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Fabric softener: Michelle Obama guest hosts The View
For starters Michelle Obama initiates a "fist bump." ABC photo
Michelle, their belle. And on Paul McCartney's 66th birthday, too.
ABC's The View embraced Michelle Obama as a guest host Wednesday, with The New York Times touting the visit as the first in a series of efforts aimed at "softening her reputation."
The gabfest's grande dame, Barbara Walters, displayed the front page article -- "After Attacks, Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction" -- after the wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama sat down and immediately said with a big smile, "I have to be greeted properly. Fist bump, please."
She was then treated deferentially -- very deferentially -- from the "Hot Topics" segment that consumed the first half of the show to a closing "Breakfast Manifesto" portion in which Michelle revealed, "We're bacon people."
It's hard not to look softer when sitting next to View co-host Joy Behar, the show's only remaining hard-boiled egg now that Whoopi Goldberg has mostly gone poached. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the conservative in residence, made it a point to say that people of all political persuasions can get along just fine otherwise. Michelle readily agreed, of course, later clasping Hasselbeck's hand.
Impeccable in a flattering black-and-white print dress, Michelle even praised First Lady Laura Bush for defending her hotly debated comments at a Wisconsin campaign rally where she said, "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country."
"I was touched by it, and actually I sent her a note," Michelle said, declining to discuss the contents because Mrs. Bush may not have received it yet, she said.
The comment was made in mid-February, presumably giving even the much-derided U.S. Postal service ample time to get it delivered. But whatever the case, Michelle said she greatly appreciated the First Lady's "calm, rationale approach . . . She doesn't fuel the fire." Husband George got left out.
Growing up on Chicago's South Side as the daughter of dutiful, working class parents has made her "proud of my country, without a doubt," Michelle emphasized. Her remarks at the rally were aimed more at the country's political system and the intense interest in the Democratic primary, she said.
Her husband's opponent, Hillary Clinton, was on the receiving end of some sexism, she allowed. But there also were "elements of racism," Michelle added before Walters obligatorily asked whether Mrs. Clinton should be Barack's running mate.
No answer was expected and none was given. Instead, Michelle said she wanted nothing at all to do with that decision.
Co-host Sherrie Shepherd then told her, "You look gorgeous. Everything you wear."
"It's fun to look pretty," Michelle replied, noting that she has "some high-end stuff" but that this outfit was purchased at a chain of stores that specializes in selling black-and-white outfits. The Black and White Store no doubt will appreciate the free plug.
Goldberg praised the guest host for breaking the stereotype of black women on TV who "have no teeth."
"I just want to say thanks," she told Michelle, who accepted.
Perhaps the show's signature moment came when Walters began talking about the pros and cons of panty hose. She sometimes dons them, sometimes doesn't. But "out of respect for you, I put on panty hose," said Walters, who then noted that Michelle wasn't wearing any.
The camera then cut to a less than decorous, under-the-table shot of Michelle's bare, sculpted legs before she confided, "I stopped wearing panty hose a long time ago because it was painful and they always ripped."
After that, guests Matthew Broderick and dietician Elizabeth Somer seemed pretty anti-climactic. It all ended with the six hosts back behind the show's official "Hot Topics" desk, with Michelle praising Walters, Goldberg, Behar, Hasselbeck and Shepherd as "phenomenal ladies."
It's hard to imagine looking much softer. The "new" Michelle Obama, if one in fact is required, got just the launch pad she needed Wednesday. Now on to Rachael Ray, maybe. No sense in wasting all this momentum. Time to whip up a 30-minute meal.


Helping a co-worker, Liean McDonald, center, with a possible fracture at the Clearfield QCare are Kevin Scott and Jamie Bush, both nurse practitioners.
Whether it's a busy Saturday morning and your child spikes a high fever or you twist your ankle in the parking lot while getting groceries after work, illnesses and injuries most often occur unexpectedly. In these instances, you may be uncertain about where to go for care, especially if the symptoms seem severe and your regular primary care provider's office is closed or you don't have a primary care provider.
While an illness or injury may catch you off guard, you can be prepared to effectively seek treatment and save your life in a medical emergency by knowing the difference between QCare walk-in clinics and emergency care.
According to William Wittman, clinical director of QCare operations at Penn Highlands Healthcare, QCare is a great option for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries. These facilities are known for their quick care for basic medical issues that would typically require an appointment with a primary care provider.
Physicals for sports or for the Department of Transportation can also be done at most QCare locations, Wittman said.
Penn Highlands Healthcare has nine QCare walk-in clinics throughout the region, including in Brookville, Clearfield, two in DuBois, Emporium, Philipsburg, Punxsutawney, Ridgway and St. Marys.
However, if you or your loved one are experiencing a life-threatening condition, such as severe and sudden onset of chest pain or any symptoms associated with heart attack or stroke, Shaun Sheehan, DO, the health system's Emergency Department medical director, said it's important to call 9-1-1 or seek immediate medical attention at the nearest Emergency Department, or ED.
There are full-service EDs located at each Penn Highlands Healthcare hospital.
QCare can perform x-rays and basic lab services, such as a rapid strep test, test for a urinary tract infection or a flu test, but they are not equipped for more involved imaging or lab procedures that are often required to properly diagnose and treat more serious medical emergencies, he said.
A patient who presents to QCare and requires more emergent treatment will be transferred to the nearest ED via ambulance. In addition, a patient who is not suffering from life-threatening symptoms will never be turned away from the ED.
Following a visit to QCare or the ED, you may be advised to follow up with a primary care provider or specialist. If you need to follow up with a primary care provider but don't have an established provider, the Penn Highlands Family Medicine "Continuity Clinic" offers appointments within days. In the Continuity Clinic, licensed residents see the patient and then a supervising Penn Highlands Healthcare physician also sees the patient. The Continuity Clinic is located in Suite 315 of the Medical Arts Building at Penn Highlands DuBois. Appointments are available Monday through Thursday and Friday mornings. To make an appointment, call 814-503-4305.
To learn more about QCare, visit www.phhealthcare.org/qcare, and to learn more about ED services, visit www.phhealthcare.org/ED.


MORGANTOWN — "If you're not on High Street, you might as well be on a different planet," said Charles McEwuen, senior business owner of Tanner's Alley Leather Design Studio.
In recent months, several businesses have closed in downtown Morgantown — including Daisy Moon Bakery, Dairy Queen and Nerd Rage.
McEwuen added that the downtown area is the "business incubator" for new businesses getting established, but sometimes the market for the business can be smaller, which forces it to close. He said it is routine to see businesses close and new ones open in the downtown area.
McEwuen said dealing with taxes, traffic and parking are just "part and parcel of the everyday in the retail world, not in downtown but everywhere in Morgantown.
