take a stand on a matter of principle bigger even than the relationship itself, they will not hesitate to put that cause before the relationship. That is courage. The military hero, who has left a loving family at home as he goes into battle to protect his land and his nation, will sacrifice his relationship if that is what is needed for the safety of his land. That does not mean that he does not love his family, nor that he is not entirely committed to them. It simply means he is not attached to them in a way that would make it impossible for him to detach if need be, to do what is right.People who risk their status and influence to make a moral stand, have courage. People who sacrifice their popularity to talk the truth, have courage. People who sacrifice their wealth for the education of their children or to go on Aliyah, have courage. People who fight or whose children fight on our behalf in the Israeli army have courage: they risk, and sometimes sadly give, their lives for us. That does not mean that those people do not value their status, popularity, wealth or children's lives. It just means they are not inextricably attached to those things, and if absolutely necessary would sacrifice them for a higher purpose.
The reward for sacrifice
The outcome of acting with courage is so interesting and counter-intuitive. We learn from the story of Pinchas that courageous people gain exactly what they sacrificed, but in a higher dimension. People that sacrifice status for a higher purpose, ultimately gain honor: sometimes honor in the eyes of others, sometimes they experience that honor only in their own eyes. The wealth gained from educated children exceeds the wealth of the money invested in that education. Even heroic soldiers who die al Kiddush Hashem (for the sanctification of G-d's name[2]) and their parents who have sacrificed their sons, achieve an eternity in this world and the next to which no one else can aspire.
Growth manifests in diminishing attachments
As we evolve spiritually, increasing our connection with our own Ruchniut (spirituality), we decrease our dependence on all other attachments. It is a little like a child who grows out of his intense attachment to his childhood toys as he grows older. If we are as attached now to the same things we were some years ago, we have failed to grow. Ultimately, as we loosen our attachments (but not our engagement) with more and more of the things around us, we prepare ourselves for the ultimate evolution. An evolution to a state of detachment from everything we knew except our souls and Hashem. If we die before we detach, the pain of separation is severe.
The Three Weeks and Tisha Be'Av
Sometimes we detach from the things we are meant never to be detached from. Sometimes we feel detached from our own souls, sometimes even from Hashem. Many people wonder why they do not genuinely feel pain and sorrow during the Three Weeks or even on Tisha Be'Av. It is because they are detached from the idea of the Beit Hamikdash, and so do not feel its loss. That is misplaced courage! During these weeks we try to gain a deeper feeling of the glamour and majesty of life with the Temple and the tragedy of Jewish life without it. Then we feel the loss. Then we experience the pain.This is a time to experience loss for more than the Beit Hamikdash. During these hard Three Weeks we are all too aware of the millions of courageous people who sacrificed their lives for Hashem, the Torah and the Jewish people. Some had no choice but others willingly chose to sacrifice their lives rather than lose their souls. They are the heroes of this period. They valued their lives but were not so attached to life that they could not sacrifice it for something bigger: the eternity of the Torah and the Jewish people. Those men and women, like Pinchas, teach us courage.
[1] Pinchas, 5641
[2] The Torah allows us to risk our lives (even for G-d) only in vary rare circumstances. In the case of military activity we may only do so only to defend our religion, our people or our land when their survival is threatened. This is a very opposite philosophy from that which drives the actions of Islamic Fundamentalist extremists.
The Manichaean Candidate
by Rabbi Simcha Weinberg in Portion of the Week, Spiritual Growth
No, it is not a typo or spelling mistake. The Manichaeans, (the original faith embraced by Augustine), the Cathars (from where we derive "catharsis") and the Bogomils (from where we derive "bugger") were early dualist faiths. They believed that there were, in fact, two sources of divine power in the cosmos, one good and one evil.
I was reminded of these dualists as I chanted the Haftarah – The Prophetic Selection – this past week. Micah has an interesting way of referring to Balak and Balaam's attempt to curse the Children of Israel: "My nation, remember now what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered him." (Micah 6:5) The prophet does not refer to Balaam's equal desire to curse Israel or Balaam's strategy to corrupt Israel through the daughters of Moab. Micah asks us to remember the plot and Balaam's answer.
Balak understood that the battle would be a spiritual war, one with which he was totally unfamiliar. Aware that Midian was equally concerned with this new nation on the political and military scene, He turned to his ancient enemy for advice. Moshe spent many years with them and Balak expected that they would have a sense of his powers. The Midianites, who remembered the Moshe with the speech impediment before his experience at the Burning Bush and the beginning of his prophecy, somehow understood that Moshe's power was his ability to communicate with God.
The two nations decided to hire Balaam, the great prophet of the nations, albeit a hedonist, to lead them in this battle of unfamiliar territory. The Midianites are too frustrated by Balaam's corruption to stick with the strategy and Balak is left to handle the only prophet in history considered by the Sages to be the equal of Moses.
Balak was confused by Balaam's constant reference to God – The God of Israel – as the One in charge. Balak and Balaam offer sacrifices to this great power, and even when the first curses come out as blessings, Balak, despite his frustration, asks Balaam, "What did God speak?" (Numbers 23:17)
Balak accepts that this hedonist, Balaam, is Moab's only hope. He accepts that they must make offerings to Israel's God. He even accepts that Balaam will only be able to speak God's words. So how can he possibly believe that they will succeed in cursing God's nation with God's help?
Balak, much as the Manichaeans, the Cathars, and the Bogomils was a dualist, although of a different and more dangerous sort: He believed that the spiritual and physical worlds were completely unrelated. Balak accepted that the former did not function according to any of the rules of the latter. Balak, a supremely practical and insightful king, simply accepted Balaam's "answers" that the spiritual war with Israel would not make practical sense to a simple human being.
This is why the Targum Yonatan describes the final confrontation between Balaam and Pinchas as he does: "When Balaam saw that Pinchas was chasing him, he used his magic to fly into the air. Pinchas used the Name of God, rose up to the heavens, grabbed Balaam, pulled him down to earth, and only then, killed him." Balaam, the dualist, believed that Israel could only exist in the heavens. They would never live a physical life on this world. It could only be one or the other.
Pinchas pulled Balaam down to earth before killing him to make a statement that Israel does not believe that there are two separate worlds that are unrelated. The Children of Israel understand that the spiritual and physical function together. We do not strive to escape this world in order to live and flourish spiritually. We find the beauty and spirituality here on this world.
The Balaks, Balaams, and Manichaeans are all long gone, but we continue to thrive in both the spiritual and physical realms.
Rabbi David Lapin of I-Awaken on Pinchas
The Imperfection of Knowledge
Wisdom is mysterious and human knowledge is not absolute. There is a dimension of wisdom that eludes even the wisest of men. "Fifty pathways to wisdom were created in the Universe" says the Gemarra,[1] "and all were given to Moshe except one." Human knowledge will always lack at least one dimension of understanding, and therein lies its mystery.
Wisdom is like an onion. Each time that new insights peels away another layer of ignorance or confusion, we find yet another layer of questions and mysteries. At its core, this "onion" of knowledge carries a secret, a secret known to no one but G-d Himself: the fiftieth gateway to wisdom.
This applies even when man must make halachik decisions or decide in a matter of justice between two litigants in a court of law. "Ki Hamishpat Leilokim hu", says Moshe,[2] "for the decisions of Justice are ultimately in G-d's domain."
If this is so, how are we meant to make halachik decisions? Even if a judge, Poseik or Rav is inherently competent and qualified, how is he to decide on matters of justice if his knowledge is always incomplete, never absolute?
Intellectual Fearlessness
Moshe gives guidance on that matter in the same verse: "Lo Taguru mipnei Ish," he says, "show no cowardice before any human." This implies two character requirements in addition to academic competence and practical qualification. The first is a fearless intellectual independence; the second is an implied fear of G-d (do not fear any human, fear only Hashem). In addition to knowledge and wisdom, courage and Yir'at Shamayim are the requirements of a Poseik.
