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Lower East Side Tours
Once a hub for newly arrived immigrants, then later, a gritty part of New York City largely populated by struggling artists, the Lower East Side is now one of Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods. You'll find unique boutiques, small galleries, and plenty of character in this district bordered by East Houston, Essex, Canal, and the Bowery.
A good way to immerse yourself in the Lower East Side's history, culture, or culinary diversity is to join a tour of the area on a topic that interests you—whether that's street art, multiethnic cuisine, the immigrant experience, or the influence of organized crime groups. Alternatively, wander the streets on a broader walking tour that introduces you to the neighborhood's landmarks and hidden gems.
The Lower East Side is a must for New York City history buffs.
Unlike in much of Manhattan, the Lower East Side's streets are numbered, making navigation slightly trickier.
Be prepared to wait in line to get into the long-standing Katz's Delicatessen, recognizable from the movie When Harry Met Sally.
Manhattan's Lower East Side is easily accessible via subway, 24 hours a day. Or, take the M15 bus, which travels along Houston Street.
There's always something going on on the Lower East Side, but the neighborhood is generally liveliest after dark. On Friday and Saturday nights, New Yorkers hit the many bars, clubs, and music venues clustered around Ludlow and Orchard streets. Late Sunday is another popular time, when area restaurants serve brunch.
Lower East Side Museums
A handful of museums cater to different interests on the Lower East Side. Check out the Tenement Museum to see how Manhattan's earliest immigrants lived, or view the current exhibition of contemporary art at the New Museum. And if you want to learn more about Manhattan's Jewish history, don't miss the Museum at Eldridge Street, housed in a synagogue that opened in 1887.
Address: New York City, New York, USA
23 Tours and Activities to Experience Lower East Side
NYC Lower East Side Food and Culture Small-Group Tour
From stroopwafel to mozzarella to knishes; there are many amazing eats on Manhattan's Lower East Side. On this small-group walking tour, discover the neighborhood's diverse cultural heritage and learn how its immigration history has influenced its dynamic foodie scene. Along the way, visit markets, bakeries, and restaurants, and sample delicacies from all around the world.
Manhattan Architecture Yacht Cruise
Avoid the mobs of people sightseeing on land, and opt for this Manhattan architecture yacht cruise instead. From the teak deck of the boat, learn about New York City's architectural landmarks as you circumnavigate the island and listen to the 'Around Manhattan' narration provided by members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). One beer or glass of wine is provided, as well as soda.
NYC Lower East Side Walking and Food Tour
Delve deeper into the food and multicultural history of Manhattan's Lower East Side than you could alone on this small-group walking tour. Rather than guessing at eateries and foods to try, let a guide showcase local hotspots and specialties; and chart their European, Jewish, and other cultural roots. Taste snacks such as "knish" doughballs, "bialy" filled rolls, and more; and learn stories of 19th-century immigrant life that many travelers miss.
Lower East Side Eats Food Tour
Foodies experience the diverse flavors of New York City's Lower East Side on this culinary walking tour. Join your guide to begin your stroll, where you can uncover the immigrant history of the neighborhood, and learn how diverse cultures contributed to the rich culinary world of the Lower East Side today. Highlights include the tastings at six different shops, restaurants, and cafés, where you sample everything from traditional Jewish delicacies and bagels to old-fashioned candies, donuts, and more.
New York City Lower East Side Walking Tour
Go deep into a classic New York City neighborhood with a 3-hour walking tour of the Lower East Side's historic landmarks and hidden gems. Learn the stories of the generations of immigrants that made their homes in the Lower East Side as you explore a pair of famous Jewish delis, a matzoh factory and a knish bakery. Visit the neighborhood's most beloved spots, see the film locations of favorite NYC movies and television shows, and learn how a working-class enclave gave way to cutting-edge restaurants and exclusive boutiques.
Private New York City Lower East Side Food Tour
Explore the rich culinary history of the Lower East Side on this private half-day walking tour. With an informative local guide leading the way, learn about the waves of immigrants who settled this once impoverished strip of tenement houses. Visit some of the neighborhood's landmark restaurants, delicatessens, and appetizing shops, including Katz's, Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery, and the Pickle Guys.
Lower East Side Bagel Tour
New York City's Lower East side is home to many cultures and plenty of good food. Focus primarily on this area's Jewish culture during this food tour. Start your tour with NYC's most iconic food—the bagel—and follow your guide to bakeries, delis, candy shops, and markets that celebrate Jewish heritage. Visit synagogues, museums and local landmarks to hear stories about daily life and traditions in this colorful NYC community.
Tastes of the Lower East Side
The Lower East Side can seem intimidating to explore on your own, but this Tastes of the Lower East Side food tour is a perfect introduction to the neighborhood, its history, and, of course, its food. Explore the LES on foot and learn about its rich immigrant past. Hear about the various groups who immigrated to New York City and sample some of the delicious foods that they brought with them.
Lower East Side Prohibition Pub Crawl
Experience what Manhattan's Lower East Side was like in the roaring twenties on a three-hour prohibition pub crawl. Tour original speakeasies of the era and stop into hidden modern day examples that you need a secret password to enter. Learn about the notorious gangsters who ran the city decades ago and hear what Lower East Side parties were like during prohibition. Stop at various venues and enjoy a complimentary glass of Champagne along the way.
New York City Private Manhattan Tour by Jeep SUV with a local guide
Cruise around New York City like a VIP in a private Jeep Wrangler with a personal chauffeur. Cover far more ground than you could on foot as you drive the streets of the Big Apple and explore all of the city's most famous neighborhoods including Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side.
New York Double-Decker Bus Night Tour
See New York City shine in all its glory on this illuminating night tour. From aboard an open-top double-decker bus, see the lights and evening activity of Times Square, Greenwich Village, SoHo, the Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, and more. Savor incredible panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline at night.
Private Tastes of the Lower East Side Tour
On this private tour, get up close and personal with the Lower East Side: one of Manhattan's most diverse and dynamic neighborhoods. Pick a departure time that works for your schedule, and meet your guide. You'll see the Eldridge Street Synagogue, popular eateries like Katz's Deli and Russ & Daughters, the Manhattan Bridge, and more. As you go, learn about the immigrants who shaped the area, the history of tenement housing, the Lower East Side's rich culinary culture, and more.
2.5 Hour Lower East Side Walking & Tasting Tour
The Lower East Side is one of the best places to eat in New York. Lengthy lines and large portions are commonplace at its most famous food venues, meaning many independent visitors only manage to make it to one or two at most. On this tour, sample food from six long-standing LES institutions, including the legendary Katz's Delicatessen, and find out more about the immigrant history of the neighborhood.
Historical NYC neighborhood tour with a soccer focus, followed by a live match
Our tours allow you to see the sites as well as the match. Soccer Walks NYC is the only New York walking tour that will introduce you to the history of the city through the eyes of the many immigrant groups that have arrived in New York with a dream for a better life and a love of soccer. Neighborhoods covered include the Lower East Side, Little Italy, Greenwich Village and East Village. After exploring the immigrant history of various New York City neighborhoods, we'll stop in to one of NYC's many soccer bars to experience what it's like to watch your favorite team or league with a bunch of rabid football fans in New York City.
New York City Hop-on Hop-Off Tour including One World Observatory Admission
Put the 'big' in the Big Apple by covering a huge swath of Manhattan on this 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour and then gain entry to the sky-high One World Observatory in lower Manhattan. Save your feet and leg muscles by riding comfortably on the double-decker bus, learning about the history of the city as you go, getting off when something strikes your interest. Then head to One World Observatory for a stunning view. Upgrade to a 48-hour 'all loops' ticket to see even more.
Murder and Mayhem East Village Gangster and Crime Private Walking Tour
Explore the gritty and grisly history of Lower East Side and East Village on this private walking tour. Visit the boyhood home Lucky Luciano and a cemetery where one of New York's most notorious grave robberies occurred. Stop by Manhattan's oldest bar and Tompkins Square Park, which memorializes a 1904 boat fire that killed more than 1,000 people. Indulge your interest in the macabre with this darkly fascinating experience.
Street Art & Graffiti Tour in NYC Private Tour
New York's vibrant Lower East Side neighborhood has, in recent years, become a hub of some of the city's most experimental and boundary-pushing street art. Go on a small-group, cultural walking tour of the neighborhood, and spot noteworthy works by internationally renowned artists. Meet your guide at the Houston Bowery Wall in Nolita—famed for its ever-changing murals—and then venture to the LES. You'll admire pieces in the 100 Gates Project, will see work by Shephard Fairey and Space Invader, and learn more about the vibrant local street art community.
A History of Housing the Poor: A Walk of New York's Lower East Side
Enrich your understanding of New York as a city of immigrants, exiles, and refugees on this walking tour of the Lower East Side. With an informative guide leading the way, learn about the African burial ground beneath the city's pavement, the Italian slum of Mulberry Bend, the Five Points neighborhood of "Gangs of New York" fame, and the waves of poor immigrants who called this corner of lower Manhattan home.
Empire State Building Ticket with Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour
New York City is home to some of the most iconic landmarks in the world, but taking in the highlights can be daunting. With this hop-on-hop-off tour, admire the most famous sights in the city without getting footsore or having to navigate public transportation. Relax on an open-top sightseeing bus to admire Times Square, Central Park, and the Statue of Liberty and enjoy a bird's-eye view from the Empire State Building.
Hudson River Bike Rental
Spend the day exploring Lower Manhattan's architecture, sites, landmarks, and coastal views with this convenient bike rental. Perfect for independent travelers, choosing a rental rather than a tour lets you go at your own pace and spend as long as you want at each stop. Plus, traveling by bike enables you to fit in more sights than you can on foot.
New York City Ultimate Nightlife Group Tour
If you're not familiar with NYC, going out at night can seem pretty intimidating. This NYC nightlife tour puts your mind at ease by planning out your night for you. Be led by a guide who knows the downtown area better than most and visit four different venues from rooftop bars to speakeasys. Enjoy skip-the-line entry at each location and two drinks included.
New York Rooftop and Club Nightlife Tour
Explore the nightlife of New York City on a tour that guarantees skip-the-line access at top venues. You might visit a bar, speakeasy, live music hall, rooftop lounge, or dance club depending on what's available that evening. Travel with a small group and guide who provides free admission and complimentary drinks as you meet new people during this worry-free night out in New York.
Private Downtown Street Art Tour With Guide/Muralist
New York City has been a street art destination for close to 50 years. On a private walking tour through downtown neighborhoods, your guide points out hidden murals that visitors often miss. Along the way, learn about the evolution of Lower Manhattan, from the influx of immigrants to how it became the city's first artist colony. Booking a private tour ensures a tailored experience and your guide's full attention.
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Several students critical after school shooting in Colorado
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said at a news conference Tuesday that two shooters walked into the school and opened fire on students in two classrooms. He said a number of students were shot and wounded.
The victims are all 15 and older. Spurlock says the gunmen were both students at STEM School Highlands Ranch and that he had no information about whether anyone was targeted. The sheriff says the shooters are in custody, believed to be a man and a minor boy. Spurlock says at least a handgun was recovered, but he didn't release other information on weapons.