With businesses closing, new ones must open, and Stephanie Swaim is excited to be a part of downtown Morgantown with her new business that will be opening mid-August. Swaim's Hoot and Howl, will be showcasing several local artists and she will have antiques in her store as well.
Swaim looks forward to opening her business, but she also worries how successful it might be. With the range of emotions she has been feeling, Swaim looks forward to opening day and is hoping to see her business flourish in the downtown area.
Rich Johnson, owner/operator of The Grind, said rent downtown is "fairly competitively high" in the downtown area and said it is most likely more than in the rural areas outside of downtown.
"It's never good to see businesses close — it's not good for downtown, it's not good for the area," he said.
Johnson said what makes his business successful is one mantra: Worrying about himself.
Jillian Kelly, owner of Retrotique, said the most important part of bringing attention to the store is the window space.
"We try to keep our windows bright and crazy and we try to grab people's attention. Usually people wonder 'What is this store?' And, they'll come in to see what it is," Kelly said.
With Kelly's new space, she plans to showcase more local artists as well as have live performances at Retrotique, making it family-friendly. She said although there are hardships with owning a small business in downtown, it is worth it for her because she enjoys what she does.


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Julie Smith quoted in The Guardian article, "Washington's Great Mystery: Trump's Affinity for Putin and Populists Baffles Experts"
"'Trump's deference to Putin remains one of Washington's greatest mysteries,' said Julianne Smith, a former deputy national security adviser to former vice-president Joe Biden. 'No one knows for sure whether it's just Trump's admiration for Putin's authoritarian rule or it's the fact that Trump owes Putin something.' "'Either way, Trump's …
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SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
Promotora de Informaciones, S.A.
(Name of Issuer)
Class A ordinary shares, par value €0.10 per share
American Depositary Shares, each representing four (4) Class A ordinary shares, par value
€0.10 per share evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
(Title of Class of Securities)
E82880126 (Ordinary Shares)
74343G204 (American Depositary Shares)
(CUSIP Number)
Jared Bluestein
c/o Berggruen Holdings Inc.
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of § 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. E82880126 74343G204 Page 2 of 9 Pages
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
BH Stores IV B.V.
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
(a) ¨ (b) ¨
SEC USE ONLY
SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
BENEFICIALLY
SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARED VOTING POWER
81,156,044*
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) ¨
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
* See Item 5.
IMS Benelux Holding Coöperatieve U.A.
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Amendment No. 3 (the "Amendment") amends the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 9, 2010 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on January 4, 2012 and Amendment No. 2 filed on March 27, 2014, the "Statement") by the Reporting Persons (as defined below) with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares (the "Class A Shares") of Promotora de Informaciones, S.A., a Spanish sociedad anónima (the "Issuer"), including shares represented by the Issuer's American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs"). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at Avda. de los Artesanos 6, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosure set forth in the Statement shall remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Statement.
Item 2. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 2 (a) - (c) of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) - (c) This Statement is being jointly filed by each of the following persons pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated by the Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"): BH Stores IV B.V., a private company with limited liability organized under the laws of The Netherlands ("BH Stores IV"), IMS Benelux Holding Coöperatieve U.A., a cooperative organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands ("IMS"), BH Stores I N.V., a company with limited liability organized under the laws of Curaçao ("BH Stores I"), Karstadt Holding Ltd., a British Virgin Islands ("BVI") business company ("KHL"), Berggruen Holdings Ltd, a BVI business company ("Berggruen Holdings") and the Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Trust, a BVI trust (the "NB Charitable Trust"). Each of BH Stores IV, IMS, BH Stores I, KHL, Berggruen Holdings and the NB Charitable Trust is referred to herein as a "Reporting Person" and collectively as the "Reporting Persons".
BH Stores IV is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of IMS. IMS is a direct subsidiary of BH Stores I which is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of KHL. KHL is a direct subsidiary of Berggruen Holdings which is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the NB Charitable Trust. The trustee of the NB Charitable Trust is Maitland Trustees Limited, a BVI corporation acting as an institutional trustee in the ordinary course of business without the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Issuer.
The principal business activity of each of BH Stores IV, IMS, BH Stores I, KHL and Berggruen Holdings is that of a private investment company investing internationally in an extensive range of asset classes on an opportunistic basis, including direct private equity, stocks and bonds, hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate. The principal business activity of the NB Charitable Trust is to hold all of the outstanding capital stock of Berggruen Holdings and is intended to support charitable activities.
The principal business address of BH Stores IV and IMS is Markt 6, 4112 JS, Beusichem, The Netherlands. The principal business address of BH Stores I is Kaya W.F.G. (Jombi) Mensing 14, 2nd Floor, Curaçao. The principal business address of each of KHL, Berggruen Holdings and the NB Charitable Trust is 9 Columbus Centre, Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Item 5 of the Statement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
(a) - (c) On July 21, 2014, the Reporting Persons received an aggregate of (i) 8,259,393 Class A Shares as a dividend on their shares of Class B convertible non-voting shares of the Issuer (the "Class B Shares") (based upon 0.175€ per share for 2013 and 0.072€ per share for the pro rata part of the dividend accrued during 2014 up to the mandatory conversion date for the Class B Shares) and (ii) 44,473,657 Class A Shares upon the mandatory conversion of their Class B Shares pursuant to the terms of the Class B Shares (based upon the maximum conversion ratio of 1.33 Class A Shares per Class B Share).
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own and have shared power to vote or to direct the vote and shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of an aggregate of 81,156,044 Class A Shares, representing 4.4% of all outstanding Class A Shares (based on a total of 1,833,646,007 Class A Shares outstanding (as announced by the Issuer on its website)). The information set forth in Item 4 of this Statement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Paragraph (e) of Item 5 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(e) On or about July 21, 2014, the Reporting Person ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding Class A Shares.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the Reporting Person's knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: July 23, 2014
By: IMS Benelux Holding Coöperatieve U.A., its Managing Director
/S/ TON TRENTELMAN
Name: Ton Trentelman
Title: Managing Director
/S/ THOMAS W. CRAWFORD
Name: Thomas W. Crawford
Title: Director
By: Intertrust (Curaçao) B.V., Managing Director
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/S/ SWINDA A. DOEST-PRATT
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/S/ JARED BLUESTEIN
Name: Jared Bluestein
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UK media outlets can't find candidates worth endorsing in crucial election
By Hadas Gold, CNN Business
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A handful of influential UK news outlets are showing their disgust with the state of politics by choosing not to endorse any political party ahead of a general election that could have profound implications for the country.
Both the Financial Times and the New Statesman have declined to name a preferred candidate ahead of the December 12 vote. The Economist has endorsed a smaller party that has virtually no chance of winning.
