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Exeter City must find 'different ways' to win games after 'never getting going' against Harrogate Town
Skipper Jake Taylor said: "If we are going to do well, we have to find different ways to win games."
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Exeter City captain Jake Taylor said the team 'never got going' in their 2-1 home defeat to Harrogate Town on Tuesday night, and will have to find different ways to win games.
The Grecians had scored 11 goals in their last two home outings – a 6-1 win over Colchester United and 5-0 over Tranmere Rovers – but struggled to breakdown a resolute and physical Sulphurites defence on what was the first meeting between the two newly promoted clubs.
Brendan Kiernan gave the visitors the lead when from a long goal-kick he found himself through on goal and he poked the ball past the advancing Jonny Maxted to open the scoring on 32 minutes.
Goal celebrations for Jake Taylor of Exeter City during the Sky Bet League 2 Match between Exeter City and Harrogate Town at St James Park, Exeter on 15 Dec. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK (Image: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK)
Taylor equalised 11 seconds into the second half, his sixth goal of the season, but Jack Muldoon scored the winner 13 minutes from time, holding off his man far too easily and curled a fine shot past Maxted and into the far corner after City switched off at a throw-in.
No place for racism at Exeter City says Jake Taylor after booing when players took the knee
Spectator ejected from St James Park after booing when players took a knee
Speaking after the game, Taylor said the players were disappointed with the result and once again conceded goals they should have done better with, but they won't dwell too much on the defeat.
"It was a difficult evening for us and we never really got going," Taylor said. "It was disappointing to lose and we conceded goals we should have done better with. It was nice to get back in the game but wasn't to be, and we'll dust ourselves off again and go again.
Exeter City vs Harrogate Town
"They made it difficult for us and we are disappointed with the result. It is important to continue, keep as positive as you can, and then go into Boxing Day (against Forest Green Rovers) with as much confidence as we can, but that was tough to take."
Simon Weaver's men defended resolutely and restricted the Grecians – who had scored 23 goals in their last six games – to barely any chances other than Taylor's goal, and the skipper added: "They were difficult to play. If we are going to do well, we have to find different ways to win games. If teams come here and do this against us, then we'll have to find different ways to exploit their weaknesses."
Exeter City 1 Harrogate Town 2 - disappointing Grecians lose at home again as more soft goals cost them
More soft goals leave Matt Taylor 'sounding like a broken record' after Exeter City's 2-1 loss to Harrogate Town
City now have a ten day break before the visit of Forest Green Rovers on Boxing Day as a result of Saturday's planned trip to Stevanage having been postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak at the Boro.
And Taylor added: "It is a little break before the next game and a chance to work on things. We'll try and learn as much as we can as there will be lots of games like that, but won't dwell on it too much and we will go again
"It may be a good opportunity to rest a little bit. It has been a hectic schedule so far and hectic schedule after this, so a few down days and then have a full week ahead of the Forest Green game.
"It could give us an advantage, but I think a little bit of rest for some of the boys who have played a lot will be nice and I hope we can be fresh over the Christmas period."
The ten day break is the longest gap between matches that City have had all season – having only had two spare midweeks since the end of September – and after Forest Green on Boxing Day, they will travel to league leaders Newport County on December 29, before the long trip to Barrow on January 2.


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Elizabeth Taylor Told Debbie Reynolds This Heartbreaking Thing Two Weeks Before Her Death
Rachel Hunt
Acting legends Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds were involved in one of the largest Hollywood scandals in the 1950s — over Eddie Fisher. However, the two reconciled later in life and even spoke two weeks before Taylor's death.
Reynolds' daughter, Carrie Fisher, might have kept her affair with Harrison Ford secret for decades because of the "tabloid feeding frenzy" that her father's infidelity caused.
Elizabeth Taylor stole Debbie Reynolds' husband, Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds | Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Reynolds and Fisher married in 1955 and had two children, Carrie and Todd. Meanwhile, Taylor married film producer Mike Todd in 1957. The two couples were very close. Todd tragically died in a plane crash one month after Reynolds and Fisher's son, Todd, was born.
Reynolds remembers sending her husband to console the distraught Taylor after the death of her husband.
"You know, when Mike Todd died, I sent Eddie to help Elizabeth," Reynolds told People, according to Biography. "I don't think she ever really loved Eddie. He was an interim interest during her mourning period."
In 1959, Fisher divorced Reynold and married Taylor on the same day. It was a massive public scandal that even led to the cancellation of Fisher's television show.
Reynolds and Taylor reconciled on a boat to London
Many years after the incident, both Reynolds and Taylor remarried. According to the Hollywood Reporter, they ran into each other on a boat heading to London.
"I was going to London on the Queen Elizabeth ship, and I looked up, and I saw tons of luggage going by me and birdcages and dog cages and nurses, and I realized Elizabeth was on the same ship as me," Reynolds recalled. "I almost changed my mind about going, but my husband said, 'Don't be silly; we won't be on the same floor.' "
How Debbie Reynolds forgave Elizabeth Taylor for breaking up her marriage https://t.co/mM6AI3X4vf pic.twitter.com/7oih2yAyj3
— People (@people) December 29, 2016
However, the two women were on the same floor, so Reynolds thought it best that the two get together and reconcile.
"So I sent a note to her room, and she sent a note back to mine saying that we should have dinner and get this over with and have a good time," Reynolds explained. "Because we were very good friends when we were 17 and went to school together on the MGM lot. And we had a wonderful evening with a lot of laughs."
Reynolds spoke to Taylor two weeks before her death
Taylor was in the hospital at the age of 79 when Reynolds spoke to her for the last time.
"I said, 'Getting old is really sh–t,' "Reynolds told Access Hollywood about her conversation with Taylor.
The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds: On Carrie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, and her wild Hollywood ride https://t.co/IT9lS102Tr pic.twitter.com/U1c1VBC2nc
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 29, 2016
RELATED: Mark Hamill Admitted Why He and Carrie Fisher Never Dated; 'She Was Too Much for Me in Every Regard'
Although Taylor accomplished so much in her lifetime, she told Reynolds the most heartbreaking thing.
"And she said, 'It certainly is. It certainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.' I said, 'Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth,'" Reynolds continued. "And she said, 'I'm really trying."
Taylor died of congestive heart failure in 2011, only two weeks after speaking to Reynolds.

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According to a recent survey by McKinsey, "the great majority of our respondents expect corporate learning to change significantly within the next three years".
It seems that whatever the topic of the survey, middle managers and management consultants always expect significant change within the next three years, because this is what justifies their existence.
But what kind of change is McKinsey talking about here? The article concentrates on digital delivery of learning material - disseminating existing "best practice" knowledge to a broader base. It doesn't really say anything about organizational learning, let alone a more radical transformation of the nature of learning in organizations. I have long argued that the real disruption is not in replacing classrooms with cheaper and faster equivalents, useful though that might be, but in digital organizational intelligence -- using increasing quantities of data to develop and test new hypotheses about customer behaviour, market opportunities, environmental constraints, and so on -- developing not "best practice" but "next practice".
Chris Argyris and Donald Schön, Organizational Learning: A Theory of Action Perspective. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1978.