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There is an almost-overwhelming amount of yoghurts available on the market today but Greek style yoghurt definitely stands out in that compared to regular yoghurts, it is strained substantially to get rid of a majority of the "liquidy" bits including whey, lactose, sugars and so on. So in the end, you're left with a thicker, creamier version of yoghurt with a more zesty taste that's less sweet, in addition to all the protein goodness (double that of regular yoghurt) and only a fraction of the calories!
Lower lactose levels mean lower risk of discomfort for our lactose- intolerant counterparts and the protein goodness means you feel fuller quicker, for our weight watchers!
It is also a wonderful alternative protein source for vegetarians. We know how difficult it can be to maintain adequate protein levels.
Like all yoghurts, it is also a superb source of probiotic (good) bacteria, calcium, potassium, zinc, and vitamins B6 and 12.
Here are 2 exciting Greek yoghurt-ified recipes to try at home. All ingredients can be purchased on nkataa.com stress and fuss-free.
This one is ideal for breakfast both at home and on the go. It can also be "arranged" in a variety of different ways depending on your preference.
This one will be ideal for lunch or dinner. What I like the most about it is how exhilaratingly juicy the Greek yoghurt turns the chicken breasts. This can be served with plain boiled rice or Jollof rice.


This is me aged 23, in October 2009. It's from one of my early blog posts, back in the days I was working as a copywriter in a digital agency, living in a dingy flat and spending my limited funds in charity shops.
This is me aged 28, in March 2014. I run my own business, I'm married, I live in a house not a flat and can now drink red wine without wincing.
I've been writing this blog for almost 5 years, throughout my early twenties. Those years mark a period of huge change for most people – you're done with university, you have your first 'real' job, might meet your life partner, suffer through break-ups and redundancies and struggle to pay 100% council tax for the first time. When I started A Little Bird Told Me I was in a job I found very difficult, commuting long distances for not very much money, feeling generally under-valued and a bit lost. The blog was a way to channel my thoughts and escape from the insecurities that come with being 23 and only having one foot on the bottom rung of a very high career ladder.
In the early days, the focus of this blog was on thriftiness – I loved charity shops and car boot sales, Primark tea dresses and cheap shoes. I wore something different in every single post and although I was shopping cheaply, I was spending a hell of a lot of money on things that didn't last three wears. I had all the time in the world to browse the high street and shopping was a solace from an unfulfilling job. Despite having this online persona as a 'thrifty' blogger, I was very reckless with my money and every month would end with tears as I willed payday around.
In 2012 I left my agency job to go freelance, and have since built a successful business. Priorities changed. Free time became limited. Bank balances became healthier. These things, combined with becoming a happier, more confident person, changed me. Getting married changed me. Growing older changed me. Meeting new people changed me.
When you document your life online, people feel like they know you. As bloggers, we share so much of ourselves and develop friendships with those who read our blogs. But although our online personas are preserved forever in our archives, the people we are in real life can often be starkly different to those we started out as. I was 15 when I started writing about my life on Open Diary and the person I am now is worlds away from who I was then, or who I was at 23 when I started this blog. Which is how it should be – life is about growing and changing, learning from experiences and using them to move forward.
I don't write about second hand shopping any more. It's no longer relevant, just like The Spice Girls and bootcut jeans are no longer relevant. I'm not the person I was at 23, and thank God for that. That period of my life is captured forever through words and pictures, but that time has gone. I'm different now – still me, but older. A bit wiser. Definitely healthier. And much, much happier.
Have you grown up online?
I love this. I started blogging (with some older blogs that I've since deleted) a while ago and now I actually feel like all this time I've spent sending words out into cyber space is paying off. I'm at a great university, working as a marketing assistant, and starting to get my "grown up" life in order. I can't wait to see where I'll be when I'm not 22 though! Thanks for sharing this great post!
I have loved seeing people grow up online (jeesh that sounds creepy!) as it has made me realise that things are OK if they don't quite stick to the plan I had in my head. I have been blogging for nearly 5 years and so much has changed since then but I am so glad that I have it all documented to look back over (however cringey it may be!) I really love your blog Jen and I can;t wait to see where you go next with it!
Omg I had an Open Diary too! From the ages of 16-20 and even then I'd changed and realised a few things. Although I don't document so much personal stuff, I can definitely see that I've grown up. I blogged 5 years ago about leggings, quaint jewellery and uni woes and now everything is a lot more polished and well thought out. I'm still not much of a 'grown up' but slowly working things out, whilst becoming a lot more confident and chilled out about certain things that used to bother me. I definitely wasted a lot of money on things I only wore a few times. I don't know if I'll ever really like wine though, I feel like such a fraud! Give me a mojito any day!
I've followed and enjoyed reading your blog for three or four years now, through more difficult times when I marveled at how well you dealt with it, to your more entrepreneurial and successful present. Throughout it all you worked hard and brilliantly. Thank you for sharing your journey. It's cheering that you are wiser healthier and happier. Enjoy. 28 is a nice age.
Great to hear you've found your happy place work-wise, relationship-wise and money-wise.
I still do thrifty posts but not on a daily (or even lately on a weekly *gulp* basis) but in the short time I've been blogging I've seen changes in myself too.
So glad despite all the changes you're still writing – you're on my go-to list!
I think we started our blogs around the same time; I seem to recall a bunch of the forum posters all did. I sometimes look back and wish I was brave enough to delete the early days, the posts when I was scared, childish, coming to terms with my illness and learning to ride that wave of emotions. I feel now as though I have changed, although I share a lot less on my blog now than I used to. I suppose it's function has changed, or maybe I have changed, or perhaps a combination of the two.
You look beautiful on both photos, Jen. Love reading your blog.
It'll be so awesome to look back at these when we're old and grey. That's motivation to continue blogging forever in my opinion!
I'm 23 right now but have had an online presence since I was 14. Not many of my accounts from back then still exist (as the platform itself died out and I just decided I was better off removing my account) but the few that still do exist make me cringe! I also started my current blog over three years ago when I began one of the biggest overhauls of my life so far and change from then can be surprising!
Aw, I love to read a happy story and see how people's lives have turned out. Where will I be in 5 years time, I now wonder?
Love this blog post! I've been following your blog for a couple of years although haven't looked for a while (don't know why) but can you PLEASE tell me the secret to your amazing hair at the moment!
it would be pretty weird if we didn't change, progress evolve, which ever word we choose to use. and for the better too, things don't change the same so why would our work? you sound very happy, here's to a progressive future.


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11/23/2020 Free Agency 2020
Report: Aron Baynes agrees to two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors
Aussie big man Aron Baynes is heading to the Toronto Raptors on a two-year, $14.3 million deal, per The Athletic's Shams Charania.
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By Benyam Kidane @BenyamKidane
Aron Baynes is heading north after reportedly agreeing to a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.
The deal is reportedly worth $14.3 million, with the second year a team option.
Free agent center Aron Baynes has agreed to a two-year, $14.3M deal with the Toronto Raptors, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
- Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 23, 2020
Baynes is coming off a career year with the Phoenix Suns, averaging career-highs of 11.5 points and 5.6 rebounds in 22.1 minutes per game.
The 33-year-old continued to transform his game to become a reliable outside threat, connecting on 35% from the 3-point line on 4.0 attempts, including the best performance of his career, pouring in a career-high 37 points, 16 rebounds, and nine 3-pointers made against the Portland Trail Blazers just prior to the season shutdown in March.
Remember when @aronbaynes had himself the game of a lifetime against the @trailblazers? 😱
✅ 37 PTS
✅ 16 REB
✅ 9 3PM#RisePHX #WholeNewGame pic.twitter.com/2r7aQaCcZo
- NBA Australia (@NBA_AU) July 27, 2020
With the Raptors losing Serge Ibaka to the LA Clippers and Marc Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency, Baynes comes as a readymade replacement in the frontcourt.
The views expressed here do not represent those of the NBA or its clubs.


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01/8Do you know the reason?
Toxin environment can cause your hair to turn gray faster. The pollutants in the environment generate free radicals that damage the melanin and increase the rate of hair ageing.
Yes, if you take a lot of stress, the chances of your hair turning gray are naturally high. Stress accelerates your genetic density and as a result changes the color of your hair. Try to manage your stress if you want your hair color to remain the same.
You can have gray hair, even if you are just a passive smoker. Exposure to cigarette smoke can have an impact on your hair color. As per a research published in 2013, people who smoke have 2.5 times higher chances of turning their hair gray. This is another reason why you should quit smoking.
Change in hormones is another reason why your hair may be turning gray. Your hair can lose its texture, density, and color with time owing to hormonal changes. The process generally starts when you turn 30 and you can witness a noticeable difference in your hair color.
If you do not include all the essential nutrients in your diet, then your hair may start turning gray at a young age. Low level of vitamin B12 can lead to dry, thinning and premature graying of hair.
Some autoimmune diseases can also make your hair turn gray. Autoimmune diseases attack cells within the body and result in premature graying of hair.
One of the reasons why your hair is turning gray is because your parents grayed early. Sometimes the changing of your hair color depends on your genes.


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Q: Why RMS value is calculated that way? The root mean square (RMS or rms) is defined as the square root of the mean square (the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers).
Note that, we only take square of the "set of numbers" but not of the "count of numbers".
But when calculating the rms value, we take the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values.
Note, we didn't take the square of the "count of numbers". Then, why take the square root of the arithmetic mean? Shouldn't we take the square root of only the square of the "set of numbers"?

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Q: Multiple option of payment on paypal I did a button of 3 options for payment (Buy Now) on PayPal, and when I pasted the code on my website.
Everything looks ok until you click on Buy now, It's transfer to error code on PayPal.
This is the link for the website: http://compx.co.il/?page_id=43
The error code that I get is:
1.Can not process your request at this time. Return to CompX IT Services and try another option.
2. PayPal can not process this transaction because of a problem on the site of the seller. Contact the seller directly to resolve this issue.
Any suggestion?
Regards,
Dvir

A: It's probably a character set issue.  The default character set doesn't recognize them so you can fix this problem by changing the text of your option values or by changing the "charset" you're posting to PayPal.
You can follow these steps to modify the character set within your PayPal account:
- Log into your PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com
- Click the Profile link
- Click the 'Language Encoding' link under the Selling Preferences column
- Click the gray 'More Options' button
- Choose the same encoding you are using for your data off your site
- Select 'Yes' for 'Do you want to use the same encoding for data sent from PayPal to you (e.g., IPN, downloadable logs, emails)?'
- Click 'Save'

You can also define the charset value in the button code to match the charact values you have set in your options.


Your neighbor, schoolteacher, doctor, or plumber - they're all people that you and your family bump into every day. Most likely, they are good people just like you are - hard working and dedicated to their family and friends. But you can't tell all that just by looking at someone or even with casual conversation. People with arrest records could be some of the people you see every day and some of them may make it into your home.
You likely don't spend too much of your time worrying about the arrest records of others. Why would you? most people are hard working, solid and law-abiding citizens. But when someone new comes along, or you are considering hiring someone, or becoming friends or neighbors with a stranger, it's a good idea to try and discover some things about them that they might not want to tell you - for example, have they been arrested?
You've met someone new, or you've just discovered that your son or daughter is getting married to someone you don't know well. Maybe you want to hire an after school sitter for your child, or you have a new renter for a property you own. These people all seem great, but you never know for sure what lies beneath the surface. It's time to check out arrest records public and free that are available to all of us.


