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"Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram" by Gustave Doré
This week's parasha, Korach, describes the rebellion instigated by Moses' Levite cousin Korach. Korach's main accusation was against Aaron and the Kohanim: why did they tale all the priestly services for themselves and left nothing for the lay Israelite? Had not God stated that all of Israel will be a holy nation of kohanim? (Exodus 19:6) Why did only a small group of people (Aaron and his descendants) suddenly become kohanim? His argument was actually a valid one, and Rashi (on Numbers 16:6) records that Moses even agreed with Korach to some extent, and said that he too wishes that all of Israel could be priests! Why weren't they?
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The Difference between "Jew" and "Hebrew"
This week's parasha is named after Korach, the rebellious cousin of Moses. Korach felt he had been unfairly slighted. Moses had apparently made himself like a king over the people, then appointed his brother Aaron as high priest. The final straw was appointing another cousin, the younger Elitzaphan, as chief of the Kohatites, a clan of Levites of which Korach was an elder. Where was Korach's honour?
Korach's co-conspirators were Datan and Aviram, leaders of the tribe of Reuben. They, too, felt like they'd been dealt a bad hand. After all, Reuben was the eldest son of Jacob, and as the firstborn among the tribes, should have been awarded the priesthood.
The Sages explain that Reuben indeed should have held the priesthood. Not only that, but as the firstborn, he should have also been the king. Reuben, however, had failed in preventing the sale of Joseph, and had also committed the unforgivable sin of "mounting his father's bed". For this latter crime especially, and for being "unstable like water", Jacob declared that Reuben would "not excel" or live up to being "my first fruit, excelling in dignity, excelling in power" (Genesis 49:3-4).
Instead, the status of "firstborn" was awarded to Joseph, who had taken on the mantle of leadership and saved his entire family in a time of terrible drought. Jacob made Joseph the firstborn, and thus gave Joseph a double portion among the Tribes and in the land of Israel. He put Joseph's sons Ephraim and Menashe in place of his own firsts Reuben and Shimon (Genesis 48:5). Meanwhile, the excellence of "dignity"—the priesthood—went to the third-born son, Levi, and the excellence of power—royalty—went to the fourth son, Judah. (The second-born Shimon was skipped over because he, too, had greatly disappointed his father in slaughtering the people of Shechem, as well as spearheading the attempt to get rid of Joseph.)
Levi merited to hold the priesthood because the Levites were the only ones not to participate in the Golden Calf incident (Exodus 32:26). The Book of Jubilees (ch. 32) adds a further reason: Jacob had promised to God that he would tithe everything God gave him (Genesis 28:22), and everything included his children. Jacob thus lined up his sons, and counted them from the youngest up. The tenth son, the tithe, was Levi (who was the third-oldest, or "tenth-youngest", of the twelve). And so, Levi was designated for the priesthood, to the service of God.
Judah merited the royal line for his honesty and repentance—particularly for the sale of Joseph, and for the incident with Tamar. He further established his leadership in taking the reins to safely secure the return of Benjamin. The name Yehudah comes from the root which means "to acknowledge" and "to be thankful". Judah acknowledged his sins and purified himself of them. Ultimately, all Jews would be Yehudim, the people who are dedicated to repentance and the acknowledgement and recognition of Godliness in the world. Much of a Jew's life is centered on prayers and blessings, thanking God every moment of the day, with berakhot recited before just about every action. The title Yehudi is therefore highly appropriate to describe this people. Yet, it is not the only title.
Long before Yehudi, this people was known as Ivri, "Hebrew", and then Israel. What is the meaning of these parallel names?
Hebrew: Ethnicity or Social Class?
The first time we see the term "Hebrew" is in Genesis 14:13, where Abraham (then still called Abram) is called HaIvri. The meaning is unclear. The Sages offer a number of interpretations. The plain meaning of the word seems to mean "who passes" or "who is from the other side". It may refer to the fact that Abraham migrated from Ur to Charan, and then from Charan to the Holy Land. Or, it may be a metaphorical title, for Abraham "stood apart" from everyone else. While the world was worshipping idols and living immorally, Abraham was "on the other side", preaching monotheism and righteousness.
An alternate approach is genealogical: Ever was the name of a great-grandson of Noah. Noah's son Shem had a son named Arpachshad, who had a son named Shelach, who had a son named Ever (see Genesis 11). In turn, Ever was an ancestor of Abraham (Ever-Peleg-Reu-Serug-Nachor-Terach-Abraham). Thus, Abraham was called an Ivri because he was from the greater clan of Ever's descendants. This must have been a powerful group of people recognized across the region, as attested to by Genesis 10:21, which makes sure to point out that Shem was the ancestor of "all the children of Ever". Amazingly, archaeological evidence supports this very notion.
"Habiru" in ancient cuneiform
From the 18th century BCE, all the way until the 12th century BCE, historical texts across the Middle East speak of people known as "Habiru" or "Apiru". The Sumerians described them as saggasu, "destroyers", while other Mesopotamian and Egyptian texts describe them as mercenary warriors, slaves, rebels, nomads, or outlaws. Today, historians agree that "Habiru" refers to a social class of people that were somehow rejected or outcast from greater society. These were unwanted people that did not "fit in". That would explain why Genesis 43:32 tells us that Joseph ate apart from the Egyptians, because "the Egyptians did not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that was an abomination to the Egyptians."
One of the "Habiru" described in Egyptian texts are the "Shasu YHW" (Egyptian hieroglyphs above), literally "nomads of Hashem". Scholars believe this is the earliest historical reference to the Tetragrammaton, God's Ineffable Name, YHWH.
Defining "Hebrew" as an unwanted, migrating social class also solves a number of other issues. For example, Exodus 21:2 introduces the laws of an eved Ivri, "a Hebrew slave". When many people read this passage, they are naturally disturbed, for it is unthinkable that God would permit a Jew to purchase another Jew as a slave. Yet, the Torah doesn't say that this is a Jew at all, but an Ivri which, as we have seen, may refer to other outcasts from an inferior social class. The Habiru are often described as slaves or servants in the historical records of neighbouring peoples, so it appears that the Torah is actually speaking of these non-Jewish "Hebrews" that existed at the time. Regardless, the Torah shows a great deal of compassion for these wanderers, and sets limits for the length of their servitude (six years), while ensuring that they live in humane conditions.
Rebels and Mystics
Though he was certainly no slave or brigand, Abraham was undoubtedly a "rebel" in the eyes of the majority. To them, he was a "criminal", too, as we read in the Midrash describing his arrest and trial by Nimrod the Babylonian king. Abraham spent much of his life wandering from one place to another, so the description of "nomad" works. So does "warrior", for we read of Abraham's triumphant military victory over an unstoppable confederation of four kings that devastated the entire region (Genesis 14). There is no doubt, then, that Abraham would have been classified as a "Habiru" in his day.
His descendants carried on the title. By the turn of the 1st millennium BCE, it seems that all the other Ivrim across the region had mostly disappeared, and only the descendants of Abraham, now known as the Israelites, remained. The term "Hebrew", therefore, became synonymous with "Israelite" and later with Yehudi, "Judahite" or "Jew". (This is probably why later commentators simply assumed that the Torah was speaking about Jewish slaves in the Exodus 21 passage discussed above.) To this day, in many cultures and languages the term for a "Jew" is still "Hebrew". In Russian it is yivrei, in Italian it is ebreo, and in Greek evraios. In other cultures, meanwhile, "Hebrew" is used to denote the language of the Jews. It is Hebrew in English, hebräisch in German, hébreu in French.
