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The second edition of Polish Music Days came to an end in December 2014. A year earlier Polish music could be heard in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA. In 2014 this music came to Central Asia. Polish musicians were performing in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Israel.
"Your concerts went like a bomb!" remarked wittily one of the high-ranking diplomats commenting on Polish Music Days project. This opinion also reflects the enthusiasm of the audiences gathered at this year concerts. Among them two groups of spectators might be distinguished; the first one comprised Poles who live abroad, whereas the second consisted of music connoisseurs and people who are not linked with Poland in any way. For Poles and their descendants the concerts were one of the rare occasions to maintain contact with their homeland and feel the spirit of Poland. They were also a chance to show their home country to their friends and acquaintances. Therefore, Polish Music Days have become a real cause of pride and joy for many people.
The concerts of Polish Music Days play an important role in the promotion of Polish music and culture. Their varied repertoire is undeniably their great merit. Apart from presenting the works of Frederic Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski or Krzysztof Penderecki, that are widely recognized all over the world, the concerts provide an opportunity to familiarize music enthusiasts with the music of lesser known composers of the younger generation. Zbigniew L. Lampart, Krzysztof Herdzin, Weronika Ratusińska-Zamuszko are the names that are particularly worth mentioning here. "Your concerts are not only a musical journey to Poland for us, they are like a door to Europe, to which we have a limited access" – said the principal of a music school in Georgia after one of the concerts. This dual capacity mission: acting as ambassadors of Poland and Europe (with a Pole being currently its "president") is both a great honour and an important duty.
Undoubtedly, a good selection and configuration of instruments for particular concerts also contributed significantly to the success of the project. Polish Music Days featured not only the ever-popular piano recitals, but also piano and clarinet, and piano and flute concerts. Very often it was the originality and the uniqueness of such combination of instruments that the audiences found particularly appealing. However, it was viola organista – the instrument built by Sławomir Zubrzycki according to the original design of Leonardo da Vinci – that was really something exceptional and surprising for the spectators this year. Firstly, the instrument itself is amazing. Equally remarkable was the music of 15th, 16th, and 17th c. The limited number of concerts was solely due to logistical reasons as viola organista can only be transported by a specially designed car. For Turks, whose first contacts with European classical music date back to the second half of the 19th c., this was an unprecedented event. The concerts attracted not only music lovers but also local artists, musicologists, and even members of the diplomatic corps.
The musicians taking part in the Polish Music Days project have been carefully selected. At the forefront there are artists who have already significantly contributed to the promotion of Polish music all over the world: Marian Sobula, the founding father and artistic director of the project, Patrycja Piekutowska, and Andrzej Pikul. This distinguished team was supported by the soloists: Barbara Borowicz, Agata Igras-Sawicka and Anna Miernik who all have already had numerous successes to their credit.
You cannot imagine Polish Music Days without Marian Sobula's piano recitals. The pianist performs the works of Chopin, Paderewski and Szymanowski. These three composers are the true giants of Polish classical music; each of them presenting its different nature. During these concerts Sobula takes the listeners on an unusual journey, guiding them through the picturesque Polish countryside. Andrzej Pikul – one of the most eminent Polish pianists and piano teachers – captivated the audiences with the works of Chopin and other Romantic composers. After each concert there were calls for encore and the artist was given a standing ovation. In Turkey a reaction like this to the 19th c. music is a remarkable achievement. Patrycja Piekutowska is probably the most charismatic figure in the project team. ?I?ll never forget her concert? ? frequently declared moved guests.
Piekutowska owes her success not only to her virtuoso performances, but also to her scenic personality, which does away with the image of a cool artist who remains aloof from the audience. This year flute music was presented for the first time during Polish Music Days, in masterly interpretation by Agata Igras-Sawicka. Barbara Borowicz, the artist with an ever-expanding portfolio of her musical trophies, performed works for clarinet. All the three artists were accompanied on stage by Anna Miernik, one of the most diligent and talented Polish chamber-pianists. The concerts would not have been so successful without her contribution. Thanks to her exceptional range of skills Anna formed a totally different duo with each of the artists.
The participation of a master of ceremonies in Polish Music Days concerts adds a new dimension to them and distinguishes this project from similar ones. The fact that a MC introduces the musicians significantly enhances prestige of an event. His role is also to present briefly Polish composers and their music. It naturally provides an opportunity to continue with more stories about Polish culture, history and the country itself. "Wojciech S. Wocław is indeed an excellent master of ceremonies, but he is also an irreplaceable ambassador of Poland, also in all situations outside concerts. He is not a musicologist, but he does have a passionate interest in music. Wojciech is a definite asset to the project team." – said Marian Sobula, the project manager.
The concerts were held not only in concert halls, but also in auditoriums of music schools, conservatories, and universities. These events were accompanied by master classes co-organized by PianoClassic and its local partners. Participation in such courses was a form of distinction for students from towns which Polish musicians visited. Apart from concerts and master classes, panel discussions were organized. These were attended by both amateur music enthusiasts and professional musicians (instrumentalists, composers) who represented the local musical circles.
The Polish Music Days concerts in 2014 received extensive coverage in local media. The journalists representing the biggest national radio stations, as well as press and TV reporters were present at several concerts. The materials they produced were frequently not just mere reports, but longer features on Polish culture. Even such prestigious magazine as Forbes (Kazakhstan) informed about the concerts.
Polish Music Days – to quote numerous comments of spectators, local citizens, and Polish diplomats – is an extraordinary event on an unprecedented scale. The project is perfectly prepared. Here the credit goes to Magdalena Ormanty, the project coordinator. Thanks to our partners in towns that are the concert venues, there are no organizational problems. The satisfaction from the job well done and responsibility for ongoing tasks were the reasons why – already in the middle of 2014 – we started preparations for the next edition of the project: Polish Music Days 2015. This time Polish music will be performed in the countries of Latin America.


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Iranians gather in the country's third largest city Isfahan to protest against the drying up of its lifeblood river, Nov 27, 2021. (AFP)
Iranian human rights groups abroad have reported on Sunday that 214 protesters in Esfahan have been arrested and 30 others are in hospitals with eye injuries.
Human Rights Activists' News Agency (HRANA) reported that 13 of the detainees are juveniles, while authorities have not issued an official figure about the number of those detained. On two earlier occasions they had mentioned 120 and 67 people arrested.
Protests broke out on Friday after Esfahan residents came out to protest against mismanagement of water resources by the government that in time of drought has left the city's main river and surrounding agricultural lands completely dry.
Security forces who had positioned themselves in all the main points in the city began using tear gas, batons and 'bird shots' from shotguns to disperse the protesters. Images on social media showed many protesters badly injured. There have been no confirmed cases of deaths.
Another human rights organization reported that 20 citizens are in area hospitals with eye injuries caused by shotgun fire. Arrests of citizens is still ongoing.
Hardliner media have called the demonstrators foreign agents, as they have done in past protests. Some even claimed that the United States instigated the protests to put pressure on the Iranian government just prior to nuclear talks set to resume in Vienna on Monday.
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Mandolin-banjo
Not to be confused with Banjoline.
Not to be confused with Bandolin.
Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom).
L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola.
The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin or violin (depending on whether fretted or not and how many strings it has). It is a soprano banjo.[1] It has been independently invented in more than one country, being called banjolin and banjourine in English-speaking countries,[2] banjoline and bandoline in France,[3] and the Cümbüş in Turkey.[4]
The instrument has the same scale length as a mandolin (about 14 inches); with 4 courses of strings tuned identically to the violin and mandolin (low to high: GDAE). The movable bridge stands on a resonant banjo-like head typically 10 inches in diameter and currently usually made of plastic. Originally heads were made of skin and varied in diameter to as small as five inches. Larger heads were favored, however, as they were louder, and thus more audible in band settings.
