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Please be advised that the categories of individuals who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine continues to be expanded by the NYS Department of Health. The list will continue to change as federal and state guidance changes and more vaccines become available.
For a list of resources to help confirm eligibility, register, and schedule vaccination appointments in NY, please see below:
To check your eligibility to receive a COVID vaccine at a NYS-run vaccination site, visit the NYS "Am I Eligible" Website, or call 833.NYS.4.VAX (833.697.4829)
To find appointments at a NYC-run vaccination site, please visit the NYC COVID-19 Vaccine Finder Website. You may also schedule appointments within the five boroughs by going online or by calling 1-877-VAX-4NYC (877.829.4692)
For the latest vaccine news and information about eligibility, appointments, and evolving University guidance, visit CUNY's Coronavirus Webpage, which contains the latest vaccine information, including eligibility updates and links to federal, state, and city resources on how and where to receive vaccinations.
Individuals who obtain vaccination appointments will be asked to bring proof of eligibility. If eligibility is due to occupation, the proof of eligibility may be an employee ID card, a pay stub, etc., depending on the specific priority status. Consistent with legislation signed by Governor Cuomo, all CUNY employees will be granted up to four hours of excused leave per injection associated with receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. The leave will not be charged against any other leave the employee has earned or accrued. In addition, as part of CUNY's #VaxUpCUNY Campaign, members of the CUNY community are invited to submit photos and messages of themselves receiving their vaccinations in an effort to dispel the widespread fear and hesitancy that surround the vaccines. You can also join the campaign by posting your photos on social media and using the hashtag #VaxUpCUNY.
We thank you for your efforts in helping keep the CSI community safe. We will continue to share information about vaccinations as it becomes available.
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Dancing with the Stars' Val Chmerkovskiy: "I've Never Been This Excited For a Season Before"
By Melissa Locker
The 19th season of Dancing with the Stars gets underway tonight with the usual melange of ostensible stars like Back to the Future's Lea Thompson, NASCAR's Michael Waltrip, MMA champ Randy Couture, YouTube sensation Bethany Mota and professional hunk Anthony Sabato Jr. While these celebrities may be skilled in the ring, on the track or on the screen, they are not professional dancers (save for Alfonso Ribeiro, who invented The Carlton). To prepare them for the battle, each star is paired with a pro — and after 19 seasons, some of the pros have become bigger stars than the so-called stars with whom they are partnered. (Say that five times fast).
This season, former pro Julianne Hough completes the circle of life (insert your own Lion King joke here) and joins the judges' table to assess the skills of her former colleagues and their new charges. Plus, a brand new pro joins the elite squad of dedicated dancers: Keo Motsepe. One seasoned vet, Val Chmerkovskiy, chatted with TIME about what to expect from this season of Dancing with the Stars from a pro's perspective.
This season, Chmerkovskiy is paired with Janel Parrish, known for her role on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars. "I had not seen Pretty Little Liars before," says Chermkovskiy. "I'm aware of the show though, because all my friends went crazy when I told them who I was paired up with. Now I've watched a few."
Parrish is one of the younger contestants on the show and, after a stint with in the National Touring Company and Broadway Company of Les Miserables as Little Cosette, it's clear she has stage chops. "Janelle is one of those kids who grew up having a natural flair for performance," says Val. "She did singing and acting, but musical theater was the thing she really loved to do. She took some dance classes to complement that. She knows how to move and has some stage presence and she kept up with it, so she has been introduced to dancing before, but has never worked on ballroom dancing in her life."
Still, Chmerkovskiy is aware that with their resumes, people expect them to go far in the competition. "I am humbled by the fact that people have a lot of expectations for her and myself. I want to surpass those expectations," he says. When asked if he thinks he and Janel have it in them to take home the Mirror Ball Trophy this year, he diplomatically replies: "I think everybody on the show should think that way about their partners and their opportunities."
But Chmerkovskiy prefers a more zen approach to the competition: "I'm not obsessing about the result as much as the process. I want to make this season great for her."
When asked about the competition, Chmerkovskiy admitted he has a little crush on one of the other contestants. "Tommy Chong is one of my favorite celebrities of all time. I never fangirl over anybody, but Tommy Chong is definitely my man crush this season. He's awesome," Chmerkovskiy says. "He has a great sense of humor and I'm sure he and Peta [Muragatroyd] get the munchies all the time."
"Every partner has their strengths, and our responsibility as professionals is to recognize those strengths and capitalize on them, choreographically. You have to translate that chemistry on the dance floor and make their personalities shine," says Chmerkovskiy, before noting something that avid fans know to be true: "The best dancers rarely win the show." When pushed, Chmerkovskiy demurs. "I don't know! I try to do my very best and hopefully that comes through, first to my partner, second of all with Dancing with the Stars, my employer, and third of all with the fans. Who they vote for is not something I can control."
"Last year, Meryl [Davis] was clearly the best dancer on the show, and we saw the best dancer win," said Chmerkovskiy. "But was it her incredible dancing or was it her journey with my brother, Maks — or something about their chemistry? I'm aware that it's not just the dancing show, but the chemistry, the journey and the growth. I'm focused on that and going to bring that out this season."
As for who he thinks will shine this season, it's all about The Fresh Prince. "Alfonso Ribeiro is a great performer and I'm sure he's going to be a highlight," said Chmerkovskiy. "I don't know about any single individual because we need to wait for the first show. But now, judging from the interaction we've had, everyone on the cast is amazing. I've never been this excited for a season before."


