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KELLER-AREA NONPROFITS SHARE THE LOVE YEAR-ROUND
BY SANDRA ENGELLAND
The arrival of Valentine's Day makes most of us think about what we can do to show others how much we care. For some big-hearted folks in Keller, however, Feb. 14 is just another day of showing love to those in need because it's their way of life. Here's an introduction to the local residents behind several inspirational nonprofits that make the community a better place — in large and small ways — on a daily basis.
Passion from Pain
Sometimes, a helping hand starts with something as simple as a blanket.
That's where it began 10 years ago for Cyndi Bunch, as she tucked her 7-year-old son, Phillip, into bed one cold winter's night. They'd been driving the streets of Fort Worth that day, looking for the boy's father, Phillip Sr., whose battle with severe mental illness drove him to leave home and live on the streets.
Young Phillip asked if his daddy and other homeless people were warm, and Bunch admitted that they probably were not.
It became a growing concern for the child, and it prompted Bunch to launch a nonprofit called Phillip's Wish and a drive to collect blankets to distribute to the homeless.
That first year, they handed out 200 blankets. Four years later, the collection and distribution figure was 20,000, with donations expanding to include gloves, hats and other cold-weather gear. By this past December, just a few days before Christmas, about 600 homeless people gathered on a street corner on East Lancaster in Fort Worth where more than 200 volunteers with Phillip's Wish and other charities handed out hundreds of blankets and winter apparel. Recipients also benefited from a warm meal that included pulled pork sandwiches, potato salad, desserts and snacks.
"This is my passion and my purpose," Bunch says. "You find your passion through your pain. I wouldn't have ever thought to help on my own. It took my son to wake me up."
Bunch's vision for helping the homeless continues to expand. Phillip's Wish is partnering with several other charities that assist the homeless at the Transfer Center on East Lancaster and working toward a goal of helping to get more people off the streets and into housing.
A movie based on Phillip's Wish, titled 5,000 Blankets, is in preproduction with Jorva Productions; it has a distribution agreement from Affirm Films, the faith-based division of Sony that distributed War Room and Fireproof. Bunch says it is expected to hit theaters next Christmas.
YOU FIND YOUR PASSION THROUGH YOUR PAIN. I WOULDN'T HAVE EVER THOUGHT TO HELP ON MY OWN. IT TOOK MY SON TO WAKE ME UP. – Cyndi Bunch, founder of Phillip's Wish
Phillip, now 19, remains active with the charity and was one of the featured speakers at the group's Dec. 19 kickoff event in Southlake.
"Phillip's Wish, I think personally, is a bigger thing than anyone can imagine," Phillip says. "When you hand a person a blanket, it's not just keeping them warm. It's hope."
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/living/keller-magazine/article56879208.html#storylink=cpy
At Phillip's Wish, we encourage you to "live a good story" and leave a beautiful legacy.
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Venezuela Holidays – Tours & Adventure Travel Guide
PureTravel Says
"The tropical country of Venezuela has borders with Colombia, Guyana and Brazil and the lengthy north coastline sits on the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela remains largely under visited by international travellers. The Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Aruba and the Leeward Antilles all lie near the coast of Venezuela. That's good news for those who do go, leaving more elbow room on the beaches and at breathtaking destinations such as Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall. The adventurous will have no trouble finding trekking, snorkelling, diving, windsurfing, and mountain biking opportunities to rival those available anywhere else in Latin America."
Venezuela Holiday Highlights
Walking & Trekking - A porter-assisted trek into remote Venezuela is one of the most interesting nature holidays in the world. The country has an astonishing 21 different ecosystems; whether you're looking for a rainforest adventure, a mountainous ascent, or a route across the mesa, Venezuela's got it. One of the more popular treks is a trip to the top of Mount Roraima, the inspiration for Conan Doyle's 'The Lost World'. The climb winds through grassland and cloud forest before reaching a secret pathway to the summit plateau. Another excellent destination is Auyantepui, a large mesa that's home to Angel Falls. Birders revere the Humboldt Trail, one of the best birdwatching routes in the region, and flock to it in hopes of seeing such rarities as the Rusty-faced Parrot, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker and Gorgeted Woodstar.
Sierra de la Culata National Park is a perfect trek stop for mountain lovers; visitors are treated to vast windswept vistas of a treeless terrain. Condor Pass, which picks its way through La Culata, scales two peaks before dipping to the floor of a valley where a weary traveller can soak in natural hot springs. The Pass continues through grasslands known as Llanos, which flood annually from May through November. During the wet season, trekkers can spot caimans and Anaconda.
Snorkelling & Scuba Diving - Whether you're an experienced diver looking for new challenges or a total beginner looking for instruction, Venezuela's steep coastline offers amazing underwater spectacles for all skill levels. Top mainland destinations include Henri Pittier National Park, whose coral pools and lagoon are home to parrot fish, moray eels, sea turtles and octopi, and Morrocoy National Park, where you can paddle around palm-topped mangrove islands. The best diving in Venezuela, undoubtedly world-class, is off of the shores of its islands. Particularly recommended is Los Roques, an archipelago of small uninhabited islands set amid hundreds of square kilometres of lagoons and reefs. Venezuela's offshore islands have been called "the other Caribbean,"
Windsurfing & Kite surfing - With reliable winds for much of the year, the islands just off the coast of Venezuela are gaining deserved renown as windsurfing and kitesurfing destinations. The best-regarded destination is the Isla de Margarita, especially El Yaque Beach, nearby Coche Island, and the Los Roques archipelago. The winds are best from November through June, with the strongest winds in January, February and March. Because the wind builds up slowly as the day goes on, the area is good for all skill levels. Beginner lessons are given in the morning, with more advanced surfers launching out later in the afternoon. Kitesurfers enjoy a separate zone from windsurfers; several centres offer rentals and courses for both sports.
Mountain Biking - Cycling has gained popularity in Venezuela recently, resulting in more available routes and tours. Expect a typical day's ride of around 35 miles, depending upon the terrain and your own experience and fitness. Most rides begin in Mérida, one of the principal cities of the Venezuelan Andes. From there, you can traverse the Transandina, the country's highest road pass, or make your way to La Culata National Park and watch the Andean condors circle high above you. The loop from Mérida to La Azulita and back is a particularly scenic trip, and passes through several Andean villages.
The most popular time for a Venezuelan holiday is November through February, when the Northern Hemisphere is bleak and frozen. The tropical country is pleasant year round, though, and the best time to visit really depends on your itinerary. Wildlife viewing, trekking, and climbing are best during the dry season (November – April), while Angel Falls is most impressive when it's at full strength towards the end of the rainy season (May – October). The rainy season doesn't really extend to the coast, although the waters can be a bit rougher during those months.
