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Student stories: Katherine Moynihan
Our Masters in Songwriting student Katherine Moynihan tells us how her studies have shaped her music as well as her recent adventures in Nashville...
MA Songwriting student Katherine Moynihan is another burgeoning talent from our Songwriting faculty.
Our current crop of songwriting students including Satch Satchell and Truly Ford is indicative of just of the musical forces bubbling within the walls of ICMP. Here we catch up with Katherine to learn more about her musical journey to date and her adventures at the Tin Pan South music festival in Nashville with ICMP...
How did you discover your passion for music?
I've been playing the piano since I was really young, so music has always been a part of my life. My parents are also avid music listeners, so there was also always music playing around my house or in the car when I was younger. I started writing songs aged 13 on the piano and then I got a guitar for my 14th birthday.
It felt like a natural transition from learning and singing other people's songs, but it was also heavily inspired by some of the young female songwriters like Laura Marling and Taylor Swift. Neither of them are that much older than me, and I think following their music gave me the confidence to start writing my own songs.
Could you talk a little about your studies at ICMP - what's keeping you busy?
I'm on the Masters in Songwriting, but I'm studying it part-time over two years. I'm currently between my first and second year. Those that are on the full-time course are currently working on their final projects, and I've been writing with a couple of them for this which is really exciting.
My last assignment was an essay for the Songwriting Musicology module. I wrote an essay about how songwriting can be therapeutic for songwriters – we had the freedom to choose a songwriter and a topic, so it was great to be able to write about something I was so genuinely interested in.
What led you to study with us?
Despite starting songwriting over a decade ago, I took my life in quite a different direction through school and university, and then into the working world - although I did continue to write songs. About 18 months ago, I realised that it was kind of now or never to start taking myself seriously as a songwriter. I was particularly interested in doing a Masters as I already had an undergraduate degree, and ICMP was one of the few places that offered one in songwriting. I knew that London was where I wanted to be, came to the Open Day and felt really inspired, and the course coupled with the opportunity to go to Nashville made my decision to apply very easy.
What have been the most important things you've learned during your time with us?
Success comes from the way that you approach your music. If you focus too much on the outcome and try and create something with the aim of it being "successful", the likelihood is that it won't be."
This came up in the Creative Process module in the first semester, and I have found it really liberating. Before I started the Masters, I feel like I put a lot of energy into trying to create music that I thought would be popular. I now feel much more empowered to focus on music that I love, rather than music I felt an external pressure to make.
What are the best things about studying at ICMP?
The community is great. Having never been in an environment like ICMP before, with so many insanely talented people under one roof, I was worried before I started that it would feel really competitive - but my experience has been quite the opposite. Particularly on the Masters, I have felt that everyone - students and tutors alike -supports each other, both in navigating the music industry and in bringing their best songs to class each week.
I believe you recently went over to Nashville with ICMP earlier this year - how did you find the trip?
It was incredible. We went for the Tin Pan South Festival, so it was all of the writers performing the songs rather than the artists which was a great insight. Some highlights include seeing Liz Rose perform a collection of early Taylor Swift songs, seeing Luke Laird, Natalie Hemby and Danial Tashian all perform different songs off of 'Golden Hour' (the Kacey Musgrave album) and seeing Amy Wadge play the Ed Sheeran classic, 'Thinking Out Loud'.
I also discovered some new favourite writers including Kate York and Michelle Buzz. Nashville itself is also incredibly inspiring, and the attitude to music is remarkable. The impression I left with was that you could pick up an instrument and start playing almost anywhere in Nashville, and people would listen to you. We also met some great, and insanely talented, songwriters from Belmont University and it's great to know people out there now. I'll definitely be going back!
Who are your songwriting heroes?
This is a hard question! Nashville definitely exposed me to another level of songwriting, so currently I'd say writers like Lori McKenna. With her, it feels like every line of her songs has meaning - and that is something I aspire to. But I take inspiration from writers across a range of genres, and I really love discovering new artists.
What's the best piece of advice you've received about music making?
One thing I remember from a time when I was feeling creatively blocked, was advice from my friend Hannah who is also on the MA. She advised me to try writing a 'crap song' every half an hour. This might seem small, but it's really effective. Often when I'm in that head space I can't reach the end of a song, which feels so frustrating.
I find the focus of writing a bad song removes the pressure for every word and melody to be perfect and gets me back into a head space where I can finish something, which helps me get back to the songs I want to be writing."
Sometimes the 'crap songs' aren't terrible either, so thanks Hannah!
What other musical projects are you working on?
I try to divide my songwriting time between writing with and for other artists and myself. I've been focusing a bit more on writing for myself recently as I'm looking to release an EP next year, so it has been great to spend some time bringing together some songs I love.
My friend Amy Collins [another MA Songwriting student] and I are also planning on releasing a Winter/Christmas themed EP at the end of this year. We have some time this summer to develop the songs but it should be interesting to write festive music out of season...
Follow Katherine on Instagram to keep up-to-date with her music.
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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2002/11/11/diwali-2002/)
An audience of 1,400 packed Bailey Hall to celebrate Diwali, the Indian "Festival of Lights," on Saturday night. The performance, organized by the Society for India (S.I.) at Cornell, featured dancing, singing, music, skits and a student-made movie.
"Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is the most celebrated holiday in India," said S.I. President Tanaya Shree '04. "We like to continue that celebration here at Cornell with people from all corners of South Asia and beyond contributing to the show."
The major religious festival is also the Indian New Year, celebrated over a five-day period during the Hindu months of Asvina and Karttika. S.I. Vice-President Chirag Fifadra '03 said Diwali "stands for the dispelling of the darkness of ignorance within us."
"[Diwali] celebrates bringing light into people's lives, so it's a festival for the prosperity and happiness that everybody hopes for," said stage crew member Radhika Lakshmanan '05.
The audience that filled even the balcony of Bailey Hall was exuberant, not only about the performances and the refreshments — Mango Lassis and Samosas — sold during intermission, but about celebrating the holiday and the participants in the show.
"This was our biggest Diwali show ever," Fifadra said. "Seeing Bailey packed almost to capacity made all the previous weeks of effort worthwhile."
Over the past 19 years of its existence, the Cornell Diwali show has increasingly become a part of the overall Cornell community; the masters of ceremonies repeatedly stressed the importance of Diwali for all interested Cornell students.
Audience member Violetta Fattakhov '05 said, "There were a lot of people there who were not Hindi or Indian, and they seemed truly appreciative of Hindi culture."
S.I. showed a detailed PowerPoint presentation near the beginning of the event explaining the history of Diwali and its customs.
The show continued with performances including Indian dance groups Sitara and Cornell Bhangra Club. These two groups combined with some other Cornell dance groups for the show's first number, "Sitar Jam," a multi-cultural dance presentation encompassing many styles. Sitara dancers performed a number of energetic current and traditional dances including Dola Re Dola from the film "Devda" and Raas, a beloved Gujarati folk dance with sticks.