2.1 Banjolin versus banjo-mandolin
2.2 French banjoline versus mandolin-banjo
2.3 Zithers
3.1 Historic
3.2 Current manufacturers
4 Instruction books
Origins[edit]
Inventors were experimenting to create amplified instruments in the days before electric amplification.[2] The first patent for a mandolin-banjo was taken out in 1882 by Benjamin Bradbury of Brooklyn.[2] The name banjolin was first patented by John Farris in 1885.[2] The instrument was popularized prior to the 1920s, when the tenor banjo became more popular. In the heyday of mandolin orchestras and banjo bands (late 19th–early 20th century), all sorts of instruments were produced. The mandolin-banjo is one of the hybrids that resulted. It enabled mandolinists to produce a banjo sound without having to learn that instrument's fingerings. The instrument adds the banjo's volume to the mandolin.
Distinctions[edit]
Banjolin versus banjo-mandolin[edit]
A banjolin with single strings like a violin and a mandolin fretboard.
A Vega mandolin-banjo ca. 1920 with four pairs of strings.
The banjolin is different from the banjo-mandolin in the number of strings that it has. Banjolins today are supposed to have four strings instead of 8 strings (in courses or pairs). However, that distinction is not universal; the banjolin name was patented in 1885 by John Farris for an instrument with 8 strings. The Farris banjolin was offered in soprano, alto, tenor, and bass models. However, he "converted it to a four-string instrument," maintaining the mandolin and violin scale length and tuning (GDAE).[2]
Banjo hybrids normally take their names from the Banjo- prefix, and then the second half of the other instrument's name, such as banjocello, banjo guitar, and banjolele which implies the banjolin is a sort of mandolin/banjo hybrid. In the advertisement, Farris did not mention where the name came from, but did say that it was "fingered like the violin."[2]
Banjolins should not be confused with the banjolele, (a banjo-ukulele hybrid), due to their larger head size and shorter scale length in comparison. Another model of banjolin can be found in Brazil, but it's commonly tuned and played the same as a cavaco.
French banjoline versus mandolin-banjo[edit]
In his 1921 book Méthode for the Banjoline or Mandoline-Banjo, Salvador Leonardi said that naming conventions between the United States and France had applied similar names to different instruments. In France and England, the Banjoline was an open-backed instrument, and the mandoline-banjo was a closed back instrument (with a metallic back that made a "tinny" metallic sound.[3]
The American instruments he said were open backed, "and they call Mandoline-Banjo or Bandoline what we call Banjoline."[3]
He said that amateurs and professionals alike preferred the single string instrument to the double stringed version, because of the "nice clear sound," which he said resembled the violin pizzicato.[3]
Zithers[edit]
During the Hawaiian music craze of the early 20th century, instrument makers tried to capitalize on the widespread desire to learn an instrument. Makers of zithers applied the names of known instruments to their zithers as a theme. The Banjolin name was applied in this way to a type of bowed fretless zither[5]
Companies[edit]
Mando-cümbüş, a Turkish banjo in the style of a mandolin. This instrument resembles the French mandolin-banjo, having a closed-resonator back that gives it a metallic sound.
Historic[edit]
Compared to mandolins and banjos, manufacture of mandolin banjos has grown scarce at the beginning of the 21st Century. Historically, mass production of mandolin-banjos have been made by several companies, most notably Gibson, but also by Vega and the English company Windsor, all who built and sold 4 and 8 string banjos in the early 20th Century.
Current manufacturers[edit]
Today mandolins-banjos are being manufactured by Vintage, GoldTone, Rogue, Cumbus, Morgan Monroe and Musikalia - Dr. Alfio Leone. GoldTone makes the MB-850+ Mandolin-Banjo, with a removable maple resonator (converting the instrument to an open-backed instrument). The selection is not large and the instruments are not common in stores. Morgan Monroe has recently made three models, the MM-MB1 Mandolin Banjo the MM-MB2 Mandolin Banjo, and the Banjolin DLX (8 strings). The Morgan Monroe banjos look like traditional mandolin-banjos and have wooden resonators. The Cumbus model has a spun aluminum resonator. Prices currently range from around US$150 to $700. In Italy, Musikalia manufactures three models of Mandolin Banjo, always with wooden resonator (mahogany, padouk or maple root wood veneered), animal skin, but gives an alternative between simple or double aluminium ring.
Instruction books[edit]
Most instruction books concentrate on either the mandolin or the banjo. Mandolinists need more than just mandolin method because the physical differences between the two types of instruments creates problems to a novice learning to set up and tune the instrument. One of the first books to address the mandolin-banjo was Méthode pour Banjoline ou Mandoline-Banjo (Method for Banjolin and Mandolin-Banjo) by Salvador Leonardi.[6]
The Banjolin Page
An advertisement for Farris's Banjolin
Photo of a bandoline
Page with photos of Banjo-manolins
^ The Mandolin Pages, About Banjolins
^ a b c d e f The Irish Tenor Banjo by Don Meade
^ a b c d Salvador Leonardi Method for the Banjoline or Mandoline-Banjo
^ Rootsworld: Cümbüş means fun, Birger Gesthuisen investigates the short history of a 20th century folk instrument
^ Zither with banjolin name
^ Salvador Léonardi, Méthode pour Banjoline ou Mandoline-Banjo, Paris, 1921
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mandolin-banjo&oldid=904556079"
Banjo family instruments
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Want to design a new material for solar energy, a drug to fight cancer or a compound that stops a virus from attacking a crop? First, you must tackle two challenges: finding the right chemical structure for the substance and determining which chemical reactions will link up the right atoms into the desired molecules or combinations of molecules.
Traditionally answers have come from sophisticated guesswork aided by serendipity. The process is extremely time-consuming and involves many failed attempts. A synthesis plan, for instance, can have hundreds of individual steps, many of which will produce undesired side reactions or by-products or simply not work at all. Now, though, artificial intelligence is starting to increase the efficiency of both design and synthesis, making the enterprise faster, easier and cheaper while reducing chemical waste.
In AI, machine-learning algorithms analyze all known past experiments that have attempted to discover and synthesize the substances of interest—those that worked and, importantly, those that failed. Based on the patterns they discern, the algorithms predict the structures of potentially useful new molecules and possible ways of manufacturing them. No single machine-learning tool can do all this at the push of a button, but AI technologies are moving rapidly into the real-world design of drug molecules and materials.
An AI tool developed by researchers at the University of Münster in Germany, for example, repeatedly simulates the 12.4 million known single-step chemical reactions to come up with a multistep synthetic route—planning it 30 times faster than humans do.
In the pharmaceutical arena, an AI-based technology called generative machine learning is also exciting. Most pharmaceutical companies store millions of compounds and screen them for the potential to serve as new drugs. But even with robotics and lab-automation tools, this screening process is slow and yields relatively few hits. Further, the "libraries" collectively include only a tiny fraction of the more than 1030theoretically possible molecules. Using a data set describing the chemical structures of known drugs (and drug candidates), as well as their properties, machine-learning tools can construct virtual libraries of new compounds that have similar, and potentially more useful, characteristics. This capability is starting to dramatically accelerate the identification of drug leads.
Close to 100 start-ups are already exploring AI for drug discovery. Among them are Insilico Medicine, Kebotix and BenevolentAI; the last recently raised $115 million to extend its AI technology to the discovery of drugs for motor neuron disease, Parkinson's and other hard-to-treat disorders. BenevolentAI is applying artificial intelligence to the entire drug development process—from the discovery of new molecules to the design and analysis of clinical trials meant to demonstrate safety and effectiveness in humans.