But if no Rav or Poseik can have perfect knowledge, and every person is missing at least one element of understanding and knowledge since even Moshe only grasped 49 of the 50 pathways to wisdom, how can he ever make a valid halachik determination? Moshe himself provides the guidelines: "Anything too difficult for you, bring to me and I shall hear it." In this statement of advice Moshe erred;[3] an error that caused him severe and eternal embarrassment later on. This is the story:
Tzlofchad's Daughters
Oddly, the Torah appears to originally have "omitted" a straightforward but necessary Halachah. We are told the detailed laws of inheritance barring what happens to a deceased man who leaves no sons but does leave daughters. The daughters of Tzlofchad are such a case in our Parsha. They reason that although nowhere does the Torah specify their rights to inheritance, this certainly ought to be the law. They put their argument before the lower courts of the nation[4] who, although they agree with the women, refer the case to a higher court out of respect for a Law that as yet had no precedent or code and would need to be innovated. The higher court in turn referred it up for the same reason, until it was referred to Moshe himself. Astonishingly, Moshe's mind blanked and although the case should have been "cut-and-dried" he needed to refer it to Hashem. Hashem affirms the logic of the Tzlofchad girls, and records Moshe's intellectual "lapse" for posterity.[5]
What was so wrong in Moshe advising the judges to bring difficult matters to him? Interestingly, Moshe did not say "if you encounter difficulty, bring it to me." He assumed they would encounter difficulty and instructed them to bring those inevitable difficulties to him. Moshe assumed that other judges who did not have the privilege of studying the Torah from Hashem Himself, would surely not have the same level of knowledge needed to make halachik decisions. And herein lay his error: No one has absolute halachik knowledge, not even he. Absolute knowledge cannot therefore be a precondition for competent halachik decision-making. It is this latitude that gives a Rav the right to pasken (make halachik decisions) provided he has an authentic semichah (Rabbinic ordination) authorizing him to pasken and holds a recognized position[6] as a Poseik. This is so even if there are other rabbis whose knowledge exceeds his. Perfect knowledge is not a requirement. Competence is; Yirat shamayim (G-d fearing) is; and intellectual courage is.
Often as individuals we need to make decisions regarding our own lives, and we feel humbled and overwhelmed by the enormity of the decisions and their implications. In these situations it helps to be mindful that we cannot have perfect knowledge. We will err as even Moshe sometimes did. We will not be accountable for what we did not and could not have known. All we can do is be our best. Make decisions with as much information as we can and with a great deal of Yiras Shamayim and personal courage. We can also follow Moshe's advice and avoid all intellectual cowardice and fear of public opinion, as we do what we know is right and follow it to the best of our abilities.
The Prominent "Nun"
This is the reason why the Nun (14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet) at the end of the word "mishpattan," is enlarged.[7] Nun is numerically 50. It reminds us that no one but G-d could truly know all fifty dimensions of the law that applied to the daughters of Tzlofchad, nor any other law for that matter. Still, had Moshe not claimed superior knowledge, he would have made the decision. In effect the daughters of Tzlofchad themselves were able (though not technically qualified) to make the decision; the lower courts certainly could have made the decision. Perfect knowledge is not a requirement for halachik decision-making; nobility of character is.
[1] Rosh Hashanah 21a
[2] Devarim 1:17
[3] Of course were it not that Chazal themselves (Rashi Bamidbar 27:5)make this comment we never could, as no human being can grasp Moshe's greatness, nevermind identify his errors.
[4] Tanchuma 9
[5] Sanhedrin 8a
[6] Whether formal or informal.
[7] Rabbeinu Bechiye Bamidbar 27:5
Notes of Daat Tevunot Class July 7, 09
There is a special gift of satisfaction, which we request as part of the Shabbat and Holy Day Prayers: V'sabeinu MiTuvecha – Satisfy us from Your Best – Our souls are desperate to reconnect with their source and cannot find satisfaction without that connection. This is why the generation of the desert, despite all their gifts, could not find satisfaction. Our Souls must integrate with our Sechel to be whole.
We discuss Creation from God's perspective: Yecholet – Ability and Chuko – His Nature, and we then discuss Creation from the perspective of the Nivrah – The Created Being. Chochma is used when discussing the needs of the creations.
The Divine Ratzon – Will was for a creation that could master itself and achieve perfection. That Will can only be perfectly satisfied with a creation that lacks Shleimut/Perfection and has an opportunity to achieve it for itself.
Therefore, the Creation is PERFECTLY matched to the Ratzon/Will processed through Machashava/Thought.
God's Yecholet?Ability and Chuko/Nature are part of the Creation, therefore it expanded, bit Olamo – The world as we know it, and Shamayim – The System as governed by through the Transcendental Forces and Angels in Heaven, expanded until stopped. Their nature is to expand.
Whenever we limit ourselves we are experiencing the "Stop!" of Shadai.
This Week On The Foundation Stone
by admin in Music of Halacha, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth
This Week On The Foundation Stone:
Haftarah: Chukat – Balk: Variations on a Theme
Table Talk: Chukat
Parah Adumah – Links to Essays and Podcasts
Table Talk: Balak
The Torah Connection: Rabbi Yaakov Shlomo Weinberg
Life Lessons: The Heileger Chana Chaya: Chukat: Are You Missing The Miracles? and Do It Anyway
The Music of Halacha: Telling it Like It Is – An Introduction to the Laws of Rebuke
Bentzion of Medziboz's Stories of the Baal Shem Tov: The Well of the Baal Shem Tov
Keter Shem Tov: Chapter 145
Forms of Prayer: Using the Siddur As A Workbook
Proud To Be A Duns (Dunce): Food For Thought
John, Doctor Subtilis, of the village of Duns in Berwickshire, Scotland, (1266-1308) developed the notion of "Haecceity" as a way of giving expression to the uniqueness or the indivisible "thisness" of a person. His followers were called "Dun's Men" from where we get the notion of a "dunce" or stupid fellow who believes himself subtle.
I don't know about the subtle part, but I do believe in the importance of appreciating the uniqueness of a person.
A great debate rages in my family whether each of us must first focus on becoming individuals and only then submitting to God or vice versa. Is the submission of a person who does not have a sense of self, worthwhile? Is it too risky to focus on self-development? Even if we acknowledge the importance of developing ourselves: Do we consider the challenges of our times so terrible that we must sacrifice our self-development in order to fight for the Jewish people?
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Da'at Tevunot Class 6_17-09
"There will be no eating or drinking": is only necessary if we exist as we are now; souls and bodies.
"Crowns": indicate relationship, as with the Mitzvah of Brit Milah/Circumcision which is the shaping of a crown on the place of relationship. The Crowns indicate the level of relationship we have achieved.
"Crowns" are also reminiscent of Sinai when they had two crowns one for "We will Do" and one for "We will relate." The Crowns were a reflection of what they had achieved through experiencing Revelation. They lost the crowns when they sinned with the Golden Calf. Moshe collected the crowns and offers them to us on Shabbat, the day on which we can experience the level of Olam Habah/World to Come that we have earned.
The Crowns also reflect the teaching of the Zohar that each letter of our prayers is raised to heaven by an angel, and the angels if empowered by our prayers, dance around each other as they fly to heaven, creating new combinations of letters and words, that all go to decorate the Divine Crown. The Zohar also teaches that each Mitzvah we perform can fly upward and decorate the Divine Crown. As we enhance the Divine Crown we are actually preparing the Crowns we will wear in the World-To-Come. They will be an exact reflection of our efforts and , therefore, we will be able to fully relate to and enjoy the Shechina – The Reflection of the Level of Relationship Achieved by The Perfected Community – without any dissonance.
The Soul in its natural state cleaves to God. We do not need to create a new reality that seems so beyond us. D'veikut – Attachment to God – is the natural state of the Soul. That is why the Ramchal adds the words Teshuva – to Return to our natural state.
We also found the three levels of barriers repeated.
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Q: How to make a Bash function for killing processes accessing a port I'm trying to simplify killing all processes on a given port.  How could I do this within my .bashrc file using the following command?
 $ lsof -i tcp:3000 | awk 'NR!=1 {print $2}' | xargs kill