While tabloids and broadsheets that tend to be loyal to one party such as The Sun (Conservatives) and the Daily Mirror (Labour) are expected to deliver the usual endorsements, others are issuing blistering editorials assailing both major parties.
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The decisions by newspapers to withhold endorsements reflects public weariness with both parties following three years of uncertainty over Brexit, and a growing divide between Labour and the Conservatives on a host of issues.
The Financial Times' editorial board, which endorsed the Conservatives in the two previous general elections, said this contest offers "no good choices."
It said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the leader of the Conservatives, has "played fast and loose with democratic norms." It argued his plan for Brexit would damage the economy and weaken the cohesion of the United Kingdom.
The editorial board also found significant fault with Labour boss Jeremy Corbyn, saying he appears to believe "the wrong side won the cold war." It also blasted Corbyn over his response to Labour's anti-Semitism scandal.
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"The FT has variously supported the Conservatives or a moderate Labour party. This time, the main parties have put ideological purity before the good of Great Britain. Neither can command our support," the paper told readers.
The editorial board of the New Statesman, which in the past two elections endorsed the Labour Party, also ticked the box for none of the above.
Calling Johnson "a huckster and populist manipulator," the magazine also decried Corbyn for his "reluctance to apologise for the anti-Semitism in Labour" and his failure to take a clear stance on Brexit.
"[W]e have resolved to endorse no party at this general election," the magazine's editorial board wrote. "We believe that voters deserve better."
A third way?
The editorial board of The Economist described the election as a "nightmare before Christmas." It chose to endorse a smaller party, the Liberal Democrats, as it did in 2017, saying the two main parties had drifted "to the extremes."
"Mr Johnson runs the most unpopular new government on record; Mr Corbyn is the most unpopular leader of the opposition," the board wrote. "That leaves a low bar for the Liberal Democrats and, for all their faults, they clear it."
While very unlikely to win a majority in parliament, the Liberal Democrats could help another party form a government. The Economist said that voting for them "would be the best way to restrain whoever ends up in Downing Street."
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It seems like every year I have a discussion with several people about kapparot – the ceremony commonly understood as an expiation of sins. Most commonly with a chicken, which to many of us makes this ceremony seems like a sharp reminder of the old days of Temple animal sacrifice.
At this time, I don't really think I need to fully explore the history or debate the ethics of this practice. As that is well written about. Nor would it even be helpful for me to join in the complaining about this tradition, which is not going away. Instead I feel that I must do something more practical, and provide the tools that people need for the most compassionate alternative. Instead of deriding a custom, I alternatively choose to help redeem and elevate it for us.
I am not at all unfamiliar with the practice. I have been around the fervently Orthodox and Haredi long enough to understand it, see it and to not judge people for their minhag. However, I have never myself felt comfortable with performing the ritual with chickens. Nor have I ever felt the need to perform it with a bird. No one has ever tried to compel me or my peers. As our tradition does offer well-known alternatives: either the use of a fish or money, in place of a white chicken. In this piece we will explore the use of money for this ritual.
The guide at the bottom of this page presents the traditional text of the kapparot ceremony with the proper wording necessary for using money in the ritual. For the ease of user the text is presented in Hebrew and translated into English, with transliteration of the key words of the ceremony. No more guessing what to say, and which words to replace! It also comes along with clear instructions and a guide to the kavannah (the inner intention, the meditation) of the ritual.
Kapparot is a deep-seated custom for many. It dates back to the period of the Geonim – the period of Jewish geniuses stretching from the late-sixth to the early eleventh-century of the common era, in Babylon. Often explained to us as being originally based up a tradition of the Persians Jews, today in the west it is most commonly associated with Chassidic and Haredi Judaism. As it is said to be a tradition encouraged by the ARI z"l, it is commonly observed among the followers of kabbalistic mysticism in both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities.
This ritual brings on shock and awe in the most unnerving fashion. And that is what it's designed to do. To remind people of the frailty of life, of how mortal we are. And reminding us how sin can lead to our untimely death.
What kapparot is not, it is not an easy way to unload our sins. It is not a short-cut to atonement, as our rabbis remind us. It is a sobering reminder, of the specter of sin and death in our lives. But true atonement is achieved through t'shuvah – sincere repentance; with prayer and fasting, with mitzvot and good deeds. (see Isaiah ch. 1) This act is a dramatic reminder of our need to do t'shuvah, and a way of engaging a person in G'milut Chasadim – acts of loving-kindness – before Yom Kippur.
Following the custom, one is to prepare the bird and give it to the poor of the community. In this act, also alleviating need among those within the community, providing charitable meals during this sacred season.
However, over time as people began to centrally urbanize, it became much less possible for many communities to sustain this tradition with chickens; getting so many live and appropriate birds was not always possible. And furthermore, rushing to perform so many of these kosher slaughters before the holiday often left a lot of problems with improper attention being paid to shechitah – to proper kosher slaughtering practices. For this reason many communities began to use money in place of the birds. Money which could be given to the poor to fulfill this mitzvah.
More and more people today have begun to use money. Indeed many people, because of reasons of sensitivity or personal ethics, have begun to use money in place of chickens. To focus on the bright side of tzedakah, as opposed to the carnality of slaughter.
But some might say, how does this connect us to old tradition? How can this bring us remembrance of mortality? Why should we use money instead?
תנו רבנן: בשלשה דברים גדולה גמילות חסדים יותר מן הצדקה, צדקה – בממונו, גמילות חסדים – בין בגופו בין בממונו. צדקה – לעניים, גמילות חסדים – בין לעניים בין לעשירים. צדקה – לחיים, גמילות חסדים – בין לחיים בין למתים.
I ask this year, and going forward, that many more of you choose to start their acts of G'milut Chasadim with true chesed – with pure kindness and mercy, and use money as kapparot. Showing kindness towards living animals, and giving as an act of kindness towards our fellow-man.
I write this lesson after a full week of celebration, only now getting around to write out the lesson for this past week's parsha. But its message has been working in my heart. This is one of our last Torah portions for the year, as we are getting close to completing Sefer Devarim – the Book of Deuteronomy. We will soon end our Torah cycle again, and renew our studies after the High Holy days with Sefer Bereishit – the Book of Genesis, the start of our scriptures. Our week was cut short by the coming of Rosh haShanah, with our weekly readings seeming to be taking second fiddle to holiday readings for now. But even this gives us a great chance to reflect more upon our lessons.
As we begin to go about our activities of the holiday season, with all its festivities and visiting with our loved ones, it can be a bit overwhelming. Of course I love the season. But some people get a bit tuckered out by all the services and family events. Sometimes its a bit overwhelming for some people. For some it is because it is the only time of year they are religious, it comes quickly and hits them like a tidal-wave. I don't judge anyone, I just know how awkward it can be when you are out of practice. I've been there.
