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League of Legends: 10 Epic Moments That Shocked Fans Worldwide
Updated: 07 Jun 2015 11:46 pm
The greatest moments in gaming history!
BY: Simon Ross
10 Legendary Moments in LOL That Stunned Fans Worldwide
With over 20 million players, League of Legends has become the most popular game in the world. There is no other game on either console or PC that can compete with the sheer number of hours played in League. As a result, a very large competitive scene has evolved including some of the biggest prize pools in gaming. Each year we witness teams from all over the world clash in the most epic battles we've ever seen on Summoner's Rift. Some of these moments shock fans worldwide and go down in the history books for how awesome they are. Here are 10 of those moments:
10. The World Championship receiving a higher rating than the NBA finals
The season 3 World Championships took place in a sold out Staples Center, Los Angeles
This is not a specific in game moment as are most of the moments on this list, but it still marks a shocking milestone in League of Legends history. The Miami Heat managed to beat the San Antonio Spurs in a grueling 7 game series to take home the big trophy and the NBA championship title. Just a couple of months later though, SK Telecom T1 went undefeated against Royal to win the League of Legends world championship.
SKT Telecom T1's final match against Royal was watched by 32 million people worldwide. That was far more viewers than either the NBA finals, or even the World Series attracted. This event was important because it really solidified pro-gaming and E-sports as a real thing. Due to this popularity many broadcasting networks have since taken up E-sports since it generates so much revenue.
Simon Ross
Favorite Genre: RPG
Currently Playing: Diablo 3, League of Legends, Dragon Age Inquisition
Top 3 Favorite Games:League of Legends, Diablo, Dark Souls II
The ad for SKT versus Royal
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New coronavirus emerges from bats in China, devastates young swine | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Ken Pekoc(link sends e-mail)
New coronavirus emerges from bats in China, devastates young swine
Identified in same region, from same bats, as SARS coronavirus.
A newly identified coronavirus that killed nearly 25,000 piglets in 2016-17 in China emerged from horseshoe bats near the origin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which emerged in 2002 in the same bat species. The new virus is named swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV). It does not appear to infect people, unlike SARS-CoV which infected more than 8,000 people and killed 774. No SARS-CoV cases have been identified since 2004. The study investigators identified SADS-CoV on four pig farms in China's Guangdong Province. The work was a collaboration among scientists from EcoHealth Alliance, Duke-NUS Medical School, Wuhan Institute of Virology and other organizations, and was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. The research is published in the journal Nature.
The researchers say the finding is an important reminder that identifying new viruses in animals and quickly determining their potential to infect people is a key way to reduce global health threats.
SADS-CoV began killing piglets on a farm near Foshan in Guangdong Province in late October 2016. Investigators initially suspected porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) as the cause. PEDV is a type of coronavirus common to swine that had been identified at the Foshan farm. Detection of PEDV ceased by mid-January 2017, yet piglets continued to die, suggesting a different cause. Scientists say separating sick sows and piglets from the rest of the herd helped stop the outbreak of SADS-CoV by May 2017.
Investigators confirmed the connection of SADS-CoV to bats by identifying the new virus in the small intestine of piglets from the outbreak. They then determined that the genetic sequence of SADS-CoV is similar to that of a bat coronavirus discovered in 2007 and looked for evidence of SADS-CoV in bat specimens collected from 2013 to 2016 in Guangdong Province. The new virus appeared in 71 of 596 specimens (11.9 percent).
The researchers also tested 35 farm workers who had close contact with sick pigs, none of whom tested positive for SADS-CoV.
Currently six coronaviruses are known to cause disease in people, but so far only two of them — SARS-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus — have caused large outbreaks of fatal illness in people.
P Zhou, et al. Fatal swine acute diarrhea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0010-9 (2018).
NIAID's Erik Stemmy, Ph.D., Human Coronavirus Research Program Officer, is available for comment.
To schedule interviews, please contact Ken Pekoc, (301) 402-1663, kpekoc@niaid.nih.gov(link sends e-mail).
This research was supported by NIAID award R01AI110964.
NIAID conducts and supports research — at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide — to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

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August 26, 2015 heat, history, storms, weather.
Wednesday's forecast for Austin: The National Weather Service says it will be mostly sunny and hot, with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Expect high temperatures near 97 but the elevated heat index values will make it feel like 101. It should be mostly clear at night, the service said, with a low around 72.


