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Promoting Literacy and Education on Simchat Torah
By Leah Koenig / September 18, 2013
Simchat Torah, which this year begins September 26, comes at the end of a long High Holiday season. Rosh Hashanah, with its apples and honey and shofar blowing, has come and gone. So has Yom Kippur's fasting and Sukkot's feasting. By the end of all these holidays, Simchat Torah sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. But we like to think that we've just saved the best for last.
Jews read through the Torah slowly, week by week, over the course of the year, and Simchat Torah celebrates the conclusion of one reading cycle and the beginning of the next. It's a holiday filled with singing, joyous dancing, and all-night partying (the Torah's a pretty big deal in the Jewish tradition, after all).
But at its core, Simchat Torah, also connects back to a deep value: the importance of learning and education. That's why, as we begin this year's cycle of telling the story of the Jewish people, Repair the World is celebrating learning and literacy. Here are some great resources, ideas, and inspiring stories to help promote literacy and education, and bring the joy of learning to all.
Donor's Choose This awesome website lets teachers reach out to friends, family, and the public to raise money for projects for their school – everything from getting a subscription to National Geographic for their classroom, to booking the bus needed to transport students on a field trip to a local museum, to buying equipment for a science lesson. Search the projects and find one that speaks to you.
Teen Code Battle The folks at URBAN Teen eXploring Technology have created a fun, interactive way to get young students to learn about coding, business development, and public speaking. Watch this inspiring video that shows teens in South Los Angeles "battling" each other on their knowledge of computer programming.
Book People Unite The organization Reading is Fundamental released a great video about getting a book in the hands of every child. Check out the video, then take the pledge. Check the cameo by Reading Rainbow star, LeVar Burton.
BuildOn This organization's mission is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education. Learn how you can take part in their work by helping to build a school, start a BuildOn chapter, or fundraise to support their great work.
How will you celebrate literacy and education this Simchat Torah? Let us know in the comments or by tweeting us at @repairtheworld.
High Holidays 2013: 10 Days of Awe, 10 Ways to Serve
By Leah Koenig / August 26, 2013
The high holidays are nearly here! In just a few days (starting the evening of September 4), Rosh Hashanah – aka the Jewish New Year – kicks off of the high holiday season. A little more than a week later we come to Yom Kippur, which is considered the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
The 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, often called the "days of awe," are a joyful time filled with family and celebration. They are also a very solemn and important time when Jewish people turn inward and reflect upon their lives, relationships, and spirituality. In doing so, they aim to return to the best versions of themselves, and set good intentions for the coming year.
The high holiday season also offers an amazing opportunity to make a commitment to service and helping others. So in honor of the 10 Days of Awe, Repair the World is bringing you 10 ways to serve during – and after – the high holiday season. To amp up the high holiday spirit even further, each service opportunity is linked to a symbol of either Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
Learn more about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur's significance, traditions, and connections to service, and have a shana tova / happy new year!
Tradition: There is a custom of eating apples on Rosh Hashanah. Their sweetness and round shape represent our hopes for a sweet and full New Year.
How to serve: Help the farmers who grow those apples – and all the produce we eat! Shop at the farmer's market, find where to get local food near you via Local Harvest, and check out our partner organizations, Jewish Farm School, Adamah, and Urban Adamah.
Tradition: Those delicious apples get dipped in honey, which represents even more sweetness.
How to serve: Support the pollinators! Sponsor a honeybee hive through The Honeybee Conservancy.
Tradition: The shofar, a sacred instrument made out of a ram's horn, is blown throughout the high holidays to punctuate the services, focus our thoughts and prayers, and call people to justice and action.
How to serve: Volunteer for campaigns and organizations that work to "sound a call for justice" in their own way – check out the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, Bend the Arc, and Jews United for Justice.
Tradition: Throughout Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we read from a special prayer book called the machzor.
How to serve: Books and reading are important for everyone! Volunteer at your local Reach Out and Read chapter to support early childhood literacy.
Tradition: Many people attend spiritual prayer services during the high holidays – it's kind of like Superbowl Sunday for synagogues!
How to serve: If you belong to or attend a synagogue, check out their event calendar online. Chances are, there are lots of ways to plug in and help out. And read this awesome story in Tablet about how a bar mitzvah boy focused his mitzvah project on saving a synagogue in Selma, Alabama.
Tradition: Some communities have a custom of eating pomegranates on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. The bountiful seeds inside represent our wishes for abundant joy in the coming year. Some people also say that a pomegranate has 613 seeds, which represent the 613 commandments in the Torah.
How to serve: Think about ways that you could bring "abundant joy" to someone you love. Do one of them during the Days of Awe, and watch their face light up.
Tradition: On Rosh Hashanah, there is a custom of symbolically casting off one's sins, by throwing bits of bread into a natural body of water.
How to serve: Help to ensure that all people have access to clean water. Support the work of organizations like Charity Water and take action by writing a letter to Congress in support of the Water for the World Act.
Tradition: There is a tradition of fasting on Yom Kippur as a way of putting aside bodily needs for the day and focusing instead on reflection and prayer.
How to serve: Make a commitment to ensure that people have access to the food they need to survive. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, contribute to the work at the Food Bank for New York City, or a local food bank near you, or make a donation to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
Tradition: On Yom Kippur we ask forgiveness of others and of God for any wrong doings from the previous year. We also are asked to forgive – an act that can be even more difficult!
How to serve: Write a list of people in your life you would like to ask forgiveness from. Call them, email them, or meet them in person and tell them how you feel. You might be surprised by how good you feel after.
Tradition: Both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur offer opportunities for people to gather together and spend time with family and friends.
How to serve: Support families by supporting women and children in developing countries. Check out the Half the Sky Movement to find out how you can make a difference.
Women's History Month Events – 2013
By Leah Koenig / March 19, 2013
March is halfway over! Have you celebrated Women's History Month yet? If not, don't fret – there are still tons of interesting lectures, panels, film screenings and other events going on around the country to honor Women's History Month (which is especially relevant this year, because 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage march on Washington!). Check out the options below:
This month marks 100 years since the Woman Suffrage March in Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn, New York On March 20, the Brooklyn Museum will host a panel (moderated by Gloria Steinem!) called Gender and Genocide: Sexual Violence During the Holocaust and Other Genocides. The panel will feature co-editors of a book about the topic, among other speakers.
Brooklyn, New York On March 23, the Brooklyn Museum will host another fascinating panel discussion – this time on women, art and body image, and particularly the body mass index (BMI).
New York City On March 25, check out a screening of the film Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines at the Chelsea Recreation Center in Manhattan.
Rochester, New York The University of Rochester is screening Oma & Bella, a documentary by filmmaker Alexa Karolinski about her grandmother Regina and her best friend Bella, two Holocaust survivors who now live, reminisce, and cook together in Berlin. On March 25th, the school is also hosting a Women in Music concert that's open to the public.
San Francisco On March 25th, Artists' Television Access will host a screening of "Half the Sky," an inspiring book based on the Nicholas Kristof book about global women's issues.
San Francisco Did you know that the bicycle played a role in the suffrage movement? Celebrate women's history month on two wheels, with a Women's History Month bike ride coordinated by the SF Bike Coalition.
Washington DC On March 20, head to the United States Capitol Historical Society for a book signing. Author Maurine Beasley will be signing copies of her book, Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence.
Washington DC Celebrate women's contributions to the world of jazz at the third-annual Washington Women in Jazz festival from March 20-27.
Know of other great women's history month events in your community? Share the news in the comments below or by tweeting us @repairtheworld.
Green Your Passover Part 2: The Seders
Ahhh, spring is in the air. Which means so is the sweet smell of bitter herbs. Passover gives us a lot to chew on (literally—and not all of which is that tasty) as we retell the really, really ancient story of our exodus from Egypt, finishing on a note to plants seeds of hope for the future. So what better way to start this spring than by making your Passover green.
Our three-part Green Your Passover series gives you all the tools you need to bring eco-friendly style to your seder. (After all, the Passover talk about locusts and lice and vermin can get a little buggy.) Read Part 2 of the series – all about your seders – below, and check out Part 1 about getting ready for the holiday.
How are YOU greening your Seder? Send us your photos through Facebook or Twitter and you'll be entered to win a gift from Repair!
PART 2: THE SEDERS
Green your charoset. Charoset is the sticky-sweet mix of apples, walnuts and cinnamon that represents the mortar the Israelites used to lay bricks while they were enslaved in ancient Egypt. This year, spice your charoset with fair-trade cinnamon, and use organic or locally-grown apples for an environmentally-friendly crunch.
Add something "green" to your seder plate. In the past several decades, many families have begun to add extra symbolic foods (like oranges and olives) to their seder plates to represent contemporary issues from gender equality to promoting peace. Pick a symbol that represents sustainability to you – like a leaf or a thimble full of clean water – and set it near or on your seder plate to spark conversation.
Use an organic free-range egg. The roasted hard boiled egg on the seder plate symbolizes both rebirth and the festival sacrifice that was historically offered in the Temple in Jerusalem. This year, use a free-range egg (ideally from the farmers' market, where you can ask the farmer how he raises his chickens), and look for organic, hormone and anti-biotic free eggs as well.
Use potted flowers as your centerpiece. Skip the cut flowers – which are beautiful, but often grown unsustainably and shipped in from far away – and choose potted, seasonal flowers to make your seder table beautiful. They are kinder to the environment, and will last a long time after the seder ends!
Go vegetarian or source ethical meat. Go meat-free this Passover and swap out the chicken soup and brisket for homemade borscht and matzoh lasagna. Or, if you plan to serve meat, make sure it is ethically-sourced. There are several companies that produce ethical, kosher chicken and meat – serve them up, and let your guests rave!
Share food justice texts. The best seders are the interactive ones. This year, bring food justice and environmental-related texts to your seder and start a discussion around the table. Check out On1Foot's text database or Hazon's Food for Thought sourcebook to get you started. Plus, check out Repair the World's roundup of awesome service and food justice-related haggadot and seder supplements.
For additional ideas and Passover inspiration, check out Hazon's healthy and sustainable Passover resources, as well as Uri L'Tzedek's, Bend the Arc's, and The Shalom Center's food, justice, and earth-focused haggadot.
Inauguration 2013: Checking in on the President's Commitment to Service
By Leah Koenig / January 17, 2013
President Barack Obama is no stranger to service – in fact, it's how he started his career. As a community organizer, Obama worked with families on Chicago's south side to fight neighborhood blight and bolster housing rights. His experiences as an organizer inspired him to become a lawyer, fighting inequality at an institutional level by working to expand the electorate. The same issues that he saw in Chicago led him to run for office, thus beginning his road to the presidency, which he will assume again this Sunday at the inauguration.
With the inaugural festivities in full swing this weekend, we wanted to highlight the President's commitment to national and community service. Repair the World is proud to be a part of the bi-partisan coalition the President has built around making service a central part of American life. Below is just a sampling of how President Obama has made service a focus of his first term:
National Day of Service to Honor Dr. King: President Obama founded this annual day of national service four years ago (this year it's on January 19) to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Find an opportunity to serve with the President (or at least on the same day as him!).
United We Serve: The President and First Lady launched United We Serve in 2009 as a "nationwide initiative to create a sustained, collaborative, and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans." Get involved and find ways to connect with this national project.
Joining Forces: President Obama has made service a family affair. First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden launched this White House initiative to provide assistance to militaryspouses and to educate the public on issues impacting veterans and military families. Join them by finding a project near you.
9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance: In 2009, President Obama signed into law an act that federal authorized September 11th as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance. Thousands of Americans give back on September 11th each year to honor the memories of those lost by giving back to their communities.
Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge: In 2010, President Obama launched "an initiative inviting institutions of higher education to commit to a year of interfaith and community service programming on campus." Find out how you can participate.
We're excited to see what the White House cooks up during President Obama's second term (perhaps more of Let's Move?). Check out their official service page for more information. Know of another President-sponsored or supported service/volunteering opportunity? Let us know in the comments below or by tweeting @repairtheworld.