This year I've been so happy to see how many of my friends have been going out of their way to observe the holidays. Many returning to shul after some time of being away. But for as many people as I've complimented for coming out of their comfort zone and engaging the holiday, I have also heard people modestly downplay their observance as them merely using the occasion to visit their family. I have to tell you, even this alone is praiseworthy according to our Torah.
The Torah tells us that we are to zechor – to remember – the distant and far off past, the days of ages gone by. This stands out to me as a poignant call during this season of Rosh haShanah – the head of the year, the Jewish civil New Year.
This holidays we call by the classical name Yom haZikaron haZeh – or This Day of Remembrance, or "this memorial day." Though we do have a modern Israeli holiday called Yom haZikaron (Memorial Day), in our classical prayers and siddurim this only refers to Rosh haShanah. This is because the bible first identifies it this way, a day of rest called a "zikeron teruah / a memorial of the sound of the shofar." (Leviticus 23:24) This is because the ram's horn is continuously blown to call us to attention and teshuvah (repentance) during this season, that part we understand. But why do we call it a "zikaron," a memorial day? How does one make it a mikra kodesh – a holy convocation?
I believe one of the best ways of doing that is by visiting our family and loved ones, because it fulfills a very special mitzvah that we can see revealed here in this Torah portion.
I have always loved spending time with my grandparents. As a matter of fact, in my childhood I always had a tendency to prefer the company of my older relatives and their senior citizen friends. Hanging around their events they would teach me their hobbies, dances and sayings. I even learned to Jitterbug and play cards this way. But what I always loved most was hearing their stories. Their upbringing and youth, the war that shattered it all apart, then the rebuilding and the prosperity that came to follow. They taught me how to remember, they brought the past to life for me in the most vivid ways they could. Just spending time with them I would step back into their experience, playing their records, seeing their pictures, sharing their memories, and relating to their hopes.
When we talk about remembering most often we think of G-d remembering things during this season. We consider how G-d calls to remembrance our deeds and words, which He weighs on this Day of Judgment that we annually observe on Rosh haShanah. Likewise we also appeal to G-d that He remember our ancestors and extend mercy and blessing to us in their merit, we do this during the saying of the Zichronot (remembrances) of the Rosh haShanah Mussaf Amidah. In this piece of liturgy we remind G-d that our ancestors were remarkable people whom He showed mercy for, so may He do so towards us.
We rarely give much credit to the level of remembrance that us people can and should also be engaging ourselves in during this season. In this verse above that we are looking at from our parsha, we see another special way that zichronot can be observed. By reflecting on the years and seasons past, and by engaging our ancestors and elders in this reflecting.
Actually according to Rashi this is precisely why we should take the time talk to our elders, because they can enlighten the path of life for us with their observations and accounts. And yes, sometimes it will be negative and hard to handle the truth of the past. Rashi points out in his commentary that he believes that zechor means to remember what G-d did to past generations to those who provoked Him. Rashi calls to remembrance the generations of Enosh and Noah that were destroyed by the waters as an act of divine judgment. About the times when people did wrong and they caused destruction for themselves and others. The words of wisdom of our elders helps us prevent tragedies to come and also readies us to face those for which we cannot avoid.
We take their stories in stride as we hear about the past and their reflections of life's journey, because we recognize that those who have gone before are truly extraordinary people. That their lessons of their experiences ought to be recognized. Often our challenges pale in comparison to anything they experienced, and yet they survived with a fortitude and wisdom that we should also hope to be able to display under pressure.
Rashi seems to be aware that there are many people, who for reason of sensitivity or trauma, find it hard to reflect on the past. It stirs up all kinds of issues for some of us. However, Rashi says that if this is not possible for us to take the past to heart, we should instead set our hearts upon future hopes. Listen to our fathers and elders for their words of promise. Engross ourselves in their stories of great feats and pioneering that will feed our vision for the future and offer us guidance for embarking on new frontiers. Rashi says but if our hearts can't handle the past, then we should set our sights on the messianic-age; on the goal of a rectified planet and society, and the hopes a world-to-come. There is a better future for us!
I understand that for many people, there are other emotional hardships that might come to mind during this holiday season. Some of us may have moved far from our families, or our parents might have passed away, or for what ever reason we don't have the benefit of familial ties to rely upon. There aren't always those guiding and inspiring voices present in our lives. And sometimes this reality and the pain of it comes to mind during the holiday seasons more noticeably.
Rashi contends that we do not have to feel alone. We are not fatherless, we are not without the benefit of strong paternal guidance for those who need it. Rashi says that just as the young Elisha followed the words of the prophet Elijah and therefore called him "avi, avi / my father, my father," (2 Kings 2:12) the prophets are paternal voices for us. And in the absence of our clan elders, who else can we turn to? Rashi declares that even yet the chachamim – our sages, scholars and rabbis – they are our elders and mentors. We can find comfort in the written heritage of our people, and we can find guidance through the teachings of those masters of Torah that help give these lessons a life application for our own lives. No matter how deprived we might feel at times when left on our own, we need to take heart the reality that we are still inheritors of a great tradition that does not abandon us. It's always as close as a memory and as accessible as a folk saying.
During these weeks I would like you to consider the lessons that your grandmother would touch your heart with, and the words of courage that your grandfather would embolden you with. Draw close to your relatives, and your spiritual family as well. Don't downplay, and thus dismiss and neglect, the merit in connecting to other people who understand you and whose lessons will ring true in your own heart. Let us spend these days of awe and celebration engaging in remembering the stores of years gone by, and telling hopeful tales of better days to come. Regarding the extraordinary people from which we come and the potential we have inherited.
Our getting together with people we love and respect is not just quaint congregating. It is a mikra kodesh, a holy convocation. In this way we fulfill a mitzvah and also bring fullness to Yom haZikaron haZeh – This Day of Remembrance.


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Van Laningham went on to say that they have been to Washington, D.C., several times and have made changes to the way the airport calculates fares.
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Second lawsuit filed over Guilderland Planning Board's approval of Pyramid project
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 17:34
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Lynne Jackson of Save the Pine Bush speaks at a press conference announcing a Nov. 20 court decision to halt Pyramid's plans to build a Costco and 222 residential units near Crossgates Mall in Guilderland.
GUILDERLAND — A week after a judge in Albany County Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of Westmere residents and a Guilderland gas-station owner who were seeking to stop construction of a 222-unit development on Rapp Road and proposed Costco Wholesale store, a not-for-profit organization has filed a lawsuit over the same projects.
