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Christian group pulls support for event challenging homosexuality
CNN's Dan Gilgoff filed this report:
A national Christian organization will stop sponsoring an annual event that encourages school students to "counter the promotion of homosexual behavior" because the event has become too divisive and confrontational, the group's president told CNN on Wednesday.
"All the recent attention to bullying helped us realize that we need to equip kids to live out biblical tolerance and grace while treating their neighbors as they'd like to be treated, whether they agree with them or not," said Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International, the group that sponsored the event this year.
Called the Day of Truth, the annual April event has been pushed by influential conservative Christian groups as a way to counter to the annual Day of Silence, an event promoted by gay rights advocates to highlight threats against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.
Dan Gilgoff - CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor
Filed under: Christianity • Culture wars • Homosexuality • Schools
Justices hear case of anti-gay protests at military funerals
Editor's Note: CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears files this report from Washington, DC
The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday to find a constitutional balance between free speech and privacy in a case involving provocative anti-homosexual protests by a small church at the funeral of a soldier who died in Iraq.
Members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church protested outside the court, while inside, one of their members argued they had a right to promote what they called a broad-based message on public matters such as wars.
But the lawyer for the fallen Marine's father argued those protests were an invasion of privacy and an intentional infliction of emotional distress.
"[Justice] Brandeis said the right to be let alone was the most important, and so he must have been thinking there could be a tort [lawsuit] there for interference with privacy," Justice Stephen Breyer noted Wednesday. "And emotional injury, deliberately inflicted, could be one... but I see that in some instances that could be abused to prevent somebody from getting out a public message, and therefore, I'm looking for a line."
Filed under: Christianity • Church and state • Courts • Homosexuality • Military
My Take: Why a hateful church should win Supreme Court case
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.
By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN
A few years ago a daughter of the Protestant minister Fred Phelps called to ask me if I would serve as an expert witness on her father's behalf in a civil lawsuit.
The controversial case concerned picketing by Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) at the Westminster, Maryland, funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq in 2006. Brought by Albert Snyder, the father of the deceased soldier, the case accused Phelps and other WBC members with invasion of privacy and the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Phelps' daughter wanted me to testify about the history of anti-government protests in the United States.
Stephen Prothero - CNN Belief Blog contributor
Filed under: Church • Courts • Homosexuality • Islam • Opinion • Religious liberty • Westboro Bapitst Church
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Jury to begin deliberating in case of alleged synagogue bomb plot
Editor's Note: CNN's Christina Romano files this report from New York.
Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of one of four men charged with plotting to bomb a synagogue and a Jewish community center.
Prosecutors say James Cromitie and three other men spoke extensively about their plans as Shahed Hussain - posing as a representative of a Pakistan-based terrorist group - recorded the discussions.
The lawyer for Cromitie said Monday that testimony from Hussain is "garbage."
"The bottom line is when it comes to Hussain's testimony, it's worthless. It's garbage," lawyer Vincent Briccetti told the jury. "He lied to you."
Prosecutors argued that Hussain had not lied about how much money he told Cromitie, the alleged ringleader of the group, he would be paid for the attack and denied defense contentions that the men were entrapped.
Filed under: Courts • Judaism • New York • United States
Cancer patient: I see Jesus in my MRI
Filed under: Christianity • Florida • Jesus • United States
Why Sunday morning remains America's most segregated hour
"Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of Christian America."
That declaration, which has been attributed to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., used to startle listeners. Now it's virtually become a cliché. For years, various academic studies and news articles have reported what many churchgoers already know: most American congregations are segregated.
In the latest issue of the academic journal Sociological Inquiry, two professors dug deeper into why Sundays remain so segregated.
John Blake - CNN Writer
Filed under: Belief • Christianity • Church • Houses of worship • Race


The heist movie franchise with a weird numbering system returns with Ocean's 8. This isn't a pre-pre-prequel to the original, which started with "eleven", but an all female driven spin-off. Freshly released from prison, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), estranged sister of the now deceased Danny Ocean (previously George Clooney) plans an ambitious heist to steal a necklace worth over $150 million from the annual Met Gala in New York. The twists and turns come as standard for an Ocean's movie as the story plays out. The movie's strength lies in the female ensemble cast's chemistry. Bullock's crack team of crooks include Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Rihanna and Awkwafina, who are trying to relieve Anne Hathaway's A-list celeb character of her pricey accessory.


Born in the United States, Sivula studied at the University of Minnesota, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. He continued his studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of California (Berkeley), where he joined the research group of Prof. Jean Fréchet. During his thesis research he worked to developed strategies to control the morphology of conjugated polymer-based photovoltaic devices and gained his doctorate in 2007. Sivula then joined the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces (LPI, led by Professor Michael Grätzel) at the EPFL. There he developed nanostructured films with iron oxide for hydrogen production using solar energy. He was promoted to research group leader in LPI in 2008 and in 2011 he accepted an appointment as tenure-track assistant professor at EPFL in the Institute of Chemical Science and Engineering. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and he leads the LIMNO lab while also teaching courses on Transport Phenomena, Chemical Engineering Practicals, Product design, and solar energy conversion systems.
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Scaling Up Electronic Structure Calculations on Quantum Computers: The Frozen Natural Orbital Based Method of Increments
By Prakash Verma, Lee Huntington, Marc Coons, Yukio Kawashima, Takeshi Yamazaki, & Arman Zaribafiyan
Quantum computing is a new computing paradigm that holds great promise for the efficient simulation of quantum mechanical systems. However, the hardware envelope provided by noisy, intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices is still small compared to the size of molecules that are relevant to industry. In the present paper, the method of increments (MI) is introduced to help expedite the application of NISQ devices for quantum chemistry simulations. The MI approach expresses the electron correlation energy of a molecular system as a truncated many-body expansion in terms of orbitals, atoms, or molecules. Here, the electron correlation is expanded in terms of occupied orbitals. At the same time, the virtual orbital space is reduced based on the frozen natural orbitals (FNO), which are obtained from second-order, many-body perturbation theory. In this way, a method referred to as MI-FNO is constructed for the systematic reduction of both the occupied and the virtual spaces. The subproblems from the MI-FNO reduction can then be solved by any algorithm, including quantum algorithms such as the variational quantum eigensolver, to predict the correlation energies of a molecular system. The accuracy and feasibility of MI-FNO are investigated for the case of small molecules. Then, the efficacy of the proposed framework is investigated using a qubit-count estimation on an industrially relevant catalyst molecule. We show that, even by employing a modest truncation, MI-FNO reduces the qubit requirement by almost a factor of one half. Our approach can facilitate hardware experiments based on smaller, yet more realistic, chemistry problems, assisting in the characterization of NISQ devices. Moreover, reducing the qubit requirement can help scale up the size of molecular systems that can be simulated, which can greatly enhance computational chemistry studies for industrial applications.
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Here are some pictures that I've taken of Naomi in the past few days. She's such a goof. She doesn't really look at the camera much so I have to take those "candid" photos and hope they turn out good. I still can't believe that I have a kid who's practically 13 months!
Oh, and it finally feels a little like fall around here. I've had doors and windows open and we've been playing outside more...it just feels so good to get fresh air and not be sweaty by the time I walk outside! Yay for cooler weather!


Chasing Lights – The 49th Supply Co.
On Friday we were excited to hear the news from the FB Aurora Borealis Notifications Group that there was a high chance to see the Northern Lights. It's always a plus this time of the year to go Northern Lights chasing because it's dark enough to see the lights and the weather is nice enough to forego a full winter gear setup. We were fine just wearing hoodies, light jackets, and beanies.
We hit up the usual local spots Flattop, Point Woronzof, Potters Marsh. We wanted to wrap things up before 3AM to get enough rest for our tie-dye event at Zumiez that afternoon so staying in town was the only option, but we were all tempted to head out of town to either Hatcher Pass or towards Portage after seeing some of the photos people were posting from those locations.