hopefully I could simplify this to something like
 killport 3000

Anything helps, thanks!

A: something like this?

killport() { lsof -i tcp:$1 | awk 'NR!=1 {print $2}' | xargs kill ; }

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Sharnbrook è un villaggio e una parrocchia civile sita nel Borough di Bedford nel Bedfordshire in Inghilterra

L'insediamento è citato nel Domesday Book del 1086 come parrocchia nell'Hundred of Willey ma fu probabilmente sviluppato ai tempi dei Sassoni. Il più antico edificio sopravvissuto è la Chiesa di St Peter in stile normanno. Molti degli edifici più antichi del villaggio sono stati costruiti con la pietra locale olite, usata in altri antichi insediamenti del nord Bedfordshire.

Situato a nord di un anello del percorso del fiume Great Ouse e di Bedford, il villaggio ha forma allungata secondo le direttive sud-est nord-ovest, con il centro della comunità intorno al nord-ovest.

Istruzione
Il villaggio possiede due scuole, la più grande delle quali, Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College, ha un campus nell'occidente del villaggio, che serve una vasta area ed è gestito dalla vincitrice della maratona di Londra Paula Radcliffe, che vi ha aperto il Paula Radcliffe Sharnbrook Community Sports Centre nell'aprile del 2005.  Questo centro sportivo non è ad esclusivo uso della scuola ma serve la più ampia comunità del nord Bedfordshire. Gli studenti vanno da 13 a 18. L'altra scuola del villaggio è la John Gibbard Lower School per bambini dai 3 ai 9 anni.

Economia

Industria
Ai margini di nord-est ha sede un grande centro di ricerca della multinazionale Unilever. Esso utilizza i terreni annessi a Colworth House, costruita nel XVII secolo e ricostruita, nella forma attuale, dal 1774. La costruzione è adibita ad uffici, affiancata da moderni edifici. Il sito è stato trasformato in un parco scientifico utilizzato da parte di un certo numero di aziende.

Infrastrutture e trasporti
La stazione ferroviaria di Sharnbrook venne aperta nel 1857 e chiusa nel 1960.

Galleria d'immagini

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Centri abitati del Bedfordshire

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MIYAGI Sendai City A modern city filled with Samurai history
NEAR SENDAI CITY
A modern city filled with Samurai history
As the capital of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the northeast of Japan, Sendai is an ideal base for exploring Tohoku . The compact city center allows for easy access to dining and shopping options, while its samurai history is displayed in well-preserved historical sites and architectural treasures. Come and get lost in the beauty and history of Sendai.
Boarding the Loople sightseeing bus to quickly access major tourism locations
Trying the city's signature dish: grilled beef tongue, called gyutan
Inspecting the masterful architecture constructed by city founder, feudal lord Date Masamune
Sendai is easy to reach from Tokyo by shinkansen or highway bus. Either the Tohoku or Akita Shinkansen from Tokyo will get you to Sendai Station in one and a half hours.
There are also daytime and overnight highway bus services from Tokyo Station and Shinjuku Station. Travel time varies between five and seven hours.
Sendai is known as the "City of Trees"
Sendai was the closest major city to the epicenter of the earthquake of March 11, 2011
The city was founded in 1600 by one of Japan's most powerful feudal lords
A city in harmony with nature
Sendai is a green city by the sea, surrounded by mountains. The Hirose River flows through the center, separating the busy downtown from the old castle site. Outlying mountains offer skiing at Mt. Izumigatake or hot spring retreats in Akiu and Sakunami.
Major streets are lined with towering green trees which change to a brilliant golden hue in autumn and are magnificently illuminated in winter. Residents of Sendai are proud of its nickname, the "City of Trees."
Sendai's famous festivals
Mark your calendars for the July's, Sendai Tanabata Festival , when colorful streamers take over the city. In September, catch the Jozenji Street Jazz Festival when hundreds of musicians fill the streets with song. October has the traditional Yosakoi Dance Festival, while the second half of December sees the Pageant of Starlight with wintertime illuminations.
Who is the "One-eyed Dragon?"
One of the greatest of the feudal lords during the civil wars of the 16th century, Date Masamune founded Sendai in 1600. Date Masamune moved to Sendai from northern Miyagi to consolidate his growing domain. Friends and foes called him the "One-eyed Dragon," a nickname he earned thanks to a childhood illness that resulted in the loss of his right eye.
Masamune's presence can be felt all around the city, in statues and architecture. Learn more about this larger-than-life character at the Sendai City Museum, where you can see his pure black armor and impressive helmet. This iconic black armor is rumored to be the inspiration for Darth Vader's armor in the Star Wars movies.
All aboard the Loople
Take advantage of the tram-like Loople sightseeing bus for hop-on, hop-off access to major tourist spots. Buses run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offer multilingual announcements with information along the route.
Don't skip the exquisite 16th century black and gold Azuchi-Momoyama-style architecture at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine and at Date Masamune's final resting place, Zuihoden Mausoleum. These buildings embody the samurai leader's luxurious style.
Also on the Loople course, Aoba Castle and its historic remains are worth exploring. Afterward visit one of the nearby restaurants and enjoy some of the best views of the city.
Non-stop shopping
Hunt down a bargain by taking a bus to the upscale Izumi Premium Outlet, or opt for an 18-minute train ride on the Senseki Line to Nakanosae Station to experience the largest outlet shopping center in Tohoku, the 120-store Mitsui Outlet Park. For traditional crafts including kokeshi dolls, stop by Shimanuki, near Sendai Station.
Tohoku treats
Grilled beef tongue, or gyutan, is the local specialty and a must-try for meat-eaters. There are many restaurants specialising in grilled meat and gyutan around the station area. If you're not in the mood for meat, zunda, a sweet green soybean paste, is the other local favorite and used to top everything from mochi rice to ice cream parfaits.
Finish your day with some fine dining or a few drinks in Kokubuncho, Sendai's nightlife district packed with over 2,500 bars and restaurants.
Sendai is the surprising home to a piece of hamburger history. Located among the bustling bars and clubs of Kokubuncho is Hosoya's Sandwich, possibly Japan's oldest hamburger restaurant, still serving up classic American-style burgers to this day.
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I got the Kessil AP700 today which is meant for the new Red Sea Reefer 350 build but I couldn't resist testing it on the 50 gallon breeder.
I like how it lights the tank. Nice even spread and the shimmer is amazing. I tried testing the moonlight feature but like the Kessil A360 it was still too bright.
I also tested it with the Coralife 2 bulb T5 fixture and it didn't look good at all. I want to do some T5 supplementation and I'll probably have to go another direction with it.


BRENT WALSH OF I THE MIGHTY RELEASES FIRST SINGLE "CLOUD'S SONG", ANNOUNCES NEW EP "ARE YOU EVEN THERE AT ALL?" OUT NOVEMBER 2.
I the Mighty frontman, Brent Walsh, surprised fans today with "Cloud's Song" - the first offering from his first solo release in four years, Are You Even There At All?. "Cloud's Song" was debuted via an official video that chronicles a young boy dealing with the newfound absence of his father. It's this story that forms the narrative of the emotionally jarring song that is brought to life through Brent's command of melody and dynamic vocals over a thoughtfully picked acoustic guitar on "Cloud's Song". You can watch the video now on YouTube or stream the track on Spotify.
Cloud's Song follows a young boy as he struggles to cope with his father's newfound absence in his life. Daily, he stares up at the clouds, as they convey stories to him, though each repeats with the same theme of someone drifting away, leading him to question the existence of God. I grew so connected to the song's meaning and imagery that I ended up naming the EP after the central line of the chorus and designing the artwork around it.
For the video, I wanted to try to capture the same feeling of the night I ran away from home at that same age and the connection I felt with my mother when we were reunited.
Alongside the release of "Cloud's Song", Brent also announced his new solo EP 'Are You Even There At All?' will be released November 2nd on Rude Records. It was recorded with producer Courtney Ballard (I the Mighty, 5 Seconds Of Summer, All Time Low) at the MDDN Studios in Los Angeles, CA and really pinpoints how much Brent has grown as an artist in the four years since his last solo release. Walsh masterfully pulls from experience on this EP, as he experiments with and further hones his sound. The result proves to be Walsh's most ambitious and diverse release yet, taking a bold step forward in his creative journey. Are You Even There At All? is available for pre-order now here.
"My creative inspiration is constantly changing, but I have over a decade and a half of experience now writing bodies of work that reflect a certain period of my life. '7' had a lot of sadness, and self-deprecation. 'Are You Even There at All' was written and recorded from a place of joy. Pain can be an incredible motivator. However, so can love".
Already one of the most progressive voices in alternative rock, I the Mighty took a bold step forward creatively with the release of their most recent album Where the Mind Wants to Go / Where You Let it Go. With I the Mighty, Walsh has toured and shared stage with the likes of Coheed And Cambria, Deftones, Pierce The Veil, The Dear Hunter, Say Anything, Glassjaw, and more. The band will be heading to the UK for a pair of headlining dates before continuing on to Europe for a string of dates with Movements. All tickets for these dates are available at ithemighty.com.