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Comedian and host of "The Daily Show", Guest Keynote Speaker
Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. Under Trevor, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" has broken free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience. In 2020, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" received six Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Writing for A Variety Series. Trevor also received NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special).
Born in South Africa to a black South African mother and a white European father, Noah has hosted numerous television shows including South Africa's music, television and film awards, and two seasons of his own late-night talk show, "Tonight with Trevor Noah."
Trevor has written, produced, and starred in 11 comedy specials, including his most recent, "Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia," which launched in November 2018 on Netflix. The special touches upon racism, immigration, camping and more. "Trevor Noah: Son Of Patricia" received a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety Show, as well as a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.
Trevor's success has also spanned to sold out shows over 5 continents. Trevor crossed North America on his first ever arena outing with the "Loud & Clear Tour 2019." Due to popular demand, Trevor expanded his Loud & Clear Tour to 2020. With over 75 sold-out North American shows to date, including his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, Trevor is bringing his wildly successful tour to new cities, across the U.S. and Europe.
In 2019, Trevor launched a new podcast series "The Trevor Noah Podcast" exclusively on Luminary. In his podcast, Trevor challenges himself – and all of his listeners – to explore unfamiliar angles, embrace differing viewpoints, and celebrate the contradictions that make the modern world both bewildering and exciting. In 2020, "The Trevor Noah Podcast" won the Webby Award and Webby People's Voice Award for News & Politics (Podcasts).
Trevor Noah is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" and its young readers adaptation "It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood," which also debuted as a New York Times bestseller. The book received the Thurber Prize for American Humor and two NAACP Image Awards, one for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author and another for Outstanding Literary Work in the Biography/Auto-Biography category.
"Born A Crime" is a collection of personal stories about growing up in South Africa during the last gasps of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that came with its demise. Already known for his incisive social and political commentary, here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers an intimate look at the world that shaped him.
Trevor's production company, Day Zero Productions, recently partnered with Viacom and already has several projects in development, including the feature film adaptation of Born a Crime starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, which is set up at Paramount Players. Additionally, Trevor is set to produce an upcoming film built around the Adewumi family, specifically 8-year-old Tani who won the 2019 New York chess championship and whose family became an inspiration to many.
In April 2018, Noah launched The Trevor Noah Foundation, a youth development initiative that enhances youth preparedness for higher education or entry into the workforce. Noah's vision is a South Africa that advances because each generation builds and must grow beyond its predecessor. Through a partnership with Microsoft, the foundation is able to provide under-resourced schools with the opportunity to use technology as a tool to enhance the learning experience, as well as increase digital literacy beyond the classroom.


As we're heading into the heart of winter, it's getting colder by the day. Staying warm is important when you're working out to avoid muscle injury, so we've collected a few winter workout essentials for you. The best way to keep warm is to layer, so you have layers you can remove once you get to the gym or get hot from your workout, without losing heat.


I think footwear has been on my brain for the past while since I've been having some feet problems … doesn't help when you're flat-footed AND knock-kneed!
Here's happy feet to everyone else!
On certain items that she sells, Dylana donates 50% of the proceeds to the Princess Margaret Foundation or The Canadian Cancer Society in Toronto to help in the fight against cancer (way to go girl!).
In 2011, Dylana will be designing and making her own style of dresses with the help of her daughter … she plans to take a few courses in fashion design to help with this new venture. Best of luck with this – I'm sure you will fly!
Dylana: thank you for your generosity! You have a great spirit and I look forward to grabbing a coffee with you soon.


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Q: Characters change to Chinese in ArcGIS Online I am trying to add a shapefile to ArcGIS Online (as zip), but somehow the characters in the attribute table displays as Chinese.
This is what it looks like in ArcMap:

And this is the result in AGOL:

I'm sure there's a setting I'm missing, but which one? How do I get correct character encoding?
The CPG file contains this: ISO 885910, which, according to Wikipedia, corresponds to

Western Europe with rationalised character set for Nordic languages,
  including complete Icelandic set

While I originally had nordic characters in the attribute table, this version of the shapefile does not.

A: Summary of the comments by Vince and FelixIP.
Removing the CPG file among the shapefile files resolved the character encoding issue in AGOL.

AGOL is only going to be able to use shapefiles in UTF-8 encoding. If
  the data is ASCII-7, you might try removing/renaming the .CPG file.

It is possible that by using a database one will avoid this problem, but I have not had the chance to test this yet.

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DOD Identifies Airmen Killed:
The Department of Defense has identified the two airmen who were killed on Jan. 22 in an IED attack on their convoy near Taji, Iraq—TSgt. Jason L. Norton, 32, of Miami, Okla., and SSgt. Brian McElroy, 28, of San Antonio....
Raptor Makes Noble Eagle Debut
The 27th Fighter Squadron from Langley AFB, Va., employed its new F-22As in their first real-world application, flying Operation Noble Eagle missions on Jan. 21 and 22. The sorties also were the first in which the Raptors carried live ordnance,...
Wynne Some, Lose Some
The Pentagon has returned control of 10 of the 21 major acquisition programs that it had removed from USAF authority last year. Oddly, it was the new Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, in his previous role as head of DOD acquisition, who revoked—temporarily—the Air Force's milestone decision authority. The reason given at the time was leadership transition within the Air Force, whose Secretary, Undersecretary, and top acquisition official had resigned. Pentagon officials did not say why all 21 programs were not returned to USAF authority. Here is a list of the programs still under DOD purview.
Guard Cuts Spark Congressional Challenge
Guard Cuts Spark Congressional Challenge: A bipartisan group of Senators has launched an effort to foil the Pentagon's plan to cut National Guard forces. Leading the Capitol Hill crowd are Sen. Christopher Bond (R-Mo.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Government...
First Laser C-130 On Tap:
Boeing now has the first USAF C-130 to modify to carry the Advanced Tactical Laser and battle management and beam control subsystems. The Pentagon expects the ATL concept technology program to produce a high-energy laser gunship capability for Special Operations....
London Press Can't Save Alternate JSF Engine
London Press Can't Save Alternate JSF Engine: British Prime Minister Tony Blair's volley to save the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine contract for the GE-Rolls Royce team was returned with no joy by President Bush. According to Reuters news service,...
Air Strikes in SWA
An Air Force Predator UAV provided close air support for coalition troops under attack from anti-Iraqi forces in the vicinity of Tikrit, Iraq, on Jan. 22. The Predator fired one Hellfire missile, striking a vehicle armed with an improvised explosive...
Putting a Little SF Into All Airmen
As the Air Force shifts its Security Forces airmen to more warfighting roles in forward deployed areas, it wants to train other airmen to pick up the basic installation security role. Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes, director of security forces and...
California Feeling Space Pressure
California Feeling Space Pressure: With Florida ramping up efforts to protect and extend its space industry, California is getting a tad nervous. According to the Los Angeles Times, Florida and several other states are advancing space initiatives that are chipping...
ACC's Enlisted Chief Checks Out SWA
CMSgt. David Popp, the top enlisted man for Air Combat Command, has been visiting ACC airmen deployed to Southwest Asia to see up close and personal whether the training and equipment ACC provides is right for the job. Of keen...
Internal Audit Points To Security Lapses On Surplus Equipment:
Air Force Audit Agency reports obtained by the Deseret (UT) Morning News say the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, OK'd the sale of surplus equipment without ensuring it was clear of sensitive information or parts. The problem,...
Kinetic Interceptor Test Fires Rocket Motor:
The Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team developing the Kinetic Energy Interceptor for the Missile Defense Agency has completed the first static test firing of the missile's second-stage rocket motor. It was successful, say company officials. It marks one more step in the...
Edwards Predator Testing Expands:
The Air Force unit responsible for testing the Predator A and Predator B UAVs has seen its mission expand since it began operation in June 2005 at Gray Buttes-El Mirage test facility, about 20 miles southeast of Edwards AFB, Calif....
What One-China Position?:
Ask people in the US, Britain, France, Germany, and even Pacific region Japan if China and Taiwan are two separate countries and the answer overwhelmingly is yes, according to a new Gallup Poll survey. Such unanimity does not extend to...
Chinese Immigrant Joins Air Force:
Yi Liu has only been living in the United States since 2003, having emigrated from Canton Province to San Francisco's Chinatown when she was 21. Soon afterward, she met an Air Force recruiter and decided to join the Air Force....
January 20-22, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 33 12 – 45 CAS/Armed Recon 88 54 – 142 Airlift – – 495 495 Air refueling – – 89 89 Total 121 66 584 771 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...