Lady Aurora did not disappoint. We were treated to a nice showing at both Flattop and Point Woronzof. There were clouds at both locations but the lights were still visible as the following photos and time-lapse video show. As we were wrapping up for the night the moon was coming over just as the Northern Lights were fading out. We're all looking forward this season to getting out a little more and chasing the lights. Hope to see some of you guys out there!


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Video reveals drunk groom being hand-fed by mother-in-law at wedding reception
A video has surfaced online, and subsequently gone viral, of a groom being hand-fed by his mother-in-law at his own wedding.
The groom is obviously very intoxicated, and the footage also shows the mortified mother-in-law hilariously flash a thumbs up when she realises she is being filmed.
The groom spoke out to media outlets about the video after it had already amassed more that 9.2 million views on Facebook.
"The video is highly embarrassing, as this is not the way you should be at your wedding day during the speeches, but we love to laugh at each other's stupidness," the groom told the outlet.
"With this situation, you could understand that she may have been upset as I was a total mess, but due to me making a comeback, she has seen the funny side to the video."
Many have appalauded the mother-in-law.
"What a wonderful mother-in-law. She handled it quite well considering…" wrote on Facebook user.


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The Binding
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'I wish I had written it' Erin Kelly
Imagine you could erase your grief.
Imagine you could forget your pain.
Imagine you could hide a secret.
Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice – but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.
He will learn to hand-craft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there's something you want to forget, he can help. If there's something you need to erase, he can assist. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible.
In a vault under his mentor's workshop, row upon row of books – and memories – are meticulously stored and recorded.
Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of them has his name on it.
THE BINDING is an unforgettable, magical novel: a boundary-defying love story and a unique literary event.
Bridget Collins trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after reading English at King's College, Cambridge. She is the author of seven acclaimed books for young adults and has had two plays produced, one at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Binding, her first adult novel, was a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.
'The Binding is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped in them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding' Tracy Chevalier
'The Binding held me captive from the start and refused to set me free. It is a beautifully crafted tale of dark magic and forbidden passion, where unspeakable cruelty is ultimately defeated by enduring love. Breathtaking!' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things
'What an astounding book … something entirely of its own. Brilliant concept, truly extraordinary writing and a killer plot' Anna Mazzola, author of The Unseeing
'Pure magic. The kind of immersive storytelling that makes you forget your own name. I wish I had written it' Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said
'An original concept, beautifully written. Collins' prose is spellbinding' Laura Purcell, author of The Silent Companions
'A moving, spellbinding book with a powerful love story at its heart and one of the best twists I've read in a long time. I fell into and inhabited and loved it. Such a deeply enjoyable and nourishing novel' Sandra Newman, author of The Heavens


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Canada is a relatively small economy that depends heavily on international trade to underpin its prosperity.
An examination of what Canada sells to other countries sheds light on the industry sectors in which we possess competitive strengths. It stands to reason that the industries that supply the bulk of our exports are also the ones in which Canada enjoys some degree of global comparative advantage.
Unfortunately, many of our politicians don't appear to think this way. Rather than asking what the country is actually good at producing and exporting, they dream about a future economy with a different industrial structure – typically, a structure in which "green" and "high-tech" goods and services predominate.
There is no doubt that tomorrow's economy will be greener and more technologically sophisticated than the one we have now. But industrial transitions don't happen overnight – they unfold over multiple generations. Nor do politicians generally have a decisive role in determining the details of the evolving industrial structure.
A few things stand out from the chart.
The first is the crucial place of natural resources in the export mix. In 2017, natural resource products accounted for 55 per cent of Canada's merchandise exports (for the four Western provinces combined, the share was higher, closer to 80 per cent).
Energy alone represented more than one-fifth of the country's goods exports last year, with oil by far the largest contributor. By any measure, natural resources carry enormous weight in our economy and remain foundational to Canada's exports.
A second striking feature of the chart is the outsized contribution of the automobile sector – both vehicle assembly and parts – to the Canadian export economy: about 17 per cent of merchandise export receipts in 2017, with most of this based on shipments to the United States.
This underscores the importance of preserving the integrated North American automobile manufacturing sector at a time when NAFTA is being re-negotiated at the behest of a protectionist-minded American administration.
A third point is the very modest role of what Export Development Canada classifies as "advanced technology products" within Canada's overall export basket. All advanced technology products together provide less than four per cent of the country's merchandise exports.
As for the "clean tech" products that garner so much attention from many politicians these days, they make up perhaps one per cent of Canada's exports – i.e., a miniscule sliver, albeit one that is expected to grow in the coming years.
At a time when Canada is seeing investment dollars and production activity migrate to the U.S. and other jurisdictions across the entire array of natural resource industries as well as in many segments of manufacturing, our policy-makers should be working harder to bolster the competitive position of the industries that are paying the bills today, instead of ruminating about a hoped-for economic future whose shape is in any case largely beyond their control.


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RedHill Biopharma Stock Forecast, Price & News
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About RedHill Biopharma
RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, primarily focused on gastrointestinal and infectious diseases. The company promotes gastrointestinal drugs, including Movantik for opioid-induced constipation in adults with chronic non-cancer pain; Talicia for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults; and Aemcolo for the treatment of travelers' diarrhea in adults. Its clinical late-stage investigational development programs include RHB-204, which is in Phase 3 study for pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria infections; opaganib (Yeliva), an SK2 selective inhibitor, which has completed Phase 2 study to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2 severe COVID-19 pneumonia, in Phase 1/2a study to treat advanced unresectable cholangiocarcinoma, and in investigator-sponsored Phase 2 study to treat prostate cancer; RHB-104, which is in Phase 3 studies for Crohn's disease; RHB-102 (Bekinda) that is in Phase 3 studies for acute gastroenteritis and gastritis, and has completed Phase 2 studies for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea; RHB-107, which is in Phase 2/3 study to treat outpatients infected with COVID-19 disease, and Phase 2a study to treat advanced unresectable cholangiocarcinoma, as well as has completed Phase 2 study to treat gastrointestinal and other solid tumors; and RHB-106, an encapsulated formulation for bowel preparation, which has completed Phase 2a study. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
RedHill Biopharma (NASDAQ:RDHL) Shares Cross Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $5.16
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RedHill Biopharma' Says Oral Opaganib Significantly Improves Viral Clearance in Phase 2/3 Study in Severely Ill Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
RedHill says oral COVID-19 therapy improved viral clearance in severely ill patients
RedHill Biopharma's Oral COVID-19 Treatment Improves Median Time To Viral RNA Clearance
RedHill Biopharma's Oral Opaganib Significantly Improves Viral Clearance in Phase 2/3 Study in Severely Ill Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
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RedHill Announces Additional Insider Buying
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399th out of 682 stocks
RedHill Biopharma has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
According to analysts' consensus price target of $17.25, RedHill Biopharma has a forecasted upside of 522.7% from its current price of $2.77.
RedHill Biopharma has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.
RedHill Biopharma has received 423 "outperform" votes. (Add your "outperform" vote.)
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RedHill Biopharma has received 73.82% "outperform" votes from our community.
MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about RedHill Biopharma and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe RDHL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe RDHL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.
RedHill Biopharma does not currently pay a dividend.
RedHill Biopharma does not have a long track record of dividend growth.
In the past three months, RedHill Biopharma insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Only 10.18% of the stock of RedHill Biopharma is held by institutions.
Earnings for RedHill Biopharma are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.60) to ($1.04) per share.
The P/E ratio of RedHill Biopharma is -1.20, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.
RedHill Biopharma has a P/B Ratio of 9.23. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.
RedHill Biopharma (NASDAQ:RDHL) Frequently Asked Questions
Is RedHill Biopharma a buy right now?
5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RedHill Biopharma in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" RedHill Biopharma stock.
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How has RedHill Biopharma's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?
RedHill Biopharma's stock was trading at $3.99 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RDHL stock has decreased by 30.6% and is now trading at $2.77.
When is RedHill Biopharma's next earnings date?
RedHill Biopharma is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 17th 2022.
View our earnings forecast for RedHill Biopharma.