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I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Fallen Legacies
Pittacus Lore
Before Number Four, there were One, Two, and Three. Until now we've only known that the Mogadorians caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. But all of that is about to change. . . .
In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Fallen Legacies, you'll learn the true story behind these ill-fated members of the Garde. Before they were murdered by the Mogadorians, before Number Four was next, they were all just kids on an alien planet called Earth—discovering their powers, trying to stay hidden, and running for their lives.
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Prospect Burma volunteer Joe Massey recently returned from three months in Myanmar, where he was supporting work in our Yangon office. In the final post in his three-part blog series, he talks about meeting the PB scholarship applicants and the passion they have for gaining skills and expertise to help transform their country.
My return to Yangon coincided with the beginning of the rainy season. My taxi ride from the airport through a thunderstorm gave me a sense of what was to come for my next month in Myanmar. The first week back was spent preparing to interview the applicants to our scholarship competition. I also visited Sky Age for the last time, which was quite sad. I had spent quite a lot of time with the students, so it was a shame that I had to say goodbye. I have no doubt that they will go on to great things and their time at Sky Age will prove invaluable.
We had decided on a shortlist and began to schedule the interviews for the following week. Due to the size of the country and some of the students already studying abroad, not all of them were able to come to the office for an interview. We scheduled interviews over 4 days with some students coming into the office, and the others taking place over Skype. Steph, from the London office, arrived on Wednesday morning and we were finally ready to meet our students. We spoke to over 30 students in 3 days and we were blown away by the quality and passion of our applicants. Each student had completely different stories and ambitions – each as impressive as the next. Speaking to the students gave me a huge amount of context into the lives of young people growing up in rural Myanmar. I think the most impressive thing about the students is how driven and knowledgeable they are about the ways they could make a difference to Myanmar's future. Each student had a completely different plan covering everything from education to medicine to engineering. It was amazing to meet the students, and I can't wait to see how they get on in the future.
My last two weeks in Myanmar gave me the chance to see a little bit more of the country. My girlfriend had flown out from the UK and we had 15 days to see as much of Myanmar as we possibly could. We started with a few days in Yangon, followed by a short trip to Hpa-an, unfortunately shortened by the heavy rain, time at Inle lake, a night in Mandalay and three days in Bagan. It was fantastic to meet so many friendly people, see some amazing sights and try a lot of delicious food. Myanmar truly is a beautiful place.
Having now returned to the UK I've had a chance to think about my time in Myanmar. It's been a fantastic opportunity for me, and I'm so grateful to everyone at Prospect Burma for offering me the chance to spend time in this amazing country. I will never forget my time in Myanmar, especially the people – their smiles and warmth as well as their passion for social change and for helping as many other people as they can. I've made some friends for life and I have no doubt I will be back in the country again soon – I won't be able to stay away!


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Asia Pacific is No 1 hunting ground for hackers
Global data from last year found that 64 per cent of all FireEye-managed detection and response customers were targeted again by the same or similarly motivated attack group — up from 56 per cent in 2017 and Asia Pacific tops the list of malware report for 2019.
As organisations get better at detecting data breaches, hackers have become increasingly persistent, retargeting the firms they earlier broke into, US-based cybersecurity firm FireEye said on Monday.
A US-headquartered firm, Malwarebytes estimated an increase of 270% of malware detections amongst business in the Asia-Pacific region.
The financial services sector was seen to have the largest number of retargeted victims in 2018, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, revealed the "FireEye 2019 Mandiant M-Trends Report". This trend is particularly relevant for the Indian market, given last year's cyber attack incidents at Cosmos Bank and State Bank of Mauritius.
Among the top ten countries that pose the biggest threat to malware, Asia Pacific tops the list with five countries.
Country Biggest Threat
1. United States Information Theft
2. Indonesia Backdoors
3. United Kingdom Information Theft
4. France Information Theft
5. Malaysia Backdoors
6. Thailand Backdoors
7. Australia Cryptomining
8. Germany Information Theft
9. Brazil Adware
10. Philippines Information Theft
"I encourage Indian firms to reassess their security posture and determine whether they can quickly detect and respond to intrusions," said Steve Ledzian, Vice President and APAC CTO, FireEye.
The Indian businesses must also determine whether "they know who is likely to attack them and how, and whether they have tested their security against human attackers in a red team scenario to try to spot weaknesses before their real world adversaries do," Ledzian said in a statement.
Singapore, a prized target
In Singapore alone, Malwarebytes saw a 180% increase in malware detections amongst the business sectors.
In the meantime, organisations appear to be getting better at discovering breaches internally, rather than being notified by an outside source such as law enforcement.
Anonymous Threat Group Compromised 1 Million Web Pages of Popular Brands like Coca-Cola and McDonalds's
Hackers Using Smart Devices to Launch Phishing Attack against Russian Business