In fact, another rabbinic theory for the origins of the term Ivri is that it refers specifically to the language. In Jewish tradition, Hebrew is lashon hakodesh, "the Holy Tongue" through which God created the universe when He spoke it into existence. The language contains those mystical powers, and because the wicked people of the Tower of Babel generation abused it, their tongues were confounded in the Great Dispersion. At that point, God divided the peoples into seventy new ethnicities, each with its own language, giving rise to the multitude of languages and dialects we have today.
A possible language tree to unify all of the world's major tongues, based on the work of Stanford University Professor Joseph Greenberg. (Credit: angmohdan.com)
Hebrew did not disappear, though. It was retained by the two most righteous people of the time: Shem and Ever. According to tradition, they had built the first yeshiva, an academy of higher learning. Abraham had visited them there, and Jacob spent some fourteen years studying at their school. The Holy Tongue was preserved, and Jacob (who was renamed Israel) taught it to his children, and onwards it continued until it became the language of the Israelites.
Alternatively (or concurrently), Abraham learned the Hebrew language from his righteous grandfather Nachor, the great-grandson of Ever. We read of the elder Nachor (not to be confused with Nachor the brother of Abraham) that he had an uncharacteristically short lifespan for that time period (Genesis 11:24-25). This is likely because God took him away so that he wouldn't have to live through the Great Dispersion. (Nachor would have died around the Hebrew year 1996, which is when the Dispersion occurred. The Sages similarly state that God took the righteous Methuselah, the longest-living person in the Torah, right before the Flood.)
Interestingly, we don't see much of an association between the Hebrew language and the Hebrew people in the Tanakh. Instead, the language of the Jews is called, appropriately, Yehudit, as we read in II Kings 18:26-28, Isaiah 36:11-13, Nechemiah 13:24, and II Chronicles 32:18. The term Yehudit may be referring specifically to the dialect of Hebrew spoken by the southern people of Judah, which was naturally different than the dialect used in the northern Kingdom of Israel.
Israel and Jeshurun
The evidence leads us to believe that "Hebrew" was a wider social class in ancient times, and our ancestors identified themselves (or were identified by others) as "Hebrew". This was the case until Jacob's time. He was renamed Israel, and his children began to be referred to as Israelites, bnei Israel, literally the "children of Israel". The twelve sons gave rise to an entire nation of people called Israel.
The Torah tells us that Jacob was named "Israel" because "he struggled with God, and with men, and prevailed" (Genesis 32:29). Jewish history really is little more than a long struggle of Israel with other nations, and with our God. We stray from His ways so He incites the nations against us to remind us who we are. Thankfully, throughout these difficult centuries, we have prevailed.
Within each Jew is a deep yearning to connect to Hashem, hinted to in the name Israel (ישראל), a conjunction of Yashar-El (ישר-אל), "straight to God". This is similar to yet another name for the people of Israel that is used in the Tanakh: Yeshurun. In one place, Moses is described as "king of Yeshurun" (Deuteronomy 33:5), and in another God declares: "Fear not, Jacob my servant; Yeshurun, whom I have chosen." (Isaiah 44:2) Yeshurun literally means "upright one". This is what Israel is supposed to be, and why God chose us to begin with. "Israel" and "Yeshurun" have the same three-letter root, and many believe these terms were once interchangeable. The Talmud (Yoma 73b) states that upon the choshen mishpat—the special breastplate of the High Priest that contained a unique stone for each of the Twelve Tribes—was engraved not Shivtei Israel, "tribes of Israel", but Shivtei Yeshurun, "tribes of Yeshurun".
What is a Jew?
By the middle of the 1st millenium BCE, only the kingdom of the tribe of Judah remained. Countless refugees from the other eleven tribes migrated to Judah and intermingled with the people there. Then, Judah itself was destroyed, and everyone was exiled to Babylon. By the time they returned to the Holy Land—now the Persian province of Judah—the people were simply known as Yehudim, "Judahites", or Jews. Whatever tribal origins they had were soon forgotten. Only the Levites (and Kohanim) held on to their tribal affiliation since it was necessary for priestly service.
As already touched on previously, it was no accident that it was particularly the name of Yehuda that survived. After all, the purpose of the Jewish people is to spread knowledge of God, and within the name Yehuda, יהודה, is the Ineffable Name of God itself. This name, like the people that carry it, is meant to be a vehicle for Godliness.
Perhaps this is why the term Yehudi, or Jew is today associated most with the religion of the people (Judaism). Hebrew, meanwhile, is associated with the language, or sometimes the culture. Not surprisingly, early Zionists wanted to detach themselves from the title of "Jew", and only use the term "Hebrew". Reform Jews, too, wanted to be called "Hebrews". In fact, the main body of Reform in America was always called the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. It was only renamed the "Union for Reform Judaism" in 2003!
All of this begs the question: what is a Jew? What is Judaism? Is it a religion? An ethnicity or culture? A people bound by some common history or language? By the land of Israel, or by the State of Israel?
It cannot be a religion, for many Jews want absolutely nothing to do with religion. There are plenty who proudly identify as atheists and as Jews at the same time. We are certainly not a culture or ethnicity, either, for Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Mizrachi Jews, Ethiopian Jews, all have very different customs, traditions, and skin colours. Over the centuries, these groups have experienced very different histories, too, and have even developed dozens of other non-Hebrew Judaic languages (Yiddish, Ladino, Bukharian, and Krymchak are but a few examples).
So, what is a Jew? Rabbi Moshe Zeldman offers one terrific answer. He says that, despite the thousands of years that have passed, we are all still bnei Israel, the children of Israel, and that makes us a family. Every member of a family has his or her own unique identity and appearance, and some members of a family may be more religious than others. Family members can live in distant places, far apart from each other, and go through very different experiences. New members can marry into a family, or be adopted, and every family, of course, has its issues and conflicts. But at the end of the day, a family is strongly bound by much more than just blood, and comes together when it really matters.
And this is precisely what Moses told Korach and his supporters in this week's parasha. Rashi (on Numbers 16:6) quotes Moses' response:
Among each of the other nations, there are multiple sects and multiple priests, and they do not gather in one house. But we have none other than one God, one Ark, one Torah, one altar, and one High Priest…
There is something particularly singular about the Jewish people. We are one house. We are a family. Let's act like one.
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Did Moses Have a Black Wife?
Towards the end of this week's Torah portion, Behaalotcha, we read that "Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman." (Numbers 12:1) This verse brings up many big questions, and the Sages grapple with its meaning. Who is this Cushite woman? When did Moses marry her? Why did Miriam and Aaron speak "against" Moses because of her? Why the superfluous phrasing of mentioning twice that he married the Cushite woman? What does "Cushite" even mean?