Save the Pine Bush is bringing the suit based on the Guilderland Planning Board's August adoption of the findings statement for Pyramid's Rapp Road and Western Avenue projects, as well as the October site-plan approval given to the company's apartment and townhome development — an approval that was given based on the findings statement.
A findings statement is part of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) process and is prepared after a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) has been filed but before the lead agency makes its final determination about an action or project.
A positive findings statement, like the one adopted by the Guilderland Planning Board in August, indicates that the action or project has been approved by the lead agency after there has been consideration of the final environmental impact statement.
The findings statement also "demonstrates that the action chosen is the one that avoids or minimizes adverse environmental impacts presented in the EIS and weighs and balances them with the social, economic, and other essential considerations," according to the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
Named in the Article 78 proceeding — which is typically brought by citizens questioning government actions — are the town of Guilderland and its planning board, Pyramid Management Group and two of its affiliated limited-liability corporations: Rapp Road Development and Crossgates Releasco.
Neither the town nor Pyramid responded to requests for comment.
Save the Pine Bush's Nov. 27 court filing states that it is aware of the recent court decision that halted the project, but "nonetheless brings this action in the interest of preserving" its rights "in the event that" Pyramid is able to move forward with the project, for example, "in the event of reversal or dismissal of the prior decision of this Court."
That winning lawsuit, filed in October, was brought against both the town and Pyramid after the planning board approved the company's Rapp Road and Western Avenue projects. But the victory could be short-lived — the decision was made at the lowest level in the state's three-tiered court system and Pyramid said it will appeal.
Pyramid's plan included developing three sites:
— Site 1, a 19-acre plot at Rapp and Gipp roads for 222 apartments and townhouses, with the possibility for another 90 apartments to be built on the site.
Specifically, Pyramid was proposing three two-story townhouse-style buildings, with 10 units in each building, totaling 30 units, on the west side of the property. On either side of the entrance to the property, the developer was proposing two five-story apartment buildings, one with 94 units and the other with 98 units. The project additionally included about 3,900 square feet of commercial space. The company was also proposing a total of 362 parking spots: 84 indoor spaces and 278 outdoor spots;
— Site 2, sixteen acres at Western Avenue and Crossgates Mall Road for a Costco, a membership-only, 160,000-square-foot warehouse-price club, that would offer gasoline service and 700 parking spots; and
— Site 3: Eleven acres between the Costco site and Pyramid's hotel on Western Avenue that could be used for retail, offices, or apartments. There are no current development plans for Site 3 — however, Pyramid did present a zoning-compliant conceptual plan that could include 115,000 square feet of retail space, 50,000 square feet of office space, and 48 apartments.
Save the Pine Bush is seeking a judgement and declaration that the August adoption of the findings statement and October site-plan approval were "arbitrary and capricious, contrary to law, and an abuse of discretion," the court filing states.
The not-for-profit organization also claims that the planning board relied on an environmental impact statement that contained factual errors and conclusions not supported by empirical evidence, according to the filing, which is a violation of SEQRA, while also committing "procedural and jurisdictional errors" in adopting the findings statement and approving the site plan — and did so "with an insufficient number of members serving on the planning board."
Among these factual errors and conclusions not supported by evidence, according to Save the Pine Bush, are Pyramid's assertions that the sites are not habitats for endangered and threatened species and that the sites "contain no evidence of the presence of Albany Pine Bush." Save the Pine Bush contends there is evidence that the sites are habitats for endangered and threatened species.
Save the Pine Bush, in its court papers, also states that the planning board continued to rely on faulty information from Pyramid-provided consultants, eschewing expert testimony Save the Pine Bush provided that showed the sites shouldn't be developed — or directly refuted findings from Pyramids' consultants.
The FEIS, according to Save the Pine Bush, "contained various assertions that the proposed project would have no adverse impact on specific aspects of the environment that are contrary to fact."
Citing one example of its contrary-to-fact argument from the final environmental impact statement: "Sites 1, 2, and 3 are not conducive to the establishment of pitch pine-scrub oak habitat which is characteristic of the Albany Pine Bush," and "[t]he development sites are not and have no potential to support significant ecosystem services." Save the Pine Bush asserts, "There is no empirical data or evidence presented in the FEIS to support this conclusion.
The not-for-profit goes on to cite a number of contrary-to-fact instances to bolster its argument, for example, questioning "the methodologies used in surveying the sites for the presence of Karner blue [butterflies]," and "declaring that they were and are inadequate," because the draft environmental impact statement declared "no suitable habitat exists on-site for the Karner blue butterfly, and no Karner blue butterflies were located at the site."
Save the Pine Bush also stated that a noted expert on the Karner blue butterfly had "raised serious concerns about this conclusion."
The court papers say that planning board member James Cohen resigned from the board in August, leaving it with six members.
New York State Town Law, according to Save the Pine Bush, gives a town board the authority to create either a five- or seven-member planning board, and states further that Guilderland's own town law specifies its planning board shall consist of seven members.
Save the Pine Bush claims that the planning board "has been operating in violation" of town and state law since Cohen's resignation, and "has continued to make determinations on development projects despite having the sufficient members required by law."
The planning board's August adoption of the findings statement and October approval of the site plan for the development of 222 apartments and townhomes are included among the determinations made in violation of town and state law, Save the Pine Bush claims.
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NUS chemists have developed a more effective method using heavy water splitting to swap hydrogen atoms on organic molecules with their heavier cousins (deuterium) for pharmaceutical applications.
By incorporating deuterium (a heavy isotope of hydrogen) in medicinal drug molecules, it can improve their metabolism while retaining therapeutic effects. This has emerged as a viable strategy for the development of more effective drugs for the pharmaceutical industry. In this process, selected hydrogen atoms in the drug molecules are exchanged with deuterium atoms in a process known as deuteration. The resulting carbon-deuterium (C-D) bonds which are stronger (more inert) than the carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds change the absorption, distribution, and toxicological properties of the drugs. This is typically carried out using the hydrogen/ deuterium (H/D) exchange process. The process involves high temperatures, acidic/ alkaline reagents and/ or noble metal catalysts, and is carried out over multiple cycles. However, such processing conditions may cause drug molecules to degrade and many unwanted side reactions may occur due to the presence of the various molecular functional groups.
A team led by Prof LOH Kian Ping, from the Department of Chemistry, NUS in collaboration with Shenzhen University has developed a method which can selectively control the deuteration of organic molecules (which can be used for medicinal drugs) and operate under mild reaction conditions. This is achieved by using a II-VI semiconductor as catalyst to photochemically spilt heavy water (D2O). D2O is made up of the hydrogen isotope deuterium and is used as a source of deuterium atoms in this method. Unlike conventional approaches which substitute the hydrogen atom at the C-H bonds, this method utilises the more reactive carbon-halogen (C-X) bonds present in the organic molecules to form the C-D bonds. In this new method, the amount of deuterium atoms and their substitution location solely depend on the C-X bonds available in the molecule. It also allows deuterium to be incorporated in a step-by-step manner for sensitive biomolecules.
