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In above code snippets startDate is set as March 7th 00:00:00 2018 and endDate is set as March 14th 00:00:00. In CST due day light savings adjustment on March 11th noOfDays calculated is giving 6.95 instead of 7. How can I handle DST adjustment through code and get the value as 7.

A: You round to the nearest integer

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A previous $50 billion round of tariffs imposed on Chinese imports largely affected products used by American manufacturers in producing goods.
In a statement, the USA president said further tariffs worth $267bn (£203bn) will be placed on Chinese imports if Beijing takes "retaliatory action against our farmers or other industries".
Trump has also complained about America's gaping trade deficit – $336 billion previous year – with China, its biggest trading partner.
"President Trump's decision to impose an additional $200 billion is reckless and will create lasting harm to communities across the country", said Dean Garfield, president of the Information Technology Industry Council, which represents major tech firms.
"For months, we have urged China to change these unfair practices and give fair and reciprocal treatment to American companies", Trump said in a statement.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., September 11, 2018.
Multiple media reports in recent days cite officials saying Trump had chose to press ahead with tariffs on $200 billion in goods as soon as Monday.
Other officials who advise the country's leaders are suggesting China impose limits on the sale of parts and supplies needed by US businesses, using "export restraints" to threaten their supply chains.
"Given the diametrically opposing views Washington and Beijing have of their problems, this trade war is unlikely to get better before it gets worse – for them, or for any of us".
'Only knowing the pain of fighting will stop the war and cause (the United States) to negotiate seriously, ' said Lou.
Some products – such as smart watches, Bluetooth devices, bike helmets, high chairs and play pens – were exempted from the tariffs after lobbying from companies including tech giant Apple and the chemical industry.
"Right after close of business, we'll be announcing something", Trump told reporters at the White House.
The Chinese are expected to retaliate with commensurate tariffs on $60 billion in USA goods, and may withhold vital raw materials to United States firms.
Trump initiated the fight to punish Beijing for what he says are China's predatory tactics to try to supplant USA technological supremacy.
They also say U.S. economic growth and inflation are likely to have peaked this year, which could help to further turn the tide of market sentiment against the Dollar over coming months. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last week invited top Chinese officials to a new round of talks, but thus far nothing has been scheduled.
Canada and Mexico, members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the USA, have imposed their own counter-tariffs on United States goods after Washington's steel and aluminum duties took effect.
"Our concern with these tariffs is that the United States will be hardest hit, and that will result in lower USA growth and competitiveness and higher prices for U.S. consumers", Apple said in a letter commenting on the proposal. China imposed about billion in retaliatory import charges.
Trump said China had refused to change the unfair practices that hurt U.S. businesses and workers.