In the field of materials, ventures such as Citrine Informatics are using approaches similar to those of pharmaceutical makers and are partnering with large companies, including BASF and Panasonic, to speed innovation. The U.S. government is also supporting research into AI-enabled design. Since 2011 it has invested more than $250 million in the Materials Genome Initiative, which is establishing an infrastructure that includes AI and other computing approaches to accelerate the development of advanced materials.
Past experience teaches that new materials and chemicals can pose unforeseen risks to health and safety. Fortunately, AI approaches should be able to anticipate and reduce these undesirable outcomes. The technologies seem poised to markedly increase the speed and efficacy with which novel molecules and materials are discovered and brought to the market—where they may provide such benefits as improved health care and agriculture, greater conservation of resources, and enhanced production and storage of renewable energy.


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Forty-four Women Completed Political Training with Women's Leadership Institute, Many Already Running for Public Office
by Nicole Carpenter | Feb 20, 2020 | PDS, Press Releases, Women in Politics | 0 comments
SALT LAKE CITY (February 20, 2020) – The Women's Leadership Institute (WLI) recognized 44 women who completed its six-month bipartisan Political Development Series (PDS), many of whom are already running for public office.
This year's cohort of future female politicians represents women who are talented and ready to make a difference. "These women are Utah's future leaders," said Patricia Jones, CEO of WLI, who served 14 years in the Utah Senate and House of Representatives. "We are seeing more women run for office and win. And Utah citizens all benefit with more women serving in public office because women bring a different set of experiences and skills that positively affect public policy."
The program graduates were also recognized from the floor of the Utah Senate and Utah House of Representatives and awarded a certificate of completion from Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox.
"Representation really does matter and these women graduating from the WLI Political Development Series today join us from several different Utah counties and are preparing to lead our great state," said Lt. Gov. Cox. "I am impressed by their readiness to serve and their commitment to be the change. Utah is lucky to have these women who care so much for our future."
Since 2015, WLI has trained over 200 women to step up and run for political office in all levels of government, including women in the Utah Senate and Utah House of Representatives, two county commissioners, five mayors and multiple city council members all across Utah. Women enrolled in the PDS participate in a six-month series of classes, once a month, designed to train candidates in all aspects of a political campaign from building a campaign team to fundraising and public speaking.
"This Political Development Series was more than a training program," said Wendy Davis, PDS participant and current candidate for Utah House District 45.
"As I visit with voters in my community, the sessions on communications, presentation and persuasion have been particularly helpful references. I am more confident and now have a greater impact in my community."
Currently in Utah, 25 women serve in Utah's 104-member Legislature — 24 percent. According to 2017 research by the Utah Women & Leadership Project, 24.1 percent of all council members in Utah municipalities are female.
The next Political Development Series will open in September of 2020. Registration and additional information are available at www.WLIUT.com.
About the Women's Leadership Institute
Founded in 2015 by key business leaders in Utah, the Women's Leadership Institute's mission is to elevate the stature of women's leadership in Utah in both business and politics. Under the direction of CEO Patricia Jones, WLI works with over 200 companies and organizations through its ElevateHER™ Challenge to elevate women using six key areas of focus. In addition, WLI conducts a Political Development Series and Career Development Series each year to further elevate women in both politics and in business.
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Abolition Democracy 9/13: Prison Abolition
Reginald Dwayne Betts, Angela Davis*, Ian Manuel, Allegra McLeod, and Bernard E. Harcourt read and discuss Angela Davis's Are Prisons Obsolete? and Allegra McLeod's "Prison Abolition and Grounded Justice" by Allegra McLeod.
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Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts says he discovered poetry in solitary confinement. Betts was convicted for using a pistol to carjack a man when he was 16 years old. He was sentenced as an adult and served more than eight years in an adult prison. After he was incarcerated, Betts earned degrees from Prince George's Community College, the University of Maryland, Warren Wilson College and Yale Law School. He was appointed by President Obama to the Coordinating Council of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. His writing has won numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award in 2018. His new collection of poems is called "Felon."
Ian Manuel
At age 13, Ian Manuel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for attempted murder after his participation in a botched robbery. Manuel served 26 years in prison until Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative secured his release in 2016, 18 of which (starting at age 15) were in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, Manuel began writing poetry, which he credits for keeping him sane and giving him hope, and he also befriended his victim, who is now one of his closest friends and fiercest advocates. In his powerful and moving lectures, Manuel shares the story of his crime and discusses his experience with the US criminal justice system, his poetry, and what justice and redemption really mean.
Allegra McLeod
Allegra McLeod is a professor of law at Georgetown Law. Allegra's research and teaching interests include criminal law and procedure, immigration law, international and comparative law, and legal and political theory. She has taught political theory at Stanford University, served as a consulting attorney with the Stanford Immigrants' Rights and Criminal Defense Clinics, worked with the ACLU National Prison Project and clerked for Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Feb 4, 2021 06:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Abolition Democracy 9/13: Prison Abolition Register in advance for this webinar: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GnJvANJ_QIma4l90PwA3Pg Or an H.323/SIP room system: H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 221.122.88.195 (China) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia) 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada) 207.226.132.110 (Japan) Meeting ID: 956 6547 9760 SIP: 95665479760@zoomcrc.com After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Reginald Dwayne Betts Reginald Dwayne Betts says he discovered poetry in solitary confinement. Betts was convicted for using a pistol to carjack a man when he was 16 years old. He was sentenced as an adult and served more than eight years in an adult prison. After he was incarcerated, Betts earned degrees from Prince George's Community College, the University of Maryland, Warren Wilson College and Yale Law School. He was appointed by President Obama to the Coordinating Council of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. His writing has won numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award in 2018. His new collection of poems is called "Felon." Ian Manuel At age 13, Ian Manuel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for attempted murder after his participation in a botched robbery. Manuel served 26 years in prison until Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative secured his release in 2016, 18 of which (starting at age 15) were in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, Manuel began writing poetry, which he credits for keeping him sane and giving him hope, and he also befriended his victim, who is now one of his closest friends and fiercest advocates. In his powerful and moving lectures, Manuel shares the story of his crime and discusses his experience with the US criminal justice system, his poetry, and what justice and redemption really mean. Allegra McLeod Allegra McLeod is a professor of law at Georgetown Law. Allegra's research and teaching interests include criminal law and procedure, immigration law, international and comparative law, and legal and political theory. She has taught political theory at Stanford University, served as a consulting attorney with the Stanford Immigrants' Rights and Criminal Defense Clinics, worked with the ACLU National Prison Project and clerked for Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.


Are there some hikes in your spring and summer plans? If so, make sure you pack your binoculars and field guide. Extra weight is frowned on when you are deciding what goes in the backpack, but I have a reason for encouraging hikers to carry binos and a book. Anyone going into the high country for several days has a good chance of seeing some interesting birds.
There is another reason to encourage backpackers to carry extra weight. Hikers that get high into the mountains can gather information on this state's birds. Believe me, all birders aren't hardy hikers. Many of us never get to those higher elevations if we can't do most of it in a vehicle.
I wish that when we were backpacking with our children that I had realized what a great birding opportunity was waiting on those trails. The struggle up to Heather Pass or Honeymoon Meadows would have been easier if I had thought I might see something unusual, even important.
A couple of years ago, I was surprised to learn from a biologist with the Department of Fish and Wildlife that there are resident Clark's nutcrackers high in the Olympics. I thought they were only resident in the Cascades. There is a year-round population in the Olympics. Someone had to discover that the birds are more than occasional winter visitors. Chances are they were hikers familiar with birds.