How were RedHill Biopharma's earnings last quarter?
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 30th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.50) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.48) by $0.02. RedHill Biopharma had a negative net margin of 114.75% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 361.74%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.50) EPS.
View RedHill Biopharma's earnings history.
What price target have analysts set for RDHL?
5 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for RedHill Biopharma's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect RedHill Biopharma's stock price to reach $17.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 522.7% from the stock's current price.
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Who are RedHill Biopharma's key executives?
RedHill Biopharma's management team includes the following people:
Mr. Dror Ben-Asher, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO (Age 55, Pay $555.97k)
Mr. Micha Ben-Chorin, Chief Financial Officer (Age 52, Pay $418.05k)
Mr. Gilead Raday, Chief Operating Officer (Age 46, Pay $388.25k)
Mr. Adi Frish, Chief Corp. & Bus. Devel. Officer (Age 51, Pay $407.21k)
Mr. Rick D. Scruggs, Chief Commercial Officer, Head of US Operations & Director (Age 61, Pay $577.99k)
Mr. Ben Martie, VP, Legal Affairs
Ms. Valerie Graceffa, VP of Sales
Mr. Rob Jackson, Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing
Ms. Michelle Snelling, VP of HR
Dr. Reza Fathi, Sr. VP of R&D (Age 66)
Who are some of RedHill Biopharma's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to RedHill Biopharma include Kinnate Biopharma (KNTE), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Kronos Bio (KRON), Fulcrum Therapeutics (FULC), Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT), LianBio (LIAN), Albireo Pharma (ALBO), Inventiva (IVA), Relmada Therapeutics (RLMD), VBI Vaccines (VBIV), Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX), BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI), POINT Biopharma Global (PNT), Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (DCPH) and Chimerix (CMRX).
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What other stocks do shareholders of RedHill Biopharma own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other RedHill Biopharma investors own include Agenus (AGEN), Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE), Sangamo Therapeutics (SGMO), Verastem (VSTM), Amarin (AMRN), Aralez Pharmaceuticals (ARLZ), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), Tesla (TSLA), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and NVIDIA (NVDA).
What is RedHill Biopharma's stock symbol?
RedHill Biopharma trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "RDHL."
Who are RedHill Biopharma's major shareholders?
RedHill Biopharma's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cutler Group LP (0.00%).
Which major investors are selling RedHill Biopharma stock?
RDHL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cutler Group LP.
How do I buy shares of RedHill Biopharma?
Shares of RDHL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
What is RedHill Biopharma's stock price today?
One share of RDHL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.77.
How much money does RedHill Biopharma make?
RedHill Biopharma has a market capitalization of $145.15 million and generates $64.36 million in revenue each year. The biotechnology company earns $-76.17 million in net income (profit) each year or ($2.31) on an earnings per share basis.
How many employees does RedHill Biopharma have?
RedHill Biopharma employs 182 workers across the globe.
What is RedHill Biopharma's official website?
The official website for RedHill Biopharma is www.redhillbio.com.
Where are RedHill Biopharma's headquarters?
RedHill Biopharma is headquartered at 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel Aviv L3, 64739.
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RedHill Biopharma's mailing address is 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel Aviv L3, 64739. The biotechnology company can be reached via email at [email protected].


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If you thought like we did that Scott Eastwood would make a decent Steve Trevor as was rumored well you can kiss those unsubstantiated lies goodbye. Variety had the scoop on Wednesday that Chris Pine was in negotiations to play Diana Prince's love interest in the planned 'Wonder Woman' movie.
Pine would join Gal Gadot in the DC Comics adaptation of the iconic Amazon princess. The film now under the direction of Patty Jenkins after original director Michelle MacLaren parted ways with the studio over "creative differences."The movie is slated for release in 2017 based on a script from Jason Fuchs although reports have a 'Hunger Games'-type of script competition being used to develop the best Wonder Woman origin story.
In the comics, Steve Trevor was an intelligence officer in the United States Army during World War II whose plane crashed on Paradise Island, the isolated homeland of the Amazons. He was nursed back to health by the Amazon princess Diana, who fell in love with him and followed him when he returned to the outside world. There she became Wonder Woman (and also his co-worker, Diana Prince).
Pine is no stranger to genre fandom as the modern day Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams 'Star Trek' franchise. The versatile actor has the acting chops, but many had hoped he'd be cast as Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern. He seemed better suited as an affable and cocky test pilot turned universal cop.
Variety also reported that Eastwood was given a choice of reading for Trevor or getting a guaranteed supporting role in 'Suicide Squad.' He chose the latter as the many leaked set photos have verified the strapping young actor as an unspecified soldier in David Ayer's star-studded film.


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Artist Tunde Olaniran's 'Made a Universe' opens a portal at a Detroit museum
By Neda Ulaby
Steven Piper
Tunde Olaniran
Artist Tunde Olaniran
A Midwestern museum known for mid-century design may have found the next big art world star.
Tunde Olaniran is a musician, filmmaker and artist who grew up in Flint, Michigan. Their first show, Made A Universe, just opened at the Cranbrook Art Museum near Detroit.
Made a Universe is partly a short movie, and partly an exhibition of what looks like pieces of its set: artifacts of furniture, old cars and unpaid bills that combine science fiction and social realism. It exuberantly --and pointedly — combines tropes from horror movies and TikTok videos to comment on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.
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A still from Tunde Olaniran's new film playing at the Cranbrook Institute of Art
Olaniran, who's 35, is a planet of a person – the type other people orbit around. "This is the first film I've written and directed, really," Olaniran says, who also plays the main character. "Tunde is a version of me, who is an artist, who lives in a Flint-esque place who like me is very obsessed with comic books."
Olaniran comes from a working-class family with a grandfather who built cars on Flint's assembly lines, a dad who immigrated from Nigeria and a mom who worked for labor unions and influenced the main storyline in Made A Universe, about a teenage boy named Leon.
"Leon is based on a person who lived in my neighborhood and robbed us continually," Olaniran explains. "And I think the way my mom raised me was really to think, what is the structure that they're living in and would lead them to make these kinds of choices?
In the movie Made A Universe, Leon is abducted. He vanishes through a mysterious portal. But in real life, Olaniran says, Leon was killed.
"Senseless does not even begin to describe it," they say, adding that the movie fulfilled a deep, fantastical longing for a different kind of ending for the young man. "What if the person I knew did not have to die the way they did?"
Tunde the character searches for Leon in the movie that might remind viewers at various points of Get Out and A Wrinkle in Time. Leon's been imprisoned by an affectless bureaucrat, standing in for a state that's allowed Flint's water to be poisoned for nearly a decade. Something subversive, outrageous and defiantly local about the film also evokes early John Waters, who made all of his movies in Baltimore: Olanian's cast and crew are all based in Flint and Detroit.
Olaniran never formally trained as a filmmaker. They studied anthropology at the University of Michigan-Flint, played music in bars and worked for Planned Parenthood as a sex educator.
"I would teach adults with developmental disabilities," they say. "So, how do you teach about consent? How do you teach someone basic anatomy who maybe grew up in a group home?"
This work, Olaniran says, ended up as incredibly helpful training for a career as an artist. "What do you do with someone's attention if you get it at all? What are you doing in their minds?"
Something unique and brilliant, says Laura Mott, chief curator at the Cranbook Art Museum. "I really want Tunde to be a household name," she says. "I really believe they're one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life."
Mott helped the artist raise about $250,000 to make the movie and introduced Olaniran to celebrity cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The two collaborated on a recording, and Ma is on the credits for the film.
In one scene of Made A Universe, Tunde unexpectedly lands in a drab billing processing office with several Flint women whose poisoned water has been shut off because they could not pay for it. One of them begs the stone-faced woman working behind the desk for help. For a minute, it seems that she might soften. But in this science fiction scenario, she's suddenly taken over by the malign voice of a broken system, pitiless and predatory. It's terrifying.
But then something beautiful happens. Tunde and the other women begin to sing. They sing open a portal in the universe.
"Our energy is transforming it and pushing against the edges of it," Olaniran says.