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Do You See What I See? Geotargeting in Brand Infringements
Geotargeting is a well-established online technique for delivering tailored web content based on a user's geographic location. From an internet technology point of view, this is usually based on the user's IP address, which is converted to a physical location through a standard look-up process performed by network infrastructure.
Geotargeting is commonly used by websites for several legitimate reasons, including providing users with relevant advertising and other content, or restricting the distribution of content to particular countries or regions in compliance with IP rights restrictions. However, geotargeting (or geoblocking) is increasingly being used by bad actors with their infringing websites. The sites may be configured so the infringing content (e.g., counterfeit goods sales) is only accessible in certain countries, at certain times, on certain days, or can vary dependent on the web browser used.
Outside of those locations, sites may resolve to unrelated content, like gambling-related or adult material, or websites for third-party companies. In some cases, affiliate links on these pages can be sources of additional revenue for their owners beyond their core purpose, i.e., the distribution of the infringing content. Generally, the main purpose of the geotargeting technique is to circumvent detection by the real brand owner, their brand protection service provider, or to frustrate enforcement efforts.
Common geotargeting implementation methods
There are several ways to implement geotargeting, the most common of which include:
Use of a .HTACCESS configuration file on the webserver of the site in question to restrict access to the content by certain IP addresses
Use of Javascript in the website source code specifying that access from certain countries should be restricted
In this case, the geoblocking takes place on the client side in the web browser; this type of blocking can be implemented using a suitable plug-in when the site is constructed without requiring any specific technical knowledge
Most often these tools are used for legitimate purposes, including security (e.g., blocking traffic from suspected automated bots), search-engine optimization (e.g., customization of site content by location), or compliance (e.g., where content may be illegal in certain jurisdictions). However, as discussed previously, use of these techniques has become increasingly popular with fraudsters who use them to avoid detection and thereby increase the uptime for their infringing content.
Enforcement implications
Enforcement action against geotargeted content can be difficult because the internet service providers (ISPs) through which the takedowns are made may not be able to see the offending content. A successful takedown is generally reliant on the brand owner being able to provide the ISP with information relating to the IP address(es) or geographic regions from which the infringing content is accessible and the screenshot of the said content.
At times, it may be not possible for users who first accessed the infringing content to provide the required information—such as the IP address(es) mentioned above, or the screenshot of the infringing site. This is not uncommon, and there are investigation tools that can be used to support evidence preservation for takedown as described below.
Investigation of geotargeted content: A case study of an infringing website
Investigating a site using geotargeted content requires the investigator to bypass the geoblocking, which is generally most easily achieved using tools to mask their location (i.e., their IP address, or the location from where their web queries are originating). This can be done by using a virtual private network (VPN), a proxy server, or SmartDNS (domain name system).
However, if it's possible to establish that the geoblocking or content redirection has been implemented using Javascript—which can be confirmed using any of a range of free, third-party tools—the geoblocking can usually at least partially be circumvented by disabling Javascript in the browser.
To illustrate, the following example shows a geotargeted counterfeit site identified by CSC as infringing against a luxury goods brand. The website—"[brand]-store.org"—appears to be tailored to the Japanese market, and the Google® abstract for the site shows what appears to be the intended content, with Japanese text translated as "Fall / Winter New Down Women's / Men's Cheap Mail Order" (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Google abstract for the geotargeted counterfeit site.
On the other hand, when the site is viewed from the U.K., the user is instead redirected to a restricted access page on a third-party domain (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Redirection destination page for the geotargeted counterfeit site when viewed from the U.K.
However, if Javascript is disabled in the browser, the redirection no longer takes effect. In this case, the blocking of Javascript meant that the website content didn't display properly; however, by viewing the webpage source code, we were able to verify the presence of the counterfeit site content. An extract is shown in Figure 3, where the Japanese page title translates as '[Brand] Outlet Store Official Site – 2021 New Fall / Winter Down Women's / Men's Cheap Online Store – [Brand] Outlet Store Official Site'.
Figure 3: Extract of the HTML source code of the geotargeted counterfeit site.
Completing the investigation, the content of the site can be viewed by modifying the HTML to remove the Javascript command causing the redirect and opening the resulting document in a browser (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Content of the geotargeted counterfeit site shown by rendering the edited HTML source code directly in a browser.
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Sehen Sie, was ich sehe? Geotargeting bei Markenrechtsverletzungen
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Residence – 221 South Olive Street
The house that stood at 221 South Olive may not have been as ornate as some of its Bunker Hill neighbors, but unlike the homes of Margaret Crocker and L.J. Rose, the residence on Olive survived from the earliest days of the neighborhood until the bitter end. Set back from the street, up two small sets of stairs, and surrounded by foliage, the fading Victorian beauty was a popular subject of the photographers who documented the Hill in its waning years.
The mansion was built in 1887 by Herman F. Baer, a real estate developer who was responsible for a number of residences in the area. The original address of the Baer home was 117 South Olive, but soon became 221 South Olive due to further development of the area and an 1889 ordinance renumbering street addresses. When the property was surveyed prior to its demolition, the American Institute of Architects noted that the house bore a striking resemblance to the design style of local architects Samuel and Joseph C. Newson.
By 1891, Baer was out and the Doran family was in. John J. Doran operated a stationary shop on Main Street which also provided the city with school supplies, fine pictures, candles, vegetable & olive oil, magazines and a well assorted stock of Catholic books. Doran passed away in 1892, but his widow Mary, their son, and three daughters continued to live on Olive and threw parties worthy of the society pages. The Dorans left Olive Street around 1905, selling the property to R.A. Fowler who unloaded it a couple of years later for $26,500 (over half a million in today's dollars). By this time, the residence had been converted into a boarding house.
Compare to many boarding houses in the neighborhood, the Baer/Doran house witnessed very little excitement. In 1926, resident Albert V. Herndon bought a train ticket to Kansas to visit his ailing father and was never heard from again. On a less morbid note, boarder Thorsten Anderson left his Olive Street room in 1930 on Labor Day to go to the Plaza for a pro-Communist demonstration. He and seventeen other participants spent the night in the slammer when they were arrested for disturbing the peace. In keeping with the public disturbance theme, resident James C McLean was hauled out of his room and arrested in December 1934. At that time, the City was in the midst of a transportation strike and McLean was accused of setting a streetcar at Third and Bixel on fire. Though he denied being responsible for the incident, the burns on his hands made the police think otherwise.
While the neighborhood continued its downward decline, the house on Olive street maintained its peaceful existence. By 1939, the house had been divided up into fourteen different residences. According to the WPA household census, boarders paid from six to twenty dollars a month in rent and had lived in the house for a month up to sixteen years. Unlike many of the Victorian mansions getting on in their years, the Olive house was in decent condition, only requiring minor repairs.
The picturesque mansion house survived without incident into the mid-1960s. In 1964, the Community Redevelopment Agency purchased the property from owner Louis Swiatel in order to demolish it. After fifty seven years, the house at 221 South Olive Street was no more.
Photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection, the California State Library Photo Collection, and the Library of Congress
Author Christina RicePosted on September 1, 2008 December 25, 2021 Categories 200 Block Olive Street, Christina RiceTags 200 Block, communists, olive
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Sub-retinal drusenoid deposits in human retina: organization and composition.
We demonstrate histologically sub-retinal drusenoid debris in three aged human eyes, two of them affected by age-related maculopathy. By postmortem fundus examination, the lesions were drusen-like, i.e., they were pale spots apparently at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Light and electron microscopy revealed aggregations of membranous debris, the principal constituent of soft drusen, in the sub-retinal space. Immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy confirmed the presence of molecules typically associated with drusen (positive for unesterified cholesterol, apoE, complement factor H, and vitronectin) without evidence for molecules associated with photoreceptors (lectin-binding disaccharide bridges and opsins), Müller cells (glial fibrillary acid protein and cellular retinal binding protein, CRALPB), or RPE (CRALPB). The fact that a drusenoid material, sharing some markers with conventional drusen, can occur on opposite faces of the RPE, suggests deranged polarity of normally highly vectorial processes for basolateral secretion from RPE, and that overproduction of secreted materials and direction of secretion are independently specified processes. In the future, drusenoid sub-retinal debris might be more frequently revealed by emerging high-resolution imaging techniques.


This SBIR Phase I project is investigating the feasibility of utilizing a stabilized, cadmium-binding antibody to sequester cadmium in plant trichomes. Heavy metals such as cadmium are ubiquitous contaminants in soil surrounding industrial sites and have great deleterious impacts on human health. A great need exists for a strategy of heavy metal removal and recovery from soil that does not rely on expensive and toxic restoration techniques.
Phyllotech is pursuing the modification of a natural process of heavy metal phytoextraction in the genetically-tractable, high-biomass plant Nicotiana tabacum. The specific technological innovation is the targeted expression of a thermostabile cadmium-binding antibody within the gland cells of leaf surface structures called glandular secreting trichomes, to achieve high levels of cadmium sequestration outside of the main plant body so that plant growth is undeterred. The research objectives are to generate a stabilized antibody that binds cadmium, drive its expression in trichomes using patented promoters, and investigate if plants are enhanced in their abilities to extract cadmium from growth media. This work will demonstrate that trichomes of N. tabacum can be utilized to enhance cadmium extraction from soil, and will develop a foundation for the large-scale, selective phytoremediation of contaminants from diverse environments.


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Song Village & Music Improv Circle
When: Sun., Nov. 27, 1-5:15 p.m. 2016
People who love to sing are invited to "SONG VILLAGE", a new singing gathering hosted by Seabury Gould. This monthly informal gathering is similar to the "Song Circle" which Seabury hosted for many years in Arcata. This month's Song Village takes place Sunday, November 27 from 1- 3 P.M. at Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 S. Westhaven Drive, Trinidad. Admission is free. Singers are encouraged to bring the songbook "Rise Up Singing" and copies of songs they would like to share. All ages are welcome. In "Song Village" there is the singing of folk songs and other songs conducive to group singing in an uplifting and fun setting. "Hooray for getting rainbow gangs of folks -- young and old -- singing together!" (Pete Seeger) A second part to the afternoon is "MUSIC IMPROV CIRCLE" in which Seabury facilitates musical improvisations with a variety of musicians at Westhaven Center for the Arts from 3.15- 5.15 p.m. Seabury leads the group in eclectic forms of improvisation ranging from Indian to Traditional/Folk music. Players of any instrument who would like to explore improvisation are invited to participate. Admission is free. For information about Seabury Gould, Song Village and Music Improv Circle, see seaburygould.com or call 707-845-8167 or email seaburygould@hotmail.com.
Westhaven Center for the Arts
501 S. Westhaven Drive (Westhaven)
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"Back up your data" is a piece of advice that is often said, and often ignored. It's such a simple task for technicians and can be an affordable service when compared to what could be lost, but humans can be complacent unless faced with adversity. If you've had a recent data loss scare or need a reminder about how to get your started, take a look at a few different redundancy and recovery planning steps.
The most basic way to have a backup of your data is to make a direct copy. If you haven't bought an external hard drive yet, there are other creative ways of saving a few important files, like attaching files to an email or using a thumb drive. But, getting a hard drive at the same size or larger than your original drive can allow you to copy everything over. For a more sophisticated backup, you'll need some other tools.
Sure, you can simply install the hard drive, then drag and drop your files to the new drive. Your documents, videos, and music will copy over, but what if you want to use your computer? If the original hard drive completely fails, your computer won't simply work because you've copied the operating system over as well.
Disk cloning is the technology behind creating an exact copy of your computer's current state. A snapshot of your computer's current state--called an image--is created and can be applied to future hard drives for recovery. Simply remove the old hard drive and keep the new hard drive as active and--in most scenarios--you'll have a working computer again. There are always chances and mistakes that could lead to failure, but you can test the cloned image before a problem occurs to ensure proper operating.
Cloud computing is a nice marketing buzzword, but understand that this is nothing more than storing your information on a network. The "cloud" term comes from an explanation of how networks operate and are connected. There are far too many nodes, connections and destinations (including your individual computers and mobile devices), so the network is instead illustrated as a cloud or series of clouds.
Instead of using a specific hard drive or set location to store your information, you send the files to a web service that stores your information on a robust network. If you haven't already, you may want to check out your email service's cloud, since that's an easy way to not only attach files to emails, but to save them for later use.
There's no denying that clouds are convenient and hide many of the details that may be daunting to basic computer users. But there's a caveat: a cloud can fail as well. Remember that when discussing the cloud, there is no single cloud used for all information. These are all different companies offering their own network storage, and it's possible for those clouds to crash.
If you need help recovering information because of a failed backup or if you haven't created a backup at all, contact a data recovery professional, like we recover data, for deep information inspection and planning for data backups.