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Golden Triangle Tour
- Imperial Golden Triangle
- Golden Triangle Circuit
- Classical Golden Triangle
North India Tour
- Ladakh Tour Package
- Wonders of Himachal
- Shimla Homes in the Himalayas
-Splendours Of Uttaranchal
- Rajasthan Forts & Palaces Tour
- Cultural Tour of Rajasthan
- Rajasthan Desert Tour
- Cultural India Tour
- India Wildlife Tour
- Rajasthan with Indian Wildlife
- Ayurveda Tour
- Kerala Beaches
Rajasthan Desert Tour
Destinations Covered : Jaipur - Fatehpur - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Ajmer - Pushkar - Jaipur - Delhi
Duration : 07 Days/06 Nights
The tour starts from Delhi, the capital city of India. Arrive in Delhi and transfer to the hotel of your choice. Overnight stay in Delhi.
On the second day of the Desert Tour of Rajasthan, explore the capital city of India. You will find a harmonious mix of the old and the modern while touring the city. There is a lot to see in the city. From historical places and religious buildings to shopping centers, Delhi has a number of tourist attractions such as Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Purana Quila, India gate, Birla Mandir, Humayun's Tomb, Raj Ghat, Lotus Temple and many more. Overnight stay in Delhi.
Day 03: Delhi - Agra
The next destination on the Rajasthan Desert tour package is Agra, the city of Taj. Drive to Agra en-route Sikandra. Visit the mausoleum (Akbar's tomb) in the midst of a plush green garden. Continue drive to Agra. Arrive in Agra and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay in Agra.
Day 04: Agra
Take a tour of Agra, home to the crowning glory of India. Fondly known as the city of Taj, Agra is renowned for its beautiful architectural buildings. In the morning, visit the Taj Mahal. Declared as a World Heritage Site, Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan in the 17th century. Taj Mahal is a monument of love and captures the heart and soul of every visitor with its spellbinding beauty and immaculate architecture. Also visit Agra Fort on your Agra tour. Overnight stay in Agra.
Day 05: Agra - Jaipur
Morning drive to Jaipur en-route the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri. This World Heritage Site is only 35 km from Agra and was created by Akbar. Continue drive to Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. When arrived in Jaipur, transfer to the hotel. Spend remaining part of the day at leisure. You may go for shopping in the evening. Overnight stay in Jaipur.
Day 06: Jaipur
Jaipur tour will acquaint you with the art and architecture of royal era. Established by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727, Jaipur is also popularly called as the pink city. Jaipur tour beckons travelers to have a glimpse into the rich history and culture of the region. Visit the famous Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds). Have a look at its immaculate Rajput architecture. Travel back in time while touring the museums in the City Palace complex. Also visit Jantar Mantar and Gaitor. In the evening, visit Chokhi Dhani - an ethnic resort. Overnight stay in Jaipur.
Day 07: Jaipur - Delhi
On the concluding day of the Desert tour of Rajasthan, visit Amer Fort on elephant back. Drive back to Delhi. Transfer to the airport/railway station.
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My daughter has her own sense of style. She loves pink and painting her nails and also loves Converse sneakers and wearing my brother's baseball hat from high school. She is such a funky little mix of styles and I wanted to reflect that on my layout about her.
I started by pulling a real mix of patterned papers: a lovely floral from the Auburn Lane collection to reflect her girly side and a mix of blues and greens from Wild Child and Confetti Wishes.
I used my fave Pick-Me-Up letter Thickers for my title. I like to create titles that draw you in and make you want to read the journaling, so I made it say "She Wears His Hat." so the viewer wants to read and find out whose hat she wears.
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17 Nov 2022 Parshas Chayei Sara: Two Kinds of Chessed
Posted at 08:01h in Divrei Torah by Michal Horowitz 0 Comments
In this week's sedra, Chayei Sarah, we learn of the death of Sarah Imeinu, Avraham's purchase of the Me'aras Ha'Machpela, and the burial of Sarah (Bereishis 23). After Sarah's passing, Avraham realizes he must marry-off his son, Yitzchak (Bereishis 24:1 w/ Rashi), who will continue in his parents ways.
The first shidduch in our history is told to us, as Avraham's trusty servant (who the sages identify as Eliezer), returns to Avraham's land, birth place and family, and finds Rivka, who will become the second matriarch.
Rikva is a true woman of valor, whose very essence is defined by her gemillus chassadim. Not only does she give the servant to drink – a hot, weary, tired traveler (who she has never met before!) – but she draws sufficient water to give all of his camels to drink as well. When the servant sees that she is a ba'alas chessed, he gives her jewelry as gifts of betrothal. After obtaining permission – as well as a blessing – from her family, Rikva returns with the servant to marry Yitzchak (Bereishis 24).
וְיִצְחָק֙ בָּ֣א מִבּ֔וֹא בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִ֑י וְה֥וּא יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַנֶּֽגֶב – Now Yitzchak was on his way, coming from Be'er Lachai Ro'i, and he dwelt in the land of the south; וַיֵּצֵ֥א יִצְחָ֛ק לָשׂ֥וּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה לִפְנ֣וֹת עָ֑רֶב וַיִּשָּׂ֤א עֵינָיו֙ וַיַּ֔רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה גְמַלִּ֖ים בָּאִֽים – And Yitzchak went out to pray [the afternoon mincha prayer] in the field towards evening, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were approaching; וַתִּשָּׂ֤א רִבְקָה֙ אֶת־עֵינֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֖רֶא אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק וַתִּפֹּ֖ל מֵעַ֥ל הַגָּמָֽל – And Rivka lifted her eyes, and saw Yitzchak, and she fell from upon the camel (24:62-64).
What is the meaning of Yitzchak's return, at this particular moment, from Be'er Lachai Ro'i? Why had he gone there in the first place, and what was the purpose of his journey? Rashi (quoting Medrash Bereishis Rabbah) tells us: מבוא באר לחי רואי. שֶׁהָלַךְ לְהָבִיא הָגָר לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִיו שֶׁיִּשָּׂאֶנָּה – that he (Yitzchak) went to bring Hagar to Avraham his father, so that he (Avraham) should marry her.
And in fact, once Yitzchak marries Rivka (24:67), the very next pasuk tells us: וַיֹּ֧סֶף אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה וּשְׁמָ֥הּ קְטוּרָֽה – and Avraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah (25:1). Who was Keturah? Rashi teaches that she was Hagar.
The sequence here is incredible. Yitzchak is aware that his father's servant has gone to bring him a wife. He knows that soon he will marry and leave the home of his father. In the aftermath of his own mother's passing, Yitzchak has the foresight to realize that his father Avraham will be alone. So before his own kallah is brought to him, he goes to bring Hagar back to his father.
Ha'Rav Yaakov Bender shlita writes, "When we learn Chumash with Rashi, we gain both Torah and yiras Shomayim, and in every teaching, there are lessons as to how to live life properly…
"In speaking with almanos and yesomos (widows and orphans) the hashkafic questions are not easy, the 'why's' and 'how come's', but much more difficult is when it comes to speaking to children whose parents wish to remarry. Make no mistake, it is very difficult for a child to have a strange person in the house, and no child feels like welcoming new 'siblings'. I always try to make them understand the other side of the story. These children will eventually get married and leave the house, building a family of their own, but their mothers might remain alone for many, many years, and now have the chance to remarry someone suitable.
"It calls for real sensitivity, concern and self-sacrifice. It is never an easy conversation, but the words of Rashi speak to us loud and clear, and can be a tremendous source of chizuk for all. Rashi on this passage describes the awe that fell over Rivka Imeinu when she first beheld Yitzchak, the man of pure yiras Shomayim. 'She fell from upon the camel.' What was Yitzchak involved in at this time that was so holy and pure? Yes, he set out to pray the afternoon Mincha prayer, but right before that? He was returning from Be'er Lachai R'oi to bring Hagar for his father, so that Avraham should marry her.
"We talk a lot about the gemillus chessed of Rivka, the necessary middah for a mother of Klal Yisrael. But Rashi is teaching us not to overlook the selflessness of Yitzchak Avinu! He was going to build his own home, but what about his father, who would now be alone? These were Yitzchak's hachanos (preparations) for his own wedding – taking care of his father and bringing back Hagar.
"And this should guide us still. Sometimes, a child has to realize that his parent is suffering, and it takes a special strength to help out. It is part of who we are, part of the way our nation was formed all the way at the very beginning" (Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash, p.67-68).
Perhaps Rashi is teaching us something deeper as well. Rivka's chessed was altruistic, without boundaries, and absolutely selfless. For this reason alone, she was chosen to be our second matriarch. This kind of chessed is necessary for the survival of our nation.
But there is another kind of chessed that is just as important, yet sometimes less spoken about and less of a focus. Rivka did chessed for a stranger; Yitzchak did chessed for family. Rikva did chessed at the spring of water in town; Yitzchak did chessed in the home. Rivka did chessed for another; Yitzchak did chessed for his own.
Perhaps, Rashi is teaching us that while chessed for others is of absolute paramount importance for our national well being and destiny, we must not forget that chessed for those in our homes, for our families, for those closest to us, is just as important. We cannot be too busy with chessed for others that we neglect those in our home in need.
Every dinner prepared and served, every bedtime story read, every load of laundry washed, every errand run for our family, every family meal when we sit down together, and every listening ear holds up our world.
Perhaps this is one reason why Yitzchak and Rivka's shidduch was the perfect match. Her actions in the sedra represent chessed outside the home, his represent chessed in the home, and together they merge to create the beautiful tapestry of gemillus chessed for which our nation is legendary.
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Watch Slash, Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators rip it up in Brisbane, Australia
It was a masterclass in rock 'n' roll.
By Terence Stanley
Myles Kennedy and Slash perform at Hollywood Palladium on October 16, 2018. Image: Scott Dudelson / Getty Images
2018 was a busy year for our favourite top-hatted guitarist, with multiple launches including two signature guitars, a set of Seymour Duncan pickup covers, a mini-doc, and perhaps most importantly, a record with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Living The Dream.
Since its release in September, Slash and the band have been promoting the album across the globe, most recently thrilling 6,000 fans in Brisbane, Australia. The band put on a show the fans won't soon forget, tearing through the tracks off the new album as well as some older fan favourites. One of the highlights of the show had to be Slash's unreal solo during the song, World On Fire.
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My father fled the Nazis — now I've become a German citizen His Jewish father escaped Germany in 1933. Now the broadcaster Nick Ross has been given a German passport. He and two others explain why they decided to apply
Berlin in 1937, four years after Nick Ross's family left the country GALERIE BILDERWELT/GETTY IMAGES
For years I had on my bookshelf a picture of my father in British army uniform. It sat beside one of his father — my grandfather — taken two decades earlier, in German uniform heading off to fight the British.
Yet as a child I was never conscious of a German heritage. Friends asked why my father had a funny accent, but I never heard it — he was simply Daddy. It's true he did speak German, mostly with his sister and his mother, but never outside the family. He was British, and when old school friends from Berlin tried to make contact with him years after the war he refused to have anything to do with them. Germany was a country, and even a subject, never to visit.
It had been the German chancellor's appointment in 1933 that had finally shattered his family's faith in Germany, so it was inconceivable that one day I would correspond with the German chancellor with warmth and admiration, let alone become a German citizen.
Nick Ross: "My new passport is, perhaps, the ultimate proof of the failure of National Socialism" GARLINDA BIRKBECK
Immediately after Hitler was appointed my grandmother Annie Rosenbluth, who was then a 42-year-old Berlin goldsmith and artist, sent her teenage son, Hans — my father — to buy train tickets to London. She locked up the family's summer house outside the city, returned to her home near the Tiergarten and quietly packed what could be carried, then closed up the apartment. Together with Hans and her daughter, Dina, she left her country, never to return.
Annie knew England. She and her children had stayed in London before when her husband, Felix, had been posted there. Felix was a close friend of David Ben-Gurion and had been sent to persuade the British and the League of Nations of the need for a Jewish safe haven. Now he had finally fulfilled his dream and moved to Palestine, but Annie had no interest in Zionism and the idea of becoming a pioneering settler in the Middle East was just too much for her. So they agreed to separate, at least for a while, he establishing a law firm in Tel Aviv, while she found a place in north London and dispatched Hans and Dina to the local school. Determined to assimilate, she changed her name to Ross and settled down to finding ways to make ends meet.
She turned her artistry to making toys and, much later, one of her proudest achievements was that her firm, Fancycraft Ltd, was selected to display the best of British at the Festival of Britain in 1951. Meanwhile, Dina became a child psychotherapist at the prestigious Tavistock Clinic and Hans graduated from LSE and got engaged to a girl he had met at school.