-Inform your physician of your travel plans to determine whether you'll need protection from malaria or yellow fever.
-American and European travellers are advised against visiting areas near the Colombian border due to security problems.
-Use a respected tour operator who follows the correct guidelines on the use of porters.
-Sturdy trekking boots and long trousers are a must for Venezuelan treks.
-Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador were created from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830.
Venezuela Holidays In Focus
Walking and Trekking - With 42 national parks and about half as many nature reserves, all of which allow walking, Venezuela is a paradise for a walking holiday. A permit is required from the Inparques offices to visit the parks. Opportunities are available for all skill levels – for those who are more comfortable around well-developed tourist facilities, the Parque Nacional El Avila includes around 200km of signposted trails, most of which are not difficult. More serious trekkers can sign on for porter-assisted trips which scale the peaks and navigate the cloud forests of the great Andes. With 21 distinct ecosystems, Venezuela has whatever you're looking for.
The go-to region for trekking and climbing is the area around Mérida, featuring high peaks such as the Pico Bolívar and the Pico Humboldt, as well as the magnificent Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada. Experienced guides are strongly recommended, and can be found in Mérida, along with any rental equipment you require. In addition to the national park, popular destinations around Mérida include Los Nevados, a small village separated from Mérida by Pico Toro but accessibly via a fairly easy mountain track, and the moors and misty forests of the Sierra de la Culata. If you're up for crampons and ice axes, the steep ascent to Humboldt Peak is an exhilarating challenge to both your mountaineering skills and your fortitude. The view from the top of Humboldt's broad, flat glacier is unforgettable.
For a very different climb, make your way up Mount Roraima, which straddles the border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Roraima is the highest of Venezuela's distinctive table mountains, called tepuis. The steep sides of the plateau would make the summit difficult to access, if not for a hidden ramp which spirals up the side. Roraima is so steep-sided and flat-topped, in fact, that the indigenous people see the mountain as the stump of a mighty tree which once held all of the world's fruits. The top of Roraima is its own ecosystem, with a harsh, nutrient-deficient environment which has spawned a number of endemic, carnivorous plants. In fact, early expeditions to Roraima's top were the inspiration for Conan Doyle's "The Lost World." Trekkers won't find any dinosaurs, but the unique, endemic species found only in this high, flat place will indeed make it feel like an undiscovered land. Once on top, be sure to visit the Valle de los Cristales, a little canyon that sparkles with colored quartz crystals.
As amazing as Roraima can be, the most visited tepui in Venezuela is Auyantepui, home to Angel Falls. The falls account for most of Auyantepui's fame, dropping an astonishing 979 meters to clinch the title of world's highest waterfall. Ironically, one of Venezuela's most visited tourist attractions was traditionally avoided by the local indigenous people, the Pemon Indians. The Pemon called Auyantepui the "House of the Devil", and feared to venture near it. On a trek through Auyantepui, you'll encounter every kind of footing from dry, hard mesa to the slippery roots of cloud forests. After a good trek to Angel Falls, you can swim in the pool at the falls' base, calm enough to be suitable for bathing. Be on the lookout for others who make Auyantepui their home – a diverse fauna including pumas, jaguars, armadillos and poison-dart frogs.
Snorkelling and Scuba Diving - If you choose the right dive sites, Venezuela's steep coastline can be a comfortable place to learn the ropes of scuba diving, or a challenge for a seasoned veteran. Beginners looking to get the hang of things and meet sea creatures should head for the country's coastal national parks, where lagoons and reefs shelter the coastline and harbour an amazing diversity of life. Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela's first national park, is a great place to start out, particularly the unique coral lagoon called La Cienaga. Its hidden, mangrove-lined bay is home to parrot fish, moray eels, sea turtles and octopi, along with hundreds of other marine animals. The birding at Henri Pittier is also incredible – the park's official bird list is some 580 species long.
If you've already been in flippers a few times, definitely head for Venezuela's offshore islands. Particularly recommended is Los Roques, an archipelago of small uninhabited islands set amid hundreds of square kilometres of lagoons and reefs. Venezuela's offshore islands, known among travellers as "the other Caribbean," are less expensive and crowded than their better-known counterparts and offer spectacular caves, sponge forests, and one of the best-preserved barrier reefs in the region. Trips can be organized through one of the three dive centres on Gran Roque, the only inhabited island. Ecobuzos offers affordable daily trips to popular sites such as the coral pinnacles called La Guaza.
Windsurfing and Kite Surfing - The same islands around Isla Margarita that are so well known for their underwater treasures are also great places to ride the waves. Travellers can make Margarita their base and choose any of several destinations in the area. An airstream generated between nearby Coche Island and El Yaque Beach, on Margarita itself, makes both locations very attractive for wind and kite surfing. Los Roques Archipelago National Park is only a slight detour from Margarita, and the islands' park status has helped to protect this windsurfing mecca and the clear waters around it. All of the surfing destinations around Isla Margarita benefit from unusually stable wind patterns, which blow predictably from November through June, with the strongest winds January through March. Because the winds reliably begin mildly in the morning and pick up steam as the day wears on, the Venezuelan Caribbean is perfect for all skill levels – beginner lessons are generally given in the morning, with more experienced surfers setting sail later in the day. Several centres offer rentals and instruction for both sports.
If you'd rather stick to the shoreline, the tiny town of Adicora sits just at the tip of the Paraguana Peninsula, the perfect spot to line up with the prevailing east winds. It's not yet so well known as the islands, allowing you to have the surf nearly to yourself.
Mountain Biking - Maybe not all cycling trips begin in Mérida, but when you're there, it certainly seems that way. A number of outfitters offer rentals and organized tours leaving every day, and the concentration of tour operators and businesses make it easy to find the right trip for you or to buy a needed replacement part. The charm of Mérida, however, lies not in its convenience but in the array of destinations which are possible from that classic starting point. One popular route is the Transandina, the country's highest-elevation road pass, which winds among coffee fields and tile-roofed hamlets on its way east from Mérida to the arid páramo above the timberline. Alternatively, plan a multi-day loop from Mérida to a small Andean town such as Los Nevados or La Azulita and back again, scenic trips which pass through several distinct climatic regions and tiny, remote pueblitos. Whatever your itinerary, be sure to plan for a stop in Musui for a soak in the hot springs. Las Aguas Termales del Musui are also a good camping spot.
Classic Itineraries
-Scale Mount Roraima and explore a true "lost world".
-Stroll the Humboldt Trail with binoculars in hand for a look at some of the living jewels of the Andes.
-Dive the barrier reef at Los Roques.
-Surf along the beach at El Yaque.
-Bike the Transandina to the top of the world.