Tunde and the woman from the billing processing office rescue Leon. They even rescue the woman trapped behind the desk. Made A Universe convincingly tells a story about the power of art. But Olaniran, the product of a city once known for working class collectivity, says that's only part of the message.
"If we connect," they say, "What power does that generate instead of separately trying to escape?"
Tunde Olaniran's Made a Universe will be on display through September at the Cranbrook Art Museum. Curator Laura Mott says other museums have expressed interest in bringing the show across the country.
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With show season in full swing, many horse owners dutifully prepare their horses for traveling by wrapping legs with protective covering, checking that the trailer flooring is sound, and making sure their horses are securely tied--all with thoughts of protecting the health and welfare of their valuable cargo. However, few give much thought to a very important consideration--what can be done to protect their horse's lungs? Transporting horses for long distances can be a contributing factor in the development of respiratory disease, which can last long after the trip is over.
Horses consume less hay and water while traveling, and when transported for extended periods of time, they can become dehydrated. Dehydration can impair pulmonary defense mechanisms that normally clear infectious material. Additionally, horses confined with their heads elevated have decreased clearance of infectious material simply due to gravity. Surfactant levels, an important substance in the lungs that helps prevent infection in the alveoli, also are decreased in horses transported for extended periods. The number of white bloods cells also increases after transport; however, these cells frequently are less effective at removing bacteria from the blood and airways. Trans-tracheal washes performed on horses after transport revealed an increase in bacterial numbers in the lower respiratory tract. Consequently, horses are exposed to higher numbers of bacteria in their lower airways at a time when their pulmonary defense mechanisms have been impaired by transport.
Other factors that contribute to the development of respiratory disease in horses being transported are environmental factors. Ammonia, particulate matter from bedding and feed, carbon monoxide, temperature extremes, poor ventilation, and overcrowding all play a role in damaging airways and decreasing resistance to disease.
The stress of trailering also contributes to disease. Blood cortisol levels are increased in horses after transport (cortisol is a hormone produced by the body in higher quantities during times of stress). Particularly at risk are young horses up to three years of age. Stress that has occurred prior to transport, such as weaning, showing, racing, or an endurance competition, can be an important factor, as well. A horse which already is mildly dehydrated and stressed prior to being loaded in a trailer might not have adequate reserves to deal with added exposure and the stress of a long trailer ride.
The severity of respiratory disease associated with transport can vary from mild upper airway inflammation to severe, life-threatening bronchopneumonia or pleuropneumonia. The primary bacteria to which horses are exposed during transport are Streptococcus species and those in the Pasteurella and Enterobacteria families. Respiratory viruses include influenza and rhinopneumonitis. Horses coming from show, race, or sale environments might be exposed prior to being loaded, then develop disease secondary to transport.
Horses should be monitored after transport for the development of respiratory disease. Signs to look for include cough, nasal discharge, fever, depression, and decreased appetite. Call your veterinarian if your horse develops any of these signs.
Good management and transport procedures will help minimize your horse's risk of developing respiratory disease. Thorough cleaning of trailers and vans between loads of horses will help prevent the transfer of bacteria and viruses among different horses and decrease the overall number of infectious organisms to which horses are exposed. Allowing horses short rest stops during a long trip will help boost their defenses. Resting at least once in a 24-hour period is an absolute minimum; however, more frequent stops of every six to eight hours are good for you and your horse." Horses should be unloaded at these stops, given access to hay and water, and encouraged to lower their heads. Inadequate trailer ventilation will allow infectious and particulate material to build up in the air, as well as contribute to overheating. Dusty hay and bedding, especially with small leaves or shaving size, should not be used in a trailer because of the particulate that will blow around when the trailer is moving. Moldy hay also adds particulate and allergenic material to the air in your trailer. Be sure to clean all hay out after trailering to prevent moldy hay on the next trip.
Vaccination plays an important role in preventing influenza and rhinopneumonitis. Boosters should be given every 60-90 days to horses which are at high risk to exposure, and horses should be current on vaccinations within 10-14 days of embarking on a long trip.
Horses do not fully recover from long distance transport for several days. Accordingly, a period of rest following prolonged trailering will allow a horse to recover and regain full immune function. This rest period is even more critical in those horses which were stressed prior to being transported. During this rest period, you still need to monitor your horses for any changes in attitude, appetite, or the development of a nasal discharge or cough.
Although horse owners cannot control all elements, keeping in mind these few guidelines will help diminish the chance of respiratory problems developing in your horse after tranportation.


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Welcome to , an ongoing sequence at Mashable that appears at maintain – and cope with – the children in your life. As a result of Dr. Spock is sweet and all, however it's 2018 and we now have your complete web to take care of.
Your youngsters aren't allowed to make use of Snapchat, you monitor their Insta DMs (and their finsta), they usually've held off on a Fb account for now. However there's an alternative choice that has lots of the identical problematic dynamics because the providers above and no barrier to entry. In actual fact, you in all probability make your youngsters use it on a regular basis: the group textual content.
Group texts are the 21st century model of congregating in entrance of a center college locker. Children carry this communication of their pocket and into their houses. At their finest, group texts supply a way of group and acceptance, enhancing social connections and forging friendships. At their worst, they supply yet one more avenue for drama, exclusion and a few downright nasty feedback.
Whereas discussions about social media use and teenagers are widespread, it's inclusion in group texts that carry weight with my 13-year-old, and exclusion that causes heartache. In our home, the textual content alerts begin at 6:24 am, each college day. Outdoors of faculty hours, when the children need to hold their telephones of their lockers, it's a near-constant string of texts, discussing the whole lot from homework to soccer observe, the humorous factor a instructor stated to why a remark – or an individual – was annoying.
Generally, it's a real misunderstanding, however different instances the intent is evident.
Each dad and mom and children must develop expertise to cope with this new model of social interplay. Group texts, like all written communication, operate in another way than an eye-to-eye dialog, and understanding these variations may help youngsters navigate tough texting territory. The construction of a gaggle chat, the strain to remark (and due to this fact keep within the group) and the shortage of nonverbal communication are issues households want to contemplate as tweens transition to holding most conversations over textual content.
Textual content conversations happen in a flat hierarchy, one thing that makes deeper conversations and understanding troublesome, says Dr. Devorah Heitner, writer of and the weblog . It's like having a dialog the place everybody shouts the solutions and the responses are out of sync.
Assist your little one notice that a few of the nuance, physique language and expression are lacking. Humor and sarcasm are sometimes misplaced as properly, and teenagers must study to both give a buddy the advantage of the doubt, or ask how a textual content was supposed.
"It's not all the time clear if somebody is being imply on objective or not, significantly if it appears out of character primarily based on what you recognize of the individual," O'Rourke says.
Whereas is properly documented, and children are studying at school and at residence screenshot and , discussions concerning the form of borderline-mean conduct dad and mom are seeing over textual content are much less widespread. Identical to actual life, conduct in a gaggle textual content can veer between pleasant and unkind, leaving a tween feeling damage over a textual content.
"First off, teenagers are sometimes imply to 1 one other even when they're pals. A few of that is banter, a few of it's genuinely an individual being imply. Social life is usually a tumultuous place," says Dr. Danny O'Rouke, a medical psychologist on the Evidenced Primarily based Therapy Facilities of Seattle and writer of the weblog .
Tweens need to resolve what a textual content would possibly imply, and reply to a whole group of pals, whereas questioning the place they match within the social hierarchy. Generally, it's a real misunderstanding, however different instances the intent is evident.
As a guardian, seeing snarky feedback in textual content type, I typically surprise if my daughter ought to drop out of a gaggle textual content, however suggesting she go away the chat is rather like asking her to ditch her pals IRL.
What if, even given all this, a textual content does go too far? Or what in case your child simply dislikes the dynamic, one thing I've seen play out in my own residence a number of instances now. Mother and father can act as a backstop, a way of halting conversations that make your tween uncomfortable.