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Between Heaven & Earth: Availability Update
I've noticed that many visitors to Imaginarius have attempted to locate or order my book Between Heaven & Earth: An Illuminated Torah Commentary (Pomegranate, 2009) via a link that no longer exists. I'm sorry to say that this book is no longer in print, nor has it been re-issued.
HOWEVER, I do have a limited supply available through my online Magic Eye Gallery! If you wish to order an inscribed, signed copy, please visit: http://magiceyegallery.com/BookPage.aspx?id=2
You may also email me at the gallery site if have a special request: http://magiceyegallery.com/Contact.aspx
Your other option, though it will not be signed or inscribed, is to order through Amazon: https://amzn.to/387lUsu You can read reviews at Amazon, too.
Between Heaven & Earth: An Illuminated Torah Commentary makes a unique and thoughtful gift for birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvot or special occasions. I hope you will check it out; supplies are limited!
ps. Here are some of the interior illustrations:
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On The Nature Of Evil…
When news broke of the long-anticipated release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448 page report on aberrations in the presidency of Donald Trump, I indulged in a bit of schadenfreude, imagining how its evidence of the president's lies and myriad misdeeds under the aegis of his craven administration might justify the suspicions that have become a noxious atmospheric miasma over us since the 2016 presidential elections.
Even as that report comes closer to the light of public scrutiny, we are still in the dark as to its true content because Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate regarding only his redacted version of it. His four-page version and verbal interpretation appeared manipulated to exonerate the president of treasonous activities. By doing so in classic stonewall mode, he revealed his true role as President Trump's tool and de facto private attorney. This was made abundantly clear when he then refused to testify before the House of Representatives who had originally requested his cooperation.
While we wait to see whether Robert Mueller will be permitted to present his teams' original version of their report to Congress and the issue of impeachment is tossed around by both governing bodies like a hot potato, many of us can agree that the reality we've always taken for granted is undergoing a paradigm shift.
As we are bombarded daily in mainstream and social media by frightening and often incredible developments in both domestic and international spheres, we are finding it more difficult to maintain our equilibrium and react rationally.
Though I risk sounding melodramatic, some days it feels as though life is coming to resemble a dystopian nightmare right out of those speculative science fiction novels in which the tropes of good and evil are woven into characters to reflect the cycling mores and mercurial nature of human history.
This impression assailed me earlier this week. I was out for a walk when I encountered a neighbor whose character has always been a bit dodgy. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he sniffed the air, then prosaically announced, "the devil is walking among us. Can't you feel it?" What does one say to that? I just nodded, smiled politely and kept walking, marveling silently at the fragile line between reality and fantasy.
Still, that conversation and others shared with acquaintances in person and online these past couple of years have made me curious; have we been gradually spiraling back to a Dark Age mentality despite our technological advances, or perhaps by virtue of them?
With no offense intended towards those whose deep faith admits only God's Goodness, I can't help wondering: is what we know as Evil a sociopathic manifestation of the shadowy face of a God inextricably bound to, yet struggling with its own duality of Good and Evil?
Are our inclinations towards evil (Hebrew: 'yetzer ha-ra') and our inclinations towards good (Hebrew: 'yetzer ha-tov' (inclination towards good) actually two sides of that same 'face'? Since we are capable of surrendering to both of these aspects with equal passion, we must recognize that we have two tasks to address. Our first task throughout our lives is to choose how we will behave and accept the consequences of our choices. Our second task is to understand how our actions affect that balance and work to heal the damaged before it is beyond repair.
Accordingly, the scale shown above is suspended by a 'yad' or Torah pointer whose black and white wings symbolize the duality of good and evil. Its pans support two Hebrew letters that represent the spiritual energies of Strength (Gevurah) and Lovingkindness (Chesed). The former is dragging down the latter indicating that these two energies have come out of balance negatively affecting world events.
This illustration is a detail from Leviticus: Parshat Shemini in my book, Between Heaven & Earth: An Illuminated Torah Commentary (Pomegranate, 2009). It has been adapted to serve this essay.
As an illustrator and writer, I primarily draw and write in metaphor. My readings in Holocaust literature where God is alternately blamed and absolved of responsibility for those monstrous events are what led me to these notions.
So I've imagined that Evil's destructive energy seems to emerge periodically throughout time, wreaking terror and havoc among us. When it is quiet, for periods of years, decades or centuries, good, productive energies are free to flourish. Meanwhile, that Evil aspect does not sleep; it is infinitely creative, intricately plotting and setting its compromised players on the world stage in the manner of a chessboard where its next move will again guarantee its own terrible victory over good.
Just as astrologers look to the positions of the stars to explain the vagaries of world events, scholars of Jewish mysticism understand them in terms of the dynamic ten sefirot or universal spiritual energies that underlie all life.
In this post Cold War era, while we sustain horrific memories of World War 2 and the Holocaust, the wars in Korea and Vietnam, we remain entrenched in relentless Middle East wars and diplomatic brinksmanship.
Willfully ignorant, the noisome Trumpian doctrine has emerged, currying favor with dictators, stoking the fires of moral degradation, racism, isolationism and a 'fake news' agenda that is encouraging an alarming rise in hate-driven mass shootings, cruelty towards immigrants, and dismissal of the health/welfare concerns of most Americans. These are the rumblings and tremors of Evil preparing its next move; one that will undermine democracy in our generation and become our legacy to our children and grandchildren.
Just yesterday, an illustrator friend whose thoughtful, well-crafted work reflects her own perceptive view of our current new-world order,** suggested that we may be living in a 21st century version of the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah.
"Can we single out ten righteous men in our administration from the corrupt swamp that is our Republican Party ?" she asked.
She was referring to chapter 18:20-33 in the Book of Genesis where Abraham argues with God who had decided to destroy those ancient cities as punishment for their evil ways. The patriarch challenges God to withhold that destruction if he, Abraham, could prove the existence of at least 10 righteous men within them. Of course we know that the cities were destroyed, but a few individuals were warned to escape and so were spared.