By Guest / January 15, 2013
From Washington State to Washington Heights, we've been blown away by the response to our Shabbat Suppers initiative.
In case you haven't heard it through the grapevine, Repair the World is partnering with Points of Light, NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation, and hosts just like you to bring the issue of education inequality to the table. Your kitchen table, that is.
By signing up to host a Shabbat Supper, you won't just be inviting your friends over for a great meal. You'll be hosting a conversation around the legacy of Dr. King, education inequality, and how you can take action to make your community a better place.
And we're here to help you make it happen with our toolkit to guide you through the discussion! Be sure to sign-up by 12pm Eastern on Wednesday, January 16th to receive your toolkit via snail mail.
Even if you miss the deadline, you can receive a digital toolkit which contains two discussion activities, and an access code to screen the fabulous documentary Brooklyn Castle (before it comes out on DVD!) by emailing [email protected]!
By Guest / January 7, 2013
Beyond posting an inspirational quote on facebook, when was the last time you did something meaningful on MLK Day?
We know you're busy. And we know that your three-day weekend is sacred (and that you probably deserve the break!). But did you know that for over 15 years, MLK Day has been celebrated as a day of service by millions of Americans? Here at Repair, our team has partnered with NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation, and with one of the organizations who pioneered the MLK Day of Service, the Points of Light Institute, to offer you a way to join the movement from the comfort of your own home!
MLK SHABBAT SUPPERS. JANUARY 18th. YOUR PLACE.
Repair is challenging you to become part of the living legacy of Dr. King by turning your kitchen table into a table of brotherhood the weekend of January 18th. Through our Shabbat Suppers initiative, you will be sent the tools to transform Friday night with friends into an opportunity for social action.
It's ok if you've never held a Shabbat dinner. We know that not everyone "does" Shabbat. But you've gotta eat! Use this event, and this toolkit, as a foundation for a meaningful meal – whatever that means to you.
Shabbat Suppers will take many forms. They might be talks over take-out Chinese or screening parties with your friends from college. Some folks will have sit-down brisket dinners with friends of different faiths, and others will have potluck style meals in tiny apartments. At all of these events, food might get your guests in the door, but it's the discussion will bring you together.
A SUPER COOL KIT…
On this year's plate (we couldn't help ourselves…) is of the defining civil rights issues of our time: education inequality. Once you sign-up as a host, Repair will send you a real, live toolkit via snail mail. These toolkits will contain a discussion guide, Repair swag for your guests, and a T-shirt as a thank you (just for you)!
Our discussion guide bears absolutely no resemblance to your AP Government textbook. Instead, it offers simple questions, real facts, and easy to enforce ground rules so that you can host a dynamic (and respectful) conversation around education and the legacy of Dr. King.
We want to arm you with the facts, and the tools to act on them. In honor of the MLK Day of Service, you will also receive information on how you can make a difference in the lives of public school children all over the country!
Excited? Sign-up HERE to become a host, and we'll send you a toolkit for free!
And there's more exciting news for Birthright Israel alumni! Through our friends at NEXT, you can receive funding for your Shabbat Supper through the NEXT Shabbat program. Register your meal, and you will be able to click a box to receive our free toolkit.
As always, we want to hear you from you! Tell us about your Shabbat Supper plans, or send us a question, by emailing [email protected]
Dedicate 2013 to Service + Top 10 Posts of 2012
By Leah Koenig / December 31, 2012
Every year, newspapers and magazines like to put out "predictions" lists – roundups that attempt to guess what trends and surprises the following year might hold in music, fashion, food, business, politics and so on. (According to those lists, 2013 is likely to bring us more sour foods – yay pickles! – and the return of Bermuda shorts.
We think those lists are fun – but here at Repair the World, we take a slightly different approach to the New Year. That's because, we know that no matter what becomes trendy (or falls off the "hot" list), one thing that never goes out of style is service. The world's most pressing issues change from year to year, and decade to decade. But at the end of the day, helping others and strengthening our communities through volunteering is simply timeless.
So this New Year, as we write our lists of resolutions, and dig out our favorite party hats (or those funny, good-for-one-night-only 2013 sunglasses), we invite everyone to rededicate ourselves to compassion and loving-kindness, to acts of service and charity, and to our responsibility to Repair the World. And because we can't entirely resist those end-of-year lists, here's our Top 10 favorite posts and interviews from 2012. Enjoy!
Rock Stars Who Make a Difference: In celebration of World Music Day, we checked out some musicians who spend their free time volunteering and making a difference in the world.
Interview with Seth Goldman: The "TeaEO" of Honest Tea talked with us about their new recycling initiative, which featured a giant recycling bin built in Times Square.
Gleaning and Feeding in Israel: Joseph Gitler of the Israel-based organization Leket talked about their gleaning program, which empowers thousands of volunteers each year to harvest excess produce from farmers' fields and distribute it to needy families.
November, Movember: Repair the World celebrated the international month of mustaches, a.k.a. Movember – when guys around the world grow 'staches to raise awareness about and funds for prostate cancer research and other men's health issues.
Interview with a Teen Book Queen: 11-year old Abby Richmond wowed us with the books (yes, more than one!) she's written, and the $3,000 she's raised and donated from book sale proceeds.
Feeding Teens' Body and Soul in Seattle: We interviewed Robert Beiser of JConnect in Seattle, which works with the awesome organization Teen Feed to help teens who are homeless in the city.
Harnessing the Power of Video Games: In honor of National Video Game Day (it really exists!) we checked in with the organization Global Kids, which uses video games and Second Life to empower teens to do good.
Interview with Noam Parness: Find out how one awesome college student brought LGBT awareness to campus at Queens College in New York.
Two 9/11 Heros: For the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we interviewed two rabbis, Stephen Roberts and Simkha Weintraub, who played an important role in helping families grieve and heal.
Two views on Hurricane Sandy: In addition to providing up-to-the-minute service opportunities after the hurricane, we published the powerful reflections from several volunteers and responders, including Repair the World staffers Jacqueline Broder and Talya Gillman.
What was your favorite Repair the World post from 2012? Let us know in the comments below or by tweeting @repairtheworld.
Beyond Chinese Food and a Movie…Volunteering on Christmas
Jewish tradition decrees that all Jewish people are obligated to eat Chinese food and watch movies on Christmas. Well, okay, that's not officially true – but sometimes it seems that way!
On a more serious note, for people who do not have family or religious obligations on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the holiday offers an amazing opportunity to give back and volunteer. The world's needs do not stop for the holiday – hunger, poverty, and other challenges continue on as always. With much of the country's citizens spending their days celebrating with loved ones, the need for Christmas volunteers – in soup kitchens and pantries, at hospitals and senior homes, and elsewhere – is particularly great.
Celebrate the season of giving! This year, in between bites of vegetable lo mein and heading out to see Monsters, Inc. 3D at the local movie theater, make time for service. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Help Hurricane Sandy Victims Do you live in NYC? Join the Family to Family network and get paired with a family in need for a week (or more!) to provide them with support in making their holiday special. Or sign up to host a family in need at your holiday table. You can also make a hurricane relief donation from anywhere – via UJA-Federation, Nechama, or the Mayor's Fund.
Find a shelter. The National Coalition for the Homeless offers ideas and resources to help plug into volunteer opportunities, and links to a few national databases so you can locate a shelter nearby.
Find a soup kitchen. Feeding America, an anti-hunger organization lets you search by zip code to find a soup kitchen near you. And FoodPantries.org helps you locate a nearby food pantry that may be accepting volunteers on Christmas.
Find an animal shelter. The ASPCA's website features a shelter finder database. Spend Christmas day playing and walking with the adorable dogs and cats at a shelter nearby.
Visit a hospital or senior center. For seniors and hospital-bound patients without family members, Christmas can be a particularly lonely time. Head to a nearby hospital or senior center and spend time with a resident or patient. Bring an instrument, a game, or just a smile and a listening ear. There's no better way to make someone's holiday.
Do you and your family have a tradition of service on Christmas? Let us know in the comments below, or by tweeting us @repairtheworld.
Repair's HoliDay of Service
By Guest / December 19, 2012
By Jacqueline Broder and Ilana Gatoff
During our celebration of Chanukah, we commemorate how thousands of years ago, people persevered with their traditions despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Each year brings forth new hardships and obstacles. But this year, the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy created a new urgency around rededication and renewal. When Repair the World decided to spend a HoliDay of Service packing literacy kits for the first and second graders of PS 253, it wasn't only the devastation that touched our hearts and opened our eyes – it was the untold stories of people from different backgrounds joining forces to forge through the flooding.
Assessing the damage
PS 253, The Magnet School of Multicultural Humanities, is an elementary school located in the neighborhood of Brighton Beach that was hit by Hurricane Sandy. As the name suggests, the students come from diverse backgrounds; but they all experienced the same horrific aftermath of the Hurricane.
The school's basement was completely flooded, damaging school supplies, including years worth of art materials and books. Beyond the school, families of students experienced severe destruction to their homes, businesses, and places of work. With the commercial strip in Brighton Beach shuttered, some parents even lost their jobs. The community is still struggling and grappling with longer-term recovery issues, but staff members like Parent Coordinator Gina Dacchille have been working overtime to bring comfort to their school community. With so many students displaced, PS 253 has become a community hub, with Ms. Dacchille, the heroic teachers, and award-winning Principal Lisa Speroni working tirelessly to manage donations, coordinate FEMA information sessions, and supporting the individual needs of families.
Repair in action
With many families struggling to provide their children with enrichment and entertainment because of the disruption to their daily routines, Repair, in partnership with PS 253, saw an opportunity. Using the experience and expertise from our current education campaign, Repair offered to pack literacy kits for the students to enjoy at home. The team at PS 253 were thrilled and pointed out that with winter break just around the corner, students would have an opportunity to share these kits with siblings and friends.
On December 9th, the first day of Chanukah, Repair the World staff joined up with an amazing group of volunteers from all over the tri-state area to participate in an important HoliDay of service at our NYC headquarters. Nearly forty volunteers buzzed about, together with our Repair staff, to transform stacks of children's books into reading kits for first and second graders at PS 253.
From The Magic School Bus to Curious George, Repair the World backpacks were stuffed with well-known children's books, handwritten flashcards written by volunteers that included words from the book to help students build their vocabulary skills, personal holiday notes from volunteers, a notebook, glittery pencil, rainbow crayons, and the coolest of all – a little book light to clip onto their new book and read in the dark. Our volunteers were packing machines, exceeding our original goal of 200 kits and ending up with a total of over 230 – one for every first and second grader in the school! Additionally, our partners at Midtown Workmen's Circle School collected over 100 books that were given to the school for their library and classroom use.
Fast forward a week later…this past Monday, Repair the World's campaign team played hooky in order to visit the staff and students of PS 253 in Brighton Beach. The trip in and of itself, was eye opening – the destruction is still visible, and everywhere.
We arrived at the school just in time to present the kits to approximately 200 students right before dismissal. The staff graciously let us spend time with each class of students, who gleefully ooed and ahhed as we unveiled the contents of each kit. "We heard you liked to read," we explained to each class, "is that true?!" Each group's impassioned cheers of "yeah!" combined with their genuine enthusiasm around being able to create their own "word walls" with their new flashcards showed us that these students, and this school, were special.
While all kids love sparkly crayons, it takes someone who knows that learning is fun to rejoice over a book light or a vocabulary card. Each colorful classroom, hand-painted book mural, and shining bulletin board we saw at PS 253 spoke to the commitment of the teachers and staff to create a community where joy is equated with knowledge. Their team has maintained that same feeling, even while they collect cots and sleeping bags for children who still sleep on the floor of moldy apartments, or light-up shoes for kids who lost sneakers in the same eight feet of water that destroyed the schools brand new, $3 million heating system. Whether it was packing hundreds of bags with make-up and toiletries for students mothers, providing water, housing FEMA agents, or giving a few extra hugs, the staff of PS 253 have turned their community into a hub of service. Different cultures, different religions, different beliefs – all have been inspired and united by the kindness of the PS 253 community.
The party's just getting started…
Repair the World is currently assessing the needs of other local schools that have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy. We will continue to work with PS 253 throughout the school year in a variety of capacities – everything from assisting with their famous science fair in the winter months, to collecting and distributing donated items.
The volunteer opportunities with PS 253 and other partnerships is just beginning, so stay tuned for future news on ways you can help! In the meantime, find out how you can spread the gift of literacy in your community by emailing Aaron Miner at [email protected].