"If youngsters are speaking smack about one other child or a instructor, you can simply say you guys will not be being good and my dad and mom have a look at my cellphone typically and I'll get in hassle, I don't need to be a part of this," Heitner says.
For now, I'm encouraging my daughter to observe kindness, in group texts and actual life. I'm suggesting deeper conversations, and a social life face-to-face, particularly in conditions the place emotions can get damage.
The problem lies in bridging the hole between my hope for in-person interplay and her desire for conversations each by textual content, and in a type that features all her pals.
"I'd undoubtedly encourage teenagers and fogeys to contemplate that their social community needs to be as a lot in-person as attainable," O'Rourke says.


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by Sum Chun Hua	in Skin Care Hacks	January 5, 2021
People usually associate laugh lines and crow's feet with getting older. After all, as your skin ages, it naturally becomes less elastic, more fragile, and it can start to show wrinkles and fine lines. But sometimes, wrinkles appearing on your face has nothing to do with aging at all.
Other lifestyle and environmental factors can take a toll on your physical appearance, including a poor diet, lack of sleep, and chronic stress. Those wrinkles you see when you look in a mirror could have more to do with your daily habits than you think.
To turn back the clock for your skin and prevent wrinkles, be sure to address these 9 causes of why do wrinkles happen that are unrelated to aging!
Exposure to the Sun
Pollution in the Air
Not Sleeping Enough
Excess Sugar Intake
Squinting
Drinking Out of a Straw
1. Exposure to the Sun
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By far the single most significant cause of wrinkles is ultraviolet (UV) radiation by exposure to the sun. Both UVA rays, which penetrate the skin's deepest layers, and UVB rays, which cause sunburn, can lead to premature aging and wrinkles. The first and most common type of skin wrinkling is from chronic sun damage. Sun damage results in loss of collagen and elastin resulting in wrinkling of the skin.
Not only does staying out of the sun (and out of tanning beds!) protect you from skin cancer, but it will also keep you looking young. To protect your skin, be sure to wear sunblock with at least 30 SPF daily. When going out in the sun, especially if you'll be exposed to water, be sure to reapply your sunblock often to prevent sunburn.
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This should come as no surprise: after the sun, smoking is one of the biggest culprits for wrinkles. Not only does the position of a cigarette in your mouth lead to fine lines, but the toxins from the cigarette itself can age your skin.
Nicotine in cigarettes causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the skin, which leaves it more prone to wrinkling because vital nutrients cannot reach the epidermis. Plus, smoking is linked to lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
You've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating: quit smoking as soon as possible!
3. Pollution in the Air
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You may not think much about the environment that you live in, but it can play a major impact on those deep wrinkles and fine lines. Pollution is another environmental factor contributing to free radical damage.
In fact, a 2010 study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology found that women who lived in urban settings had more wrinkles and age spots than those living in rural areas over a 24-year period.
If you live in a heavily populated city, be sure to wash your face at night before bed to remove the pollution particles.
4. Not Sleeping Enough
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You know getting enough sleep is essential to help you feel your best and can even help you lose weight. But did you know it can also help your skin stay smooth?
Lack of sleep contributes to wrinkles because the pH of the skin is altered by not sleeping enough and that skin cells' ability to remain hydrated. In addition, it's during sleep that toxins are flushed from the body.
Be sure to get the recommended 6-8 hours sleep a night for maximum health benefits; it's called beauty sleep for a reason. Moreover, it is recommended to try sleeping on your back instead of on your side or stomach. People who sleep on their side or stomach are prone to mechanical compression forces, which can speed up the formation of wrinkles, and distort facial skin.
5. Dry Skin
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Dry skin isn't just uncomfortable; it can add years onto your life. Chronically dry skin is also more susceptible to wrinkles. A dry environment can result in the skin losing some of its 'scaffolding' and succumbing to wrinkles.
Make sure you moisturize day and night, especially on your face. Investing in a nourishing under-eye cream is also a good idea since the skin underneath the eyes is thinner and more susceptible to fine lines.
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6. Chronic Stress
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A busy work schedule or personal drama not only takes a toll on your mental and emotional well-being; it can affect you physically, too.
Stress increases cortisol levels which will reduce the skin's ability to hold moisture. In addition, elevated blood sugar damages the collagen and elastin fibres in the skin. These are the critical support structures that keep skin from sagging and developing wrinkles.
Try to find ways to relieve stress, whether that's going for walks after dinner, hanging out with friends, or seeing a therapist.
Feeling stressed? Check out these 10 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress!
7. Excess Sugar Intake
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You already know that sugar causes weight gain, especially in your belly, but there's another reason to put down the sweets and the soda—they age your skin.
Eating too much sugar will lead to premature aging. After sugar is ingested it goes through a process called glycation, which involves binding to different proteins in our bodies. Unfortunately, these proteins include collagen and elastin. By binding to these building blocks of the skin, sugar weakens collagen and elastin and will lead to an appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Glycation also produces toxic products that further cause premature aging.
For maximum health and beauty benefits, try cutting out sugar for two weeks. You'll have more energy, lose weight, and start to turn back the clock on fine lines and wrinkles.
8. Squinting
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If you've been wearing the same old pair of glasses for years and are desperately in need of a new prescription, you're not just hurting your eyes. Squinting and other facial expressions are the result of muscle contraction. The more the muscles are used, the stronger they become.
These muscle movements cause skin cells to be squeezed and wrinkles to form. Excessive squinting will, therefore, lead to deeper wrinkles and loss of skin elasticity.
Visit your optometrist to get a proper prescription ASAP, and wear sunglasses whenever you're in the sun.
9. Drinking Out of a Straw
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Sure, drinking darker liquids such as iced tea and cold brew out of a straw can protect your teeth from being stained, but it can also cause wrinkles to develop around your mouth. Similar to how squinting causes wrinkles around the eyes, drinking out of a straw creates fine lines on and around your lips.
Drinking out of a straw involves muscle contraction around the lips. If this is done repeatedly, the muscles will become stronger and wrinkles will become deeper and more apparent.
There are multiple factors why do wrinkles happen other than aging. Poor lifestyle will eventually catch up on us and reflect on our skin. Therefore, taking active steps to protect our skin and prevent wrinkles from appearing is key to make your skin look younger.
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Upon entering the installation of Anri Sala's Now I see (2004), his first 35-mm film, the viewer is enveloped in total darkness. The effect is, at first, purposefully disorienting; then a flicker of light flashes upon a 10 x 12 foot screen. A second or two later, the face of a young man emerges from the pitch-black along with the pulse of an electric guitar.
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A Match of Faith
By Shimona Tzukernik
Shimona praying on the day of her wedding
At the age of fifteen I read a book by a professor of magnetohydrodynamics that changed my life. His name was Herman Branover, and the book was called "Return." It chronicled his shift of consciousness from that of a secular Russian scientist to a Jewish worldview. The contrast between the cold intellectual and emotional climate of Russian life, and the warm chassidic gatherings into which he was secretly invited, moved my heart. His encounters with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, stirred my curiosity. The book unsettled me enough to keep me on the path of exploration that I had been engaged with for some time. In the past, I had been more than surprised to discover that cosmic harmony is as Jewish as matzah ball soup. Professor Branover's book encouraged me to continue challenging my axioms in search of truth.
At the age of eighteen, I visited Israel during my summer vacation. By this time, I was sporting much of the dress of a Jewish way of life and some of the outlook, although I was (and still am) a long way off from viewing the world from the inside out. My base was the home of my father's cousin, Leah. This was where I always went when I wanted to go "home" whilst on my travels.
One evening after dinner, Arieh, Leah's husband, asked me what I was doing about a shidduch, a marriage partner. My Hebrew was still in its infancy stages, and so I was certain I'd misunderstood this burly man with open blue eyes and a thick Russian-Hebrew accent.
"A shidduch!" he reiterated.
"No, no, Arieh," I replied. "Not for me. Not now."
"Don't worry. He's not a Vizhnitzer!"