Traditionally, there are two main ways of looking at this passage: either Moses actually took on a second wife in addition to his wife Tzipporah, or the term "Cushite" simply refers to Tzipporah herself. The second interpretation is problematic, since we know Tzipporah was a Midianite, not a Cushite. The term "Cushite" generally refers to the people of Cush, or Ethiopia, and more broadly refers to all black people or Africans. Scripture does connect the Cushites with the Midianites in one verse (Habakkuk 3:7), which some use as proof that the Midianites were sometimes referred to as Cushites, or had particularly dark skin.
'The Fight at Jethro's Well' – where Moses first meets Tzipporah – scene from 'The Ten Commandments' (1953) painted by Arnold Friberg.
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki, 1040-1105) prefers the second interpretation. He says that Tzipporah was called a "Cushite" because she was very beautiful. He cites Midrash Tanchuma in stating that just as everyone can immediately identify a black person (Cushite), everyone immediately recognized the incomparable beauty of Tzipporah. The same Midrash offers another possibility: apparently if a person had a very beautiful child in those days, they would call them "Cushite" to ward off the evil eye. This suggests that a Cushite was not considered beautiful at all, yet Rashi provides a numerical proof that Cushite does indeed mean "beautiful", since the gematria of Cushite (כושית) is 736, equal to "beautiful in appearance" (יפת מראה), the term most frequently used in the Torah to describe beauty.
If the Cushite is Tzipporah, then why did Miriam and Aaron suddenly have a problem with her? Rashi cites one classic answer: because Moses had become so holy—recall how after coming down Sinai, his skin glowed with such a blinding light that he had to wear a mask over his face—he had essentially removed himself from this material world. This means he was no longer intimate with his wife Tzipporah. Miriam had learned of this, and thought Moses was in error for doing so.
Unlike certain other religions, Judaism does not preach celibacy, and does not require complete abstinence to remain holy and pure. Conversely, Judaism holds that sexual intimacy is an important aspect of spiritual growth. The famous Iggeret HaKodesh (the "Holy Letter", often attributed to the Ramban, Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, 1194-1270, but more likely written by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, 1248-1305) writes that it is specifically during sexual union (if done correctly) that a man and woman can bring down and experience the Shekhinah, God's divine presence.
As such, Miriam and Aaron came to their little brother and admonished him for separating from his wife. This is why the Torah goes on to state that "They said, 'Has God spoken only to Moses? Hasn't He spoken to us too?'" (Numbers 12:2) Miriam and Aaron argued that they, too, were prophets, and they clearly had no need to separate from their own spouses! Moses was so humble and modest that he did not respond at all: "…Moses was exceedingly humble, more so than any person on the face of the earth." (Numbers 12:3)
God immediately interjected and summoned Miriam and Aaron to the Ohel Mo'ed, the "Tent of Meeting", where He regularly conversed with Moses. God told them:
If there be prophets among you, I will make Myself known to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. Not so My servant Moses; he is faithful throughout My house. With him I speak mouth to mouth; in [plain] sight and not in riddles, and he beholds the image of the Lord…
God makes it clear to Miriam and Aaron that although they are also prophets, they are nowhere near the level of Moses. In all of history, Moses alone was able to speak to God "face to face", while in a conscious, awake state. All other prophets only communed with God through dreams or visions, while asleep or entranced.
By juxtaposing the fact that Moses was the humblest man of all time, and also the greatest prophet of all time, the Torah may be teaching us that the key to real spiritual greatness is humility. Moses had completely destroyed his ego, and so he merited to be filled with Godliness. Fittingly, the Talmud (Sotah 5a) states that where there is an ego, there cannot be a Godly presence, because a person with a big ego essentially sees themselves as a god—and there cannot be two gods! "Every man in whom there is haughtiness of spirit, the Holy One, blessed be He, declares: 'I and he cannot both dwell in the world.'"
Moses Had a Black Wife
The explanation above is certainly a wonderful one, yet it is hard to ignore the plain meaning of the text: that Moses actually married a Cushite woman. The repetitive phrasing of the verse seems like it really wants us to believe he had taken another wife. And many of the Sages agree. However, Moses hadn't married her at this point in time, but many years earlier. The Midrash describes in great detail what Moses was up to between the time that he fled Egypt and arrived in Midian. After all, he had fled as a young man, and returned to Egypt nearing his 80th year. What did he do during all those intervening decades?
The Midrash (Yalkut Shimoni, Shemot 168) says that Moses initially fled to Cush. At the time, the Cushites had lost their capital in a war and were unsuccessful in recapturing it. Their king, named Koknus (קוקנוס, elsewhere called Kikanos or Kikianus), fought a nine-year war that he was unable to win, and then died. The Cushites sought a strong ruler to help them finally end the conflict. They chose Moses, presumably because he had fought alongside the Cushites and had a reputation as a great warrior. Moses did not disappoint, and devised a plan to win the war and recapture the Cushite capital. (His enemy was none other than Bilaam!) The grateful Cushites gave Moses Koknus' royal widow for a wife, and placed him upon the throne.
Charlton Heston as Egyptian General Moses, also by Arnold Friberg
This Midrash is very ancient, and was already attested to by the Jewish-Roman historian Josephus (37-100 CE). Josephus writes (Antiquities, II, 10:239 et seq.) a slightly different version of the story, with Moses leading an Egyptian army against the Cushites. The Cushite princess, named Tharbis, watches the battle and falls in love with the valiant Moses. She goes on to help him win the battle, and he fulfils his promise in return to marry her. In some versions, Moses eventually produces a special ring that causes one to forget certain events, and puts it upon Tharbis so that she can forget him. He then returns to Egypt.
So, Moses married a Cushite queen. Yet, he remembered "what Abraham had cautioned his servant Eliezer" about intermarriage, and abstained from touching her. (If you are wondering how Moses later married Tzipporah, who was not an Israelite, remember that the Midianites are also descendants of Abraham through his wife Keturah, see Genesis 25:2. Thus, Moses still married within the extended family of Abrahamites.) Although Moses married the Cushite queen, he never consummated the marriage. The Midrash says he reigned over a prosperous Cush for forty years until his Cushite wife couldn't take the celibacy anymore and complained to the wise men of Cush. Moses abdicated his throne and finally left Ethiopia. He was 67 years old at the time.
All of this was kept secret until it came out publicly in this week's parasha. This is a terrific version of the story, but it doesn't answer why Miriam and Aaron complained to Moses. For this we must look to the mysticism of the Arizal.
Soulmates of Moses
The Arizal cites the above Midrash in a number of places (see Sefer Likutei Torah and Sha'ar HaPesukim on this week's parasha, as well as Sha'ar HaMitzvot on parashat Shoftim). He explains that both Tzipporah and the Cushite were Moses' soulmates. This is because Moses was a reincarnation of Abel, who had two wives according to one tradition. This was the reason for the dispute between Cain and Abel, resulting in the latter's death. Cain was born with a twin sister, and Abel was born with two twin sisters (otherwise, with whom would they reproduce?) Cain reasoned that he should have two wives since he was the older brother, and the elder always deserves a double portion. Abel reasoned that he should have the second wife since, after all, she was his twin! Cain ultimately killed Abel over that second wife.
