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Ariana Grande performs at the peak of her powers at packed Fiserv Forum show in Milwaukee
Grande brought one of the most anticipated concerts of the year to Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum Friday, two months later than originally planned.
Ariana Grande performs at the peak of her powers at packed Fiserv Forum show in Milwaukee Grande brought one of the most anticipated concerts of the year to Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum Friday, two months later than originally planned. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/05/ariana-grande-shows-why-shes-superstar-jubilant-milwaukee-show/1654886001/
Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:24 p.m. CT July 5, 2019 | Updated 9:32 a.m. CT July 6, 2019
Ariana Grande: The pop star's life in pictures
Ariana Grande had a lot to celebrate when she turned 26 on June 26. In the past year, she'd released two No. 1 albums – "Sweetener" and "Thank U, Next" – and scored No. 1 songs with "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings," in addition to headlining Coachella and winning the Grammy for best pop vocal album. Celebrate Ari's birthday with photos spanning the pop star's career. Kevin Winter, Getty Images for iHeartMedia
Way back in 2008, Grande attended "13: A New Musical" at Planet Hollywood Times Square in New York City. Joe Corrigan, Getty Images
Grande got her start starring on Nickelodeon's "Victorious," and is seen here with fellow Nick star Miranda Cosgrove at the 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on April 2, 2011. Christopher Polk
Grande, who played a high schooler named Cat in "Victorious," poses with her castmates at the Nickelodeon TeenNick HALO Awards on October 26, 2011. Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images
Grande reprised her "Victorious" role in the Nickelodeon spin-off "Sam & Cat," accepting the favorite TV actress award for the show during Nickelodeon's 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on March 29, 2014. Kevin Winter, Getty Images
Grande released her debut album "Yours Truly" in 2013, followed by "My Everything" in 2014. Here, she rocked her signature cat ears while performing in concert during the Q102 Jingle Ball in Philadelphia on Dec. 10, 2014. Owen Sweeney, Invision/AP
Grande has frequently collaborated with Nicki Minaj over the course of her career, and performed "Bang Bang" with the rapper during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 19, 2014 in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller
Grande periodically appears on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," where she regularly treats the audience to her spot-on impressions of other stars' vocals. Here, she treats Fallon to a song at Rockefeller Center on September 15, 2015 in New York City. Theo Wargo/NBC
Grande was a vision in red at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. Jordan Strauss, Invision/AP
Grande released her third studio album "Dangerous Woman" in 2016, and is seen here performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 24, 2016 in Las Vegas. Kevin Winter, Getty Images
In December 2016, Grande played Penny Pingleton in the NBC television broadcast of "Hairspray Live!," posing here with her castmates. NBC, NBC, Chris Haston/NBC
Grande performs during her "Dangerous Woman" tour at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2017 in New York City. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Republic Records
Following the tragic bombing at her Manchester concert in May 2017, Grande returned to the UK city Grande performs during her "Dangerous Woman" tour at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images, Dave Hogan for One Love Manchest
Grande is seen performing with her then-boyfriend Mac Miller at the 'One Love Manchester' show. Getty Images
Grande showed her support for the March For Our Lives in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018, performing for the crowd. Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA-EFE
Grande looked like a Rennaisance painting at the Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Angela Weiss, AFP/Getty Images
Grande famously had a whirlwind romance with comedian Pete Davidson in 2018, but the couple later broke off their engagement. Here they are in happier times, appearing together at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on August 20, 2018. Jason Szenes, EPA-EFE
Grande performed at Aretha Franklin's funeral on August 31, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan, seen here posing with fellow attendee Hillary Clinton. Angela Weiss, AFP/Getty Images
Grande capped off her momentous 2018 -- with even more in store for her 2019 -- by winning Billboard's Woman of the Year prize at the organization's Women In Music event in New York City on December 6, 2018. Angela Weiss, AFP/Getty Images
Ariana Grande performed in Milwaukee for the second time of her career at a packed Fiserv Forum Friday night.
But the difference from her last appearance was so vast, it was like she was a completely different person.
Back in the ancient times that were 2015, Grande played the Bradley Center for just the second full-scale concert of her career, saddled with a production and stage demands that didn't play to her strengths, and understandably nervous to be performing in such a vast room so quickly.
Four years later, she's become one of the premiere pop stars in the world — a fact reinforced by Friday's jubilant return to Milwaukee.
Ariana Grande, pictured here performing "Thank U, Next" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" last year, brought her "Sweetener Tour" to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Friday. Press photography was not permitted. (Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.)
She didn't prove herself with a huge production. The stage setup was rather simple — a circular runway, a four-piece band performing in the shadows, a back wall and two orbs that served as video screens for CG neighborhoods, solar systems and the like.
She had a dozen dancers, but their primary job was to provide a vibe, strutting down the walkway for "Side to Side" as Grande twisted her legs in her thigh-high boots, and posing like statues as smoke lifted off their bodies for "Needy."
It was so much more relaxed than that last Milwaukee show, and infinitely better. Nothing about Grande's choreography or casual flips of her pony tail were that remarkable Friday, but the ease of her performance was infectious. She now had the confidence, and star power, to lead the way.
And the voice, of course. Those powerful pipes have long been Grande's signature, the first indication of inevitable superstardom, and they were splendid Friday.
The night began with Grande singing "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)" offstage, her voice soaring, and inspiring, even with its host out of sight. That voice has been reined in in recent years — big vocals aren't big on pop radio these days — but she let the vocal runs fly free Friday for "Sweetener," "Break Your Heart Right Back" and "Dangerous Woman."
Powerful performance of "Breathin" by @ArianaGrande@FiservForum Friday. Look for a review of her Milwaukee "Sweetener" tour stop @journalsentinelhttps://t.co/Kw2BY8OuKKpic.twitter.com/dFHpb94RRm
— Piet Levy (@pietlevy) July 6, 2019
And it was especially powerful during "Breathin' " — not just because of her vocal strength, but because of the context.
To say Grande has gone through a lot these past four years is an understatement, and that's outside of her music career. The death of her ex-boyfriend and past collaborator Mac Miller. The media frenzy surrounding her whirlwind engagement with Pete Davidson. Manchester.