I recently had the opportunity to meet with a local mountaineering group. Preparing the program opened my eyes to the information this club could collect on the high elevation birds in our mountains.
All of the books and field guides show that mountain chickadees are only found in the mountains to the east. They aren't listed for the Olympics. Why not? These are mountain chickadees and the Olympics are mountains.
During the latter part of 2004, for whatever reason, mountain chickadees were seen in many areas throughout the Puget Sound lowlands. If they were traveling on the Kitsap Peninsula, why couldn't they be in the Olympics? Maybe they are. One experienced mountaineer saw a photograph of the bird during the meeting and stated that he had seen "that bird" in the Olympics. He saw them while hiking in the Bailey Range at about 5,000 feet.
Bird populations and their territories change. Up until the early '50s, the Western scrub jay only occurred in small numbers in the southwest corner of Washington. In the decades that followed, they began expanding their range northward. Now they are regularly reported on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula and have nested north of Seattle.
The Anna's hummingbird wasn't even mentioned in the textbook, "Birds of Washington State," that once was used by ornithological students at the University of Washington. It was published in 1953. This hummingbird is now shown as a year-round resident in Puget Sound, the southwest coast and the lower Columbia River area.
Birding is young in the Pacific Northwest. There are more discoveries to be made and some of those will be found in those mountains only the hardy reach by packing in. If you're one of them, please add those binos and a field guide to your pack.


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J275 will utilise a Heads Up Pro Tree start and will race using a Chicago Shootout format for field sizes of 16 and under or elimination style for fields over 16. Tyres must be stamped 275 or less on sidewalls and be of radial construction. Must have a metric stamping. A minimum qualifying ET of 9.50 sec is required to compete. It is designed for full-bodied RWD vehicles using 4-cylinder or 5-cylinder engine or 6-cylinder engine or V8 engine or 2-rotor or 3-rotor engines. Chassis limited to back half modifications. Maximum of 2 power adders permitted. All vehicles must have a current relevant ANDRA or IHRA Tech Inspection and meet ANDRA or IHRA Safety requirements for the performance of the vehicle. Subject to track Sanctioning Body. ANDRA track needs ANDRA Licence and Tech. IHRA track needs IHRA Licence & Tech.
While having weight breaks is a great idea in theory, in reality it's hard to come up with a perfect system. So what we've decided to do is drop the weight restrictions for the moment and monitor the weights of every vehicle over the next couple of events. That way we can develop a very clear picture of where the weights need to be. If we get at least 24 competitors in J275 we'll look at running the quickest 8 cars in a Pro class much like we do with Street 289/Pro 289.
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Using strategies to maximise your holiday let income and boost year-round income aren't the only ways to increase your profits. You can improve your bottom line by hundreds, if not thousands, simply by being savvy with your costs, spending money more wisely, and ensuring you take advantage of all the tax breaks available on holiday let property investment.
In this article, you'll learn how to increase your holiday let profits by being clever with your costs.
Cut out the luxury items, and cut your welcome pack costs.
The advice that Martin Lewis gives homeowners is every bit as valid for holiday let owners: save money on your utility bills by switching. By spending a couple of hours each year searching for the best switching deal, you could save hundreds on your gas and electricity bills. For the holiday let investor, those savings flow directly to your bottom one.
Energy efficient bulbs or LED lights – each replacement bulb could save up to £6 per year.
Energy efficient washer dryers could reduce your energy bill by 7% (according to uSwitch).
Installing a water meter could save as much as £100 per year, and water-saving shower heads could reduce your water bill by another £50 or more.
By investing wisely in your holiday let property, you could save more money. For example, spending around £400 on loft insulation could repay itself in two years via lower energy costs (and you could reduce the thermostat setting by one degree to save another £50 or more). Investing in cavity wall insulation if your holiday let doesn't have it could save more than £200 each year.
When investing in furniture, appliances and other items, look for sales, interest-free offers and cashback deals available when paying by card.
In the same way that you could switch suppliers to save money on utility bills when your insurances are due to be renewed make sure that you shop around. However, make sure that the insurance you purchase covers everything you need it to. Consider paying the premium in one go rather than by monthly direct debit – most insurance companies will offer a discount to customers who pay the entire cost upfront.
Your mortgage payments are likely to be your largest expense. You may decide that a fixed rate deal is best. When it comes to the fixed rate period ending, you should use a mortgage broker to search the market for the best mortgage product in your situation. If you are not on a fixed rate deal, have your mortgage broker review your mortgage every 12 months to make sure that your mortgage arrangements are still competitive.
Holiday let maintenance is essential to keep your property attractive to holidaymakers. It's also essential to stop small maintenance issues from becoming large and expensive repair problems. You may be able to take care of some maintenance requirements yourself, but never attempt to make repairs that are outside of your capability – a poorly executed job will always cost more money in the end.
Finally, consider how best to manage your holiday let property. Work out how many hours you put into marketing, managing and maintaining your holiday let, and how much you make from it. Are you making more money per hour than you do in your job? If the answer is no, then it is time to contact professionals and have them manage your holiday let for you.
Using a holiday letting agency frees up your time, ensures your property is marketed and managed more effectively and might increase your bookings because of their expertise. The management fees are deductible for tax purposes, and the profits you make will help pay for the lifestyle you desire (now that you have more free time to enjoy life).
When you own a holiday let property, you have a great deal of control over the profit it makes. There are strategies you can employ to increase bookings, ensure your property is let more often in the low season, and improve the holiday let rental price you charge. As I've discussed in this article, there are also strategies you can use to reduce costs across many areas – and lower costs flow directly into your profit column of your holiday let business.
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Rachel Smith closes our Advent series looking at the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.
Ceri Davies begins our advent series for 2014 looking at wonder and hope. At 11 minutes a video was played of the Bethel Song "Wonder" from the album You Make Me Brave.
Ruth and Dave continue our teaching on the Holy Spirit by looking at what He does in us, through us and around us.
If the apostle Paul was right when he said that the whole of Law was summed up in the command 'that we love one another', it is one of the most important subjects we can address. Colin unpacks Romans 12 to reveal key ways we can grow in loving each other.
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Associated Press, LA Daily News, U.S.A. October 14, 2005
A University of Southern California student was charged Thursday with murder for allegedly leaving her newborn son in a box next to trash bin where he was found dead.
Holly Ashcraft, 21, of Montana was charged with one count of murder and one count of child abuse, Deputy District Attorney Efrain Aceves said.
Ashcraft, who was arrested Wednesday, made a court appearance Thursday but her arraignment was postponed to Nov. 9. If convicted, she would face 25 years to life in prison.
Superior Court Judge David Sotelo ordered Ashcraft jailed in lieu of $2 million bail after the prosecution asked that her initial $1 million bail be doubled.
"The reason we've asked for that is we feel that she is a flight risk at this point given the fact that she is a student from another state," Deputy District Attorney Efrain Aceves said outside court. "She's from Montana, and from our understanding, there were no ties to the community, so we're concerned that she would be a flight risk."
After the court session, defense attorney Adam Franken was asked about his client's mood.
"I talked to her briefly in back, it was very brief," Franken told KABC-TV. "I couldn't really say anything about her composure. I mean you saw - she was the same way she was in the courtroom."
Results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death won't likely be available for at least a month, coroner's investigator John Kadas said.
Police found the body early Monday behind a popular south Hoover Street restaurant-bar after receiving an anonymous 911 call from a man who said he discovered it in a box next to a trash bin.
Police said they had no leads in the case until someone recognized the voice on the widely publicized 911 tape and urged the caller to talk to authorities.
California allows mothers to surrender newborns to hospital emergency rooms and some fire stations with no questions asked - and no legal repercussions - within 72 hours of a baby's birth.