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Simply Matchmaking: A Highly Rated Firm Helps Singles Find Meaningful Relationships
By: Amber Brooks | Posted: September 20, 2021
The Scoop: Simply Matchmaking is one of the top matchmaking services in the Pacific Northwest. Based in Washington, the husband-and-wife team personally interviews each client before sending them on compatible dates. The matchmakers aim to make introductions that have the potential to lead to lasting relationships and marriages. Simply Matchmaking offers a VIP Service that helps singles take control of their dating experience and get results without having to do any swiping or vetting themselves.
Many single professionals lead busy lives and don't have enough time to comb through dating apps for the needle in a haystack. Many of these apps promote a ton of profiles, but it takes a lot of time and effort to turn those potential matches into real-life dates. And even if they get a date, they may end up being incompatible and have to start all over from scratch.
This is why so many singles are turning to the matchmakers at Simply Matchmaking. Not only do matchmakers save singles time they would spend dating on their own, but the matchmakers can vet for quality and compatibility.
Ali and Matt Migliore run Simply Matchmaking.
How does matchmaking work? Typically, anyone who wants to connect with a matchmaking service will first undergo an interview. This interview will include questions about their dating history, education, professional background, family, goals, values, and other relevant information.
Then the matchmaking team will go to work seeking a suitable partner based on set criteria and a little human intuition. When they find a match, they send them on a date. Afterward both parties can report back to the matchmaker about how things went and potentially pause their membership if they hit things off. The matchmaking system is a smart way to approach a crowded dating scene and enjoy meeting people who have been carefully vetted.
Simply Matchmaking takes on clients of all kinds, including LGBTQ+ singles. The agency is based in the Pacific Northwest with headquarters in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington.
"I am a hopeless romantic. I just think there is no bigger decision than who you choose to spend the rest of your life with," said Ali Migliore, Chief Matchmaker at Simply Matchmaking, which she runs with her husband Matt.
Connecting Diverse Clients With Their Dream Partners
Ali has been in the matchmaking game for over 15 years. She told us that before she took on this career, it was her favorite hobby. She enjoyed pairing up single family and friends.
"I was doing it in my personal life for fun. I had a dream to be a matchmaker," said Ali.
After about five years, Ali decided to become a professional matchmaker. At first, she wanted to work for an established matchmaking service, but she quickly recognized the benefits of being independent.
"It seemed like a better plan to start my own thing. It started as a hobby to bring people together and quickly turned into a full-time business," she said.
Most of Simply Matchmaking's clients are in Western Washington.
Ali's service became so popular that by 2015, she invited her husband to join her as a matchmaker. Together, they interview singles and pair up individuals that have a lot in common. The business has become a full-time job for Matt as well.
The Migliores have worked hard to establish Simply Matchmaking as the top dating service in the area. The company was recently named among the top matchmakers in Western Washington by Evening Magazine.
Couples have shared many joyful testimonials after working with Simply Matchmaking.
"We both talked about how cool/weird it was for you to be able to match us off our interviews with you," said a former client with the initials V.K. "We were like wait… was that common thing even in the questionnaire!? Very much appreciative of you matching us — I'm excited to see where this goes."
"I was incredibly impressed with your warm approach to questions and ability to extract the required data points from my hummingbird stream-of-consciousness," said another client. "I am certain that anyone who refers to your direction will be treated with respect and cared for such that they feel more confident in their dating journey."
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Singles of all stripes have connected through Simply Matchmaking. The agency takes on clients who are looking for love, so they see a wide scope of people in Seattle and beyond. The clients range in age from 21 to 89, and they tend to live in the Pacific Northwest.
Simply Matchmaking offers two types of membership. The first membership offers the opportunity to be interviewed by Ali or Matt, and then added to the matchmaking network. If the matchmakers decide that individual could be a match for a VIP client, they will arrange the first date.
"People who just go through the interview are active in our network. So there is potential we may contact them for a match, but there are no guarantees," said Ali.
Couples have a better chance of connecting if they have shared interests.
The other membership option is a VIP membership. Singles can sign up for a three-month or six-month membership and receive an unlimited amount of matches with a strong focus on making quality matches over a sheer quantity or hitting a quota.
When someone goes through the interview or signs up for a VIP membership, Ali and Matt get to know everything about that person's background, goals, and dealbreakers.
"What makes us stand out is that it's a personalized experience. I personally handhold all of our VIP Clients through the whole process," she said.
The matchmakers have a can-do attitude, and they will continue to make matches until the right one sticks.
"You are constantly being sent on dates. You may meet 10 people or one person. We're only going to contact you if and when we have a strong potential match, and you mutually fit what one another is looking for," Ali told us.
VIP clients have a reliable support system at Simply Matchmaking with Ali and Matt both making themselves available with frequent communication.
"It's a close relationship with that person to make sure we know them deeply. With each match, we're getting to know them better," Ali said.
Simply Matchmaking Aims to Cure Loneliness
Over the last 10 years, Simply Matchmaking has become one of the most sought-after matchmakers in the region. Ali said the secret to their success is the personal touch they bring to matchmaking. The team handles everything from vetting potential dates to making a reservation at a local restaurant, providing feedback after each date and more.
Ali and Matt welcome feedback from clients because that's how they improve their service. As the process goes on, these experts can also lend their insights about how to make a good first impression and build a healthy relationship.
"We're big on feedback over here, so it's an opportunity for self-growth. We sometimes point out things they may not have realized they were doing. Maybe something they're doing is preventing them from attracting the person they want to attract," Ali told us.
Looking ahead, Ali said she wants to expand the date coaching aspect of her business. After all, choosing the right person is only part of helping singles find love — the client has to be prepared to take the new relationship and run with it.
Despite the hard work they put in for their clients, the Migliores said they never feel burdened by their business.
"It doesn't feel like work. I always wanted to do something impactful and meaningful. I love love. It definitely fills my cup. Curing loneliness one person at a time is a special thing to be part of," Ali told us.