Grande didn't address any of those Friday, aside from a few flashes of old tweets near the show's end that expressed gratitude to her fans during some troubling times.
But she didn't need to. She's managed to endure, thrive even, with addictive and empowering songs on last year's "Sweetener" and this year's "Thank U, Next," filled with positivity and perseverance.
Songs like "Breathin'," where Grande, and her fans softly singing along, powered through their anxieties together Friday. Or "Fake Smile," where Grande at Fiserv Forum acknowledged it's OK to not pretend to be OK.
Or Friday's finale "Thank U, Next," where Grande offered gratitude to the lessons she learned from past lovers, and vowed to become a better person.
The lyrics are explicitly about Grande, but the song's empowering message of self-love is universal, and was deeply felt at Fiserv Forum.
"I've got so much love/Got so much patience," she sang. "I've learned from the pain/I turned out amazing."
Yeah, she certainly did.
Photos: Shows booked for Fiserv Forum's first year
Pink brings her "Beautiful Trauma" tour to the new Bucks arena May 2, 2019. She ended a three-year hiatus with a concert at Summerfest's American Family Insurance Amphitheater in 2017 that ended up on the Journal Sentinel's Best Concerts of the Year list. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cher brings her "Here We Go Again" tour to Fiserv Forum May 12, where the pop superstar is expected to sing her hits across her 55-year-career, and ABBA covers from a new tribute album. Michael McLoone / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nile Rodgers and Chic will open for Cher at Fiserv Forum May 12. Mike Pont / Getty Images
New Kids on the Block bring the "Mixtape Tour" to Fiserv Forum June 12 with Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty by Nature. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A cappella group Pentatonix will perform at Fiserv Forum June 18, with Rachel Platten opening. Michael McLoone / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Carrie Underwood announced that she was pregnant Wednesday morning in addition to unveiling the itinerary for her "Cry Pretty 360 Tour." It will stop at the new Milwaukee Bucks arena, the Fiserv Forum, June 20. Christopher Polk
All-female country acts Maddie & Tae (pictured) and Runaway June will open for Carrie Underwood June 20. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Less than a year after headlining Summerfest, Shawn Mendes will be back in Milwaukee to play Fiserv Forum the night before Summerfest's opening day. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Alessia Cara will open for Shawn Mendes' Fiserv Forum show June 25. Sean Kilpatrick / Associated Press
After being booked as a Coachella headliner at the last minute, Ariana Grande postponed several dates surrounding her April appearances at the California festival. A show set at Fiserv Forum April 15 has been moved to July 5, opposite Summerfest. Eric Liebowitz / Associated Press
Mary J. Blige and Nas will co-headline Fiserv Forum July 30 as part of "The Royalty Tour." Frederick M. Brown
The Milwaukee-born Violent Femmes, co-founded by Gordon Gano (left) and Brian Ritchie (left), was the first band to perform at the new Bucks arena, Fiserv Forum, Sept. 4. Melissa Miller/PTG Live Events
The Killers was the first band to headline the new $524 million Milwaukee Bucks arena — known as Fiserv Forum — Sept. 4. Grandstand Media
Kevin Hart performed the second show, and the first stand-up show, at Fiserv Forum on Sept. 13, 2018. Melissa Miller / Pabst Theater Group
Adam Levine (left) and James Valentine of Maroon 5 perform during "One Voice: Somos Live! A Concert For Disaster Relief" at the Universal Studios Lot on Oct. 14 in Los Angeles. The band will be at the new Bucks arena on Sept. 16, touring in support of its sixth studio album, "Red Pill Blues." Tickets are on sale. Handout, Getty Images
Julia Michaels was the first woman to lead a set at Fiserv Forum. She opened for Maroon 5 Sept. 16. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images
Justin Timberlake, who performed at halftime of the 2018 Super Bowl, will perform his first Milwaukee concert in 15 years Sept. 21 at the Fiserv Forum. Amy Harris / Associated Press
Comedian Jim Gaffigan was the first act booked for the new arena. He'll be at the Fiserv Forum Sept. 22. Getty Images
Fiserv Forum hosted the first Latin music arena tour in Milwaukee in 18 years with J. Balvin Oct. 11. Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Metallica performed for 18,788 fans at Fiserv Forum Oct. 16, kicking off an impressive three-night run of major rock concerts at the new arena. Mario Ruiz / European Press Agency
Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters headlined a sold-out Fiserv Forum Oct. 17, where the setlist included covers of Alice Cooper, Tom Petty and Queen songs. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Australian alt rock band Gang of Youths put on an extremely impressive opening set ahead of Foo Fighters' show at Fiserv Forum. Maclay Heriot
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Eagles played Fiserv Forum Oct. 18, its first Milwaukee show since the death of co-founder Glenn Frey in 2016. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee was the fourth stop for alternative rock duo Twenty One Pilots "Bandito Tour" Oct. 20. Roadrunner Records
Chris Young was the first country artist booked for the Milwaukee Bucks arena. He performed at the Fiserv Forum Oct. 26. Stephen Lovekin
Country pop duo Dan + Shay was one of three opening acts for Young Oct. 26 at Fiserv Forum. Morgan Evans and Deejay Silver also opened. Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fleetwood Mac, with classic lineup members Stevie Nicks and John McVie (pictured), plus Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood, performed at the Fiserv Forum Oct. 28. Gary Porter / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Josh Groban played Fiserv Forum Nov. 3. Dave Hogan
Idina Menzel was Groban's opening act at Fiserv Forum. Michael Loccisano
The stars of truTV's hit hidden camera prank show "Impractical Jokers" (from left to right, James "Murr" Murray, Sal Vulcano, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Joe Gatto) performed at Fiserv Forum Nov. 18. File photo
Trans-Siberian Orchestra wrapped up its 20th-anniversary tour at the Fiserv Forum Dec. 30. Calvin Mattheis / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, pictured here at his 2014 show at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, plays the first Fiserv Forum show of 2019 Jan. 11. Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band played Fiserv Forum Jan. 24 as part of Seger's farewell tour. Jim Bovin / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panic! at the Disco performed at Fiserv Forum on Jan. 27. Sam Caravana / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Travis Scott, pictured here headlining Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 2, headlined the first hip-hop show at Fiserv Forum Feb. 22, and the first major hip-hop tour to play a Milwaukee arena in 16 years. Greg Noire / Lollapalooza 2018
Classical crossover duo 2Cellos performed at Fiserv Forum Feb. 24. Daniel Ojeda / Pabst Theater Group
KISS came to Fiserv Forum March 1 for its "End of the Road" farewell tour. Michael McLoone / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Shinedown brings its "Attention Attention World Tour" to Fiserv Forum March 8. File photo
Joining Shinedown at Fiserv Forum March 8 were fellow hard rock bands Papa Roach (pictured) and Asking Alexandria. Ethan Miller
