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Former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow: 'I am not a cheater'
By Matt Young
Updated 6:25 pm CST, Monday, January 13, 2020
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Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow speaks at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Washington. The Astros and the Washington Nationals are scheduled to play Game 3 of baseball's World Series on Friday.
Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow speaks at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Washington. The Astros and
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Hours after being fired as general manager of the Astros, Jeff Luhnow released a statement in an effort to clear his name.
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"I am not a cheater," his statement partially read. "Anybody who has worked closely with me during my 32-year career inside and outside baseball can attest to my integrity."
When Major League Baseball announced that Luhnow and former Astros manager A.J. Hinch were being suspended for a year, commissioner Rob Manfred's statement did not directly implicate Luhnow in the Astros' use of video equipment to steal signs, but it did hold him responsible for having "some knowledge of those efforts, but he did not give it much attention."
In Luhnow's statement, he denies knowing what his players or coaches were doing.
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"I did not know rules were being broken," Luhnow's statement read. "As the commissioner set out in his statement, I did not personally direct, oversee or engage in any misconduct: The sign-stealing initiative was not planned or directed by baseball management; the trash-can banging was driven and executed by players, and the video decoding of signs originated and was executed by lower-level employees working with the bench coach. I am deeply upset that I wasn't informed of any misconduct because I would have stopped it."
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Q: How fast can you split a set of numbers into 2 sets, where the difference of each sum is maximized How fast can you perform this task?
More specifically, if there is a set of 2n elements, how fast could you split those elements into two groups of n elements where the sum of each group is of maximum difference

A: Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the question, but don't you sort them and split them in the middle? The answer presumably then, is "as quickly as you can sort them".

A: You need to find the median and split the set into those above and below the median. Using median of medians you can (almost always) find the median in linear time.  Splitting he set is also linear, so you can (almost always) do it in linear time.  The almost comes if you continue to choose bad pivots.

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William Edward Franks1,2
William Edward Franks was also known as "Eddy".1 He was born circa 1875 at Le Claire Twp., Scott Co., IA.2 He was the son of Theodore Martin Franks and Sarah M. Wilkinson.2
[S5141] 1880 Federal Census, Scott County, Iowa. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T9, Rolls 363-4; FHL #1254363-4.
[S5617] Microfilm Image, unknown location, 1885 Iowa State Census, Scott County, Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007., Le Claire Twp., image 57 of 59, page 323, Dwelling 248, Family 248.
Carol DeVault Franson
F, b. 13 December 1921
Carol DeVault Franson was born on 13 December 1921 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She was the daughter of Col. Paul O. Franson and Ruby Frances DeVault. Carol DeVault Franson married Ernest Samusson, son of Ernest Samusson and Mary Frew, on 4 June 1942.
Paul O. Franson
M, b. 1 June 1916, d. 18 March 1995
Paul O. Franson was born on 1 June 1916 at Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL. He was the son of Col. Paul O. Franson and Ruby Frances DeVault. Paul O. Franson married Kathleen Collins on 27 April 1937. Paul O. Franson died on 18 March 1995 at Bradenton, Manatee Co., FL, at age 78. He was buried in 1995 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co., VA.
Col. Paul O. Franson
M, b. 5 October 1888, d. June 1965
Col. Paul O. Franson was born on 5 October 1888 at Aurora, Kane Co., IL. He married Ruby Frances DeVault, daughter of Dr. William Bruce DeVault and Mary Frances Powell, on 17 January 1914 at Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL. Col. Paul O. Franson died in June 1965 at Montgomery Co. (probably), AL, at age 76
Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama Journal article: Paul Franson Ends 43-Year Army Career
Top Guard Instructor Veteran Of Two Wars And Mexican Campaign
Up Through Ranks
Former Chief Of Staff For 5th Division Says Gen. Patton Was Tops
Col. Paul O. Franson, senior Army instructor for the Alabama National Guard, will retire from
active duty today. He is a veteran of 43 years of Army service, having risen from buck private to chief of staff of the 5th Division of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Third Army in Europe during World War II. Col. Franson, a native of Montgomery, hit the Normandy beaches with his division shortly after DDay, in early July, 1944, and saw the battle against the Nazis from a front line position, through France and across Germany. During the months of combat Franson often saw Patton daily, and became familiar with many topranking figures of the war in Europe - Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and Britain's Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery among them.
Russian Award
Among many decorations won by Col. Franson is one given him by Soviet Russia after the 5th
Division met the Russian armies at a point on the Austria-Czechoslovakian frontier. Joining the Army as a private of the 2nd Infantry (Montgomery True Blues) May 5, 1905, he served with the Alabama Brigade on the Mexican Border and with the 31st (Dixie) Division during World War I. Named Chief of Staff of the 5th Division April 30, 1942, Col. Franson was quickly shipped, with that division overseas, to Iceland, Northern Ireland and England.
As part of Patton's Third Army the 5th Division came under fire almost immediately they landed in France for the invasion. They took part in the fierce fighting around St. Lo before driving across the Cherbourg Peninsular (sic) to cut off the German garrison at that French port from their communications with the German army. "At that time Montgomery (Field Marshal Montgomery) and his British troops were magnificently withstanding several German heavy panzer divisions in the nearby Caen area," Franson said. He next described heavy battles in the Caumont area followed by a rapid thrust south of Rennes, and eastward through Angers, across the Seine and past Reims only to run out of gas and come to a full stop before Verdun.
Lost Chance
"This stop robbed us of the chance of taking the fortress of Metz, which had almost been evacuated by the retreating Germans," Franson said. Col. Franson, as one of Patton's chiefs of staff, shares Patton's criticism about the way the Supreme Command failed to send the Third Army the gas they urgently needed, at Verdun. "The Germans, seeing us gasless, re-fortified Metz and it took us months and cost us thousands of lives later to capture it," Franson states. "With gas we could have taken Metz. We were ready to go ahead and needed it more than other Armies which were stalled." Soon after Metz had been taken, the 5th Division was detached from Patton's command and sent to help the hard-pressed First Army then facing the famous German 1944 attack in the snow shrouded hills of the Ardennes Forest. This was the "Battle of the Bulge" in the Bastogne area near Luxembourg. Rejoining the Third Army the 5th "secretly" crossed the Rhine March 23, 1945 at Oppenheim, between Mainz and Mannheim and stormed Frankfort. This crossing of the river was done without artillery preparation. The 5th's drive across Europe came to its final stop on its prearranged "deadline" in the area of a small Austrian town called Grafenau, near the Czechoslovak frontier.
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"The oncoming Russians were pushing thousands of Germans towards us" Franson says, "and as a matter of fact most of these Germans were trying to get to us and behind our lines to escape the Russians." Franson said "our orders were, however to stop these Germans because they were considered Russian prisoners, so we closed our lines tight to stop them coming through." Franson said the thousands of defeated Germans were, therefore, squeezed in a narrow corridor between the American and Russian front lines. Col. Franson received his Soviet decoration, the Order of the Red Star, a few days after this incident "in one of the most amazing investitures I have ever seen," he said. The Russians sent for a copy of the American national anthem by 'plane and a band of their professional musicians played it that same night at the ceremony "about as well as I have ever heard it played," he said Several other officers received Soviet awards, flying into the Russian area, across the German "prison-camp corridor" for it. "They've put on more dog' for an investiture than any other Army I know," Franson said. "with the firing of guns, rockets, flares, machine guns, and everything else that had around."
Vodka and Food
Franson then described a typical Russian dinner which ended the ceremonies, with vodka and
plenty to eat. Franson said the "Russians soldiers all seemed very young - about 23 or 24 - and very smart and alert." These are some of Franson's observations on famous generals: Eisenhower - "A good diplomatic general." Bradley - "A fine fighting general. He is the studious type. He does not say very much, but is the brain power behind strategic planning. When he speaks, what he says is d--- good." Montgomery - "A first-rate soldier. He spoke to a large group of us senior officers a few weeks
before the invasion. He lectured us one whole day on all he had learned from his successful fight against the Germans in Africa. He knew his stuff and is full of personality and driving power."