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/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Author: Kirill Andreev <andreev@iitp.ru>
 *         Pavel Boyko <boyko@iitp.ru>
 */
#include "mesh-helper.h"
#include "ns3/simulator.h"
#include "ns3/mesh-point-device.h"
#include "ns3/wifi-net-device.h"
#include "ns3/minstrel-wifi-manager.h"
#include "ns3/mesh-wifi-interface-mac.h"
namespace ns3
{
MeshHelper::MeshHelper () :
  m_nInterfaces (1),
  m_spreadChannelPolicy (ZERO_CHANNEL),
  m_stack (0),
  m_standard (WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211a)
{
}
MeshHelper::~MeshHelper ()
{
  m_stack = 0;
}
void
MeshHelper::SetSpreadInterfaceChannels (enum ChannelPolicy policy)
{
  m_spreadChannelPolicy = policy;
}
void
MeshHelper::SetStackInstaller (std::string type,
                               std::string n0, const AttributeValue &v0,
                               std::string n1, const AttributeValue &v1,
                               std::string n2, const AttributeValue &v2,
                               std::string n3, const AttributeValue &v3,
                               std::string n4, const AttributeValue &v4,
                               std::string n5, const AttributeValue &v5,
                               std::string n6, const AttributeValue &v6,
                               std::string n7, const AttributeValue &v7)
{
  m_stackFactory.SetTypeId (type);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n0, v0);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n1, v1);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n2, v2);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n3, v3);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n4, v4);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n5, v5);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n6, v6);
  m_stackFactory.Set (n7, v7);

  m_stack = m_stackFactory.Create<MeshStack> ();
  if (m_stack == 0)
    {
      NS_FATAL_ERROR ("Stack has not been created: " << type);
    }
}

void
MeshHelper::SetNumberOfInterfaces (uint32_t nInterfaces)
{
  m_nInterfaces = nInterfaces;
}
NetDeviceContainer
MeshHelper::Install (const WifiPhyHelper &phyHelper, NodeContainer c) const
{
  NetDeviceContainer devices;
  NS_ASSERT (m_stack != 0);
  for (NodeContainer::Iterator i = c.Begin (); i != c.End (); ++i)
    {
      Ptr<Node> node = *i;
      // Create a mesh point device
      Ptr<MeshPointDevice> mp = CreateObject<MeshPointDevice> ();
      node->AddDevice (mp);
      // Create wifi interfaces (single interface by default)
      for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_nInterfaces; ++i)
        {
          uint32_t channel = 0;
          if (m_spreadChannelPolicy == ZERO_CHANNEL)
            {
              channel = 0;
            }
          if (m_spreadChannelPolicy == SPREAD_CHANNELS)
            {
              channel = i * 5;
            }
          Ptr<WifiNetDevice> iface = CreateInterface (phyHelper, node, channel);
          mp->AddInterface (iface);
        }
      if (!m_stack->InstallStack (mp))
        {
          NS_FATAL_ERROR ("Stack is not installed!");
        }
      devices.Add (mp);
    }
  return devices;
}
MeshHelper
MeshHelper::Default (void)
{
  MeshHelper helper;
  helper.SetMacType ();
  helper.SetRemoteStationManager ("ns3::ArfWifiManager");
  helper.SetSpreadInterfaceChannels (SPREAD_CHANNELS);
  return helper;
}

void
MeshHelper::SetMacType (std::string n0, const AttributeValue &v0,
                        std::string n1, const AttributeValue &v1,
                        std::string n2, const AttributeValue &v2,
                        std::string n3, const AttributeValue &v3,
                        std::string n4, const AttributeValue &v4,
                        std::string n5, const AttributeValue &v5,
                        std::string n6, const AttributeValue &v6,
                        std::string n7, const AttributeValue &v7)
{
  m_mac.SetTypeId ("ns3::MeshWifiInterfaceMac");
  m_mac.Set (n0, v0);
  m_mac.Set (n1, v1);
  m_mac.Set (n2, v2);
  m_mac.Set (n3, v3);
  m_mac.Set (n4, v4);
  m_mac.Set (n5, v5);
  m_mac.Set (n6, v6);
  m_mac.Set (n7, v7);
}
void
MeshHelper::SetRemoteStationManager (std::string type,
                                     std::string n0, const AttributeValue &v0,
                                     std::string n1, const AttributeValue &v1,
                                     std::string n2, const AttributeValue &v2,
                                     std::string n3, const AttributeValue &v3,
                                     std::string n4, const AttributeValue &v4,
                                     std::string n5, const AttributeValue &v5,
                                     std::string n6, const AttributeValue &v6,
                                     std::string n7, const AttributeValue &v7)
{