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Durban Gen and Uzalo resume shooting!
Uzalo and Durban Gen actors are back at work.
The two Durban telenovelas had suspended shooting last week after the actors complained their lives were in danger.
This follows the unrest in KZN where shops were looted, buildings were burnt and roads were blocked by people who were demanding that former president Jacob Zuma be released from jail.
An Uzalo actor revealed they returned to work on Monday.
"After the situation seemed to be back to normal, we were told to go back to work. To some, it was scary but to some it was a relief because we were sitting at home doing nothing," said the actor.
Another actor said that they were glad the building the shot in was not damaged.
"We don't know what we would do if our buildings were burnt. We were holding our breath. This was a depressing and scary moment. The fact that they burnt the buildings next to ours, caused me anxiety. We just pray that something like this doesn't happen again in future," said another Uzalo actor.
Durban Gen actors said they were relieved to learn their jobs were safe.
"Jobs are scarce, especially in our field. We are not doing anything except for acting. We cannot do side hustles or gigs, and it's all because of Covid-19. That is why we were scared that if the looters damaged our buildings, we were going to be left with no jobs. God is good. Our buildings were not touched," said an actor.
The two shows are produced by Stained Glass, where Zuma's daughter Gugu Zuma-Ncube is one of the executives.
Stained Glass spokeswoman Nomfundo Zondi also confirmed that they have resumed shooting.
"Yes the productions are up and running, we are shooting and viewers must expect fireworks. We are glad that our actors and the whole production crew are safe," said Nomfundo.
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Empty theatrics dictate 2020 politics on the Iron Range
October 11, 2020 by Aaron Brown 4 Comments
Aaron J. Brown is an Iron Range blogger, author, radio producer and columnist for the Mesabi Tribune.
For one remarkable fall afternoon the President of the United States and his Democratic challenger converged on the political battlefield of northern Minnesota.
The Sept. 18 appearances of President Donald Trump at the Bemidji airport and former Vice President Joe Biden at a union training center near Duluth fed the hungry narrative that Minnesota may prove a pivotal swing state in the 2020 election.
Biden leads the state by about 8 points according to polling averages at the Economist. But Democrat Hillary Clinton only carried the state by 1.5 points in 2016 (though a significant third party vote contributed to Trump's close finish).
Nevertheless, in a terrible election for Democrats, Clinton still won Minnesota. And in 2018 Democrats swept the whole slate of statewide elections, most by 6-10 percent.
Trumps's strength in rural sections of central and northern Minnesota, however, should not be ignored. I live on the western Iron Range in Itasca County. This county voted for Obama twice, but tilted hard toward Trump in 2016 and rejected every statewide DFLer except Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2018.
But amid all this horse race talk, what issues are really at stake?
The end game for many Trump supporters seems to be full employment in mining, augmented by temporary pipeline work and perhaps some new copper nickel mines.
But the long term outlook for all these industries does not suggest lasting economic growth for the region. In fact, automation and corporate consolidation will reduce mining jobs over time. So, at best, the conventional political thinking of this region can only bring stratification — the preservation of good jobs for those who have them, and subservience for those who struggle at the margins.
I stayed on my native Mesabi Iron Range for the same reason you might turn to the next page of book you don't want to end. I have to. The story is too good. But all stories must end. If the endings are good, they breed sequels.
A better future for the Iron Range does not begin with the fear-mongering of a rising strain of authoritarianism. You can vote however you like, but the outcome only matters if our communities can sustain themselves in a changing economy.
At some point we on the Iron Range simply became props in a political play. Matters of great local importance — jobs, the environment, economic migration, health care — become forged into zero-sum cultural battering rams. In fact, we are the battering rams, our heads worn to nubs by the pounding.
And when the vote is done we keep nothing but compounded versions of our old problems: job losses, income disparities, health care inequalities and declining schools. None of these woes attract national attention on their own. They are all too common. That's because we live in a nation obsessed with power but afraid to use it for the common good.
I don't know what the "Iron Range" means to these people who couldn't find it on a map. I do know that the "Range" means one thing to a miner making a six-figure salary and another thing to a gay kid trying to get through school. It holds a certain meaning to a single mom pulling double shifts as a nursing assistant and yet another to a family pinned by generational poverty on the periphery of Range society.
This dichotomy prepares the sons and daughters of the Iron Range to die on both sides of a terrible war with ourselves.
At its best, Iron Range culture exemplifies togetherness, community, and upward mobility. At its worst, life on the Range is imbued with disdain of the outside world, power struggles over dwindling assets, and abject loneliness in the pit of the soul. Our strong hands clench into fists or fold in worry, but too often do nothing.
How your hands vote matters. What they do in our community matters more.
Aaron J. Brown is an author and college instructor from northern Minnesota's Iron Range. He writes the blog MinnesotaBrown.com and co-hosts the podcast "Power in the Wilderness" on Northern Community Radio. This piece first appeared in the Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 edition of the Mesabi Tribune.
Downtown Hibbing, like most Iron Range towns, features empty storefronts, a reminder of the real story that affects voters in the upcoming election. (PHOTO: Michael Steeber, Flickr CC-BY-SA)
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CT Marhula says
If Biden wins and Dems control House and Senate, go big or go home. 1. Repeal Taft-Hartley. 2. Expand Davis-Bacon to at least all employment that makes use of federal assets (BWCA-logging/mining on fed property, etc.) AND all hospital and care providers that receive federal funding. End the fillibuster.
ZL says
Sensible analysis and explanation. I hope some worthy candidates for public office are reading this and incorporate it into their platform.
Julie Stroeve says
Aaron, economic diversity will provide the long-term answers to life on the Iron Range, right? I hope so. The narrow confines of iron ore mining have stripped thousands of acres of their usefulness, and mining of any kind garners the same result. Think big, think long-term, and think out of the box. Small towns can thrive and succeed with diversity at the forefront of the debate. And thanks for your considered perspective, Aaron.
Well crafted piece kind sir. And yet I have heard through a long grapevine at First and Howard there are those who still go for the bellicose. The towns be saved as you point out so nicely if all get on board with what will work as oppose$ to what will make the very few some dough. Fair shake for all.
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These past two weeks we went out to VIMS to continue changing out the parts for screen system. It proved to be tedious since we had to drill through our aluminum framing pieces while floating on the water. Luckily we were precise enough for everything to fit fine, but it could have been an issue if our screws did not fit correctly. In addition to securing the screens with an aluminum piece on top of them, we also had to make sure the spacing was correct. For that we used drop in fasteners that screwed in small pieces of angle iron that kept the PVC canes 6 inches apart. On our second trip we also took out the screens, cleared most of the algae off and secured them on the platform of the craft. Tomorrow we should be able to help take the craft out onto the river and install the screens back into the water. Once we're out onto the water we will have to contend with turbulence from the river, currents, and anything else Mother Nature throws at us.
Earlier on in the week we decided to make a PVC spacer that would sit in the water and go down about two thirds the length of the screens to make sure we achieved similar spacing that we had at the top of the screens. After trying to place it in we realized that it would not work at all since the PVC structure floated right up to the surface and started to float away from the craft. Once again, we had another piece that would need adjustments. One possible solution is drilling holes into the PVC so that they can fill with water and sink down.
Hopefully at the end of this week we will finally have our craft out on the water, fully secured and ready to start harvesting algae. Since this is our last week of research we are going to have to wait till the fall to start actually harvesting the algae and doing more experiments with harvesting schedules and different ways to make harvesting easier. The main idea we have for harvesting would be to use a frame on both sides of the screens that would clamp together and have two blades that would go back and forth cutting the algae. The algae would then be pumped out using a simple bilge pump. Earlier in the semester I was working on designing the blade using a design program that could be converted to a program that would allow us to print it out using a 3D printer. I ran into some issues designing the blade and had to focus more on making adjustments to the craft, but hopefully I can focus on that more and sometime in the fall we should have some possible designs and have something to actually test.