Patton His Idol But Patton is the Colonel's idol. In his room he has picture of the General and also a picture of Patton's grave. "He was a great leader - and a driver," Franson says. "He was a 'soldier's general' visiting the front line almost daily on many occasions, and seeing for himself. Quite often he did not use profanity. Often he used it only as part of an 'act'. He was a great showman. His clothes and leather were always immaculate. He was always pushing onward." Col. Franson said that Patton was "highly-strung" which was probably the reason for the GI faceslapping incident earlier in Italy. "He and just come from battle; his outfit's nose was bloody" Franson said, and he had seen his men with their stomachs out, their legs off, bleeding on the battle fields, and then saw others who were psycho - many of them, wards full of them, unscratched, but mentally sick - afraid and unnerved. Something probably snapped for a few minutes inside that highly-strung, power-driven, complex man which was Patton and he committed the mistake he later so bitterly regretted," Franson said. Franson agreed that it was "the diplomatic general" Eisenhower, who "saved" Patton and kept him after this incident for his later victorious drive across Europe.
Until a permanent successor to Col. Franson is appointed, Col. L. E. Toole, now stationed in
Birmingham, will assume the temporary duties of Chief Instructor to the Guard," the Military
Department announced. Col. Franson states that he intends to continue living in Montgomery during his retirement.
Children of Col. Paul O. Franson and Ruby Frances DeVault
Paul O. Franson+ b. 1 Jun 1916, d. 18 Mar 1995
Carol DeVault Franson+ b. 13 Dec 1921
Louise Gertrude Frantum1
Louise Gertrude Frantum was born in 1887 at Ohio.1 She married Frederick W. Charlet on 8 March 1911 at Columbiana Co., OH. Louise Gertrude Frantum died in 1962. She was buried in 1962 at Glenwood Cemetery, Ogden, Boone Co., IA, Findagrave #109608464.
Child of Louise Gertrude Frantum and Frederick W. Charlet
Fred W. Charlet Jr.+1 b. 1912, d. 1954
[S3679] 1920 Federal Census, Boone County, Iowa. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T625, Roll 479.
Albert Frantz1
Albert Frantz was born circa 1847 at Franklin Co., PA.1 He was the son of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1
[S708] 1860 Federal Census, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Microfilm Image, NARA Series M653, Rolls 1111 & 1112; FHL #805111 - 2.
Alfred Jacob Frantz
M, b. 7 November 1861
Alfred Jacob Frantz was born on 7 November 1861. He was the son of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.
Anna Frantz
Anna Frantz was born in 1774. She was the daughter of John A. Frantz and Elizabeth M. Hostetter. Anna Frantz married Isaac Hershey, son of Christian Hershey and Anna Hernly. Anna Frantz died in 1861.
Child of Anna Frantz and Isaac Hershey
Henry H. Hershey+
F, b. 30 April 1785, d. 5 March 1840
Anna Frantz was born on 30 April 1785 at Virginia. She was the daughter of Daniel Frantz and Anna Garst. Anna Frantz married Peter Heck on 5 June 1815 at Botetourt Co., VA. Anna Frantz died on 5 March 1840 at Clark Co., OH, at age 54.
Child of Anna Frantz and Peter Heck
George Washington Heck+ b. 1818, d. 5 Mar 1893
Anna Frantz1
F, b. 22 June 1821, d. 19 December 1906
Anna Frantz was born on 22 June 1821 at Clark Co., OH.1 She was the daughter of John Frantz and Anna Mary Ohmart.2 Anna Frantz married Jacob Brubaker on 13 August 1840 at Clark Co. (probably), OH. Anna Frantz died on 19 December 1906 at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, at age 85
Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):
Brubaker, Sister Anna, nee Frantz, of Pleasant Hill church, Ill., died at the Illinois Central Hospital, at Jacksonville, Ill., Dec. 19, 1906, aged 84 years, 4 months and 28 days. She married to Jacob Brubaker, Aug 13, 1840. This union was blessed with three sons and six daughters. The husband and five of the daughters preceded her to the home beyond. She was a devoted member of the Brethren church, which she made her choice in early life. Funeral services conducted by Bro. Javan Gibson and Bro. M. Flory. (Ada V. Snell)
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She was buried in December 1906 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Virden, Macoupin Co., IL, Findagrave #39846617.
Child of Anna Frantz and Jacob Brubaker
Elizabeth Brubaker+1 b. 20 Jul 1841, d. 6 Mar 1886
[S701] 1850 Federal Census, Clark County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series M432, Roll 666.
[S229] 1880 Federal Census, Clark County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T9, Roll 999; FHL #1254999.
Anna Frantz was born on 18 November 1792 at Botetourt Co., VA. She married Abraham Garst. Anna Frantz died on 25 December 1867 at age 75. She was buried in December 1867 at Brooks Grove Cemetery, Stanford, McLean Co., IL, Findagrave #10337767.
Child of Anna Frantz and Abraham Garst
Elias Garst+ b. 8 Aug 1837, d. 12 Jun 1930
Benjamin Frantz1
Benjamin Frantz was born circa 1850 at Franklin Co., PA.1 He was the son of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1
Charles Francis Frantz
M, b. 7 December 1866
Charles Francis Frantz was born on 7 December 1866. He was the son of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.
Christian Frantz
M, b. 4 May 1819, d. 10 March 1885
Christian Frantz was born on 4 May 1819 at Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of Christian Hostetter Frantz and Anna Frick. Christian Frantz married Leah Stouffer, daughter of Jacob Stouffer and Elizabeth Oberholtzer, circa 1843 at Franklin Co. (probably), PA.1 Christian Frantz was buried in 1885 at Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin Co., PA. He died on 10 March 1885 at age 65.
Children of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer
Elizabeth Frantz1 b. c 1844
Sarah Frantz1 b. c 1845
Albert Frantz1 b. c 1847
Benjamin Frantz1 b. c 1850
Daniel Frantz1 b. c 1851
Christian Frantz1 b. c 1853
Jacob S. Frantz1 b. c 1857
Martha Frantz1 b. c 1859
Hettie Frantz2 b. c 1864
John Elmer Frantz+2 b. 7 Feb 1867
[S185] 1870 Federal Census, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Microfilm Image, NARA Series M593, Roll 1345; FHL #552844.
Christian Frantz1
Christian Frantz was born circa 1853 at Franklin Co., PA.1 He was the son of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1 Christian Frantz lived in 1905 at Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., NY.
Christian Hostetter Frantz
Christian Hostetter Frantz married Anna Frick.
Children of Christian Hostetter Frantz and Anna Frick
Christian Frantz+ b. 4 May 1819, d. 10 Mar 1885
Samuel Frantz+ b. 1 Sep 1821, d. 14 Sep 1901
Daniel Frantz
Daniel Frantz married Anna Garst.
Child of Daniel Frantz and Anna Garst
Anna Frantz+ b. 30 Apr 1785, d. 5 Mar 1840
Daniel Frantz1
Daniel Frantz was born circa 1851 at Franklin Co., PA.1 He was the son of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1
Daniel Richard Frantz
Daniel Richard Frantz was born on 13 November 1947 at Sparta, Monroe Co., WI; son of Sylvester and Frances (Holberg) Frantz. Occupation: Real estate broker, also served on the Tomah City Council, Lake Tomah Committee, City Planning Commission, Tomah Youth Hockey Board and Lake Tomah Fest. Dan enjoyed motorcycle riding and worked to preserve the freedom as a member of ABATE of Wisconsin. He died on 11 April 2009 at Tomah, Monroe Co., WI, at age 61
Obituary -- The La Crosse Tribune; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Sunday, April 12, 2009; Page 20 (Find-A-Grave):
Daniel R. Frantz, age 61, of Tomah, Wisconsin, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2009, at his home under the care of Tomah Hospice Touch. He was born on November 13, 1947, in Sparta, WI to Sylvester B. and Frances J. (Holberg) Frantz. Dan attended Tomah schools and graduated from Tomah High School in 1965. He also earned an Associate Degree in Accounting from WTC.
Dan and Cheryl Welch were married on June 7, 1969 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Dan spent many years as a real estate broker and enjoyed helping people. He also worked several years at Wal-Mart Distribution Center. He was raised in faith at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Over the years he served on the Church Council and many committees.?