Though her question was rhetorical, neither of us could think of even five people in the administration who fit that description, an idea that doesn't bode well for our country from a biblical perspective.
The United States has long been a physical and psychological haven for immigrants and refugees fleeing their climate-ravaged and/or war-torn homes. Yet, despite our possession of updated papers and passports, given the machinations of our treacherous administration, where can or should we escape to? Who will offer us refuge?
In discussions with friends and relatives with differing opinions or of like mind, one dilemma seems clear; we cannot keep our heads in the sand and pretend that currently, life is but a nightmare from which we will eventually awaken.
If we reflexively act on our fears and prejudices, we risk our own safety and that of our loved ones. Rather, we must struggle not to remain quietly hopeless and helpless in the incomprehensible face of forces seemingly beyond our control to contain.
Moreover, if we surrender to those modalities, then destructive forces win by default. History will yet again be written by victors whose glorification of their deeds and questionable motives will leave our descendants to question its veracity and learn from our mistakes if they choose.
We will certainly vote with our consciences and/or our feet in the 2020 elections, even as we continue to struggle with the potentially corrupted results as we did in 2016 since there is talk of foreign governments again moving to interfere in our election process.
But this time we must truly understand that only through our unity and ability to question what we are told instead of grasping blindly to a limited ideology, do we hold the keys to repairing what we have allowed to break (Hebrew:'tikkun olam) and to overcoming Evil's onslaught against our hard-won democracy.
**https://www.instagram.com/naomialiye/
*https://amzn.to/2VC70I7
Illustration: Between Choice & Consequence ©2019 Ilene Winn-Lederer
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You know the old adage, "Time passes quickly when you're having fun" ? Well, this sentiment truly described the years between 2007 and the present when I began thinking about snails. Now, why on earth would anyone care about snails except as a purportedly (I say 'purportedly' because these creatures are among those forbidden to me by religious doctrine) tasty dish served with garlic butter? Because I actually find them fascinating since I am able to look at them objectively for their natural beauty and metaphoric value without planning how to cook them.
These musings slowly inspired a series of eighteen drawings on several species of snail (a.k.a mollusca/gastropoda). Some of them appeared along with my thoughts/poems about them over those years in several blog posts here.* Later, during this project's development, a friend loaned me an eye-opening book that proved very inspiring and that I now recommend to you: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey (2010). http://amzn.to/2w18Zpc
My drawings are not strictly scientific but an amalgam of fact and fancy. Each tells its own story, inviting questions and second glances. At first, not knowing whether these drawings should become a book or simply a portfolio collection, I put out a query on social media. Though enthusiastic early feedback suggested a book, I still liked the idea of a portfolio collection and decided to publish a 'bookfolio' (a portfolio in book form) as a sort of compromise.
In this light, I considered writing more thought/poems like those in earlier posts. However, I soon determined that haiku (seventeen-syllable non-rhyming Japanese poems), with their economy of language would better complement the nature of my drawings.
Now, I am happy to announce the release of Codex Gastropoda: A Visual Meditation. This 44-page 'bookfolio' includes an introduction and has just been released from Imaginarius Editions in an initial small press run.
You can preview and purchase it (US$30) at my online gallery: http://bit.ly/2vzsSTM
Codex Gastropoda will soon be available at Amazon but for now you can also find it at my Etsy Shop: etsy.com/shop/Imaginarius
Given the experiences that inspired it, my goal for Codex Gastropoda: A Visual Meditation became to raise awareness of the wondrous details that inform Creation and their consequences for our world. I hope this visual journey and spare prose will also inspire you to appreciate our complex existence and perhaps add your own words and ideas to the continuum of human creativity.
* https://wordpress.com/post/imaginarius13.wordpress.com/754 https://imaginarius13.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/the-snail-queens-soliloquy/
*https://imaginarius13.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/postscript-for-the-new-year-a-divination-of-snails/
*https://imaginarius13.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/codex-gastropoda-4athe-time-snails/
*https://imaginarius13.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/codex-gastropoda-2-the-snails-song/
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An Illumination Of Blessings Is For Real!
Dear Backers of An Illumination Of Blessings:
As of this past Monday, September 15th, I am pleased to announce that with your generous support and encouragement, this Kickstarter project is done and delivered! It's been a wonderfully challenging year and a half of research, writing, design and illustration for these 36 illuminated blessings including the interactions with all of you throughout the process. Recently, I've been asked whether another edition of blessings will follow to bring us closer to the originally intended count of 100. Perhaps, if there are a significant number of requests for it. But for the moment a bit of recovery is in order as I contemplate a short list of options (which include both Judaic and secular themes) for my next project. Your questions and suggestions are welcome! Again, thank you all from the bottomless-ness of my creative well: I look forward to continuing our creative conversations and collaborations!
Ilene Winn-Lederer, September 18, 2014
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Eden's Edible Blessings
Although we are told in Genesis/Bereshit (1:29) that "God said {to Adam}, "Behold, I have given you every seedbearing plant on the face of the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit. It shall be to you for food," no specific varieties of fruits or vegetables are named. Not even those on the Trees of Life and Knowledge whose fruit was off-limits for human consumption. Legend suggests that the Tree of Life bore every type of fruit necessary to maintain health and immortality but did not indicate whether these properties were the benefits of one type of fruit or many. Similarly, the mysterious fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was said to provide the sort of self-awareness that led to human mortality.
Legend* relates that Adam was named 'Adamah' (Hebrew for Earth) because he was made of the dust gathered from the four corners of the world. His naming seems ironic because if this proto-human was constructed to be welcomed at any place on Earth where his death would occur, did G-d know His creation better that we suspect and that expulsion from Eden was inevitable? These concepts are painted with an unimaginably broad brush opening the way to endless interpretation and speculation.
Nevertheless, Adam was considered the 'crown' of Creation and was appointed caretaker of the world, with a caveat; that he must be utterly dependent on it for his basic needs. So, as fruit trees and edible plants serve those needs, they become a metaphor of our relationship with our environment.