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Olivier Messiaen: "Oiseaux Exotiques"
Born December 10, 1908, in Avignon, France
Died April 27, 1992, in Paris, France
Instrumentation: Small Wind Ensemble and Solo Piano
Composed: 1955-1956
Olivier Messiaen, Oiseaux Exotiques
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
"Listen to the birds! They are great teachers." This pronouncement by Paul Dukas, composer of The Sorcerer's Apprentice and professor at the Paris Conservatoire, must have left quite an impression on his teenage student Olivier Messiaen. However, even from early childhood, Messiaen firmly believed that the twittering language of the aerial creatures was much more than mere communication. It was music. No other composer (in fact no other ornithologist) was ever so completely dedicated to the painstaking transcription, study, and musical application of birdsong.
An early manifestation of Messiaen's style oiseaux appeared in the famous Quartet for the End of Time, composed during his internment at Görlitz prisoner of war camp in the 1940s. In 1953 Messiaen shifted his focus almost entirely to birdsong, first producing Reveil des oiseaux (The Birds Awake) for piano and orchestra, containing songs from an impressive 38 species. Oiseaux exotiques, written three years later, features a more strident ensemble of woodwinds, brass, and percussion – with the piano acting as soloist in what Messiaen describes as "almost a piano concerto." Where Reveil featured songs one might hear between midnight and noon in the European Jura mountain range, Oiseaux exotiques features 18 species from India, China, Malaysia, and the Americas – a collection that Messiaen acknowledged could never exist together in nature.
Messiaen's exotic aviary is divided into nine sections. Some are lengthy medleys of tightly intertwined songs for the entire ensemble. Some are brief interludes showcasing individual birds in smaller instrumental combinations. Interspersed among them are several virtuosic piano cadenzas.
The work opens with a pair of shrieks from the Indian minah bird, followed by its full song in extreme slow motion. Note the long sequence of repeated notes at the end of this first melody. It will return in the piece's dramatic final moments. A long tam-tam crescendo is a prelude to the song of the prairie chicken, whose nasal character is scored for clarinet and oboe in its lower registers. The long medley at the work's center is introduced by the percussion (snare drum and woodblock) featuring rhythms derived from Hindu and Greek music – the only "unfeathered" music in the piece. The final piano cadenza treats the songs of two North American species, the bobolink and the catbird (with its characteristic "maeow"), as a kind of two-part invention.
Oiseaux exotiques was commissioned by Messiaen's star pupil Pierre Boulez and premiered as part of his now legendary Domaine musicale concert series in March of 1956. The piano soloist was Messiaen's wife (and sometimes reluctant transcription assistant) Yvonne Loriod.
- Program note from the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Messiaen, Saint Francis, and the Birds of Faith
CHARLES H. J. PELTZ
#programnotes #messiaen #umwo