Dan also had a strong interest in the community. He served on the Tomah City Council, Lake Tomah Committee, City Planning Commission, Tomah Youth Hockey Board and Lake Tomah Fest. Dan enjoyed motorcycle riding and worked to preserve the freedom as a member of ABATE of Wisconsin. He served on the Board of Directors for many years gaining friendships all over Wisconsin.
In 2004, Dan and Cheryl made a big change when they built a new home in the country. They enjoyed listening to the waters of Bear Creek and watching the wildlife. Every day was special. The best days were spent with his children and grandchildren, playing Pass the Pigs and Poker Keno.
Dan is survived by his wife, Cheryl; children, Eric (Jolene) and Holly (Cary) Winch; grandchildren, Hailey Frantz, Nathan Winch and Jillian Winch; he is further survived by his brothers-in-law, Ronald (Mary) Welch and William Welch.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009, 11:00 a.m. at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Pastor William Rice will officiate. Burial will follow at the Oak Grove Cemetery, Memorial Gardens, Tomah, WI. Family and friends are invited for visitation on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church.
Memorials may be given to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Tomah Area Cancer Support or ABATE of Wisconsin Saferider, Inc. The Torkelson Funeral Home of Tomah is assisting the family with arrangements.?
He was buried in April 2009 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, Monroe Co., WI, Findagrave #35854613.
Edward Frantz
M, b. 8 July 1851
Edward Frantz was born on 8 July 1851. He was the son of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.
Elizabeth Frantz
Elizabeth Frantz was born in 1780. She was the daughter of John A. Frantz and Elizabeth M. Hostetter. Elizabeth Frantz married John Hershey, son of Christian Hershey and Anna Hernly, circa 1802. Elizabeth Frantz died in 1839.
Children of Elizabeth Frantz and John Hershey
Christian F. Hershey b. c 1803, d. 1823
John F. Hershey b. 1805, d. 1807
Andrew F. Hershey b. 1807
Elizabeth F. Hershey b. 1809
Samuel F. Hershey+ b. 1812, d. 1873
Lydia Frantz Hershey b. 9 Sep 1814, d. 6 Jan 1868
Jacob F. Hershey b. 1817, d. 1896
Anna Hershey
Maria F. Hershey
F, d. 1863
Elizabeth Frantz was the daughter of John Frantz and Elizabeth Hershey. Elizabeth Frantz married Benjamin Root. Elizabeth Frantz died in 1863.
Elizabeth Frantz1
Elizabeth Frantz was born circa 1844 at Franklin Co., PA.1 She was the daughter of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1 Elizabeth Frantz married Simon P. Hawbecker.
Emma S. Frantz
Emma S. Frantz was born on 18 March 1849. She was the daughter of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.
Fanny Frantz
Fanny Frantz married J. George Ernst. Fanny Frantz was born. She was the daughter of John Frantz and Elizabeth Hershey. Fanny Frantz died in 1854.
Florence A. Frantz
F, b. 26 May 1902, d. 2 February 1968
Florence A. Frantz was born on 26 May 1902. She was the daughter of George Frantz and Lizzie (?) Florence A. Frantz married Cicero Theodore Windle, son of John Hamilton Windle and Amanda Windle, circa 1922. Florence A. Frantz died on 2 February 1968 at age 65. She was buried in February 1968 at Franklin Co., OH.
Children of Florence A. Frantz and Cicero Theodore Windle
George Robert Windle+ b. 22 Apr 1924, d. 20 May 1978
Norma Windle b. 17 Sep 1926, d. 23 Mar 1933
Ralph Windle+ b. 26 Feb 1929, d. 14 Jul 1973
George Frantz
George Frantz married Lizzie (?). George Frantz was born circa 1869 at Ohio.
Child of George Frantz and Lizzie (?)
Florence A. Frantz+ b. 26 May 1902, d. 2 Feb 1968
Henry Frantz
M, b. 21 October 1855
Henry Frantz was born on 21 October 1855. He was the son of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.
Hettie Frantz1
Hettie Frantz was born circa 1864 at Montgomery Twp., Franklin Co., PA.1 She was the daughter of Christian Frantz and Leah Stouffer.1
Ira Frantz
M, b. 24 November 1857
Ira Frantz was born on 24 November 1857. He was the son of Samuel Frantz and Barbara Stouffer.

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It's 12:15 and the arroyo is down about six inches from its peak. The rain has slowed, but we'll still get more later, I fear. The water came within a couple of inches of the top of my arroyo-side wall, but never made it in. I had a six foot wide berm alongside my wall. When the water goes down I'll see how much I have left...not much I guess. Stayed warm (put on my sweatshirt!!)and dry, and waiting for more.
P.S. Talked to Sylvia (insurance agent) and she said no buses running from Manzanillo to Cihuatlan this morning, the La Huerta road may be closed, and we're isolated. Don't know if the Melaque buses ran today. Haven't seen them.


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The Bet Yeshurun Form of Worship
A typical BYA gathering includes (1) singing praise and worship; (2) testifying of Yah's blessings, grace, and good works in our midst; (3) reading the Hebrew and Apostolic scriptures; (4) teaching the Word of Yah through an interactive study format; (5) praying in a congregational setting; (6) anointing Yah's people; and (7) fellowshipping around a dinner table. Let's look into in the Word for these activities. The psalms are excellent lessons for Yahshuah's disciples about worshipping Elohim. A consistent teaching message is given in the article's opening quote. Consider this, too. I will declare Your name to my brethren ("BYA"). In the midst of the congregation ("BYA") I will praise You. You ("BYA") who fear YHVH, praise Him. All you the seed of Jacob ("BYA") glorify Him. Fear Him, all you ("BYA") the seed of Israel. He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ("BYA"). Neither has He hid His face from him ("BYA"). But when he ("BYA") cried to Him, He heard. My praise shall be of You in the great congregation ("BYA"). I will pay my vows before them ("BYA"), who fear Him. The meek ("BYA") shall eat and be satisfied. They ("BYA") shall praise YHVH, who seeks Him. Your heart ("BYA") shall live for ever. All the ends of the world ("BYA") shall remember and turn to YHVH. All the kindred of the nations ("BYA") shall worship before You. (Psalm 22:22-27)
Accordingly, BYA services open with a shofar call (Num. 10:3) and a prayer blessing. During services we speak YHVH's sacred name. We call upon Yahshuah, as the name above all names, our savior and king. We testify of Yah's blessings in answered prayers and of Yah's miraculous involvement in our lives. We sing. We read scripture, discuss it, and learn to do what it says. "Shema O' Israel!"
Singing praise and worship is a BYA trademark. Our practice is patterned after ancient Israelite worship. Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Miriam said to them, "Sing to YHVH for He triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider He threw into the sea." (Exod. 15:20-21) King David called certain Israelites to serve as singers of inspired song accompanied by lyres, harps and cymbals (1 Chr. 25:1) Israelite singers were among those who returned from Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:41).
Yahshuah sang with His disciples at their "last supper". And when they had sung a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives. (Matthew 26:30) Paul encouraged 1st century believers at Ephesus to sing, "Speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to Adonai; giving thanks always for all things to Elohim and the Father in the name of our Adonai Yahshuah haMessiach." (Eph. 5:19-20) Indeed, singing is very important in BYA's Hebraic worship service.
BYA devotes time at services for offering personal testimonies to encourage, uplift and increase the faith of our church ("ecclesia"). Wherefore, comfort yourselves together and edify one another, even as you also do. (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Our "Torah Kids" service involves the youth of BYA reading Torah. Do you hear what these say? And Yahshuah said to them, "Yes! Have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and suckling's you have perfected praise?" (Matthew 21:16) Our in-depth scripture teaching helps modern-day Israelites (BYA) to understand Yah's Word as it applies to our individual and collective lives today. As Yahshuah's disciples we learn about His truths as revealed in Bible stories and parables. BYA commits to teaching all those who seek to grow in knowledge and obedience to His Word.
