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Q: Why doesn't the fact that 1 median is lower than another median, mean that most in group 1 are less than most in group 2? I believed that the boxplots below could be interpreted as "most men are faster than most women" (in this dataset), primarily because the median men's time was lower than the median women's time. But the EdX course on R and statistics' quiz told me that is incorrect. Please help me understand why my intuition is incorrect.
Here is the question:

Let's consider a random sample of finishers from the New York City Marathon in 2002. This dataset can be found in the UsingR package. Load the library and then load the nym.2002 dataset.
library(dplyr)
data(nym.2002, package="UsingR")

Use boxplots and histograms to compare the finishing times of males and females. Which of the following best describes the difference?

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*Males and females have the same distribution.

*Most males are faster than most women.

*Male and females have similar right skewed distributions with the former, 20 minutes shifted to the left.

*Both distribution are normally distributed with a difference in mean of about 30 minutes.

Here are NYC marathon times for males and females, as quantiles, histograms and boxplots:
# Men's time quantile
      0%      25%      50%      75%     100%
147.3333 226.1333 256.0167 290.6375 508.0833

# Women's time quantile
      0%      25%      50%      75%     100%
175.5333 250.8208 277.7250 309.4625 566.7833

A: Here's the smallest counter-example I could find :

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*A ([1, 4, 10]) and B ([0, 6, 9]) have the same average (5)

*B has a larger median (6) than A (4)

*There's a 5/9 probability that a random A element is larger than a random B element.

Here's another example with 4 elements:

A: "Most men are faster than most women" is potentially a little ambiguous, but I would normally interpret the intent of it to be that if we look at random parirings, most of the time the man would be faster -- i.e. $P(M_i<F_j)>\frac12$ for random $i,j$ (where $M_i$ is 'time for the $i$-th male' etc).
Of course other interpretations of the phrase are possible (that's what ambiguity is, after all) and some of those other possibilities might be consistent with your reasoning.
[We also have the issue of whether we're talking about samples or populations... "most men [...] most women" seems to be a population statement (about a population of potential times) but we only have observed times that we seem to be treating as a sample, so we must be careful with how broad we make the claim.]
Note that $P(M_i<F_j)>\frac12$ is not implied by $\widetilde{M}<\widetilde{F}$. They can go in opposite directions.
[I am not saying you're wrong in thinking that the proportion of random M-F pairs where the man was faster than the woman is more than 1/2 -- you're almost certainly correct. I am just saying you can't tell it by comparing medians. Nor can you tell it by looking at the proportion in each sample above or below the median of the other sample. You'd have to make a different comparison.]
That is, while the median man may be faster than the median woman, it is possible to have a sample of times (or a continuous distribution of times, for that matter) where the chance that a random man is faster than a random woman is less than $\frac12$. In large samples the two opposite indications can each be significant.

Example:
Data set A:
 1.58  2.10 16.64 17.34 18.74 19.90  1.53  2.78 16.48 17.53 18.57 19.05
 1.64  2.01 16.79 17.10 18.14 19.70  1.25  2.73 16.19 17.76 18.82 19.08
 1.42  2.56 16.73 17.01 18.86 19.98

Data set B:
 3.35  4.62  5.03 20.97 21.25 22.92  3.12  4.83  5.29 20.82 21.64 22.06
 3.39  4.67  5.34 20.52 21.10 22.29  3.38  4.96  5.70 20.45 21.67 22.89
 3.44  4.13  6.00 20.85 21.82 22.05

Data set C:
 6.63  7.92  8.15  9.97 23.34 24.70  6.40  7.54  8.24  9.37 23.33 24.26
 6.18  7.74  8.63  9.62 23.07 24.80  6.54  7.37  8.37  9.09 23.22 24.16
 6.57  7.58  8.81  9.08 23.43 24.45

(The data are here, but being used for a different purpose there -- to my recollection I generated this one myself)
Note that the proportion of A's < B's is 2/3, the proportion of A < C is 5/9 and the proportion of B < C is 2/3. Both A vs B and B vs C are significant at the 5% level but we can achieve any level of significance simply by adding sufficient copies of the samples. We can even avoid ties, by duplicating the samples but adding sufficiently tiny jitter (sufficiently smaller than the smallest gap between points)
The sample medians go the other direction: median(A) > median (B) > median (C)
Again we could achieve significance for some comparison of medians - to any significance level - by repeating the samples.

To relate it to the present problem, imagine that A is "women's times" and B is "men's times". Then the median men's time is faster, but a randomly chosen man will 2/3 of the time be slower than a randomly chosen woman.
Taking our cue from samples A and C we can generate a larger set of data (in R) as follows:
n <- 300
F <- c(runif(n/3,0,5),runif(n-n/3,15,20))
M <- c(runif(n-n/3,7.5,12.5),runif(n/3,22.5,27.5))

The median of F will be around 16.25 while the median of M will be around 11.25 but the proportion of cases where F < M will be 5/9.
[If we replaced the n/3 with a binomial variate with parameters $n$ and $\frac13$
we'd be sampling from a population where the median of the distribution of F is at 16.25 while the median of the distribution of M is at 11.25. Meanwhile in that population the probability that F < M will again be 5/9.]
Note also that $P(F<\text{med}(M))=\frac23$ and $P(M>\text{med}(F))=\frac23$ while $\text{med}(M)<\text{med}(F)$ (by a substantial distance).

A: I think that the reason you were marked as incorrect is not so much that the answer you gave to the multichoice question was wrong, rather that option 3 "Male and females have similar right skewed distributions with the former, 20 minutes shifted to the left" would have been a better choice as it is more informative based on the information provided.

A: The following figures are taken from this blog post, which illustrates an important practical application of these ideas.
Standardization provides a powerful device for comparing 2 distributions. The following 3 figures compare heights of 130-month-old boys and girls from England's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). (This was the modal age in this data set; I selected it simply to get the most data, and therefore the smoothest plots, within a single age cohort.)

Figure 1: Heights of boys and girls aged 130 months, from England's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)

Figure 2: Percentiles of height for boys and girls aged 130 months. Source: English NCMP

Figure 3: Distribution of heights of 130-month-old girls relative to boys of the same age.
In the last of these figures, the height comparison has been standardized according to boys' heights. Thus, reading along the dotted gray lines in Figure 3, you can make statements such as:

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*The median (i.e., 50th-percentile) height for boys is just about 45th percentile for girls. Thus, 100% – 45%=55% of girls were taller than the median boy.

*The top-quartile height (75th percentile) for girls hits the top quintile (80th percentile) for boys. Thus, among children aged 130 mos, a girl who is taller than 3 out of 4 girls is also taller than 4 out of 5 boys.

One point of possible confusion in this plot does deserve mention. Although the boys' 45° line is 'higher' on the plot than the girls' magenta curve, this observation nevertheless corresponds to the well-known fact that at this age (these are 6th graders), the girls are typically taller than the boys. Note that this tallerness is properly reflected in the fact that the magenta curve is shifted to the right relative to the blue line.
This approach is quite generic. Under such a comparison, one of the groups — the one to which you standardize — becomes the 45° line. The other group may in general be any monotone increasing curve drawn from lower left to top right. Provided that the underlying distributions are continuous (the densities lack point masses), the compared curve will be continuous. If the underlying densities share the same support, the curve must run from $(0,0)$ to $(1,1)$.
Your original question can now be recast in geometrical terms, as a question about whether you could draw the magenta curve of Figure 3 so as to achieve simultaneously (a) the postulated relation between the medians and (b) the slightly elusive relation that @Glen_b elucidated (correctly, I believe) in his answer. I wonder if distributional discontinuities (point masses in the densities) might enable a 'pathological' case to be provided. I conjecture that any such pathological case will be the 'exception that proves the rule'.