Eric Church performed a pair of two-set shows on March 29 and 30 at Fiserv Forum. John Klein / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mumford & Sons performed its first Milwaukee concert in nearly six years March 31 at Fiserv Forum as part of its "Delta Tour." CJ Foeckler / Pabst Theater Group
Alternative metal band Godsmack played Fiserv Forum April 20. Owen Sweeney
The openers
Pop duo Social House basically ran around the runway for 10 minutes singing over a backing track, but Normani made an impression Friday.
Backed by a band and dancing crew completely made up of black women (a rare and welcome sight at an arena show), Normani showed off the nimble dance moves and stage presence she honed with girl group Fifth Harmony — and did a crowd-pleasing medley of Fifth Harmony songs, including "Bo$$" and "Work From Home." She had to fill the half-hour, but with recent hits like the Sam Smith collaboration "Dancing With a Stranger," her solo career (and solo set) are off to a good start.
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Vampire Weekend is back with its first album in six years, the Billboard 200 chart-topper "Father of the Bride," and playing the BMO Harris Pavilion June 8. Timothy Hiatt, WireImage
Arrive early for Vampire Weekend to check out Chicano Batman take on psychedelic tropicalia. Patrick Breen/The Republic
A cappella sensation Pentatonix will perform at Fiserv Forum June 18, but you can also see them at the Resch Center in Green Bay June 23. Michael McLoone / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee native Hannah Mrozak will get to open for Pentatonix as part of Citizen Queen, a new all-female a cappella group that just signed a deal with RCA Records. Chris Kohley/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After performing two Summerfest sets in one day last year (one of them to fill in for a sick Bebe Rexha), Rachel Platten will be back in Milwaukee to also open for Pentatonix. Summerfest
Country pop queen Carrie Underwood is bringing her dazzling "Cry Pretty 360 Tour" to Fiserv Forum June 20. Christopher Polk
Underwood's tour has an all-female bill, including Maddie & Tae. Rick Wood
Runaway June will also open for Underwood at Fiserv Forum June 20. Mark Zaleski / For Tennessean.com
You can see free live concerts practically every day of the summer in Milwaukee, including national acts at the Summer Sounds series in Cedarburg, with gospel-inspired country group Delta Rae among the season's highlights on June 21. Courtesy of Summerfest
Alessia Cara will open for Shawn Mendes at Fiserv Forum June 25. Courtesy of Summerfest
Ariana Grande's blockbuster "Sweetener" tour had to reschedule dates after the pop superstar accepted a Coachella headlining slot at the last minute. She finally comes to Fiserv Forum July 5. Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Pop singer Normani, formerly of Fifth Harmony, opens for Ariana Grande, along with Social House. Theo Wargo / Getty Images
It's been a few years since Phish has played Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, but the jam band is back for three shows July 12 to 14. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The legendary Diana Ross plays the Riverside Theater on July 14 as part of a tour celebrating her 75th birthday this spring. Handout photo
A year after headlining the Rave's Eagles Ballroom, Jack White will be back July 14, this time with his supergroup the Raconteurs. David James Swanson / JackWhiteIII.com
Don't skip out on the smaller shows during a busy summer season, including 19-year-old Lindsey Jordan, better known as Snail Mail, one of the brightest new voices among a recent surge of women making terrific indie rock. She's at Turner Hall Ballroom July 19. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic
Parody master "Weird Al" Yankovic will be backed by a full symphony for his "Strings Attached" tour, which makes a Milwaukee stop July 27 at the Miller High Life Theatre. Katie Klann
R&B star Mary J. Blige will co-headline Fiserv Forum July 30 as part of the aptly-named "Royalty Tour." Frederick M. Brown
Seminal rapper Nas co-headlines Fiserv Forum with Blige on July 30. Jason Benz Bennee / Shutterstock.com
Hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan celebrates the 25th anniversary of breakout debut album "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" with a tour that stops at the Riverside Theater Aug. 3. Joel Ryan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
John Mayer's most recent Milwaukee-area shows have been with Dead & Company, but he'll be performing his own music with a two-set concert at Fiserv Forum Aug. 6. Tyger Williams / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers stop at the Pabst Theater Aug. 7 on a tour promoting his new acclaimed album "Absolute Zero," featuring collaborations with Justin Vernon. Benjamin Edward Wick, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bon Iver drummer Sean Carey, who tours behind his own solo work as S. Carey, will open for Hornsby Aug. 7. The Eau Claire resident is also on the "Absolute Zero" album. Ben Wick
The takeaways
Friday's 90-minute show featured a couple nice moments of LGBTQ solidarity. Grande and her dancers waved rainbow flags at the end of "Thank U, Next," and "Break Free," performed under rainbow lights, was recast as a pride anthem.
Grande wasn't very talkative Friday, but the show did feature a silly home video of a precocious preteen Grande pretending to be a newscaster. And the clip proved, even at that age, Grande understood that Jack's death in "Titanic" was ridiculous. (Why didn't you share the door, Rose? Why?!)
The show also had a special security policy prohibiting any bags from being inside the building unless they were see-through. Despite the rare requirement, entry seemed to happen without a hitch.
There were so many ladies and girls at Friday's show that many of the men's restrooms at Fiserv Forum were converted into women's restrooms. And I'd wager one in every 50 people had a Grande-style pony tail (including the lady next to me, whose tail kept whacking me as she danced).
The set list
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There is an enormous outcry within the religious community claiming that Jewish women cannot use wigs as the hair in the wigs may have been offered up to an idol and is therefore forbidden. This claim is "substantiated" by wig-makers who say that no matter where the hair is bought there is no way of knowing where it originated. This means that there is a chance that the hair in your wife's wig was donated to a god in a Hindu temple, and according to the rabbis who are warning about this, that wig is forbidden to be used.
Here are the facts as far as I know. The Hindu women wanting to get their god to answer their prayers go to a Hindu temple and donate their hair. It is cut off by a temple barber and the hair is sold to wig-makers for its monetary value and the temple uses the money as it sees fit. For the temple this is a substantial source of income, even millions of dollars. Note that the hair is not donated to be used on the idol or to be used as a sacrifice to the idol, but is donated solely for its monetary value.
Some people in India have complained that the temples make millions of dollars and the women do not get even one penny. Temple officials have defended their decision to sell the hair, arguing that the hair would otherwise be thrown away, but the money the temple earns from the hair sales can be used to fund orphanages and hospitals.
"For example, with the money we received in exchange for the hair we financed children's education by building schools. We distributed approximately 30,000 free meals every day for the poor and needy, and we have built hospitals to cure those who, otherwise, could never afford such expensive treatments," said a director at the Tirumala temple.