BYA also gives thanks, testimonies, petitions, intercessions and confessions in a Congregational setting. Yah's mighty prayer warriors avail much as Yahshuah's righteous saints. I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, for kings and for all who are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. This is good and acceptable in the sight of Elohim, our Messiah (1Timothy 2:1-3)
A priestly blessing and anointing of Yah's people conclude BYA services. YHVH spoke to Moses, "Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying, 'In this way you shall bless the children of Israel, saying, YHVH bless you and keep you. YHVH make His face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. YHVH lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.' They shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. (Num. 6:22-27)
A fellowship meal is part of every BYA worship service. The Gospels are filled with stories of Yahshuah reclining at table with family, friends, even adversaries. BYA likewise welcomes all to dine. Hallelu Yah! And shalom from your brother, Elder Curt.
Thoughts for Meditation
"We are ministers, not messiahs." Ken Untener
"A smile is the light in your window that tells others there is a caring, sharing person inside." Denis Waitley
"Have faith. Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart, so that things can fall together." Dan Zadra
"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny." C. S. Lewis
"Standing your ground is progress when you're battling a hurricane." David Weinbaum
"We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us." Edward Lewis


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Day At A Glance
Palestinian gunman kills one in Jerusalem before police shoot him dead
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A Palestinian gunman opened fire in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, killing one person and wounding four others before he was fatally shot by Israeli police.
It was not immediately clear whether Hamas, an Islamic militant group sworn to Israel's destruction, had ordered the attack or whether one of its members had acted alone. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has largely adhered to a ceasefire with Israel since an 11-day war last May and shootings attacks inside the Old City are rare.
Police said the attack took place near an entrance to a contested flashpoint shrine known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Violence surrounding the site, which is considered holy by both faiths, has triggered previous rounds of fighting, including the war last May.
Israeli security personnel and Zaka Rescue and Recovery members carry the body of a Palestinian man who was fatally shot by Israeli police (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
Israeli officials said Eliyahu Kay, a 26-year-old immigrant from South Africa, was killed in the shooting. Mr Kay had recently worked at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray. One of the four people wounded was in a serious condition.
Police identified the attacker as a 42-year-old Palestinian from east Jerusalem. Palestinian media identified him as Fadi Abu Shkhaidem, a teacher at a nearby secondary school.
In Gaza, Hamas praised the attack as a "heroic operation" and said Fadi Abu Shkhaidem was one of its members. But the group stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.
Hamas, a militant group sworn to Israel's destruction, has fought four wars against Israel since it took control of Gaza from the rival Fatah group in 2007.
Israel, together with Egypt, have maintained a stifling blockade on Gaza since the Hamas takeover, causing great harm to the territory's already weak economy. Since the May war, Israel and Hamas have conducted indirect talks through Egyptian mediators aimed at cementing a long-term ceasefire.
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday (Abir Sultan/Pool/AP)
Israel, together with the US and European Union, consider Hamas a terrorist group. On Friday, Britain said it also intended to ban Hamas as a terrorist group and would no longer differentiate between its political and military wings.
Israel's figurehead president, Isaac Herzog, called on other countries to follow suit as he landed in Britain on Sunday for an official visit.
"The fact the terrorist was from Hamas 'political wing' compels the international community to recognise it as a terror group," Mr Herzog tweeted.
Sunday's incident was the second of its kind in Jerusalem's historic Old City in recent days.
On Wednesday, a Palestinian teenager was fatally shot after stabbing two Israeli border police.
Mr Bennett, centre, ordered security forces to be on alert to prevent other attacks (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks targeting Israeli civilians and security personnel in recent years.
Palestinians and rights groups contend some of the alleged car-rammings were accidents and accuse Israel of using excessive force.
But shootings around Jerusalem's Old City and its holy sites are relatively rare, and Israel maintains a sizeable security presence in the area.
Israel captured east Jerusalem, including the Old City and its Christian, Muslim and Jewish holy sites, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Middle East war.
It later annexed east Jerusalem in a move unrecognised by most of the international community.
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We need a loyal Hindutwa based party, Hindus should vote united: Dr. Swamy
Published: Saturday, Oct 22,2011, 19:35 IST
Formar union minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy stressed the need of 'loyal' and 'commited' Hindutwa based formation in the center for the next Loksabha. In an interview to Vishwa Samvada Kendra during his visit to Bangalore, he told Integral Humanism of Dindayal Upadhyaya is the way to go. He talked on wide topics from Hindutva, economy to politics and corruption. Here is the transcript of the interview:
VSK: Sir, you have worked as an economist, as a politician and as an academic personality for a long time. In this period, have you seen any noticeable change in the Hindu consciousness, firstly among the general public, political arena and in the intellectual field?
Dr. Swamy: There are two areas of change. The first is a vast change in the attitude amongst youth, when it comes to visiting temples, ashrams, celebrating festivals learning in depth about the scriptures etc. For example, the Siddhivinayaka Temple, where I have observed members of the younger generation stand in the queue for long, exhaustive hours, for obtaining darshan. The same is the case at KumbhMela, Sabarimala, etc. This is a welcome move, as it stands in stark contrast to the trend during the days of Jawharlal Nehru, when people dissociated themselves from Hinduism, in an attempt to project themselves as modern. They wanted to be modern, saying I don't believe in all this hocus pocus. Now I find people going to Ashramas, to Swamijis, doing Yoga and everything associated with religion. People have even started doing Padyatras to Sabarimala.
Another change I have observed with regard to the Indian scenario is the vast acceptance and respectability of religious seers of Hinduism. People are shedding their reservation in approaching the spiritual seers for specific and general advice. Numerous magazines related to Hinduism, have also mushroomed up, which have invoked the Hindu interest by and large.
However, the area where Hindu society has to change is with regard to the mindset- the "Hindu-mind set", which has not yet set in, for which I am campaigning vociferously. With regard to the Hindu mindset, there are two comparisons that can depict it best. When it comes to being the majority in society, the Hindus are gentle and timid like goats that serve no purpose. You can have 1000 goats. But when a tiger makes its appearance, the goats run helter skelter, whatever majority they enjoy.
Another comparison I would make regarding Hindus is with the "king of the forest". Even if the Hindus have the potential and strength, they are like lions in a circus group- caged, under the mercy and control of wiry, whip cracking ring masters. They obey the minutest of commands, at the crack of a whip, even though they have the potential to kill him. This can be attributed to the human mind or mental set up and to rectify this hazardous condition, a Hindu Mental Revolution is vital.
An aspect about Sanatana culture is the spiritual arena, on which our ancestors focused. Contrary to the western leaders who decked themselves in silken robes and studded jewellery, our spiritual leaders have been clad in simple attires, mostly the Bhagwa. However globalization has made people materialistic, with the sole outlook in life being the garnering of wealth.
Do you think we can bring the Gurukula system back?
Gurukula system of education is a feasible one, but it will take time to implement this. The West has already started this, but not with the name Gurukula. They have introduced the system of a single tutor for a group of students. It is possible, but it will take time. We do not have teachers.
In your recent article published in DNA, you told Muslims of India should acknowledge their Hindu ancestry, and only then they can be accommodated in our society. Have you thought of any particular methodology to implement this?
I cannot implement this, unless I am in power. To implement this, you need to have a Parliamentary board. There is no absolute fundamental right to vote. Even today, if you don't have a place of residence, you cannot vote. So there are restrictions. I would call for another restriction- that you accept your Hindustani identity. There is nothing unconstitutional in that. But this has to be passed as a law and for this; you need to be in power.
Another important factor is the collective vote of Hindus. If not the 83%, if at least 40% of the votes can be cast in favour of an all Hindu Party that remains loyal to the Hindu cause, there will be a change. If there is a loyal, committed Hindutva based formation is in Parliament tomorrow, it can be adopted.
In the last century, We have seen that social form of economy is collapsing down; Russia and China going away from that. We are also seeing protest against capitalism and corporate centered economy in US. As an economist, what reason you give to this and what alternative you suggest?