If one makes the most straightforward, logical translation of your quiz question into more formal language amenable to analysis, then (using the setting of childrens' heights from above) we might like to say an individual $x$ has the property TMB if $x$ is taller than most boys. Then your quiz question asked simply whether most girls have the TMB property. If one defines 'most' to mean more than half, then having the TMB property means being taller than the median-height boy. Asking whether most girls have the TMB property then amounts to asking whether the median girl has this property. On this account, the answer to the quiz question would be yes.
On the other hand, if the actual intent of 'most' was ">50%", one might expect the more precise phrase "a majority of" to have been employed. If somebody tells me something "probably" will happen, I would think a subjective probability of 60% or more is being alluded to. Likewise, "most" to me means something a bit more like 70–80%. Clearly, from the plot above, if 'most' is taken as a criterion any more stringent than 52.5%, then you can't say "most girls [have the property that they] are taller than most boys." I wonder if part of the rationale for the quiz question was to stimulate an examination of words as they relate to numerical notions. (If you think this is all a bit silly, consider these graphs, showing how people tend to interpret different probabilistic words and phrases.) Perhaps the intent also was to underscore the point that a lot of variation is present in real-world distributions, and that a single statistic (median, mean, what-have-you) will rarely support broad, sweeping statements.

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Celebrating with a giveaway
To celebrate the impending releases of BEAUTY AND THE BALLPLAYER (this month) and SLIDING INTO HOME (April), I'm doing a Goodreads giveaway. Enter to win one of 5 print copies of my debut DIVA IN THE DUGOUT.
Diva in the Dugout
by Arlene Hittle
Giveaway ends April 30, 2014.
See the giveaway details
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Greg & Jenn
Sliding into Home cover reveal
OK, OK. Technically, it's not a reveal. You've probably already seen it on Facebook and/or Twitter, but now I'm plastering it here, on my blog: The cover for my April release from Turquoise Morning Press.
Gorgeous, isn't it?
I love Jenn's striking eyes. You can certainly see why her sister took Jade as a stage name.
SLIDING INTO HOME (until recently known as Untitled Book 3) comes out in mid-April. I can't wait to share Greg and Jenn's story.
Here's a sneak peek:
More than anything, Arizona Condors first baseman Greg Bartlesby wants to make his own name in the big leagues. Too bad being the son of MLB legend Jake "Big Man" Bartlesby makes that impossible. Even worse? His attempts to differentiate himself from his old man more often land him in legal trouble. His latest brush with the law brings him in contact with an attorney he's met before — as a dancer at the club where he was arrested … for protecting her.
Jenn Simpson isn't a stripper—not that she can convince her bonehead client her twin is the one doing the dancing. When Greg offers her sister a job at his father's Foundation, Jenn is the one who accepts, at her sister's urging. She soon discovers she likes the work—and her new boss. As she and Greg forge a friendship and more, she knows it's time to convince him she's not who he thinks. But when his father's hospitalization compels Greg to fast-track his leap to the majors by capitalizing on Big Jake's fame, it might be too late for her to come clean.
A little Monday Motivation …
Writers, take note!
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Today must be the day for motivating thoughts, because this Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog post also has me thinking: What I really want to say on Twitter by Liz Talley.
I'm pretty sure that's what every author really wants to say on Twitter (and everywhere else), but can't. "Look at me! Look at me!" gets really old, fast.
An endless stream of RT's of fellow authors' books, all at once — bang, bang, bang — also doesn't cut it. That's why I use Buffer to space out my tweets.
Liz also talks about planting butt in chair to write the next book, which is something I need to get back to doing. With releases coming from TMP in March and April, as well as plans to self-pub in June, I haven't written any new words in too long. Been self-editing BLIND DATE BRIDE and prepping for the release of BEAUTY AND THE BALLPLAYER and SLIDING INTO HOME (formerly Untitled Book 3).
Speaking of SLIDING INTO HOME, I don't think I've shared the cover on my blog yet. Look for it later this week.
At least Saturday's plot group meeting got my creative juices going again. I now have some ideas for a fourth Love & Baseball story, thanks to some brainstorming with the NARWA crew. I'll be back to banging out new words in no time.
Excerpts, Meg & Matt
My Sexy Saturday: Meet Meg & Matt
Hi, all. It's been a while since I've jumped in with a My Sexy Saturday post. But with BEAUTY AND THE BALLPLAYER set to release in mid-March and SLIDING INTO HOME in mid-April , it's high time I get back in the habit.
Blog hops like this are a fun way to share info about a new release, don't you think?
A quick refresher on the rules:
Post 7 paragraphs or 7 sentences or 7 words ONLY. The choice is yours. It can be from a WIP or something you already have published. Your post should be live by 9 am US Pacific Time on Saturday. Put those lucky 7s to work for you!
BEAUTY is my newest release, but it's far from a new story. It's the manuscript secured me my first (and only) RWA Golden Heart finalist title, way back in 2011. (Wow 2011 seems like forever ago …) It's the second book in my Love & Baseball series, and the only one set in my adopted hometown of Flagstaff. The Arizona Condors are in Flagstaff for spring training. Matt, the team's catcher, is feeling every one of his 28 years now that the manager has added a rookie catcher to the roster.
Here are seven paragraphs from the opening scene, in which Meg, who just that morning discovered she's pregnant, and Matt meet in a bar. What's a pregnant woman doing in a bar, you ask? Drinking 7-UP and commiserating with her coworkers, all of them glad they're still employed after a fresh round of layoffs at the ad agency where she works.
Hard to say which of them is having a worse day, eh?
After enduring his appraisal, Meg had no qualms about completing one of her own. She slid her gaze from the tuft of thick, chestnut hair poking through the back of his burgundy-and-white cap downward, over his golden-brown eyes, straight nose and smiling mouth. She took in his toned arms, broad chest, tree-trunk thighs and—oh my.
Perhaps he had good reason for his arrogance. She jerked her eyes back to his face. After they'd mentally stripped each other, it didn't feel right to not know the man's name. She extended her hand. "I'm Meg."
He eyed her outstretched hand and his lips lifted again. She grinned back as she rescinded her offer. He was right. They already knew each other too well for a mere handshake.
Awareness jolted through Meg when he rested a hand on her knee. "Matt."
"Well, Matt, I'd like to say it's nice to meet you, but I can't say that to the guy who took my table." She shifted ever so slightly, hoping to break the strange hold he had over her.
Matt chuckled. "Would it help if I told you I've had one hell of a day?"
BEAUTY AND THE BALLPLAYER, coming from Turquoise Morning Press in March 2014.

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Integrity– honesty, uprightness, morality. Biblically living according to God's standards.
A. Things that cause people to sin. Matt. 18:7-9 – Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come. If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, that to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
A. The devil – Matt. 4:1 – Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
B.Evil desires. – James 1:14 – but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
C.Lack of self-control. – I Cor. 7:5 – Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
D.God doesn't tempt us to sin. – James 1:13-14- When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.
How should we deal with temptations?
B. Lean and depend on God – (DBR)** I Cor. 10:13 – No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
C. Live in the Spirit. – Gal. 5:16 – So I say, live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
D. Be self-controlled and resist the devil. – I Peter 5:8-9-Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.
E. Avoid tempting situations.- Gen. 39:10- And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or to be with her.
F. Run. – Gen. 39:12 – She caught him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
G. Flee evil desires. – II Tim. 2:22 – Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
A. Testing of your faith.- James 1:2-3- Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds , because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Where do trials come from?
A. God. – James 1:12 – Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
A. Consider it joy.- James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kids, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you be mature and complete not lacking anything.
B. Remember God is in control.- Romans 8:28- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
C. Depend on God who rescues – II Peter 2:9 – If this is so then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment while continuing their punishment.
D. Know that God is always with us.- Gen 39:21- the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
We, at Homewords, are delighted to share Ms. Bruce's Handout from the Sunday School lesson on 1/1/2012 entitled, "A Life of Integrity" Genesis 39:7-21a. It is our hope that you will read and share this life-changing handout.
Thank you Thelma, you put a lot of work and thought into this handout. We are all tempted and this gives great guidance.
Outstanding! This is beneficial to all who read it. Thank you four sharing. This is applicable four all at various times in our lives.


In this Lab you are going to do some background investigation into tools that will allow you, the prospective attacker to discover information about a target. The target can be a specific domain, network or range of IP addresses.
Specifically, you will be researching the purpose and functionality of nmap, dig, host, nslookup and the whois command. Read the tutorials and answer the questions. Some questions might require you to do some Internet research.
Task 1. The first tool is nmap. nmap is a port scanner.
Question 1a. What is the purpose of a port scanner?
Question 1b. Provide an example of an nmap scan that scans an entire network.
Question 1c. Can you use nmap to find out the Operating System of a host? If yes, provide an example command.
Question 1d. What is the purpose of doing an nmap stealthy scan? Provide an example of an nmap stealth scan.
Task 2. Next, as a determined attacker you are going to do some Reconnaissance to discover more information. As part of Reconnaissance, an attacker will try to enumerate DNS records.
Question 2a. What does DNS enumeration accomplish for an attacker?
Question 2a. What can you discover using the dig tool? Provide an example of using dig to find MX records.
Question 2b. How would you list all DNS records using dig?
Question 2c. Does dig run under Windows or Mac OSX?
Question 2g. Are there differences between host, nslookup and dig?