It is probably safe to venture that the fruits and vegetables we eat today are not wildly different from the those in the Garden of Eden with the the exception of our cleverly cultivated hybrids; the results of our scientific manipulation of those original species. We may have paid a terrible price for our knowledge, yet we have prevailed and, over the centuries, created taxonomies for naming them while making astonishing discoveries of both their nutritive and medicinal value for our bodies.
So what does this have to do blessings? Nothing if you are a strict evidence-based rationalist, believing that all life on earth evolved of its own unscripted volition and that we are so intelligent that we've figured out how to use it to our advantage. But if, by acknowledging the divine source of our intelligence behind the beautifully intricate design and purpose of each fruit of the tree or ground that we consume, then reciting a blessing for these creations is surely in order.** Particularly if we consider that such foods exercise our senses of sight, smell and taste, helping to provide our souls with healthy habitats.
As a child, I existed pretty much as a creature of instinct and need, unaware of the many ways by which we can acknowledge and understand our lives. Most of us, I suspect, still do so. Especially in a country such as ours, where religion has become a power tool, abundance is easily taken for granted, time represents money and we are deluded enough to imagine we will live forever.
But as I slowly realized all the ways we can choose to enhance and maintain ourselves even as we understand our physical limits, I now prefer to stop and think before taking that first bite of apple or tomato and murmur a little thanks to our Source for our partnership that makes it all possible.
These concepts and sentiments formed my decision to include the blessing for fruits of the tree and ground as #34 of 36 in An Illumination Of Blessings.
For this illustration, the choice from among the myriad fruits and vegetables available to us was quite difficult, especially knowing that I needed to include representatives of both tree and ground. As an artist, I limited my choices to those whose shapes and colors were visually harmonious or, as Eve/Chava put it, 'pleasing to the eye'. These were designed and placed to form an intricate border around the blessings. Tiny versions of several of them serve to enhance the initial letters of each blessing. Finally, I've placed everything against a black background of 'earth' from which all originates and is renewed.
To learn more about this successfully funded Kickstarter project and pre-order your own book and prints, please visit:
and: http://winnlederer.com/blessings/index.htm
When you visit my Kickstarter page you will see that the top reward level of your $500 contribution towards this project entitles you to have your name included on my Dedication page! This offer will stand until July 15, 2014 when I hope to have the book ready to go to press! You may contact me with your offer at: ilene@winnlederer.com.
* The Creation Of Adam from Legends of the Bible: Louis Ginzburg, p. 28
**For a tree-borne fruit to receive the 'Ha-Etz' blessing, it must come from a perennial tree that doesn't renew its stem or grow too close to the ground, such as apples, figs, dates and plums. Fruits of the ground that receive the 'Ha-Adamah' blessing include all vegetables, legumes, pleanuts and any fruit that is not covered by the Ha-Etz blessing such as melons, bananas, pineapples and strawberries.
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Beholding Beauty : A Blessing Of Appreciation
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," goes the old cliché, but it is a quick sound bite at best because it doesn't attempt to define beauty nor does it offer insight into alternative, more subtle perspectives.
At first glance, this blessing recited upon seeing something beautiful in our world seems 'sound-bit-ish' and similar to the one recited on encountering a fragrant tree. Both are found in the Talmud (Tractate Berakhot, 58b) and both express appreciation to our Creator for the gifts of Creation and of our five senses. The latter focuses exclusively on the sight and smell of certain trees while the former also recognizes trees, but includes the singular esthetic beauty of humans, birds and animals that we acknowledge with our senses of sound, touch and taste. Together, they serve to enhance perception of our environment and help us to connect with our divine origins.
The words of the blessing seem simple enough, however the concept of beauty in life is anything but. So how does an artist begin to choose which elements will represent the depths of meaning inherent in this blessing? I knew that I needed to portray some sort of tree along with a person, animal or bird, though I didn't know which of these I would choose or why.
Of all my references, the Torah and its associated collections of commentary from across the centuries have never failed me, even on quests that are secular in nature.
As I thought about what sort of tree to illustrate for this blessing on natural phenomena, I remembered a midrash on the Book of Genesis concerning the mysterious Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) and the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The former bore fruit which kept Adam and Eve healthy and immortal while the fruit of the latter was forbidden to the first couple for reasons not explained. Perhaps this was the model for the inscrutable mitzvot known as 'chukkim'? These are a category of commandments which are to be followed without question as a test of our obedience and respect for our Creator.
Inevitably, mysteries invite speculation. This midrash suggests why no one knows what types of trees they were. Despite the arguments of medieval churchmen, scholars and artists that the Tree of Knowledge was an apple tree (which did not exist in the Middle East at that time), many other species have joined the fray with inventive justifications; wheat, pomegranate, quince, St. John's Bread (carob) and date palms, even grapevines and fig trees. These justifications are too numerous to list here but can be found in B'reishit Rabbah, a book of commentary on Genesis*.
The commentary concluded that since Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge against the prohibition and precipitated their disastrous expulsion from the Garden of Eden, its species would always remain unknown to honor its innocence in bringing death to the world and to prevent its extinction from Earth's biosphere.
Although the nature of the Tree of Life also remains unknown (except as a metaphor of Torah wisdom), Rabbi Abba of Acre** offers the etrog (citrus medica) as a likely candidate. He suggests that Eve found the wood of the etrog tree edible (Genesis 3:6). Later authorities such as Rabbi Abahu*** translate the word etrog as 'ha-dar' or that which dwells, because its fruit, in both young and old phases remains on the tree through all seasons.**** The 'pri etz hadar' or fruit of the beautiful tree is described in the book of Leviticus (23:40) and though it originated in India, it has been cultivated in ancient Judea for more than 2000 years.