My alternative is again integral humanism. What is happening in the West is greed. The cause of the fall of western economy was due to their materialistic pursuits. What is happening in the West is due to greed. Everyone searches for shortcuts to earn money- the investors, bankers etc. For a materialistic society, like the West, into which we are being dragged into, money is everything. If they had given a little less importance to money, and gone in quest of knowledge, none of these people would have been unhappy. If you have made money more than what is required, make donations. Be a philanthropist. You earn respect that way.
The ideal society had a perfect blend of both spiritual and materialistic sides. The JanSangh thinker Deen Dayal Upadhyay, who was also the President of the party, had developed a thesis titled "Integral Humanism", which emphasized on the progress of both material and spiritual sides on a balanced plane. Therefore conferring respect on a person solely on the basis of wealth was wrong.
So what the West has to learn is that it is not the Wall Street that is bad or Socialism that is good, but the very truth that money is not an end in itself. The craze for money has to go. This is the reason why foreigners flock to ashrams in India. Sai Baba Ashram at Puttaparthy, Ashram of Sri. Sri. Ravishankar teem with foreigners, because they have realized that money alone does not lead to happiness. ..Look what is happening in the west- Julia Roberts has converted to Hinduism. So did Steve Jobs. Have you thought why Yoga is being taught in the west? Why Sanskrit is being taught in America? Looking at all these, there is the need to educate our own people.
You have talked and written a lot about Sonia's background and he collection with anti-nationals. With all this, the general public seems to be non-responsive...
Why should they be responsive? Is the opposition responsive? I have challenged Sonia Gandhi's affidavits as a candidate, stating that she has a degree in English from the University of Cambridge. I gave the opposition a letter, sent to me by the University of Cambridge saying there was no such student. Did anyone raise it?
So why blame the general public? Your Parliamentarians are not ready to raise it. Then why should the general public raise the issue? Newspapers are also afraid to publish the news.
What is the reason you attribute to this general apprehension?
Blackmail. Sonia Gandhi black mails people. She is a ruthless woman. And you blackmail only when you have something to hide. She can't blackmail me.
So is there hope for the citizens?
Absolutely! I will not let go. Don't worry(laughs). I know technology very well– Advantages of being a professor.
Coming to the 2G scam, what motivated you to take the case up?
The private secretary of PM, a senior IAS officer once came to see me at night. He was heartbroken and said he felt like committing suicide,over waht he witnessed in the telecom sector. That is how I began taking an interest. I sent the PM 5 letters. But the PM, a friend of mine never replied. Then I knew that something was seriously wrong and went to court.
In the meantime, I gathered that rupees 60,000 crore were distributed as bribe. Raja, Kannimozhi, Karunanidhi and Chidambaram have taken a share, but Sonia Gandhi has taken 36,000Cr. This way, if the country's money is in the hands of private individuals, we will be ruined.
I also found out that 2 companies that paid bribe-Etisalat and Telenor are blacklisted companies. Etisalat is an ISI company and Telenor is a Chinese military company-which means the equipment is from Chinese military. The Home Ministry had made it clear that no business should be done with them.
Also the person who distributed the money, Sadiq Batcha has been killed. This is what has motivated me. This is the biggest corruption in the history of India- even in the history of the world.
And is there a way we can get back the money?
Sure! Attach their properties. Once she gets convicted, I'll file another suit and get her property attached. Her property all over the world will be attached. But then she will say she is an Italian. (laughs)
But what when enemies are formidable? You use to tell that Sonia Gandhi is backed strongly by Christian organizations. Your campaign against her is being termed by them as "personal vendetta". They have started playing the victim, especially with your letter recently to the Muthoot group.
I was once called to address a meeting in Malappuram, to install a statue of Ezhuthachan, the great Malayalam poet, who translated Ramayana into Malayalam. The Hindus who wanted to install the statue, were denied permission, saying it mounts up to Moorthy PoojaSince 20 years, Hindus have not been allowed to hold public meetings in Malappuram, as they are not granted permission. In our own land, we now have Dar Ul Islam. Hence I was called to address the meeting, because they knew that if i was denied permission, I would go to court. I held the public meeting too. I have not seen so much of fear, in our own country, where Muslims are in majority, even if it is a pocket, minorities there have no future.
However, you see that the Mulims are very clear in what they want. I don't blame them. But the Hindu is confused, including BJP. They all want to be super secular. This is the reason I work with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Viswa Hindu Parishad. Secularism exists because the Hindu has agreed to it. Tomorrow if the Hindu decides, there shall be no secularism, it shall not be there. Islamic terrorism has to be answered.
There are many things the Hindu does not know, the Muslims do not know. Masjid is not a religious place- It is a building for saying Namaz. But the Namaz can be said anywhere. So if there is a Masjid is on top of a temple, you must move the Masjid from there.
It is important that the Hindus become 'Viraat Hindus'. When I say Viraat, it does not mean going against anyone or anything. It means defending your faith. Learn Sanskrit, know the true history of your country. If you are attacked, you must attack back. You must not hesitate. And the retaliation should be 10 times more.
I cite the instance of Swami Vivekananda who said that a suffering Hindu, because of his identity, anywhere, should receive all support from his brethren. If you see any other Hindu suffering, because he is a Hindu, in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, anywhere, you must get together and say "No! This will not be permitted." Once the strength is displayed, there will be nothing to deter you from the path. For example the Communal Violence Bill- it is obviously directed against the Hindus. It is the most scandalous bill possible. But the opposition against it is not strong yet. The attitude is "let it be, as long as I am not affected". The right kind of mindset- "Pravrithi/ Chetana/ Sanghya"- that remains absent.
Enemies are not formidable at all. Our mind is weak, which is why they look formidable. If the Hindus unite tomorrow, the Christians will come to us with folded hands. Take the example of the Christian Professor, whose hands were chopped off by Muslim groups in Kerala. Why did they not show how formidable they were, at that moment? They did not. They just succumbed. Even with regard to the Muthoot Corporation, nothing happened, inspite of protests by Hindu groups in Kerala. So I wrote a letter and they backed off.
Anna Hazare, who is heading one of the anti-corruption movements in the country, was first branded as an "RSS Agent" by Digvijay Singh. Later he withdrew his statement. Again he has come up with the same statement. Why do you think there are these double standards?
Anna Hazare wanted to claim that he is secular, a mass leader. Digvijay Singh wanted to sensitize the issue because all of Anna Hazare's followers are Naxalites, Maoists and Leftists- Prashanth Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal. Swami Agnivesh is now out of the team. The only person who is efficient is Kiran Bedi. Digvijay Singh's statement about RSS is a warning to the members of Anna's team to be careful. Not that Digvijay does not know that RSS is not controlling Anna.
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WHEN I STARTED this blog two months ago my aim was to create and keep a space to express creativity and share my story. Life began to get in the way, so this month I aim for daily bite-size chunks not weekly essays – though I may still do one or two of those too!
The inspiration for this came from an Australian blogger, FatMumSlim, when my sister-in-law accepted her challenge to take a photo a day last month, and shared the results on Facebook. Here is the challenge list for November. I have decided to take up the challenge to post a photo a day with a comment on it (if it does not speak for itself).
Day 1: Something Beginning with 'C' = A Candle.
For the past eight weeks I have been setting my alarm an hour early to do an exercise from The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron called the Morning Pages – three pages of A4 longhand writing to clear the mind at the start of the day. I put choral music on the CD player, light a candle and sit down to write. Julia explains how they are intended to work here.
Today the candle was particularly helpful to focus and still my mind. I woke with the alarm at 6am, but snoozed on until 7am. Yesterday felt particularly intense, and it was hard to motivate myself to get up.
I had an interview for a new job yesterday morning. To give myself confidence to apply, I convinced myself the job was just right, that it would give me more time and energy to spend with my partner and in developing my creative interests. I even worked out a plan for how to manage the handover of my current work to a colleague. I spent days on the application, time I might otherwise have spent writing this blog last month. I spent days preparing for the interview, planning a polished presentation on the future of the new charity I was applying to lead.
But it was not to be. In the afternoon I got the call to say I was not successful.
In my head I knew I had done my best, that the competition was tough, that someone else had the edge in the specialised field of the charity's work. But in my heart I was inconsolable. I believed in the job so much that getting the call was like having it taken from me, although it was never mine. Affirmations from my partner and friends who encouraged me to apply had little effect. I felt very low, and took myself to bed very early to comfort myself in sleep.