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Friday's New Releases + RIP Audrey Auld
for the week of August 14, 2015:
Grace Potter: Midnight
2015 release from the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Midnight is Potter's first solo album and her first release since she and her band The Nocturnals released The Lion The Beast And The Beat in 2012. Midnight was recorded and mixed at Barefoot Studios in Hollywood with producer Eric Valentine, whose own diverse discography-from Queens of the Stone Age to Nickel Creek-evidences a similarly adventurous spirit and openness to possibility. If Valentine's studio work has a distinguishing characteristic, it's his hard-hitting sonic signature, which is on display throughout Midnight's dozen tracks. The core studio band consisted of Potter and Valentine on most of the instruments, with Burr on drums and percussion. In addition, members of Potter's longtime band The Nocturnals: guitarists Scott Tournet and Benny Yurco and bassist Michael Libramento contributed to the sessions, as well as former tour-mates and friends including singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter, Audra Mae, Noelle Skaggs of Fitz & the Tantrums, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, and Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age.
Vintage Trouble: One Hopeful Road
Over the past few years, Vintage Trouble have wowed audiences across the globe by opening for The Rolling Stones in London's Hyde Park, touring with legends like The Who and AC/DC, and playing sold-out headline shows worldwide. Now, on their first album for Blue Note Records, the Los Angeles-based foursome – singer Ty Taylor, guitarist Nalle Colt, bassist Rick Barrio Dill, and drummer Richard Danielson – channel the vitality and passion of their live show into a fresh and urgent take on guitar-powered rhythm & blues. Produced by Blue Note president and three-time Grammy Award-winner Don Was, 1 Hopeful Rd. Finds Vintage Trouble building off the groove-fueled sound that Yahoo! #once painted as 'James Brown singing lead for Led Zeppelin' and blending blues, soul, and riff-heavy rock & roll with joyfully gritty abandon. As heard on lead single 'Run Like the River,' 1 Hopeful Rd. #matches Vintage Trouble's emotional intensity with a raw yet sophisticated musicianship that's prompted the New York Times to name the band modern-day answer to Otis Redding and BBC Radio 6 to anoint them 'the heirs of rhythm and blues.'
The Waifs: Beautiful You
release from the Australian folk rock outfit. Singer/songwriters Donna Simpson, Vikki Thorn, and Josh Cunningham (along with bassist, Ben Franz and drummer, David Ross Macdonald) make up he Waifs. Their 2002 radio smash "London Still" was followed by a tour with Bob Dylan and ARIA Awards including Best Independent, and Best Blues And Roots Release. Each album they have recorded-from 1996's self-titled debut to 2011's acclaimed Temptation- has found The Waifs maturing as writers and performers. Beautiful You is their first new album in four years and features their trademark sound: a bit of Blues and Roots, a bit of Country, a bit of Jazz, anything really.
Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice
GoGo Juice is the new album from one of New Orleans' premier musical ambassadors, Jon Cleary. Made in collaboration with multi-Grammy winning producer John Porter (B.B. King, Keb Mo, Ryan Adams, Los Lonely Boys) each one of the carefully crafted songs is a delicate balance of the smooth and the rough; instantly hooks over a set of sophisticated and soulful arrangements. The tracks were recorded over several days deep in the bayou country of Louisiana and subsequently honed in his studio in the old Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. A blend of musical intelligence with direct, accessible pop simplicity that draws from tradition and yet is distinctively separate from it, these songs represent the many aspects of Cleary's musical personality as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter.
Soulfly: Exchange
Deluxe Edition includes bonus DVD. Formed in 1997, Soulfly has become a mainstay in contemporary heavy metal. Led by former Sepultura vocalist Max Cavalera, Soulfly has released 9 full-length albums with combined sales of over 1million records. Mixing many styles of metal with Brazilian tribal, world music and punk, Soulfly are known for crafting something completely unique in the modern heavy music landscape. Archangel, the band's 10th full-length release, was recorded in the Spring of 2015 with Matt Hyde (Slayer, Children of Bodom, Deftones). Armed with Max Cavalera's four-stringed guitars, unmistakable growl and instantly recognizable riffage, the muddy tones and constant rhythmic bounce of Soulfly has retained its gritty edge while pushing the boundaries of what's possible in metal. In the studio is lead guitarist Marc Rizzo (who has been in Soulfly almost as long as Max was in Sepultura), bassist Tony Campos (Static X, Ministry, Prong) and Max's 21 year-old son, Zyon, who splits his time between drumming in Lody Kong and Soulfly. Special appearances on Archangel by Todd Jones (Nails), Matt Young (King Parrot) and more!
for the week of August 7, 2015:
Iris Dement: The Trackless Woods
Considered "one of the great voices in contemporary popular music" (NPR), Iris DeMent has returned with an album unlike any other in her illustrious career. Featuring original music and melodies by Iris, The Trackless Woods (August 7) sets 18 poems by acclaimed 20th century Russian poet Anna Akhmatova to life. Hailed as one of Russia's finest poets, Akhmatova survived the Bolshevik Revolution, both World Wars and Stalin. She lost family, friends and fellow writers to political killings and labor in the gulags. When Iris randomly stumbled upon Akhmatova's work in a book of poetry a friend sent as a gift, she was immediately taken by the sorrow and burden of the poems, juxtaposed with Akhmatova's lightness and transcendence in the face of inhumanity."Anna's gift of song is so strong, about alI I had to do was get really quiet and listen," says Iris. After reading that first poem the melodies began pouring out of her, and before she even fully understood what was driving her, Iris was gathering musicians and friends, including co-producer Richard Bennett (Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Steve Earle), to record The Trackless Woods in her living room over a five-day period.The result is a breathtaking pairing of piano and voice in Iris' sui generis style with timeless melodies that are deeply rooted in the American South. The project also fulfilled a long yearned-for desire to connect with her adopted daughter's culture and history. Iris and her husband adopted their daughter from Siberia in 2005, and she says "I'd never have made this record were it not for her."
Gregg Allman LIVE: Back to Macon
Two CD edition. Gregg Allman is one of the most acclaimed, beloved, and awarded icons in rock and roll history. Although the Allman Brothers wrapped their 45-year career, Gregg shows no signs of slowing down. This marks his first-ever official solo BR release. This set includes 18 favorites such as "Whipping Post," "Melissa," and "Midnight Rider" plus exclusive interview footage.
Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss
Sleep paralysis plagues singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, and that strange intersection of the conscious and the unconscious has inadvertently manifested itself within her work. Across the span of her first four albums, there is an underlying tension, a distorted and nebulous territory where dark shadows hover along the edges of the sublime and the graceful. But until now, Wolfe's trials and tribulations with the boundaries between dreams and reality have only been a subconscious influence on her work. With her fifth album, Abyss, she deliberately confronts those boundaries and crafts a score to that realm she describes as the "hazy afterlife, an inverted thunderstorm, the dark backward, the abyss of time."
Cattle Decapitation: The Anthropocene Extinction
Compromise is not a concept Cattle Decapitation is willing to entertain. Ever. Over the course of nineteen years and six full-lengths the San Diego quartet have more than proven this. Defining themselves as one of the most vital, brutal, and relentless forces in extreme music, with The Anthropocene Extinction they have delivered a volatile, apocalyptic beast that is as hideous as it is compelling. 'I feel that something rare happens with our band in that we get better and better with each release rather than going in the opposite direction' states vocalist Travis Ryan. 'As we get older we feel we have less to lose, which is freeing, and we really want to go as far out on a limb as we can without losing the extremity that has always driven us.'
Langhorne Slim and the Law: The Spirit Moves
Sometimes, truth can't be explained. But it can be felt, running wild through a song. "I don't want to tame myself. I want to be wild," says Langhorne Slim. THE SPIRIT MOVES marks his second with rock-solid band The Law, and the highly anticipated follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Way We Move which sold 30,000 units.
Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Tokyo Adagio
A live album event and posthumous tribute to the late bassist Charlie Haden, who passed away in 2014. It is a legacy recording of Haden in concert with the equally iconic pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba at the Blue Note in Tokyo in March of 2005. The two great musicians had been playing together for 20 years at the time of the recording, which features the Rubalcaba/Haden collaboration, "Nocturne." Also included are liner notes written by Mr. Rubalcaba, Cameron-Haden, Charlie's widow, and Ned Sublette.
Mac DeMarco: Another One
Written and recorded during the downtime between a relentless touring schedule, ANOTHER ONE is an eight-track release that expands the arsenal of Mac's already impressive catalog, showing the maturity of Mac's progression as songwriter: it's a bit more refined, a bit more sophisticated, but nonetheless retains the guts and soul of classic Mac.
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee's Feathers
from the Grammy-winning jazz singer. Dee Dee's Feathers is her debut album for OKeh Records and is the first collaboration from Bridgewater and the Grammy- winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), founded by artistic director and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. Dee Dee's Feathers is a modern vision of New Orleans and features traditional songs such as "Big Chief," "St. James Infirmary" and "What a Wonderful World" along with new compositions "Congo Square" and "C'est ici que je t'aime." The album transports the listener through the historic New Orleans neighborhood of Treme. Over the course of a multi-faceted career spanning four decades, Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics. Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer and keeper of tradition, Dee Dee won the 2010 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee. Bridgewater's career has always bridged musical genres. She was a member of the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, and throughout the '70s, she performed with such jazz notables as Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Dizzy Gillespie.
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We lost a good one last week, friends. The passing of our treaured pal Audrey Auld has been like a swift kick in the gut. Only 51 years old…Paul Libertore is a professional writer and put it much better than I could: www.marinij.com/obituaries/20150810/…
Save a spot for me Audrey!
If I could bring you anything
I'd bring a banquet for a king
Cheese and wine and fruit and pies
A taste of everything
I'd have baked you a cake
But the hacksaw didn't fit the pan
I'd bring more than I could hold
In these two hands
I'd bring a meadow full of flowers
Hummingbirds and dragonflies
No fences for miles
You'd lay on the grass
Feel the sun kiss your face
I'd bring the open sky
Erase time and place
It would be peace of mind
An ocean of serenity
Freedom inside
I'd bring love to the lonely
Afraid to ever love again
And beer for the innocent
To drown their sorrows in
It would be Jesus Christ,
Buddha, Mohammed,
Whatever gets you through the life
Good whiskey for those
Who don't believe any more
And pot for those who need
To think on it some more
But all I could bring
Was my guitar and these songs
Bread and roses for the wayward
Been hungry so long
I'll take with me the memory
Of the day my life was changed
And the hope that when you leave this place
You never come back again
~Bread and Roses Audrey Auld
See you on the Avenue!
Sun noon-5pm