Therefore, the Arizal explains that Cain reincarnated in Jethro, and Abel in Moses. This is why Jethro gave his daughter Tzipporah to Moses, thus rectifying his past sin by "returning" the wife that he had stolen.* Moses' other spiritual twin was the Cushite woman. The Arizal states that Miriam and Aaron were aware of this, and were frustrated that Moses did not consummate his marriage to the Cushite, for she was his true soulmate! Apparently, after the Exodus Moses summoned the Cushite woman and she happily joined the Israelites and converted to Judaism. However, this was after his time on Sinai, when he had become entirely holy, so it was too late to consummate the marriage. When Miriam heard about this, she brought the complaint to Moses.
And so, whatever the case may be, the crux of the matter is Moses' separation from his wife (or wives). Having said all that, there is a third possibility. This comes from a simple reading of the Torah text, and the lesson that we learn from it is particularly relevant today.
When we read the first two verses of Numbers 12 in isolation, we might be led to believe that Miriam and Aaron had a problem with Moses marrying a black woman. Was there a hint of racism in their complaint, or did they just genuinely wonder whether an Israelite was allowed to marry a black person? Either way, we see how perfectly the punishment fits the crime: "… Behold, Miriam was afflicted with tzara'aat, [as white] as snow." (Numbers 12:10)
If the issue was about Moses separating from his wife, it isn't clear why Miriam would be punished with tzara'at (loosely translated as "leprosy"). Rashi, for one, does not seem to offer a clear explanation why this in particular was her punishment. Of course, we know that God doesn't really "punish", and simply metes out justice, middah k'neged middah, "measure for measure". It is therefore totally fitting that in complaining about Moses taking a black woman as a wife, Miriam's own skin is turned white "like snow". Perhaps God wanted to remind her that she is not so white herself.
We can learn from this that there really is no place for racism in Judaism. In fact, God explicitly compares the Israelites to the Cushites (Amos 9:7), and maintains that He is not the God of the Jews alone, but the God of all peoples: "'Are you not as the children of the Cushites unto Me, O children of Israel?' Said Hashem. 'Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, [just as I brought] the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?'" Among a list of nine holy people that merited to enter Heaven alive, without ever dying, the Sages include a Cushite man named Eved-Melekh (Derekh Eretz Zuta 1:43, see Jeremiah 39:16).
At the end of the day, there is no reason to hold prejudice against anyone, or discriminate against any individual at all, as the Midrash (Yalkut Shimoni, Shoftim 42) clearly states:
I bring Heaven and Earth to witness that the Divine Spirit may rest upon a non-Jew as well as a Jew, upon a woman as well as a man, upon a maidservant as well as a manservant. All depends on the deeds of the particular individual.
*The Arizal actually writes how Cain reincarnated in three people: Korach, Jethro, and the Egyptian taskmaster that Moses killed before fleeing Egypt. The rectification for the improper dispute between Cain and Abel was rectified in the dispute between Korach and Moses, with Moses' victory. The rectification for the stolen wife was fulfilled by Jethro. And the rectification for Cain murdering Abel was that Moses, in return, killed the Egyptian taskmaster. Thus, all the rectifications were complete. We can see a hint in the name Cain (קין) to his three future incarnations: the ק for Korach (קרח), the י for Jethro (יתרו), and the ן for the Egyptian, whose name we don't know but perhaps it started with a nun!
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Laura Carmichael: Lady Edith Is Carrie Bradshaw
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Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael thinks her character is the Carrie Bradshaw of the 1920s.
The actress, who plays Lady Edith Crawley in the period drama, imagines her to be like Sarah Jessica Parker's Sex And The City alter ego, because she writes a column for a newspaper about women's issues, despite it not being mentioned often in the show.
"I do love to think of her in my head as Carrie Bradshaw of the 20s. She's got a column on being a modern woman. Probably far less racy," she said.
Although Edith's work isn't mentioned much on the show, it is important to Laura that it remains a part of the character. "Her writing was still going on this season, and I kept checking with the producers to make sure of it. She would submit an article monthly to the newspaper, and it would have been this casual column. It was pretty common of women of her status," she explained.
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Bradley Cooper: Kissing Sarah Jessica Parker Was a "Nightmare"
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Bradley Cooper says kissing Sarah Jessica Parker was a "nightmare." The Hangover actor guest starred in an episode of Sex and the City where he had to kiss Sarah's iconic character Carrie Bradshaw and he admits it was difficult because he was being told how to be intimate with her.
"I did Sex and the City and I was very nervous because I was driving a stick shift, a standard Porsche, and I thought I was going to bang Sarah Jessica Parker's head against the dashboard. That was all I was thinking about. And then right before we shot the scene, this guy came up and I think he said, 'SJP does no tongue. No tongue, man.' And I was like, 'Who's SJP?' So she kisses me, then straddles me in the front of the car and all I kept thinking about was keeping my tongue as far back in my mouth as possible. It was nightmare. But she wasn't - she was great."
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Sarah Jessica Parker Says Carrie Was a Unique Character
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, HBO, Features, Gossip,
Sarah Jessica Parker will never play another character like Carrie Bradshaw again.
The Sex And The City star has opened up about playing the famous role of Carrie Bradshaw in the hit TV series and two movies and admits that, although she loved playing the fashionista, she wouldn't choose to play a "flawed" individual with similar personality traits.
"I don't love the idea of playing another woman who loves fashion and is slightly flawed in New York City. I loved Sex and the City's Carrie and I don't want to do the poor man's version of her. And while those are often the lucrative things to do, it's more reason to look in the other direction," Sarah explained, speaking in ELLE magazine's "Women in Hollywood" issue.
AnnaSophia Robb will be playing a young Carrie in spin-off show The Carrie Diaries, which airs from January 2013.
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Quote of the Day: Gilles Marini on Romancing Same Woman as His Mother
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Gossip,
"I didn't have the guts to bring it up with her! Her role went to more than first base – my role was all about, "hey look at me, I'm doing other girls, you like it?" [laughs] It was completely different. But yes, mother and son romanced Kim Cattrall. We're definitely French, that's for sure! [laughs]."
-Brothers & Sisters' Gilles Marini on Sonia Braga, the actress who will play his mother on the ABC show. Both Marini and Braga starred opposite Cattrall on Sex and the City (if you know what I mean).
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TV on DVD: April 27, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mini Series, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, PBS, Showtime, Syndication, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
The Buddha (TV Documentary)
Georgia O'Keeffe (TV Movie)
Ghost Hunters (Season 5, Part 2)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Season 2)
The Hills (Season 5, Part 2)
It's Garry Shandling's Show (Season 1)
Last of the Summer Wine (Vintage 1982-1983)
Mega Piranha (TV Movie)
Murphy's Law (Series 2)
Pride and Prejudice (Restored Edition) (BBC Miniseries)
Rita Rocks (Season 1)
Sex and the City (Seasons 1-6)
Sherri (Season 1)
Survivors (Seasons 1 & 2)
Survivors (Complete Original Series 1975-1977)
Tales from the Darkside (Season 3)
Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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Gilles Marini Talks About New Brothers & Sisters Role
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC,
I'm already looking forward to my Sunday nights this fall.
Gilles Marini recently confirmed to Us Magazine that he has sealed a deal to appear on Brothers & Sisters next season. The gig would keep the Dancing with the Stars contestant on ABC for an undisclosed number of weeks. "I got a call that producers wanted to write a part for me. I'm thrilled it worked out and that I get to prove myself. The writers and I had a long conversation, and they wanted to know who I am, inside and out," Gilles said. (I'm sure many other women would like to know him inside and out as well….)