Mr CHEN Zhongxin, a Ph.D. student working on this project, said, "Ultrathin two-dimensional nanosheets made from a II-VI semiconductor are subjected to an acid pretreatment to "open" their nanopores so that they become more porous. This increases their photocatalytic activity up to four times when used to split the heavy water."
"The use of heavy water as the deuterium source is ideal because it is non-combustible, relatively low in cost and easy to handle. This new concept of deuteration using heavy water splitting can potentially be applied to many other catalytic reactions to develop complex deuterated drugs and advanced materials," added Prof Loh.
This research work was highlighted by a perspective article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition to explain its deeper implications and significance to the chemistry community.


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Can you conquer the Nine Worlds?
Nine worlds I knew, the nine in the tree. With mighty roots beneath the mold.
The Nine worlds of Norse and Anglo-Germanic myth is the battle ground for this area control game.
Players struggle to take control of The Nine Worlds, spending action points to add or remove armies, move them between the worlds or banish them to Helheim.
Control of a world gives access to World Powers players can use to win the game.
Victory relates to the numbers of armies players have in the Nine Worlds along with controlling or disputing control of as many worlds as possible.


If you, yourself believe in the value of prescribing decoctions, then your patients will too. Part V consists of appendices containing tables of herbs, prescriptions, acupuncture holes, and the people and books mentioned in the Exposition. Even with granules, the binders can be an issue. Li's approach to extraordinary vessel acupuncture and herbal medicine reflects a perspective that differs considerably from the strategies familiar to most modern practitioners. An Interview with Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Scholar Charles Chace The Yellow Emperor's Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Huang Di Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing, 1994 , co-authored with Yang Shouzhong; A Qin Bowei Anthology 1997 , co-authored with Zhang Tingliang; Channel Divergences, Deeper Pathways of the Web 2001 ; and An Exposition on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, Acupuncture, Alchemy and Herbal Medicine 2010 both co-authored with Miki Shima. The physicians I admire the most are those who are intensely rigorous and yet flexible in their therapeutic strategies.
This is the first English translation of and commentary on Li Shi-Zhen's Exposition on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels. Part V consists of appendices containing tables of herbs, prescriptions, acupuncture holes, and the people and books mentioned in the Exposition. Part I provides an introductory overview of the main themes in the text: theory, acupuncture, herbal medicine, internal alchemy, and pulse diagnosis. An abundance of classical references are also included here. It is tempered with reverence and innovation, meticulous archival attention and detailed modern clinical insight. Although the Exposition is a cornerstone of the extraordinary vessel literature, it is rarely, if ever, considered on its own terms.
When future generations look back at this work. Chip Chace maintains a website at where many of his articles and essays can be found. The main contents include the physiological basis of essence-qi, yin-yang and the five phases, followed by the theories of essence, qi and blood, fluids, and spirit. Part I provides an introductory overview of the main themes running throughout the text: theory, acupuncture, herbal medicine, internal alchemy, and pulse diagnosis. A focus on the deeper aspects of face reading and diagnosis helps readers become more conscious of their actions, reactions, and the health consequences of behavior.
This volume is the first translation of the Exposition published in English, and it is among the most comprehensive discussions of the text available in any language. Sein besonderes Interesse galt seit jeher der klassischen chinesischen Medizin-Literatur. The book is divided into five parts. Li s approach to extraordinary vessel acupuncture and herbal medicine reflects a perspective that differs considerably from the strategies familiar to most modern readers. I highly recommend this book. Other names for these Eight Extraordinary Meridians include the Eight Curious Vessels, the Eight Marvelous Meridians, and the Eight Irregular Vessels.
If what you prescribe doesn't work, or makes the patient worse, that should tell you something about the diagnosis. Er ist Übersetzer zahlreicher bedeutender Bücher und Artikel. In addition to the original Chinese text and translation, the authors provide an overview of its themes -- theory, acupuncture, herbal medicine, internal cultivation, and pulse diagnosis -- extensive commentaries on the text, and a discussion of the book's influence on subsequent pre-modern and modern practitioners. I prefer nine ingredients because if I can't do it in nine to 11 ingredients, this means that I don't understand the crux of the problem. Part I provides an introductory overview of the main themes in the text: theory, acupuncture, herbal medicine, internal alchemy, and pulse diagnosis.
The clinical results are effective. As far as final dosage in decoction, this depends. People learn herbs in school and either don't really get it, they aren't sufficiently confident in their training, or they just aren't interested in thinking that way or that hard. Professor Antje Richter at the University of Colorado and I are looking at the letters of Wang Xi-Zhi - a calligrapher from the 4th century. Bringing together writings on acupuncture, herbal medicine, and internal cultivation nei dan , it argues that aspiring adepts and physicians alike must understand the full scope of the extraordinary vessels if they hope to achieve their respective goals. This volume is the first translation of the Exposition published in English andis among the most comprehensive discussions of the text available in any language.
Part V consists of appendices containing tables of herbs, prescriptions, acupuncture holes, and the people and books mentioned in the Exposition. Of these eight meridians, only the Ren and the Du have their own acupuncture points; the other six utilize points belonging to the twelve main. Li's approach to extraordinary vessel acupuncture and herbal medicine reflects a perspective that differs considerably from the strategies familiar to most modern practitioners. This volume is the first translation of and commentary on the Exposition published in English, and it is among the most comprehensive discussions of the text available in any language. There are some very high level practitioners out there today. For example, people with multiple chemical sensitivities or who are hyper-allergic, do poorly with decoction. The book itself is layed out in a very elegant and honest manner, in the first part placing side by side the chinese and the english version of what Li Shi Zhen wrote, and the second part the interpretation of those thoughts by Chace and Shima.
They'll go for a patent medicine rather than actually do the diagnostic work. With millions of satisfied customers who enjoy low prices on a huge range of books, we offer a reliable and trusted service and consistently receive excellent feedback. They function as deep reservoirs from which the can be replenished, and into which the latter can drain their excesses. The author also describes how to cultivate the channels through Nei Dan Inner Meditation. With millions of satisfied customers who enjoy low prices on a huge range of books, we offer a reliable and trusted service and consistently receive excellent feedback. Extensive illustrations give you a clear understanding of theories and techniques. Technical and detailed information is presented in an upbeat, insightful and highly readable manner.