This event is 21 and overZipper Club is the new band produced by James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins featuring Lissy Trullie and Mason James of Cerebral Ballzy.
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KAV & Spaceland host an authentic monthly British Style Rock N' Roll dance party @ The Regent in DTLA. Events where the boundaries between indie & alternative & live & electronic music become even more blurred & intertwined.
Each month internationally known guest artists & DJs hailing from Britain are a fixture at Dance In A Panic filling the dance-floor with anthems from their record collections. Alongside the best of LA's Live Bands & DJs.
Launched by LA based musician KAV who played guitar with Happy Mondays & was promoter of "Getloaded" London club events & award-winning festival "Getloaded in The Park" London - co-promoting withSpaceland Presents.
Dance in a Panic is a British Style dance-party atmosphere where everyone can dance till late, long beyond the standard show.
We're releasing our debut album!! Come join us! We'll have copies of the record for sale. We're playing with our friends, Cassini and The Ills. We hope you can make it!
$10 Cover, Doors open at 8:30. There will be Stand up comedians all night before we go on so come down for some laughs before we hit the stage and BLOW YOUR FRICKING MINDS!! We'll take the stage around 10:30!
British-style monthly rock n' roll dance parties @ The Regent Theater Los Angeles; "events where the boundaries between indie and dance, live and electronic music become ever more blurred and intertwined!".
Promoted by LA based musician / promoter KAV (founder of "Getloaded" club-events, award-winning London festival "Getloaded In The Park" & former Happy Mondays guitarist.) in partnership with Spaceland.
Join us this Thursday April 14th for night #2 of Name The Band's residency at Grandpa Johnsons. Special guests weekly! Here is what we have instore for you this week!
Rock N' Roll Dance Parties launching @ The RegentMarch 11.
Curated by Peter Hook (Joy Division/ New Order) + exclusive DJ set from Factory Manchester. Live sets from together PANGEA, Gateway Drugs, Drinking Flowers, KAV ft Dexy Magic Wands.
DJ's; TSR Airlines (Dan & Lindsay Mancini), DJ Clifton & Pop Noir.


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This presentation was given to the National Assembly for Wales Cross Party Group on Children and Young People meeting on 27/11/2018 by the Welsh Civil Society Forum on Brexit.
This presentation was given to the National Assembly for Wales Cross Party Group on Children and Young People meeting on 27/11/2018 by Lynne Hill, Policy Director at Children in Wales.
This presentation was given to the National Assembly for Wales Cross Party Group on Children and Young People meeting 04 July 2018 by Cheryl Martin, Development Officer on Poverty for Children in Wales.
This presentation was given to the National Asembly for Wales Cross Party Group on Children and Young People meeting 04 July 2018 by Sean O'Neill, Policy Director for Children in Wales.
This presentation was given to the National Assembly for Wales Cross Party Group on Children and Young People meeting on 04 July 2018 by Gerli Orumaa from Ethnic Youth Support Team (EYST).


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ICYMI: "Sorely Needed" Child Tax Credit Payments Already A Boost for Ohio Working Families
Columbus, OH — The first round of expanded Child Tax Credit payments — part of the American Rescue Plan that passed in March — are already making a real difference in the lives of Ohio's working families. The middle class tax cut steers hundreds of dollars per month directly into the bank accounts of the vast majority of families with children, including as many as 94% of kids in Toledo, as the Blade reported this weekend.
With some calling the expanded CTC Washington's "biggest anti-poverty program in decades," expect working families to remember Democratic efforts to put money back in Ohioans' pockets — and how every single congressional Republican voted against the new tax cut.
From WOUB: Families Receive Sorely Needed Child Tax Credit Payments
BUCHTEL, Ohio (OVR) — The Robsons, like the vast majority of U.S. households with children, began receiving the Child Tax Credit last week – the latest part of the American Rescue Plan to be put into action. Jaclyn Robson says it was sorely needed.
"I don't want to have to work 60 hours a week just to make a decent wage," Robson said. "I want to be able to stay at home with my kids more, but I don't want to not work."
The Robsons live in Buchtel, Ohio. Jaclyn works long hours as a direct support worker – often taking extra shifts to help them get by. Her husband, Harold Robson stays at home with their three young children, two of whom have autism and require extra care.
The American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, was designed, in part, to help families like theirs. The package builds upon the mid-pandemic economic relief of 2020's CARES Act.
Some have argued the expanded Child Tax Credit under the American Rescue Plan is the biggest anti-poverty program deployed by the federal government in decades.
Biden spoke at the White House last Thursday to celebrate the launch of the payments.
"It's our effort to make another giant step toward ending child poverty in America," Biden said. "I think this is one of the things that the vice president and I will be most proud of when our terms are up."
Experts expect the improvements in the Child Tax Credit will pull millions of kids out of poverty. Researchers at Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimate that the American Rescue Plan would likely cut child poverty by more than half.
Families qualify based on their 2019 or 2020 tax filings. Those who did not file taxes and still wish to receive the credit may fill out a form on the IRS Child Tax Credit portal.
Prior to this increased credit, families received a yearly credit of $2,000 per child, ages 0-16. Now qualifying families will receive $3,600 for each child under age 6, dispensed in monthly payments of $300. Families will receive $3,000 for children aged 7-17, in monthly payments of $250.
Jaclyn Robson says while the credit isn't enough to live off of, it'll make a big difference for her family and families like hers. They plan to use the funds for new school clothes for the children and potentially vehicle repairs. She says later in the year it will help families give their children a nice Christmas.
From the Toledo Blade: The kids are all right: Child tax credit aids 94% of Toledo families
While Chartise Williams oversaw well-seasoned hamburgers grilling at Wildwood Preserve Metropark, her four children, ranging in age from infancy to adolescence, weaved through the park's picnic tables.
When the Internal Revenue Service began distributing child tax-credit checks last week, Ms. Williams, a single mother, used her money to cover bills, groceries, school supplies, and uniforms for her brood.
The child tax credit offers monetary relief to working parents, and Congress expanded the benefit in February as part of its massive coronavirus stimulus package. Now, the Williams household falls into the 94 percent of Toledo families eligible for tax-credit payments, and many parents across the city are feeling the relief.
"I just think it's an amazing idea," Ms. Williams said. "I love it. It's helping out the community. A lot of kids go without both parents so the money helps out a lot."
"Ohio is a state that has a lot of children living in poverty, so a lot of families stand to benefit from the program," said Emily Campbell, that organization's associate director. "We generally tend to think programs that support families to make ends meet can break generational cycles of poverty."
Nationwide, 65 million children will see this money. In Ohio, 92 percent of minors are eligible for tax credit payments; 93 percent of children in the state's Ninth Congressional District — the "Snake on the Lake" that stretches from Toledo to Cleveland — are eligible, as are 94 percent of kids in Toledo itself.
"This is a life-changer for many families," said U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo). "It's certainly going to help them recover from the pandemic."