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Cornell's co-ed Hindi a cappella group, Tarana, also performed a set during the show, consisting of a medley of love songs and a compilation of songs from the Oscar-nominated movie Lagaan. Another musical addition to the show was the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth (SPICMACAY), who presented Bho Shambo and Raghuvamsa Sudha. This ensemble consists of two vocalists, a violinist, Mridangam, a percussion instrument and Harmonium, an accordion-like instrument.
"You don't get to see some of these groups very often," audience member Darya Mattes '05 said. "For example, I had never seen Tarana, even though I knew they existed for over a year; I was especially excited to see them."
Despite encountering some technical difficulties, a highlight of this year's Diwali show was a movie called Kabhi Hero Kabhi Zero. This student-created spoof of Indian movies contained the requisite hero and love story, complete with dances in a field, and was entirely written and produced by Cornell students. Although the audience had to wait for the second half of the Diwali show to view the end of the movie, it left positive impressions, especially for anyone who had ever seen a "Bollywood" film, as mainstream Indian films are known.
"[Even] when there were so many technical problems, everyone was very supportive, which was great," Fattakhov said.
Other components of the show included a presentation by ASHA for Education, a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting basic education efforts for underprivileged children in India, skits called Pyar (the Hindi word for Sex) in the City, and FOBulous, and a performance by Cornell's breakdancing group, Absolute Zero.
Over 200 people helped produce the show, and many audience members said they appreciated the effort.
"It was fun to go to such a cultural event — other cultures should have nights like this," Mattes said.
Archived article by Aliza Wasserman
C.U. Lowest Ivy in International Aid
A 2001-2002 survey conducted of 102 American Colleges and Universities ranked Cornell University forty-sixth in total aid rewarded to international students. The survey of financial aid awards — conducted by Doug Thompson, the U.S. admission representative of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland — reported that the University awarded $1,300,000 last year to students from countries other than the United States, Canada and Mexico. This places Cornell below every other Ivy League school with Harvard leading in rewards of $9,648,870 last year. Numerous small schools, such as Macalester College, Wesleyan University and Middlebury College also rank above Cornell, despite their much smaller student population. The survey reported that last year, 47 of Cornell's 978 international undergraduates were receiving aid. Wellesley College also gave 47 students aid, though their international student population was only 130. Members of the admissions committees feel that these figures may suggest a need for Cornell to review its policies towards international students. "Cornell, if it wants to be a world-class institution, should do more to bring in the best students from the rest of the world," said Dan Evett, coordinator of international admissions of the College of Arts and Sciences. Each year, only about five percent of incoming international students in the College of Arts and Sciences receive financial aid each year, Evett stated. Cornell did significantly better, however, in its average amount of aid rewarded relative to the other schools. To those international students to whom financial aid is presented, the average amount last year was $27,660, placing it in one of the top ten for this category. "Awards are very generous because they usually go to very high-need families, especially from Eastern Europe and Africa," Evett added. However, he explained this aid is based on loans more than grants as compared to other top institutions. "We will give an award to an exceptional candidate but they will go somewhere else because our reward will have a loan component," Evett said. Wendy Schaerer, coordinator for international admissions, felt that these published numbers did not accurately reflect the amount of financial aid awarded to international undergraduates because those students from Canada and Mexico were not included. "Cornell does have a lot more Canadian students than most universities," she said. When including these two groups, however, Evett reports that the number of students in the College of Arts and Sciences receiving aid each year would only grow to be a little over five percent. Shaerer agrees that the funding for international students is limited. "The desire to fund all American students coming to the University is certainly a priority," Shaerer said. With the money that is available for international students, many see awarding the graduate students as a more valuable way to spend the money, as they may promote Cornell internationally. Others see creating a diverse undergraduate student body as a higher priority and thus see the money best expended on them. This limited financial aid also affects the actual admissions process, as choosing which international students to accept is not done in a need-blind manner, but rather in a "need-sensitive" way, according to Evett. By this approach, the most exceptional of the international students are admitted, regardless of their ability to pay for a Cornell education, with hopes that financial aid will pull through in some capacity. "In effect, there are a number of students who are not admitted, whom if this person had the money, we'd gladly accept," Evett said. Thus, a clear distinction is made in the process between certain candidates and others, according to Evett. A committee has recently been appointed by Doris Davis, associate provost of admissions and enrollment, to review the issue of financial aid to international students. No results have yet been concluded from the committee. Archived article by Amy Green
University Endowment Suffers After Drop
Cornell's endowment fared poorly during the first quarter of the Fiscal Year (F.Y.) 2003, dropping 8.1 percent in what was the worst quarter for investors in 15 years. "It was not a fun quarter," said James Clarke, the University's chief investment officer. "But it wasn't disastrous." The endowment — currently valued at $2.8 billion — is sensitive to market fluctuations because about 70 percent of it is invested in equities and common stocks and about 30 percent is invested in fixed income and bonds. Although this decrease reflects the current market downturn, the endowment fared better than the market as a whole over the last quarter. In comparison to the endowment's 8.1 percent decrease, the Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 fell 17.3 percent while the Nasdaq composite dropped 19.9 percent. "Relative to the stock market, [the endowment] did relatively well," Clarke said. Clarke attributed the endowment's success relative to the market as a whole to its hedge funds, bonds and real estate investments. During F.Y. 2002, which ended in June, Cornell's endowment decreased in total value by 7.7 percent. As during the past quarter, it outperformed the market as a whole, as the S&P decreased by 18 percent and Nasdaq fell 32 percent. Cornell's 7.7 percent decrease during F.Y. 2002 exceeded those of its Ivy League peers, but signified an average drop in comparison to most universities. The University of Pennsylvania's endowment also fell 8 percent during the first quarter. The recent drops in the endowment's value will not have a significant impact on the day-to-day operations of the University, according to Clarke. "The payout from the endowment is independent of the yearly performance of the endowment," he said. The Cornell Board of Trustees is in charge of determining the payout amount — the portion from the endowment used to fund University activities — and keeps the amount relatively stable from year to year despite market slumps or economic prosperity. If the payout value is not kept relatively constant, the University could face underfunding in future years. When the endowment increased almost 20 percent in 2000 to $3.4 billion, for instance, the Board of Trustees did not significantly increase the payout. "After two years of down performance, it's hard to see [the Board of Trustees] increasing the payout," Clarke said. "They may even give consideration to cutting it." Although Cornell's endowment is one of the highest in the nation, many Ivy League institutions' endowments exceed it in value. Harvard and Yale Universities have endowments valued at about $20 billion and $10 billion respectively. Henrik N. Dullea '61, vice president for University relations, and Harold Craft, vice president for administration and chief financial office could not be reached for comment. Archived article by Stephanie Hankin