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New deadly migrant shipwreck hardens calls to revamp rescues
Coffins are prepared on the dock of the tiny island of Lampedusa, Sicily, in southern Italy, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (Pasquale Claudio Montana Lampo/ANSA via AP)
MILAN (AP) — The deaths of at least 13 people early Monday on an overloaded migrant boat that capsized near the Italian island of Lampedusa have galvanized calls to shut down smuggler routes and revamp search-and-rescue efforts in the deadly central Mediterranean Sea.
The Italian coast guard said one of its vessels was about to begin the rescue about six nautical miles Italy's southernmost island when the boat capsized. Survivors told the U.N. refugee agency that the migrants moved to one side of their unseaworthy vessel when they saw the rescue ship, capsizing it.
Twenty-two people were plucked from the sea and brought to safety. But 13, all women, were pulled dead from the water, and the search was continuing for 15 still missing, including an unknown number of children.
The boat had departed Tunisia, with about 50 people on board, mostly west Africans and Tunisians.
The incident brings to more than 1,000 the number of people who have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year.
"Enough massacres in the sea," Lampedusa Mayor Toto Martello said. "We cannot continue to watch bodies being unloaded of poor people who are following a dream to better their lives. Politicians must react."
The latest deadly shipwreck comes six years after the Oct. 3, 2013 disaster that killed more than 360 people, a tragedy that prompted Italy to increase its patrols of the deadly crossing from Libya.
Europe launched a military operation aimed at stopping smuggling routes after hundreds more died in Libya migrant shipwrecks in April 2015.
But that operation, dubbed Sophia, is now limited to aerial searches to identify smugglers' boats in need of rescue.
Humanitarian groups say that often isn't enough.
The U.N. refugee agency said that Monday's deadly shipwreck "highlights once again that urgent action is needed to address the situation on the Mediterranean." It called for the European Union to resume its search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, especially along the dangerous route from Libya.
UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley in Geneva also said the agency was calling for "greater efforts to tackle the smugglers who prey on people. At the moment they are able to act with impunity."
The International Organization for Migrants said that 688 have died along that route so far this year, compared with 1,261 in the same period last year. The total deaths at sea in the Mediterranean were 1,071 through Monday, below the 1,890 on the same date in 2018.
In the absence of an EU search and rescue operation, the job of patrolling the Mediterranean has largely been left to humanitarian rescue ships.
But there are fewer of those than a year ago because of sanctions they face under measures adopted when hard-liner Matteo Salvini was interior minister. And once a rescue has been carried out, both Italy and Malta have closed their ports to the NGO ships, leading to days or weeks of haggling with the EU to find a safe harbor.
One of those, Spanish NGO Open Arms, said Monday it rescued 44 people, including one toddler and a months-old baby, on a wooden boat trying to reach European shores.
Gerard Canals, chief of mission of the Open Arms rescue boat, said the boat was found late Sunday in Malta's rescue zone, about 50 nautical miles from Lampedusa.
Canals said that Malta's rescue coordination center told the group not to offer the migrants any assistance, saying that Italy would probably send a patrol boat from Lampedusa, about an hour away. But Open Arms decided to rescue them anyway after waiting five hours because the boat wouldn't have made it to land without fuel and faced adverse weather.
All 44 rescued — 38 men, four women, a 4-year-old boy, and a baby around 6 to 9 months old — were in good condition.
"The surprise was to hear Malta's instructions -- who told us to let them continue to sail. We are evidently talking about a vessel in distress, an overcrowded boat without any type of guarantee that it can reach anywhere, and evidently without enough fuel to reach the island of Lampedusa," Open Arms Founder Oscar Camps told a news conference near Barcelona.
Malta's government declined to comment.
Camps said that had the Open Arms been cleared to rescue the 44 earlier -- instead of waiting five hours -- the ship could have been available to sail to Lampedusa and aid in that rescue -- perhaps saving lives. But he said they were not called in any case, an indication of authorities' reluctance to coordinate with them.
"Once again we denounce that these boats are in distress. They are by themselves, vessels in danger, because of the dimensions, the overweight (overcrowded) and the lack of navigation capacity and little security guarantees they can offer," Camps said. "They must be intervened immediately they cannot be left to their own luck."
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TWEETING FOR A's: Students in the Tri-Creek Community School Corp. in Northwest Indiana will have to demonstrate good behavior and academic progress if they want access to Twitter and Pinterest on their school-issued laptops. At least that's the word from a newly minted policy to address online safety. The NWI Times reports that students' access will be assigned across four tiers with each student initially defaulting to the second tier. Unsatisfactory behavior or grades can nix take-home privileges (tier 1) while parent and teacher recommendations can unlock access to some social media (tier 3) and email (tier 4).
The online safety program was developed by teachers and administrations throughout the district making it difficult to critique from a bird's eye view. That said, we'd love to see what curriculum and class activities teachers are planning to explore with the laptops. It seems a bit tricky to deliver digital assignments when students don't have equal access -- it's the BYOD argument all over again except every student actually has a device (the district website hints that the laptops are of the MacBook Air variety). Still some action is better than inaction and we commend the district for taking bold steps to move to a 1:1 environment. How does your district's online safety policy look?