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Jakub Jósef Orliński: Anima Sacra
This release, Anima sacra, marks a number of firsts. It is the debut album from countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński – born in Poland, trained at the renowned Juilliard School in New York, and winner in 2016 of the Metropolitan Opera's prestigious National Council Auditions. It also features what are believed to be world premiere recordings of eight Baroque arias. Orliński plumbs the depths of sacred music for a spiritual journey through largely unknown arias from oratorios and motets of the 18th century, breathing new life into music by lesser-known masters.


"Listening and learning, but standing strong," Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) headlined an apology tweet Monday after House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other House Democrat leaders published a statement condemning "anti-Semitic comments" Omar made on Sunday.
"Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes. My intention is never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole. We have to always be willing to step back and think through criticism, just as I expect people to hear me when others attack me for my identity. This is why I unequivocally aplogize.


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Greek Citizens Rise Up Against Riot Police to Block New Migrant Camp Construction
Clashes have broken out on Greece's islands of Lesbos and Chios over new facilities
Clashes have broken out on Greece's islands of Lesbos and Chios as Greek citizens faced off with riot police amid attempts to block the construction of new migrant camps in their areas.
Residents tried to prevent the arrival of excavating machines to be used to build more refugee detention camps.
Locals also attempted to block riot police from accessing the sites to disperse protesters, leading to violent face-offs.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds that started gathering early Tuesday to prevent the ships from docking.
The government says it will move ahead with plans to build the new facilities on appropriated land, despite fierce opposition from residents.
Officials have promised to replace the existing camps where conditions of severe overcrowding have worsened in recent months and violent crime continues to spiral.
Many island residents and the local authorities vehemently oppose the plan.
They argue that the migrants and asylum seekers should be moved to the Greek mainland.
Earlier this week, protest groups on three eastern Greek islands started setting up blockades aimed at stopping the government from building the new migrant detention centers.
The groups on Lesbos, Chios, and Samos have received broad support on the islands including from municipal authorities and farming associations.
The government says it is determined to build detention centers on recently appropriated land.
Officials announced that construction would resume Monday after a brief break for consultation.
But many islanders fear that new facilities will only increase the number of migrants and refugees.
The government has previously failed to deliver on a pledge to ease overcrowding over the winter months.
"We are guarding the (appropriated) area, and if they start building, everyone here and from the surrounding villages will join the protest — because we don't want this," Stephanos Apostolou, a protest organizer and municipal council member from the village of Mandamos on Lesbos, told The Associated Press.
In September last year, protesting migrants set fire to a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos following violent clashes with police.
Authorities say the overcrowded camp was burned down by migrant protesters.
Police confirmed that at least one person was been killed in the blaze after a burned body was taken to a local hospital.
Officials said they had found the charred remains of an Afghan woman after the blaze erupted inside a container used to house refugees at the Moria reception center.
The fire was eventually extinguished by plane.
"The situation was totally out of control," said the local police chief, Vasillis Rodopoulos, describing the melee sparked by the fire.
"Their behavior was very aggressive, they wouldn't let the fire engines pass to put out the blaze, and for the first time they were shouting: kill police."
[RELATED] Italy Deports 1500 Migrants, Bulldozes Refugee Camp


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Archive for date: August 3rd, 2017
You are now in San Diego County category.
Documentary On Man's 116-Mile Walk Around Salton Sea To Be Screened At Oceanside Film Fest
August 3, 2017 /in San Diego County /by Adam Hebel /KPBSby Brooke Ruth and Maureen Cavanaugh
Randy Brown became the first person to hike the 116-mile perimeter of the Salton Sea in June 2015. Now Brown's hike, which he completed during 105 to 110-degree weather, and the problems the sea is facing are the subject of a documentary that is set to debut at the Oceanside Film Festival on Monday.The Salton Sea is California's largest lake. The sea, which is located in both Imperial and Riverside counties, is shrinking and thus exposing the lakebed that turns into dust when the wind blows.
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Governor's Delta Tunnels Opposed By 3 Million-Member Group
August 3, 2017 /in California and the U.S. /by Adam Hebel /Central Valley Business Times (Sacramento)
Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC), a non-profit organization serving the boating community, has come out in opposition to the massive Delta water tunnels project pushed by the governor. The massive construction project could seriously impact boaters' access to the Delta for years to come, RBOC says. "RBOC has, for decades, been at the forefront of opposing proposals that would impair the ability of boaters to access to the 1,000 miles of waterways in the Delta," says Peter Robertson, president of the 3 million member organization. "We successfully opposed permanent barriers that would have blocked navigation to popular Delta destinations."
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BLOG: California's Biggest Drought Success Story Came With A High Cost
August 3, 2017 /in California and the U.S. /by Adam Hebel /Water Deeply (New York)by Mark Grossi
When her well went dry in 2014, Yolanda Serrato had just begun the fight of her life against breast cancer. Her world had already been turned upside down – then it went sideways. Through chemotherapy and radiation, she often carried buckets of water from a 300-gallon tank outside so she could cook food for her family. She heated water on the stove for sponge baths. She even needed a bucket of water to use the toilet.
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OPINION: Legislature, Don't Mess With California's Water Umpire
August 3, 2017 /in San Diego County /by Adam Hebel /Los Angeles Times
As California water becomes an increasingly precious and contentious resource, the state needs an umpire with the power to enforce laws against illegal diversions and protect the rights of the public and others with enforceable claims to state water. That decisionmaker must be both muscular and fair. There is indeed such a water umpire in California.
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Christine (lead teacher of the Acorns): We found out, quite by chance, that Tuesday was Mr. Chuck's birthday. We all made heartfelt birthday cards (this group doesn't know how to do it any other way), and Mr. Chuck's face was like opening night on Broadway when he received them. He was still glowing the following day when I saw him in the hallway. Your children made a real impact on him; I don't know how many darlings he has in his life; I do know that he really likes yours.


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japán válogatott labdarúgó.

Klub
2016 óta a Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara csapatának játékosa, ahol 53 bajnoki mérkőzésen lépett pályára és 4 gólt szerzett.

Nemzeti válogatott
A japán U17-es válogatott tagjaként részt vett a 2010-es U17-es világbajnokságon. A japán U20-as válogatott tagjaként részt vett a 2012-es U20-as világbajnokságon.

2016-ban debütált a japán válogatottban. A japán válogatott tagjaként részt vett a 2018-as Ázsia-kupán. A japán válogatottban 19 mérkőzést játszott.