Their blossoming relationship was interrupted by the outbreak of war. Hans's German background put him, and the authorities, in a difficult predicament. It also plunged him into a scandal, the so-called Dunera affair, long forgotten, but at the time a national embarrassment that would give rise to books and a movie. At the outbreak of hostilities all Germans and Austrians living in Britain became enemy aliens. Initially only known Nazi sympathisers were interned, but in May 1940, with imminent risk of a German invasion, even so-called friendly aliens were rounded up — including the 55,000 Jews who had fled from Nazi persecution.
Nick Ross's father, Hans, a British soldier, in 1945
One evening, or so the story goes, Hans was told by the local London bobby to pack his things and head to Euston station. Because he was about to take his fiancée to the cinema Hans protested. Could he not leave it until tomorrow? The officer, who had seen the film Hans was going to and recommended it, acquiesced. So the next day Hans presented himself at a police station and was sent by rail to Liverpool, from where, it was assumed, he would be put on a boat for the Isle of Man.
On arrival in Liverpool, though, he was loaded on to a troopship called the Dunera — and even before it set sail it became clear that this was not to be a simple ferry ride. It was later called a floating concentration camp. The crew were surly and violent; 2,000 refugees were crammed in with 450 Nazi prisoners and were locked below decks. There were few bunks and ten toilets, and the crew plainly believed that all of them were spies. Their valuables were looted and their documents and baggage thrown into the sea. Worse still, instead of making a short crossing to the Isle of Man they went south, heading for the Atlantic.
Now there was added danger. Some of the internees had only just been rescued from a sister transport, the SS Arandora Star, which had been torpedoed by a U-boat the week before with the loss of almost 900 lives. On their second day on the Dunera two loud bangs caused panic as torpedoes hit, but failed to explode.
After 57 days locked in the holds the refugees finally emerged to daylight. They had arrived in Sydney — frightened, dishevelled and undernourished — only to find that the Australians also regarded them as hostiles. They were transported to a remote camp at Hay, 400km north of Melbourne, where they were hemmed in by barbed wire and marooned for ten months.
Nick's grandparents, Annie and Felix, who was a German soldier, in 1915
Hans was surprisingly forgiving. He believed in British fair play and always insisted that the Dunera was an aberration. At any rate, on finally getting home he promptly enlisted, changed his name from Hans Karl Rosenbluth to John Caryl Ross and joined a unit jokingly referred to as "The King's Most Loyal Enemy Aliens" — the British Army's Pioneer Corp.
These were soldiers not yet trusted to serve in frontline units — who were stretcher-bearers or constructed airfields, bridges and temporary harbours — although for many fighting would come later. Hans was eventually sent to Malaya, returning two years later with the rank of captain and, not without irony, as the shipboard commander of a large cohort of prisoners of war.
None of this was ever discussed at home. We never learnt what my father had experienced as a teenager in Berlin as brownshirts patrolled the streets, or about the cruelties he endured on the Dunera. Nor did we discuss the idea of being Jewish. My mother was quintessentially English, and her grandfather was a bishop. We had little sense of Jewish heritage; there were no Friday nights, no Passovers, no synagogues; we sang Christian hymns at school.
We did, though, often see my grandfather Felix, who by now was an Israeli elder statesman. He had signed Israel's declaration of independence, had led the Liberal Party there for many years and was deeply opposed to the anti-British militants of the Stern Gang and the anti-Arab nationalists such as Menachem Begin. (He would be as appalled at Benjamin Netanyahu's bellicosity in Israel today as he would be at Jeremy Corbyn's oblivion to antisemitism in Britain.) He had remarried, but his new wife died of cancer and their daughter of leukaemia, so my sister, Judith, my brother, Jerry, and I were his only grandchildren. He came to London every year or two to see us, and once I went to visit him in Israel.
Nick's grandfather, Felix, kept pictures from his stint in the German army
Yet still my father wouldn't visit Germany. Finally, in the 1980s, after former classmates entreated him to come for a reunion, my mother persuaded him to go. I think he was uncertain, even nervous, but the visit was a huge success and was followed by several more.
In 1990 my father died, and, since the Berlin Wall was gone I resolved to go back to learn something of his past. My sister had compiled a family biography, based in part on a great aunt's childhood memories. So, armed with these intimate recollections, I hunted for a metal bridge over a canal at Finow, not far from the town of Eberswalde. In the 1920s there had been an inn on one side of the bridge — and there it was! Or at any rate, the crumbling remains, with its faded name just visible in the brickwork. Beyond it was Messingwerk, and the house my grandfather grew up in.
It was a dismal place. The Russians had ransacked the village and plundered the big brass works that was the main source of people's livelihoods. They had constructed an ugly barracks and the whole place looked forlorn. As for my father's childhood home in Berlin, there was nothing left. The area had been destroyed by bombing.
Even so, ten years later I decided to visit again and persuaded my wife and sons to go with me. This time something remarkable happened. As we were staring at my grandfather's home, now smartened up in a village that looked decidedly prosperous, a local man asked us what we were doing.
"My husband's father was born here," said my wife in her O-level German: I don't think she could recall the word for grandfather.
"Warten Sie bitte kurz, ja?" we were commanded. Wait here. He scurried off to make a phone call and eventually a younger man swung up on a bicycle. He seemed keen to shake hands. What was my name? Nick, I answered, Nicholas Ross. So, he said, you are the brother of Judith and Jeremy?
The Ross family album includes pictures from Felix's time on the front line
It turned out that Arnold Kuchenbecker, the man on the bike, was the local historian. Like thousands of people of his age throughout Germany he had struggled to come to terms with how his relatives could have embraced the ferocious narrative of Nazism. Arnold gave me a copy of a book, Eberswalder Gedenkbuch, that he and his colleagues had compiled, that commemorated all the Jews who lived in the region and the terrible things that had happened there.
He knew all my family's names by heart, and even that our distant relatives had all escaped. He took us to see a First World War memorial and pointed out how my great uncle Max, who died fighting for the Germans, had been left off the plaque because the Nazis had expunged the names of Jews. He showed us the new street signs, many bearing Jewish names or honouring those who defied the Nazis. I wished my father and grandmother could have seen them.
That is when I first thought I might seek to reclaim my past. The postwar German Basic Law provides for Jews and others who were forced or frightened into exile and deprived of German citizenship to have it restored. The rules are generous to descendants. I could have German citizenship without losing my British citizenship, as could my children if they chose, and so through the generations.
Somehow I didn't get round to it. I'm British, so why should I want a German passport too? Perhaps the referendum in 2016 might have tipped the scales — for me it was a shabby political device and its outcome will impoverish our nation — and the vote for Brexit seems to be why so many others have applied for German nationality. Yet as it happens my change of heart predated that, albeit by only a few weeks.
I had visited Berlin frequently as a journalist, and when I was there two years ago I looked in on Eberswalde and Messingwerk again. On my return I downloaded the nationalisation application forms (all helpfully in English), gathered the back-up evidence, made a date at the German embassy to be interviewed and . . . a few weeks later my certificate came through. A simple green diploma, but freighted with poignancy for me. Next, on my birthday: a German passport.
A photo from Felix's time in the German army
I know there are some descendants of Nazi victims who can never forgive what happened in Germany's darkest times, but I also know that virulent antisemitism was rife in many other countries too. I know the Germans perfected industrial mass murder, but throughout recorded history humankind has indulged in terrible bouts of slaughter, torture and wiping out whole populations. Yet I know of no other country whose people have faced up to their terrible deeds as have the vast majority of Germans. The moment I had that passport in my hand I knew I had to write to Angela Merkel to say so.
Of course she would never read it. "Nor should you," I wrote, "given your commitments. But I hope one of your staff will give you at least a one-line precis from a British broadcaster who has just received his German passport." I briefly explained how my father's family had fled, how when I returned to Finow I had been treated like a long-lost son, and how I had resolved to embrace Germany just as those strangers in Germany had embraced me.
"And now I have a German passport. It is, perhaps, the ultimate proof of the failure and rejection of National Socialism, and of Germany's astonishing moral renaissance . . . I treasure it and, as one small voice, want you to know how much I and my own family appreciate the way in which Germany has confronted its past — and how you personally epitomise its finest values."
There was a surprising postscript. A few days later I had a call from Steffen Seibert, a former broadcast journalist like me who is now one of Mrs Merkel's top advisers and heads her press and information agency. I am sorry to phone, he said. Your letter specifically asked that staff shouldn't bother to reply, but the chancellor has read your letter and has asked me to ring and thank you.
Steffen speaks English fluently. I was embarrassed that I speak not a word of German.
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Millan, a member of the NutritionFacts.org community, told me her story recently. When she was 30, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Having struggled with obesity all her life, she had tried nearly every fad diet but, not surprisingly, would quickly gain back whatever she'd lost. Millan's parents, brothers, and aunt were all diabetic, so she figured her own diagnosis was inevitable. She thought there was nothing she could do.
Her initial diagnosis was in 1970, and she lived as a diabetic for two decades. Then, in the 1990s, she switched to an entirely plant-based diet. Today, her energy levels are better than ever, she looks and feels younger, and she's finally been able to maintain a healthy weight.
Millan didn't find some wonder drug or trademarked diet. She simply decided to eat healthier food.
Type 2 diabetes has been referred to as the 21st century's Black Death in terms of its exponential spread around the world and devastating health impacts. Instead of the bubonic plague, though, its pathological agents may be high-fat and high-calorie diets.
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People who eat a plant-based diet have been found to have just a small fraction of the diabetes rate seen in those who regularly eat meat. As diets become increasingly plant-based, there appears to be a stepwise drop in diabetes rates. Based on a study of 89,000 Californians, flexitarians (who eat meat maybe once weekly rather than daily) appear to cut their rate of diabetes by 28 percent, and those who cut out all meat except fish appear to cut their rates in half. What about those eliminating all meat, including fish? They appear to eliminate 61 percent of their risk. And those who go a step farther and drop eggs and dairy, too? They may drop their diabetes rates 78 percent compared with people who eat meat on a daily basis.
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The event, sponsored by the Friends of the Central Library as well as the Friends of the Braden River, Island, Palmetto, Rocky Bluff and South Manatee libraries, came about because Dow said she knew comics were gaining popularity.
"I think it's just something people like to do," she said. "We just have a lot of cool stuff. Something the whole family could enjoy."
Every year they add activities to the event, which started as something for teens, Dow said.
"We are always trying to be responsive," she said. "Now we deliberately make sure for every teen activity, there is a counterpart for children."
Activities include comic shops, face painting, origami, gaming, TARDIS, a DJ dance party, a portrait studio, a child-level Star Wars-themed cantina, Jedi training camp, Go! Go! Robot Lounge for teens, Cosplay Runway and martial arts demonstrations. There will also be food trucks and other vendors.
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Prizes will be given for the Cosplay Runway contestants with the most creativity and craftsmanship. The grand prize is an iPad Mini with an AirPort Express and a $50 iTunes gift card.
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Ark of Martyrs is a rewriting of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel, Heart of Darkness. In the vocal traditions of gospel, toasting, and rap, Allan deSouza replaces Conrad's words with ones that loosely rhyme to form an autobiography of V whose story consists of the mental chatter, unspoken and unspeakable desires, avarice, anxieties, and political resentments of guests at a wedding party on a cruise ship that's adrift and under quarantine.
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Allan deSouza is a California-based trans-media artist whose works restage colonial-era material legacies through counter-strategies of humor, fabulation, and (mis)translation. deSouza's work has been shown extensively in the US and internationally, including at the Krannert Museum, IL; the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; and the Pompidou Centre, Paris. deSouza's book, How Art Can Be Thought (Duke, 2018), examines art pedagogy, and proposes decolonizing artistic, viewing, and pedagogical practices that can form new attachments within the contemporary world. The book provides an extensive analytical glossary of some of the most common terms used to discuss art, while considering how those terms may be adapted to new artistic and social challenges. deSouza is represented by Talwar Gallery, NY and New Delhi, and is Chair of the Department of Art Practice at University of California, Berkeley.