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The Chinese artist was inspired by the garbage and pollution that litters the streets of Beijing. As a reaction to the incredible piles of food and plastic trash he sees on the city streets and sidewalks, Zhiyuan decided to create an art installation that would bring this issue to the forefront. Through the sculpture's presence as it travels, from gallery to outdoor installation, the artist hopes to encourage conversation about pollution, and incite change to tackle the problem.
From afar, "Thrown to the Wind," appears like a candy-colored Christmas tree. Underneath the myriad of plastics, Zhiyuan and his assistants built a metal framework, which holds the garbage components in place, all 36 feet up. Once the framework was assembled, sections of plastic bottles were strung together, slowly building up the circumference. As the tower got taller, Zhiyuan switched to smaller plastic bottles, letting the sculpture take shape to an elegant and curving point.
At the wide bottom base, larger loose plastic bottles were placed around the installation, as if being sucked into the column of recycled trash. The resulting sculpture actually looks as if it has been caught by the wind, being sucked up into the air and into oblivion. Zhiyuan forces us to confront what happens to our trash when we throw it away, and makes an embarrassing statement that garbage does not just disappear into thin air once we've cast it aside.
The Chinese artist was inspired by the garbage and pollution that litters the streets of Beijing. As a reaction to the incredible piles of food and plastic trash he sees on the city streets and sidewalks, Zhiyuan decided to create an art installation that would bring this issue to the forefront.
Through the sculpture's presence as it travels, from gallery to outdoor installation, the artist hopes to encourage conversation about pollution, and incite change to tackle the problem.
From afar, "Thrown to the Wind," appears like a candy-colored Christmas tree.
Underneath the myriad of plastics, Zhiyuan and his assistants built a metal framework, which holds the garbage components in place, all 36 feet up. Once the framework was assembled, sections of plastic bottles were strung together, slowly building up the circumference. As the tower got taller, Zhiyuan switched to smaller plastic bottles, letting the sculpture take shape to an elegant and curving point.
At the wide bottom base, larger loose plastic bottles were placed around the installation, as if being sucked into the column of recycled trash.
The resulting sculpture actually looks as if it has been caught by the wind, being sucked up into the air and into oblivion. Zhiyuan forces us to confront what happens to our trash when we throw it away, and makes an embarrassing statement that garbage does not just disappear into thin air once we've cast it aside.