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The fourth heat wave of the season begins today. It's expected to last three days.
So far in 2018, there have been 3 heat waves: the first lasted 7 days… June 29th – July 5th; the second one was only 3 days… July 15th to the 17th; the third one was 5 days in duration… August 5th to the 9th.
Also, a record has been set for longest stretch of consecutive days 80 or higher, for the Hartford Area. The prior record of 36 days from 1939 was well surpassed, with 44 days in a row, from June 28th to August 10th of this year!
The end of this brutal summer cannot come soon enough for me!
Last night we went down to the beach to see the full moon. Even the sea breeze was humid! But on the bright side we saw a few laughing gulls, who have learned to ignore the gull repellent system, hanging out in the parking lot!!!
It looks like Tim has found a new way to unwind after work ~ taking more great pictures!
Full strawberry moon! Signal to start gathering strawberries!
And hems in life with narrowing fence.
The moon thy mourner, and the cloud.
Nate & Shea are visiting us and last night the clouds held off so we could share viewing the supermoon eclipse combo with them. Lucky for us because apparently this won't happen again until 2033. We went down to Avery Point to see the moonrise at 6:27 pm but somehow missed it behind a building. After walking around the campus a bit we finally found it, too late to catch a picture of it on the horizon. But it was still impressively large, and as most of us know, the camera does not capture the moon illusion that our eyes see.
After we watched the moonrise we returned to our house and watched the lunar eclipse from the balcony, which began a couple of hours later.
We were exhausted from a long day. In the afternoon we had taken a lighthouse ferry cruise on Long Island Sound. Nate and I stayed up until the middle of the total lunar eclipse (10:47 pm according to one website) and then turned in. The clouds came in overnight so we could not see the moon setting this morning. But we were grateful we stayed awake long enough to see half of this rare event.
Goodnight moon. Sweet dreams. Smile kindly upon this little blue gum ball of us while we sleep.
The bottom may drop out of my life, what I trusted may fall away completely, leaving me astonished and shaken. But still, sticky leaves emerge from bud scales that curl off the tree as the sun crosses the sky. Darkness pools and drains away, and the curve of the new moon points to the place the sun will rise again. There is wild comfort in the cycles and the intersecting circles, the rotations and revolutions, the growing and ebbing of this beautiful and strangely trustworthy world.
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad in a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.
Under a full harvest moon, my father drew his last breaths. How fitting for a man who grew up on a farm and who loved his garden. The scientist died peacefully, in his sleep, in the house he and my mother built for themselves and my sister and me. It was how he wished to die, and we are thankful it happened that way. Farewell, dearest Papa. I love you.