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The Scaffolding Project was established in 2017 by a group of representatives from community and voluntary organisations who already deliver support services and are committed to tackling the impact of poverty in east Belfast.
By taking a strategic and collaborative approach the project seeks to maximise the resources of each organisation and deliver measures focusing on families, food and fuel. Partners share the vision to provide equal opportunity for everyone within the community to live, learn, work and socialise.
The project delivers campaigns, activities and events which aim to alleviate the impact of poverty, raise awareness of the issues, gain additional support and influence change at individual and organisational level.
Through a pathway of services which offers holistic support to individuals and families, the Scaffolding Project aims to equip people to move forward and out of poverty.
The Summer Food Programme
The summer food programme aims to provide a socially innovative food programme to support children attending summer activities in inner east Belfast.
Address the gap created in the absence of Free School Meals & breakfast clubs during summer holidays
Maintain the nutritious health of children during the summer hols and support them to make healthy food choices.
Facilitate and support partnership working between community organisations and churches – paving the way for sustained support in future years.
2018 - 4575 children fed over 6 weeks/ 314 households
Re-Cycle School Uniform Initiative
The first recycle school uniform event was held in summer 2017 and due to its success it has expanded year on year. In the summer of 2019 six community organisations worked together to deliver 7 events. The principle of the initiative is 'give and receive' allowing people to donate and /or choose items for the new school year. This enterprise is widely supported in the local community – below are some comments from parents who visited the three day event in East Belfast Network Centre in 2019.
"I'm delighted that I have been able to get most of the uniforms for my 3 children and I donated our old uniforms in return. Thank you so much."
"Great idea – I went home and told my neighbour and brought her down, she was able to get some uniform too."
2018 - 4 events/ 233 visits/ 407 items distributed
In addition to recycled uniform the project supports families to buy new uniform through the Uniform Voucher Scheme. This is a scheme supported by donations to our Campaigns Fund and in partnership with a local uniform retailer.
The Scaffolding Project Shop is now open and items of preloved school uniform can be ordered for free.
Raising awareness is how we hope to build momentum for change.
Between January – March 2019 the Scaffolding Project hosted a series of events in east Belfast. Two films were screened at Strand Arts Centre namely, I Daniel Blake and a documentary film by Sean McAllister, entitled A Northern Soul. Screening the films provided the opportunity to understand more fully some of the issues faced by people living in our community. In March a conference was hosted entitled 'Myth Busting and the Reality of Poverty' which was attended by 70 people from a cross section of the community, voluntary and statutory sectors.
The intention was to provide a catalyst for conversation about the reality of poverty in inner east Belfast and we have seen several new initiatives emerge as a result. Several follow up events were offered after the conference, a 6 week course in Economics for Ordinary People and a Lobbying & Campaigning workshop. More recently the East Belfast Churches Network hosted a series of events entitled Beyond the Foodbank.
Crisis Fund - The crisis fund exists to address the issue of fuel poverty.
The fund was established through fundraising activities and continues to be supported in this way together with generous donations from organisations, churches and individuals. Member organisations and partner agencies access the fund to purchase gas, electric and oil for families in need. The financial support received is an endorsement of the work of the project and the importance of this provision cannot be underestimated.
The Scaffolding Project is dependent on raising funds to deliver its programmes such as the Summer Food Programme, Cookery Club and Uniform Voucher Scheme.
The Scaffolding project is supported by the Urban Villages Initiative, this is a key action within the Northern Ireland Executive's 'Together: Building a United Community' Strategy. It is designed to improve good relations outcomes and to help develop thriving places where there has previously been a history of deprivation and community tension.
Membership of the project exists across a variety of organisations (see below).