If this is in fact the reality, then that donated hair is not forbidden as a sacrifice to an idol.
There are different levels or types of holiness and tumah (spiritual uncleanliness). When something fitting to be offered up in our Holy Temple was given to the Temple as a sacrifice that animal or wine or flour attained the status of kedushat ha-guf (holiness of its body). This means that that item itself became holy and even if it were somehow sold or transferred to someone it would still maintain that level of holiness.
As opposed to this, if something unfit for an offering, such as a deer or a broom was given to the Temple, this was given as bedek habayit i.e. given for the use of the Temple.
When the Temple sold that item the holiness would leave the item and go onto the money that the Temple received in its place. This means that that item could be used however its new owner wished to use it. This second type of offering more parallels the Hindu donation of hair. The hair is given only for its monetary value or to be thrown away and not to be used in their temples.
Assuming all of these facts are indeed true, particularly that the cut hair is used solely for its monetary value or thrown away, then the donated hair that might end up in a Jewish woman's wig would cause no problem at all. Its tumah left it when the temple sold it for money.
When it comes to halacha (Jewish religious law) there are often many different opinions. In this case of the problem with wigs there are many learned rabbis giving their opinions, and almost all of them say that the wigs are forbidden. These posekim (Jewish law deciders) know more about Jewish law than I will ever know, so I place this article before them saying, if the facts are as I see, then it seems that the conclusion I have stated, that the wigs are not contaminated with the idolatry, is the proper conclusion.
I am sure if they object I will hear about it.
The rabbi writes: "...but is donated solely for its monetary value.
...Some people in India have complained that the temples make millions of dollars and the women do not get even one penny."
If the women do not receive any money, then the monetary value is not what motivates them.
If the motivation is to provide a means of getting money into the hands of people to build schools and hospitals, why must it go through the temple? A private or governmental agency could take the hair and sell it and donate it to worthy causes.
It appears that the women will only bring the hair to the temple because it is davka an offering to a false god. Since the god can't use the hair, it is put to better use by the priests, but the hair would probably not be donated if the women were not expecting some spiritual return on their offering.
Would this not bring an additional dimension to the issue?
As the idol's priest said if they did not sell it it would be thrown away so it does not have the din on an actual offering that would forbid a Jew from using it.
Very nice explanation to try to permit use of that hair. However another isur is being ignored here. We are forbidden to give money even as part of a business transaction that would be used for avoda zara. For instance this is why French Rabbis forbid buying in groceries run by cambodians etc who had their little table-top idol mini-huts in the back room.
The hair is sold for the temple to use for its purposes. Maybe, even likely part was used for charity as they claim BUT we know that (a) they cannot be trusted 100% because they know that their answer will determine if they can continue to rake in the millions or not. (b) for sure part of the money goes to temple expenses & living costs of the priests etc.
"When she came to the temple three years ago, Ms. Subhasri, 35, offered her a waist-length hair to the temple deity, Venkateshwara, in a sign of absolute devotion. She then prayed that her husband, Satyanarayana Raju, be cured of his acute stomach ulcers.
Question: Why is it believed to do Mundan (donating Hair) to lord Tirupati Balaji? What is the story/significance behind it?
Mundan [hair donation] is the favorite sacrifice for lord Venkateswara.
The story behind it goes like this: Once NEELA a devotee of the lord offered her hair for him when he lost it accidentally which deprived her of her beauty.
Lord balaji promised her that he will repay it by taking the hair from his devotees as an offering. Thus, mundan became a favorable offering for him.
The legend says, when we offer our hair we bow in front of him. It is a common practice that along with hair, mustache also should be given to him. Then only our offering to him will be completed.
We must go for his darshan [visiting the temple to see the idol] after mundan to show him that we kept our promise of offering our hair."
As shown above, the Hindu people themselves state they're giving their hair as a sacrifice...Thank you, I look forward to your response.
While wearing anything on my head that was given in any way for Avoda Zora sounds pretty bad to me, it's distracting everyone from the real problem with today's wigs- the immodesty of the wigs.
It states clearly that we cover our hair after marriage.because of pritzus degavra- hair is immodest towards men. Since hair is so provocative to a man (in a study on men to see what we're the most provocative parts of a woman to a man her hair and her voice won hands down!) it has to be covered after marriage. It is a grave sin for a man to look at a married woman therefore after marriage she needs an extra level of protection. She covers her hair to create a barrier between her and other men besides for her husband. She is reserving all her beauty for her husband in the home only.
So the wigs of today which are all natural looking and beautifying are defeating the very purpose of the mitzvah of kisui rosh! They are sctuallly provoking men and causing them to sin. Most women look way more beautiful in their wigs than in their own natural hair- models and actresses are buying these same wigs for beauty and glamour! The same wigs Jewish women are wearing for "modesty" the celebrities are wearing to look provocative! This is a major chillul hashem.
Many Gedolim screamed about today's wigs because of their pritzus. And it's not just the long wigs, the short wigs today are also natural looking and beautifying. Rav Elyashiv called today's wigs ervah in a shiur that he gave. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach called the wigs a loathsome thing- and this was 30 years ago when the wigs didn't even look ad nice as today!
Men and women have no idea who is married and who is single. What's the point of these wigs?? They are making a mockery of the mitzvah of kisui rosh.
That is the real issue with the wigs- they are immodest and provocative and are causing a HaShem's shechina to leave out midst as pritzus is one of the worst sins in the Torah.
Why rationalize something with a makur that is so assur, perhaps therein lies the problem.
When having a heart valve replacement we would not choose the pig valve replacement, we would choose the cow valve replacement.
We are an am Kadosh, it is our purpose in life to bring kedusha into this world.
This rationalization is ridiculous, the entire industry has become so convoluted, and it's no accident that this hair may be the prime source for today's wigs, and a siman that something is amiss.
The mitzva is not to camouflage and look as if we are not covering our hair, the mitzva is to cover our hair/head once married- so that when in public our status is clearly different than that of a single girl.
BUT this issue, can be the impetus to begin to question and ask ourselves what is Ratzon Hashem -not how we can further rationalize this beautiful mitzva.