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On paper, at least, Sonny Rollins and the Modern Jazz Quartet look like unlikely musical collaborators. The former, full of capricious creativity, was famed for his adventurous spirit, changing his bands and sidemen- and even his own image - from album to album
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There are many believers in Yeshua (Jesus) celebrating the biblical feast days (Holy days) today. This is part of the end time return to the foundations of our early faith. History clearly proves that the early church followed feast days such as Passover, as seen in Passover-Easter Quartodeciman Controversy at the start of the early church. Any study of this controversy will reveal that it was the custom of the early church to celebrate the Passover on the 14th day of Nisan according to the Jewish calendar.
It's a great thing that people today are getting back to the foundations of the Christian faith and celebrating the biblical feast days. Yet, there are also people who stir up controversy and divisions by arguing that the Hebrew calendar is wrong and that their invented calendar is the only "correct biblical calendar" that believers MUST follow. These calendar "experts" claim that if you fail to use their calendar, then you're not celebrating on the "correct" biblical feast day and are therefore out of sync with God.
Whenever you have a great move of God, there is always someone who attempt to control it, profit from it, or mess it up by introducing their man-made rules. In response to all the chaos people have created over calendar issues, our ministry decided to put together this study to address the biblical perspective on the "biblical calendar."
This study is NOT another discussion of calendar systems, because the focus of this study takes a different direction on this controversial topic. You will read things that you probably never heard or read about before. The focus of this study is who does the bible say is "authorized" to create and manage the biblical calendar? Who is truly authorized by the scriptures, to determine the dates of the feast days and Sabbaths? We will show you that the scriptures will clearly reveal that all the calendar experts are wrong, all the multitude of calendar inventions must go, and there is not one person or ministry "currently" authorized by God to create a "biblical calendar". We will also show you that a future group will emerge that will have authority over the biblical calendar and until that group comes forward, there is no other person or organization permitted to touch the current Hebrew calendar in regards to feast day and Sabbath celebrations. The early church understood who controlled the feast day calendar and there was no arguments until a faction from within the Church of Rome decided to replace the biblical feast days with Easter and change the Sabbath to Sunday.
Today, this same problem has emerged with multiple factions, creating multiple "biblical calendars," causing controversy, and disunity in the Body of Yeshua (Jesus). We hope this study will restore the beauty of the feast days and encourage all believers to celebrate on the same day in unity, instead of making the biblical feast days a point of disunity, arguments, and strife.
For centuries church leaders have taught the early church renounced the Temple, gave up celebrating the feast days, and no longer followed the Torah, but the scriptural evidence contradicts this historic narrative and shows us that an entirely different scenario occurred in the early church.
"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel" (Acts 4:8) – The scriptures recognize there are rulers over Israel.
"And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch." (Acts 5:12) – Solomon's porch was located at the Temple, which the apostles and people gathered.
"And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ." (Acts 5:42) - Again, they went to the Temple daily.
"And set up false witnesses, which said, this man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us." (Acts 6:13-14) – Note: If the early church taught against the Temple, the law and the teachings of Moses, then why would they need to find "false witnesses" to accuse them of these things?
"And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus." (Acts 18:19-21) – Note: Years after his conversion and even after the council of elders met as recorded in Acts chapter 15, Paul still kept the feast days in Jerusalem, which was run by the priests.
Also note, that the Greek word for "keep" is poieó, which means Paul was not just attending the feast day, but was actually an active participant in the feast day. Some claim Paul only went to the feast in Jerusalem just to preach to the Jews and not participate in the feast day. However, the Greek does not support that. In addition, if Paul desired to preach the truth to Jews, then why didn't he just stay with the Jews in Ephesus, who begged him to remain with them and instruct them? Scriptures show that Paul definitely went to Jerusalem to participate in the feast day at the Temple.
"And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law." (Acts 21:17-24) - Jewish converts continued to follow the Torah and so did the apostles.
Paul still considered the high priest the ruler of his people. Even when the high priest gave an order that went against Torah, Paul still followed the Torah by giving respect to the high priest.
What do all these verses prove?
It proves that the apostles and early church still gave respect to the Temple, to the Torah, and still honored the feast days at the appointed time as determined by the priests and elders of Israel. Let me repeat that again, the apostles and early church followed all the biblical feasts at the proper appointed times as determined by the rulers of Israel.
The apostles and early church still followed the leaders of Israel? Yes.
"And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye." (Acts 4:18-19) - Peter asked what do you think is more correct to follow you or follow God? Therefore, we see the apostles and early church only followed the elders and priest when they did the right things according to the Torah.
However, when the teachings and duties of the priests and elders of Israel lined up with Torah, then the apostles and early church followed the established rulers of Israel. This predominately centered around the activities of the Temple and the calendar dates determined by the authorized body of rulers.
Therefore, the early church and the apostles are our example in what is proper concerning the calendar and feast days. The early church did not follow their own calendar, because they only followed the calendar of Israel that was controlled by the elders and priests of Israel.
By commanding the apostles and the early church to do what the Pharisees bid you do, does not mean obey the things that go against Moses (Torah), nor against the will of God, nor does it require believers to follow after hypocrisy. However, when those who sat on Moses Seat' judged on matters of dispute, or they made decisions that correctly followed the Torah, then Yeshua taught believers to observe the judges decision. During the 1st century, the Pharisees for the most part upheld the law and their authority was respected. Why? Because they sat in the Seat of Moses as a judge that decided matters and disputes based on the Torah. Yeshua was teaching the disciples that "The Seat of Moses" and those who sat in that seat should be respected because of the scriptural authority these judges were given.
So the people would come to Moses when they had disputes, had a question or a problem and they needed to know what they should do. When Moses sat in his seat of authority and made decisions, or issued verdicts, what were these judgments solely based on?
"I do make them know the statutes of God and his laws." (Exodus 18:16) ***** There is the key point ****** Moses made decisions based solely on the statutes and laws of God, and this is what those who sit in The Seat of Moses must do also. This is why Yeshua taught that those who sit in the Seat of Moses should be respected, because they will handle disputes between two parties based off the Torah.
Moses ruled over the people by the word of God alone. However, there came a time when Moses was so overwhelmed by this job that he needed help. What was the solution? Moses by the instruction of God, appointed 70 elders to help him lead the people, and other groups of elders that ruled on smaller matters.
What happens when a judge attempts to rule by rabbinic traditions instead of Torah? Yeshua always confronted them with the Torah to show them their teachings and understanding were wrong. In almost every case, the Pharisees backed down when confronted with the truth of Torah, because they could not argue against the Torah, which was the final authority. This is what the apostles also did when they dealt with persecution from the leaders of Israel. Despite the fact that elders may get side-tracked into man-made traditions, Yeshua still taught that their authority had to be respected, because their authority was created by YHVH. When things got really bad, a good majority of believers dispersed into the nations to flee the oppression of the leaders. However, when they lived in Israel they respected the God given authority of the priests and elders in regards to matters of the law, resolving disputes, and civil issues.
This group of elders were ordained by Moses to act on his behalf as judges, but then it was God himself that took this a step further and commanded Moses to appoint and set-aside an additional group of 70 elders. This group of 70 elders would take on the same Spirit as Moses in order to assist Moses and Aaron in ruling the people, and to free Moses and Aaron up to only deal with the bigger issues involving all the tribes. So the plan was to have a division of elders that acted as judges over various group sizes within the tribes and then you had a national group of 70 elders, which sat over all the tribes of Israel, and this group of 70, operated under the same power and anointing as Moses.
So now there are judges over tens, over fifties, over hundreds, over thousands and then we have a group of 70 appointed elders that are given the same Spirit as Moses to judge and rule over all the people at large according to the Torah. This is the genesis for the Sanhedrin and the biblical establishment for their authority to rule. This was a group of elders fully ordained by God himself.
This is what Yeshua (Jesus) was speaking about when he said the Pharisees sit in the Seat of Moses. They sit in that seat of authority to judge, rule, and make decisions for the people only according to the Torah.
Note: The heads and assembly in 2 Chronicles was most likely the Elders of Israel and this Assembly of Elders gathered to determine the date of the feast days. Even the king could not make this determination on his own, because he needed the authority of the elders to set the date of the Passover.
Only the priest were authorized to sound the silver trumpets in order to call the nation together for a holy convocation (meeting/appointed time).
YHVH established an authoritative body to determine the calendar.
We have just shown by scripture that YHVH established an authoritative body of elders and a priesthood in order to rule the people together in handling disputes and uphold the Torah. However, we will now see an additional function the Torah commanded these appointed elders and priests to perform.
YHVH spoke to Moses and told him to: "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons." (Leviticus 23:2, 4) --- Note --- Yahweh said "You shall proclaim" in their seasons. Yahweh set the seasons of when the feast days should fall into "in their seasons," but it was up to the elders and priesthood to work together in order to proclaim the feast days.
Convocation (Hebrew – "Miqra") means an official meeting, or an appointment.
Proclaim (Hebrew – "qara") means to make a proclamation, to appoint, call out.