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ARTISTS RUN THIS PLANET
Madison Brunoehler - Madi 2 the Max
The world is now online and the way we experience entertainment has shifted. We're no longer confined to a few channels on television, traveling to a theater to watch a movie or browsing through a bookstore to find the perfect story. Now, our entertainment comes instantly with a click and a whole new generation of writers, actors and filmmakers have access to the incredibly huge audience on platforms like YouTube. One of the brightest talents emerging is a young comedic actress, Madison Brunoehler, well worth writing about for her acting ability alone, but the fact that she is skilled in costumes and make-up, and produces, edits and directs her own show every week makes her an absolute juggernaut of talent.
Madison Brunoehler is the creator of "Madi 2 the Max," a web series featuring the hilarious antics of a slew of characters all played by Madi. There's the overly cheerful Lucy, the goth chick ZAT, the overly zealous Italian fashionista Ramona, the nerdy Ernestina, the male Brucy, the robot K8 and Mr. Chico, played by Madi's right hand. It's amazing to watch these characters interact because you see how truly gifted Madison is as an actress. Her range is incredible, nailing every accent, mannerism and personality while delivering exceptional comedic timing. It's a marvel to watch a single episode of her show when one thinks about the amount of dedication, passion and creativity that goes into each 2-3 minute video. Where most YouTubers kick their feet up in satisfaction, Madi pushes the limits of what is possible creatively and publishes some of the most original and ambitious programming online; all from the imaginings of one person.
In addition to "Madi 2 the Max" there's also Madison's popular "Diary of a Cat" videos which feature the actress with painted cat make-up, laying on a bed and formulating some of the funniest thoughts you'd ever imagine could come from a cat. Her portrayal of a dog is also hilarious. You can tell that Madi really enjoys what she's making for her fans and when you discover her "Vlog Talk" videos you realize that she's a fan herself. Her passion for what some would call "geek culture" but what many would just call "entertainment" is great to see. She talks about the books, music and films that mean something to her and why. When you listen to her explain her loves you know you are dealing with someone that truly understands the purpose of art and entertainment and it definitely translates into her own work.
Shows like "Saturday Night Live" and "Mad TV" were made for artists like Madison Brunoehler but in an era where a single YouTuber can harness the power of a few million subscribers, who needs a major television network? "Madi 2 the Max" is on its way to being a huge hit because it has a huge star in the making at the helm of it all. She's already the winner of the 2013 "Best Web Series Acting Award" from the Filmmakers for a Better World Film Festival. Talent like Madi's doesn't come along too often and for it to land in this era with all of its possibilities, the sky is the limit, the stars are more than aligned and a red carpet follows everywhere this girl walks.
For more information visit www.madi2themax.com and youtube.com/madi2themax
John Henry Soto - Acting Awesomely
John Henry Soto grew up in the South Bronx aware that it was a harsh, dangerous landscape in the metropolis of New York City and decided to create a more uplifting vision for himself through art. At an early age Soto began writing, could play the guitar, and demonstrated a love for film. A few years later he started a band called "Glass of Know" which released several albums, received radio airplay and performed in many New York clubs. Music was Soto's first big love but his artistic expression soon found a newer, more exciting outlet in the world of acting and cinema.
Successful theater and film acting coach Ruth Kulerman took John Henry Soto under her wing and began working with him towards achieving a dynamic stage and screen ability which the actor used to gain immediate success. In his first 5 months of auditioning he landed 17 roles. Many of his films have been accepted and even nominated in many film festivals, including the Festival Internacional In Vitro Visual in Colombia, where Soto earned a nomination for Best Actor. He has continued to act but recently added screenwriting, producing, and directing to his credentials with his short film "The Coffee List."
Actors like John Henry Soto are unique because they can play practically any role. It is not a stretch to see Soto in a comedic role and then jump to a dramatic one. He takes a role and makes it his own, never letting anyone pigeon hole him into a stereotype and constantly breaks new ground by improving his craft. His YouTube videos are exciting to watch as he takes on meaty roles like Hannibal Lector or recreates a scene from "Chinatown." If you ever think you've got John Henry Soto figured out, he hits you with something new, something you don't see coming. What else can you expect from a guy that grew up in the streets of New York? Just like the Big Apple, John Henry Soto is complex, yet simple to grasp, and navigating through his life is like looking out from atop the Empire State Building and thinking, "awesome."
To learn more of John Henry Soto visit his website: www.JohnHenrySoto.com and to see his films go to: http://johnhenrysoto.wordpress.com/films/
Diary Of A Cat
John Henry Soto
Madi 2 The Max
Madison Brunoehler