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Seagull Rock is a small islet in south-eastern Australia.  It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland.

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The islet's vegetation is dominated by pigface and introduced grasses.

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 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.

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The Lord's My Shepherd
Psalm 23; John 6:37-40
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I wonder if you have ever seen the TV programme "One man and his dog" (now part of BBC's Countryfile programme)? It shows the remarkable skills of shepherds who standing pretty much stock still, by whistles and calls, can control their sheep dogs into herding a flock of sheep into a pen. Occasionally there may be a somewhat errant sheepdog who herds the sheep in the wrong direction, or a sillier than normal sheep who refuses to play fair, but on the whole the skill exhibited by the shepherds are remarkable. This year it was won by a 16 year old Welsh girl.
If you haven't seen the programme, maybe you have been out and about maybe in the Lakeland fells or the Warwickshire countryside and a farmer has sped by on a quad bike manoeuvring his sheep around at top speed while bouncing over hillocks.
Both types of shepherd are remarkable, but perhaps give a somewhat misleading idea of what it was like to be a shepherd in biblical times.
A shepherd in the middle-east two-to three thousand years ago lived quite a different type of life. Obviously there were no quad bikes, but they didn't use sheep dogs either. Their relationship to the sheep was that much closer.
A shepherd would live with the sheep, being with them 24 hours of the day. On cold winter nights, they would be with their sheep, enduring the cold with them. On days of scorching heat, they would be with them too, enduring the burning sun as they guided the sheep to shade. The sheep's hardships were the shepherd's hardships.
So when Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd, and when David, himself a shepherd, describes his Lord God in Psalm 23 as a shepherd, they were saying something very profound. They were saying that God, through Jesus Christ, knows our hardships, knows our struggles, for he has lived them with us. Jesus knew the grief of losing loved ones. It is one of the only times in the Bible when we are told that he wept. But he also knows our sorrow, our sadness. At times of loss and grief in our lives, it can sometimes feel as though no-one can understand. But God does. He has been there with us.
Not only would a middle-eastern shepherd live with his sheep, he would know each one of them, and give them a name. He may at times have his flock share a sheep pen with another flock, but when it came to leave in the morning, he would call them one by one by name, and they would separate off from the other flock and follow his call. He would be the first to know when a sheep had stumbled and was limping, or was ill or diseased. He knew his sheep intimately.
When Jesus is described as our shepherd, it is because he knows us intimately. He knows who we are, and he knows our needs, before we can even speak them. He knows us, cares about us, and loves us. Our God is not a distant and far-removed God, but one who comes alongside us and knows us. At times of grief, we can take comfort in his presence.
As Psalm 23 so beautifully phrases it, the Lord our Shepherd "makes me lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul." It was the shepherd's role to find water, pasture and shade for his flock in what was a very dry, arid landscape. The sheep depended on him. For David, the writer of Psalm 23, this was what God did for him. Amidst the hardships of life, God not only shared those with him; he found places of rest and refreshment, places to renew his soul. You may be at a place of dryness, of aridness, in your own life, a desert place. Often grief has a way of making us feel that way. It may be that God wants to lead you to a place of refreshing, a place of peace and restoration. Place your trust in him; ask him to lead you.
Another distinctive of middle-eastern shepherds was that rather than marshalling their sheep from behind, they went ahead of their sheep and led them from the front. They would lead the way, into whatever dangers lay ahead; the sheep would follow. So when Psalm 23 describes the Lord guiding him in paths of righteousness, or being with him through the valley of the shadow of death, in his mind he is describing the Lord going ahead of him, facing the unknown, facing the fears and the darkness first. Jesus goes ahead of us. He goes ahead of us into the darkness of grief, he goes ahead of us into those dark valleys that our sadness and loss leads us into. He does not leave us to find our way alone. He is with us. He leads the way.
And for our loved ones who have died, and who today we are holding particularly in our thoughts, he has gone ahead of them too. He has gone ahead of them leading the way through the valley of death itself and out the other side into the hope and glory of resurrected life. He is the shining light in the darkness, the one whose risen presence assures us that death is not the end, does not have the final word, but that eternal life awaits.
For the feature of the best shepherds would be that they were prepared to lay down their lives for the sake of their flock. When wild wolves or bears came threatening their flock, they would take their life in their hands and defend their sheep, even at the cost of there own life. And that is what Christ has done for us – to die for us – and in rising to new life, make the way possible for us all to enter into the presence of God.
And that is why David can end the 23rd Psalm with the words: "I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever" and why Christ himself in our gospel reading can say "I shall lose none of all that he has given me but raise them up at the last day."
Our Good Shepherd is with us now, a source of comfort, strength, guidance, restoration. Let us place our trust in him and follow him.
And our Good Shepherd is with our loved ones who have died too. For he is the source of eternal and abundant life in the everlasting presence of God. He has led them from death into life.


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Monasterio de Hermo is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The church of Santa Maria, a historic artistic monument, is located here. People from Grasshopper-Club visit the monument frequently during off season.