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We were lucky enough to be sent the December/January issue of Story Box to review. This is "a magazine to read-aloud and share with your children". Published by Bayard, they produce three titles aimed at different age groups: StoryBox (ages 3-6), AdventureBox (ages 6-9) and DiscoveryBox (ages 9-12).
Sadly the magazine sent to us delayed in the post because of the awful weather we had before Christmas, but it was still seized upon by Ruby who was eager to look at it. Magazines are a bit of a problem in our house! Every corner shop, garage and supermarket seems to sell the cBeebies type character magazines, and I usually get talked into buying one. But to be honest, they are poor value for money, flimsy quality, and have very little content. Most magazines aimed at toddlers are very much a throw-away product, to be read once and then put in the recycling bin.
Storybox however is different. Immediately you can tell from the feel of it that it is better quality. It is more robust, so can be thumbed through over and over without the pages all falling out. There are full length stories which can be read over and over in each edition, and most importantly, at 50 pages long in this edition there's plenty to keep your little one entertained.
Ruby loved the story about the winter hare. The pictures grabbed her attention, and it prompted lots of discussion afterwards about other animals that camouflage themselves (like polar bears) and animals that can change their appearance to adapt to different surroundings (like chameleons). We spent quite a bit of time afterwards looking this up on the internet and looking at pictures on the computer.
The magazine is also packed with puzzles, games and facts - some of which were a bit too old for her, but I think would be well received by children aged 4-5.
Priced at £4.15, I think it represents good value for money. We currently spend much more than this on weekly magazines which don't keep her attention for nearly as long.
Why don't you pop over to Bayard Kids Mags Facebook page. There you'll find a competition to celebrate their 15th anniversary, and they are giving away 10 annual subscriptions.
One copy of this magazine was received free of charge for the purposes of writing this review. All of the views expressed are my own and no other financial reward was received.
This looks like a great magazine. My kids currently love Ranger Rick and Your Big Backyard.
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Nigerian army: 178 freed from Boko Haram
The captives included 101 children.
By Ed Adamczyk
Nigerian soldiers freed 178 captives held by Boko Haram, the army announced. Photo courtesy of wikimedia.org/ Paul Caron.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The Nigerian army announced it freed 178 captives of Boko Haram near the town of Bama, Nigeria.
A statement Sunday said 101 children, 67 women and 10 men were rescued. It remains unknown if any were among the 219 school girls captured in Chibok by Boko Haram in a 2014 incident which sparked international outrage. A Boko Haram commander was captured and several of the Islamist militants' camps were cleared, Col. Tukur Gusau of the Nigerian army said.
The army has made significant gains against Boko Haram in norther Nigeria in recent months. Newly-inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to eradicate the group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and is attempting to build a Muslim caliphate of its own in Nigeria.
Boko Haram has killed about 5,500 civilians in Nigeria since 2014 and over 12,000 since 2012. Human rights activists Amnesty International has claimed at least 2,000 women and children have been abducted since the start of 2014. The violence has overflowed into neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Nigerian ground and air forces repel Boko Haram attack in Borno state Cameroon to deploy 2,000 extra troops for fight against Boko Haram Nigeria's new president visits Obama at White House to discuss Boko Haram
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The State of the Union part is easy, but Frum is worried what America can do to protect itself for the remainder of Trump's presidency.
Conservative David Frum told CNN that Trump can certainly behave for an hour during the State of the Union, like any trained seal can, but he wondered what we have to do to protect the country from the remainder of his presidency.
CNN's New Day hosted presidential historian Tim Naftali and David Frum to discuss Trump's first State of the Union on Tuesday.
Naftali said he wasn't sure who the real Donald Trump is yet and thought Trump, like many in the media, will proclaim he can "reset" his presidency with a good performance.
"Does he actually want to enlarge the base and be presidential for everyone? Is he capable of it? This is an opportunity for him to stop talking to the sectarian group in our society but lay out things with much broader appeal," Naftali said.
We've seen the Trump campaign for almost two years and have witnessed his first year in office. What would give any sane person the idea that Trump will suddenly become something he is not, or that he has even shown he wants to be?
Host Poppy Harlow said, "David Frum, you say the bar is so low for this president."
She asked him what Trump could do to change his mind.
Frum said, "I don't have any questions left about Donald Trump. He has answered every question I have and I think we all know who he is. We all know who he is, Why he's president, and what got him into that job."
He continued, "I think the question for all of us is how do we protect the country during the remainder of the presidency. There are no serious questions left about what kind of person he is."
Harlow asked, "There's nothing you're looking for to stand out in this?"
Frum replied, "You can train a seal to sit on the side of the pool for an hour and behave itself. That doesn't make it "no longer a seal." If Donald Trump can get through an hour of good behavior, I mean he has done that before, but that doesn't tell you what will happen at an hour and five minutes."
There are no questions to be asked about Trump and his character. His actions have told us all what and who he is.