One evening he asked me what I was doing about a marriage partner. "No, no," I replied. "Not for me. Not now." I laughed. Arieh, a Vizhnitzer Chassid by birth, albeit not in practice, probably thought I foresaw being introduced to one of his black-coated cousins. "Don't worry," he said again. "The person I'm thinking of is a Lubavitcher."
I laughed louder. "A Lubavitcher!?" and then scoffed. Chassidim didn't yet qualify as people I might actually have a relationship with! Not in my eighteen-year-old head, at any rate. And despite Arieh's insistence that this was "a great guy, a wonderful match" for me, I remained firm. I visited Safed as planned, and stayed on a moshav—an Israeli village—briefly before returning to South Africa.
It was in that year that I met my mentor and teacher, Rabbi Kesselman. He opened up the world of Chassidism to me, consistently going deeper according to my shifting capacity to receive. After five years of study, I wanted to visit Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. For the first time, I began to feel that the world made sense, that I was fully alive. There were classes and gatherings and dynamic women and, of course, the Rebbe and his teachings. And then there were the matchmakers. Many of them.
From the time of my arrival, suggestions were offered—and I responded as I had to Arieh years before, "Not me. Not now." One person's name in particular kept coming my way. Yehoshua. Yehoshua was an astrophysicist from Belgium. I laughed, no longer at the fact that he was a Lubavitcher or would wear one of those "black coats" upon marriage, but at the piece about the physicist. By now, I was firmly set upon marrying someone with whom I would open a Chabad House of our own. And so, over the course of ten months, I said no and no again to the suggestion.
In the Antechamber, In a Different World
Shimona with her parents Marsha and Solly
One Sunday, I received a call from a dear friend. Although she had been married for a number of years, she and her husband were childless. She asked that I please go before the Rebbe during Sunday dollars and ask for a blessing for children. Having never owned a coat prior to living in New York, I had no desire to wait in line in the cold as the slow line wound its way into 770, through the synagogue and up a winding staircase to where the Rebbe stood and greeted thousands of visitors throughout the day. But, of course, I said yes.
As usual, upon entering the antechamber to where the Rebbe stood, I shifted into a different inner world. A space where all was as it was meant to be, fully authentic and open to possibility. The line swung around a corner, and I was standing in his presence. It was like being in an apple orchard. The only audible sound was the shuffle of feet, whispered pleas, and the Rebbe's voice reverberating from the wooden wainscoting. The space was silent but full of all sound, like a wind kissing leaves and stroking ripened apples on the bough. There was a fragrance too, intangible but more present than perfume. In the Rebbe's presence, I remembered myself in the shade and half-light of an apple orchard I'd danced in as a child. Suddenly, all too quickly, it was my turn. The Rebbe gave me a dollar to distribute to charity, and a blessing. I told him I was there to ask for a blessing for children for my friend. He gave me a personal dollar, along with a blessing for success.
"This is for her husband," he said, handing me another dollar.
It sounded like "your husband." My mind stood still. And then I walked on. As I began to move away, the Rebbe pointed at the dollar and added, "C'est pour son mari." He had repeated his words in French. I was taken aback. Never had I told the Rebbe that I speak the language. The line was moving, and I was out in the cold before I grasped what had happened.
"I'm not doing one of these fast-food dating things. If I need time to make a decision, I'll have to take it." Yehoshua, whose name was repeatedly being suggested for me, was from Belgium and spoke French fluently. I wondered naively if the Rebbe's repeating something to me in French about a husband had any bearing on my life. That evening, I put in a call to Rabbi Eli Silberstein, who had been pushing the match. His sister lived in Antwerp and knew Yehoshua well. Eli was insistent that I meet him.
"Fine, Eli," I said. "But just know that I'm not doing one of these fast-food dating things. If I need time to make a decision, I'll have to take it."
"It's already been months in the making," he replied. "Just meet him!"
Yehoshua came to pick me up. As I walked towards him, he waited at the side of the car. He was wearing a black coat, and despite the darkness, I could see his coat and ginger beard flapping in the wind.
"Well," I reflected, "I never thought I'd marry a guy with a ginger beard."
Strange thought. In my family of origin, no one's beard flaps in the wind, ginger or not.
"Are you nuts?!" I said to myself, "You haven't even said hello to the man!"
Two weeks later, we were engaged.
A Peculiar Blessing
On Sunday, as the Rebbe gave out dollars, we went to ask him for a blessing for our engagement. When I told the Rebbe I was engaged, he looked at me and said, "May G‑d Almighty bless you to hear good news all the days of your life."
As he spoke, I sensed something, coming from higher than any place I had ever conceived of existing, enter me. As with the ginger-beard-moment-of-intuition, this was not common to anything I'd ever experienced. I was elated and yet almost unconsciously concerned. It was such a beautiful blessing. But I wondered why I had not received the typical blessing for new brides and grooms: "May you merit to build an eternal home together."
That was during the intermediate days of Passover. We both prepared for our wedding day, I in New York and Yehoshua in Belgium. Two days before my scheduled departure to South Africa for our marriage, I went to the bank to withdraw some cash. Yehoshua's learning partner met me and asked me how I was doing.
"Fine," I said. And then, "What's wrong?"
Something about his tone was not right.
"Come with me," he replied.
Immediately, I knew that something had happened to Yehoshua, but he would not say a word.
Immediately, I knew that something had happened to Yehoshua, but he would not say a word. Neither would the dorm mother, when we got there.
"What's happened to him? How is he?" I beseeched.
"Go to Shterna," a teacher at the school, was all she could say.
No one knew how to tell me the news, and so, although I knew the truth in my heart, for those agonizing minutes I kept on hoping. Hoping that it was just an accident. Shterna opened the door with tears in her eyes.
"What's happened?"
She turned her face.
I picked up the phone and called Eli and Chana.
"Eli, how is he?" I asked.
"Eli, will there be a wedding?" I asked.
"No," he choked.
On Shabbat, the Rebbe led a chassidic gathering, and he danced. I had only seen him dance like that on Simchat Torah. I stood in the synagogue, watching the Rebbe, and I wept. And yet, my heart simultaneously rejoiced as I sensed the Rebbe dancing with Yehoshua. I cried most of my tears in those few hours. The Rebbe sang and danced, and I was cleansed.
On Sunday, I again stood before the Rebbe. As I approached him, an elderly Russian immigrant stood before me. She was hunched and wore an orange-and-purple-flowered polyester scarf over her dyed hair. She passed by.
Again Before the Rebbe
I stood before the Rebbe and told him what had happened. The Rebbe said something I did not understand. It was neither English nor Yiddish nor Hebrew nor French. I wondered if I was catching the tail-end of what had been intended for the Russian grandmother. The Rebbe's secretary Rabbi Klein stood beside him.
"This is the bride whose groom passed away," he said in Yiddish.
The Rebbe turned to him. Slowly. It was like watching the globe turn on its axis.
He paused, but did not respond. Rabbi Klein repeated his words.
The Rebbe turned to him. Slowly. He paused, but did not respond. The Rebbe still did not utter a word, but pushed his hand through the air as if to dismiss the conversation, and then slowly turned to face me.
Then he said something again that neither I, nor anyone else, could understand.
I was devastated. This was it? This was all the guidance I was going to get after such an event? I was supposed to already be on the plane back to South Africa for my wedding, and here I was, standing bereft of my groom.
"Charasho yisvestia. Besuros tovos," the Rebbe concluded. "Good news. You should hear good news." This was my blessing. And he said it in both Russian and Hebrew.
Before I could say, "Please, tell me more!" I was once more out on the sidewalk. Other lives, other broken hearts—or, hopefully, joyous ones—were passing before my Rebbe. Mysterious encounters even we, the participants, did not understand.
I bought a video of the brief interaction. That was when I learned that "charasho yisvestia" is Russian for "good news." As to the rest of the words the Rebbe had spoken to me, no one could make them out.
The summer passed. Eli and Chana provided me with a cocoon in which I could acclimate myself to beginning again, and I came back to myself. Upon my return, there were once more the classes and chassidic gatherings and work and wonderful friends. And also the matchmakers. I said "no."