  m_stationManager = ObjectFactory ();
  m_stationManager.SetTypeId (type);
  m_stationManager.Set (n0, v0);
  m_stationManager.Set (n1, v1);
  m_stationManager.Set (n2, v2);
  m_stationManager.Set (n3, v3);
  m_stationManager.Set (n4, v4);
  m_stationManager.Set (n5, v5);
  m_stationManager.Set (n6, v6);
  m_stationManager.Set (n7, v7);
}
void
MeshHelper::SetStandard (enum WifiPhyStandard standard)
{
  m_standard = standard;
}

Ptr<WifiNetDevice>
MeshHelper::CreateInterface (const WifiPhyHelper &phyHelper, Ptr<Node> node, uint16_t channelId) const
{
  Ptr<WifiNetDevice> device = CreateObject<WifiNetDevice> ();

  Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> mac = m_mac.Create<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> ();
  NS_ASSERT (mac != 0);
  mac->SetSsid (Ssid ());
  Ptr<WifiRemoteStationManager> manager = m_stationManager.Create<WifiRemoteStationManager> ();
  NS_ASSERT (manager != 0);
  Ptr<WifiPhy> phy = phyHelper.Create (node, device);
  mac->SetAddress (Mac48Address::Allocate ());
  mac->ConfigureStandard (m_standard);
  phy->ConfigureStandard (m_standard);
  device->SetMac (mac);
  device->SetPhy (phy);
  device->SetRemoteStationManager (manager);
  node->AddDevice (device);
  mac->SwitchFrequencyChannel (channelId);
  return device;
}
void
MeshHelper::Report (const ns3::Ptr<ns3::NetDevice>& device, std::ostream& os)
{
  NS_ASSERT (m_stack != 0);
  Ptr<MeshPointDevice> mp = device->GetObject<MeshPointDevice> ();
  NS_ASSERT (mp != 0);
  std::vector<Ptr<NetDevice> > ifaces = mp->GetInterfaces ();
  os << "<MeshPointDevice time=\"" << Simulator::Now ().GetSeconds () << "\" address=\""
     << Mac48Address::ConvertFrom (mp->GetAddress ()) << "\">\n";
  m_stack->Report (mp, os);
  os << "</MeshPointDevice>\n";
}
void
MeshHelper::ResetStats (const ns3::Ptr<ns3::NetDevice>& device)
{
  NS_ASSERT (m_stack != 0);
  Ptr<MeshPointDevice> mp = device->GetObject<MeshPointDevice> ();
  NS_ASSERT (mp != 0);
  m_stack->ResetStats (mp);
}
int64_t
MeshHelper::AssignStreams (NetDeviceContainer c, int64_t stream)
{
  int64_t currentStream = stream;
  Ptr<NetDevice> netDevice;
  for (NetDeviceContainer::Iterator i = c.Begin (); i != c.End (); ++i)
    {
      netDevice = (*i);
      Ptr<MeshPointDevice> mpd = DynamicCast<MeshPointDevice> (netDevice);
      Ptr<WifiNetDevice> wifi;
      Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> mac;
      if (mpd)
        {
          // To access, we need the underlying WifiNetDevices
          std::vector<Ptr<NetDevice> > ifaces = mpd->GetInterfaces ();
          for (std::vector<Ptr<NetDevice> >::iterator i = ifaces.begin (); i != ifaces.end (); i++)
            {
              wifi = DynamicCast<WifiNetDevice> (*i);

              // Handle any random numbers in the PHY objects.
              currentStream += wifi->GetPhy ()->AssignStreams (currentStream);

              // Handle any random numbers in the station managers.
              Ptr<WifiRemoteStationManager> manager = wifi->GetRemoteStationManager ();
              Ptr<MinstrelWifiManager> minstrel = DynamicCast<MinstrelWifiManager> (manager);
              if (minstrel)
                {
                  currentStream += minstrel->AssignStreams (currentStream);
                }
              // Handle any random numbers in the mesh mac and plugins
              mac = DynamicCast<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> (wifi->GetMac ());
              if (mac)
                {
                  currentStream += mac->AssignStreams (currentStream);
                }
            }
        }
    }
  return (currentStream - stream);
}

} // namespace ns3

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Archive for the 'On His Works' Category
Food For Healing the Soul
Sunday, August 10th, 2014
The Yahrzeit of the Rav Tzvi Hersh of Liska (1798-1874) is commemorated on the 14th of Menachem Av. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
His Writings
This is the background: I am very excited to share that I have now taken his innovations of the Torah and had them set down for posterity. In addition, I also have a bundle containing his Torah innovations which were never before available covering all the Holidays and Festivals, and also his writings regarding several issues in the Mishnah. All the writings stem from later in his life and the topics that inspired him at that same time.
We don't have his work from earlier times because all the brilliant teachings and writings which he had set down when he was younger in a book were burned in a fire of this world when he was in the provinces of Poland. None of it remained for him except for that knowledge that was in his head, which has always been the basis of his teaching.
As he put it:
"As I teach from what's in my head, I don't need anything more.
"On a certain level, the fire was God's will. I accept it."