So far this year in Los Angeles, seven babies have been turned over safely to authorities, according to county statistics.
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This overview paper summarizes recent research on girls who exhibit aggressive and violent behaviours. It defines relevant terms, outlines factors which may contribute to girls' aggression and violence, and presents ideas for preventing these behaviours. A list of resources is also included. 2002, 13p. Read More ..
Why boys are in trouble
Boys have been painted as the bad guys in the push to encourage girls to succeed, leaving many young men feeling confused and alienated, wondering what they did wrong
According to psychologist and author William Pollack, 'sports are the one arena in which many of society's traditional strictures about masculinity are often loosened, allowing boys to experience parts of themselves they rarely experience elsewhere.'
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Smokers - the new deviants
Smokers need not apply," ran a classified ad for a job in Ireland this past May.
"Why not?" asked Catherine Stihler, a British Labour party MEP, who posed the question on behalf of one of her constituents. Should women not apply, either? Or homosexuals? Muslims? What about high-functioning alcoholics, or fat people?
The answer, from the European Commission that oversees anti-discrimination legislation in the EU, came back to Stihler this month: Smokers are fair game for discrimination.
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I am a big reader and pretty much have loved every book I have ever got my hands on. They force me to see things, become aware of aspects in life that don't really get noticed. A recent book I came across was "Me Before You", by Jojo Moyes. In a nutshell, the book is about a woman who takes up a job as a caregiver for a quadriplegic man and falls in love with him. I finished the book in two days. TWO DAYS! If you want to read the book first, I am going to warn you spoiler alert ahead.
I really enjoyed reading the perspective of Clark, the caregiver, and how she tried to overcome all sorts of barriers for Will, the man she is caring for. The book talks about the struggles of accessibility in every day places like cafes, events, and even foreign countries. Clark is always doing her research to make sure that there are such things as disabled parking and in the beginning of the book she forgot to take notice for something as simple as grass and uneven pathways. Something many individuals do not even have to think about.
Then I could relate to Will and his hesitation to trying new things, stepping out of his comfort zone, feeling insecure because he was "different". It feels strange being knocked out of your comfort zone, so I don't blame him. Will is in a lot of pain and feels trapped. He hates being dependent on anyone, and feels afraid. Everything feels uncertain. Will says, "Every place I go to now people look at me like I don't belong". It becomes unbearable for him to watch other people live half the life he had planned for himself. He misses his old life, the life he had before the accident. He used to feel normal, untroubled. I could relate, I knew what it felt like when everything was being pulled away.
Will lived a big life before the accident. Big deals, fantastic trips, great adventures, and many loves. It's hard for him to watch others move on with their lives while he is trapped trying to readjust around new things. Knowing everything you tried to be… would never be. We all expect to live the life we choose but sometimes we have no choice but to learn to embrace a new life. Clark complains that Will gives her a hard time for not "seizing the moment". Creating new memories, reaching new goals, and new experiences. She says, "What if I'm tired when I get home and don't want to do anything?". This is something we are all guilty of. Playing it small, burying our real potential and living comfortably. Will tells Clark, "But one day you might wish you had".
Even though Will is a fictional character, I know there are people out there just like him. Whom have lost all their power, their dependence to live on their own. An individual who wishes they could take the events back, that they could be out of the hospital for even just a month, that they could spend time with their friends without having to worry about accessibility. Someone who wants to take a walk in the park, shake your hand, walk through a crowd unnoticed… the little things we all sometimes forget about. I cannot imagine the frustration of falling in love and not being able to express it, to watch individuals walk by you and pretend you aren't there or look at you in the saddest of ways. It's a hard life to live.
I finished this story, hoping against all odds it would have a happy ending. That's what I wanted more than anything. I wanted Will to believe life was worth living, that he had someone that loved him and cared for him and that he could go on. The thing is though, sometimes, that happy ending is a faraway place. Although most of my blogs are uplifting and positive, you can't always put glitter on everything. Sometimes you have to face the reality of life and all its flaws. Because nothing and no one is perfect. That night when I closed the book, I was both saddened and grateful.
There are individuals who are silently fighting battles we know nothing about. Through the needles, the tests, the aches, the pains, the nightmares that don't go away… This is also the reason why, sometimes, you don't even know their suffering at all.
Will's character has taught me that sometimes life happens and it happens big. Things happen outside of our control. And usually not just once. But that's life isn't it? Clark's character is similar to many: Designed to survive. Sticking to what you know. Being comfortable and knowing you will survive in it. In sticking to what you know though, have you given up on freedom? And what has it costed you? Wasted time, lost opportunities…You have to remember what you want. The goals that you want and what you want to feel each and every morning you wake up. My wish for you is to not live life with regret.


Killer Instinct | Trick or Treat!
You'll all be happy to know there are no tricks hiding up our sleeves this weekend, only treats! It's been a while since we've done a Double XP weekend so we're bringing you one now. Whether you're going out trick or treating, staying in and eating your bowl of candy, or hiding from the doorbell, know that you can always hop into KI for some sweet Double XP treats.
Also, friendly reminder that if you own Season 3 Ultra Edition or the Supreme Edition of KI, you already have a lifetime Double XP Booster. Coupled with the Double XP weekend and you'll be treated to 3x the XP per match. Oh and if you purchase a Booster? The treats become extra sweet with 4x the XP for the weekend.
So, what are you waiting for? You've all got some KI to play and some XP to earn! Remember, this only lasts through Monday, October 30th so get cracking! If you can't partake of the sweet treats we're offering, don't worry. Scuttlebutt says there's more events on the way this year.


From the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway.
"I will command My blessings upon you in the sixth year, and it will grow the produce of three years, (25:21)." With this promise the Torah answers the question "what will we eat?" if we observe shmitah. The Alter of Novaradok points out that the promise of three years growth and the question "what will we eat" are surely asked during the previous years, not in the sixth year. Because in the sixth year either it grew and you have no question "what shall we eat," or it didn't grow and then it's too late to grow. Therefore the question "what shall we eat?" and its answer, must be a preparation for shmitah long before it comes. It represents laying the groundwork for bitachon in order to have bitachon when needed.
There are many levels of bitachon. The lowest level and the most fundamental, is knowing that everything that happens is from Hash-m. This belief is required of every Jew. The highest level bitachon is such a deep visceral trust in Him, that we are completely calm and at ease even in the face of what appears to be, or what indeed is, a disaster, chas v'shalom.
It seems interesting that shmitah teaches bitachon to Klal Yisroel under the most extreme of circumstances. The whole nation may not plant at the same time. There is simply no place for anyone to obtain food. The whole nation faces famine and desolation. Why is this, the most extreme of circumstances, chosen to teach bitachon? Wouldn't it be more successful if bitachon would be taught in a step by step manner?
Not sure if people in chutz laaretz are aware of this organization, Machon HaTorah vHaaretz. They are the resource for all things agricultural, including coordinating many of the national shemita efforts last year of otzar beis din and the like. I, for example, have herbs and vegetables growing on our mirpeset and in being mafrish truma and maaser we are podeh the maaser sheni on a coin that needs to be meyuchad l'kach and be treated in a certain manner. By signing up with them, i am able to use their coin and they take care of the treatment of it.
The website is full of many many shiurim and articles that would be apropos for parshat Behar but also many articles on many topics, including from Rav Ariel.
The popular tradition has it - that R Shimon Bar Yohai passed away on Lag Ba'Omer.
And it should actually read: "Yom SIMCHAT Rashb"y"
Who is this "radical textual critic" LOL?
Why it is Rav Yoseh Chaim, author of the Ben Ish Chai - in his Da'at uT'vunah!  You never know who will fix a problematic girsa with hagahah!
to this effect and invite you to now read it as well.