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Nas ciências físicas, a quantidade de substância, ou ainda quantidade química ou quantidade de matéria, denotada pela letra n, é uma grandeza física que mede a quantidade de entidades elementares presentes em uma dada amostra ou sistema. As entidades elementares podem ser átomos, moléculas, íons, elétrons ou partículas, dependendo do contexto. O Sistema Internacional de Unidades define a quantidade de substância como sendo proporcional ao número de entidades elementares presentes.

A definição atual de mol, que entrou em vigor a partir do dia 20 de maio de 2019, diz que:

A quantidade de substância aparece em relações termodinâmicas como a lei dos gases ideais e em relações estequiométricas, como na lei das proporções múltiplas. A única outra unidade de quantidade de substância actualmente em uso é a libra mol (símbolo: lb-mol), por vezes usada em engenharia química nos Estados Unidos, 1 lb-mol ≡ 453,59237 mol.

Terminologia
Para mensurar a quantidade de substância, é necessário especificar a entidade elementar envolvida, a não ser que não haja risco de ambiguidade. Uma mole de cloro, por exemplo, pode referir-se tanto a 1 mol de átomos de cloro (Cl) como também um mol de moléculas do gás cloro (Cl2). A forma mais simples de evitar ambiguidades é substituir o termo "matéria" ou "substância" pelo nome da entidade e/ou citar a sua fórmula empírica. Por exemplo: a quantidade de clorofórmio, CHCl3, a quantidade de sódio, Na, a quantidade de hidrogênio (átomos), H, e n(C2H4).

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 Fração molar
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The term hentai is really a mistranslation of the Japanese term hentai seiyoku, which means ' graphic sexual intercourse '. It was initially utilized to describe an erotica called The Dream of the Fisherman 's Wife.
During the 19th century, shunga erotica was reduced by shoguns. This meant that the production of such works had to stop. The interest in erotics continued to grow in Japan, especially throughout the Showa period.
By the end of the 1950s, stories about male homosexuality and cross-dressing were the major preoccupations in magazines. The OVA market, which was a precursor to the computer game market, enabled the release of pornographic anime.
The Lolita anime series is based upon a serialised manga in the lolicon magazine. It was the very first sexual anime to get an American audience.
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Other subgenres of hentai are tenshitachi no gogo, etsuchinaDong Hua, ero manga, and yaoi manga. These subgenres have different levels of sexuality. They are defined by oversexualized characters, and some have extreme components. They are thought about to be porn in the west, however might be appropriate to some individuals.
The Japanese term ecchi originates from the letter " H ". It can be katakanized as ecchi, and it is mainly associated with fanservice. It is also utilized for a little erotic material, consisting of nudity.
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' Hentai ' () is a Japanese term describing any type of manga with erotic material. The word is used to describe manga that has weird fetishes and uncommon pornography. The term is normally scheduled for extreme pornography, however manga that features more common sexual fetishes also exist.
The first traces of hentai in Japanese history date back to the 16th century. A number of publications were dedicated to the discussion of perverse sexuality.
The title " Hentai " relates to chains, which is a style in most hentai titles. These works are often self-published and are intended at an audience of people who take pleasure in manga.
The genre was particularly popular in the 1960s, when stories of lesbianism were a major preoccupation in magazines. Azuma Hideo 's Cybelle series specified the movement. These works were mainly self-published, although some were serialized in magazines.
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The term hentai is really a mistranslation of the Japanese term hentai seiyoku, which indicates ' graphic sexual intercourse '. The very first known erotic depictions of hentai were in Wonderkid 's Lolita Anime. The title " Hentai " relates to chains, which is a theme in many hentai titles. While Kimi Rito has actually written a book focusing on the hentai manga genre, he is also included in the media criticism and bishoujo manga criticism scenes in Japan. Frequently translated into English as " pervert ", hentai has a range of significances.


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Alvan Clark 24" Refractor (Lowell Observatory) Review
Percival Lowell died on November 12th 1916 – exactly a century before I wrote the original version of this review (I've since updated it following another visit in 2020). Lowell is famous for having imagined a dying race of Martians who built the giant canals that Lowell believed he saw through his 24" Clark refractor at Mars Hill observatory near Flagstaff in Arizona. His observations and his vivid (if mostly quite wrong) descriptions of Mars and its supposed inhabitants arguably launched our obsession with aliens and space travel. Lowell's influence extended to writers like H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs and planetary scientists, such as Carl Sagan (who was seen at the Clark refractor during an episode of his famous TV series 'Cosmos').
I have spent several nights at Lowell observatory, once a few weeks after the 2016 Mars opposition, viewing through the Clark refractor at public sessions. My intention was to see Mars through the same instrument as Lowell himself. That intention was largely thwarted, but I spent quite a lot of time with the recently (2015) restored giant refractor, hence this review.
This is one of a series of reviews of world-famous telescopes and the experience of visiting and using them.
24" Clark Refractor
Air-spaced Fraunhofer doublet achromat
384.6" (977.2 cm)
About 32 feet
About 2 tons (tube only)
Lens cell (with cleaning ports) and iris mechanism.
The optics for the Clark refractor were (unsurprisingly) ground by the famous optician Alvan Graham Clark in 1895-96 and may have been his last. The design is a conventional Fraunhofer achromatic doublet, in which the bi-convex crown element is in front, the concave flint behind. It seems that the objective employs a substantial air gap between the elements, a design that can give more freedom in correcting aberrations (as opposed to having the elements cemented or separated by thin foil spacers).
The lens elements, crown and flint, are quite thin – about 1.5 inches in the centre – but the objective lens still weighs a hefty 150 lbs (68 Kg). The lens sits in a cast iron cell with ports that allow access (only by slim hands, apparently) to the back of the elements via that large air gap.
Like most big Victorian-era refractors, the focal ratio of F16 is short for an achromat. It had to be: according to one commonly used rule of thumb - that the F-ratio should be 1.22 times the objective diameter in centimetres - it would need to be about F70 (giving a focal length of about 40m) to achieve good correction for chromatic aberration, an impossible length for a practical, moveable telescope.
One consequence of the short F-ratio is that the Clark refractor is fitted with an iris diaphragm in front of the objective, which allows it to be stopped down, to as little as 150mm aperture, to reduce chromatic aberration. The diaphragm is like the multi-blade type used in more expensive camera lenses. From that same rule of thumb 1.22D formula, you might expect to have to stop it down to about 12" (300 cm) to kill most of the chromatic aberration, but I found that stopping it down to about 20" improved things dramatically. Even so, some have suggested that this diaphragm mechanism is to blame for Lowell's canals: he stopped it down to the point where the exit pupil was so small he was actually viewing the capillaries in his own retina.