The day of the fire, he was able to sense that the books in his house were burning and he dashed home, and they asked him why he was leaving them in a hurry and he said:
"In my minds eye, I'm seeing that my books were burned in a fire!"
And so it was.
In these words of Torah are found all food for healing the soul and all drink for getting to the essence of reverence for Hashem and meditating on His name.
For, as the waters cover the sea, so does fear of heaven and love of God fill a person, and so we wait for the world to be filled with God's presence.
For there are many who go out in search of acquiring wisdom and understanding, seeking to hear words said in truth from the mouth of a true preacher. And we, too, should merit to bring an overflow of books in a basket of books that will fill us within and give our souls their coins. People should seek out these treasures.
And now please take this book, a blessing from me that I have brought before you.
(From the Introduction by his grandson, Rabbi Zev Wolf, on the book "True Sustenance")
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Shared Concerns
Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
The Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yisachar Ber of Zlotchov (d. 1810) is commemorated on the 7th of Menachem Av. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
His Books
It has come to pass that I too, "the plant of his joy", take my own joy in setting my heart onto those concerns that were my father's.
He had a vast number and range, like a great sea, and they are gathered in his teachings.
I took a pledge, etched it with fondness into my heart, to raise them up onto printing presses, to have them printed and presented as a gift in honor of Hashem, a "fire offering".
Chief Rabbi of Krakow On His Book
The Yahrzeit of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Halevi of Krakow ("Maor V'Shemesh") (d 1827) is commemorated on the 1st of Tammuz. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
From the Words of the Gaon Rabbi Dov Berisz Meisels On Reb Kalonymus' Book
There are many authors with keen insights whose works have inspired me.
But here's a set of criteria I have come up with to exert discretion in selecting which ones to endorse:
1) When through faith an author's thought has given rise to sweet fruits, instilling wisdom and when his words can be used to raise up those who have stumbled along the way.
2) When I can see, at least, that the words have been arisen in the mind of a man who belongs to a community of those who fear Hashem and who ponder His name, who have found refuge in our town, may his Rock preserve and sustain him: For Hashem is close to him to redeem.
And behold in the case of this author, these two criteria come together.
For, a righteous luminary is the Rav, distinguished in Torah and in awe and kindness, with saintly insights into divine ways.
He has earned an esteemed name in Israel, our teacher the Rav Kalonymus Kalman HaLevi (may his memory be for the life of the world to come). His light has shined in the gates of our town.
His distinguished, well-educated son, the lover of God, Hasid, and fearing God, his father's pride and joy, our teacher the Rav Aaron Halevi, a luminary in Israel, published the book Maor V'Shemesh in order to provide light also to those counted as Hasidim in our town.
And about the essence of what the book says, behold I have set my eyes upon it and found in it pure, refined sayings. From his mouth, flames come forth that light up the reader's heart with fear of Hashem and love for Him.
And although I am not of the Hasidic community and I am not usually occupied with mystery teachings, nonetheless, I will not hesitate to say what's true. For I have thought deeply about what I have read in this book, and behold, his words have intensified in me a love of Hashem and I have been touched by his precious and pleasant ideas.
(From the beginning of the book "Maor v'Shemesh")
Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov of Biala for "Toldot Adam"
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
The Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yehoshua of Ostrova (d 1873) is commemorated on the 28th of Nissan. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
It's a Notable Sign
"His dear people, those who would bask in his holy shadow, asked their Rebbe, the famous, holy, divine Rav, our teacher, the Rabbi, Reb Shlomo Yehudah Leib of Leczna, (his righteous memory a blessing for life in the world to come, may his merits shield us):
'Why haven't you been writing down your Torah of truth, your secret gems and insights, which have flowed continually from you at all times; why haven't you been putting them into a book for posterity?'
"And he answered them with these words:
'For all time, I have never desired, nor has it ever crossed my mind to do so, not a single time.'
"So he passed the holy task along to his son, our teacher of valor, the author, may his merits shield us, who said it like this:
'See! — זה ספר תולדת אדם / Zeh Sefer Toldot Adam / This book, Toldot Adam — is my creation.'
"And in line with his intent to capture his father's insights, it appears there is a notable sign embedded in the text and, this sign hints to his father's holy spirit.
"For the numerology of:
זה ספר תולדת אדם / Zeh Sefer Toldot Adam
[NOTE: 1,237: 7+5 + 60+80+200 + 400+6+30+4+400 + 1+4+40 = 12+340+840+45]
"equals the numerology of their names as follows:
יהושע בהרב הצדיק שלמה יהודה / Joshua with the Rav, the Tzaddik, Shlomo Yehudah; plus the 23 letters found in the five aforementioned words, (i.e., 23 for the count of letters in the Hebrew, 'Yehoshua b'haRav haTzaddik Shlomo Yehudah')!