In many ways, it is in furtherance of the presentation of the Torah's great challenge of depth in this matter that I feel that I must share.
Update Jun. 92: Homosexuality: Is There a Unique Torah Perspective?
The Jewish Publication Society will offer an extended offer to all those considering a bulk order for classes and congregations.
I hope that you will consider this for your next season of shul classes and, especially, high school Jewish history courses.
As a scrolled down I saw a recipe for ground beef that said "add bacon".
He covers a huge range of topics in Halacha. An excellent resource.
Mussar: Get if from "The Horse's Mouth"
But when a living being writes or speaks, and says something that is fuzzy or controversial, to me it is downright lazy or perhaps dishonest not to verify and clarify with the author or speaker.
People often put their own "spin" on things, often in a critical way, without concern of how it was actually intended.
EG In Avot derabbi Nosson we see how Tzaddok and Baituss ran with a mis-interpretation or a mis-understanding of their mentor Antigonos Ish Socho. Did they first verify their denial of s'char in the next world with their Rebbe?
If the agenda is honesty, then go to "the Horse's Mouth" and verify, verify, verify.
What was the relationship between Haman and Amaleik?
Please see this article from Parshat Zachor 5775 by R Yechezkel Rosenbaum for a fascinating approach.
This week, on the Shabbos preceding Purim, we read "Parshas Zachor." This passage prescribes the biblical Mitzvah to never forget, and to orally recall, how the people of Amalek attacked us during our departure from Egypt. In addition, it obligates us to "erase the memory of Amalek from beneath the heavens." This Dvar Torah explores the connection between these Mitzvos and the holiday of Purim.
The question, "Why do we celebrate Purim?" seems easy enough to answer. We rejoice because Haman/Achashveirosh decreed all Jews would die, and G-d miraculously orchestrated our salvation. Haman's individual character and background would seemingly be trivial to the essence of the Purim story.
But this is not so. Both the Megillah and the Gemara portray the Purim story as a battle against Haman, particularly against Haman the Amalekite.
2. The Gemara (Megillah 7a) notes that though the joy over the Purim salvation was great, it was initially unclear how the Jews were to mark the event. Esther requested that the Sages write the Purim story and include it in Tanach. Esther further requested that they establish the days of Purim as days of joy and reading the Megillah for future generations. At first, the Rabbis had doubts about this because they were unsure whether it was appropriate to add another description of our war against Amalek in Tanach. In the end, they found scriptural allusions that indicate that there is room to write about the battle of Amalek once again. Accordingly, the Sages composed Megillas Esther (the Scroll of Esther) and established Purim as an eternal holiday.
It is clear that the Megillah and the holiday of Purim only came into existence as an expression of the Mitzvah to eradicate Amalek. Absent Haman's connection to Amalek we have neither the Megillah nor Purim.
4. The prayers of Purim focus heavily on Haman. In "Shoshanas Yaakov," we curse Haman. In "Asher Heinei" we mentioned Haman the Amalekite.
Why are we so obsessed with Haman? Why is the Amalek connection so important to the story of Purim? Shouldn't the storyline primarily be that we were spared from death?
The Mechilta is very difficult to understand. Haman was a descendant of Amalek. Why does the Torah need to add an extra word to teach us that Haman must also be eradicated?
R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik (Kol Dodi Dofek, ch. 10) quoted his father, R. Moshe Soloveichik, to explain the following discrepancy.
As a Halachik (legal) matter this is difficult to accept. All non-Jewish lineage is paternal and is passed on biologically via one's father. Where do we see that Amalek is different?
In other words, Haman was comparable to "Hamedasa" and Amalek in his enmity toward the Jews, but Haman did not biologically descend from Hamedasa, and hence from Amalek. (R. Yerucham Fishel Perlow to Sefer Ha-Mitzvos Le-Rasag understands the Yerushalmi this way).
This Yerushalmi strongly supports R. Soloveitchik's idea. Though Haman was not a biological descendant of Amalek, our Sages clearly treat Haman as an Amalekite. This can only be understood in light of R. Soloveitchik's novel thought that anyone who behaves like an Amalekite has the status of one.
But where did the Yerushalmi learn this? Where is the scriptural source that one who behaves like Amalek must be eradicated like an Amalekite?
This is the Mechilta. Comes the Mechilta and says, true, a biological descendent of Amalek is "Amalek" and we must destroy him. But how do I know that a non-biological replica of Amalek must also be exterminated? The Torah adds the word "memory" to say "even Haman" -- even R. Soloveitchik's Amalekite -- must be eradicated.
Perhaps this explains the significant attention given to Haman/Amalek. It is true that the Jewish population was spared from mass genocide. But the story of Purim transcends any particular national salvation. It is the story of G-d's commitment, His oath, to eradicate not just Amalek but anyone who will follow in their ways and brazenly tries to kill the entire Jewish nation.
Purim was a true expression of "Milchama laShem ba'Amaleik midor dor;" "an eternal battle of G-d with Amaleik from generation to generation." It is thus unsurprising that Purim is unique in its as eternal status as a holiday.
Mark Twain famously wrote in the late 1800's.
"The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"
Rav Yosef in Masechest Sofrim, chaper 13 Halachah 6 gives the yichus of Haman right back to Esav. But there is no mention of Agag in the family tree.
R. Meir Salasnik, however, pointed out to me that Mikra Sofrim, in footnote Chet, brings a different girsa that includes Agag.
"We only say Shehecheyanu on a Mitzvah that has Simchah! And here aderabba, we are reminding (ourselves) of the cancellation of Sacrifices...."
This might go to supporting the idea that the "Aveilus" during Sefirah is also about the Hurban Habbayit.
Whilst Islamists and neo-Nazis agree on little, they both agree that Jews are their enemy and must be violently oppressed.
Originally published 3/27/11, 10:54 am.
It is forbidden to hate anyone in Israel sheneemar "lo tisna et achicha blivavecha...."
However if you see someone doing a sin and that person refuses to accept hochachah it is a Mitzvah to hate him. As it is written, "halo m'sanecha Hashem esna"
I would personally modify this mitzvah to "hate" to something more akin to "disapproval" in the spirit of Loving the Sinner but hating the Sin.
Just note that, at times, being too forgiving may devolve into enabling. In other words, there is no "Chessed" IMHO to give liquor to an alcoholic no matter how much the alcoholic may plead for it. Similarly, supporting a Sinner can foster his or her self-destruction.
2. The notes in the Peirush "Bei'urei Sof'rim" cites the Yam Shel Sh'lomoh at the end of Bovo Kama who lists (all) the hilukkim between E"Y and Bavel. I haven't seen that, but I bet it makes for a fascinating read.
My chavrussa and I were M'sayyem Sof'rim with the Vilna edition along the Soncino English translation. The Vilna has an outstanding Peirush Nachalat Ya'kov plus hagahos from the GRA and Peirush "Kissei Rachamim"
The edition I'm now using for hazarah is based upon the Gra's Nusach and has a nice summary Bei'urei Sof'rim who suimmaizes the, N"Y plus other acharonim. I plan a siyyum for  my brother's yahrzeit BE"H on 6 Iyyar.
Sof'rim is really a must read for "Minhag Addicts" like me.
Did we forget Yom Ha'atzmaut?
Some of our readers may have noticed that there was no Nishmablog post for Yom Ha'atzmaut. Could it mean that we were possibly making a statement through this lack of even a post. The fact is I was wondering myself why I didn't post something, at least to mark the day (which I do, in some way, personally mark).