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North Carolina police step up patrols this Memorial Day weekend
On Behalf of Hayes, Williams, Turner & Daughtry, P.A. | May 23, 2013 | Drunk Driving Accidents |
Drinking and driving claims dozens of lives in North Carolina every year. Just last alone the state saw 88 deaths and more than 900 injuries as a result of impaired driving. But this year, Maj. Patricia Poole from the State Highway Patrol is aiming for zero deaths and injuries as her officers, and others from across the state, prepare for this Memorial Day weekend.
Standing by the motto that one death is too many, the state is launching its "On the Road, On the Water, Don't Drink and Drive" campaign for the third straight year. Agencies from around the state will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and increasing patrols over the holiday weekend in the hopes of preventing any accidents caused by drinking and driving.
Although the number of fatalities and injuries was down last year, Poole thinks that this year will be different. With the economy on the rebound, people are driving more which means more people on the roadways. And with the temperature continuing to rise, that also means more people on the state's lakes and waterways as well.
This Memorial Day weekend, police are expecting to see a number of people out on the roadways and on the water, many of whom know the dangers of drinking and driving. They're hoping that by announcing the increased patrols now, it will help boaters and drivers remember that a choice to drink and drive can not only affect their lives but endanger the lives of the people around them. Poole stresses that the public can play an important part this holiday weekend by calling police if they observe an impaired person trying to operate a motor vehicle. By stopping an impaired person before they get behind the wheel could prevent an accident from claiming the life of another person this year.
Source: The Charlotte Observer, "Agencies announce effort to curb drunken driving, boating," Joe Marusak, May 15, 2013