[NOTE: 1,237: 10+5+6+300+70 + 2+5+200+2 + 5+90+4+10+100 + 300+30+40+5 + 10+5+6+4+5 + 23 = 391+209+209+375+30+23]
"And behold, the basic summary of what 'This Book Toldot Adam' is about is that it explains how, with words of Torah, the human nature shines a light into the hearts of Jews; this is the Toldot Adam / generations of humankind."
(Excerpt from the book's Introduction which was written by his son-in-law Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov of Biala for "Toldot Adam")
[NOTE: This book is public domain and can be accessed by clicking this link.]
A Testimonial to his Greatness
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
The Yahrzeit of Reb Meir Yechiel Halevi Halstock of Ostrowiec (1852-1928) is commemorated on the 19th of Adar. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
Who Can Bring Us a Replacement?
In Midrash Bereishit Parshah 91:
"Four materials, (silver, gold, iron and copper), stand out in terms of their utility in the world, and if any of the four is lost, it can be replaced as follows: For silver has a mine, and there is a place for gold to be refined, iron may be gotten from dust and from ore is smelted copper."
But a wise sage who has died, who can bring us his replacement, who can bring us his equal?
All four of these qualities were contained in the Tzaddik, our master, our teacher zichron tzaddik l'vracha.
His Dedication to Charity and His Passing
The Yahrzeit of Reb Yitzchak of Neshchiz (1790?–1868) is commemorated on the 21st of Shvat. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
His Dedication to Charity
Maot chitin, (or kimcha d'Pischa, i.e., money for making Matzah), was sent to several towns, even to the town of Byelsk, which is very far from here (Neshchiz).
In the early years, he, himself, wrote the record of the Tzedakah that was given, e.g. like this:
"Baruch Hashem, Parashat Vayikra, I gave thirteen silver roubles. In addition, eleven and a half silver roubles. In addition, one silver rouble, one gold, etc.
Parashat Behaalotecha, twenty silver roubles, sixty-three silver roubles, etc.
Parashat Vayigash, twenty-four silver roubles, one hundred eight silver roubles, etc."
And in the middle of his ledger were found also a little bit entered in the handwriting of his Shammos according to his own reckonings.
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The Chozeh of Lublin on His Book
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
The Yahrzeit of Reb Shlomo of Lutzk (1740-1813) is commemorated on the 10th of Tevet. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
It is known to those who know me that my way is not to conduct myself in grandiosity. And something of this also transfers to giving the appropation on a book. But to honor a great man, I have reversed my wish (to not speak with grandeur).
For, behold, well-known is the Rav (of Mezritch), a preacher (Maggid) of uprightness, he is ingenious and expert in revealed and hidden teachings, a holy one of Israel. Already the fame of his nature has spread out in the world through the introduction to the book (of his teachings), "Collected Sayings" of our teacher and our master, the great and the holy, our teacher the Rav Dov Ber z'l.
And now, they have shown me new writings from a student of the Rav, the Maggid, viz., our teacher the Rav Shlomo, a preacher (Maggid) of uprightness of the holy congregation of Skohl, whose name is Reb Shlomo Lutzker and Koretzer.
And I have seen in the writings many amazing innovations and they are sweet as honey. And greatly have I benefited from them. And I understood after reading these that there are men who are particularly astute.
Being the approbation from me, I have been compelled to reverse my wish to not speak with grandeur and to give notice that:
His uprightness in my eyes is exceeding and, it is very appropriate to advertise to many myriads that they should drink in his sweet words.
(Excerpt from the approbation for "Divrat Shlomo")
Eulogy for the Sefat Emet
The Yahrzeit of Reb Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter ("Sefat Emet") (1847-1905) is commemorated on the 5th of Shvat. The following lamentation on his passing appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
A Father To Israel
Is there anyone who does not know of it?
For a prince and a great one has fallen in Israel; the lion among his pride.
When the lion, "Aryeh", roared, who did not fear? Whose heart did not feel anxious? And who did not shake?
The sages z'l said that when the tribes found what they sought, they trembled in great terror, but for us who have not found or gained but only lost, how much the more so!
Praises From The Alter Rebbe
The Yahrzeit of Rabbi Abraham of Kalisk (1741-1810) is commemorated on the 4th of Shvat. The following praise for his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
The Baal Tanya in his praising of Rabbi Avraham
"… And behold, my beloved ones, my dear fellows and my friends:
"Without a doubt you know; in all certainty you comprehend how precious, how wonderful, how great is the strengthening of adherence to mitzvot, the strengthening of yeshivot of the [Holy] Land for it is considerable!
"For the same can be said with respect to reigning in one single house in which they previously rejected the stringent mitzvot of the Shabbos!