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The Middle Branch Trail connects Canton City Parks including Robert E. Schreiber Park, Reifsnyder Park, Oak Park, and Martindale Park. The trail continues north along the railroad tracks then meanders through Gervasi Vineyard, Rice's Nursery, and High Mill Church of the Resurrection. The trail then loops around Schneider Park, continues north across Schneider Rd. and loops around GlenOak High School.
This trail connects West Park, Mother Goose Land, Waterworks Park, Monument Park, Stadium Park, Ink Park, and Covered Bridge Park in addition to several tourist attractions while following the West Branch of the Nimishillen Creek. A traffic signal and crossing signal were installed in 2010 by the City of Canton for trail users to cross Fulton Dr. The 38th St. intersection crossing was redesigned in 2013.
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Last week, the U.S. came out with its annual human rights report for the world. The only difference between this year's and those of the recent past is the elimination of Iraq as being the world's most vile abuser of human rights. Otherwise, the same culprits are mentioned: China, Syria, Iran, North Korea, and a quickly ascending Venezuela.
The Chinese government's human rights record "remained poor and the government continued to commit numerous and serious abuses."
The Chinese government displays a trend towards "increased harassment, detention and imprisonment of people seen as threats to the government."
The Chinese government tightened controls over print, broadcast and electronic media, and censorship of online content.
The report pointed out "opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were harassed, restrictive laws on the media, and the use of the judicial system for political ends."
If one looks at the allegations, he/she would not be remiss in thinking the U.S. government was speaking of itself. In the past year, U.S. citizens have seen the tightening of the press as well as the imprisonment of those considered as threats to the U.S. Even the Internet has come under attack in the U.S.
Neither China nor Venezuela was mute on the allegations. The Chinese responded, "As in previous years, the State Department pointed the finger at human rights situations in more than 190 countries and regions, including China, but kept silent on the serious violations of human rights in the United States."
Hugo Chavez' response was accurate, but much shorter than that of the Chinese. He called the U.S. report nothing more than "toilet paper."
This annual report is a farce. For years, we have read where those countries who may not agree with U.S. foreign policy are despotic and brutal. However, those on the U.S. side are rarely mentioned as abusers of human rights. For instance, the report normally states that Kuwait is making huge progress in human rights. The former Soviet countries who once were the bastions of torture and censorship, but have come aboard the U.S. ship are also displaying great strides in human rights affairs.
It is not that long ago that a common scene in the U.S. was the public hanging of black citizens. These affairs were treated like a carnival. Men, women and children cheered on the hangings much like they would if at a baseball game if their home team scored a run. Most blacks who were hanged were innocent of any crime. They were just rounded up. And, I don't think any white citizens were ever brought to trial for the murders. Check out the website www.withoutsanctuary.org for the history of blacks being hanged in the U.S. There is a flash movie presentation that is quite gruesome, but accurate in the depiction of this once U.S. recreational pursuit.
There is a movement in the U.S. for black reparations for which any descendant of a slave will be paid a sum of money. The first item on the agenda for proponents of reparations is an apology from the U.S. government for allowing the most diabolical holocaust in history to have occurred on its soil. Every year, the request is made, and every year, it is turned down by a large majority. And the U.S. has the gall to point fingers at the rest of the world.