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Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 – February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. The public knows him best for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies.
His estate, Sunnybank, in Wayne, New Jersey is maintained as Terhune Memorial Park - Sunnybank. It is open to the public and visitors can visit the graves of many of the dogs mentioned in Terhune's works and view a collection of Terhune's book and dog awards at the Van Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum. Historical and family items from the Terhune home, "The Place," can be found at the Pompton Lakes Historical Museum.
Albert Payson Terhune first published short stories about his collie Lad, titled Lad Stories, in various general-interest magazines, including Red Book, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Hartford Courant, and the Atlantic Monthly. The first of his novels about his dogs, Lad: A Dog, collected a dozen stories of his collie Lad in novel form. Lad was followed by over thirty additional dog-focused novels, including two additional books about Lad. Published in 1919, the novel was a best seller in both the adult and young adult markets and has been reprinted over 80 times. It was adapted into a feature film in 1962. A man of his time, Terhune is now often criticized by some for his starkly racist depictions of the minorities, hill people, and so-called "half-breeds" that peopled parts of New Jersey less idealized than Sunnybrook.
Albert Payson Terhune was born in New Jersey to Mary Virginia Hawes and the Reverend Edward Payson Terhune. His mother, Mary Virginia Hawes, was a writer of household management books and pre-Civil War novels under the name Marion Harland. Terhune had four sisters and one brother, though only two of his sisters lived to be adults: Christine Terhune Herrick (1859–1944); and Virginia Terhune Van De Water (1865–1945).
Sunnybank () was originally the family's summer home, with Terhune making it his permanent residence in 1912. He was educated at Columbia University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. From 1894 to 1914, he worked as a reporter for The Evening World.
He boxed exhibition matches with James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Jeffries.
His Sunnybank Kennels where he bred and raised rough collies were "the most famed collie kennels in the U.S.".
Terhune was married twice. His first wife, Lorraine Bryson Terhune, died at the age of 23, four days after giving birth to Lorraine Virginia Terhune Stevens (1898–1956) and nine months into the marriage. He later remarried to Anice Terhune; they never had children. He died on February 18, 1942. He was buried at the Pompton Reformed Church in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
The Terhune Omnibus (1937) Republished as The Best-Loved Dog Stories Of Albert Payson Terhune in 1954.
Great Dog Stories (1994) Collects five stories from The Heart of a Dog and five from My Friend The Dog.