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ISSUE 3: September 26, 2019
SENATE MATTERS: Dispatch from Ljubljana
By DAVID SALCIDO
As I begin this, I am currently in the capitol of Slovenia, Italy's well-forested neighbor to the East, for a conference on resuscitation. Many people, frequently including myself, cannot spell resuscitation, and lovely though it is in appearance and likely in etymology, I suspect the same is true for Ljubljana. So, it seems like an almost poetic choice for locating such a conference. Anyway, this evening wandering up the hill to the castle with a colleague, herself a Fulbright Scholar visiting Pitt for a year, gave me some time to reflect on a few things.
First, I recalled my first interaction with the Senate. In 2016, my colleague Lenny Weiss, an emergency physician and all-around incalculably good human being, and I were able to secure a grant to bring a citizen CPR system to Pittsburgh called PulsePoint. Basically, if someone calls 911 and reports a cardiac arrest, PulsePoint can tell you on your smartphone exactly where they are so you can run to the rescue. Cardiac arrest, particularly the kind that happens outside of hospital settings, is a special kind of nightmare. Your heart stops, often with little warning, and your brain is left dying while you are helplessly unconscious. For at least 350,000 Americans a year, a sudden cardiac arrest is the final punctuation on their lives; only about 10 percent who have one survive on average. As you might have gathered by my location, this nightmare is not uniquely American. And, for something so lethal, the first line treatment — CPR — is relatively unimpressive, so much so that a 10-year-old can probably do it. No offense intended to 10-year-olds. You just have to admit, the list of medical treatments you would trust a 10-year old to manage is fairly short. But such is CPR. In my first-ever visit to the Senate, I was trying to reach anyone who would listen to advance the case for CPR by spreading the word about PulsePoint. Frank Wilson, who was then Senate president, generously gave me the floor for a couple of minutes, and I was impressed enough with the warm response that I kept coming back.
Second, perusing the plush, green landscape, I recalled the current movement toward socially responsible investment (SRI) at Pitt. At its heart, socially responsible investment acknowledges that Pitt is a large, impactful institution, and that its actions, including management of its multibillion-dollar endowment, have consequences and moral burden. The endowment, you may know, is ultimately a complicated thing. Less than a war chest, it is more of a lake behind a hydroelectric dam. Technically it is true that it does not matter where the water comes from; the turbines will turn. Technically. And technically it does not matter where the water goes after the dam ... Actually, I encourage you to explore that metaphor on your own a little bit: fish, downstream villages, icebergs, potential energy storage, the whole thing. But suffice it to say, management and maintenance of the endowment is critical to Pitt's continued existence, impactful to the general spirit of this institution, impactful to the world outside of Pitt, and the Senate must play a significant role. The full expression of that role will not begin until Senate appointments to Board of Trustees committees can vote, although progress on an SRI policy is a good start.
Third, as we crested the hill, looked out over the city and wandered through a curious outdoor photo exhibition, I reflected on the fact that I am humorously out of shape and my colleague, though plucky and athletic, recently had a blood clot (see deep vein thrombosis) on a long flight to Europe. We had made an agreement at the bottom of the Castle Hill that one would resuscitate the other in the event that one of us collapsed on the way up. She would seem to have been getting the short end of the stick. I am just a scientist; she is an experienced physician. However, if either of our hearts had stopped on the way up the hill's footpath, the only real recourse would have been CPR until paramedics arrived by foot. Luckily, it never came up. Even so, one of us collapsing on the footpath is as real a metaphor for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in general and the rationale for CPR training as anything. Far from a hospital, the imperative is to not standby while your research collaborator dies. And considering this, it is unfortunate, and I believe irresponsible that Pitt does not train all of its students in lifesaving.
With a little reflection you can understand why this hasn't happened. It would cost money, time and conviction. It would be logistically difficult. It would not generate research dollars or intellectual property. It is not important enough in the grand scheme of things. If you have been in the Senate long enough, you would recognize this one: "The other AAU institutions don't waste time and money on it." That one is my favorite. It's institutionalized peer pressure, but at least it's pragmatic and data-driven. It's hard to argue with data, unless arguing with data affects the endowment, perhaps. Then we have to tread carefully. Our survival depends on the endowment after all. We will never really know whose survival depends on CPR. Could be no one. Could be a colleague.
Walking back down the hill, we searched for the Dragon Bridge briefly but in vain. Truffle fries got in the way. Meanwhile, my colleague and I discussed where she might go after Pitt. In the resuscitation science community the word "Pittsburgh" evokes an unsettling amount of authority. I fully admit I have nothing to do with that, but I reap the benefits. And she may as well. Her affiliation credit at the conference read "University of Pittsburgh," which was well earned. And this made me wonder about our lack of University-wide CPR training and the slow process of examining and refining the University's impacts on the world. What does it mean that a world authority on resuscitation does not send its own out into the world with Peter Safar's lessons? It is at most a failure of principle — but that is difficult to prove — and at the very least, a failure of effective branding, like many things. But that is why we have a Senate.
Join us in the Senate and see what we can all do together.
Oct. 16 is World Restart a Heart Day and a Senate Council meeting day (3 p.m., 2700 Posvar Hall).
Your University Senate Vice President, David Salcido, is a research assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the School of Medicine. He is free Fridays at noon to talk in the normal way or over racquetball.
Allegheny Observatory annual open house set for Oct. 4
Apply by Oct. 18 for Provost's Award for Diversity in the Curriculum
Board of Trustees deputy secretary leaving for Tennessee job
Board of Trustees to have meeting Sept. 27 in Johnstown
Come play a little ping pong on Schenley Plaza
Community Engagement Centers will be growing, moving this year
Computing committee upset about not being consulted on electronic accessibility policy
Counseling Center reaching out to students 'where they are'
DeJong named vice chancellor of Human Resources after 2 months as interim
Diversity and Inclusion's first annual report shows impact of office
Diversity certificate program graduates 74 faculty and staff
Early adopters of Canvas report very few problems
Former governors to reflect on 'Leadership, Governance and Politics'
Full schedule coming this fall from Pitt's music ensembles
Gallagher updates Senate Council on summer news
Goats now tackling Pitt–Greensburg hillsides
Grad student union effort gets boost from PLRB ruling
Jazz Seminar and Concert brings together multigenerational artists
Larry Davis says he was 'naïve' about racism when he first started
Learn more about using big data at Center for Research Computing
Lecture spotlight: Speech perception; LGBTQ studies; Oct. 27 efforts
LIBRARY INSIDER: First steps toward the new Falk Library
Married Bradford professors, Mary and Francis Mulcahy, win teaching award
Master plan includes rerouting part of University Drive
Newly rebranded Pitt Communities share benefits of joining affinity groups
Nominate faculty for chancellor's awards by Oct. 11
Pitt communication professionals join together on council
Pitt's U.lab hub hopes to make the world better
Publishing Clearinghouse: Poetics event; Stephen Chbosky
Register now for Faculty and Staff Development Program courses
Silent alarms have been installed in several classrooms, offices
Student Affairs committee balks at in-state/out-of-state policy proposal
Sustainability continues to be at forefront at Pitt
TEACHING AT PITT: ¡Celebremos la herencia latina todo el año!
Three projects awarded $100,000 each in PInCH challenge
TIAA to host a Pitt-exclusive webinar about lifetime income on Oct. 29
Toi Derricotte's latest poetry collection 'I' longlisted for National Book Award
Women's Affinity Group will meet Oct. 10
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Kyaien Conner named director of Pitt's Center on Race and Social Problems
Anjali Vats named a 2022 Soros Equality Fellow
Pitt Dean of Students Carla Panzella now associate vice provost, too
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Well, it's a while after an attack.
And the attack might not have been directed at Notre Dame.
But historically speaking, it's on fire and it's happening after an attack of some sort somewhere.
This was already explained in above posts. My mistake for conflating two events.
Ok. That makes sense. I thought there was something I hadn't heard.
I'm making fun of the Hunchback of Notre Dame who's been driven out, here at home.
Eh. I don't mind jokes. Many of us cope with sadness through humor.
I"m just amazed how any story, no matter how unrelated, will always end up focused around Trump due to neurotic lunatics who can't stop obsessing about the man.
Least self-aware person on the board.
Given a level playing field, i would probably agree with that...however, we all know that isn't what it is.
Terrible terrible tragedy. It's almost 900 years old...it's iconic. I honestly don't know what to say, it's just friggin' tragic.
Yeah pretty dumb seeing as the french firefighters were weighing the exact thing. They chose not to fearing it could completely collapse an already unstable structure.
The dumbasses here are you and your ilk for jumping the gun.
To be fair, Fox is ridiculing Trump's idea too.
So what not experts either.
Maybe he shouldn't tweet so much, especially when his tweets are full to the brim with idiocy.