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In the end, though, Myers' record-setting accomplishments against some very tough competition earned him HT Player of the Year honors for the second straight time. In spite of a hand injury that affected his play for the last third of the 2003 campaign, Myers still set GHS records for hits (45) and doubles (19) in a season. The 19 doubles earned him a place in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) record book. Myers also led Gaylord in runs scored (32), RBIs (20) and steals (15).
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Neph and his assistants deftly crafted a roster of young players without much varsity experience into a team that was state-ranked for much of the season. Not a bad accomplishment, especially when one considers that the 2002 team had been loaded with seniors, all of whom graduated.
Neph's two starting pitchers this season, juniors Aaron Davis and Scott Dunn, had little varsity experience on the mound but posted an outstanding 13-3 record between them. The rangy Davis pitched a no-hitter and Dunn recorded four saves in relief to go with a 7-1 record and a 0.61 ERA.
Dunn also led a hearty St. Mary hitting attack with a .478 average, with fellow junior Troy Blasius not far behind (.462). Center fielder Blasius finished the season with a .708 slugging percentage.
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Q: springboot+ swagger shows all parameters of associated objects also I am using springboot 1.5.4, springfox-swagger2-2.7.0 for for developing a springboot application and swagger for rest api documentation. Swagger documentation and rest api response both are showing all properties of associated objects also I don't want to display the fields.
My entity classes:
@Entity
public class Account {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Long accountId;
    private String accountUid;
    private String accountName;
    private String contactPerson;
    private String emailId;

    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "account_type_id")
    private AccountType accountType;

    // ...setter and getters
}

@Entity
public class AccountType {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Long accountTypeId;

    private String typeName;

    private String description;

    private int status;
    // setter and getters
}

Model class in swagger documentaion is:
{
  "accountId": 0,
  "accountName": "string",
  "accountUid":"string",
  "accountType": {
    "accountTypeId": 0,
    "description": "string",
    "status": 0,
    "typeName": "string"
  },
  "contactPerson": "string",
  "emailId": "string"
}

response for get account is:
{
  "accountId": 1,
  "accountName": "xxxxx",
  "contactPerson": "xxxx",
  "emailId": "test.abc@abc.com",
  "accountType": {
    "accountTypeId": 1,
    "typeName": "xxxxx",
    "description": "xxxxx",
    "status": 1
  }
}

But in both response and swagger also I don't want to display all properties of account type except id.
The output I want is
{
  "accountId": 1,
  "accountName": "xxxxx",
  "contactPerson": "xxxx",
  "emailId": "test.abc@abc.com",
  "accountType": {
    "accountTypeId": 1
  }
}

I am not able to find whether the problem is with swagger or spring data JPA.