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Q 74Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab): This morning, I pressed on the issue of the isolated bullied child in a school, and the possibility that the teacher and ancillary staff colluded in or even instigated the bullying, whether it be on grounds of religion, belief, sexual orientation or gender variance. I asked who, in that case, would or could take legal action on behalf of the child, and I was told that the Equality and Human Rights Commission could or would do so. First, can I have your take on that? What do you think? Do you think that that is adequate? Do you think that the Bill should be strengthened in respect of enforcement? Should it include provision for representative or class action?
Stephen Whittle: First, the provision against harassment really needs to be strengthened for young black kids. Our experience from doing work for the equalities review and, since then, for the European Union has been that bullying in school comes not just from children. There is a significant problem with staff—from ancillary staff right up to the very senior staff in schools.
What we feel very strongly is that the power needs to be given for a children's solicitor to step in and take a case on behalf of the child, if need be. Just like in the matter of the ward of court, we are talking about really serious issues here, in relation to a child's future well-being. Our experience is that many parents do not know how to do that, on the whole. They are too emotionally involved and they want to protect their children—so strongly that they protect them from the courts, as well.
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We do feel it needs to be strengthened. The Equality and Human Rights Commission would be incredibly supportive on this; but it only has limited money to do these cases. So far in the history of the EHRC there has only been one trans case supported.
Mr. Boswell: On a point of order, Lady Winterton. I should briefly like to refer to the fact that I omitted the Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office, from my list; perhaps I may append her to it. For this purpose in particular we are extremely grateful that she is on the Committee, with her expertise and experience in these complex issues. I think that that will be helpful to the Committee.
Q 75Mr. Mark Harper (Forest of Dean) (Con): A couple of things: first, on positive action, there are two provisions in the Bill dealing with that. Clause 152 is on the general issue, with which I have no particular problem. The question I wanted to ask—and I want to see which witnesses want to deal with it—is about clause 153, which is about positive action on recruitment and promotion. The way it is written in the explanatory note very much portrays it as being used in a tie-break situation: in a narrow set of cases where the candidates are equally qualified. On Second Reading it was put very much in that way. The Bill talks about candidates who are "as qualified as" each other, which, to my way of reading, is not quite the same thing.
If there is a genuine tie-break and two equally qualified candidates meet the requirements of the job in the same way, using one of the protected characteristics as a tie-break to widen the diversity of the work force seems to me acceptable. However, it also seems to me that the likelihood of that happening very often, and of there being two equally qualified candidates, is pretty slim. Equally, you cannot have a general policy. That would clearly be unlawful. I just wanted to get the take of the witnesses—those who want to comment—on whether they think the clause will be of wide use, or whether it will be used in those narrow tie-break situations. The reason I am concerned is that I do not want it to be used to discriminate against other groups of people. My experience is that that has a negative effect—the opposite effect to the one we want to see. I do not know who wants to pick that up first.
Rob Berkeley: I would be happy to. I think you are right that there would not be that many occasions when people would be equally qualified as somebody else. That is very difficult to prove. I am not sure whether there would be two people, two candidates, who would be exactly the same; but I do think it is an important provision because this clarification, of what positive action is, is really helpful. There has been in the past a huge amount of confusion, which has led people to not engage in the more general positive action, or have much guidance on what decisions they can make, so it is more an enabling piece in the legislation which will enable people in those rare cases to make that decision. But it is not, to me, going to be a kind of revolution in terms of increasing the proportion of disadvantaged groups that will take up positions.
Q 76Mr. Harper: Just to be clear about your view, and the view of your organisation, is it your view that it is only acceptable to do that in those limited cases? Or,
if you have got a range of candidates, where there is a spread of ability, is it acceptable, where one candidate for a job is actually better than the other, to pick someone who is less good? They are qualified for the job—it is not that they are not qualified—but they are not as good as someone else, and it is purely on the basis of making your work force diverse. Do you think that that is acceptable, or do you think it is only acceptable in the narrow, tie-break-type situation?
Rob Berkeley: In the view of my organisation, we have been arguing for a long time for affirmative action which would enable that to happen in time-limited places and with some safeguards around that. As a next best position clarity is helpful, and I think this provides some level of clarity.
Q 77Mr. Harper: Does anyone else want to answer?
Theo Gavrielides: Yes, I just wanted to support what Runnymede has just said. I think it is an important clause. I think it should be strengthened. This is something that we also campaign for—affirmative action is something that we also supported. Certain sectors will be using the clause, but I do not think that it will be used as widely as some people expect. There is also the issue of aligning domestic legislation with EU legislation.
Q 78Mr. Harper: Do either of you want to speak?
Stephen Whittle: As someone who has interviewed people for many years for jobs and studentships, how often do we see two people with exactly the same sex and qualifications? It is so rare. In relation to trans people, this sort of thing is not going to make any difference, because they will simply say, "We chose not to do that on that occasion." Much better is a sort of positive action—not positive in a legal sense. Several years ago the Metropolitan police put up two adverts on the tube that said, "London Met is recruiting—transgendered and transsexual people are really welcome", and they recruited 23 people in the next six months. That was what made the difference. This piece of legislation will not make an iota of difference to the trans community, unless it is framed very differently and put in a different context.
Q 79Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD): I want to ask about the public sector duty, if that is okay with colleagues—in particular, the controversy over clause 143(1)(b). I do not think there is any controversy over the first part, which is the public sector duty to help "eliminate discrimination, harassment" and so forth, or indeed the part that says:
"foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic".
But there is the part that says "advance equality of opportunity", where it is controversial in respect of religion. I want to ask the panel whether they can identify any examples that would help rectify the inclusion of that duty—a problem that is based on the characteristics or needs of people who share a religion. Perhaps they can point to one of the examples in the explanatory notes on page E106, because I do not see it there, either.
Ben Summerskill: Our remit is sexual orientation and I can happily provide you with hard evidence. We would not be seeking a duty around sexual orientation if we did not have evidence that there were mischiefs to be
corrected. You probably need to direct that question to the faith and belief organisations, which I am sure will have established hard evidence if they want these provisions. It is not really for us.
Q 80Dr. Harris: Let me explain why I think it might be for you. The wording of the Bill implies that it should apply to the needs of people, for example, who share a religion. People with religious views often feel that their needs relate to the doctrine of that religion. For example, they do not want to have a community where there might be too much gambling for one religion, or gay nightclubs might be around the place and they could argue that it is not fair on their needs, which are not to see that sort of thing in their community according to their strongly held and sincere religious views. Why are not their needs not to have that "shoved down their throat" being recognised by the relevant public authority? That has been cited in some academic papers as one of the concerns that might emerge. Is that something that you are aware of?
Ben Summerskill: Yes, I am mindful that these cases have sometimes been cited in academic papers. I am not sure we have found cases in the real world where these tensions would arise. Clearly, it is exactly the same as the answer on harassment. If we were persuaded that there were cases where they would arise, we might take a different view. But it is really not our area of competence. As I said, it seems to me that it is faith organisations that need to provide the evidence of need for this provision.
Q 81Dr. Harris: What about the scenario where some religious organisations are entitled to discriminate under the exemptions when they are delivering services, as long as it is not mainly commercial? Even on the grounds of sexual orientation, there is that exemption in order to avoid upsetting or mocking the views of a significant number of their followers.
Ben Summerskill: We are not clear that that is the case.
Q 82Dr. Harris: You are not clear that is the case? Let me refer you to schedule 23. Do you have a copy of the Bill there?
Ben Summerskill: I have a copy of the Bill, but we are still not clear that is the case.
Q 83Dr. Harris: So, you do not believe there is an exemption for religious organisations, in providing services, that would enable them to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation? Is that what you are saying?
Ben Summerskill: I can only repeat that we are not clear that is the case.
Q 84Dr. Harris: May I read you the relevant section, and then you can explain?
Ben Summerskill: That is a question you will have to ask the Chairman, not me.
Q 85Dr. Harris: Paragraph 2 of schedule 23 states:
"This paragraph applies to an organisation the purpose of which is—"
and then it lists a number of religious organisations. Paragraph 3 says—
The Chairman: Order. I think that, perhaps, on reflection, this might be a question to put to the Minister at some stage, so we should move on. I call John Mason to ask a question on the same issue.
Q 86John Mason (Glasgow, East) (SNP): Thank you, Lady Winterton. To build on some of the things that Evan Harris was saying, there are bits of the public sector duty in clause 143 that I really like, such as the part about fostering good relations, which is to be welcomed, but do you feel that it puts an unfair burden on public authorities to try to hold together the eight protected characteristics? Will they be forced to choose between them and somehow create a hierarchy? How will they resolve conflicts, or will there not be conflicts?
Ben Summerskill: Let me answer that in practical terms. We now work with about 500 major employers, who employ about 5 million people between them, and I think that two thirds of them are public authorities. The vast majority of those employers support the proposals in the Bill, and not necessarily for political reasons, with either a small or capital P, but because they see a simplification and because they see an opportunity better to deliver and tailor public services right across the piece. Clearly it is quite proper that you should not focus on just one area of equality.
I think it is fair to say that where we have seen the biggest operational successes in such areas, not just around issues of employment, but around service delivery—we have done some quite detailed work over five years with the NHS in Scotland, which is now being mainstreamed right across the Scottish health service—that success came from encouraging those organisations to see all their patients as being different. It did not come from us going in with a series of strategies that related simply to sexual orientation, or from saying that they should get in someone who is an expert on race. I think the perception of a huge number of public bodies—Scottish Enterprise is another we work with that springs to mind—is that they see the prize of having a bespoke capacity to deliver public services for everyone as the prize contained within the public duty right across the board, rather than it being a duty that cuts in eight different directions.
Rob Berkeley: With or without the provisions in this Bill, public authorities will have to deal with these conflicts and resolve them anyway, so I hope that it gives them a space in which to do that, and enables them to do so. Given the way in which various equality organisations have managed to find spaces in which they can work together, that is not impossible. It takes some work, but it is not impossible and it can lead to some very positive changes, not just on particular protected grounds, but right across the piece.
Stephen Whittle: I was going to add to that. I work with public sector bodies, and there has been great enthusiasm, particularly at local authority level, for putting together the public sector duty obligations from the Equality Act 2006. We plan early work up in the north and north-west of England, and perhaps it is a stronghold of equal opportunities historically, but there has been absolute enthusiasm for that, and some very positive experiences.
Theo Gavrielides: A similar question was asked when the Human Rights Act 1998 was introduced. To answer your question fairly, it will put pressure on public authorities to bring themselves up to scratch. But that is not a reason to say that the Bill should not be passed. In fact, it should be a reason to provide support for such public authorities, whether it is training or guidance, to deliver and implement the Bill.
You spoke about public authorities. One of our main concerns is that the duty does not extend to organisations that will provide public services. I am talking about the public functions definition in the Bill. The Bill uses the Human Rights Act as a point of reference to define "public function". After five leading cases in the House of Lords, a private Member's Bill that was proposed, the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, and a clear definition in that Committee's proposals under the recent Bill of Rights discussion, we are disappointed to see a reference back to the Human Rights Act. That means that a large majority of the services will not be protecting some of the most vulnerable groups in society. An example is the recent YL case in 2007, which involved an 84-year-old lady in a care home. The court said that under the current definition of "public function", that particular care home, which was a private organisation, was not covered by the Human Rights Act. As a result, the case was turned down. The case affected 300,000 elders in care homes.
The population of black and minority ethnic groups in care homes is even more disproportionately represented. Black and Asian minority elders sometimes do not have family or friends in this country. They also have additional needs where there are language barriers, cultural needs or dietary requirements. If they are not protected by equality legislation, their rights, equality and dignity will be breached.
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(iv) Take action once the therapeutic relationship has completed.