Statisztika

Sikerei, díjai
Japán válogatott
Ázsia-kupa: ; 2018
U20-as világbajnokság: ; 2012
U17-es világbajnokság: ; 2010

Források

Japan Football Association

1993-ban született személyek
Élő személyek
Japán női labdarúgók
Labdarúgóhátvédek


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Tu'Bav and the Single Guy
Guest post by Yonatan Sredni
Panui?" the stocky, sweating, balding guy in the un-tucked white dress shirt and tiny knitted kippah atop his head, asked me over the blaring modern Chassidic dance music.
At first I thought he was asking if I was 'free'. I was weary of people who approached me at weddings asking that question. They all seemed desperate to make a shidduch between an unsuspecting guy like me and some perennially single woman they knew (usually a distant relative of theirs), but then I realized he was only asking about the chair. I nodded and he sat down.
"Ravak," he said, extending his hand – not to shake mine but to reach for the Diet Coke across the table – "Guy Ravak."
I chuckled to myself. By loose translation his name would be 'single guy'. I had a flashback to the mid 90's sit-com 'The Single Guy' starring Jonathan Silverman. I recalled that the recently deceased Oscar winning actor Ernest Borgnine played the doorman on that show.
"Yeah, it's a funny name," Guy Ravak admitted as he downed his drink. "What's even worse is being single in your late 30's with that name."
He had a point. Guy Bachelor? Guy Singleman? Of all the possibilities, Guy Ravak was the worst.
"So here we are at the singles table," he sighed as he gestured at the six other temporarily unoccupied seats. "I'm guessing all our tablemates are younger single friends of the groom, off somewhere waiting for him and his bride to emerge from their private 'yichud room' so they can dance up a storm."
I nodded. This was certainly not his first wedding. And the two of us were well past the 'can't wait to dance with the groom' stage of our lives.
"Nu?" he asked after surveying the room. "What about the talent?"
"Talent?" I had no idea what he was talking about.
"The women. The single women. A nice big modern-religious wedding like this, there's got to be a lot of single women around. So, what's the scoop on the 'talent'?
"Oh," I said, squirming in my seat. "Well, it's kind of hard to say."
"Come on, I know I got here late, but surely you checked out some of the bride's single friends during the chuppah?"
"Actually, no," I stuttered. "It was separate seating. I mean really separate. I couldn't see any of the women during the ceremony, except maybe the bride – and her mother."
Guy shook his head in disgust as he scooped some hummus with his bread roll.
"Well, what do you expect these days," he muttered. "Modern orthodox weddings are getting more Haredi by the year. It's bad enough that the chuppah and dancing are separate, but the seating at the meal too! Look around. You've got men seated in the front of the hall and women in the back. It's like one of those Mehadrin buses. And don't get me started on that! I'm telling you, after the main course, I'm out of here."
"Wait a minute," I said, suddenly getting defensive for no good reason. "What's so wrong with being separate? If that's what the families want, why not?"
"Listen," he moved his chair closer to be heard above the thundering music. "You were brought up modern orthodox, right?" I nodded. "Your parents were probably in Bnei Akiva." I nodded again. He had me pegged. "When your parents got married everyone sat together at the chuppah – unless maybe it was in a shul – but we are here at some kibbutz event hall called 'Gan Ha'toucan' or something like that, so that's no excuse. When our parents were young they had mixed dancing, even in Bnei Akiva! You and I grew up with mixed seating at simchas, right?"
I couldn't disagree.
"Ok, maybe we had separate dancing," he continued, "but it was two circles, men and women in full view of each other, separated by just a few meters – not like this!" He pointed in the direction of the dance floor where the men were dancing in plain view while the women were dancing behind an enclosed moveable partition as formidable as the Berlin Wall. The way things were going, the women should have considered themselves 'lucky' to still be dancing in the same room as the men.
I craned my neck to try to catch a glimpse over the wall.
"Don't bother," Guy groaned. "I've tried to sneak a peak at other weddings like this. You can't see anything – trust me."
"Still, if that's what they want," I reasoned.
"But it's not good," Guy said firmly. "I'll give you the separate dancing. Heck, I'll grant you the separation of sexes at the chuppah. But what's so wrong with mixed seating at the meal? How are single guys like us supposed to meet single women if we're seated at the singles table with only other men?!"
He had a point. Traditionally weddings always had some element of mingling. How could one wedding lead to others in the future if singles had no chance to meet eligible members of the opposite sex?
"It's the whole system that's the problem," Guy explained as he refilled his glass. "When we were kids, not so long ago, we had co-ed classes throughout elementary school. Nowadays many national-religious schools inIsraelare separating the boys from the girls in third grade, sometimes even from first grade!"
"Maybe that's because it's harder for teachers to control mixed gender classes. Or maybe that's what the parents want now."
"Nonsense!" Guy bristled as he fumbled with his glass. "Mixed gender classes were good enough for our parents and for us too, so why change now? I'll even take it a step further. Take the last four years of elementary school, add junior high and high school, and suddenly you realize that you have been in same-sex classrooms for a whole decade. Maybe you were in a mixed gender youth group like Bnei Akiva, but that was only once or twice a week, and although it was co-ed, it started getting stricter as the years went on. Then many national-religious kids take a year or two to go to a pre-army academy or yeshiva, and then go on to the army or national service, all gender separate, for the most part. By the time you get to university, where you might actually sit next to someone of the opposite sex, you're already well into your 20's."
"Ok, but-"
"But, nothing," Guy was on a roll and nothing could stop him. "You've missed your prime dating years. You spend the next decade going to singles events, speed dating, and endless shidduch dates. You have a profile on every Jewish dating website known to man. You have hundreds of single friends on Facebook whom you've never even met in person. You end up renting a flat with other single people of your age and gender in Katamon or Givat Shmuel. And then where do you end up?"
"Sitting at a same-sex singles table at some kid's wedding?" I replied sheepishly.
He raised his glass in mock L'Chaim and took a long sip.
Realizing I had struck a nerve, I said nothing.
After a long pause, Guy asked, "Do you know what today is?"
"Thursday."
"No, I meant the Hebrew date. It's Tu B'Av. You know how many couples want to get married on this date, the 15th of Av, 'the 'so-called' holiday of love'? I am invited to two other weddings tonight. In fact, I think I'll split soon and check out the next one. With any luck, they'll have mixed seating over there."
I wanted to say something biting, but thought better of it.
"Here's the thing about Tu B'Av," Guy began to lecture me as he wiped his brow with a cloth napkin. "It says in the Mishnah: 'There were no greater festivals forIsraelthan the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur. For on those days the maidens ofJerusalemwould go out, dressed in white garments that were borrowed, so as not to embarrass those who were poor, and dance in the vineyards.'"
"I know that story." I assured him, picking up where he left off. "And what would they say: 'Young man, raise your eyes and see which you select for yourself. What would the beautiful ones among them say? Look for beauty, for a woman is for beauty. What would those of prestigious lineage say? Look for family, for a woman is for children. What would the unattractive ones say? Make your acquisition for the sake of Heaven.'"
"Very good," Guy smiled, pleasantly surprised at my knowledge. "So, you see, Tu B'Av was traditionally quite an important day."
"Yeah, I guess all the guys back then were busy checking out 'the talent', as you say," I smirked.
"Don't laugh, my friend." Guy Ravak got very serious all of a sudden. "Notice how many times the passage uses the words 'see' or 'look': 'Raise your eyes and see', 'look for beauty', 'look for family', etc." He jerked his head in the direction of the women dancing behind the wall. "Back then the single women may have danced in a vineyard, separately from the men, but they were meant to be seen by the eligible bachelors at some stage in order for the men to be able to choose a bride. Otherwise what was the whole point? Maybe the men weren't supposed to stare and leer at the eligible women, but they were certainly supposed to look. Spending Tu B'Av eve at a wedding where you can't even see 'all the single ladies' is missing the whole point of this holiday! Think about it."
I thought about it. In fact, I was still thinking about 'all the single ladies' (including a fleeting image of Beyoncé) as he got up to leave. Not wanting to be the only one left at the table, I accompanied him.
Guy Ravak lit up a cigarette as soon as we got outside the hall.
"So," I said sarcastically, "what do you really think about all this gender separation business?"
He took a long drag from his cigarette, exhaled, and put his arm around my shoulder.
"The trend at some of these weddings reminds me of a story," he began. "There was this young man about to get married. He goes to his rabbi to get some last minute counseling before his wedding.
'Rabbi, I realize it's tradition for men to dance with men, and women to dance with women at the reception. But, my bride and I would like your permission for the two of us to dance together.'
'Absolutely not,' says the rabbi. 'It's immodest. Men and women must dance separately.'
'So after the ceremony I can't even dance with my own wife?'
'No,' answers the rabbi. 'It's forbidden'
They move on to other subjects regarding married life and eventually the groom asks about having relations with his wife.
'Of course!' replies the rabbi. 'It's a mitzvah.'
'What about different positions?' the groom asks.
'No problem,' says the rabbi.
The groom asks about all sorts of different positions and the rabbi answers 'yes' each time. Finally the groom asks, 'What about standing up?'
'Absolutely not!' says the rabbi.
'Why not?' asks the groom.
The Rabbi leans forward and whispers to the groom, 'It could lead to dancing!'"
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STAUNTON (VR) – The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton District consists of 11 counties from the Alleghany Highlands to the northern Shenandoah Valley: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Highland, Augusta, Rockingham, Page, Shenandoah, Frederick, Clarke and Warren.
Scheduled work is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. When traveling through a work zone, be alert to periodic changes in traffic patterns and lane closures.
*NEW* or *UPDATE* indicates a new or revised entry since last week's report.
*NEW* Mile marker 23 to 25, eastbound and westbound – Right shoulder closures including along westbound Exit 24 off-ramp for sign work, Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PRIMARY ROADS
*NEW* Route 60 Business (Ridgeway Street) – Westbound right shoulder closures for sign work between I-64 on- and off-ramps, Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for tree and debris removal, drainage work, pothole patching and shoulder repairs. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
SECONDARY ROADS
Various roads – Flagger traffic control when needed for debris cleanup. Weekdays during daylight hours. Estimated completion July 22.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for ditch work, pavement patching and brush cutting. Mobile traffic control for mowing. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for shoulder repairs and pipe cleaning. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for brush cutting and pipe cleaning. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
No lane closures reported.
Exit 205, northbound – Off- and on-ramp shoulder closures 24/7 with occasional overnight ramp closures as needed. Traffic restrictions are for interchange improvements with estimated completion in fall 2022.
*NEW* Route 60 (Midland Trail) – Eastbound and westbound overnight single lane closures for paving operations between Route 702 (Quarry Lane) and the I-81 South ramp, Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
*NEW* Route 60 (Midland Trail) – Shoulder closures for sign work between Vista Links Drive and Route 608 (Forge Road), Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for pipe replacement, ditch work, tree removal, shoulder repairs, pavement patching and brush cutting. Mobile lane closures for mowing. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Route 606 (Raphine Road) – Lane closures possible in area of I-81 northbound ramps during daytime or overnight hours. Traffic restrictions are due to interchange improvements with estimated completion in fall 2022.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for grading, pipe replacement, ditch work, tree removal, pavement patching, shoulder repairs and brush cutting. Mobile lane closures for mowing. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for pothole patching and shoulder repairs. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
*NEW* Various roads – Flagger traffic control on parts of Route 607 (Big Valley Road), Route 614 (Cowpasture River Road), Route 616 (Lower Fork Road), Route 617 (Seldom Seen Road), Route 633 (Moats Lane), Route 635 (Possum Trot Lane), Route 641 (Ruckman Lane) and Route 644 (Hardscrabble Road) for resurfacing operations, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through October 14.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for brush cutting, pipe cleaning, tree removal, adding stone to unpaved roads, pavement patching, and ditch work. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 87 to 100, eastbound and westbound – Overnight single lane closures for pavement marking, Thursday through Monday nights (July 7-11) from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 95 to 100, eastbound and westbound – Overnight single lane closures for maintenance to various bridges, July 5-28 nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Mile marker 100 to 96, westbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for paving operations with occasional overnight ramp closures as needed, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. through night of July 31.