In announcing the news, the 33-year-old also revealed a possible spoiler. "I haven't met Rachel [Griffiths] yet, but I know it's going to be a great [partnership]." So does this mean that Sarah will get to make out with another ballroom hunk in a storage room?? (She had a brief fling with Cristián de la Fuente's character this past season.)
At this time it's unclear whether the upcoming Sex and the City sequel is also in Marini's future. "Hopefully I get a phone call real soon!" Gilles stated.
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Kim Cattrall Gets Own HBO Series
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Cable, HBO, News,
It seems eager fans were not the only ones who benefited from this weekend's release of Sex and the City. One of the movie's stars also received a nice bonus for it too.
As part of her agreement deal with HBO, Kim Cattrall will soon be getting her own series on the pay channel. Interestingly enough, her project comes with two themes her followers are quite familiar with: New York and sex.
In Sensitive Skin, Kim will play a wife and mother who tries to rediscover her sexuality and her place in the world. The show, which is an adaptation of a British series by the same name, will also have Cattrall on board as an executive producer.
This isn't the first time the actress has done a side project for HBO. In 2005, she hosted a documentary called Kim Cattrall: Sexual Intelligence. I guess you gotta stick to what you know - right?
Sex and the City Cast Visits Oprah
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, Syndication, Oprah Winfrey Show, Gossip, News,
As FilmCrunch earlier reported, the ladies of Sex and the City will be making several stops to promote their upcoming movie. Now we know of one more visit on their lengthy itineraries: Oprah.
Come this Thursday (May 1), all four ladies - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon - and Chris Noth will be gabbing with the talk show queen. That date will, of course, kick off a month filled with appearances for the May 30th premiere.
Will Oprah dare question Cattrall and Parker about the rumored discord between them? Or will the hour be all about shoes and fashion? Who cares? It's not like I won't be watching anyway.
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'Lipstick Jungle' Premiere
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, Editorial,
Remember those perfume ads back in the 1980's for Parfums decoeur 'Designer Imposters'? They went something like "if you like Giorgio you'll love Primo!, if you like Opium you'll love Ninja" or the more recent enticement, "If you like Juicy Couture you'll love Yeah Baby." It's human to want a whiff of luxury at a bargain price - too bad the end result usually stinks.
NBC's Lipstick Jungle reminds me of those 'Designer Imposters'. The show, starring Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price, premiered last night.
If you're confused and could have sworn Lipstick Jungle stars Lucy Liu and two other chicks, you're only half wrong. That show is on ABC and is called Cashmere Mafia.
Lipstick Jungle has the right pedigree. It's based on a novel by Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell and its parallels to that hit HBO series are unmistakable until you scratch the surface.
Lipstick's plot centers around three powerful Manhattan women who tread in dangerous waters of sex, lies and betrayal. At least, I think that's what the plot is supposed to be. What I saw seemed more like a Lifetime movie for women than a glossy Primetime sex drama.
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'Sex And The City' Movie Buzz
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, HBO, Gossip, Rumors,
I know that speculation about a Sex And The City movie has been brewing for some time now—but I've done my best to ignore all the chatter. The last time plans were squashed (reportedly thanks to Kim Cattrall's financial demands), I put all my hopes to rest. So when the rumors recently started up again, I listened with skepticism.
And while anything could change at the drop of a hat, TVGuide.com is now reporting that production is imminent. New Line Cinema is apparently in final distribution talks with HBO. A formal announcement could be made as early as next week with filming to being in mid-September.
I'm ecstatic at the prospect of seeing my beloved ladies once again—but I'm also bit nervous. Will this show really translate well to the big screen? (We all know how the film versions of Twin Peaks and The X-Files fared). Is a made-for-HBO version the better option?
And what about the storylines? Are we better off pretending that Carrie and Mr. Big live happily-ever-after? And then there's Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. They were all pretty happy with their respective love lives as well. If someone has to carry on with the SATC tradition, does that mean that one of these ladies will be off hopping into bed with someone else soon?
Regardless of how it all ends, I will be there on opening night…cosmopolitan in hand.
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Are We Crazy About Our Kids?
Economists are clear: investing in high-quality early care and education is good for our kids and communities, and even pays for itself many times over. So, why aren't we investing?
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High/Scope Perry Preschool Study
The High/Scope Perry Preschool study examined the short- and long-term effects of a high-quality preschool education program for young children living in poverty, collecting data on the students through age 40. The program operated from 1962 to 1967 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Tags: early care + preschool, public policy, child poverty
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Was Perry Preschool Worth It?
The students attending this high-quality early ed program were followed for 50 years. What did we learn?
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Billions for Corporations...or Childcare?
Families are expected to do it alone. Yet other sectors of our society receive billions in state support.
Utah Invests in Preschool
A Salt Lake City school district is closing the achievement gap and radically cutting special ed costs by investing early in high-quality preschool.
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Economists rarely turn their attention to the world of early childhood and preschool. But with a wealth of scientific research pointing to the importance of a child's earliest years, several economists are worried about our investments in early childhood.
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China Invests Billions in Early Ed
Nations around the world are investing heavily in early care and ed - and don't understand why the U.S. isn't.
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Sharp, funny graphic novel captures chaos of theater.
Cuban musicians tell their life stories in slow-paced tale.
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Cardiovascular diseases are the most frequent cause of death in the United States, Europe, and the world, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, cardiovascular disease accounts for twice as many deaths as all cancers in the country. Over 13 million people in the United States have coronary heart disease (CHD). Americans suffer approximately 1.5 million heart attacks annually and about half of them prove fatal, according to medical researchers.
To help diagnose and treat heart patients, one group, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University $11.5 million to establish a new research program focused on creating advanced nanotechnologies to analyze plaque formation on the molecular level and to detect plaque at its early stages. Plaques, containing cholesterol and lipids, may build up during the life of blood vessels. When these plaques become unstable and rupture they can block the vessels, leading to heart attack and stroke.
The NHLBI researcher's programs will focus mostly on detecting plaque and pinpointing its genetic causes. The scientists will use three types of nanostructured probes. They include molecular beacons, semiconductor quantum dots, and magnetic nanoparticles. A molecular beacon is a biosensor. A biosensor is an analytical instrument capable of detecting biological molecules. The molecular beacon, only 4 to 5 nanometers in size, will seek out and detect specific target genes in the cells. Each cell in the human body contains about 25,000 to 35,000 genes that determine your traits. Scientists are studying genes to determine what illnesses genes cause.
The light emitted from the beacon will create a glowing marker if the cell has a detectable level of a gene that is known to contribute to cardiovascular disease.
The second type of probe is the semiconductor quantum dots. This is also used to study the molecules of cardiovascular disease. Quantum dot-based probes can be used to study interactions in live cells or to detect diseased cells. These ultrasensitive probes may help cardiologists understand the formation of early stage plaques and dramatically improve detection sensitivity.
The last probe in their research will include the nanostructured probe—magnetic nanoparticles. This probe will detect early-stage plaques in patients. The magnetic nanoparticles will target the surface of cells in a plaque and provide an image of the plaque formation. This technique could become a powerful tool for better disease diagnosis.