The lens was carefully cleaned and re-assembled during the recent refurbishment of the Clark and it is carefully cleaned by observatory workers every two years or so, by swabbing it with alcohol, front and rear, in-situ.
The tube of the Clark is in three sections. The middle section that attaches to the mount is a massive iron casting. The tapered front and rear tubes are riveted steel plate and give the telescope its 'ship's-hull' Steampunk look, familiar from that classic photo of Lowell seated on a ladder, wearing a jaunty cap and observing Venus during the day.
From what I can gather, the centre section has at least one baffle and the interior is painted flat black to stop reflections from the tube walls. The tubes were restored and powder coated as part of the restoration process.
It is interesting to compare the 24" at Lowell with a slightly smaller Clark refractor. As you can see in the image below, the next size down, the 20" at the Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, is a much more manageable tube assembly on a substantially smaller mount and pier.
20" Clark refractor at Chamberlin Observatory in Denver is much smaller than the Lowell 24".
The Clark refractor retains the original brass focuser, nowadays equipped with a 2" diagonal (historical photos show Lowell and others using the Clark 'straight-through', i.e. with the eyepiece in the focuser itself).
One consequence of the decision to retain this beautiful piece of late-Victorian era engineering is that the telescope can't take the huge 4" eyepieces that give nearby Mount Wilson's 60" reflector such a relatively wide field of view.
Visual back with brass focuser and mount control handwheels, the eyepieces for the 12", 4" and 3" finders, surrounding it.
The Clark has a huge German equatorial mount, in principle just like a super-sized EQ5! The mount sits on a four-metre high pier constructed of cast iron segments. Together, the mount and pier weigh a total of about eleven tons. One of the main reasons for the recent renovation was a problem with the mount – the century-old RA bearing wheel (you can see it in the photo below after renewal) had worn to the point where it was no longer smooth.
The mount was originally turned by a clock drive that was revealed in the restoration, but it is now operated by stepper motors. The old clock drive is on display behind the pier.
The mount has large hand-painted setting circles. The declination circle is read at a distance by (yet another) small brass telescope mounted at the eyepiece end. Later, a synchro mechanism (sometimes called a Selsyn), employing WWII surplus equipment, was installed to point the telescope in right ascension.
The mount's slow-motion controls to adjust pointing are operated by the wood-and-brass handwheels that surround the focuser.
Whilst I was there, they only used a 55mm TV Plössl in the 24" Clark, but one of the guys kindly explained that they had a whole range of eyepieces at their disposal, but only used them when 'playing around by ourselves'. Well that's alright then.
The 24" Clark has two larger finder/guide scopes – a 4" and a very fine 12", both also by Alvan Clark, along with a smaller (and more recent?) 3" mounted atop the Selsyn. The 4" finder retains its original brass focuser, but the 12" has been fitted with a modern unit.
The 12" is a very nice refractor in its own right and I had several good views of the Moon and Jupiter through it, again with a 55mm Plössl, giving about 90x, that confirmed its quality.
The Clark was at various times fitted with professional instrumentation, including an early spectrograph; but it is now solely used for outreach.
It has been said that the 40ft dome for the 24" Clark resembles an upturned wood pail. It was built that way to be as light as possible, something Lowell wanted to enable quick cool-down. The whole structure is made of the local Ponderosa pine and was designed and built in 1896 by the Sykes brothers – bicycle repairmen based in Flagstaff, who claimed (rightly, it turned out) to be able to build anything. It was originally erected in Tucubaya, Mexico and only later moved back to Flagstaff, to a location on Mars Hill at an elevation of 7246ft, overlooking the town of Flagstaff (just 15 years old when it arrived) and the volcanic San Francisco peaks.
The wooden latticework of the dome was originally covered with canvas, replaced later with wooden slats and tin. For much of its early life, the dome turned on a number of iron wheels. For a time, a flotation system was tried, with pontoons buoyed up by salt water in a trough, but this was plagued with leaks and was scrapped. In 1960 the old iron wheels were replaced by 24 Ford car wheels and tyres which are still used today (though flats and blowouts are not uncommon).
The dome is accessed up a flight of steps and through a wooden door under an expansive porch. The inside of the dome is all polished wood and perfectly matches all the gleaming brass and grey-painted cast iron of the telescope and mount to create an air of Edwardian technology that would thrill a Steampunk. The floor is likewise all polished wooden decking that descends in steps to the pit for the mount's foundations. The dome is a really evocative space and they often play 1920s music to enhance the Lowell-era ambience.
When I was there they were holding a gala dinner at the observatory ranch house next door, where Lowell once lived. As dusk was falling, the air still warm and scented with pine and Mars glowing first in the darkening sky, Lowell's old car roared around to the house, bringing the first gala guests and completing the time-travel fantasy that Lowell might still be at the eyepiece of the 24" Clark, observing Mars and dreaming of canal-building civilisations.
In Use – Astrophotography
The 24" Clark has been used extensively for astrophotography in the past, including some of the best early planetary images taken by Lowell and his workers a century ago. I had no opportunity to try photography through the Clark.
General Observing Notes
On the evenings I was there, the staff opened the dome early and set the Clark on the Moon or Jupiter in daylight. Early on, before the queues, was a great time to observe and even later there was nothing to stop me going to the back of the queue and waiting for another look (often at a different object by the time I got back to the eyepiece). During a later, winter visit, there were no queues and it was easier to linger at the eyepiece.
I had read (what amounts to an urban myth) that very large refractors give dim and yellow-cast views due to the thickness of their lenses. The Clark proved this just isn't true.
Adjusting the setting of the telescope can be accomplished manually with the handwheels around the visual back, which operate with a satisfying click-click-click.
The first thing I looked at through the Clark was Jupiter. With the sun throwing long golden shadows through the trees around and lighting up the sky-blue tiles over Percy's Saturn-shaped mausoleum next door, the shutters of the Clark dome were already open and 1920's music was playing through an old radio. They'd fitted a modern 2" diagonal and a 55mm Tele Vue Plössl eyepiece giving 178x magnification. I stepped up to the gleaming brass focuser, amidst all those wood-and-brass handwheels and finder-scope eyepieces, just as Lowell must have done countless times during long observing sessions on Mars.
Jupiter looked really good, as planets often do at dusk with a bright sky to cut the contrast down a bit. There was a lot of detail in the north and south equatorial belts, light storms and dark ones; other cloud belts were easy to pick out too. I hung about at the eyepiece too long though and a nice member of staff called Kevin had a go at me (even though there was no one else waiting); apparently, it's a pay-as-you-go Universe at Lowell.