*NEW* Mile marker 218 to 214, southbound – Overnight single lane closures for pavement marking, Thursday through Monday nights (July 7-11) from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 236 to 237, northbound – No lane closures, but be alert for vehicles stopped in right-of-way for environmental testing, Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Route 358 (Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Fishersville) – Mobile lane closures for rock and soil testing between Route 250 (Jefferson Highway) and Route 882 (John Lewis Road/Vo Tech Road), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday.
Various roads – Mobile traffic control for mowing operations. Flagger traffic control for drainage work, tree removal, shoulder repairs, pavement patching and brush cutting. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Route 613 (Old Greenville Road) – Shoulder closures for utility pole installation between Route 872 (Mill Creek Road) and Route 694 (Chestnut Ridge Road), 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through July 29.
Route 613 (Kyles Mill Road) – Closed to through traffic between Route 747/613 (Mossy Creek Road) and Route 42 (Scenic Highway) for replacement of bridge over Mossy Creek through July 28. Follow posted detour.
Route 877 (Hornet Road, Fishersville) – Mobile lane closures for rock and soil testing between Route 358 (Woodrow Wilson Avenue) and Route 885 (Vo Tech Road), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday.
*NEW* Various roads – Flagger traffic control on Route 1910 (Beverley Street), Route 1912 (Jefferson Street), Route 1913 (Highland Avenue) and Route 1914 (Augusta Street) for resurfacing operations, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through October 14.
Mile marker 237 to 264, northbound and southbound – Overnight and daytime shoulder closures for mowing operations and litter removal, 7 a.m. to 6 a.m. through July 10.
Mile marker 239 to 237, southbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for milling and paving operations, Sunday through Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through July 21.
*UPDATE* Mile marker 241 to 262, northbound and southbound – Shoulder closures for tree trimming operations, Tuesday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 242 to 248, northbound and southbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for rock and soil testing at various bridges, July 10 – August 25 nights from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 246 to 248, northbound – Overnight closures of both lanes Wednesday night for repairs to bridge over I-81. Single lane closures from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. for equipment staging. Full closures from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday. Follow posted detour. Overnight single lane closures Tuesday and Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Mile marker 252 to 248, southbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for milling, paving and striping operations, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through Saturday night.
*NEW* Mile marker 254 to 263, northbound – Overnight single lane closures for pavement marking, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
*NEW* Route 33 (East Market Street) – Westbound overnight right lane closures near I-81 bridge for bridge repairs, Wednesday night from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.
*NEW* Route 340 (East Side Highway) – Overnight flagger traffic control for paving operations between Route 1701 (Washington Avenue) and Route 642 (Captain Yancey Road), July 10 – August 25 nights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Various roads – Mobile traffic control for mowing operations. Flagger traffic control for pipe replacement, ditch work, tree removal, shoulder repairs, pavement patching and brush cutting. Weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Route 618 (Lone Pine Drive) – Road closures between Route 800 (American Legion Drive) and Route 793 (Long Meadow Drive) for bridge removal and drainage pipe installation through Friday. Follow posted detour.
*NEW* Route 644 (Resort Drive) – Overnight flagger traffic control for pavement marking operations between Route 33 (Spotswood Trail) and Route 646 (Bloomer Springs Road), Tuesday through Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Route 682 (Friedens Church Road) – Closed between Route 867 (North River Road) and Route 989 (Creekside Drive) for roadway improvements and bridge replacement at Pleasant Run. Follow posted detour. Speed limit on detour route is 25 miles an hour. Estimated project completion April 2023.
Route 211/340 (Lee Highway, Luray) – Turn lanes closed to Route 737 (Northcott Drive) and no left turns for westbound traffic onto Route 211 Business (West Main Street). Traffic restrictions are for road improvements through September 30. Follow posted detours. Project completion scheduled for December 2022.
Route 211/340 – Single-lane traffic between Route 615 (Egypt Bend Road) and Route 646 (Oak Leaf Road). Work zone speed limit 45 miles an hour. Traffic restrictions are for westbound bridge replacement with estimated completion of July 2022.
Route 211 Business (West Main Street, Luray) – Shoulder closures for road improvements between Route 211 (Lee Highway) and Carillon Drive through December 2022.
Route 737 (Northcott Drive) – Closed between Route 211/340 and Route 211 Business (West Main Street) for road improvements and roundabout construction through December 2022. Follow posted detour.
Mile marker 282 to 294, northbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for resurfacing operations, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through night of October 30.
*NEW* Mile marker 291 to 293, northbound and southbound – Overnight alternating lane closures for inspection of bridge over Route 646, Sunday night (July 10) from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.
*NEW* Mile marker 295 to 299, northbound – Overnight single lane closures for pavement marking, Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Mile marker 295 to 299, northbound – Overnight single lane closures for paving operations, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through night of July 28. Overnight closures of Exits 296 and 298 as needed.
Mile marker 296 to 299, northbound and southbound – Shoulder closures for utility work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 30.
Route 11/55 (Massanutten Street) – Flagger traffic control between Route 55 (John Marshall Highway) and Route 11/55 (King Street) for utility work, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through July 29.
Route 11 (Old Valley Pike) – Flagger traffic control as needed between Route 720 (Wissler Road) and Mount Jackson town limits, weekdays from 7 a.m. 5 p.m. Work zone speed limit 45 miles an hour. Traffic restrictions are for replacement of North Fork Shenandoah River bridge. Estimated completion August 2023.
Route 42 (West Reservoir Road/Senedo Road) – Mobile lane closures between Ox Road (town of Woodstock) and Route 263 (Orkney Grade) for pavement marking, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Tuesday.
Various roads – Flagger traffic control for utility tree trimming, weekdays during daylight hours.
Route 11 (Main Street, Middletown) – Alternating lane closures for storm sewer installation between Route 627 (Reliance Road) and Skirmisher Lane, Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Route 50 (Northwestern Turnpike) – Flagger traffic control between Route 259 (Carpers Pike) and West Virginia state line for safety enhancement project, weeknights from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Estimated completion October 21.
Route 50/17 (Millwood Pike) – Overnight single lane closures between I-81 on- and off-ramps for repairs to bridge over I-81, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. through night of July 21.
Route 277 (Fairfax Pike) – Both shoulders closed 24/7 between I-81 ramps and Route 1075 (Nottoway Drive) for roadway and utility reconstruction project with completion in September 2022.
Route 522 (Front Royal Pike) – Southbound traffic uses median crossovers between Route 644 and Route 1054 (Clydesdale Drive) to share northbound Opequon Creek bridge. Northbound and southbound traffic limited to one lane. Work zone is for bridge replacement with completion scheduled for September 2022.
Route 627 (Reliance Road) – Alternating lane closures for road and utility work between Route 11 (Main Street, Middletown) and Route 1116 (Carolyn Avenue), Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Various roads – Alternating lane closures on Route 657 (Senseny Road), Route 736 (Rossum Lane), Route 867 (Twinbrook Circle) and Route 868 (Glenridge Drive) just west of Clarke County line for roadway and utility work, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Route 635 (Pierce Road) – Road closed through July 13 for bridge work one mile north of Route 7 (Harry Byrd Highway). Follow posted detour.
Mile marker 0 to 15, eastbound and westbound – Right shoulder closures for utility work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 30.
*NEW* Mile marker 7 to 15, eastbound and westbound – Overnight single lane closures for pavement marking, Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Mile marker 8 to 7, westbound – Right lane closures for utility work, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 30.
Mile marker 300 to 299, northbound and southbound – Right shoulder closures for utility work, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 30.
Route 55 (Strasburg Road) – Flagger traffic control for safety improvements between Shenandoah County line and Front Royal town limits, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through July 29.
Route 55 (Strasburg Road) – Shoulder closures for utility work in area of Route 664 (Whipporwill Road), 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through July 15.
Vegetation management may take place district wide on various routes. Motorists are reminded to use extreme caution when traveling through work zones.
To obtain traffic alerts and traveler information, dial 511 or go to http://www.511Virginia.org. The VDOT Customer Service Center can assist with reporting road hazards, asking transportation questions, or getting information related to Virginia roads. Call 800-FOR- ROAD (800-367-7623) or use its mobile friendly website at https://my.vdot.virginia.gov/. Agents are available 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.
The Staunton District Twitter feed is at @VaDOTStaunton. Follow VDOT on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. RSS feeds are also available for statewide information. The VDOT Web page is located at http://www.VirginiaDOT.org.
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Coasts & Castles South Sustrans route
The Coast and Castles Cycle Route
The 200 mile Coast & Castles cycle route (National Route 1) links Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Edinburgh via Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
Unfortunately, the specific Sustrans Coast and Castles South map is out of print. So below, I show some alternatives.
In Northumberland the Coast and Castles follows unspoiled coastline for almost all the way, including Amble, Bamburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland.
It would also be wrong to miss out on cycling across the causeway to Holy Island as well, but do check the Tide Times and don't get stuck!
The beach at Alnmouth (with me and Scott, from The Full English.)
There are fabulous castles either on the route or not far off – Alnwick, Barmburgh, Warkworth and Dunstanburgh, while the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed is also fascinating.
From Berwick there are two choices:
You can cycle up the beautiful Tweed Valley and over the hills of the Scottish Borders. The route goes through Coldstream, Kelso and Melrose and close to the ruins of the great abbeys of the Borders.
Or you can take the coastal route instead
The Borders hills are gloriously quiet and open out into a great view over the surrounding area and then down to Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth.
Looking towards the Firth of Forth and Edinburgh from the borders hills on the inland route
The route then drops down through Dalkeith and into Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, mostly via cycleways.
Alternatively, from Berwick stay on the coastal route through the quite towns and villages of East Lothian. All along this coast are lovely (and usually quiet) beaches.
It is a brilliant route – I know, I've cycled it! In fact, you can read more about it in the list of my Top 5 Sustrans cycle routes.
Cycle Northumberland have a discussion page on the route, which might also be helpful.
(Slightly confusingly, Sustrans renamed the cycle route north from Edinburgh as far as Aberdeeen as 'Coast & Castles North' and so added 'South' to the name of this route. Of course, you could always carry on up the coast of Scotland afterwards…)
Maps for the Coast and Castles Route
As I said above, the Sustrans Coast and Castles South map is out of print. However, there are other maps that will show you the route.
For the English section, as far as Berwick-upon-Tweed, I thoroughly recommend the Cycle Touring in Northumberland map below, produced by Cycle Northumberland. Alternatively, the Tyne & Wear and the North Northumberland Sustrans maps will help.
As you may have read, all Sustrans maps are being reworked in order to demote roads that are not deemed good enough by Sustrans. So the newer Sustrans maps, including the Edinburgh map and the Lanarkshire map, have gaps in what would be the Coast and Castles route.
Even so, you can still use them to work out the route. For the coastal route, you would need the North Northumberland and the Edinburgh maps. For the hills route in border country, you will need – in addition – the Lanarkshire map.
Edinburgh, Stirling, The Forth Sustrans Cycle Map
Lanarkshire & The Scottish Borders Sustrans Cycle Map