This device doesn't work with wax, oils, or e-liquids. For dry herb use only.
Expectations are always high when VaporFi bring a fresh product to market and with their Atom dry herb vaporizer they've delivered sheer quality yet again.
It's no secret that herb vaporizers require a heck of a lot of battery power and capacity – after all nobody wants to be waiting about for the oven to heat up, or even worse run out of juice midway through a session.
Thankfully the VaporFi Atom dry herb vaporizer carries one of the most impressive batteries out there, and even better it complements many of the other features that help make this a very impressive product indeed.
One of the many reasons why VaporFi have such a loyal following is that they look after the customers.
Long gone are the days when you'd pick up a vaporizer and then have to individually purchase a plethora of essential add-ons.
The VaporFi Atom comes complete with everything needed to not just started but also to maintain the kit for a good few months.
Alongside the battery unit, mouthpiece and mini USB cable is also included a quality packing tool, a couple of spare cleaning pipes and even a replacement screen.
All this helps make it a very good choice for people new to dry herb looking to start out with a comprehensive kit.
Let's cut straight to the chase – the 3000mAh battery is absolutely ideal for dry herb vaping, but of course only as useful as the actual design allows it to be.
Good news is that as one would expect VaporFi have made their Atom vaporizer capable of operating between 360°F-464°F with an output voltage of 3.3-4.2V.
The battery heats up in less than thirty seconds and automatically time-outs to conserve power after 30 seconds on standby.
A variety of indicating lights measure battery capacity as well as operating temperature making it extremely easy to configure to just how you like to enjoy your vape.
Another pretty cool feature that we're seeing more frequently in elite level products such as this is motion sensing technology. This allows the user to simply give the VaporFi Atom a quick shake to check the battery life.
In regards to performance the Atom delivers a top quality vape that is smooth and consistently enjoyable thanks in no small part to the elegant mouthpieces (manufactured with non toxic food grade materials).
Clouds are delicious, smooth and without any unpleasant burn.
Utterly nontoxic clouds are only lightly fragrant and dissipate quickly.
The time out feature is also a handy way of helping conserve your mix and prevent unnecessary wastage when not in use – yet another example of good old VaporFi looking after the paying customer!
Despite the large battery capacity charging is complete within around an hour when totally drained, however the one drawback with this kit is that there is no pass through feature.
When it's charging you'll be without your vape for a little while; a minor inconvenience that shouldn't seriously detract for the overall very high quality of this device.
People looking for a comprehensive, elite standard dry herb vaporizer without breaking the bank really should pay attention to the VaporFi Atom.
There's an awful lot to really like about this kit, and by no means the least important of these is the reassurance that this vaporizer has been manufactured by one of the best in the business.
Sure it may not be a beautiful looking device – as far as vaporizers go it's a little bit of a Plain Jane – but for a dependable top drawer vape there's little need to look much further.


The Social Security Administration (SSA) denies about 70 percent of initial Social Security disability applications. After facing life-changing challenges of a disability, being denied rightful, necessary funds can be a frustrating experience. The delay can result in substantial hardships for families already saddled with reduced income and increased expenses.
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Are you obsessed with customer experience? Do you want to be part of our company that is revolutionizing modern retailing? Since 1901, our client has been committed to providing customers with the best possible service and experience in fashion. They have a relentless drive to exceed customer expectations. They continue to grow and evolve to remain the best in the eyes of our customers. Their goal is to be the best fashion retailer in a digitally connected world. Be a change leader at our client as they modernize their Technical capabilities.
Our client is looking for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) based in Seattle. This position reports to the CTO. You will be joining not only a strong leadership team but a strong technology team. Information security is a high priority for the company. It's reviewed by the board and executive management team on a quarterly basis. Both the retail industry and our client are in the midst of a transformation. You will be accountable for delivering the enterprise-wide vision, strategy, architecture, policies and programs to ensure information assets are protected, while maintaining an understanding of the challenges facing the business. You will ensure technology systems are secure, and security and business continuity risk/reward decisions are balanced and comply with external regulatory and legislative requirements. You will be creating an information security conscious culture.
You will be leading the operations of the security team using DevOps and Agile methodology. They have moved 50% of our overall computing technology to the Cloud. Their customer data is in many systems, their websites, mobile apps and point of sale systems. You and your team will be working closely with engineering delivery teams across our client's Technology to ensure the systems and services being delivered meet appropriate security standards. Your team is responsible for monitoring and responding to any threats. At the enterprise level, you own the engineering firewalls. You will ensure the security of our client's Enterprise, protecting customer as their as employee data.
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We all know them - they're the space invaders, the time suckers, the creepy over-friendly people at work. They waste your time, make you feel uncomfortable and make you say and do things you don't want to.
This is a significant problem in many organizations. Research has found that the average worker wastes 60 productive hours a month, with the biggest time-wasters being over-chatty colleagues and phone distractions. The reason so much time is wasted is because people often find it hard to set boundaries for fear of offending others.
Many people have issues with setting and maintaining boundaries with others. Boundaries are the physical, mental and emotion 'line' between us and other people. Some people's boundaries are too rigid and they push people away and some are too sloppy and this allows other people to violate your boundaries and get into your personal space. The good news is that once you are aware you can do something to enforce your boundaries and teach others to treat you appropriately.
The key to dealing with people who behave in this way is to find ways of dealing with the situations better, rather than moaning about them, or blaming them for wasting your time. People like this having a homing device for 'soft touches'; you will notice they do not behave like this with everyone. Here are some tips how to deal with them.
1. Get to know your boundaries. This may sound obvious but it's quite normal for people not to know this. You only know when someone has violated them because it doesn't feel right or you end up wasting time on something that's not important. Know what is OK for you and what isn't. Be clear on what you think is appropriate behaviour towards you at work.
By developing consistent cues, people will soon unconsciously learn them without you having to verbal tell them. If you are speaking to someone at your desk and the phone rings, do you answer it? The covert message you give is that you pay attention to what is most important, so if you pick up the phone you are telling the person at your desk that the call is more important than them. Is this the message you want to convey? There's no right or wrong, just make sure you are giving out the message you intend.
People will react to you setting boundaries at first, you might get labeled as 'boring' or 'no fun' but that's just because they can't play their games with you any more. Be consistent and keep going, start with small things if you're concerned about how other people will react and over time you will be able to set effective boundaries with others and never have your space invaded again.
John McLachlan is co-author of Real Leaders For The Real World and co-founder of Monkey Puzzle Training & Consultancy, a UK-based consultancy which provides NLP and leadership training, supporting people to become leaders in their careers and their own lives.


FK chats to Brisbane illustrator Lilly Piri about her whimsical pencil drawings, and new woodwork.
My colour pencil drawings are delicate and soft, with lines influenced by Egon Schiele and Art Nouveau. The subjects are usually humans, and animals with flora and fauna. My wooden animals are like tiny, wooden, European folk art, with an Australian influence.
When I was about 16, I began lessons with Martina Pook, and she was like a mentor to me. I also studied at the Arts Academy in Brisbane, fine art with Kay Kane and Christine Kirkegard and illustration with Phil Blythe. Jeremy Wortsman contacted me years ago, and that's how I ended up being represented by the wonderful team at Jacky Winter!
What mediums do you like to work with most and why?
Acrylics are a big favourite, they're just so good for so many things. Colour pencils, because they can make soft, ghosty colours. Woodworking is also great fun, I like the texture, weight and the whimsy of it.
Some favourites would be, designing a wallet for Poketo, drawing 3 cat greeting cards for A Happy Death, and most recently, making little wooden animals. I've also loved every single portrait I've made, because the patrons have always given me the greatest creative freedom. The stories, and favourite objects make portrait drawings very personal, and special.
Natural history museums, travel, stories, mythology, vintage annual story and activity books, classic novels, seeing how other artists work, insects, native animals, Wes Anderson films, folk art, vintage toys, clockwork toys, where I live, and without doubt, the almost-four-years that I spent in Germany.
My drawing has gotten more refined, it takes me longer, somehow, than it used to. My process is: research, sketch, ponder, draw, and finally think about how I could have made it better.
What aspirations do you have for your work?
My aspirations are for the work I have not yet done. I'd like them to live up to my expectations, in the way they are executed, in the way they look in the finished piece.
What can we expect to see at the upcoming Brisbane Finders Keepers?
High quality inkjet prints, all sorts of wooden animals, badges, postcards, christmas cards, notepads, zines, and, a rather nervous me!