Intuitively, I knew my match would come through Eli and Chana. One day, they approached me with a suggestion. A Russian man from Riga had been mentioned to him by a vice-principal at the school where I worked. Avremel.
When Avremel walked towards me the first time we met, his deep, gray-blue eyes, so kind, took my breath away. The first thought to enter my mind was, "G‑d, thank you for sending me the other half of my soul." Once again, it was a feeling I could not explain, but after my previous experiences, I was not that taken aback.
An Everlasting Blessing
A while later we became engaged. The Rebbe blessed me "to build an everlasting home amongst the Jewish people." That day, my groom told me that he had seen me once before we met. It was on a street corner, and he was sitting in a car as I walked by with Yehoshua. We had just passed by the Rebbe to tell him of our engagement, and had stopped alongside the car Avremel was sitting in as I introduced Yehoshua to a friend.
"I'm engaged," I had said, smiling.
"Did you think I was beautiful?" I asked Avremel.
"No," he answered honestly. "I wasn't thinking about that. I was thinking, 'Gosh, this person is so fully happy and real in her joy.'"
Of course, I called my relatives to tell them of my good news. When I spoke to Leah in Israel, she put Arieh on the phone to wish me mazal tov.
"What's his name?" he asked.
"Avremel Tzukernik," I replied.
There was silence at the other end.
"Shimonah," he said slowly, "if you had listened to me all those years ago, you would already have many children by now."
I was floored. So this was the "Lubavitcher," the "great guy and wonderful match" about whom I had said, "No, not me, not now" about seven years prior. Soul, time and place must merge. And the Rebbe had patiently guided me to the right soul in the right time and place. He had alluded to me that this was all part of G‑d's plan for me. Live, live with what is.
The years passed, and one blessed summer I had the privilege of spending time with my family in the Catskill Mountains at a study retreat. One of the guest lecturers was Professor Herman Branover. I was excited. His humility and brilliance moved me yet again, as they had done for the fifteen-year-old girl I once was.
Afterwards, I approached him to say "thank you" and ask a question. We spoke.
"What is your name?" asked Professor Branover.
"Shimonah Tzukernik," I replied.
He looked at me, a little puzzled, as if trying to place me. My husband's surname is not that common, but his mother descends from a well-known Lubavitcher family.
"My mother-in-law is a Belinov," I said, trying to help him out.
"Tzukernik? Are you related to Aharon Leib Tzukernik by any chance? He came from Riga," he said, disregarding my interjection.
"This is Aharon Leib," I replied, lifting the infant I held in my arms. "He is named after my father-in-law."
Professor Branover's eyes became wet.
"My," he said wistfully. "Aharon Leib Tzukernik . . . So he's gone. We spent much time together in Riga. He was influential in my return to Judaism. What wonderful times we spent together, studying, singing, pursuing Truth. He was one of the chassidim who changed my life . . ."
Shimona Tzukernik is the creator of The Method, a therapeutic application of Kabbalah for individuals and corporations seeking spiritually based transformation. Known as "The Kabbalah Coach," she has counseled hundreds of individuals, and now offers coaching certification in The Method. She is also an internationally recognized speaker and author for the Rohr JLI. Shimona has been featured in media around the world including a documentary by National Geographic and NickMom's "Take Me to your Mother."
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Fyi I believe the words "Charasho yisvestia" sounds closer to "A good Bride" then "Good news". Reply
Shimona August 6, 2017
in response to Anonymous:
In Russian "bride" is "nyevesta" and tidings/news is "yisvestia." ("Novosty" is "news" as in "current events.") At least according to my Russian born husband.
But what an interesting confidence. Thank you.
Blessings, Reply
shaina Miami, fl August 11, 2010
Divine Hand was there Your story, is the story of life. Our life is guided by G-d, we go through ups and downs, but only at the end we see the whole picture. Your story reminds us all that sometimes we wish we could choose how our life would be, but G-d runs the world. I feel the joy you had and the pain that followed, but the joy that came finally and the realization that this is your destiny! Reply
Shimona June 18, 2009
Beautiful Talia, your bashert is out there! King Solomon says, 'One who has found a wife, has found goodness.' The Rebbe taught that we have to look for our soulmate as we do for a lost object. And in truth, our soulmate is actually a lost part of our true and complete self. I bless you to search with joy, and to 'find' each other in the immediate future. Reply
Talia June 17, 2009
Beautiful Thank you for sharing your story. What a beautiful example of how G-d works in our lives. It gives me hope that my beshert is out there... Reply
Avilat May 23, 2009
That was a such a beautiful story. Reply
Joseph mystic, Ct.U.S.A. July 7, 2008
Thanks for your portion of the story. All the dots do connect, there just seems to be an infinite number of ways to connect those dots until you arrive at the one. Reply
Nechami Vogel July 4, 2008
Thank you for sharing your story. Reply
Anonymous Mountain View, CA via chabadgsb.com July 4, 2008
moved by this miraculous full circle Dear Shimona, I was so moved I was almost unable to comment on your story. It was so powerful to read of your encounters with the Rebbe of blessed memory, and to learn of the amazing connections that led you full circle to Lubavitch Chassidus, and then to your spouse. Thank you for this inspiration, and may your story bring blessings to all who read it. All good to you and your family. Reply
Rivkah Slonim via chabadofbinghamton.com July 1, 2008
Shimona,
What a gift you have given all of us in sharing this deep and moving story. Thank you and thank you again. Reply
Dina Shallman LA, CA November 15, 2007
Shimona, you brought tears to my eyes. You give hope and strength to 1000's of women. May G-d continue to give you the wisdom that you have. Reply
Ariella CO June 21, 2007
That was beautiful. thank you for sharing that. it touched my heart deeply. Reply
Author Response My husband was able to partially understand the first message of the Rebbe. He had spoken to me entirely in Russian. G-d's ways are certainly hidden. We have to open ourselves to their wonder. Reply
chaim via chabadonmontana.com June 17, 2007
How interesting are the ways of Hashem! That was a very shaking story...it kind of shows how we never really know whats really going on. Did the Rebbe's first message ever get interpreted? Reply
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When I first called in to this pub during the 1990s I was aware that it had considerable history, yet I don't remember how beautiful it really was.
I am aware that several aspects of the interior have only been exposed in more recent years and I suppose this is the answer as to why I was so surprised when I revsited in the late 2000s.
When I first visited it was a Courage house selling Best Bitter and Director's, both brewed a few hundred metres away at the former Georges & Co brewery in Bath Street. I am not sure when the pub came under their control, yet from the early nineteenth through to the mid twentieth century it was in private ownership although allied to several breweries over the years.
A lot of what is visible inside dates from the mid nineteenth century although the pub was built around 1660.
Commencing in 1892 the beer was supplied by Bristol United Breweries Ltd. This company was founded in 1888 by four of the city's brewers. It is believed that this action was in response to Georges brewery changing from being a family-owned concern to become a limited company. From the 1870s it faced on the new Victoria Street, formerly it was in Temple Street, which still exists, just around the corner.
The company eventually merged with Georges in 1956 by which time their estate had grown to around 600 pubs. However, reversing back to the early twentieth century we find that the King's Head had ceased selling their beers.
A photograph taken around the time of the First World War clearly shows a painted sign on the exterior clearly extolling the virtues of the beers brewed by the Ashton Gate Brewery.
Ashton Gate was another of the city's breweries back then. They were established in 1865 when the business of Baynton's Brewery was acquired. The name was changed to Hardwick & Co in 1868 and back to Ashton Gate in 1883. In 1931 the company and its 150 or so pubs were acquired by the ever-predatory Georges Brewery. They stopped production at the Ashton Gate site in 1933.
A very interesting side line to this is that the buildings were not demolished as is often the case.
The happy conclusion was that 2005 brewing recommenced on the site in 2005 as it was taken over by the Bristol Beer Factory; please see the article on the Barley Mow pub which is owned by them.
So to summarise it would appear that at some time the Ashton Gate Brewery purchased the Kings Head and it passed to Georges in 1931 and then to Courage in 1961.