Qara is the same Hebrew word that was used when God proclaimed the light as day and the night as darkness (Genesis 1:5) and also when he proclaimed the dry land "earth" (Genesis 1:10). Qara is also the same word that was used when Adam proclaimed the name of every beast of the field and birds of the air (Genesis 2:19). The feast days had to be properly determined and proclaimed in their seasons (Leviticus 23:2, 4) and next we will learn who had the authority to declare these feast days.
Who did YHVH command to make the proclamation of the feast days?
Moses was ordered to make these official trumpets. YHVH told Moses, "make thee" or "for thee", yet not just for Moses alone, but also for the priests who were the ones assigned to blast these trumpets when so ordered to do so, by Moses and perhaps later by the elders and priests of Israel.
YHVH, DID NOT leave his calendar and feast days to everybody (individual or small groups of Israelite's) to celebrate whenever they wanted to. Nor, did he allow self-proclaimed calendar experts to pop up and declare the feast days based off their "personal studies".
Calendar experts or rebels against the system Yahweh established?
We must recognize that YHVH did not give everyone the authority to manage his calendar. This is why we have so much confusion today. Everyone thinks they're a biblical authority empowered to determine when the year starts, or empowered to set the dates for feast days, or the Sabbath. However, it is actually unscriptural for a single person or a small unauthorized group to assume they have the authority to act on behalf of all of Israel, or the church. Where did they get this authority or right to assume they can declare the dates of feast days, the Sabbaths, and the time of the new year for all of Israel and the church?
It doesn't matter how much study these experts claim they did, or how many ancient text they read, or how many degrees they have, because the Torah is very clear --Yahweh established and only authorized certain people with the power to manage his calendar No arguments!! However, this authorized body does not exists yet. "Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them." (Numbers 11:16) The term "of the elders of Israel" are men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel.
Therefore, what gives a modern individual the right to believe they can just walk in and assume the role as the full authority over Israel, to act as a one-man Sanhedrin, and declare the dates of the feast days, and the start of the new months, or new year, all on behalf of the people of Israel or on behalf of every believer around the world who celebrates the feast days? The biblical answer is they don't have this authority and they are actually going against the Torah.
The Sanhedrin determined the calendar during the time of Yeshua/Jesus and thereafter.
Yahweh told Moses to pick 70 elders that would rule with him, help him make decisions and to judge the people. During the time of Yeshua (Jesus), this same religious assembly made up of 71 Jewish leaders, which ruled over civil, military, political, judicial and religious matters. This assembly, called the Great Sanhedrin, was made up of Sadducee's, Pharisees and was headed by the High Priest. It was this assembly of priests and elders that managed the calendar for the entire nation of Israel. It should be noted that Yeshua never spoke out against the official calendar of this body of elders. Why? Because Torah gave these elders the power to determine and proclaim the feast days as we discussed earlier in this teaching and to run the affairs of the Temple.
After the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, the Sanhedrin came under increasing persecution and danger from Roman officials, which made it increasingly dangerous for the Sanhedrin to collect information on the heavenly bodies and to convene to manage the calendar. The Sanhedrin feared that if the Jewish people did not have a single unified calendar to follow and to keep the feast days, then future generations would no longer observe the feast days as they should. Therefore in 358 AD, it was the decision of the Sanhedrin to use their knowledge to develop a calendar that would preserve the feast days, and a calendar that would not require the Sanhedrin to be around in order to calculate and manage the calendar, or to declare the times of the feast days. The last official act of this final Sanhedrin was to create a calendar that would endure until a future Sanhedrin could be formed again.
This last Sanhedrin basically used the same information Sanhedrins have been using for centuries to create a perpetual calendar that would run on "auto-pilot," so to speak. Therefore, the Hebrew calendar we have today was the last act of an official Sanhedrin, which had the biblical authority as "Elders of Israel" to manage the calendar and to handle religious matters for all of Israel. They were an authorized body according to Torah and they fulfilled their duty to proclaim the feast days with their unique calendar. Therefore, to go against this last act of an authorized body of elders is to go against the instructions of Torah.
So who gave these modern day calendar experts authority?
These so called calendar experts today, have zero authority to usurp the decision of the last Sanhedrin. Yet, all of these calendar experts and inventors of multiple calendar systems will boldly claim they discovered the one, the only, the "true biblical calendar of Yahweh". In reality, all they invented was confusion. This is why we have multiple people, following multiple calendars, so that everyone is celebrating biblical feast days on different dates. Yahweh is not the God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33) and he only empowered a select group from Israel with the authority and ability to proclaim the feast days and run the future Temple services. No single individual, or group today currently has that authority. Repeat - No single individual, or group today currently has that authority to change the calendar.
This also includes those fringe groups who think they can create their own calendars such as the Sacred Name cult, the Samaritans, the Essene, or any other group. In fact, Yeshua (Jesus) and Paul spoke about this matter.
"Ye [Samaritans] worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews." (John 4:22) – Yet, the Samaritans even to this day believe they have the one and only true calendar.
"Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the [Temple] service of God, and the promises…" (Romans 9:4) - Paul recognized that it was the Israel (its elders and priests) that had authority over the Temple and the calendar that the Temple services operated from.
The calendar and feast days are only declared by an authorized body in Israel as we seen previously by the many passages of scripture we listed. The Temple service is run by the legitimate priesthood of Israel and not by an individual Israelite or self-declared group who want to declare themselves priests.
Put these "so-called" modern day calendar experts to the challenge.
If anyone thinks they can just go out and create their own feast day calendar then they need to prove by what scriptural authority they were given to create their own calendar.
If these calendar experts think they can just go out and observe the moon and proclaim the start of a month, or proclaim a feast day, and demand people follow their proclamations, then they need to show us by what scriptural authority were they granted the power to legally act in that office, when the scriptures clearly says only the legitimate Elders of Israel could do this.
Therefore, put these self-proclaimed calendar creators on the spot and ask them for proof of their scriptural authority. What gives them authority to act on behalf of Israel and usurp the authority of the Elders of Israel (Yahweh's true authorized body)?
The early churches of Jerusalem and Asia Minor followed the Hebrew calendar as calculated by the Elders of Israel. The Hebrew calendar was important, because these early churches needed to know the start of the months and the time of Passover. However, the Church of Rome rejected the celebration of Passover in favor of Easter Sunday. In order to make all churches comply with the Easter celebration, Rome ordered all the churches to abandon the Hebrew calendar managed by the Jews, and ordered all the churches to adopt the Julian calendar.
This caused a great controversy between the churches in the West (Rome) and those in the East (Asia Minor, Jerusalem, etc). This 2nd century dispute was called the "Quartodecimanism Controversy" and may not have been resolved until the mid-fourth century.
This just shows that even the early church, up to the mid 4th century, still looked to the Sanhedrin to know when the feast days began until Rome decided it would create its own calendar and holiday (Easter) to avoid dealing with the Jewish elders. Should we repeat this same mistake Rome made by rejecting the calendar of the last Sanhedrin in favor of some self-appointed authority?
What will the calendar "experts" do when a third Temple is built in Jerusalem?
The Bible clearly teaches that a new temple will be built in Jerusalem, also known as "The Third Temple".
2nd Temple was the one rebuilt after Israel came out of captivity from Babylon. This Temple was also expanded by King Herod.
Here we can see that Yeshua (Jesus), the Apostle Paul, and the Prophet Daniel all spoke of an end time Temple that will restore sacrifices, the celebration of feast days, and of course a calendar that will be maintained by the priests and elders of Israel to once again determine the correct dates for the feast days.
Therefore, the question that you need to ask your favorite calendar expert is the following: "What will you do when the calendar is once again maintained by the priests and elders at the Temple in Jerusalem?" Will your favorite calendar expert yield to the Temple calendar maintained by the authority of the elders in Israel? Will your calendar expert admit they are wrong when the Temple calendar uses a different calculation from what they teach? Will they fight against the Temple calendar and hold their feast days at different times? What will they do? Their answers may give you insight into their heart and their true willingness to properly observe the Torah.
We are not arguing over the methods used to determine times, the method of calculating feast days, or disputes over which method must be used to calculate the new year, or months. The main point is do modern day calendar inventors even have the authority to create, or restore a calendar, or proclaim the dates of the feast days? Do they have the authority to demand people celebrate the feast days on the dates they proclaim? We feel we made our point, which clearly shows modern calendar experts don't have the authority to invent calendars and make feast day proclamations. This is totally invalid according to the scriptures.
Look at the calendar disputes during the time of Yeshua (Jesus).
As we briefly discussed earlier in this teaching, during the time of Yeshua, you had a group called the Samaritans that had their own calendar. This calendar was often off by a month from the Hebrew calendar. The Essenes also had a calendar that was a solar based calendar, which is described in the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees. Each of these groups claimed their calendar was the "only true biblical calendar." However, Yeshua ignored all of these other calendars and only followed the true calendar that was managed by the priest and Sanhedrin of Israel.
Therefore, we are to make sure we are on the right calendar, which currently is the authorized Hebrew calendar and not the calendar of some self-proclaimed calendar expert or a fringe group that goes against the proper authority that Yahweh established in Torah. You can continue to follow these self-proclaimed calendar experts, but doing so will go against the Torah.
Why fight against the truth of scriptures when you can embrace the truth?
1. Why the Jewish Calendar?
2. Is the Jewish Calendar Wrong?