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Should We Be Concerned About the Militarization of the Police?
By Rachel Alexander Published on June 8, 2020 •
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called the country's streets "the battlespace." The Minnesota Department of Public Safety labeled the riots a "sophisticated network of urban warfare." Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) urged the deployment of the Army.
But the police in many cities already operate like the army. Gone are the days of policemen who just carried sidearms and almost never even drew them. Police now drive tanks and armored vehicles. They even use military helicopters to disperse protesters and rioters. They carry rubber and wooden bullets, stun grenades, sound cannons and tear gas canisters.
For many years, influential people have described cities as if they were at war with their people. With riots breaking out after the police killing of George Floyd, more people are seeing the militarized police in action. Some like it. Many don't.
Federally Funded
It's likely not what the founders intended. Yet the federal government funds it. Its Defense Logistics Agency's 1033 Program lets the military transfer equipment to local law enforcement agencies. The Homeland Security Grant Program gives police departments funding to buy military-grade weapons and vehicles. Proponents point out that criminals are using more sophisticated and deadly weapons, so the police need more to fight back.
A 2017 study found a positive correlation between the amount of military gear and weapons transferred to a police agency and number of civilian deaths.
But is it worth it? A 2017 study says not. It found a positive correlation between a police department's military gear and weapons and a higher number of civilian deaths. It doesn't necessarily reduce crime. One recent study found it didn't.
The militarization of police dates back to the late 1960s. It was the era of the terrorist Weatherman and the Black Panthers. Radical groups led marches that could quickly turn violent. The police wanted military equipment to counter extreme threats.
Even when that threat faded, the police kept their hardware. In fact, the militarization became normalized during the "War on Drugs." Police needed high-powered weapons to go after drug gangs. It significantly increased after 9-11 during the "War on Terror." Police facing hidden terrorist cells capable of mass destruction wanted the best weapons to fight them.
But the Charles Koch Institute points out that more dangerous weapons aren't being used by criminals. In 2016, about 75% of homicides were committed with a handgun or a non-firearm weapon other than explosives. As little as 2% of crimes are committed using AR-15s. The number of homicides, robberies and burglaries committed with a firearm has steadily decreased since 1994.
Incentives to Use the Military Equipment are Built in
The Department of Defense's 1033 program began in the early 1990s. Federal money for this program goes directly to the law enforcement agencies. State and local officials have no oversight. And the police can't just keep the equipment. They have a strong incentive to use it. If they don't use it within one year, they must return it to the Department of Defense.
They have another incentive. The cost. They're responsible for "the insurance, fuel, storage, training, and cost to convert the equipment for law enforcement's use." To justify these costs, they need to use the equipment a lot.
This distorts the way they operate. To afford the weapons, they often shift priorities away from the most serious crimes and focus on raising money through civil asset forfeiture. They target the types of crimes likely to result in something of value to seize, such as drug crimes. They don't make money solving burglaries or even murders. They do make money putting officers in a troop carrier and descending on a drug dealer.
Soldiers Make Bad Police Officers?
There are other problems with militarized police. The biggest is what having such equipment makes them. Having that kind of weaponry changes the local police into something else.
Mark Cancian, writing at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says soldiers make bad police officers since they are heavily armed and taught to regard the population as "threats." Police effectively turned into soldiers will view the people they're called to protect the same way.
Washington Post writer Radley Balko says if you tell police officers "they're fighting a war, police officers will treat the people they serve like — almost like an enemy combatant, rather than an American with rights." Balko wrote "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces."
Common Dreams documented the militarization of police in New Orleans during the rioting after Hurricane Katrina. General Russell Honore, who went to New Orleans to direct the military recovery, expressed his concern that the police were pointing their guns at civilians. "Any time we have policemen pointing weapons at American citizens, they need to go through retraining," he said. A HuffPost reporter said a police officer pointed a machine gun at him, even though he was not engaging in violence (the gun actually appears to be an AR-15).
Breaking Down Doors With No-Knock Warrants
One area where the police have been accused with overdoing it is obtaining no-knock warrants to break down the doors of suspects without warning. This recently arose in the case of the tragic shooting of the girlfriend of Kenneth Walker. Police were looking for an acquaintance of hers, so obtained a no-knock warrant for her residence. The police said they still knocked and announced themselves, even though they didn't need to. Walker said he only heard the knocking and thought it was an intruder, so he got his gun ready, shooting them when they knocked down the door. The police shot back and killed his girlfriend, Breonna Taylor.
Because of this and other tragic incidents, leaders like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are calling to ban no-knock warrants. Of course, one former law enforcement agent pointed out that no-knock warrants might actually save lives. He said he was involved with a no-knock warrant on a man wanted for child porn. After his team arrested the suspect, the suspect told him that if they had knocked, giving him time to get his gun, he would have shot at them. If the police in the Kenneth Walker case had actually followed the no-knock warrant and not knocked, would that have stopped Walker from shooting, possibly saving the life of his girlfriend?
Are the Police Too Aggressive With Antifa?
The media is highlighting incidents between Antifa and the police, claiming the police's response is too violent relative to what Antifa is doing. Does their level of violence justify the level of police tactics being used against them? They smash windows and burn buildings. They throw Molotov cocktails and other objects at the police. While numerous police officers have been injured, it's not clear whether any have died.
So is it necessary to escalate the response to them from the police to the military? Trump wants to designate Antifa a terrorist organization due to their violence. This would make it easier for the government to use the military to combat them. There is a federal statute which authorizes designating foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations. But it says nothing about domestic terrorist organizations.
The criteria for labeling an organization could include Antifa if it were a foreign organization. The suspected group must "engage in or retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorism, and threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests of the United States." So it's not clear how Trump would accomplish this, maybe designate some new category in an executive order.
But We Use the National Guard to Conduct Police Functions
Not only are the police being militarized, but we are bringing in soldiers to handle law enforcement situations. Those concerned with the police's response to the rioters are also alarmed that the National Guard is being brought in. But what exactly is their role?
Governors in various states have called on The National Guard to address the riots, and President Trump has considered broader deployment. More than 18,000 National Guard troops in 29 states and the District of Columbia were activated. They are under the control of the governors. They are engaging in "traffic control, support to law enforcement, transportation and communication support. They've also been called up on to assist with extinguishing fires burning as a result of the unrest."
In DC, the 500 National Guard troops who have been activated, which report to the president, are not armed. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Craig Clapper, a D.C. National Guard spokesman, said they are there for support and to push the crowds back. They are also unarmed in Colorado, although they carry defensive weapons like batons, tasers and pepper spray.
National Guard deployment is authorized in specific situations. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits federal troops from participating in domestic law enforcement activities, such as arrests and detentions, unless authorized by a federal statute or the Constitution. But the Act does not apply to the National Guard. National Guard as well as federal troops were sent to deal with the Rodney King LA riots in 1992, authorized by the Insurrection Act of 1807. George H.W. Bush called the riots "anarchy" and "purely criminal." The National Guard was also sent to airports after 9-11 to guard against terrorism.