Later, against a dark sky, Jupiter was very bright and showed a lot of violet blur around the limb (the way it might look in say a 5" F5 achromat). The telescope operator closed the iris in front of the objective, stopping it down to F18 (about 20" aperture) and the violet blur dulled a lot and the view sharpened noticeably. Now the Great Red Spot stood out to good effect, with all the vortices upwind clearly visible and some nearby white storms too.
Given that it was a couple of weeks past a good opposition and that Mars was hanging brilliant overhead at a good size and altitude for viewing (18 arcsecs and about 32 degrees), you might expect that they would have been keen to get the 24" Clark set on the object for which Lowell originally commissioned it. They never did; and I stayed until late for several nights, hoping. When I asked one of the outreach guys why not, he replied, 'Mars is always disappointing' – a bizarre (and indeed disappointing) statement made all the stranger by the fact that I had stupendous views of Mars through the nearby 60" at Mount Wilson a few days later.
Finally, very late on my last night, I did get a brief view of Mars with their 16" Cassegrain before the observatory closed – but it was out-of-focus as usual and showed no surface detail at all, just a bright orange ball.
I got chatting to a gentleman from Tucson, a fellow refractor fan called Craig, at the Grand Canyon Star Party, a few days after my first visit to Mars Hill. Craig told me he had seen Mars through the 24" Clark using a pair of 13mm T6 Naglers in a binoviewer (giving 750x on my slide rule) at a club event for the super-close 2003 opposition. He said the detail resolved then had been 'amazing'.
The Clark may be most famous for Lowell's observations of Mars, but it also made a major contribution to Lunar research in the 1960s, when it was used to create new Moon maps that were eventually used to select Apollo landing sites. At that time – between 1961 and 1969 – both visual and photographic techniques were used to create the maps, as part of a program for the Aeronautical Chart and Information Centre (itself a branch of the U.S. Air Force).
The Clark wasn't only used for mapping the Moon. Hidden in the Lowell Observatory Guest Book is an entry for January 16th 1963, a rather modest signature of one 'Neil Armstrong – NASA MSC, Houston, Texas'. A group of astronauts, including Armstrong, Lovell and Borman, visited the Clark for a night of training – viewing the Lunar surface at high power until the small hours and comparing what they saw with nearby Meteor Crater, which they had visited earlier that day.
My first few views of the Moon through the Clark – still at their favourite 178x magnification – were spoiled by significant defocus. When one of the professional astronomers finally took over, he got it perfectly in focus and the Moon revealed stunning detail. All of the Plato craterlets appeared as proper small craters with simple, bowl-shaped floors, not just the usual specks. Nearby Mare Imbrium was a mass of craterlets and ridges. The peaks of the Tenerife range looked like proper mountains and Hadley Rille looked wide and deep. However, there was significant chromatic aberration on the bright limb, even stopped down to F18.
On a later look, the crater Tycho displayed unprecedented detail in its slumped walls and central peak that had me wanting to linger and explore.
This globular cluster was very bright and easily resolved to its core through the 24" Clark: a mass of stars, with arms of stars arcing into space around, more like a tight open cluster (think M38) than the usual fuzzy-blob you get with small instruments: a really beautiful sight. Some of the stars clearly showed their redder colour too, something I had never seen in smaller scopes. It is worth remembering that the Clark is an unobstructed aperture as large as all but the largest modern Dobsonians.
On a later winter visit to Lowell, the 24" stayed set on the Orion Nebula all evening and I was able to take plenty of time to observe it.
The Orion Nebula only showed its bright core region around the Trapezium, but this showed a huge amount of structure in the nebulosity that you only usually see in images. The Trapezium was easily and fully resolved. The guide said that the 24" was open to its full aperture on this occasion, but even so none of the stars showed excessive false colour.
In 2020, Lowell had switched over to red lights all across the observatory to preserve visitors' night vision.
If you're a 'refractor guy' like me, or a fan of Victorian and Edwardian telescopes, your heart will beat a little faster when you first see the Lowell's 24" Clark Refractor. In its newly restored state it feels like a time machine – back to the era of Lowell and HG Wells' Martians, of Canals and the Barsoom of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Clark refractor isn't just a truly beautiful and evocative telescope to look at; it is also an extraordinary experience to look through it, something that is completely free if you pay the modest Lowell entry fee and wait until twilight. You may get the chance to view a planet – Jupiter or Saturn - or a fascinating deep sky object like a globular cluster or the Great Nebula in Orion. Sadly, though, you may not get to see Mars, even if it's hanging like a brilliant orange star high above the Clark's Ponderosa-wood dome.
On a recent visit my former troubles with rude and incompetent outreach assistants had been fixed – everyone was polite and helpful and most of the time the telescope was properly focused too, unlike the previous times.
Viewing through a beautifully restored classic refractor the size and quality of the 24" Clark is a bucket-list experience available at only a few other observatories. The only real disappointment was that the Clark was never used at the high powers I am reliably informed it is capable of and never set on Mars, which seemed a shame. Something else to be aware of is that they are typically now leaving it set on one object all evening to reduce wear and tear (which makes total sense, given it's open almost every clear night).
The word 'iconic' gets over-used, but if there is such a thing as an iconic telescope, this is it. I highly recommend a visit to Lowell observatory to see it (and, if it's a clear night, through it). But if you're a Mars fan like me, be prepared for a disappointment, even if you turn up near an opposition.
Viewing the Moon through the 24" Clark


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The Canadian dollar, also known as the loonie, has cratered to an 11-year low against the US dollar after the Bank of Canada cut its Overnight Rate 25 basis points to a record-low 0.50%, as expected.
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Love the guy dragging the hose (especially with the yellow and yellow) and the dog between the bars. Nice stuff.
Thanks man. Hope you're well!
Yes, I think I also like the one of the man pulling the yellow hose best, shadows and hose leading to the pillars, balanced frame and so on… could take him out of the shadows a bit to join him to the tapestry to extend the metaphor maybe, I dunno? Just a thought.
Four of these images connect things in a meaningful way. Clearly everyone likes the man dragging the yellow power lead, and no wonder…it is that huge post with its steel bands next to the embedded boulder that hints that the power lead is a Sisyphean weight, to which the mural, light and organic stands in contrast. But there's also the man and dog walking quite contrarily uphill (due to the dutch tilt with which you have composed the shot) against the arrow; and the exhausted (or drunk?) rail passenger who is surrounded by sculptural forms all echoing his sagging shoulders; and that oily looking character hoisting his trousers in front of the hotel…how accurately have you aligned his pants-waist with the masonry of the building, and his hook nose with the punctuation of the hotel bell-press! Then there is the happy (i.e. perhaps subconscious) rhyming of the stars in the banner, being indicated by our helpful guide in the background, with the gentleman in the blue shirt. The very reason I followed your work was your sense of rhyme…and here it is again! Love it!