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Riley Moore recorded 13 kills and three blocks (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Harvard men's volleyball team downed Alderson Broaddus in four sets on Saturday night at the Malkin Athletic Center. The win came with set scores of 25-21, 20-25, 25-21 and 25-17.
Riley Moore led the Crimson (2-3, 0-0 EIVA) with 13 kills, with support from Erik Johnsson who tallied nine kills. Matthew Ctvrtlik also assisted the Crimson with 44 helpers and Trevor Dow registered four blocks.
The Crimson were off to a strong start after a 10-6run in the first set, however, the Battlers fought back, coming within two points 15-17, until three consecutive errors from Alderseon Broaddus gave the Crimson the set point.
The second set started off with a 14-11 run from the Battlers, Harvard was able to come within one point at 16-17, but an attack error from the Crimson gave Alderson Broaddus a 25-20 win.Harvard was limited to a .034 hitting percentage in the second set.
The first 34 points of the third set were neck and neck between the Crimson and the Battlers, until a block from Dow, Johnsson and White gave Harvard the advantage. The Battlers recorded two more points, coming within one, at 20-21, but consecutive kills from Johnsson and Ctvrtlik gave Harvard the third set.
The Crimson anchored an 14-9 lead in the fourth set. Fort Wayne battled back to come within three points 13-17, but the Crimson would not let them adhere any closer. Moore, Johnsson and Ctvrtlik tallied one kill apiece in the final stretch, Harvard would go on to win the set, 25-17.
For a full-game archive, please see the Ivy League Digital Network.
The Crimson will conclude their five-game home stretch by hosting George Mason on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 12 at 4 p.m.