Of course, I break that rule once or twice a week. This volume is the first translation of the Exposition published in English andis among the most comprehensive discussions of the text available in any language. The Ren Mai flows from the perineum up along the front mid-line of our torso and ends in the lower mouth. Offering new insights into the unity within Chinese medicine, it helps practitioners and students of Daoism improve their theoretical understanding, as well as their practice. Bringing together writings on acupuncture, herbal medicine, and internal cultivation nei dan , it argues that physicians and aspiring adepts alike must understand the full scope of the extraordinary vessels if they hope to achieve their goals.
An exposition on the eight extraordinary vessels : acupuncture, alchemy, and herbal medicine / Charles Chace and Miki Shima.
Jason is also launching , another important site. Specific and clear use of herbal medicine with the Extraordinary Vessels. The information comes from highly successful Japanese, Chinese, and German practitioners. When practitioners tell me, my patients won't take a decoction, that usually means that the practitioners themselves don't take decoctions. She inspired me to an interest in pre-modern Chinese medical literature, specifically how Japanese acupuncturists brought that material to life. It's a function of how sick they are. Seventy gynecological conditions are discussed in detail with consideration given to differentiation between conditions, the advised treatment using acupuncture and herbs, prevention and prognosis.


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Jehan Bellegambe
French painter
Triptych of the Immaculate Conception
Triptych of Le Cellier
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Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470 – c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras, Aix, Lille, Saint Petersburg and Chicago. He was known as the 'master of colours' for the transparency and interplay of his colours. He is known as Jehan Bellegambe the elder to distinguish him from his descendants who were also called Jehan.[1]
Life[edit]
Bellegambe was born and died in Douai, then in the county of Flanders (today in French Flanders). He was a child of the first marriage of Georges Bellegambe,[1] a cabinetmaker and musician[2] who was living in rue Fosset-Maugart (renamed, in 1862, rue Haute-des ferronniers).[1] Nothing is known of Jehan de Bellegambe's artistic training. The first known mention of him is a document of 1504 which names him as a master painter.[2] In 1528 he owned a house at the corner of rue de la Cloris and rue du Palais.
Works[edit]
His works are signed with a rebus.[1]
Triptych of the Lamentation of Christ (c. 1500), tempera and oil on panel, commissioned by Grégoire de Moscron and his wife Jossine, acquired in 1863 by the National Museum in Warsaw from the Johann Peter Weyer's collection.
Triptych retable of Le Cellier (1508); showing the Cistercian abbey of Flines-lez-Raches, the porterie, the chevet and the transept.
Retable of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia (1515), oil on oak panel, left panel 75 cm by 33.5 cm, acquired in 1856 by the Louvre. The saint is shown in three-quarter profile on foot, in armour and with a sword, standing on the city.
Tripych of the mystic bath (1525), oil on wood, painted for Charles Coguin, 81 cm high, inscribed with the arms of the Abbaye d'Anchin, acquired in 1882 by the musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille, restored in 1921 and 1966.
Polyptych of Anchin, formed of 9 panels, painted for the Abbaye d'Anchin. Five-year restoration by the musées de France at Versailles. Put back on display on 6 March 2007 at the musée de la Chartreuse.
Triptych of the Immaculate Conception (1525), commissioned by Jean Pottier (mayor of Douai from 1516) for his heavily sick daughter Marguerite. She wished to be buried in the chapel of the Walloon récollets of Douai and for her dowry to be used to pay for a retable dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. It was presented by the Pottier family.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Barbara (both 1520), Art Institute of Chicago, which acquired them in 1983 as part of the collection of George F. Harding.
Notes and references[edit]
^ a b c d A. Preux (see bibliography)
^ a b Turner 1996, vol. 3: 641.
(in French) A. Preux, "Résurrection d'un grand artiste Jehan Bellegambe de Douai : peintre du retable d'Anchinin", Extrait des Souvenirs de la Flandre Wallone, livraison de juin 1862, éd. de V. Wartelle, 1862 [1]
J. Turner, J., The dictionary of art. New York: Grove, 1996 ISBN 1-884446-00-0
Jehan Bellegambe on Artcyclopedia
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2750294-A1 is referenced by 5 patents and cites 3 patents.
This testing device is designed to allow the user to verify whether an animal is taken, without having to remove the trap. It also allows the user to ensure, during the placing of the trap that the state of the constituents of the trap, such as the battery or the element, are capable of igniting. The device consists of a warning lamp (7) and an electric contact (8), which may be of the push button type and associated wiring. The cabling forms a series connection between the battery (5), the warning lamp, the contact and the internal filament (1) of the pyrotechnic charge. The push button may be replaced by a magnet operated reed switch, which allows the contact to be established. When the circuit is completed by the contact, instead of the animal contact, the current in the circuit is not sufficient to set off the charge.


Creative coder extraordinaire Bartek Drodz put together this breathtaking sound visualization using a host of modern web technologies. Not merely content to do a single visualization, Bartek threw in five of them… and then added in Leap Motion control to boot!
This is a series of visuals I created for a party organized by Tool in February. They were projected on a wall and guests could interact with them using a Leap Motion device.
From the looks of his code (which is open sourced here) it looks like Bartek challenged himself to use as few libraries as possible in the build. I'd love to see a writeup from him outlining his creative and decision-making process.
More and more it seems web technologies are being seen as viable options to lower-level creative coding frameworks. So, so cool!
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9. The Fifties Boomtown
BELLAIRE – OUR TOWN
By Lynn McBee © May 29, 2008
The Fifties Boomtown
Bellaire. In 1950 the population census of Bellaire was 10,173, compared to 1,124 in 1940, almost a ten-fold increase in a decade. There were about 3,186 homes in 1950 but 600 to 700 new homes were built each year during 1950-1952. By 1955 the town was largely built out with 5,897 homes and thereafter only about 100 or fewer new homes were created each year (until the second boom in the 1980s). Streets continued to be paved and open storm water ditches and bridges maintained. Full-time Fire and Police Departments operated in new facilities. There were over a dozen churches and a Catholic convent. Children were filling schools; Condit Elementary was expanded with a new 12-room wing added. Horn Elementary, Gordon Elementary, Marian High School and Bellaire High School were constructed during the decade. The first Bellaire City Library opened in 1951 with a part-time librarian. Scouts and civic groups flourished. Our Town was busy growing under zoning rules.
In 1955, Battlestein's department store wanted to build a store at Post Oak Road and Bissonnet (pre-Loop 610). Resident Bob (R.E.) Turrentine, Harris County Tax-Assessor Collector for many years, backed this effort to rezone Bellaire Blvd. to Commercial use. That Election Referendum churned huge controversy and resulted in the largest vote turnout in Bellaire history, 4,395 votes cast, 779 For and 3616 Against, defeating that rezoning effort.