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Joewood is a slow-growing shrub with inedible green fruit.
BELOW: Jacquemontia is a native vine with stunning blue blooms.
Both plants are salt-tolerant, making them ideal for our neighborhoods.
If you want to attract wildlife while doing less maintenance in your yard, perhaps it's time to go native. Now is the perfect time to get started by attending the 12th annual Rare and Unique Native Plant Auction.
The event, which includes both live and silent auctions, will be May 16 and hosted by the Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society at Mounts Botanical Garden.
Last year the auction brought in $3,000 the group used to educate the public about the importance of using native plants in the landscape.
"Planting natives is a big deal," says chapter President Susan Lerner.
The FNPS defines Florida native plants as those that would be found within the state before Europeans arrived. "They are the plants that were here before we raped and pillaged the land," Lerner says.
Today she and the about 200 members of the local FNPS urge residents to utilize the plants that filled the Florida peninsula before exotic or nonnative species arrived. For example, instead of planting bougainvillea that originated in Africa and South America, think about adding color to your yard with a native orange geiger.
Because native plants have developed over millennia, they are well-suited to the area. That means they thrive on the nutrients found naturally in the soil, they need only what rain falls and they shine in the tropical sun.
And this means there's little need for spraying, fertilizing or watering, which is good for the gardener and the garden.
By doing this, you can help create habitats where native insects provide food for native birds, and native butterflies thrive on their requisite host and nectar plants.
This auction will be divided into six sections, including Piney Woods, Scrub-a-Dub and Hammock Time, with each based upon a specific Florida habitat (pineland, scrub and hammock).
In the Going Coastal section, you can bid on native plants that do well along our beaches, including the joewood, a small tree or shrub the state has deemed "threatened." It sports tiny white to yellow flowers that grow in small clusters and have an aroma similar to jasmine.
The plants will be offered in 1-gallon to 15-gallon pots. Small trees will be auctioned in single lots; smaller items may be grouped.
Rufino Osorio, the nationally acclaimed author of A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants, will describe each plant brought up for bid and its growing requirements. And members of the local FNPS chapter will be available to answer questions.
Lerner urges folks to attend this event to learn more about natives, be introduced to some hard-to-find specimens and enjoy the evening. And no matter how many plants you already cultivate, you may find something you can't resist.
"There's always room for one more in a garden," she says.
"Before you attend the auction, think about the place in your garden you'd like to fill and how you want to fill it. Do you want to add a little color? Attract butterflies?
When: 7-9:30 p.m. May 16; arrive when the doors open and you'll have time to bid on the silent auction and view the lots for the live auction that begins at 7:30.
Admission: Free. Refreshments available. Only cash and checks will be accepted as payment for auction items.
For more information: 247-3677. Learn about the Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society by visiting palmbeach.fnpschapters.org.


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OVs in Czech donate over 2 bln VND to flood victims in central region
The total donation of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic to flood victims in the central region has exceeded 2 billion VND (90,000 USD) and is increasing day by day.
VNA Friday, November 04, 2016 10:32
Over 45.9 billion VND raised to support central flood victims
More support for flood victims in central region
OVs in France, Mongolia raise fund for homeland flood victims
Embassy in Japan holds fundraiser for flood victims at home
Saturday, October 29, 2016 16:38
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic appeals for donations to flood victims in the central region (Photo: VNA)
Prague (VNA) – The total donation of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic to flood victims in the central region has exceeded 2 billion VND (90,000 USD) and is increasing day by day, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Truong Manh Son.
On November 3, each staff member of the Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic spared their salaries of up to five-day working for the needy in the home country.
Earlier, on October 18, the embassy and the Association of Vietnamese in the European country made an appeal for donations to the flood victims.
On October 19, the association of Nghe Tinh fellow-countrymen in the Czech Republic also launched a fund-raising campaign for flood-hit victims. More than 500,000 CZK ( 20,543 USD) had been raised as of November 3.
On October 22, 16 Vietnamese artists in the Czech Republic organised a concert and auction in Prague to raise funds for central provinces, attracting over 200 people.
Donations during the event amounted to more than 600,000 CZK (24,166 USD), increasing to 800,000 CZK ( 32,869 USD ) by November 3.
On October 29, the Vietnamese association's chapter at the Sapa shopping centre also added 6,300 USD to the fund.-VNA
Vietnamese expats donations flood victims
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long warned on January 20 about the "very high" risk of COVID-19 transmission caused by the "extremely complicated" incidence of illegal border crossings as the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) nears.
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The Vietnam – Cambodia Friendship Association in Dak Nong has well performed its role in connecting the Central Highlands province with Cambodia's Mondulkiri province in politic, economic and social matters, as heard the association's congress held on January 20.
Officials pay pre-Tet visits to cancer patients, poor people
A delegation led by Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.