What occurred to me was my own ambivalence about the day which, perhaps, indicated something to me about our celebration of Jewish holidays. What are we really marking when we celebrate, for example, Pesach? The simple answer may be freedom but I think that that is only part of the answer. The full answer includes a recognition of God's role in our Exodus and the expression of shevach v'hoda'ah in appreciation. The focus of Pesach is not on freedom itself but our appreciation to God for this freedom.
This led me to recognize that with Yom Ha'atzmaut we have the same issue. Are we celebrating the establishment of an independent Jewish country or are we celebrating God Who gave us this country? The two poles, of course, represent ends of a spectrum with different individuals experiencing different feelings -- but what is most dominant, that feeling of celebrating independence (a feeling that can be shared with secular individuals as well), or that feeling of shevach v'hoda'ah to HaKodesh Baruch Hu for giving us this independent nation?
I once heard a rav explain that it took 100 years before Chanukah was clearly accepted as a holiday to be celebrated into the generations. This may have been the issue. Clearly all felt positive in throwing off the Greek oppressors but was the dominant emotion a secular celebration of independence or a religious recognition of the Divine? It may have took years to answer that question or to bring the emotion that substantiates an eternal value in the day to come forth.
The same may be true for Yom Ha'atzmaut. Clearly it is a day that I mark and celebrate. I benefit from the reality of a State of Israel. But why did I not blog about? This celebration, it would seem, for me still has not moved into my realm of Torah thoughts. While I thank God for the State, I have not crossed the line where the celebration of God's role has precedence in my feelings over the feelings of independence itself. It has, as such, not yet become an eternal value within my structure of Torah. Thus it was possible for me to let the day past without a blog post.
Is this something that I should work on for next year or is this simply a reflection of the present reality of the day? That is something for me to think about but it may be something that demands further contemplation by all of us.
Parsha: Kedoshim, "Kedusha - Beyond the Spiritual"
May 15 Introduction -- Values Do Conflict!
is your prime identity then with the group or still with humanity?
how does that impact freedom?
and taking care of others?
If there is a time to talk and time not to, how do you know how to decide?
and when to step back?
Obama aide on Iran 'deal': Hey, we turned media and think tank experts into an 'echo chamber'!
"We are reporting what is written on this website as is. We cannot verify the accuracy of these allegations due to our limited knowledge of Arabic. For now we just take it at face-value"
I have actually written things in my own hand that did not represent what I MEANT to say.
Despite Hazal being heavily influenced by Greek culture they did not let it impact their Halachic decisions.
A wise rabbi wrote me privately - did you MEAN this?
Despite Hazal being heavily aware of Greek culture they did not let it impact their Halachic decisions.
My original post was mis-leading because it was not carefully written.
he told me YES and then apologized for even suspecting me!
I told him he had every right to clarify with me off-line first and no apology was needed.
His menschlichkeit prevented an unintended argument when were actually in "violent" agreement!
Op-Ed: Has the world learned anything since Brussels?
Has the world learned anything since Brussels?
It has become alarmingly clear since the Brussels terror attack that the West either doesn't understand the nature of Islamist terrorism or doesn't want to. President Obama denies that the Islamic State poses an existential threat, belittles those who disagree, and seems more vested in undermining allies and political opponents than fighting terror. Whether acting out of ideology or naiveté, he refuses to admit the role of religious doctrine and instead blames terrorism on generic criminality, violent extremism, gun violence, or global warming. He fails to address the jihad and genocide being waged against non-Muslims in the Mideast and beyond, does not speak honestly about the Islamist threat, and portrays those who do as hatemongers.
Under his administration, the U.S. has abdicated its global leadership role and left a void in which Russia seeks to reconstitute its empire, China threatens American strategic and economic interests, and Iran continues to export terror while violating a feckless nuclear deal under which it derives great benefit but makes no concessions. The president has eschewed sound military and intelligence advice in favor of policies that have destabilized the Mideast, empowered terrorists, and caused a refugee crisis that is tearing Europe apart.
Whether the administration's foreign policy stems from ideology or incompetence, it seems to regard Islamic radicalism as a natural response to western oppression, though European entrée into the Mideast was preceded by centuries of jihad waged in Europe by Arab-Muslim invaders. Its knack for promoting revisionism is facilitated by the public's lack of historical perspective, as reflected by the inability to recognize that ISIS is not historically aberrant, but rather embodies the same doctrine that mandated forceful spread of the faith starting in the eighth century.
To them, it was just sensationalism -- but to us it was a real shaila as evidenced that it was presented to HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and was thus serious.
The issue was actually the use of medical marijuana on Pesach and, when it comes to Pesach, any new item of consumption always becomes a question. Just look at the issue of quinoa. (Perhaps one of the issues of quinoa is this very fact itself -- but that still is the reality.) This was also not just about recreational marijuana but its use for medical purposes.
I found it actually to be a clip worth the few seconds spent watching it -- for reasons actually beyond the sensationalism seen in it by the Daily News. I do wonder, though, why someone taped it.
How anti-Semitism remains Politically correct on the Left, while racism towards Blacks and Misogyny towards women remains condemnable.
WHOM THE WHITE HOUSE FOUND "FRUSTRATING"
Vice President Joe Biden's declared "frustration" with the Israeli government may have insulted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he is only the latest in a long line of Israeli prime ministers in whom the White House has found fault at one time or another.
Ironically, many of the Israeli leaders with whom past U.S. presidents have clashed were from the leftwing Labor Party, not the rightwing Likud.
Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, was the first Israeli leader to find himself at odds with Washington. In the spring of 1948, President Harry Truman instructed the State Department to pressure Ben-Gurion to postpone declaring the establishment of Israel. If the Zionist leaders refused to back down, "they need not expect anything from us," Truman told the State Department's Dean Rusk.
Truman made good on that threat. Although he extended diplomatic recognition to the newborn Jewish State, the president imposed a total arms embargo on Israel throughout the War of Independence. Nevertheless, Ben-Gurion never regretted his decision to declare statehood.
The administration of President Dwight Eisenhower, too, expressed Biden-like "frustration" with the Israelis. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in demanded that Israel agree to let Jerusalem be ruled by "the world religious community." Eisenhower's State Department declared in 1953 that Jewish immigration to Israel from around the world was making the Arab nations feel threatened, so Israel needed to "re-examine its policy of encouraging large-scale immigration."
Eisenhower's frustration with Ben-Gurion reached new levels after Israel's pre-emptive strike against Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956. The president told aides that he considered Ben-Gurion an "extremist" and questioned the Israeli prime minister's "balance and rationality."
James Reston of the New York Times reported this colorful illustration of the president's anger toward Ben-Gurion: "The White House crackled with barracks room language the like of which had not been heard since the days of General Grant." Those insults were soon translated into concrete steps, as the Eisenhower administration blocked U.S. assistance to Israel and threatened to impose sanctions unless Ben-Gurion ceded territory to Nasser.
President John F. Kennedy, for his part, was frustrated by Ben-Gurion's refusal to acknowledge that Israel was developing nuclear weapons. Meeting in New York City in May 1961, JFK pressed the Israeli leader for details on what was taking place at the Dimona nuclear research facility.
"Ben-Gurion mumbled and spoke very softly; it was hard to hear him and understand what he was saying, partly due to his accent," according to Prof. Avner Cohen, author of Israel and the Bomb. Recently-declassified National Security Archive documents show that U.S. inspectors who were given a partial tour of the Dimona facility in 1962 felt they were being "tricked" and "misled" because they were shown only some of the buildings.
The Israeli prime minister who received perhaps the harshest treatment from a "frustrated" White House was Yitzhak Rabin. Today, of course, Rabin is remembered fondly in Washington for the concessions he made as part of the Oslo accords in 1993-1995. But Rabin was not very popular at the White House in the spring of 1975, when he balked at the Ford administration's demand that he give strategic Sinai mountain passes and oil fields to Egypt in exchange for little more than a brief cease-fire.