(2) The portion of the modifications described in subsections (b) and (c) of section six hundred twelve which relate to income derived from New York sources (including any modifications attributable to him as a partner or shareholder of a New York S corporation).
(b) Income and deductions from New York sources.
(1) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "real property located in this state" includes an interest in a partnership, limited liability corporation, S corporation, or non-publicly traded C corporation with one hundred or fewer shareholders (hereinafter the "entity") that owns real property that is located in New York or owns shares of stock in a cooperative housing corporation where the cooperative units relating to the shares are located in New York; provided, that the sum of the fair market values of such real property, cooperative shares, and related cooperative units equals or exceeds fifty percent of all the assets of the entity on the date of sale or exchange of the taxpayer's interest in the entity. Only those assets that the entity owned for at least two years before the date of the sale or exchange of the taxpayer's interest in the entity are to be used in determining the fair market value of all the assets of the entity on the date of sale or exchange. The gain or loss derived from New York sources from the taxpayer's sale or exchange of an interest in an entity that is subject to the provisions of this subparagraph is the total gain or loss for federal income tax purposes from that sale or exchange multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the fair market value of the real property, and the cooperative housing corporation stock and related cooperative units located in New York on the date of sale or exchange and the denominator of which is the fair market value of all the assets of the entity on the date of sale or exchange.
(E-1) in the case of an S corporation for which an election is in effect pursuant to subsection (a) of section six hundred sixty of this article that terminates its taxable status in New York, any income or gain recognized on the receipt of payments from an installment sale contract entered into when the S corporation was subject to tax in New York, allocated in a manner consistent with the applicable methods and rules for allocation under article nine-A or thirty-two of this chapter, in the year that the S corporation sold its assets.
(F) income received by nonresidents related to a business, trade, profession or occupation previously carried on in this state, whether or not as an employee, including but not limited to, covenants not to compete and termination agreements. Income received by nonresidents related to a business, trade, profession or occupation previously carried on partly within and partly without the state shall be allocated in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
(2) Income from intangible personal property, including annuities, dividends, interest, and gains from the disposition of intangible personal property, shall constitute income derived from New York sources only to the extent that such income is from property employed in a business, trade, profession, or occupation carried on in this state or from winnings from a wager placed in a lottery conducted by the division of the lottery, if the proceeds from such wager exceed five thousand dollars. Income from the disposition of intangible personal property shall also constitute income derived from New York sources to the extent such gains are from the sale, conveyance or other disposition of shares of stock in a cooperative housing corporation in connection with the grant or transfer of a proprietary leasehold by the owner thereof and subject to the provisions of article thirty-one of this chapter, whether such shares are held by a partnership, trust or otherwise.
(3) Income directly or indirectly derived by an athlete, entertainer, or performing artist from closed-circuit and cable television transmissions of an event (other than events occurring on a regularly scheduled basis) taking place within the state as a result of the rendition of services by such athlete, entertainer or performing artist shall constitute income derived from New York sources only to the extent that such transmissions were received or exhibited within the state.
(4) Deductions with respect to capital losses, passive activity losses and net operating losses shall be based solely on income, gain, loss and deduction derived from or connected with New York sources, under regulations of the commissioner of taxation and finance, but otherwise shall be determined in the same manner as the corresponding federal deductions.
(5) In the case of a nonresident individual or partner of a partnership doing an insurance business as a member of the New York insurance exchange described in section six thousand two hundred one of the insurance law , any item of income, gain, loss or deduction of such business which is the individual's distributive or pro rata share for federal income tax purposes or which the individual is required to take into account separately for federal income tax purposes, shall not constitute income, gain, loss or deduction derived from New York sources.
(6) The deduction allowed by section two hundred fifteen of the internal revenue code , 2 relating to alimony, shall not constitute a deduction derived from New York sources.
(c) Income and deductions partly from New York sources. If a business, trade, profession or occupation is carried on partly within and partly without this state, as determined under regulations of the tax commission, the items of income, gain, loss and deduction derived from or connected with New York sources shall be determined by apportionment and allocation under such regulations.
(d) Purchase and sale for own account.--- A nonresident, other than a dealer holding property primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business, shall not be deemed to carry on a business, trade, profession or occupation in this state solely by reason of the purchase and sale of property or the purchase, sale or writing of stock option contracts, or both, for his own account.
(e) Military pay. Compensation paid by the United States for active service in the armed forces of the United States, performed by an individual not domiciled in this state, shall not constitute income derived from New York sources.
(f) Husband and wife. If husband and wife determine their federal income tax on a joint return but are required to determine their New York income taxes separately, they shall determine their New York source incomes separately as if their federal adjusted gross incomes had been determined separately.
(g) Stock option grants, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock. A nonresident taxpayer who has been granted statutory stock options, restricted stock, nonstatutory stock options or stock appreciation rights and who, during such grant period, performs services within New York for, or is employed within New York by, the corporation granting such option, stock or right, shall compute his or her New York source income as determined under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner.
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A massive estate overlooking the Hudson River has hit the market and can be had for anyone with nearly $50 million burning a hole in their pocket.
In Dutchess County, the estate at 46 Ledgerock Lane in Hyde Park has been listed for $45 million by Corcoran Country Living, though annual taxes will cost nearly $80,000, according to the realtors looking to sell the property.
The sellers noted that current setback laws require homes on riverfront parcels to now be built at least 100 feet from the river, making Ledgerock essentially one-of-a-kind.
"A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a breathtaking, gated estate which can never be built again," they noted. "This magnificent architectural gem lies on a rock ledge cantilevering the Hudson River surrounded by (more than) 10 private acres."
Designed by architect Lee Ledbetter, Ledgerock took years to develop and engineer when it was first conceptualized.
"Ledgerock is itself an elegant architectural sculpture designed to make you feel like you are floating on the river, while offering unparalleled views of the Catskill Mountains," the realtors said.
"To reach the main residence visitors enter through a gate flanked by sculptures of mythological temple guards, then drive a quarter mile down the driveway, across a private railroad crossing, straight to the bank of the Hudson River."
The 15,000-square-foot home includes five bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, and one-half bathroom, with views of the Hudson in every room through walls of glass.
Other amenities include travertine decks hovering just over the water, with a sculpture garden that features more than 50 sculptures on landscaped grounds.
The exterior living space includes a 5,000-square-foot travertine deck with a built-in gunite salt-water pool, outdoor kitchen, firepit, and dramatic hot tub - all perched over the Hudson.
In addition to the main residence, there is a staff apartment, a 2,500-square-foot guest house, garage space for between nine and 18 cars, and a carwash.
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The idea of a renegotiation-proof equilibrium — a situation in which all commitments are credible such that no party has an incentive to alter the arrangement — became popular in the game-theoretic contract literature in the 1980s. A recent paper by Michael Roberts shows that renegotiation is much more common in bank lending than is commonly recognized (by academics), suggesting that in many cases, formal financial contracting arrangements should be seen as starting points for future negotiation, not equilibrium agreements.
We show that bank loans are repeatedly renegotiated by the borrower in an effort to loosen contractual constraints designed to mitigate information asymmetry. The typical loan is renegotiated every eight months, or four times during the life of the contract. The frequency of renegotiation is closely linked to the restrictiveness of the initial contact and the degree of information asymmetry between borrower and lender. In addition to significantly altering the terms of the contract, renegotiation reduces the speed of information revelation – more anticipated renegotiation rounds lead to longer durations between those renegotiations as information evolves more slowly. Consequently, later renegotiation rounds are more sensitive to new information regarding the borrower and their outside options than early rounds. An important by-product of our study is to show that many of the observations in the Dealscan database correspond to renegotiations of the same credit agreement, as opposed to originations of new loans.
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 Jan Hlaváč (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
 Jana Hlaváčová (born 1938), Czech actress
 Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová (born 1963), Czech orienteerer
 Miloslav Hlaváč (1893–1975), Czech sport shooter
 Vít Hlaváč (born 1997), Czech racewalker
 Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 1975), Czech swimmer