Thank you for your wonderful feedback. It's so interesting to know what the viewer picks up from the images. You explained everything with such detail and attention.
You've honed your instincts and reactions to these signs and your images I enjoy best have this interplay of elements…keep at it!


I've changed what I was going to write this month because of a really profound event that just happened. First of all, many thanks to all of you who sent Katie my daughter prayers and good wishes recently.You all heard about her in my book (Every Word has Power), and I often get people asking me how she is! Katie collapsed in May and was rushed to hospital for three weeks – this is a young woman who doesn't smoke, drink or do drugs and who goes to the gym almost daily. It turned out that the Evra birth control patch had made her form a HUGE grapefruit sized hemorrhagic cyst inside her ovary! Too much estrogen.
We finally knew that she would have to have an operation when her lung collapsed and filled with 2 liters of fluid, so I suggested that we tell her unconscious mind ahead of time what was going to happen, utilizing hypnosis.I know that 20 minutes' hypnosis is equal to 4 hours sleep, and that if you do hypnosis with someone who has had a fall, or breaks a bone, recovery time is minimal.
My assistant Sheena had broken her hip falling from a horse a few years ago and rushed me to see her as the doctors told her that she would always walk with a limp, never mind ride again (her one passion in life). I thanked the unconscious mind for letting us know that Sheena needed to slow down (!) and took her back to before birth, when every cell knew its job perfectly, to realign the cells in her hip.
During the hypnosis I suggested that she get well fast and that she would be on her feet almost immediately. She left the hospital and was driving and riding perfectly again three weeks later. No limp!
I (Nancy Ayanna Wyatt) am certified in NLP and in Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, and I shall be holding a series of classes in the Fall to share information about how people can help themselves Stress Less and Reduce or Resolve Pain. I'll be creating the classes, starting in July, so I can share them with you this summer, if you are interested. Let me know!
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Don or DON and variants may refer to:
Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name Donald in English, also a masculine given name in Irish
Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, southern Italian, and Filipino title, given as a mark of respect
Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia
University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Dublin, a fellow or tutor of a college
A resident assistant at universities in Canada and the USA
DON, 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-nitroamphetamine, in pharmacology, the psychedelic phenethylamine
DON, De-Oxy-Nivalenol = Vomitoxin, in microbiology, a toxin produced by several Fusarium and Aspergillus strains
DON, 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine
DON, Dissolved Organic Nitrogen
Don, Benin, a town in Benin
Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France
Don River (disambiguation), several rivers named "Don River", River Don", or simply "Don"
Don, Tasmania
Don, Trentino, a comune in Trentino, Italy
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Édon is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms the commune's southeastern border.
Communes of the Charente department
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Capo di tutt'i capi or capo dei capi, often referred to as the Godfather in English, is Italian for "boss of all bosses" or "boss of bosses". It is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization.
The title was introduced to the U.S. public by the Kefauver Commission (1950). It has seldom been given to specific bosses because it could create tension between different factions (otherwise known as families) within the Mafia. Typically the title is awarded de facto to the boss of the most powerful Mafia family.
American Mafia
The word was applied by mobsters to Giuseppe Morello around 1900, according to Nick Gentile. Bosses Joe Masseria (1928–1931) and Salvatore Maranzano (1931) used the title as part of their efforts to centralize control of the Mafia under themselves. When Maranzano won the Castellammarese War, he set himself up as boss of all bosses and ordered every Mafia family to pay him tribute. This provoked a rebellious reaction which led to him being murdered. Lucky Luciano then created The Commission in 1931 as an alternative.
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To tell the whole wide world that I care
With all my power, I'll give the real
That's how I feel
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(I) I'm gonna show you I can be here every day
And that's time and time again love will never end
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Havana was originally released by Camila Cabello in 2017 as a single and was included on her 2018 album Camila. This is a parody version in the Google Translate Sings… series of videos and seems to have gone off in the wrong direction, ending in Hawaii, and there are a number of other rather strange translations that I can't figure out what possible connection could be there.


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Transport Action Groups
Our campaign successes
Rail Access Now
Come and meet the team from Transport for All at:
ExCel London, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1 XL, UK
Date: Tues 19th March
Hosted by TfL at ExCeL London. It's the perfect opportunity to find out more about accessible travel in London.
The event is free to attend but registering in advance is encouraged.
Advice for wheelchair users travelling to Access All Areas @ExCeLLondon on Tues 19th March 2019. If alighting at Custom House, please use the middle section of the train as the gap is much smaller. Alternatively, use Prince Regent Station. Extra staff will assist. #TfLAccess.
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Demonstration for Northfields Tube station to become fully accessible
Transport for All (TfA) is supporting local members in Ealing, campaigning for Northfields Tube station to become fully accessible.
Transport for London (TfL) is investing £200 million to deliver step-free access for a number of Tube stations by 2022. By then over 100 Tube stations will be step-free, although this represents just 40% of the network.
But Northfields station is not on this programme of improvements. This is despite Northfields being one of the busiest Tube stations in suburban London. The latest figures show almost 4 million people exited or entered the station last year.
Access to the Northfields platforms is denied or at least extremely hazardous for those willing to tackle the stairs – if you are a wheelchair-user, on crutches, visually-impaired or for those with a buggy or heavy luggage.
TfL cites the high cost as the reason for omitting Northfields from its programme to make our Tube station step-free. But it has not carried out a full feasibility study to support its position.
TfA member, Susan New says "We believe that there is a compelling case for making Northfields station step-free given the numbers that use the station; its location next to the Northfields depot; its popularity by virtue of being in Zone 3; and its location by busy bus routes. It could be an easy route for people to get to Hammersmith and onward via a bus to Charing Cross & Hammersmith hospitals via lifts. There is also an interchange to the accessible Jubilee Line at Green Park. We, in West London, have waited decades for the same access to tube services as that of East London. It is time to rectify this."
When: Monday the 8th October 2018 at 4-7 pm.
Where: Northfields Tube station, Northfield Ave, London W13 9QU (click here to see it on Google Map).
contact: joshua@transportforall.org.uk
Alternatively, sign the petition: Click here to sign the petition: http://bit.ly/northfields


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Jerusalem Post Magazine Features
Don Quixote comes to Israel
Maybe he's battling windmills, but entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky still believes in the power of many voices becoming one.