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The eleventh and final season of Modern Family premiered on September 25, 2019 on ABC and concluded on April 8, 2020. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Steven Levitan Productions, and Picador Productions, with creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd as showrunners.

Cast

Main
 Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
 Sofía Vergara as Gloria Pritchett
 Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
 Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
 Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
 Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
 Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy
 Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy
 Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy
 Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado
 Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett
 Jeremy Maguire as Joe Pritchett
 Reid Ewing as Dylan Marshall

Recurring
 Marsha Kramer as Margaret

Notable guests

 Hillary Anne Matthews as Sherry Shaker
 Kristen Li as Suzie
 Tara Strong as Bridget the Smart Fridge (Voice)
 Gabrielle Ruiz as Anne
 Amy Pietz as Janice
 Molly Ephraim as Libby
 Stephanie Beatriz as Sonia Ramirez
 Stephanie Koenig as Sheryl
 Christopher Gorham as Brad
 Matthew Wilkas as Paul
 Dominic Burgess as Nate
 Rob Riggle as Gil Thorpe
 Kevin Daniels as Longines
 Sam Lloyd as Bobby
 Daniela Bobadilla as Trish
 Jimmy Tatro as Bill
 Andy Walken as Deadpool
 Alex Perez as Waiter
 Mather Zickel as Scooter
 Rory O'Malley as Ptolemy
 Ed Begley Jr. as Jerry
 Rachel Bay Jones as Farrah Marshall
 Lauren Adams as Campbell
 Jen Kirkman as Molly
 Courteney Cox as herself
 David Beckham as himself
 Stephen Merchant as Higgins
 Snoop Dogg as himself (voice)
 Mark Saul as Mantel
 Michelle Campbell as aerobic woman
 Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy
 Paula Marshall as Beverly
 Hayley Erin as Brenda Feldman
 Melissa Greenspan as Debra
 Benjamin Bratt as Javier Delgado
 Josh Gad as Kenneth
 Paul Dooley as Murray
 Edward Asner as Herschel
 Arnaud Binard as Guy
 Morgan Murphy as Waitress
 Chris Geere as Arvin Fennerman
 Wendie Malick as Miss Beckman
 Jon Daly as Doug
 Tom Fitzpatrick as Jim
 Elizabeth Banks as Sal
 Rusty Gatenby as Jim Alvarez

Episodes

Special
A retrospective special entitled A Modern Farewell aired on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 8:00 P.M., prior to the series finale. The retrospective included appearances by Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Jeremy Maguire, Reid Ewing and Benjamin Bratt.