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Something great reported by Haaretz and now JSF: the British Embassy has changed its plans, and will not rent space in a Tel Aviv building partly-owned by Lev Leviev, the diamond merchant who has financed colonies in the West Bank. The embassy took the step after critics of Leviev called upon the Brits not to give him money.
How long before anything approaching this standard comes to the U.S., where a lot of Jews and non-Jews are all mobbed up with the colonial system in Palestine and our media avoid the story?
THE LUBAVITCH ARE EVEN A PROBLEM IN ITALY!
An authoritative member of the 1000-person Florence Jewish community explains the motives behind the finding of a small camping gas bottle Saturday January the 17th in front of the 'Chabad House' in via de' Pilastri 48 (the place the Lubavitch have in every important city to host their followers). It is the Holocaust Remembrance Day and he wants to shed light on the episode. An anonymous source, whose words are nonetheless in agreement with the detectives working on the case about the bomb found during a Jewish sacred day. At first the sleuths had thought about an anti-Semitic act in relation with the bloody Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. The 'bomb' had a rudimental fuse, unable to let the gas explode. The hypothesis was plausible, almost obvious, but was soon abandoned to follow clues about a personal vendetta. A vendetta unleashed by somebody who had disputes with the ultra-orthodox Lubavitch. No one claimed to be the author of the action, something odd if there had been political motives.
The Florence Jewish environment is extremely fragile: two ways to think about and practice Judaism coexist. From one side almost all of the community, led by Joseph Levi, the rabbi of Synagogue in via Farini. From another side, the 'Hassidim', the most rigorous Jewish denomination: during the Shabbat they do not turn the lights on and they do not use the lift.
In 2000 Eli Borenstein, one of the most influential leaders of the Italian Lubavitch, bought an old shop to open the Chabad house (inside there is only some old stuff). The location is strategic to attract potential new 'Hassidim'. Problems in the few yards between Via Farini and via de' Pilastri soon arose. These Florence Jews are called 'Lubavitch' or 'Lubavitcher', a branch of Hassidism, borrowing their name and their ancient traditions from the old Russian town of Lubavitch, destroyed by the Nazis in 1941. Black coat, payot, and black hat: they come from all over the world to meet their leader Borenstein, who, however, lives in Bologna (where he received another 'warning') and goes to Florence only once a week (on Saturdays, that is) to host and cater for his followers.
The Shabbat is a sacred day when it's prescribed not to walk for long, not to prepare food, and not to do many other things. There is even a rule about not using the telephone: it's because of this that, curiously, Borenstein warned the Police only after dark, when Shabbat was over, even if he had seen the 'bomb' already during the morning. "We hope to live together peacefully, but to see the Lubavitch proselytize with the Jewish American tourists in front of the Synagogue doesn't seem to be very good for the community": this was reported in the Florence edition of 'La Repubblica' soon after the arrival of the Lubavitch in town. A dislike that soon degenerated into a conflict between the two groups: this however is only the background of the intimidation act of Jan. the 17th. It could have been the result of personal motives.
The above article appeared 'Il Firenze' a Florence newspaper on January the 28th.
New York, NY – A group of Lubavitch Chassidim, members of the Chabad Jewish Community in Brooklyn, NY, is planning on monitoring the well being of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, imprisoned head of the Agriprocessors Kosher meat plant in Postville, IA.
The group, which has years of experience in assisting community members with legal troubles, turned their attention to Rubashkin six weeks ago. Called The Committee of Concerned Anash for Pidyon Shevuyim (Anash meaning Chassidim, Pidyon Shevuyim – the mitzva of redemption of prisoners) will focus on assisting the Rubashkin family.
The Committee is working with top lawyers for the best defense and a public relations group, and will be collecting funds for the legal defense and keeping the community involved.
Committee members include Levi Balkany, Yingy Bistritsky, Ari Chitrik, Sholom Duchman, Mendel Feller, Noson Hecht, Shea Hecht, Shmuli Hecht, Sholem B. Hecht, Sholom B. Lipskar, Benjy Stock, Zalman Vishedsky and Yaakov Weiss. They are joined by Suri Ciment, Hindy Labkowski and Molly Resnick.
Several members of the committee held a private meeting today (Sunday) at the offices of The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), a Brooklyn-based educational and humanitarian organization (which both Hecht brothers direct).
Rabbi Pesach Lerner of Young Israel and Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel of Agudas Yisroel are said to be planning a trip to Iowa to meet with Rubashkin in prison.
This Tuesday, lawyers from Grefe and Sidney will be visiting Crown Heights to meet with the committee and residents. They are scheduled to meet with Aron Rubashkin, patriarch and founder of the Agri plant.
What about the innocent?Lubavitch will raise millions for scum of their own!
As many of you know, I proved a month ago that Chabad is raising tax deductible money and apply it to Sholom M. Rubashkin's legal defense.
Then, earlier today Chabad's talking points for the defense of the Rubashkins was leaked by a Chabad blog.
A new committee has been formed to supervise efforts to secure the release of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, former CEO of Agriprocessors in Postville, IA • The group, which is comprised of individuals with years of experience in assisting community members with legal troubles, began assisting Rubashkin six weeks ago • 'The Committee of Concerned Anash for Pidyon Shevuyim' will focus on assisting the Rubashkin familly in all matters.
The Committee is working with a team of top lawyers for the best defense as well as a public relations group, and will be collecting funds for the legal defense and keeping the community involved with the cause, Chabad.info was told.
Committee members include Levi Balkany [see here and here for details about Levi's family], Yingy Bistritsky, Ari Chitrik, Sholom Duchman, Mendel Feller, Noson Hecht, Shea Hecht, Shmuli Hecht [is probably the Shmuel Hecht who offered property worth in excess of $10 million dollars toward Rubashkin's bail and who is a Chabad rabbi and businessman in New Haven, CT, but could also be a nephew or cousin], Sholem B. Hecht, Sholom B. Lipskar [and here as founder of Aleph, which is raising tax deductible money for Rubashkin's legal defense], Benjy Stock, Zalman Vishedsky and Yaakov Weiss, Suri Ciment, Hindy Labkowski and Molly Resnick.
Members of the committee held a meeting Sunday at the offices of The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE).
Following the meeting the committee held a press conference for the Lubavitch media in an effort to call on the worldwide Lubavitch community to take action, get involved, and donate to the Rubashkin legal fund. The meeting was attended by reporters representing many chabad news outlets, including Chabad.info.
This Tuesday, lawyers from Grefe and Sidney, one of the firms defending Rubashkin will be visiting Crown Heights to meet with the committee and residents. They are scheduled to meet with Ahron Rubashkin, patriarch and founder of the Agri plant.
Chabad can no longer deny that it is both raising money for Sholom M. Rubashkin's defense and orchestrating much of the pro-Rubashkin / anti-government propaganda flooding media and the Web.
That should not surprise regular FailedMessiah.com readers – I proved that almost a month ago.
The following story is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Village Voice on Dec. 3, 2008. The author is Elizabeth Dwoskin.
Until three years ago, Miriam Shear and her husband were philanthropists who had given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Jewish charities, supporting schools in Boca Raton, Florida, Memphis, and Louisville. They say that the Rubashkins' strong-arm business practices drove them into bankruptcy.
The Shears had grown wealthy selling alarm systems and life insurance. As members of a small community of Orthodox Jews living in Memphis, they ran a successful kosher-food bank that served a few hundred Jewish families. Incensed at what they say were astronomical prices for kosher food—a three-pound block of cheese at Kroeger's, the only grocery in town, cost $25—the couple decided to open a rival store in 2003. They called their business the Kosher Case Club. Hoping to expand into meat and poultry, Shear met with Heshy Rubashkin at Lubinsky's annual kosher-food show in New York. But Heshy, who was already doing a brisk business with Kroeger's, refused to sell to her, she says.