"And also, in addition, to revive many innocent souls who are serving Hashem in holiness and in purity and becoming sanctified and purified!
"[All this is] due to the holiness and the holy purity of our master, our teacher, morenu haRav Avraham hakohen, the great one of his fellows.
"May haRav Avraham, who fills a place of holiness of Rabbeinu hakadosh, [the Maggid of Mezritch], (may his memory be a blessing for life eternal), live in wisdom and awe."
(Likutei Amarim, Letter 26)
"Sidrei Taharot" Endorsements
The Yahrzeit of Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Leiner of Radzin (1839-1891) is commemorated on the 4th of Tevet. The following praise of his works appeared in Sefer HaHasidut, Meah Tzadikim, Raphael, Yitzchak, 1961, Tel Aviv. (Freely translated by Gabbai Seth Fishman.)
Gedolim Among Endorsers for "Sidrei Taharot"
Rabbi Yosef Saul Nathanson of Lvov:
"Truth will out, a thing of truth, that it was in my winter days and, just as with the author, so there arose in my heart something as the author has accomplished and the idea left its mark on me, impressions about all the lost gemara of Masechet Keilim. To truly attest, many troubles surrounded my attempts and also I had seen in stories in praise of my ancestor the Gaon Maharal of Prague z'l that he also established a reconstruction like this; but his was lost in a fire, a setback. However in my heart the teachings were inaccessible, who would would give them back? And it was a man of valour who knew to arrange a great collection of related material like this — good will come forth from this for Beit Yisrael and, all of Israel will be blessed by it. Now it has happened and I see that the aforementioned Rav the Gaon has made his heart ready and worked and did this great collection."
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Britt Reid, Chiefs assistant coach and son of Andy Reid, Included in crash that Severely injured child
Britt Reid is being researched for"impairment," police said.
08 February 2021 Monday 22:04
Reid endured non-life-threatening accidents, but two kids in a vehicle involved in the crash were severely injured, including one with life threatening accidents.
Head coach Andy Reid issued a declaration at a postgame press conference Sunday night, stating,"My heart goes out to those who were involved with the injury -- specifically the household with the tiny woman who's fighting for her life"
"And listen, it is a difficult situation -- I can not comment about it any more than that which I'm here -- therefore the queries which you have I am gonna need to turn down those in this moment," he continued. "But only from an individual perspective, my heart bleeds for everyone involved in this."
From the Chiefs' first statement, the group stated:"The company was made aware of a multi-vehicle accident between Outside Linebackers Coach, Britt Reid. We're in the process of collecting information, and we'll have no additional comment at this moment. Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody involved."
The incident happened Thursday night in about 9 pm near the Chiefs' practice facility in the Truman Sports Complex, according to authorities.
Reid struck a vehicle that had run out of petrol on the side of the street, resulting in a chain reaction which struck the other car belonging to relatives helping the stranded car, according to authorities. A 5-year-old at the next automobile endured life-threatening injuries, even though a 4-year-old in that automobile suffered non-life-threatening accidents, authorities said. The 5-year-old stayed in critical condition on Saturday, authorities said.
The driver of this automobile Reid hit and two adults at the second car weren't hurt.
According to a merit acquired by ESPN, Reid confessed to being the driver of this Ram Laramie which resulted in the crash. A officer that arrived at the scene of the wreck stated that he can smell a"moderate odor" of alcohol Reid, which his eyes were bloodshot. When asked if he was drinking, Reid reportedly stated he had just two to three drinks and had taken Adderall, according to the warrant.
After complaining of abdominal pain, Reid was hauled to a nearby hospital, where he was being detected for"indications of disability," in accordance with the merit.
The merit also notes that Reid has"multiple previous DUI contacts"
The Chiefs was in Kansas City because of COVID-19 protocols.
He is hospitalized for days because of his injuries, the source added.
The Kansas City Police Department confirmed to ABC News when there are fees in this situation, they won't be filed until after the Super Bowl, as a standard investigation of this type would require at least a couple weeks.
Since 2013, Reid has worked together with his dad, who's coached in the NFL since 1992 and taken the Eagles and Chiefs into the Super Bowl. Andy Reid won his first name with Kansas City this past year.
Britt Reid pleaded guilty to simple assault and flashing a gun at another motorist in a road rage incident in 2007, based on Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, court documents, and served jail time. While in prison, he insisted guilty into a charge of driving under the influence of a regulated substance by another incident, court documents show.
He paid fines.
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Tagged: Business, College, Engineering, Faculty, Fellow, Nationally, recognized, Unleashed
Jonathan Leinonen, principal lecturer in the Michigan Technological University College
of Business, is a 2021 Engineering Unleashed Fellow.