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Romney Insists He's "Committed Conservative"
Mitt Romney tries to appeal to right-wing voters in the Republican primary race.
Nick Ottens February 27, 2012 August 23, 2017
In a rare Sunday morning talk show appearance, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said he was a "solid" and "committed conservative with the kind of principles I think America needs."
The Republican presidential hopeful appeared on Fox News Sunday days before the Arizona and Michigan primary contests on Tuesday. The presumptive nominee, Romney is likely to carry Arizona but could struggle in Michigan although it is his home state.
Romney's opposition to the 2008 government bailouts of Detroit automakers, coupled with the perception that he is out-of-touch with the worries of everyday Americans, is frustrating his ability to appeal to blue-collar voters in the state where his father was once governor. His opponent, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, is a more socially conservative candidate with working-class roots.
Rather than apologizing for his wealth, Romney argued that it was testament to his skill to make businesses profitable and promised to bring the same quality to Washington. "If people think that there is something wrong with being successful in America, then they better vote for the other guy," he said on Fox this Sunday, "because I've been extraordinarily successful and I want to use that success and that knowhow to help the American people."
I, by virtue of my experience, know what it takes to create jobs. I've also balanced budgets. Other people talk about doing that. I've actually done it as a governor, as the head of an Olympics and as a guy who's run businesses. I'm going to get America back on track.
"In terms of connecting with the American people," Romney pointed out that several candidates had "come and gone" in the race for the Republican nomination. "I've got more votes than anybody else in this race so far," he said.
That may be true but but the electorate at large is hardly warming up to a Romney candidacy yet. Among centrist and independent voters, Romney's unfavorable ratings have increased in critical swing states including Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. President Barack Obama is pulling ahead of him in the areas that will likely decide the outcome of November's election where unemployment numbers and home foreclosures are still high. Here, Romney can be portrayed as the callous businessman and venture capitalist; a member of the "1 percent" who doesn't represent the rest of the country.
The problem right-wing primary voters have is that Romney isn't quite the conservative he says he is. He tried to dispel those concerns on Sunday when he said that "the biggest misconception" about him "would be that I'm a guy that comes from Massachusetts and therefore I can't be conservative."
But, you know, if you look at my record in Massachusetts and see that I balanced the budget, lowered taxes nineteen times and enforce the illegal immigration laws, got English immersion in our schools, stood up for traditional marriage, was a pro-life governor.
He also described himself as "progressive" once though and promised not to infringe on abortion rights when he ran for governor in 2002.
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Boulder's Pizza Nirvana
Nick N Willys at 8th and Pearl in Boulder keeps it fresh (courtesy image)
Nick N Willy's Rises Again
An intoxicating combination of cheese, tomatoes and glorious dough come together hundreds of times each day on the west end of Pearl Street, creating pizza so fantastic that fiercely loyal fans line up each day in ravenous anticipation.
This is Nick N Willy's, 24-time Best of Boulder winner. It's not old-fashioned New York style pizza. Rather, this is a pizza extravaganza, topped with high standards, imagination, and the ups and downs of a business brought back from the brink by customer love. Finished off, of course, with a little fresh oregano.
Toss in other ingredients — carb wars, a franchise effort gone awry, the construction bender on Pearl Street's west end — and it has been a challenging time for one of Boulder's best loved businesses, run by the country's foremost take-and-bake pizza pioneer, Terry Jones, aka, Willy.
"I'm still here. I still love what I do," Jones says.
It's been 27 years since Jones and partner Keith McQuillen opened the first Nick N Willy's at 8th and Pearl Streets in downtown Boulder, introducing the take-and-bake pizza concept to raves. Boulderites loved how much better a whole pizza tasted coming out of their own ovens. The fresh and super high quality ingredients kept them coming back for more.
A quick note on this pizza. Nick N Willy's is to pizza what Prada is to pumps – best quality, superbly crafted. The mozzarella is but one distinguisher (made by New York's famous Polly-O, this ain't the flash-frozen white stuff 95% of pizza joints use). Unlike Prada, Nick N Willy's prices are reasonable.
"My mantra has always been to make everything from scratch using the freshest and best ingredients I can find, to always be generous with my toppings and charge a fair and honest price," Jones says.
In the downturn of 2008, for example, Jones created his "Obama Stimulus Pizza," an extra large cheese pizza for just $10.99. He's kept in on the menu, God bless him. This is the good stuff people. Unbleached, 85% kernel wheat flour dough topped with sauce made from Stanislaus Tomatoes and not a drop of water. It's crazy delicious.
If Jones has evolved the business economically, he's also progressed it gastronomically. Gluten-free crust is on the menu (delightful). He added Fresh Red Bird rotisserie chicken and chicken wings a few years back, inspired by the delectable roasting style of Germany at Oktoberfest and South American street vendors. The addition has been a hit. I met Jones early one morning at Nick N Willy's, where he was prepping thousands of never-frozen, fresh chicken wings for a mass of Super Bowl orders using his own rub and sauce made daily.
The passionate and hard-working Jones is a fixture on West Pearl Street, a neighborhood Daddy-O well known by his legions of loyal fans.
These days, however, Jones is reaching further to get the word out about his pizza, and trying mightily to overcome the sales-disrupting construction on west Pearl.
"I probably got a little too comfortable letting our reputation speak for itself," Jones says.
Too busy making pizza to spend time on his computer, Jones is finding a way to jump on the social media bandwagon, asking his hippest employees to chime in and encouraging customer reviews on Yelp.
He's developed a full service catering menu that's quickly taken off with downtown businesses. And Hungry Buffs now delivers all things Nick N Willy's – just start your oven.
Jones, who reached out to Boulder's renowned restaurateur Dave Query (a friend for 25 years) for advice and surrounding neighbors for support, has been heartened by the response.
"One of my customers bought pizzas to pass out to his neighbors and remind them that we're here," Jones says. "It's meant a lot to me, and really the challenges have been worthwhile."
When the dust settles, Jones will be surrounded by even more downtown businesses. He'll still be close to the loyal neighbors who have sustained him. And he'll be a little savvier about keeping people acquainted with what is possibly the best pizza they will ever taste.
Name: Nick N Willy's
Address: 8th and Pearl Streets, Boulder
URL: http://nicknwillyspizzaboulder.com/
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ICANN Submits Seventh Annual Report
ICANN has just submitted its seventh status report under ICANN/US Government Memorandum of Understanding to United States Department of Commerce (DoC) titled: "Report by ICANN to United States Department of Commerce Re: Progress Toward Objectives of Memorandum of Understanding". The report provides a review of recent ICANN developments including... more
National Academy of Science and the Domain Name System Controversy
The National Academy of Science (NAS) has been brought into the controversy over the future development of the Internet and its domain name system, a controversy recently fueled by the creation of ICANN. The US Congress under Public Law 105-305 mandated that the NAS undertake a study of the domain name system, which is to include options for its development, and the potential impact of the various alternatives. The $800,000 expenses for the study are to be funded by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Commerce. more
Ronda Hauben
Do We Need The New Top-level Domains?
After a long and exhaustive process it was finally decided by ICANN to introduce seven new top level domains in December. Well, they are not really introduced yet because the United States Government has the final word and they have not approved of them yet. Did you understand what I just wrote - the United States Government decides what names you can have on the Internet? more
Lennart Svanberg
2021 Domain Name Year In Review
Is it really 2022? Is it? Although many might view 2021 as another "lost" year due to the pandemic, filled with Zoom™ meetings, virtual conferences, working from home and restricted travel - there were a number of notable domain name stories which deserve to be highlighted. So, without further ado, here are the top 10 biggest domain name stories of 2021 - let's go! more
Elisa Cooper
Ongoing Community Work to Mitigate Domain Name System Security Threats
For over a decade, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and its multi-stakeholder community have engaged in an extended dialogue on the topic of DNS abuse, and the need to define, measure and mitigate DNS-related security threats. With increasing global reliance on the internet and DNS for communication, connectivity and commerce, the members of this community have important parts to play in identifying, reporting and mitigating illegal or harmful behavior, within their respective roles and capabilities. more
Keith Drazek
WHOIS Policy at ICANN Continues to Fail
ICANN has once again acceded to the wants of contracted parties and is at risk of abdicating its duty to act in the global public interest when it comes to WHOIS policy. Its inability or unwillingness to date to reign in bad WHOIS policy, driven by contracted party interests, flies in the face of its previously-expressed policy goal "to ensure the continued availability of WHOIS to the greatest extent possible while maintaining the security and stability of the Internet's system of unique identifiers." more
Fabricio Vayra
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Continuing Danger for Internet Users – Unavailable Whois Data and DNS Abuse
By Appdetex
Industry Insights: Verisign, ICANN and Industry Partners Collaborate to Combat Botnets
By Verisign
MarkMonitor Releases New gTLD Quarterly Report for Q4 2020
By MarkMonitor
The DNS Ecosystem, Its Vulnerabilities, and Threat Mitigations
Retrospective: Post-GDPR Compliance Rates for Domain Enforcement
Afilias Thanks Desiree Miloshevic for 12 Years of Service to ISOC
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars at Stake as .COM Price Freeze Set to Expire
By Internet Commerce Association
Operational Update Regarding the KSK Rollover for Administrators of Recursive Name Servers
Verisign Launches ???., a New, Generic Top-Level Domain for Hebrew Speakers*
eco/i2Coalition Update Webinar on ICANN Contracted Party GDPR Compliance
By i2Coalition
KSK Rollover Webinar to Be Held with ECO and ICANN Tuesday, April 24th
Afilias to Support ICANN Community Response to the EU's GDPR