In common use, the word 'ha-dar' comes from the Aramaic language and means 'beautiful'. Because an etrog is the only fruit that tastes like its tree, both are considered beautiful. The fruit is said to symbolize the human heart as it represents a person who is able to internalize scholarship and also perform good deeds (mitzvot). There was much more commentary on the etrog, but at this point, the etrog tree became my obvious choice for this illustration. In this interpretation, I've given my virtual Etz Chayim 22 etrogim, symbolizing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet which, according to Kabbalah, are the building blocks of Creation.
For my representative choice of beautiful birds, the commentaries on this blessing offered the fine examples of peacocks and parrots because these species are unique for their graceful forms and beautiful colors. I arbitrarily added the cockatoo, a distant cousin of the parrot once known as the crested parrot, for compositional balance and simply because I love to draw them! To complete my illustration, I've prefaced the blessings English and Hebrew calligraphy with initial caps constructed from macaw parrot and peacock feathers respectively.
If this blessing and my visual interpretation of it put you on the path of marveling daily at the world around us and expressing your appreciation of it's myriad gifts, then perhaps I've begun to meet my own purpose in this effort. Thanks for staying with me; the book is becoming more of a reality with each post!
*B'reishit Rabbah 15:7, The Book of Legends: Sefer Ha-Aggadah, ed., Hayim Nahman Bialik, Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky (New York: Schocken Books, 1992) pp. 21–2
** Abba bar Acre was a 3rd century Palestinian 'amora' (commentator on the Oral Torah).
*** Rabbi Abahu was a 2nd generation 'amora' living in Caesarea, a major influence on ethics, philosophy and religion. http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/2443094/jewish/The-Singular-Tree.htm/mobile/false https://sites.google.com/site/rabbiabahu/stories-and-biographical-info
**** http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/746603/jewish/Why-cant-I-use-a-lemon.htm/mobile/false
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Sailing The Soul Of Creation: A Blessing For The Seas And Oceans
Although orbiting satellites send us spectacular images of the clouded Earth amidst its swirling seas, these views pale in comparison to our physical comprehension of their vastness and power from our perspective of dry land or from the decks of our ships that carry us over them. As we marvel at the unknown depths from where some pre-conscious form of us emerged, the magnitude of the sea speaks to the essence of what we are. The sea, if you will, is the soul of Creation.
Observing that the Earth's waters dance on its tectonic armature in time to the moon's allure and the mercurial winds has provoked the fear and wonder inspiring the religions and myths of many cultures whose livelihoods depend on the seas. Prayers for the safety of their fishermen, travelers and for the lands on which they live are central to these systems. Where these prayers were once directed at individual deities deemed to control our planet's natural forces, in Judaism, such prayers are enhanced by the Birkat Ha-Yam, a special two-part blessing for the seas and oceans.
Since I have lived mostly in Mid-Atlantic cities and experienced the oceans rarely except through my travels, it is very special to me. One part acknowledges Creation as it addresses the large-scale wonders of nature while the other is directed at a specific large body of water that must have existed since the six days of Creation and must not be land-locked. It seems that no one has ever agreed upon which ocean fits this description, but according to certain rabbis* the Birkat Ha-Yam blessing was intended for the Mediterranean Sea, most likely the largest one in their own experience.
Unlike those prayers that are entreaties for divine mercy and protection from the elements, the verses of the Birkat Ha-Yam are statements that acknowledge our humility in the face of our Creator and our wonder at the constancy of Creation.
When I began to work on this blessing, I thought that a prosaic rendering of a seascape would suffice. But I soon learned that I wouldn't get away that easily. Given our ancient and complex relationship with our aquatic ecosystem, the Birkat Ha-Yam begged for a more nuanced visual narrative.
The image that immediately came to mind was a detail from one that I'd created for Parashat Eikev (Book of Numbers/Devarim) in my previous book, Between Heaven & Earth: An Illuminated Torah Commentary (Pomegranate, 2009). It showed a grandfather and granddaughter listening to the still, small voices in their hearts through the metaphor of a conch seashell.
I chose this metaphor to express the subtlety of such an experience because I have a similar shell in my collection of oddities and have always imagined the sound of the seas echoing from its inner spirals. So a large conch shell became the centerpiece of my illustration, open to reveal the 'heart of the sea'. Within the conch is a tiny 15th century Spanish caravel sailing perhaps on a trade mission for its merchant owner. With a nod to the Biblical Leviathan, the piscine creature swims lazily in wait for the time of Messiah.
Below, the conch's compatriots nestle among a watery scape of seaweeds. In the morning sky above, a faint moon observes the four winds competing to guide the ship to its destination as the seagulls survey their boundless territory.
At last, even when I thought the illustration was nearly done, I still couldn't resist playing with one last image; do you see the fanciful little beast** hiding among the sea wrack?
Dear Backers: The Birkat Ha-Yam is the 31st of 36 blessings to be completed for An Illumination Of Blessings! We're almost there!
Please Note: Even if you are not a backer on this Kickstarter-funded project, you may still pre-order your copy (ies) of An Illumination Of Blessings and/or prints from its illustrations here: http://winnlederer.com/blessings/index.htm Also, if you visit my Kickstarter page at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1330347473/an-illumination-of-blessings you will see that the top reward level of your $500 contribution towards this project entitles you to have your name included on my Dedication page! This offer will stand until July 15, 2014 when I hope to have the book ready to go to press! You may contact me with your offer at: ilene@winnlederer.com. *******************************************************
* In the Shulchan Aruch 228:1(The Code Of Jewish Law) compiled in 15th century Safed by Rabbi Yosef Karo.
** Hippokampus (from the Greek for horse (hippo) and sea monster (kampus), named for its resemblance to a seahorse.
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An Illumination Of Blessings Update: On Moonlight And Memory
Science and religion have always been strange bedfellows, each occupying neighboring compartments in our minds, yet ever distrustful of each other.
A quotation attributed to Albert Einstein offers some insight: "A legitimate conflict between science and religion cannot exist. Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Nevertheless, they remain eternal antagonists, each perhaps seeking an impossible validation from the other.
This observation is far from new, but it came to me as I considered how to approach this blessing for the moon, an ancient source of wonder until July of 1969, when American astronauts walked on the moon. They became at once part of its history and its future in human perception.