Presidents have occasionally called in the National Guard without the approval of governors. Several times during the 1950s and 1960s, presidents sent in troops to states where governors weren't enforcing civil rights laws.
There have been a couple incidents involving soldiers shooting at the rioters that have come under criticism. In one of them, a National Guard soldier shot three times at a vehicle that was driving fast towards the unit. An investigation is underway.
A significant majority of voters surveyed said they are in favor of using the National Guard to intervene now.
We Need Balance
What it comes down to whether the government has become too draconian in its efforts to combat crime. Do we want a nanny state? We saw the results of The Patriot Act. It expanded government enforcement powers to such a degree the government violated civil liberties. Do we want the police to start using military weaponry on us the way the NSA uses computers to track our conversation and movements? Computers just record information. Military weapons kill people.
There has to be some balance. Many of the people denouncing the police and military for combating the rioters suddenly want them around when the rioters come for their own homes and businesses. We need the police to protect us and enforce law and order. The movement to significantly defund the police goes too far. There is a balance between policing effectively while not overdoing it.
George Floyd's tragic death revealed that the police can make mistakes. Somehow we made do without the militarization of the police before the 1950s. Maybe it's time to deescalate things a little.
Rachel Alexander is a senior editor of The Stream. Follow her on Twitter at Rach_IC. Follow The Stream at streamdotorg. Send tips to [email protected].
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(Correcting revenue number) El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. shares fell 10% in after-hours trade Thursday after the company released its first-quarter earnings. The company reported net income of $6.8 million, or 17 cents per share, up from $5.5 million, or 18 cents per share in the year-earlier period. It reported pro forma net income per diluted share of 18 cents. The FactSet consensus estimated adjusted earnings per share at 17 cents. El Pollo Loco had sales of $90.4 million, above the Factset consensus of $88.5 million. The company issued an outlook of 67 cents to 71 cents for 2015 pro forma diluted net income. The FactSet consensus was 70 cents.


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The National Post reports in its Monday, Jan. 7, edition that hundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada's distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civil rights advocate Viola Desmond. A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post reports that ensuring vending and other machines can read the new polymer note requires a software upgrade for each device. Spencer Baxter, owner of Value Vending Services in Nova Scotia, said his 125 devices simply would not accept the new bills. Upgrading them all costs about $10 each excluding driving and labour time to get to the machines at various locations. Since their introduction in mid-November, the Bank of Canada has made 19.6 million of the new notes available to financial institutions and almost 16.9 million of those are now considered to be in circulation. By contrast, a total of 158 million $10 notes were in circulation at the end of November, the central bank said. "With about half a million cash-handling machines of various types in use across Canada, it stands to reason that they won't all accept this note from the day it begins to circulate," said BOC spokesman Rebecca Spence.


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A new car carried the New Hudson name after the war, this time a 3-wheeler powered by a 1250cc V-twin engine with a 3-speed gearbox and chain drive to the single rear wheel. In 1922 the engine was replaced by a slightly smaller V-twin, this time made by M.A.G. This was made up to 1924.
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Rajya Sabha: Have the departments not implemented section 4 of RTI Act?
(c) the steps taken by the Ministry in this regard to make departments to provide the information on their respective websites as per the provision of the Act so that willing people could get information easily?
(a): The Act casts obligation on every Public Authority to take steps to provide information regarding 17 items through various means of communications, including internet so that public have minimum resort to the use of the Act to obtain information.
(b): As per provisions of the Section 25(5) of the RTI Act, 2005 if it appears to Central Information Commission that the practice of a public authority in relation to the exercise of its functioning under the Act does not conform with the provisions or spirit of the RTI Act, which would also include compliance with the provisions of Section (4), it may recommend steps which ought to be taken by that authority for promoting such a conformity.
(c): The Government vide office Memorandums No. 1/18/2007-IR dated 21st September, 2007 and 12/192/2009-IR dated 20th June, 2010 and through various means, including training of stakeholders, publishing and distribution of guides, have been impressing upon the public authorities to disclose maximum information proactively so that citizens need not resort to filing of RTI applications to access information available with the public authorities. The Government had also set up a Task Force in May, 2011 to review the provision regarding suo-motu disclosure and to recommend measures for its better implementation and enforcement. The Task Force has recommended guidelines for better implementation of suo-motu disclosure.


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1300: Command completed successfully; no messages.
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1301: Command completed successfully; ack to dequeue.
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2004: Parameter value range error.
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2005: Parameter value syntax error.
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2106: Object is not eligible for transfer.
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2301: Object is not pending transfer.
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2303: Object does not exist.
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2304: Object status prohibits operation.
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2305: Object association prohibits operation.
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2306: Parameter Value Policy error.
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2306: Parameter value policy error (It is not in open period).
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2308: Data management policy violation.
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This is returned when a command fails due to an internal server error.
2500: Command failed; server closing connection.
This is returned when a command fails due to internal server error and will cause other commands to fail as well, the server will close the connection.
2501: Authentication error; server closing connection.
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 slide.addText(
       [  { text: "Bob0", options: {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9}} ,
          { text: "Bob1", options: {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9}} ,
          { text: "Bob2", options: {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9}} ,
          { text: "Bob3", options: {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9}} ,
          { text: "Bob4", options: {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9}}
       ],
       {shape:pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, x:0.33, y:2,w:1.25,h:1.33, line:'757575', line_size:0.5, fill:'FFFFFF',  valign:'top', color:'FFFFFF', font_face:'Calibri Light', font_size:10}
    );

This code prints 5 lines of text (Bob0...Bob4) inside a rounded Rectangle. What I need to do is dynamically build those lines.  There may be just one line, there may be 30, but they all have the exact same format, the only difference being the TEXT attribute is different. So I try to dynamically build the array and access it.
    var arrCRM=[];
..
      for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
           var thisRow = {};
            thisRow["text"] = "Bob" + i;
            thisRow["options"] = {align:'left', color:'757575', font_face: 'Calibri', font_size:9};
           arrCRM.push(thisRow);
      }; //end of for loop

This gets me reasonably close.  I now need to be able to put arrCRM in the addText routine.
slide.addText(
       [ arrCRM
       ],
       {shape:pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, x:0.33, y:2,w:1.25,h:1.33, line:'757575', line_size:0.5, fill:'FFFFFF',  valign:'top', color:'FFFFFF', font_face:'Calibri Light', font_size:10}
    );

This gives me a totally unrelated error later in my code, so I know I am doing something really wrong.  This however, works...
slide.addText(
       [  arrCRM[0],
          arrCRM[1],
          arrCRM[2],
          arrCRM[3],
          arrCRM[4]
       ],
       {shape:pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, x:0.33, y:2,w:1.25,h:1.33, line:'757575', line_size:0.5, fill:'FFFFFF',  valign:'top', color:'FFFFFF', font_face:'Calibri Light', font_size:10}
    );

How do I "plug-in" the entire array, since the number of elements in the array will vary...?

A: You're calling addText([ arrCRM ]) which is adding the value of arrCRM as the single item in a new array, then sending that to addText.
To simplify, this is like sending [[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]] when the function is expecting [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ].