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Installation of the Gun Elevation Drive Gearbox.
and carefully lower the gun elevation drive gearbox. Have a helper assist.
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Q: How to integrate Storybook with Tailwind CSS, Create Next App & TypeScript *The following question is related to a previous question I asked, so apologies in advance if I'm being repetitive, but I still haven't been able to resolve my issue.
I'm trying to get Storybook to work with Tailwind CSS to no avail so far. These are the steps I've followed:

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*I have created a new TypeScript project from scratch, bootstrapping
it with Create Next App. I followed the instructions on Tailwinds website. Tailwind works fine on the App.

*I set up Storybook following the instructions on their website. Storybook starts up fine on port 6006.

*I configured the main.js file accordingly to incorporate PostCSS for Tailwind to work within Storybook:

module.exports = {
  "stories": [
    "../stories/**/*.stories.mdx",
    "../stories/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)"
  ],
  "addons": [
    "@storybook/addon-links",
    "@storybook/addon-essentials",
    "@storybook/addon-postcss"
  ],
  "framework": "@storybook/react"
}

Despite doing all these, I don't see any effect of Tailwind on the story components—only in the application.
I tried testing if Tailwind works by putting in a small element in a Storybook component. I don't see it rendered as expected:
<h1 className="text-3xl font-bold underline">
    Tailwind Works!
</h1>

Link to Github repo: https://github.com/TRahulSam1997/storybook-tailwind-next-typescript-v2
Any help would be much appreciated!

A: Update!
Simply doing this worked:
Import
import 'tailwindcss/tailwind.css';

into preview.js
Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/68022201/12198222

A: Add the path to the stories folder in the tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  content: [
    "./pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
    "./components/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
    "./stories/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}", //instruct tailwind to read the stories folder
  ],
  theme: {},
  plugins: [],
}

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What Courses Has Nick Faldo Designed?
What courses has the six-time Major winner designed? We take a look here.
Sir Nick Faldo is the greatest golfer England has ever produced thanks to his six Major titles and rise to the top of the world rankings back during his playing career.
Nowadays he has turned his attention to golf course design and already has put together a resume with some beautiful pieces of work. Below we have taken a look at some of them.
Amendoeira (Faldo)
Situated in the hotbed of golf that is the Algarve, Faldo designed one of two courses at the property. Widely thought to be the tougher and better of the two, Faldo's layout has strategic bunkering, sand waste areas and water hazards aplenty. Speaking of the design work, Faldo once said; "You have incredible views, undulating land and any time you get natural terrain like this, it is great fun to work with."
Ballyliffin (Old)
Situated on the Atlantic coast in County Kerry, Ballybunion Old has been presenting a considerable challenge to golfers since the links was first laid out in 1892.
Faldo and his design team were brought in to renovate the course in 2004 and completed it in 2006.
Cornelia (Prince)
Nick Faldo's Cornelia course is an excellent challenge as it weaves its way through a vast sand dune ridge, umbrella pines and beautiful lakes. Elevated tees offer some great views too.
Emirates Faldo
Next door to the Majlis course which hosts the Dubai Desert Classic, the Faldo course at the Emirates Golf Club opened in 1996 before being redesigned by the man himself in 2005. When it re-opened in 2006, it was renamed 'The Faldo' and people can play during day and night thanks to the LED floodlights.
Lough Erne
Lough Erne is a superb loughside track designed by Faldo. With fantastic views over the water and the Fermanagh lakelands, the lough itself comes into play on 11 holes of this well-maintained layout.
Host of a G8 Summit in 2013, Lough Erne enjoys a superb setting, with each hole separate from the others and offering new and different challenges and vistas.
Other notable mentions: 13th Beach (Creek), Angkor, Bad Saarow, Chart Hills, Elea, Katameya Dunes (Faldo), Laguna Lang Co, Mission Hills (Faldo), Wilderness Club
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