I have reflected on why this affected me so much. The job was Development Manager for an adult mental health charity. One of the desirable criteria was personal experience as a mental health service user. I shared that I had sought support from mental health services at various times between the ages of 18 and 30, and that in overcoming prejudice and stigma, self-limiting labels and beliefs, I could empathize with current mental health service users and potentially be a role model to show them that hope and recovery is possible.
Having shared this and been unsuccessful left me feeling exposed, wondering if I had appeared too vulnerable, doubting myself and my ability. I should know by now not to take too much notice of this negativity – it affects me more when I am tired and stressed than on days when I feel calm and rested. And I know what I said was true – being in touch with my own vulnerability, actually makes me more empathic and good at what I do.
'It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness'.
I still have hours, sometimes days, of darkness, but I know they will pass. It is tempting to fear I am slipping back into vulnerability and depression in those times, but with rest and support I know it is just that – fear.
The light and warmth of companionship and gratitude reach me in my darkness and help cast out the shadows of fear.


"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone.


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Behind Obama's Turkey Win
President Barack Obama walks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a welcome ceremony at Israel's International Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2013.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
How Bibi Netanyahu handed the American president a big trophy—and got what Israel wanted all along
President Barack Obama walks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a welcome ceremony at Israel's International Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2013.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
In the week since President Barack Obama left Israeli soil, the White House and pundits across the political spectrum have hailed the commander in chief's first visit to the Holy Land as a phenomenal success, focusing especially on the reconciliation deal the president brokered between Israel and Turkey. Since the May 2010 Mavi Mamara incident—in which Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish-sponsored ship set out to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza and killed nine Turkish citizens who attacked them—relations between the two countries have been strained. Yet in a matter of days, Obama seemed to mediate a resolution to a three-year-long dispute that has set these once strategic allies at odds.
According to Obama's senior advisers quoted in the New York Times, the president "prodded" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with Obama "raising the importance of a makeup phone call every day he was in Jerusalem." Netanyahu's apology, according to the Washington Post, was "bowing to a long-standing Turkish demand."
The reality is somewhat different than the official administration account. Jerusalem has long been looking to mend relations with its onetime strategic ally in Ankara. Contrary to popular narrative, it was Erdogan who was intransigent—not Netanyahu. Nor was Obama the prime mover here, "prodding" the Israeli prime minister to do his bidding. If anything, it was Netanyahu who used the commander in chief as something like a blunt instrument to force Erdogan to accept the same deal that his government had first put on the table at least 18 months prior: Israel would apologize; it would pay compensation; but it would not, as Erdogan had demanded, end the maritime blockade of the strip.
From Netanyahu's perspective, it's all to the good that Obama is getting the credit for the reconciliation. Bibi got what he wanted from Erdogan and gave Obama a big trophy to put on his shelf. The Turkish premier, despite his bluster, has little choice but to swallow it, and the American president now owes Bibi a favor. Netanyahu—often denigrated as a clumsy politician and preachy ideologue—is in fact a much more adroit statesman than he is typically believed to be.
As Israel's ambassador to the United States Michael Oren told Newsweek's Eli Lake, Israel and Turkey, "along with the United States had long been working to resolve the dispute." Israel made overtures as early as the summer of 2011.
But two years ago there were two problems standing in the way: Erdogan and Avigdor Lieberman, then Israel's foreign minister. Lieberman didn't want Israel to apologize, condemning Netanyahu publicly for his inclination to make up with the Turks. That hardline position cost Lieberman little since he knew as well as Erdogan that there was never going to be a deal as long as Ankara demanded that Israel end the naval blockade.
The contours of the agreement, including some of the specific wording, that was finally struck last week were worked out as early as that same summer. "The broad outlines of the deal," wrote analyst Efraim Cohen in August 2011, "suggest that Israel would offer a limited apology for 'operational errors,' and would pay compensation to the families of those who died." As for Erdogan's third demand—that Israel lift the blockade of Gaza—Israel was not going to comply.
For some 18 months Erdogan continued to reject the deal that he came to accept last week, insisting that Israel meet Turkey's demands, belittling Israeli envoys as "very weird," and claiming that any country mediating had to ensure that his three main conditions were met.
Clearly Erdogan's three conditions were not met, a disappointment that he apparently came to terms with last month, when Turkish and Israeli negotiators hammered out the exact terms of the deal that came to pass last week. As the Turkish newspaper Radikal explained, Israel would apologize for "operational mistakes," pay compensation, and Ankara would drop the demand that Israel lift the blockade. Thus, the stage was set for Obama's entrance as mediator and his exit as peacemaker. In pocketing the deal until Obama's visit, Netanyahu's timing was perfect: He handed an American president a truly wonderful souvenir of his all too brief stay in the Holy Land.
It's true that Erdogan now seems to be backsliding, claiming that he never accepted a deal without Israel agreeing to end the blockade, though Israeli officials insist that he did. The Turkish prime minister is also now promising to go to Gaza to "monitor" the situation to ensure that Israel fulfills its obligation to lift the blockade. However, this will only make him vulnerable on two fronts.
First, while Erdogan is reportedly one of the world leaders closest to Obama, the reality is that Bibi comes off as the helpful partner in this case—not Erdogan. Any more noise out of the Turkish prime minister and he may find out what's like to have chilly relations with an American president, which, as Netanyahu can tell him, is not where you want to be.
Second, and perhaps more important, Erdogan's support of Hamas will expose him to criticism from his domestic rivals. Why is the prime minister of Turkey so eager to show his love for an Iranian client in Gaza when his opposition to Iran's ally in Syria threatens Turkey's security?
Indeed, it seems Erdogan's Syria policy is largely responsible for his turnaround and willingness to accept Israel's apology. It's perhaps true, as some analysts argue, that given the situation in Syria, including Assad's use or potential use of chemical weapons, the Turks' need for intelligence cooperation with Israel helped change Erdogan's mind. But there's a much larger strategic issue at play here as well.
As I argued earlier this month, Erdogan's Syria policy has proven unpopular at home and has also demonstrated the limits of Turkish power. Erdogan was not able to stop Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's killing machine, nor was he even able to prevent Assad from launching artillery rounds at Turkish towns across the border or shooting down a Turkish jet.
As long as Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu believed that Turkey was a rising regional power, Ankara could afford to hold its ground, making ridiculous demands of Israel that no state could possibly agree to. It was only when Assad and Syria shattered the Neo-Ottoman dream that Turkey started to see the wisdom of scaling back its regional ambitions and its demands on Israel.
What Obama truly deserves credit for—and it's no small thing—is realizing that an ally in whom he'd invested so much confidence was essentially a blowhard. Moreover, he saw that Israel, with whom he'd had contentious relations, was an ally he could count on. And that's a very big win in Netanyahu's column.
Lee Smith is the author of The Consequences of Syria.
Lee Smith is the author of The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President (2020).
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Sutherland Shines on Senior Night
It's a path that Perris, Calif., native Aishah Sutherland must have taken close to 100 times, the short walk between the Kansas women's basketball locker room to the tunnel leading toward James Naismith Court at Allen Fieldhouse. While the walk itself was no different from the exactly 89 trips she had taken before, the significance of it Wednesday night was one that she had not experienced during her four years in the program.
The 6-2 forward knew that this would be her last time running through the tunnel during a regular-season basketball game while at KU.
"There were a lot of emotions", Sutherland said, who had her parents come to the Fieldhouse on her special night. "I was happy to have them out here and so they could see me play since they are not able to do that a lot, being in California."
What Clinton Sutherland and Saudia Stokes saw their daughter do inside the historic venue was merely post her 20th career double-double and come within a point of tying her career high. Even though her 23 points and 10 rebounds were not enough to propel the Jayhawks over the Cowgirls Wednesday night, Sutherland's coach was quite complimentary following her performance.
"I thought she played well and carried us there in the beginning," Kansas head coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "(The loss) is hard for all of us, but it certainly doesn't diminish her career here."