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COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials but scientists clueless on antibody
The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID -19 has infected in excess of 12 million people around the world and killed more than 500,000. It has also caused widespread socioeconomic disruption and damage. Various companies and institutes are racing to develop an effective vaccine on priority. A host of these vaccines are in the clinical trial stage and Russia has announced completion the trial. However, the scientists still don't have a full understanding of the molecular features that would define a protective antibody response to the disease.
A new study has enabled us to take a step closer to understanding the antibody. A team led by scientists at Scripps Research have announced the discovery of a common molecular feature found in many of the human antibodies that neutralize SARS CoV2.
Using X-ray crystallography, the team imaged two antibodies attached to their target site on SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting atomic-structure details of this interaction might potentially help the vaccine designers.
These antibodies are Y-shaped proteins made in immune cells called B-cells. Each B-cell makes a specific antibody type, or clone, which is encoded by a unique combination of antibody genes in the cell. The scientists found that an antibody gene called IGHV3-53 was the most common of the genes among the blood samples collected over past few months. These antibodies mutated only minimally from the original versions and hence it is easier to induce this same process with a vaccine. The generation of new B-Cells was not required to contain the virus.
Another set of IGHV3-53 antibodies were imaged to find the binding capacity to their target on SARS-CoV-2. The target, known as the receptor binding site, is a crucial structure on the viral "spike" protein that normally connects to a receptor on human cells to begin the process of cell infection. Many of the antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 appear to do so by blocking this virus-receptor connection.
The researchers say that the identification of IGHV3-53-encoded antibodies as key elements of the immune response to COVID-19 suggests that levels of these antibodies might be useful as an indirect marker of success in ongoing and future vaccine trials.
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