Although they seemed to prove that the moon was physically no more than a rather large, cratered and lifeless asteroid, unworthy of the age-old mysteries attributed to it, still, they changed little for most of us earth-bound creatures in terms of our romantic, spiritual or prophetic predilections. We still love to invest the moon with human qualities in our arts and culture or laugh at the idea that it is made of green cheese.
Yet, whether we are romantic or pragmatic, we can safely admit there is a certain subtle beauty in the presence of the moon; it's there to light our paths at night and in a numinous way, to remind us that we are not alone or without purpose in the dark.
These ideas might be part of the foundation underlying religious rituals created around the moon. In Rabbinic tradition, the newly minted Israelites were commanded to sanctify the new moon upon their delivery from Egypt. "This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you." (Shemot/Exodus 12:1-2)
This practice directly conflicted with Egypt's officially sanctioned sun worship. It also ensured that the moon would not become an object of worship; instead, its cycles became the basis of the Jewish calendar, a valuable tool for timekeeping and agricultural foresight.
In this system, each month defines one lunar cycle as the moon completes one orbit of earth. One hallmark of the lunar calendar, the Rosh Hodesh* holiday is observed with prayers and blessings at the point in the moon's orbit when it is suspended directly between earth and the sun so that a thin crescent of it is visible to all, marking the beginning of a new month and/or season.
Metaphorically, the appearance of the moon as it progresses through its phases, illustrates our 'deliverance' from spiritual darkness to light. It would seem that such 'enlightenment' included recognizing the importance of women in early Israelite culture, yet I wonder, does it also tell us that the story of human existence would always be written in alternating chapters of darkness and light?
It is interesting to note that the monthly cycles of both women and the moon figured in the establishment of Rosh Hodesh as a holiday. Perhaps this reflects the idea that both women and the moon are capable of rebirth or renewal and must be honored as such. But two references in the Babylonian Talmud perceive it as a special one for women in particular while an 8th century midrash provides the backstory.
The first reference, in Tractate Megillah (22b) states that women must be exempt from work** on this day. The midrash, Pirke De Rabbi Eliezer*** suggests that after the incident of the Golden Calf, women were given a work-free holy day as a reward for their refusal to contribute their jewelry to the construction of the idol. Later, the French medieval Torah commentator Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki) specified that the exempt work included spinning, weaving and sewing since these were the skills that women freely contributed to the construction of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) following the Exodus from Egypt.
The second reference points to a related monthly prayer called Kiddush Levanah****, or The Sanctification of the Moon in which we express our appreciation for G-d's celestial gifts. It is traditionally performed outdoors in the moonlight (preferably under a cloudless sky) at the end of the Sabbath from 3-7 days after the new moon is visible. So, in Sanhedrin (42a) Rabbi Yochanan teaches that one who blesses the new moon in its proper time is regarded as one who greets the Shechinah (female aspect of the Divine Presence).
Although Rosh Hodesh celebrations have an ancient history, it wasn't until the early 1970's that such celebrations became popular. They were one of the ways in which Jewish women could explore and express their own spirituality while enhancing their communal roles. These events gave birth to support groups for various lifecycle issues and forums for women's studies.
In my illustration for The Blessing of the Moon, I have visually addressed both the Rosh Hodesh and Kiddush Levanah rituals. The sun has just set beyond the distant mountains and on a hillside above the sea. A woman wearing a tallit, or prayer shawl is dancing to the rhythm of her tambourine as she raises a cup of water in tribute to Moses' sister Miriam and to all women among the Israelites who crossed the Red (Reed) Sea after the Exodus from Egypt. It was the first performance of a song-prayer, Shirat HaYam (Song Of The Sea) that is now part of the morning prayer services worldwide. The letterforms on the cup spell 'Miriam' in paleo-Hebrew, an early form of modern Hebrew.
I've shown four phases of the moon as it turns from new to full, from darkness to light, tracing its path along the ethereal form of a nocturnal quadrant, used in medieval times for astronomical navigation, perhaps on a ship like the caravel that is arriving with the tide. The ship and quadrant represent the human curiosity and ingenuity at the core of both science and religion while the woman on the hill knows deep within that love, peace and gratitude will mitigate their conflict if only we pay attention to the gifts we have been given.
* head of the new (month)
** except for work which cannot be left over for the following day, (ex.child care)
*** Chapter 45 in this collection of Torah exegesis and folklore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirke_De-Rabbi_Eliezer
**** More information on Kiddush Levanah may be found at these links:
http://www.chabad.org/library/ article_cdo/aid/1904288/jewish/The-Sanctification-of-the-Moon.htm
and http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/607391/jewish/Thank-G-d-for-the-Moon.htm
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Man steals £135,000 from parking meter – all in loose change
Sarah KerrSaturday 17 Aug 2013 10:54 am
Loose change: James Bagarozzo collected coins from the meters over 30 years (Picture: Getty)
A man has been jailed for stealing more than $210,000 (£135,000) from parking machines across New York – entirely in loose change.
James Bagarozzo, who is a parking meter repair man, worked in Buffalo for more than 30 years and serviced its 1,200 meters.
The 58-year-old rigged dozens of machines so deposited quarters never dropped into the coin canister – allowing him to steal the money for himself.
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Over an eight-year period, the parking meter perp used bags in his car or his deep-pocket work trousers to take the money home.
Former City of Buffalo parking meter mechanic James Bagarozzo (Picture: AP)
He would then roll the change in coin wrappers and exchange them for bank notes.
The FBI said the bank never questioned him because he said he had a friend in the vending machine business.
Special agent Rob Gross of the FBI Buffalo division, who investigated the case, said: 'When he went to work, half of his day was spent stealing from the city.
'He developed such a good relationship with the bank tellers that they eventually gave him boxes to use that held exactly $500-worth of quarters. He went to the bank several times a week with a $500 box of quarters and got cash in return.'
Short-changed: Car parking cash in New York has fallen into the wrong hands (Picture: Getty Images)
Bagarozzo has been jailed for two-and-a-half years and former colleague Lawrence Charles, who stole $15,000 (£9,500) in quarters, has been arrested.
Bagarozzo said he started stealing the coins when he became ill and was concerned about how he would financially provide for his wife and two teenage daughters.
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Matha Mág Tighearnán (anglicised Matthew McKiernan) was chief of the McKiernan Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhunco barony, County Cavan from 1290 until 1311.