This year, 27 individuals from higher education institutions across the country have
been named fellows by Engineering Unleashed (EU). The designation recognizes leadership
in undergraduate engineering education. The honor, which encompasses research plus
funding, will go far in continuing to differentiate Michigan Tech's business program
for its business-STEM interface.
In this Q&A, Leinonen describes the opportunity, his work and what the EU fellowship
means for business students, Michigan Tech and the region.
Engineering Unleashed
Engineering Unleashed (EU) is a community of 3,800 faculty members from 340 institutions
of higher education. It's powered by the Kern Family Engineering Entrepreneurship
Network (KEEN), a 50-partner collaborative that shares a mission to graduate engineers
with entrepreneurial mindsets who are equipped to create societal, personal and economic
value. In 2019, Michigan Tech became the 42nd university accepted into KEEN, a great
honor for all of campus.
Q: Jon, congratulations on being named an Engineering Unleashed Fellow! How'd you
get involved in the EU community?
JL: Thanks! The seed for the fellowship process was planted as I worked with a group
of innovative faculty from across campus with a vision to promote an entrepreneurial
mindset throughout Michigan Tech. Once I learned what Engineering Unleashed is all
about, I began to realize that a lot of what we teach in the College of Business is
in line with KEEN.
In the process, I took Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development workshops that were
designed and delivered by a group of subject-matter experts who serve as faculty members
at more than 25 institutions. The workshops attract faculty participants from across
the country, focusing on the development and application of an entrepreneurial mindset
in teaching and learning, research, industry or leadership.
Q: What do you do in your day-to-day work?
JL: As a principal lecturer within the College of Business, my main focus is on teaching
business management courses. Prior to this, I worked in industry for about 20 years,
which sensitized me to the needs of businesses to develop a holistic view to problem-solving.
To complement my teaching, I also work with entrepreneurial and economic development
groups that include Michigan Tech's entrepreneurial support programs, Michigan Small
Business Development Center, the Finnish American Chamber of Commerce for the Upper
Peninsula, MTEC SmartZone and Portage Health Foundation.
Q: What opportunities does this fellowship open up for you?
JL: Working in the midst of this ecosystem allows leverage across my roles for class
projects, research and community impact. The support from the KEEN fellowship has
materially advanced the under-resourced college student dialogue with stakeholders,
identified new research opportunities for students and is leading to material outcomes
that demonstrate our capabilities as a University and within the College of Business.
As we show success in these areas, students are eager to learn and be involved in
research, the community becomes more engaged and opportunities open up across the
board. I am one to look ahead and often ask what's next. I'm eager to see this project
bring in more students and opportunities to engage the community with new value.
Q: What's your project about?
JL: I applied the entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) framework from Engineering
Unleashed to work with students to submit a project to the Undergraduate Research
Internship Program (URIP) through the Pavlis Honors College. EML is the collective
process of instilling curiosity and discovery, developing insight and creating value
through experiential education. We secured funding to hire two students with additional
support from the Dean's Advisory Council in the College of Business and the Portage
Health Foundation. Those students worked to prepare two reports that identified resource
needs specific to students in the western Upper Peninsula.
An example of the need we are addressing is the number of college students who have
been diagnosed with conditions such as anxiety, depression and chronic pain. Students
who lack the resources to handle these diagnoses face a much greater challenge to
learning. Another is the cost of college where students are not able to access available
grants or benefits they may be eligible for. Helping students to identify and access
the available resources is an ongoing need we are looking into.
Right now we're completing our first cut of informational videos and a draft of the
regional scholarship program.
Leinonen works with students to identify resource needs specific to students in the
western Upper Peninsula.
Q: Where did you get the idea?
JL: In my Introduction to Business course, some students expressed an interest in
research, so I attended the Engineering Unleashed workshop on entrepreneurially minded
student research. The focus of our project is to assist under-resourced college students,
which is related to a community-wide poverty assistance initiative being led by Portage
Health Foundation that I am also involved with.
Q: What challenges have you encountered?
JL: As I brought more students into working on the project, one of the challenges
was to maintain focus. We started to get into resource needs that include food security,
safe and affordable housing, various aspects and access to health care, communication
with stakeholders and more, in addition to finances.
In our fall class, we constrained our scope to communication with stakeholders through
informative videos to high schools and also community representatives. We also had
another group focused on researching and documenting a business model based on best
practices applicable to the western UP for a regional scholarship program.
Q: How will students benefit from this?
JL: Concepts discussed in the classroom have little value unless we can help someone
improve their life at the end of the day. Students are gaining hands-on experience
with a variety of business concepts with the promise of also helping future students
as a result of their work. Through this project, we followed students' curiosity in
research and applied it to a regionally significant challenge.