I have bought a brand new Sony KDL-70R520A. The problem is that it does not recognize MTS video files. I'm able play AVI and MP4 formats, but not MTS videos. Can anyone help?
Dazzling picture quality, infinite entertainment options, and internet connectivity ?C Sony HDTVs are known the world over for their brilliant color, clarity and elegant design. XBR, W, S, or R Series ?C there's a Sony smart tv perfect for every room.
How to watch camcorder video on Sony XBR/W/S/R Series TV? If you got a Sony Smart TV, you may like playing your HD recordings on the nice HD device. It's a good way to share your happy times with your family and friends. Today, I'll share the Sony smart tv AVCHD/MTS solution wihth you.
Connecting your HD Camcorder to a Sony Smart TV/HDTV/Android TV, select a video then play it. But, you will be in trouble. The Sony tv can't read your AVCHD/MTS videos directly.Giving up playing HD camcorder videos on Sony HDTV? "No". We can convert and transfer 1080P AVCHD/MTS video to USB flash drive for playing on Sony Bravia tvs. Acrok MTS Converter is a professional HDTV MTS video converter for converting Panasonic, Sony, JVC and Canon AVCHD/MTS recordings to any video foramt. Sony HDTV support H.264 MP4 format playback well, so we can transcode AVCHD/MTS to MP4 via Acrok MTS Converter. If you are Mac user, Acrok MTS Converter for Mac can help you convert AVCHD/MTS to H.264 MP4 on Mac easily.
Launch Acrok MTS Conversion program; click "Add" button from main menu to browse your computer hard drive and select the files you want to convert. Or you can easily drag-and-drop HD AVCHD/MTS fooatges into this application for converting.
Click "Format" bar and choose "Common Video -> H.264 Video (*.mp4)" as Sony HDTV compatible codec for playing HD camcorder AVCHD/MTS videos in Sony tv smoothly. If you like, you can choose "Sony HDTV Video (*.mp4)" under "HDTV" category to convert AVCHD/MTS to HD MP4 video for Sony XBR/W/S/R Series tvs.
Tip: Tap "settings" to customize the output parameters - adjust the video size, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel, etc to get a decent video for watching on Sony smart tv.
Click the "Convert" button to start encoding AVCHD/MTS to H.264 MP4 for Sony Sony XBR/W/S/R Series HDTV right away. This conversion process will finish soon.
Afterwards, click the Open button to locate the output files and transfer to USB flash drive or a digital device. Connect USB to USB interface, now you can watch AVCHD/MTS video on Sony smart tv without any problem.
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FROM ubuntu

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y python2.7-mapnik python2.7-scipy python2.7-numpy python2.7-psycopg2 cython python2.7-pysqlite2
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs npm python-virtualenv
RUN apt-get install -y postgresql-9.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-client-9.3 redis-tools
RUN apt-get install -y sqlite3 sqlite3-pcre libspatialite-dev libspatialite5 spatialite-bin
RUN apt-get install -y ssh git libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libprotobuf-dev
RUN apt-get install -y python2.7-gdal gdal-bin libgdal-dev gdal-contrib python-pillow protobuf-compiler libtokyocabinet-dev tokyocabinet-bin libreadline-dev ncurses-dev

ADD . /home/docker

WORKDIR /home/docker/pysqlite-2.6.3/
RUN python setup.py install
RUN pip install cython
RUN pip install numexpr

WORKDIR /home/docker
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

RUN useradd -m docker
RUN echo docker:docker | chpasswd

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Chia, officially named salvia hispanica is in the mint family. It is the best known source of omega three fatty acids. The Aztec Indians primary crop was corn. Chia seeds were their second most used food item. Mexico's Taramahara Indians are known for the great endurance, often running a hundred miles as a group. Chia and water are the only foods they take on these runs.
Seven tablespoons of chia seeds are equal to 7 grams of fiber.
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World's Longest Beer Garden launched in Berlin at the International Beer Festival (Photo Credit: independent.ng)
Berlin launches 'World's longest beer garden'
As Berlin experiences sustained summer temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius, the city on Friday launched a weekend of beer-drinking at the International Beer Festival at the Central boulevard.
The "world's longest beer garden,'' as the organisers dub it, stretches along the Karl Marx Allee between Strausberger Platz and Frankfurter Tor and runs until Sunday.
A total of 2,400 beers from 350 breweries from around the world including focus country New Zealand, hence this year's motto "Beers from the other side of the world'' will be on offer, the organisers said.
In addition to the beer, live music at 19 stages along the route is expected to draw more than 800,000 visitors to the festival, which has no entry fee.
The temperatures have prompted doctors to urge caution. "Alcohol enters the bloodstream more quickly in the heat,'' Peter Sefrin, an emergency doctor with the German Red Cross, said.
The more alcohol a drink contains, the more striking the effect; alcohol also reaches the brain more quickly in the heat, affecting concentration and allowing euphoria to take hold.
"A typical consequence is impaired self-awareness. This often leads to an overestimation of one's abilities and arrogance: People often do things they would never do otherwise,'' Sefrin said.
"We don't want to take away people's enjoyment of a refreshing beer,'' Hannes Dietrich of the health insurance company Kaufmaennische Krankenkasse said, but he added that drinking too much alcohol in hot weather can lead to dizziness and even a loss of consciousness.
(dpa/ NAN)
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Geranium viscosissimum, commonly known as the sticky purple geranium, is a perennial in the flowering plant family Geraniaceae. It is thought to be a protocarnivorous plant.

Distribution
This herbaceous perennial plant is native to the Northwestern United States, California, and Nevada, including in the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains regions; and to Western Canada, including in the Canadian Rockies.

Habitats it is found in include yellow pine forest, northern juniper woodland, lowland to higher elevation meadows, and wetland-riparian zones; from  in elevation.

Description

Geranium viscosissimum is a large, clumped  tall perennial wild geranium. The stem, leaves, and flower stalks are covered with sticky hairs. The right-green leaves are dissected, many-toothed, and deeply-lobed.

Its bloom period is April to September, depending on elevation and latitude. It has saucer-shaped, pink-to-purple flowers measuring  with reddish-purple lines on the petals. They occur in an open cluster near the top of strong, branching and leafy flower stalks, which are  tall.

Carnivorous syndrome
In his 1999 journal article, G. G. Spomer tested several plants in the Pacific Northwest for the carnivorous syndrome, using the digestion of proteins as the diagnostic tool to determine which plants appeared to produce protease enzymes capable of breaking down potential prey. Geranium viscosissimum displayed a capability to digest and absorb the 14C-labeled algal protein placed on the sticky trichomes that the plant possesses. However, it is not known whether the digestive enzymes were produced by the plant itself or surface microbes. Additionally, some definitions of carnivory require the plant to gain some tangible benefit in capturing and digesting prey, such as increased seed yield or growth. Such an experiment has not been done with this species.

Uses
The flowers and leaves of this species are edible, but reported to be astringent. The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

Medicinal
Blackfeet Indians used an infusion from this plant to treat diarrhea and gastric upset and urinary irritations.  The root of this plant is astringent and was dried and powdered and used by Native Americans to stop external bleeding.

An infusion of the leaves has also been used to treat colds and sore throats. The leaves and roots have been made into a poultice and used to treat sore eyes via an infusion.

Cultivation
Geranium viscosissimum is cultivated as an ornamental plant by specialty plant nurseries, for use in native plant and wildlife gardens.  The plant attracts butterflies.

See also
 Potentilla arguta

References

External links
 Calflora Database: Geranium viscosissimum'' (Sticky purple geranium)
  UC CalPhotos gallery for Geranium viscosissimum

viscosissimum
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of Western Canada
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Garden plants of North America
Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Flora without expected TNC conservation status