Ancestry

Matha was the son of Gíolla Íosa 'Leith' Mág Tighearnán, son of Sithric 'Carrach-in-Cairn' Mág Tighearnán (d.1290), son of Duarcán Mág Tighearnán, the Second (d.1290), son of Íomhaor Mág Tighearnán, the Second (died c.1269), son of Tighearnán, son of Duarcán the First, son of Íomhaor the First, son of Gíolla Chríost, son of Amhlaoibh, son of Tighearnán, the founder of the clan. His grandfather Sithric 'Carrach-in-Cairn' Mág Tighearnán  had been a previous chief of the clan. Matha's brothers were Domhnall 'An Saithnech' Mág Tighearnán (d.1312) who succeeded him as chief of the clan, Conchobar 'Buidhe' Mág Tighearnán (d.1314) who was also a chief of the clan, Tomás Mág Tighearnán (d.1358) who was also a chief of the clan, Duarcán, Cú Chonnacht, Cormac, Fergal 'Cend Craiche' and Mathghamhain (d. 1314).

Chieftainship

On the death of the previous chief, his grandfather Sithric 'Carrach-in-Cairn' Mág Tighearnán in 1290, Matha took the chieftaincy and resided in the castle of Croaghan of the Cups (Irish- Cruachan O'Cúbhrán), now in the townland of Coolnashinny, besides the modern town of Killeshandra. The McKiernans were involved in a running feud with the neighbouring O'Reilly clan.

The Annals of Connacht for 1293 state-

Fergal O Raigillig, chieftain of Muinter Mailmorda for twelve years, was killed in the midst of his own stronghold by the Tellach Dunchada this year.

The Annals of Loch Cé for 1293 state-

Ferghal O'Raighilligh, chieftain of Muinter-Maelmórdha during the space of twelve years, was killed in the middle of his own residence by the Tellach-Dunchadha, in hoc anno.

In 1301 there was a clash in the McKiernan lands with the O'Reilly and McGovern clans on New Year's Day. It happened in the townland of Aghnacor, parish of Killeshandra, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, but the annals give different dates. Matthew O'Reilly was killed in the clash. He was the son of the Lord of East Breifne Gilla Isu Ruad mac Domnaill O'Raghallaigh (reigned 1293–1330), and son-in-law of the chief of the McGoverns, Brian 'Breaghach' Mág Samhradháin (reigned 1272-1294), being married to Brian's daughter Gormlaidh. Poem 9 in the Book of Magauran is dedicated to Mrs Gormlaidh O'Reilly-McGovern and was written at the time of Matthew O'Reilly's death by the poet Maol Pádraig Mac Naimhin (or Cnáimhín). Stanza 37 refers to Matthew's death as follows-

Matha's gracefulness could be seen beneath his fair hair even as he was laid low by the hands of his foes;
Ó Raighilligh ever near to spears ruins Magh Fáil by his grave.

The Annals of Ulster for 1301 state-

Matthew Ua Raghailligh Junior was killed by the Tellach-Dunchadha.

The Annals of Loch Cé for 1304 state-

Matthew, son of Gilla-Isa O'Raighilligh, king of Breifne, was slain by the Tellach-Dunchadha on Achadh-na-corra, and his gallowglasses were slain there along with him. Mac Shamhradhain and Mac Dorchaidh were wounded there, moreover, along with them. But the ALC then repeats the incident for 1305- Matthew Og O'Raighilligh was killed by the Tellach-Dunchadha.

The Annals of Connacht for 1304 state-

Matha son of Gilla Isa O Raigillig, king of Brefne, was killed by the Tellach Dunchada at Aghnacor; some gallowglasses were killed there with him and Mac Samradain and Mac Dorchaid were wounded as well. But the AC then repeats the incident for 1305-  Matha Oc O Raigillig was killed by the Tellach Dunchada.

Mac Carthaigh's Book for 1304 states-

The first of January. Matha son of Giolla Íosa Ó Raighilligh, king of Bréifne, was killed, together with gallowglasses, at Achadh na Corra by the Teallach Dúnchadha. Mac Samhradháin and Mac Dorchaidh were wounded there. But it repeats the incident for 1305- Matha Óg Ó Raighilligh was killed by the Teallach Dúnchadha.

The Annals of the Four Masters for 1305 state-

Matthew Oge O'Reilly was slain by the inhabitants of Teallach-Dunchadha.

In 1308 his relative Tighearnán died.

The Annals of Connacht for 1308 state-

Tigernan Mag Tigernain died.

Mac Carthaigh's Book for 1308 states-

Tighearnán Mac Tighearnán died.

Death

Matha was murdered in Croaghan in 1311 by his foster-son Cathal 'na-taisech' Ó Ruairc. Cathal's nickname 'na-taisech' meant 'Of the chiefs' because he was the son of Domhnall O'Rourke, Lord of Breifne O'Rourke from 1307 to 1311, and brother to two O'Rourke chiefs, Ualgarg Mór Ó Ruairc (reigned 1316-1346) and Flaithbheartach O'Rourke, King of Breifne O'Rourke from 1346-1349 (deposed 1349, died 1352). Some of the annals give a later date for Matha's death.

The Annals of Ulster for 1311 state

Matthew Mag Tigernain was killed by Cathal O'Ruairc.

The Annals of the Four Masters for 1314 state-

Matthew Mac Tiernan was slain by Cathal O'Rourke.

The Annals of Connacht for the year 1314 state-

Matha Mag Tigernain, chieftain of Tullyhuncoe, was killed in treachery by Cathal son of Domnall O Ruairc, his foster-son, on the floor of his own house.

The Annals of Loch Cé for the year 1314 state-

Matthew Mac Tighernain, dux of Tellach-Dunchadha, was slain by Cathal, son of Domhnall O'Ruairc, i.e. his foster-son, in the middle of his own house, by treachery.

Family

Matha had four sons- Brian Mág Tighearnán who also became chief of the clan, Amlaibh, Matha and Gíolla Íosa Óg.