In his book The Secret Conversations of Henry Kissinger, Matti Golan, the chief diplomatic correspondent for Ha'aretz, revealed what happened next. President Gerald Ford sent Rabin a telegram that was "tough, even brutal." Ford "ominously warned of damaging relations between Israel and the United States" if Rabin failed to "consent to Egypt's conditions."
When Rabin hesitated, Ford announced that Israel was to blame for the failure of the negotiations, and said the U.S. would undertake a "reassessment" of its Mideast policy. All American military aid to Israel was suspended in the meantime.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger cranked up the pressure by giving a series of off-the-record briefings to reporters in which he blasted Israel's leaders. Rabin was "a small man," Kissinger told the journalists; Defense Minister Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon were consumed by "petty personal rivalries."
Kissinger himself proved to be remarkably petty. He "directed that the special line connecting his office to the Israeli embassy should be removed"; all telephone calls by Israeli ambassador Simcha Dinitz to Kissinger were now transferred to Kissinger's aides; and "when they met at Washington gatherings, it was no longer 'Simcha,' but 'Mr. Ambassador.' "
A worried Rabin tried to appease Washington by announcing a unilateral withdrawal of some of Israeli troops from near the Suez Canal. Washington's response? "Kissinger let it be leaked to the press that he regarded the Israeli gesture as meaningless."
When Rabin visited Washington in June, the pressure intensified, according to Golan: "Ford warned Rabin right away that the approaching American elections would not get Israel off the hook. If there was no agreement with Egypt, Ford said, the United States would go to Geneva with a plan of its own, even if it lost him votes and stirred up opposition in Congress." Confronted by these pressures, Rabin and his cabinet "simply caved in."
Whether Likud or Labor, more than a few Israeli prime ministers have been stung by the barbs of a "frustrated" White House. No doubt the Israeli leaders have, in turn, felt frustrated that some American presidents have seemed to give short shrift to Israel's legitimate security concerns. The good news is that an occasional outburst by an official on either side is no reason for panic; the America-Israel alliance has withstood may challenges and no doubt will withstand others in the future.


Columbus, Ohio | Several Illinois Baptists were among those serving Saturday through Crossover, the day of outreach and ministry that precedes each year's Southern Baptist Convention.
Crossover volunteers from Uptown Baptist Church, Chicago, on their way to a day of service in partnership with United Faith International Baptist Church in Columbus.
The Uptown team taught classes, prayerwalked, and shared the gospel one-on-one. Above, IBSA zone consultant Steven Glover (left) shares his faith with a young man from Somalia.
IBSA church planting leaders Van Kicklighter and Charles Campbell and their families also served during Crossover. The group worked with Neil Avenue Baptist Church in Columbus and another partnering church from North Carolina to make improvements at a local apartment complex for physically handicapped people.
Pastor Michael Kanai also took a team from Orchard Valley Baptist Church in Aurora to participate in Saturday's outreach. Look for more on their Crossover experience this week.


Amanda Potter, Cheer Vice-President, is responsible for the operation of our Cheer Program. Amanda has been involved with the league since 2008 when her daughter began cheering in our Flag Division.
The Junior Division is made up of six (6) to eight (8) 1st through 3rd grade teams.
New cheerleaders are assigned to squads based on grade level, uniform availability and existing squad sizes.
Returning cheerleaders are assigned to their team from the previous year. If your participant is in the 4th Grade she may be pre-assigned to a Senior Division team. While our Cheer Vice-President does everything she can to keep teams together it may not be possible.
All families are required to work the concession stand on one day, one time each season, for one hour prior to or following your participant's game or performance.
The BWYAA provides a uniform for game day and the league is coordinating bow and spankie orders for the 2016 season. The uniform is returned at the end of the season.
Practices usually begin the fourth week in July and are anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half in duration twice a week. After school begins, some teams choose to practice once a week.
The 4th graders participate in a Tournament game at the end of the season. All of the 4th grade cheerleaders are invited to participate in this event.
Please feel free to check out our list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or reach out to our Head Cheer Advisor for a direct conversation.


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'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Star Gavin Leatherwood Says He Got a 'Little Lazy' Playing Nick Scratch
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When Chilling Adventures of Sabrina returns for its final season on Netflix, fans will get to see Gavin Leatherwood play the bad boy witch Nick Scratch for the last time. The actor has been on the show since the beginning. And he recently admitted that he had to up his game for season 4 after realizing he was a little too complacent with the role.
Kiernan Shipka and Gavin Leatherwood in 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' | Netflix
Gavin Leatherwood is Sabrina's boyfriend on 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'
In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Leatherwood portrays Sabrina's (Kiernan Shipka) warlock boyfriend, Nick. When the two first met at the Academy of the Unseen Arts, Sabrina was still dating her high school sweetheart, Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch). But when Sabrina was forced to embrace her witch side, she broke up with Harvey and started dating Nick.
And since season 1, Nick and Sabrina have been through a lot. Early on, Sabrina discovered that Nick was working for her father, Lucifer Morningstar (Luke Cook), and tried to manipulate her into choosing the Path of Night. But after Nick sacrifices himself and imprisons Lucifer in his own body, Sabrina forgives him and goes to Hell to save him.
who r u ho ho hoping brina's with under that mistletoe? pic.twitter.com/IfCfZAAFE4
— Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (@sabrinanetflix) December 25, 2020
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However, in the season 3 finale, Nick is left reeling from Lucifer's presence. He appreciates Sabrina's love, but his internal suffering forces him to break up with her.
Nick and Sabrina will revisit their romance in 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Part 4
In a trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 4, Nick and Sabrina appear to revisit their romance. When talking to the press ahead premiere, Leatherwood noted that his character couldn't help but stay connected to Sabrina.
"I mean, it's almost as if they're in this entanglement," he explained, as reported by Screen Rant. "Sabrina showed Nick something that he was so unfamiliar with, which was a form of love that he hadn't seen being just exposed to the witch world."
DID HE JUST – pic.twitter.com/PtJRhZs6rb
— Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (@sabrinanetflix) December 5, 2020
"Ever since that, he hasn't been able to really see anything else but that," Leatherwood continued. "It's like he's in a bull fight with himself, where he's trying to tame his lusting ways and also understand what unconditional love and what loving someone in a different capacity is. I know that's why Nick can't really stay away from Sabrina. She's made this crazy impact on him."
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Gavin Leatherwood admits he had to up his game after getting 'lazy' with his role
In a recent chat with Collider, Leatherwood opened up about his journey on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and how much it taught him. He recalled that in the beginning, he approached his character with "rigorous discipline" because he felt like he needed to earn it. But over time, the actor admitted that he got a little too comfortable.
just a reminder of how beautiful nature can be pic.twitter.com/8pHZDSGLQQ
— Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (@sabrinanetflix) February 16, 2020
"At some point in there I became a little too relaxed in it all and got a little lazy," Leatherwood said. "Because it's like, you're playing the same character and you think you got it, and then there's moments where you realize you don't. Because as an actor playing a character you never really do and you have to do your homework."
But at the end of the day, Leatherwood noted the role taught him discipline and endurance. And when he realized he was complacent, he pushed himself to "step up."
"I believe I had caught myself in an episode and really laid into myself," he shared. "I was like, 'You need to step it up,' and just kind of reset the bar for myself. Only we know our own potential kind of thing, I think, and we set our own expectations in some way and if we're not striving towards that then what are we doing."
Fans will see Leatherwood in Part 4 of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which premieres on Netflix on Dec. 31.