By HEATHER ROBINSON
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It is fitting Daniel Lubetzky would grow up to be an entrepreneur who tries to bring peace to the Middle East. He recalls how, one summer when he was 12 and working for a textile wholesaler in Mexico City, he overheard people on the bus bashing Israel. "They were talking about Sabra and Shatilla," he recalls. "They were saying horrible things about Israelis and Jews." Upset, the boy reported what he had heard to his father, Roman Lubetzky, a Holocaust survivor who talked with him about Israel's right to exist, its existential struggle. With his father's help, he wrote a letter to Mexico City's Excelsior newspaper decrying the double standard of condemning Israel without condemning the perpetrators of the massacres. At 39, Lubetzky's youthful passions-for Israel, for raising consciousness, and for business - remain intact. But he's come a long way from, as he puts it, "carrying shmattes" in Mexico City. These days, he peddles his food products, including Israeli-made sauces and spreads and Australian-manufactured nutrition bars, to a global market, with a presence in countries ranging from the US to Japan to Dubai. PeaceWorks, his food company, is founded on the principle of simultaneously making profits and peace by bringing together, in business, people from opposing sides of various world conflicts. He also runs the PeaceWorks Foundation, whose main project is OneVoice, an organization Lubetzky founded to "amplify the voices of moderates" in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. As the labels on his products state, 5 percent of all profits go to OneVoice. Tall and broad-shouldered, with a full, expressive mouth, Lubetzky has the offbeat handsomeness of a character actor. Depending on the light, his large eyes look blue, green or brown. Married this year, he maintains homes in Tel Aviv, New York and San Antonio, Texas, the three cities where PeaceWorks has offices. OneVoice has offices in New York, London, Tel Aviv, Gaza City and Ramallah. On a recent afternoon, speaking in his slightly Mexican-accented English, he articulated PeaceWorks' unique philosophy. "We call it a 'not-only-for profit company," he says, "meaning, we won't do something if it is not profitable, but we hope to also make the world a better place." PeaceWorks has three ventures: Meditalia, based in Israel and operated by an Israeli Jew, which buys ingredients mainly from Arabs in Israel, in neighboring countries and in the West Bank; Bali Spice, all-women-run cooperatives in Indonesia and Sri Lanka that produce coconut milk and sauces; and KIND Fruit & Nut bars, which according to SPINS Market Data (a market research and consulting firm for the natural products industry) have reached the top three spot in the US market in the health snack and energy bar category. KIND Fruit & Nut are currently sold in over 20,000 stores, including US-based chains Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. They are also sold in countries including Saudi Arabia, Dubai, the United Kingdom, Japan and soon Israel ("We're in the process of certifying the factory kosher," says Lubetzky). With their whole chunks of dried fruit and intact nuts bound by a light touch of honey or yogurt, the bars contain no preservatives or additives. "They're the Rolls Royce of bars," says Lubetzky. "Made with ingredients you can actually see that have names you can pronounce." Lubetzky does not own the factories where any of PeaceWorks products are produced. His company owns the brands and handles marketing and distribution. THE MAIN office of PeaceWorks and OneVoice, located in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan, is loft like and minimalist. The 30 employees, 20 who work for the business and 10 who work for OneVoice, sit in partially open cubicles. Painted on the white walls in blue letters are quotations from luminaries like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mahatma Gandhi. One quotation stands out: "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them" - Henry David Thoreau. Lubetzky's office, separated by a glass door and large window, is fully visible from the large room. On a recent afternoon, he sits with Darya Shaikh, executive director of OneVoice, and Erin Pineda, director of communications. The three are planning a conference in Israel and the Palestinian territories of OneVoice, on which Lubetzky says he spends more time than on his business. While PeaceWorks employs "between 15 and 20" full-time, OneVoice employs 30, he says. "When are we going to meet with [Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni?" asks Lubetzky. "It's impossible," says Shaikh. "How can you say it's impossible, send a letter quickly, we're six weeks away. And we want to push for meetings with [Palestinian Authority] President [Mahmoud] Abbas, [negotiator] Saeb Erekat and [Prime Minister] Salaam Fayad. Please remind Fayad I met him in Davos." Since he established it in 2000, Lubetzky's OneVoice has recruited almost 650,000 people - about equal numbers of Israelis and Palestinians - to sign a "OneVoice mandate." It's a short declaration of principles demanding that elected officials work to achieve such ideals as "the rights of both peoples to independence, sovereignty... dignity, respect, national security, personal safety and economic viability." It also demands that leaders negotiate a two-state solution within a year. In some cases, Palestinians received a preamble discussing an end to occupation, and Israelis got a preamble addressing the need for security. While the organization continues to boost its numbers, it no longer uses the mandate. "There will be something done [with it] in terms of connecting the grassroots to the top level" in government on both sides, according to Pineda. The organization has also graduated 1,280 Israeli and Palestinian "youth leaders," mostly teenagers, who go through training to speak in the territories, in Israel and abroad about the importance of cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians, especially in business. A popular topic is that Israelis and Arabs should oppose divestment campaigns. Lubetzky flips open his laptop to share a video that appears on the OneVoice Web site of young people circulating leaflets in cities from Tel Aviv to Tulkarm. "The vast majority of Palestinians and Israelis want to achieve resolution of the conflict, not for the sake of the other side but for their own sake," he says. He clicks onto a picture of Palestinians sitting in rows in a sparsely furnished room in the Jabalya refugee camp. It's a OneVoice meeting at which Palestinians are discussing a two-state solution, he says. He speaks animatedly about an essay contest that took place in both Israel and the Palestinian territories this spring. OneVoice workers, youth leaders and other volunteers distributed forms to teachers, asking children 13-17 to "share with us a vision of what 2018 will look like if there is an agreement for peace this year." The Palestinian finalists were hosted at a summit of the World Economic Forum in Sharm e-Sheikh in May. The Israeli winners were chosen in June. In the coming year, based on their essays, 10 kids will be selected - five Palestinian, five Israeli - to work with eminent filmmakers producing short films of their visions of peace. Lubetzky has already recruited Danny DeVito and Davis Guggenheim, who directed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, to work with the children. "We want a new generation to say, 'Don't deny us our future, we want this thing to end,'" he says. On the wall hangs a photograph of Lubetzky with his father, who died in 2003. The elder Lubetzky is seated and the younger leans over his shoulder. Their faces are side by side, bathed in rose light. Hanging nearby is a photograph of a young Israeli soldier holding the hand of an elderly Arab man as the two make their way through a crowded refugee camp. "I fear that if we don't succeed the bad guys could succeed and what happened to my dad could happen again," Lubetzky says. "I won't allow that to happen without putting in the fight of my life." LUBETZKY'S FIRST venture was Meditalia. After graduating from Stanford Law School, he