That would be hard to do because Sutherland's time in Crimson and Blue will go down as one of the most successful in program history. Earlier in the season she became just the 24th player to reach that mark with her seven points versus Texas A&M on Jan. 21.
"It means a lot because I feel like I've accomplished something in this program," she said after her milestone. "I am able to leave my senior year knowing that I've reached 1,000 points, now I'm focused on trying to get close to 1,000 rebounds if I can."
While the newest member of the 1K-point club tries to add membership in another exclusive club, she can't help but think about those players who have paved the way for her on-court success.
"I remember the past seniors the most like Danielle McCray, Krysten Boogaard, Sade Morris and Rebecca Feickert," Sutherland said. "Just playing with them and listening to what they have to say because as a younger player, you always listen to the veterans on the team."
One of those players who sees Sutherland in that role is junior guard Angel Goodrich, who after this season, will be looked upon for leadership just as number 11 and her past teammates had been before.
"Her game has a grown a lot," Goodrich thought. "She has grown it to where she can shoot the outside shot and she proved that tonight (against Oklahoma State)."
What Aishah Sutherland has proved during her time at Kansas is that she is a threat, both on the line and under the boards. While the numbers speak for themselves, Sutherland hopes she can add another impressive component to her resume; an NCAA postseason participant.


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Home / News / Local News / State College Ranked Third-best College Town in U.S. for Students
State College Ranked Third-best College Town in U.S. for Students
Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2012 by Gant Team in Local News
By Laura Stocker Waldhier, Penn State
Today 'The Corner', located directly across College Avenue from Penn State's main gate, continues to be a popular gathering place for the University and State College community. (Provided photo)
UNIVERSITY PARK – State College, home to Penn State's University Park campus, has been ranked third-best among college towns for college students by the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).
The rankings appeared in AIER's recently released 2012-13 College Destinations Index (CDI), an annual quantitative ranking of the nation's 75 best towns and cities to live in if you're a college student. The index takes into consideration such aspects as academic environment, quality of life and professional opportunity.
The CDI considers College Towns as those with a residential population under 250,000. Ithaca, N.Y., and Ames, Iowa, came in first and second, respectively.
The locations were chosen from an analysis of the 227 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with student populations of 15,000 or more. Among the 227 MSAs, State College also ranks as the third-best overall college destination.
"Penn State's University Park campus and State College have long enjoyed a close town-gown partnership," said University President Rodney Erickson. "The quality of life in our region benefits students and residents alike. "
AIER's research is based on the consideration that the characteristics that make up a great college destination also often make that location ideal for business, retirement and tourism, according to Steven Cunningham, AIER Director of Research and Education. "A top AIER CDI ranking should be just as important to the town or city as it is to the schools located there and the families and students attending or considering them," he said.
State College ranked third among college towns based on its performance across 12 factors in three categories that impact the student experience, according to AIER:
— Academic Environment: student concentration, student diversity, research capacity, degree attainment;
— Quality of Life: arts and leisure, city accessibility, creative class, cost of living; and
— Professional Opportunity: earning potential, entrepreneurial activity, unemployment rate, brain gain/drain.
According to AIER, the index is created by evaluating the index factors using the most current data available from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, National Science Foundation and Small Business Administration to provide a snapshot of each community's overall academic and cultural environment, quality of life and employment opportunities in the area.
The 75 cities in the CDI include the top locations in the population categories of Major Metros (greater than 2.5 million), Mid-size Metros (1.0 to 2.5 million), Small Cities (250,000 to 1 million) and College Towns (under 250,000).
A free copy of the 2012-13 CDI can be obtained at https://www.aier.org/cdi.
The American Institute for Economic Research is a donor-based, non-profit, economic research organization based in Great Barrington, Mass.
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Free to Cheat: "Jewish Emancipation" and the Anglo-Jewish Cousinhood, Part 1 – The Occidental Observer - by Andrew Joyce, Ph.D.
Editor's note: This is a repost of a classic Andrew Joyce article from 2012. Never forget!
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."
Charles Mackay, 1841[1]
Shortly after his election to Parliament in 1830, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), a famous historian and one of Britain's leading men of letters, took up the cause of removing Jewish "civil disabilities" in Britain. In a succession of speeches, Macaulay was instrumental in pushing the case for permitting Jews to sit in the legislature, and his January 1831 article Civil Disabilities of the Jews had a "significant effect on public opinion."[2] Professing Jews residing in Britain at that time were unable to take seats in the House of Commons, because prior to sitting in the legislature one was required to declare a Christian oath. In addition, Jews were "excluded from Crown office, from corporations, and from most of the professions, the entrance to which bristled with religious oaths, tests, and declarations."[3] Even the 1753 Naturalization Act which had granted citizenship to foreign-born Jews had been repealed following widespread popular agitation, and a pervading atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust of Jews generally, and foreign Jews especially.[4] Ursula Henriques states that because of the resolute opposition of the British people to the involvement of Jews in British political life, since their readmission in the 17th century "the Jews had remained quiet."[5]
However, buoyed by the granting of political emancipation to Protestant Dissenters and Catholics in 1828 and 1829, British Jews began to agitate for their own "emancipation," and this agitation was augmented and spearheaded to a great extent by Thomas Macauley. Within thirty years the British elite had capitulated; not only had all Christian oaths been abandoned, but six unconverted Jews sat in the House of Commons. Within fifty years, Britain had sixteen Jewish Members of Parliament, and a Jewish Prime Minister who espoused a doctrine of Jewish racial superiority — Benjamin Disraeli; and under Disraeli Britain would pursue a foreign policy dictated to a large extent by what future Prime Minister William Gladstone called "Judaic sympathies."[6] This foreign policy would include support for the Ottomans who were friendly to Jews and were massacring Christians in Bulgaria. And it would include waging of war on the Boers in a move highly beneficial to Jewish mining operations in South Africa.[7] How and why did such a dramatic change in circumstances occur? And how did the Anglo-Jewish elite repay Britain for its act of 'justice'?
Let us first return momentarily to Macaulay. An in-depth survey of his life reveals no Jewish ancestry and no clear links to Jews. Son of a Scottish colonial governor and abolitionist, Macaulay seems at first glance to be something of a weak-kneed liberal idealist, and in addition he appears to have had very little knowledge of Jewish history or culture. He saw the Jewish agitation for entry into government as being primarily a religious issue, and perceived Jews as being, in his own words, "victims of intolerance."[8] Macaulay prided himself on his knowledge of Greek literature,[9] and yet we can but wish he'd spent more time on his Greek philosophy, particularly that of Plato who condemned " those who practise justice through timidity or stupidity," and opined that "if justice is not good for the just man, moralists who recommend it as a virtue are perpetrating a fraud."[10]
However, a complete reading of his 1831 article on Civil Disabilities of the Jews would leave us feeling slightly less antagonistic towards this would-be emancipator, and his article reveals much about the extent and nature of Jewish power and influence in Britain at that time. Macaulay, it seems, viewed emancipation as a means of 'keeping the Jews in check.' For example, he insisted that "Jews are not now excluded from political power. They possess it; and as long as they are allowed to accumulate property, they must possess it. The distinction which is sometimes made between civil privileges and political power, is a distinction without a difference. Privileges are power."[11] Macaulay was also aware of the role of finance as the primary force of Jewish power in Britain. He asked: "What power in civilised society is so great as that of creditor over the debtor? If we take this away from the Jew, we take away from him the security of his property. If we leave it to him, we leave to him a power more despotic by far, than that of the King and all his cabinet."[12] Macaulay further responds to Christian claims that "it would be impious to let a Jew sit in Parliament" by stating bluntly that "a Jew may make money, and money may make members of Parliament. … [T]he Jew may govern the money market, and the money market may govern the world. … The scrawl of the Jew on the back of a piece of paper may be worth more than the word of three kings, or the national faith of three new American republics."[13]
Macaulay's insights into the nature of Jewish power at that time, and his assertions that Jews had already accumulated political power without the aid of the statute books, are quite profound. Yet his reasoning — that permitting Jews into the legislature would somehow offset this power, or make it accountable — seems pitifully naive and poorly thought out. Nonetheless, I wish to take Macaulay's article as a starting point. What was it in the nature of British Jewry at that time that so alarmed Macaulay, and provoked such a rash response on his part?