What you're probably looking for is to call the function with your array directly:
slide.addText(arrCRM, {
    shape: pptx.shapes.ROUNDED_RECTANGLE,
    x: 0.33,
    y: 2,
    w: 1.25,
    h: 1.33,
    line: '757575',
    line_size: 0.5,
    fill: 'FFFFFF',
    valign: 'top',
    color: 'FFFFFF',
    font_face: 'Calibri Light',
    font_size: 10
});

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TVO says won't share nuclear reactor cost overruns with Areva
HELSINKI (Thomson Financial, AFX News Limited) - Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) reiterated that it has no intention of sharing the costs resulting from delays in the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor with the plant's supplier Areva.'We have not agreed to share costs. We've got a fixed price with a fixed delivery time. We've made our view clear to the plant's supplier,' chief executive Pertti Simola told Finnish business paper Kauppalehti.
Renewables group questions EC neutrality on nuclear power
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Flawed welds for the reactor's steel liner, unusable coolant pipes and suspect concrete in the foundation already have pushed back the delivery date of the Olkiluoto-3 unit by at least two years.
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Biography Darren O'Day
Darren O'Day
by Jorden 23 Apr,2019
Date of Birth 1982, October 22
Famous Name Darren O'Day
Birth Name Darren Christopher O'Day
Birth Place Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Horoscope Libra
Father Ralph
Salary $9,000,000
Past Team Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles
School Location Jacksonville
University Team Florida Gators baseball
Contract 4 year / $31,000,000
Career Earnings $41,493,700
House Location Vinings, Georgia (GA)
House Price $350,000
No. of Twitter Followers 42.3K
Position in Team Relief pitcher
Current team Atlanta Braves
Profession baseball player
Famous for submarine pitches
Started career as pitcher
Currently Working For Atlanta Braves
University attended University of Florida
School attended Bishop Kenny High School
Currently Married Elizabeth Prann
Wife profession anchor/reporter
Wife nationality American
Wife working for HLN
Children two children, daughter Claire(2014) and son Dane 2017
Squad No 56
Darren O'Day is an American professional baseball player who plays in the Major League Baseball (MLB). Darren Christopher O'Day currently plays for the Atlanta Braves as their Relief pitcher as of 2019. Darren Christopher O'Day has played for other teams like Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles.
Darren Christopher O'Day has a breathtaking net worth of over $30 million in 2019. He is currently receiving a salary of around $9,000,000 annually.
Who is Darren O'Day's Married to? Know about his Spouse and Personal Life.
This famous MLB star Darren married his beautiful girlfriend Elizabeth Prann on November 10 in Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, Georgia, in a lavish wedding ceremony.
So far the couple seems hasn't shared any disputes in their marital relationship since Darren might be living a happy married life with his spouse. As exploring news portals and his official social sites, Darren has posted several happy moments of them together.
Darren O'Day with his wife Elizabeth Prann SOURCE: eCelebrity Facts
Darren along with his wife/spouse Elizabeth shares two adorable kids, daughter Claire O'Day born in December 2014., and son Dane Feller O'Day born in 2017. Currently, He is living with his wife and kids. Despite his busy schedule, Darren manages time for his family.
Who is Darren O'Day's Wife Elizabeth Prann?
Darren's spouse Elizabeth Prann is a graduate of the University of Florida. In addition to this, she is also an anchor/reporter for HNL (an American Pay Television Channel owned by CNN).
Darren and his wife started their love affair since their University days since they both attended the same University. The mother of two kids also maintains a balance between her professional life and family. As mentioned by some of the websites, she was said to be a wonderful mother and a famous reporter.
Is Darren O'Day Active In Social Sites?
Other than being a famous MLB Relief pitcher, Darren Christopher O'Day is pretty famous in social media. He is currently an active Twitter user with @DODay56 having 42.3k followers. Also, O'Day is an active Facebook user with an impressive profile.
Darren O'Day's Age; His Height And Weight
The Famous MLB star is 6 feet 3 inch in height and weighs around 99 kg. O'Day is currently 36 years old.
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How Much Is Darren O'Day's Net Worth?
Darren Christopher O'Day has an estimated net worth of over $30 million in 2019. He signed a four-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles which is worth around $31,000,000 and is signed on December 7, 2015.
The contract also guarantees a sum of money around $31,000,000 whereas Darren's basic salary in 2019 is supposed to be around $9,000,000. Josh Donaldson is the highest paid player of the Atlanta Braves team in 2019 with an annual average salary of above $20 million.
Darren O'Day's Estimated Career Earnings:
YEAR TEAM SALARY
2006 Los Angeles Angels $20,000
2008 Los Angeles Angels $390,000
2009 New York Mets $406,000
2010 Texas Rangers $426,700
2011 Texas Rangers $1,251,000
2012 Baltimore Orioles $1,350,000
2018 Atlanta Braves $2,999,994
Earnings $41,493,700
As we are discussing the career earnings of Darren, so far the famous MLB player has made a quite decent amount of money which is around $41,493,700 until 2019 and will definitely earn a lot more in his future, because he is still in his playing career.
O'Day, along with Kevin Gausman, was traded to the Atlanta from Baltimore for Jean Carlos Encarnacion, Brett Cumberland, Evan Phillips, Bruce Zimmerman On July 31, 2018, with $2.5 million of the international bonus pool.
CAPTION: Darren's house SOURCE: virtualglobetrotting.com
Kept aside Darren Christopher O'Day financial earnings, his personal assets includes a Home in Vinings, Georgia (GA), worth $350,000.Further, he reportedly owns cars, however, the details about his cars are yet to be disclosed in media.
Similar Bio: Chad Pinder.
Darren O'Day Childhood and Early Life
Darren Christopher O'Day was born on October 22, 1982, in Jacksonville, Florida, the United States. His father's name is Ralph. Darren is American by nationality and belongs to the White ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Libra.
Darren Christopher O'Day attended Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville where he played for his high school baseball team Bishop Kenny Crusaders. After completing high school, Darren Christopher O'Day enrolled at the University of Florida and played for the Florida Gators baseball.
In addition to this, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Life Sciences from the University of Florida in 2006.
Darren O'Day's MLB Career
Darren began his professional career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2006 and later played for New York Mets in 2008.
After playing a season for the Mets, he joined the Texas Rangers team where he made his debut against Blue Jays team in 2009 and played with the Rangers until 2012 season and was waived off. Soon after Darren was selected by the Baltimore Orioles and got the role of the pitcher after the injury of Pedro Strop.
Darren O'Day played for the Baltimore Orioles for several seasons until 2018 and was later traded to Atlanta Braves alongside Kevin Gausman for Brett Cumberland, Jean Carlos Encarnacion, Bruce Zimmerman, Evan Phillips.
New York Mets Baseball Player Atlanta Braves Texas Rangers Los Angeles Angels Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball (MLB) Relief Pitcher Darren O'Day


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L.B. to discuss water quality
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We are at a turning point on Long Island. The lasting impacts of the Great Recession and the student debt crisis are exacerbating the trend of young people struggling here and ultimately fleeing the area.
Come September, if the school bell rings for your teenager at 7-something, it's way too early. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics . . .
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America wants the politicians to go away for now
When my children were little, we had a policy of calling a "timeout" when they were unruly. Once a timeout was called, they retreated to their rooms . . .
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Malverne High School ranked among best in the U.S.