went to Israel on a fellowship to research the potential for Israeli-Arab cooperation. One night, he bought a jar of sun-dried tomato spread. Finding it delicious, he returned the next evening to buy more, but the store was sold out. He sought out the manufacturer, only to discover the company was going bankrupt. Yoel Benesh, the owner, was importing glass jars from Portugal and dried basil from Italy, and couldn't net enough to cover his costs. Lubetzky demonstrated that importing glass from Egypt, and basil from a West Bank town called Uja, would reduce costs. "I said, 'Let me introduce you to your neighbors,'" Lubetzky recalls. Today Benesh manufactures Meditalia products for Lubetzky. Benesh buys olives from Egypt, sun-dried tomatoes from Turkey and olive oil from the Jahshan Family Farm, owned by a Christian Arab family in Galilee. He also buys produce from Palestinians in the West Bank, but can no longer employ Palestinian workers because of frequent border closings. While he says he simply buys products where he gets the best price, Benesh believes in the PeaceWorks creed: "Once you do business with people, you trust them, they trust you, slowly, slowly - if ever - that will bring peace," he says. Hani Jahshan, one of Benesh's suppliers, an Israeli Arab whose family is among the oldest manufacturers of olive oil in Israel, agrees. "In business, we have already achieved peace," he says. IT'S THE FIRST day of the OneVoice conference in Israel, and Lubetzky, staff and several board members are visiting Ramallah for a lunch with OneVoice's Palestinian advisers. Inside a white building, a cool entryway leads into a large room with a banquet table bearing humous, tabouli, pickled vegetables. Uniformed waiters are pouring drinks. Lubetzky and several men greet each other with kisses on both cheeks. They include Qadora Farris, described in the bio Lubetzky's staff circulates as "a close friend, aide and adviser to senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti," Muhammad Naja, country representative of the Education for Employment Foundation, a nonprofit that helps Palestinian graduates obtain employment, and Dr. Samir Huleileh, executive president of the Palestine Development and Investment Company. Several OneVoice youth leaders in their teens and 20s are along. Lubetzky shares the head of the table with Huleileh. Most of the formal remarks concern ways to bring business into the territories, which Lubetzky and the other participants refer to as Palestine. "People ask me, 'Can you invest in Palestine at this time?'" Huleileh says. "I tell them the media is just concentrating on the negative side, not the peaceful side of Palestine." Naja speaks of the importance of finding jobs for unemployed Palestinian college graduates. "Giving people hope is a very big task," he says. "We have to start on the youth, on both sides of the line." Lubetzky then speaks about the essay contest, and about a beautiful presentation given by Christina Samir Odeh Yosef, a 15-year-old contest winner. "We don't have a lot of other things we feel proud of, as a people," says Huleileh. "We must support our Palestinian athletes, musicians, actors, poets. It's not just a matter of money but of focus. We must support the Christinas of Palestine." In October, Lubetzky canceled two highly anticipated concerts. The concert on the Palestinian side would have been the largest recreational event ever to have taken place in the territories. The singer Bryan Adams was to have performed, along with Israeli and Palestinian artists, first in Tel Aviv, then in Jericho. It would have been the culmination of OneVoice's drive to gather a million signatures to end the conflict. Tens of thousands were expected on each side. Prior to the event, the Palestinian staff started receiving bomb threats. Around the same time, Abbas's office withdrew its support and sent out a statement distancing itself from the event. Lubetzky ultimately decided to cancel because of security concerns. When the joint event did not take place, Lubetzky was crushed, according to Joshua Faudem, an independent filmmaker whom he had hired to serve as cameraman, documenting the week leading up to the event. "The saddest thing was the last day we filmed," recalls Faudem. "We went to where the concert was supposed to be, and there was nothing there." But Lubetzky refused to give up on his mission of ending the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. "He's like Don Quixote," says Faudem. "Don Quixote refused to give up, he had a lot of stubbornness. "The thing about Danny is, he could be a little, as we say in Yiddish, meshuga - crazy - but he's sincere." "He's a great young man," says former Labor MK Ephraim Sneh, of Lubetzky. "What he's doing is building grassroots support for a two state solution. All the polls prove that two-thirds on both sides want this two-state solution. "And by the way, the world is moving forward because of naïve people and not because of the cynics." "OneVoice encourages moderates on both sides," says MK Yoel Hasson (Kadima). "It can help by changing the atmosphere, and the influence of the atmosphere is very important when dealing with the Israeli/Palestinian conflict." BUT AT TIMES, an unasked question hovers like an unwelcome guest at the perimeter of all the hubbub around Lubetzky: Could it be that his prodigious energy, warmth and charm bring out the best in everyone for the moment, but only mask the underlying divide? In other words, do projects like the essay contest, the mandate and the concert-that-might-have-been mean Israelis and Palestinians are really speaking in one voice, or that in reality, they are articulating separate dreams? Hasson chooses his words carefully: "Talking about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, there is a problem... about meanings of peace." Lubetzky, it seems, is not blind to this problem. The following day, at the OneVoice board meeting, he and his staff debate whether the essay project, moving forward, should require Palestinian and Israeli children to acknowledge one another. "We want... to make sure people recognize what peace means. It's not an amorphous concept. It requires recognition of the other," he says. "We were born for taking risks. I would rather let the organization die trying than die by not trying." Nisreen Shahin, director-general of OneVoice Palestine, argues it is best not to speak directly of accepting Israel so that OneVoice can continue operating in Palestinian schools. "This is what the ministry actually approved to say, 'Imagine, if a full and comprehensive peace will be achieved this year that would guarantee ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state, how would we imagine Palestine... in independence and peace?'" Lubetzky points out that one of the essay contest winners was, before receiving her award, painting pictures of Greater Palestine that didn't show any Israel. "To imagine that Israelis and Palestinians achieve a peace solution, that's not very complex language to use but that's better language than just saying [something] amorphously... and denying the existence of the other side," he says. Toward the end of the meeting, Lubetzky gently chides several OneVoice staffers who he says he knows agree with him but who haven't spoken up. Afterward he says, "I think the conclusion of the meeting was we need to be more specific in teaching children that there must be two states for two peoples and they need to come to terms with the reality of the other." Lubetzky spends the final evening of the conference on a patio in the back of Jerusalem's Ambassador Hotel, with OneVoice youth leaders. They are engaged in a spirited debate concerning fund-raising on campuses where OneVoice operates. "It's a two-way street," Lubetzky cries. "We need more student participation." "Daniel, quit shouting," scolds a girl with curly dark hair. "I'm not shouting," says Lubetzky. "This is Israel!" The meeting ends. As Lubetzky turns to leave, a plump, bespectacled girl in a blue hijab tentatively approaches. "Mr. Lubetzky," she says, blushing. "I am so grateful for the opportunity." Lubetzky nods and smiles. It is a lovely moment, and a human one.
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