The Cousinhood.
We should first bring the Anglo-Jewish elite, referred to by Macaulay, into sharper focus. From the early 19th century until the First World War, English Jewry was ruled by a tightly connected oligarchy. Daniel Gutwein states that this Anglo-Jewish elite comprised some twenty inter-related Ashkenazi and Sephardic families including the houses of Goldsmith, Montagu, Nathan, Cohen, Isaacs, Abrahams, Samuel, and Montefiore.[14] At its head "stood the House of Rothschild."[15] This network of families had an "exceptionally high degree of consanguinity," leading to it being termed "The Cousinhood," and among them "conversion and intermarriage [with non-Jews] was rare."[16] Todd Endelmann attributes the lack of conversion to the fact that "conversion was not as useful, in general, to English Jews as it was to Jews in Central and Eastern Europe."[17] The Cousinhood exercised control over the Jewish community through its leadership of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, an organization which would later become one of the chief engines of the move for Jewish emancipation.[18]
The other means through which the Cousinhood maintained control over English Jews was its practice of "systematized philanthropy." The Cousinhood largely refrained from involvement in Jewish religious life but heavily devoted itself to founding and leading the Anglo-Jewish Association — "the principle arm of Anglo-Jewish political and education aid" to global Jewry.[19] Endelmann notes that these communal institutions "determined the tenor and the agenda of the public side of Jewish life in London."[20]
To illustrate the extent of blood and financial ties of this network of families, let us consider the following: in 1870, the treasurer of the London Jewish Board of Guardians was Viennese-born Ferdinand de Rothschild (1838–1898). Ferdinand had married his cousin Elvina, who was a niece of the President of the London United Synagogue, Sir Anthony de Rothschild (1810–1876). Meanwhile, the Board of Deputies was at that time headed by Moses Montefiore, whose wife, a daughter of Levi Barent Cohen, was related to Nathan Meyer Rothschild. Nathan Meyer Rothschild's wife was also a daughter of Levi Barent Cohen, and thus Montefiore was uncle to the aforementioned Anthony de Rothschild. In addition, Anthony was married to a niece of Montefiore, the daughter of Abraham Montefiore and Henrietta Rothschild[21]…et cetera, et cetera. In financial terms, the houses of Rothschild and Montefiore had united in 1824 to form the Alliance Insurance Company, and most of the families were involved in each other's stock-brokering and banking concerns. Endelmann notes that in these firms "new recruits were drawn exclusively from the ranks of the family."[22]
Working tightly within this ethnic and familial network, the Cousinhood amassed huge fortunes, and in the years before World War I, despite comprising less than three tenths of 1% of the population, Jews constituted over 20% of non-landed British millionaires.[23] William Rubinstein notes that of these millionaires, all belonged to the Cousinhood.[24] It is worth noting that this wealth was derived exclusively from the fields of "banking, finance, the stock markets and bullion trading."[25]
By virtue of this incredible level of wealth, the Cousinhood enjoyed a certain degree of political influence. Endelmann provides evidence that the group had "used its economic power to insinuate itself into the different sectors of the political establishment: the political parties, both Houses of Parliament, and even the government."[26] Endelmann further states that the Cousinhood's influence was wielded in the pursuit of "ethnic sympathies, family tradition, and group self-interest," and it was this influence that so alarmed Thomas Macaulay.[27]
The Move Into Parliament.
By the mid-1830s, English Jews led by the Cousinhood began to press for the removal of Christian oaths in Parliament and this for their ability to enter the legislature. Between 1830 and 1836 no fewer than four Bills were tabled for the removal of Jewish 'disabilities,' and all failed to win the support of elected officials. Frustrated that their influence was proving ineffectual, the Cousinhood decided to directly confront Parliament by putting Lionel de Rothschild up as a Liberal candidate for the City of London constituency, and funding him to an extent that almost ensured victory before the campaign even began. Although the Cousinhood had, as Endelmann noted, backed all parties when it was in their interests, they settled on the Liberals because they were broadly supportive of religious liberty. By framing Jewish interests in a religious context, de Rothschild sought to "bring the issue of Jewish emancipation into the broader Liberal agenda of civil and religious liberty, and he was determined that Liberals should adopt Jewish emancipation as a cause."[28]
De Rothschild came third in the 1847 General Election but won enough votes to take a seat in Parliament. Lord John Russell, then Whig Prime Minister, immediately set about introducing a Jewish Disabilities Bill which would do away with the Christian oath. The Bill was passed in the House of Commons, but resistance proved strong, and it was thrown out by the Lords twice in 1848, and again in 1849. A remarkable but quite unsurprising detail about this time concerns the complicity of Benjamin Disraeli in lobbying members of the opposition party for support of the Bill. The quintessential 'damp Jew', Disraeli had been baptized a Christian at age twelve but never ceased to support Jewish ethnic interests, and became notorious for espousing a repugnant Jewish supremacism in his novels Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1845), and Tancred (1847). Although a member of the Tory party since 1837 — a party which was ostensibly dedicated to supporting Christianity in the form of the Established Church of England — correspondence in the official Rothschild Archive reveals that Disraeli was actively working "behind the scenes" to generate Tory support for the removal of the Christian oath.[29] Even taking into account Barbara Kaplan's dubious and ill-evidenced claim that while Disraeli "lauded the Jewish people" (an understatement to say the least) he "claimed that Christianity was the superior religion,"[30] we can only conclude that in acting to undermine the Christian oath, for Disraeli Jewish ethnicity trumped any feeling he may have had towards Christianity. In a letter marked "Private", Disraeli wrote to de Rothschild in December 1847:
My dear Lionel,
I find that 18 men, now Peers, voted against the Jews in the Commons 1833, & only 11 in their favor! I agree with you, therefore, that we must be cautious in publishing the lists of the divisions, & rather give a précis of them, calling attention only to what is in your favor….Writing to Lord John Manners today, I particularly mentioned the anxiety of the Court that the bill should pass, as this will be conveyed to the Duke of Rutland who is a great Courtier….My friend thinks that a good petition from King's Lynn would nail Jocelyn's vote for the second reading.
Ever yours faithfully
The diaries of Louise de Rothschild, sister-in-law to Lionel, further reveal that Disraeli had become a regular dining companion with members of the Cousinhood, and that during one evening with the Rothschilds in November 1847, Disraeli had argued that "we [my italics] must ask for our rights and privileges, not for concessions."[31] This bravado proved ineffectual in the House of Lords, where hereditary, non-elected nobles continued to reject the Jewish Disabilities Bills for another decade. This obstruction was only ended in 1858, when a change in government allowed Disraeli himself to become Leader of the House of Commons, a position which allowed him to secure a measure "allowing each House to make its own rules about the form of oath" — thereby side-stepping the second chamber as well as established British democratic precedent altogether.[32] Lionel took his seat at the end of 1858, and was joined by his brother a year later. By 1865 his son also had a seat in the Commons, and numerous relatives began to follow. Just as in business, politics was a family affair.
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[1] C. Mackay, Extradordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (London: Bentley, 1841), p.xv.
[2] P. Mendes-Flohr (ed), The Jew in the Modern World (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), p.136.
[3] U. Henriques, "The Jewish Emancipation Controversy in Nineteenth-Century Britain" Past and Present (1968) 40 (1): 126-146 (p.126).
[6] R. Quinault, "Gladstone and Disraeli: A Reappraisal of their Relationship" History (2006) 91 (304): 557-576.
[7] C. Hirschfield, "The Anglo-Boer War and Jewish Culpability" Journal of Contemporary History (1980) 15 (4): 619-631 and A. Saab, "Disraeli, Judaism, and the Eastern Question," The International History Review (1988) 10 (4): 559-578.
[8] M. Cross (ed) Selections from the Edinburgh Review (London: Longman, 1833), vol. 3 ,pp. 667-75.
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[27] Ibid, p.10.
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Kathy Yaeji Lee or Yaeji (born 1993), Korean-American electronic music artist
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