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Apple: Hey Sony, Nintendo, Bring It
By Jared Newman | Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Man, we're getting so close to having Apple as a real contender in the handheld game console wars, I can feel it.
As Gamespot points out, Apple's music-themed event marked the first time that the company publicly argued why the iPhone and iPod Touch are better gaming options than Sony's PSP and the Nintendo DS. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, went so far as to say those other two consoles are "not a lot of fun."
Now, we can debate ad nauseum the merits of iPhone and iPod Touch gaming vs. the PSP and the DS. We can argue which device is the most successful, has the best games or has the greatest chance of survival. But that's boring. What's really great about the console wars is all the bickering and spin that goes along with it. In that regard, Apple showed that it's ready to play hardball.
At yesterday's event, one of Apple's slides touted a catalog of 21,178 "Games & Entertainment Titles," compared to 3,680 DS games and 607 PSP titles. Of course, it's totally bogus for Apple to include "Entertainment" in the mix, as we're strictly comparing gaming devices here. A quick check of Apptism shows 14,657 games on file.
If Apple's still ahead, why fudge the stats? Because that's what you do in the console wars. I'm reminded of when Sony argued last January that it's a better value than the Xbox 360, assuming that you bought the basic Xbox 360 Arcade, then purchased the most expensive hard drive available and threw in an optional Wi-Fi adapter. Sure, the argument is valid, but the math is fuzzy.
And then, there's all the trash talk. Back in February, I looked on with delight at the way Microsoft and Sony were sniping at each other. Yesterday, Schiller argued that "once you play a game on the iPod touch, you think 'hey, [the DS and PSP] aren't so cool any more…'" Burn!
Sony and Nintendo haven't fired back yet (in fact, Sony's been unbelievably timid on the matter), but if Apple keeps up this rhetoric, it's only a matter of time until the sparks fly. I can't wait to watch.
Read more: Gaming, iPhone, iPod Touch, Nintendo DS, PSP
rocasmiran Says:
IMHO – it is "ad nauseAm" instead of "ad nauseUm".
tom b Says:
What's MSFT's mobile game device? Is it on ZuneHD– did they put an accelerometer in that?
L1A Says:
I'd say "Bring it" to Apple and their library of low quality games.
Sony and Nintendo aren't going to change their models for years to come and all 3 companies will coexist just fine. Nintendo has games for kids, Sony for more hardcore player and Apple for those who only have 5 minutes to play at a time. I have Assassin's Creed for both iPhone and DS and DS version is much more enjoyable with real d-pad control instead of these virtual d-pads and buttons that have very low response time. To Apple "Quantity doesn't equal Quality", and they should know that because they make better quality computers than their competition.
Sony and Nintendo have more experience in the gaming market and have nothing to worry about.
Finn Jack Says:
Games are just for entertainment. Apple, Sony, Nintendo all are working out fine there. But no one can stop the competition anyway.
I wish to hear the comments from Sony and Nintendo.
ecco6t9 Says:
If this lights a fire under Nintendo to actually do something with DSiWare then we are all in for a treat.
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NASA Ozone Watch
Images, data, and information for atmospheric ozone
View the latest status of the ozone layer over the Antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and we use their data to create the images that depict the amount of ozone.
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Ozone is a colorless gas. Chemically, ozone is very active; it reacts readily with a great many other substances. Near the Earth's surface, those reactions cause rubber to crack, hurt plant life, and damage people's lung tissues. But ozone also absorbs harmful components of sunlight, known as "ultraviolet B", or "UV-B". High above the surface, above even the weather systems, a tenuous layer of ozone gas absorbs UV-B, protecting living things below.
What is a Dobson Unit?
The Dobson Unit (DU) is the unit of measure for total ozone. If you were to take all the ozone in a column of air stretching from the surface of the earth to space, and bring all that ozone to standard temperature (0 °Celsius) and pressure (1013.25 millibars, or one atmosphere, or "atm"), the column would be about 0.3 centimeters thick. Thus, the total ozone would be 0.3 atm-cm. To make the units easier to work with, the "Dobson Unit" is defined to be 0.001 atm-cm. Our 0.3 atm-cm would be 300 DU.
What is the ozone hole?
Each year for the past few decades during the Southern Hemisphere spring, chemical reactions involving chlorine and bromine cause ozone in the southern polar region to be destroyed rapidly and severely. This depleted region is known as the "ozone hole". The area of the ozone hole is determined from a map of total column ozone. It is calculated from the area on the Earth that is enclosed by a line with a constant value of 220 Dobson Units. The value of 220 Dobson Units is chosen since total ozone values of less than 220 Dobson Units were not found in the historic observations over Antarctica prior to 1979. Also, from direct measurements over Antarctica, a column ozone level of less than 220 Dobson Units is a result of the ozone loss from chlorine and bromine compounds.
The latest false-color view of total ozone over the Antarctic pole. The purple and blue colors are where there is the least ozone, and the yellows and reds are where there is more ozone.
The graphs above show the progress of the ozone hole for 2021. The gray shading indicates the highest and lowest values measured since 1979. The red numbers are the maximum or minimum values. The stratospheric temperature and the amount of sunlight reaching the south polar region control the depth and size of the Antarctic ozone hole. The dashed line in the minimum temperature plot indicates the temperature below which Type I (NAT) PSCs can form.
The data for the ozone hole area, the minimum ozone, and the minimum stratospheric temperature are available. Also available is a table of values showing the maximum ozone hole area and the minimum ozone values for each year.
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The graphs above show the variations of ozone from year to year. The red bars indicate the largest area and the lowest minimum value. The year-to-year fluctuations are superimposed on a trend extending over the last three decades.
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