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Q: Hibernate batch bulk insert I am trying to insert 1000 records using '''Hibernate jdbc batch''' and sometime we get unique constraints for one of the records. Is there anyway I can force hibernate to return which row data caused constraints issue?
Whenever constraint issue occurs hibernate return error just ''' db constraints  error'''
I know I can go back to database and check but looking for some feature of hibernate which logs or return culprit data only.
My backed is oracle.

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The 2012 Summer Research Institute at the Florida Mental Health Research Institute (SRI@FMHI) was my introduction to the research process. The most exciting thing about this experience was the opportunity to develop my own research study. I really had to spend time thinking about what I was interested in researching. I thought about my past experiences and I realized I was interested in how people access health care services and how certain barriers prevent people from gaining adequate care.
What I enjoyed most about my project, Barriers to Seeking Help for Mental Health Issues in Women Ages 22 – 64, was the opportunity to speak with women about their mental health issues, hiding symptoms and difficulties accessing care. I remember spending a lot of time at the homeless facility where I recruited one group of participants. Many of the women were uncomfortable sharing their mental health diagnosis or needed help filling out the questionnaire, so I talked with them and waited patiently until they were ready to share. After completing the questionnaire, one woman thanked me. I thought she was referring to the compensation, but then she said, "It's just nice to know that someone is asking these questions." Another woman from my University sample group commented that she learned so much about herself by participating in my study. I was so pleased to hear comments like these.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged publishing, research on September 3, 2013 by blogatkon.
Undergraduate students are eligible to submit papers on the theme of School Bullying for publication in the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (and on the Website described below). Papers submitted for consideration may describe student projects from research awards, seminars, independent studies, service-learning projects, or class projects in the student's major.
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est un manga de Takako Shigematsu, publié en 9 tomes entre 2007 et 2010 au Japon et sortie en intégralité en français chez Taifu Comics entre 2008 et 2010.

Histoire

Une jeune fille, Yuzu, perd sa mère et se retrouve à la rue. Un beau et mystérieux majordome arrive et la conduit à la demeure luxueuse de sa riche grand-mère. Yuzu doit alors apprendre à gérer sa nouvelle situation...*

Personnages

Yuzu
Héroïne, jeune fille sensible et très belle.

 ShirayukiRiche grand-mère de Yuzu.

Hassaku
Majordome de  Shirayuki.

Haruka
Jeune du collège de Yuzu.

Iyo
Jeune du collège; Yuzu ne comprend pourquoi il la tient en horreur.

Références

Manga paru dans le Monthly Princess
Série manga
Manga des années 2000
Manga publié par Ototo


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Walter Lehmann (Berlim,  – Berlim, ) foi um etnólogo alemão.

Publicações
Die Ueberlagerung der Leber durch das Colon transversum. B. Georgi, Leipzig 1903, zugleich: Dissertation, Leipzig 1903
Vokabular der Rama-Sprache nebst grammatischem Abriss. Straub, München 1914, zugleich: Dissertation, München 1913
Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der Pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas: Unger, Berlin 1915; zugleich: Habilitationsschrift, München 1915
Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in Mittelamerika und Mexico, 1907–1909. In: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie. Band 42, S. 687–749, Berlin
Zentral-Amerika. Band 1: Die Sprachen Zentral-Amerikas in ihren Beziehungen zueinander sowie zu Süd-Amerika und Mexiko. 2 Teilbände, Reimer, Berlin 1920
com Heinrich Doering: Kunstgeschichte des alten Peru. Wasmuth, Berlin 1924
Ausstellung altamerikanischer Kunst. Veranstaltet von den Staatlichen Museen in Gemeinschaft mit der Preussischen Akademie der Künste und dem Ibero-Amerikanischen Institut [Dezember 1931 bis Januar 1932]. Schaal, Berlin 1931
Aus den Pyramidenstädten in Alt-Mexiko. Reimar Hobbing, Berlin 1933
Die Geschichte der Königreiche von Colhuacan und Mexico (= Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas, Band 1). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart und Berlin 1938; 2. Auflage herausgegeben von Gerdt Kutscher, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [u. a.] 1974, ISBN 3-17-228011-X
Bernardino de Sahagún; Walter Lehmann (Übersetzung); Gerdt Kutscher (Hrsg.): Sterbende Götter und christliche Heilsbotschaft. Wechselreden indianischer Vornehmer und spanischer Glaubensapostel in Mexiko 1524 (= Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas, Band 3). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1949 (mit Porträt)
Domingo de San Anton Muñon Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin; Walter Lehmann und Gerdt Kutscher (Übersetzung): Das Memorial breve acerca de la fundacion de la ciudad de Culhuacan und weitere ausgewählte Teile aus den "Diferentes historias originales" (Ms. mexicain No. 74, Paris.) (= Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas, aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen, Band 7). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958
Walter Lehmann und Gerdt Kutscher (Übersetzung und Erläuterung); Günter Vollmer (Einleitung): Geschichte der Azteken. Codex Aubin und verwandte Dokumente (= Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen, Band 13). Mann, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-7861-3019-1
Gertrud Schumacher de Peña: El vocabulario mochica de Walter Lehmann 1929, comparado con otras fuentes léxicas. Instituto de Investigación de Lingüística Aplicada (CILA) UNMSM, Lima 1991, 56 Seiten.

Bibliografia

Ligações externas

Professores da Universidade de Munique
Médicos do século XIX
Naturais de Berlim


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