Shear found another distributor in Atlanta and began selling meat processed by two of Rubashkin's competitors, Empire Kosher and Alle Processing, and chicken shipped from Canada. Shear says she was able to significantly bring down the price of perishable items—she sold cheese blocks for $16, and skinless, boneless chicken that went for $18 at Kroegers she sold for $8. Shear says that she quickly learned how easy it was to profit by creating competition in a niche industry in which prices were being kept artificially high. After the Memphis Jewish Journal featured her store in an article, she was so successful that customers began driving from as far as New Orleans to shop there. Soon, she began to receive calls from Jews in other parts of the South who wanted her to open additional stores. In Tampa, where the only kosher meat for sale came from Agriprocessors, grocers told her that shipments sometimes contained meat so discolored that it had to be thrown away. But if you complained to the Rubashkins, they told her, the orders would simply stop coming. Members of the Lubavitch sect told Shear something that has been corroborated by others: Their rabbis told them that they should only buy meat from Agriprocessors—nothing else was considered pure enough.
In 2005, Shear met with the regional representative for her Atlanta distributor, Hudie Lipszyc. She says Lipszyc had driven six hours from Atlanta because he needed to tell her something. The distributor warned her to get out of the kosher-food business, telling her, she says, that if she didn't, the Rubashkins would retaliate.
She says he actually used the words, "They are going to squash you," which turned out to be the same phrase two other people later used to describe the Rubashkins. And when she told Lipszyc she had no plans to close her store, he told her that she was actually in danger.
Incensed, Shear told Lipszyc that not only was she going to ignore his advice, but she planned to open another store in Detroit.
Before she moved to Detroit, however, she consulted with the vaad, the local rabbinical council there. Detroit had only one kosher grocery store, One Stop Kosher, and the meat counter in the back was run by Shlomo Luss, a Rubashkin distributor, who serviced the entire region. In Detroit, Agriprocessors meat was also the main source in town. Shear wanted to obtain permission from the rabbis before opening up shop. As she was driving back to Memphis, she received a phone call from the vaad: They gave her the go-ahead and assured her that she wouldn't be treading on anybody's territory.
The Shears immediately turned the car around and drove back to Michigan. They purchased a home, renovated a warehouse, and bought thousands of dollars' worth of cash registers, freezers, and other equipment necessary to run a store.
In September 2005, a few weeks before they were going to open the branch, Shear got another call from the vaad: The distributor was taking her to a rabbinical court. Shear called the distributor. Shear says Luss threatened to spread a rumor that the Canadian chicken looked so clean because it was bleached, and that the meat she was going to sell didn't hold up to kosher standards. Once again, she says, she was told that the Rubashkins would "squash" her. Luss couldn't be reached for comment.
Soon, Shear's friends began to tell her about rumors spreading in the community: that her meat lacked kosher certification. Shear scrambled to get a certification letter from the Orthodox Union. She tacked the letter up in her store. But the rabbinical court made things difficult, issuing the decision that she could sell meat only by the caseload, which she says made it almost impossible to do business. (The vaad disputed this at the time.) She ignored the decision and went ahead. But a month after opening, some distributors that she had lined up to stock the store with products suddenly stopped selling to her. Shear says they didn't return her calls.
The Shears' ordeal was well known in Detroit's Jewish community and sparked an internal battle within the vaad itself. In September 2006, the Shears received a settlement of $160,000 from the distributor and the vaad. The settlement was just enough, she says, to make up for the salary she had lost during the year. In 2006, the Justice Department began an antitrust investigation into the entire kosher-meat industry.
Shear isn't the only person who says the Rubashkins don't always play fair. Simon Fields owns a kosher supermarket in South Florida. He says that when he stopped selling Rubashkin products five years ago, the local Lubavitch rabbi told his congregants to stop buying meat from his store because it was no longer kosher, even though he had a valid Orthodox Union certification.
"They left themselves exposed by their utter refusal to play by the rules," said Mark Grey, a sociology professor at the University of Northern Iowa who studies recent immigration to Iowa.
"If there was a hall of shame for employers in this industry, Agriprocessors would have its own wing," said Mark Lauritsen, international vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a union that has long tried to gain a foothold at the plant.
a 30-degree day in Anchorage, referencing a nickname that the state's Jews often use for themselves.
Polls show Berkowitz, a former state legislator, is leading 17-term Republican incumbent Rep. Don Young, who has been engulfed by ethics questions over whether he earmarked federal money to projects that benefited campaign contributors. The state's oil-for-gifts scandal involving the oil industry and several top Alaskan leaders, including U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who is on trial in Washingotn, also has benefited Berkowitz.
Young, whose closest race in the last six years was a 17-point blowout, has become one of national Democrats? top targets this election cycle. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is advertising in Alaska for the first time that anybody can recall. And Berkowitz has gone head-to-head raising money with Young, the powerful former House appropriations chairman who has steered millions of federal dollars to home state projects.
Despite their small numbers, Jews were often central players in Alaskan history before the territory became a state in 1959. Jewish fur merchants were influential in opening up commerce and helped persuade the American government to purchase the 586,000-square-mile area from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867. Jews were also involved in founding major institutions, such as the University of Alaska, according to the Alaska Jewish Historical Museum.
Although it's been a while since a Jewish Alaskan has held a statewide position, several Jews have occupied significant public offices. Among them were Leopold David, Anchorage?s first mayor; Jay Rabonovitz, a former chief justice of the Alaskan State Supreme Court; and Ernest Gruening, a New York Jew who was appointed the first governor of Alaska when it was a territory and later was elected as one of the newly admitted state's first two senators.
The Harvard University graduate who earned a master?s degree at Cambridge University and a law degree from Hastings College, first arrived in Alaska to clerk for a judge in 1990. He now has several businesses, including a renewable energy start-up.
He served 10 years in the state legislature, including eight as state House minority leader, where he proposed some of the earliest measures to invest in renewable and alternative energy. When first elected, he was the lone Jewish legislator. Later, when Jewish membership peaked at around six members, they formed what they jokingly referred to as the "yamulcaucus." But besides joking about their common heritage, the Jewish lawmakers never found enough reason to meet formally.
Berkowitz is not affiliated with any of the state's handful of synagogues and doesn't consider himself very religious. Yet he's close with Rabbi Yossi Greenberg of the Lubavitch Jewish Center in Anchorage and has clearly been influenced by Jewish traditions: he had a bar mitzvah, was married under a chuppah, and held a brit milah for his son, Noah. (He also has a daughter named Hannah.) "By heritage, it's very much who I am," he said.
He met his wife, Mara Kimmel, who is Jewish, in Alaska. "Everybody was always trying to set me up," he said, noting that he and his wife actually met on their own.
The comparison to Palin, who has enjoyed good relations with the state's Jewish community, including Berkowitz, is perhaps ironic. If the ethics cloud over Young, Stevens and the state's political establishment created the opportunity for Berkowitz to be competitive in the election, it was Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Palin that may threaten Berkowitz's chances the most. She has helped fire up a Republican base demoralized by the scandals and a large Election Day turnout is expected to benefit Young.
Berkowitz and other Democrats insist the state is becoming ?purple,? but statistics show that the 75,000 registered Democrats remain a minority among the 490,000 registered voters. There are more than 125,000 registered Republicans, and many of the remaining voters lean Republican.
Berkowitz's faith has not been an issue in a campaign dominated by ethics, energy, health care, crime and Young's demeanor, but some attacks have been interpreted as thinly veiled bigotry – including allegations that he was a rich Jew from California.
Berkowitz says his religion may be an issue for some voters, but he's got bigger problems. "I suspect that the people who don't like me because I'm Jewish don't like me more because I?m a Democrat," he said.


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