The Beer Orders meant that it eventually ended up in the hands of a pub-owning company. That law also led to the demise of the Bristol-brewed Courage beers as the Bath Street premises brewed the last in 1999.
Back to the pub, I noticed the Courage insignia etched into the glass on the front window and entered. The front window is very attractive and it is interesting to think that it was created since 1961. There is a small area on the right with fixed seating just inside the door. The bar counter is also on the right and the first thing I noticed was that this is a very narrow pub indeed; there is barely room to squeeze by those customers on stools in front of the counter.
What immediately strikes a visitor is the very decorative bar back with its mirrors and ornate carving. Each bay of it has a glass screen above it promoting the various offerings of the pub.
These continue past the bar counter right up to end of the end of the room, by the toilets. These name Claret, Hollands (Dutch gin), Cigars, Mineral Waters, Port & Sherry, London Gin, Jamaica Rum, Irish & Scotch Whiskey, Cordials and French Brandy.
Pride of place is the fantastic advertising mirror for "Burton Ales and Dublin Stout". I understand this is dated 1860 and was created by Fred Bream of Bedminster. In fact, most of this area of the pub dates from the 1860s as the bar back was installed around 1865. It is said that it could be the oldest in the country. Should that not be the case, it's the second oldest!
The bar counter dates from the same period although the shiny wooden top dates from 1998. However this is a good thing as it replaced a Formica one installed in the 1960s. Now I realise why I didn't think the pub's décor was as old as it was when I first visited. With a plastic-type bar and the old signs painted over and no doubt with rubbish wallpaper, its true nature had been disguised.
The pub is listed for its architectural merit as Grade II. Now, with all these beautiful artefacts on show again, maybe it should be regraded as II*? Yet, there is more as the rear of the pub is as fascinating as the front. There is a small private room that is separated from the pub by a wooden screen just high enough to prevent passers-by on their way to and from the toilet from seeing who is in there.
This snug dates from around 1900 and is believed to be the work of George Parnell, a local joinery company whose last work was the fitting out of the bars and restaurants on the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 in the 1960s. It is known as the Tramway Bar and it is said this is because of its shape. In a way that is true but I would suggest it is because of the seating arrangement whereby drinkers are facing each other sitting on fixed bench-type seating, just like in a tramcar of the time.
On the left side of the pub is a continuous wall. This is covered with photographs of old Bristol and in a nice link, many of them show tramcars in the streets. At the end of the room are the facilities and there is a lovely old painted sign on one of the doors stating it is for "Ladies Only".
Regarding the cask beer it seems that Sharp's (Rock, Cornwall) Doom Bar (4.0%) and Otter (Luppitt, Devon) Amber (4.0%) are regulars and the other two hand pumps host guest beers. On the occasion of my visit these were Skinner's (Truro, Cornwall) Betty Stogs Bitter (4.0%) and Butcombe (Wrington, Somerset) Gold (4.4%).
This is great little pub that is on a walking route from Temple Meads station and the city centre. It shouldn't be missed if you are in the city.
The pub is just over five minutes walk from Temple Meads station. Exit the station and walk down the station approach. Turn right at the bottom and when you get to the large Temple Circus roundabout continue forward along Victoria Street on the opposite side. If you walk along the road with the Novotel on your right, you have found it and will soon come across the King's Head on the right. There are many bus routes that pass close by.


Everything you see on the internet must be true, right? Wrong. I can't tell you the number of times that my clients will reference something that they read on a real estate website only to be shocked when they find out that it's not true. This is especially true when it comes to Zestimates.
A Zestimate is an estimated market value for an individual home from the ever popular real estate website Zillow. It utilizes a home's sales price, sales history, tax assessments, and square footage into consideration to come up with a value based on comparable homes.
On their website, Zillow claims that Zestimates are "a starting point in determining a home's value and not an official appraisal." Unfortunately, some people who are eager to sell their homes will take it as the gospel truth.
Don't get us wrong, getting a Zestimate isn't an entirely bad place to start. But I wouldn't recommend using them for anything other than just that - a place to begin - because, sadly, it's not reliable or accurate in most cases.
Although Zestimate may provide an accurate home value for some homes, it may be off by a large amount for other homes. Past sales history isn't always a reliable predictor of a home's value. The real estate market can be very volatile as we saw with the housing boom (economic bubble) of 2000 and its subsequent bust a few years later. Tax assessments may be inaccurate as some homes may not have been assessed in years. The Zestimate also doesn't take into account all of the housing features and upgrades for each home, such as a recent kitchen remodel.
If you type in an Indianapolis (or surrounding area) address to check the Zestimate, a value will pop out within a matter of seconds. Think about it for a moment: How is it that Zillow was able to evaluate a property's value so quickly when billion dollar lenders and banks still insist on the 'ol human appraiser approach?
Zillow, Trulia, and other popular real estate sites only have about 80% of the homes for sale listed that they include in their calcuations. This means that they're not even including 20% of the market in their estimates. Do you want to trust a figure that is missing nearly a quarter of the data?
Real Estate is appraised by choosing reasonably similar sold comparable properties and assigning the specific characteristics of the subject home. Adjustments are made to the sold price. Then and only then is an average price derived from at least 3 sold comparables in most cases. If Zillow could employ this algorithm into their Zestimate, they would have an unrivaled real estate market value estimation tool on their hands. But, unfortunately, they don't.
Bottom line: There are elements to a property that cannot be automated. Upgrades and subtle differences are nearly impossible to differentiate unless you are at or in the location physically. You need a human being there to truly evaluate the premesis.
If you insist on using Zillow's Zestimate feature, take the outcome with a grain of salt. Otherwise, you might be disappointed when your appraiser delivers their final report.


Today I feel depressed. It feels as if all things have been against me for a while. I want to know what is happening; I cannot find the way out of this depression, this sadness.
They say we all have problems and that it's normal. They tell me it's a part of life, but you know what? I do not want that kind of life. I do not want to feel like that.
Many people say that depression is only for fools and that only makes me feel worse because in addition to how I feel bad about this sadness, they tell me I'm stupid by feeling this way.
I want to know what is happening to me. I want to know if there is any hope. That you can help me feel happy, to want to live with all my heart despite what may happen around me.
These words have left millions of people suffering with depression.
Quite often the causes are not evident because they're only in our soul, in our feelings.
Reasoning with our feelings can be an endless battle. Wanting to feel peace, joy, patience, love, enthusiasm, hope, etc., it becomes impossible to obtain these feelings under the condition of depression.
A depressed man cannot think properly; a depressed person does not have the enthusiasm to find something that makes them feel good; a depressed man cannot fall in love with a beautiful woman because even her beauty cannot awake him.
What is the solution of a depressed person?
Understand that we are spirit, soul and body which makes us realize that there is a part of us that needs attention.
A depressed person cannot think clearly and that is why those who are around them should help.
Words of encouragement are not always enough; when the cause is physical, if it's a disease or worse an addiction that causes depression, then you should have the effort to help that person.
Seeing or knowing depressed people can be a daily thing for many, however, we should be conscious that depression should not be allowed by any circumstances.
For those who love God above all things it's easy to understand the meaning of true sacrifice, since Jesus Christ made the greatest sacrifice that all human beings should understand.
God helps us in a powerful way when we put our precious faith in Him, the Lord of heaven and earth.
For God a depressed person is a person who can be restored, blessed and above all be healed.
God has the power to break any depression problem by showing his love and mercy by opening the right doors and the right people to help anyone who asks.
God says that without faith it is impossible to please Him, then is it really that hard for us show a little faith to God who has all the power to improve the lives of those who seek him?
No need to have a religion to be restored by the power of God, you just need faith and obedience, two things that God values, that is exactly what will help you find the exit to depression or any kind of pain, your soul, your body or your spirit has.
Never doubt God's power, because those that doubt his life and power have remained the same.
I encourage you to seek God, and my prayer goes to all of you who are reading these lines, may God Almighty bless your life and restore every part of who you are.