Bellaire was newly incorporated with its Home Rule Charter, and Master Plan for land use, City Manager Gary Summers and Assistant City Manager Tom Heffington – and led by Mayors Everall West (1951-53), Henry Hodell (1953-56), Henry Reed (1956-1957), and Louis Ehlers (1958-59). In 1954 a Damon Runyonesque character, Jack Gurwell, began publishing The Bellaire Texan, covering Bellaire news and controversies. Some 50 years after its founding, Our Town was now a post-Depression, postwar city in healthy growth mode.
Elsewhere at the Time. Texas saw Alan Shivers and Price Daniel preside as Texas Governors. Post-War highway planning was highlighted by Texas and the nation. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the U.S. President from 1953-1961. It was an era of the Cold War, of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over ideologies (Stalin died in 1953). McCarthyism, intense anti-communism suspicion led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, was rampant There were many anti-Communist committees, panels and "loyalty review boards" in federal, state and local governments as well as many private agencies conducting investigations for the private sector. The John Birch Society emerged as an anti-Socialist anti-Communist group with vocal supporters in Bellaire. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the man-made earth satellite, in 1957. NASA was established the next year, and the space race began. By 1960, John F. Kennedy won America's presidency with Lyndon B. Johnson Vice-President.
Buddy Holly of Lubbock, pop singer, died in a plane crash in 1959 in the middle of the rock 'n roll era which overlapped the jazz evolution of swing big bands and be-bop, preceding the explosion of Elvis Presley.
Houston had a population of over a half million, double that in its metropolitan area. It now surrounded landlocked Bellaire. KUHT (Channel 8) was Houston's and the nation's first public broadcast TV station at the University of Houston. The Galveston Freeway had opened as the first unit of the Houston area's master freeway system, "finished" in 1952. Houston Intercontinental Airport opened in 1951 (renamed William P. Hobby Airport in 1962). Roy Hofheinz was Mayor and Oscar Holcombe wrested his reelection away from him in 1956.
Desegregation. During the decade of the 1950s desegregation of Houston public schools and of buses was ordered by the courts, following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The Houston Independent School District fought off school desegregation until a district court mandated it to submit a plan by June 1, 1960 and then, after its receipt, labeled the plan, "a palpable sham and subterfuge" and ordered desegregation to commence in September 1960 and to proceed one grade per year thereafter.
Loop 610. In Bellaire there began public awareness of the "Pin Oak Freeway." The book, Houston Freeways, by Erik Slotboom (2003) details the history of the freeways and provides a fascinating visual journey to readers. (See the e-book version of the now out of print book at: www.houstonfreeways.com). Excerpts about the Bellaire segment of the Loop appear below:
Back as far as 1931 Harris County officials identified the concept of a need for a bypass loop around Houston which then proposed using existing streets to divert traffic from the city center. In 1940 the Houston Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee was formed to study potential bypass alignments. The first report appeared in 1941. Military officials contemplated logistics of large troop movements through Houston to protect the Ship Channel and key war industries. For over ten years thereafter, various alignments of "The Defense Loop" were debated. By 1953 a Houston delegation appeared before the Texas Transportation Commission in Austin to request adoption of the proposed new freeway into the state highway system, with continuing modification of the exact routes. In 1955 there was debate over the East side segment but by 1960 all was in place.
Bellaire Protests. In 1941 Houston's loop was designated to pass through Bellaire on South Post Oak Road as a major arterial street, not a freeway. But by October 1954 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) adopted the loop into the Houston freeway system, splitting the City almost exactly in half. Two months later a group of Bellaire citizens began an effort to stop the freeway. Legal tools for opposing freeways were not available at that time. Highway engineers sought the most direct, efficient and least costly routes. The possibility of curving the freeway around Bellaire to minimize impacts was not considered an acceptable practice at the time since it would have caused an awkward curving alignment.
On December 6, 1954 an anti-freeway group first protested against the west loop before a Bellaire City Council meeting. According to Slotboom, the Bellaire Texan newspaper reported that,
"City Council hid behind the need for more facts and figures, 'giving nothing more than a 'don't worry about it' brush off to 50 anti-Post Oak Freeway citizens who petitioned the Council for a definite stand against any such construction through Bellaire." Mayor Hodell "tried to assure a skeptical audience that 'the entire council is on the side of Bellaire, not Houston'. …" The protest was reported by the local Houston press and the manager of Houston's Public Works Department wrote a letter to the Harris County Judge, stating, 'It looks to me like this is a very serious situation.'
"Opposition then began a petition campaign to force the Bellaire City Council to enact an ordinance that would prevent the expenditure of any City of Bellaire funds for the purchase of right-of-way. Under the terms of TxDOT's adoption of the West Loop freeway route, Bellaire was expected to pay for the freeway right-of-way through the city. … The Council complied with the petitioners' request without officially tabulating the petition results … and notified the Texas Transportation Commission on April 4, 1955, that the city of Bellaire 'respectfully and officially' declined to provide right-of-way for the project. … The petitioners then realized that the…council action would not preclude another entity from purchasing the right-of-way through Bellaire." And they were right. "Harris County would step forward to take the responsibility for acquiring the right-of-way."
"In November 1955 the proposed right-of-way map for the freeway corridor was released." In the initial plan right-of-way was to be acquired almost entirely on the east side of Post Oak Road. … Former Mayor and prominent resident Abe Zindler whose estate wad immediately adjacent to the freeway route, stated, 'If they need it, and that's the best route, then we can't stop progress.' In early February 1956 Harris County Commissioners Court adjusted the freeway corridor to lie to the west of Post Oak Road in the northern part of Bellaire, mainly to avoid a Catholic high school (Incarnate Word Convent's Marian High School). The new alignment would displace 190 homes in Bellaire, a clearance corridor that was generally four homes wide along South Post Oak Road.
"A public hearing on March 29, 1956, was held by Harris County Commissioners Court. About 75 citizens of Bellaire attended. However, the opponents realized that the hearing was largely a formality. … The Commissioners unanimously approved the freeway alignment.. … The Highway Department held a public hearing for the freeway design in 1957. … It was reported that no opposition to the route was voiced but an hour was spent briefing and answering questions that applied to … specific property. At the meeting the freeway corridor was widened to 350. Right-of-way clearing began in 1959 and was complete by 1961. …"
In 1962 the Houston Post reported that 250 homes were removed for the Loop system's 350' right of way. Costs were estimated at $4.7 million for a 2-mile stretch begun in 1958 and estimated at $1.42 million to build 2.25 miles of frontage roads.
Bellaire was now split by a huge construction swath during the 1960s and it remains, almost fifty years later, the mixed blessing and burden of IH-610 West Loop dividing the city. Because of it the future would bring different types of land use to come and new controversies over it.
© Lynn McBee, lynnmb@hal-pc.org
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