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Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. In the painting, Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel, an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom.

It was painted , towards the end of Raphael's sojourn in Florence, and shows the young artist in a transitional phase. The depiction of religious passion in the painting is still reminiscent of Pietro Perugino, but the graceful contrapposto of Catherine's pose is typical of the influence of Leonardo da Vinci on Raphael, and is believed to be an echo of Leonardo's lost painting Leda and the Swan.In 2022 the painting was included in an exhibition held by the  National Gallery.

Painting materials
Raphael employed the usual Renaissance pigments such as natural ultramarine, madder lake, ochres and lead-tin yellow. He also mixed a special kind of finely powdered glass into several pigments to speed up the drying of the oil paints.

This picture was partially used on the cover of The Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

See also
List of paintings by Raphael
Saint Catherine (Caravaggio)

References

External links

1500s paintings
Paintings by Raphael
Religious paintings
Collections of the National Gallery, London
Paintings of Catherine of Alexandria

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The dogwood blossoms seem best when I'm alone.
like smudged lipstick on each petal.
iridescent in the gathering afternoon storm.
as our most private moments together.
Barbara Trachtenberg is a writer, teacher and school psychologist. She plays with visual art and travels with impunity, especially to Mexico. Barbara is a MacDowell fellow. Her writing has been featured at Boston City Hall, in Words and Images, the Multicultural Review, ArtsEditor, and in anthropology publications, among others. She has been a member of the Writers' Room of Boston and teaches writing in PEN New England's Prison Writing Program, and English as a Second Language at Boston U and Harvard.


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Public statement from the Co-Chairs and European Advisory Committee of Social Science One
In recent years digital platforms have made independent scientific research into potentially consequential phenomena such as online disinformation, polarization, and echo chambers virtually impossible by restricting scholars' access to the platforms' application programming interfaces (APIs). The Social Science One [https://socialscience.one] initiative, specifically designed to provide scholars with access to privacy protected data, has made important progress over the last 18 months, but Facebook has still not provided academics with anything approaching adequate data access.
In particular, Social Science One's work with Facebook has been continuously delayed; more than a year and a half into the venture and Facebook has yet to release the full set of URLs data it promised. Instead, scholars have received a 'URL light data set' that is extremely limited in scientific value. Some researchers have also been provided access to CrowdTangle, a platform for investigating posts from public pages, which was previously available primarily to journalists. This new access is appreciated. However, CrowdTangle also has significant limitations. What is more, the anticipated full URL dataset was intended to be just one of many datasets to come. Under the current circumstances, there is good reason to doubt whether other useful data will be forthcoming.
Because Facebook has not been able to provide even the initial, aggregated dataset of URLs shared on the platform, Social Science One's philanthropic funders have begun to withdraw.
As members of the European Advisory Committee of Social Science One we – along with the co-chairs – are frustrated. On the one hand, we were genuinely interested in helping to build a model to support academic research, and we appreciate the efforts of the specific data science teams within Facebook have made to this end. On the other hand, the eternal delays and barriers from both within and beyond the company lead us to doubt whether substantial progress can be made, at least under the current model.
The current situation is untenable. Heated public and political discussions are waged over the role and responsibilities of platforms in today's societies, and yet researchers cannot make fully informed contributions to these discussions. We are mostly left in the dark, lacking appropriate data to assess potential risks and benefits. This is not an acceptable situation for scientific knowledge. It is not an acceptable situation for our societies.
As the European Advisory Committee and co-chairs of Social Science One we call upon platforms and public authorities for the following actions:
Facebook should commit at the highest level of the organization, and with all necessary means, to make accurate and representative data available for scientific research into the most pressing issues of public concern. This should include the originally promised URLs dataset, but it should also include access to Facebook's APIs. Facebook reviews and approves business access to its APIs. It should make them available for scientific inquiry as well. Delays in these matters can no longer be tolerated.
The same level of commitment should be required of other digital platforms. Facebook has taken a large part of the blame for the current situation, but deserves a great deal of credit for being the first company to explore a significant platform-academic partnership model.
The major digital platforms—Facebook, Google, and Twitter—should offer formal, written analyses of any legal barriers they claim prevent them from providing access for academic research, including with regards to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
European and member state-level authorities around Europe should provide official and actionable guidance on what data can and cannot be shared for research, especially with regards to GDPR.
We recognize the responsibility of researchers to ethically receive and analyze any data. All appropriate steps should be taken to preserve platform users' privacy and other digital rights. With this in mind, we call for support from both the platforms and public officials to create so-called research safe harbors, i.e., spaces within which scholars would directly access and analyze sensitive personally identifiable data. Modeled on certain research using public administration, health and medical data, such safe harbors would place clear and robust limits on the type and amount of data researchers could access, as well as the means of analysis researchers could undertake.
Public authorities should assist in developing independent verification of platform data. Because researchers are beholden to the platforms for virtually all data, their work risks appearing compromised or otherwise suspect to the public. Even if the researchers and their analyses are considered credible, all findings rest on trust that the platforms have provided complete, accurate data. Data verification by independent, third-party auditors is essential to generating confidence in research into digital platforms' impacts across Europe.
We call upon platforms and public authorities to take steps very quickly, with each of the above actions completed within the first half of 2020. The consequences of failure—again, for both scientific knowledge specifically, and our democratic societies more generally—are too dire.
The European Advisory Committee Social Science One
Claes de Vreese, U Amsterdam (Chair)
Marco Bastos, UCL
Frank Esser, U Zurich
Fabio Giglietto, U Urbino
Sophie Lecleher, U Vienna
Barbara Pfetsch, FU Berlin
Cornelius Puschmann, U Bremen
Rebekah Tromble, George Washington U
Social Science One co-chairs
Gary King, Harvard U
Nathaniel Persily, Stanford U


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