I surveyed students from my class after exercising the entrepreneurial mindset. Eighty-five
percent of respondents indicated they either agreed or strongly agreed that they are
better prepared to handle a future complex project, they are more proficient with
skills and ability to conduct research, they can see how their work leads to broader
community and societal benefits, and their efforts will make a material benefit to
the lives of other people. Altogether, the students not only helped the project, but
are more capable to carry these skills forward for future impact.
The group interviewed high school and college students and administrators, community
representatives and government officials. They are working on videos for social media
to communicate the needs and ways for people to become more involved in supporting
Another group of students prepared information to develop a regional scholarship program.
The students' goal is to develop a plan to seed, build and operate a community-based
scholarship program for the western Upper Peninsula.
I anticipate that future student projects will be able to work on more specific facets
that were identified along the way, including resources to support students' mental
and physical health, support for navigating the college administrative processes and
also further engagement with the scholarship program.
Q: You also serve as co-director of Husky Innovate and vice president of Superior
Innovations. How does EU coalesce with those initiatives?
JL: Michigan Tech has an amazing team of entrepreneurially minded people. As students
develop their entrepreneurial interests, Michigan Tech provides people and programs
to meet them at every step of the journey. Students shape and test their ideas, secure
development resources, build out their team and business model, and set themselves
on the path to entrepreneurship. I often say that success has a lot of people's fingerprints
on it, and the team here is as good as anywhere to help dreams become reality.
About the College of Business
The Michigan Tech College of Business offers undergraduate majors in accounting, construction
management, economics, engineering management, finance, management, management information
systems and marketing, as well as a general business option. Graduate degrees include
the TechMBA®, a Master of Engineering Management, a Master of Science in Accounting
and a Master of Science in Applied Natural Resource Economics.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, the University offers more than 125 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.
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Books by Kate Vale
Fair Weather Fandom
January 20, 2015 January 19, 2015 by Kate Vale
In 2012, the Seattle Seahawks had a good season that captured my imagination when they almost-but-not-quite made it through the playoffs. As a result, I paid much closer attention to their games through the 2013 season. I was thrilled when they won the Super Bowl.
Throughout the 2014 season, I have made a point of watching as many of their games as possible. In one case, I was at an airport one Sunday and when a huge cheer went up from a nearby sports bar, I was compelled to ask another passenger scheduled for the same flight what the noise was all about. He beamed and reported that the Seahawks had just scored a touchdown. He also knew the score at that point, so I wended my way onto the plane anticipating that my team was on its way to winning that game, too. (Which they did.)
I approached the playoff games this season keeping my fingers and toes crossed that the Seahawks would again make the playoffs. (My fear was that this formerly fair-weather fan's wishes would become the "kiss of death." Thus, I have not mentioned the Superbowl to my friends and acquaintances who have another favorite team.)
In the interests of full disclosure, I admit to having been a nearly-rabid Cornhuskers fan when I lived in Nebraska. But how could I not, when they were winners in the day and everyone in our neighborhood sported team flags and other paraphernalia. While my son couldn't be bothered, I usually repaired to the garden and listened to the games on a portable radio, cheering loudly after each touchdown. My cheers usually blended with those floating out the open windows of my neighbors until cold winter winds chased us all indoors to watch the game on TV with the sound muted, the better to hear our favorite radio guys calling the game.
Now I find we are going to the Superbowl, after a playoff game no one could have predicted. Perhaps that last 5-minute reprieve was the result of receipt of a late-Christmas present to me: a much-coveted Seahawks jersey with my favorite kicker's number (4) on it. Hey Hauschie! Regardless of why they won or how much luck and prayers had to do with it, it was trilling to join others in that Woodinville lounge screaming our lungs out when we made it to the end of the game tied and then won in overtime.
You can bet I'll be glued to the telly watching the Superbowl this year, too!
Go, Hawks!
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An incredible moment took place in the Oval Office Thursday, as President Trump met with four World War II veterans, keeping a promise he made to 95-year-old retired sergeant Allen Jones.
"Beautiful afternoon in the Oval Office today with a few great American HEROES!" Trump announced on social media, accompanied by a video of his encounter with Jones.
During a speech at the VFW Convention in Kansas City, Missouri last July, the President invited the veteran on stage where he noted that Jones had been a VFW member for most of his adult life and had four brothers serve with him in World War II.
Jones immediately hoped his children saw that "their dad got to stand beside the president of the United States," then asked if he could bring his family to visit him at the White House for his 95th birthday the following April.
Trump did not hesitate – "Yes!" he said.
President Trump heaped praise upon the World War II veterans in attendance, which included Floyd Wigfield, Sidney Walton and Paul Kriner, all of whom are over 100-years-old.
His promise to Allen Jones is evidence that he views them as a national treasure.
During the meeting, the President made yet another promise to 101-year-old Floyd Wigfield who spoke of his experience on Utah Beach in June of 1944.