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First off, apologies for not posting last week, everything's a bit mad at the moment. I'm writing this whilst perched on a stool and I have never wished for something to support my back more than I am now. Also, no pictures this week because the vast majority of my knitting is currently in storage. This post will be revised when the time is right. Anyway, this week I'm back in action and writing about being fearless.
When I first started knitting I'd say I was pretty fearless in my approach. I never saw a technique as something scary, so much as something to try out, and I think this approach is pretty good, but the longer I've used it, the more I've put rules in place to make the process balanced.
Firstly, know what you're trying to make. The second thing I ever knitted was cabled arm warmers. I was just following a pattern pretty blindly and only at the end did I understand how the instructions I was following related to what I was actually making. It was actually a fun way to go with a massive learning curve (I hadn't even purled before) but I wouldn't recommend trying it often. My mum bought me the kit, it could easily never have been made at all. If anything would have helped me, it would have been knowing which bit of the instruction related to what outcome. I didn't even know the word cable.
Budget according to your confidence level. If you want to have a go at a technique and create a huge, show stopping object out of that super expensive yarn you've had your eye on for ages, work out the technique on a smaller test item first. Last year my birthday present from mama sheep was the yarn to create an object of my choosing. I'd had to Totoro adaptation of Paper Dolls ear marked for a while, and while I'm not disappointed with it, I really should have researched fair isle and maybe done a few tests before jumping into such a large and expensive piece.
Recognize your skill level and challenge yourself accordingly. Never tried intersia or increases before? Sure you can try them both at once so long as at least one of them is used in a simple form. In general I would recommend just trying one new thing at a time, but if a second technique you haven't tried is used in small quantities or in entirely separate rows to the one you're really excited about, why not give them both a go at once?
Know if you're in the mood and have the patience. I often have a couple of different projects on the go at once and which one I'll work on will depend on how much concentration I want to give my knitting. There are projects were you can be mostly focused on the TV, projects where you're half watching the TV and projects where the TV might as well not be on at all.
Well, see you next week. Promise this time.
Couldn't cut Papa Sheep out, just because of his facial expression!
First up we have this amazing batwing creation of my mums! All of her knits on this list are from the 1980s, so why not start with the most 80s of them all?
Na na na na na na na na BATWING!
She seemed to have been very keen on these kinds of cream colours around then. It was the first thing she knitted on big needles. She got the pattern free in a magazine, but doesn't remember much more because the 80s was so long ago.
I know my face looks unimpressed, but I actually love it!
Next up, we have this rockin' red creation, once again from mama sheep. She actually gave me this one a few years ago, and many people comment on how well it suits me. It's a little moth eaten, but will probably be quite wearable once I get around to giving it a bit of TLC.
I remember my mum telling me about this independently of showing me. She told me that it was so dull to knit the body, and the feature was the lace yoke.
Disclaimer, me modeling, not grandpa.
This is my absolute favorite on this list. Once again it needs a little TLC, but is also the most striking and has the most interesting story behind it. Sadly, it is the only creation by Nana Sheep on this list, but I will endeavor to find more of her creations to showcase next time I visit.
Check out that fair isle!
She made it in the 1950s for my granddad. It was a post war country and resources were scarce. There are elements where the colours change because she ran out of wool and couldn't source the same shade precisely. It's amazing, I love it and I wish it didn't bunch weirdly on me where it was designed for a mans chest.
I remember Papa Sheep wearing this when I was little and thinking that it was made by sewing lots of squares together.
I feel some Back to the Future reference may have worked here.
Finally, we have another gifted to me by my mother. It's just so 1980s, especially the sleeves. It looks much better once it's on then you think it will and I know she was disappointed with the neck line, but I reckon I can rock it.
The buttons on the back are super sweet.
She thinks it was made from a thermal wool, not sure how that works with lace knitting, but hey ho.
There is so much more 'archived', I'm I'll post more.


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Mourinho reveals plan for unique tattoo which confirms him as the GOAT
JB 7 months ago
Roma head coach Jose Mourinho has revealed his plans for a special tattoo which celebrates him as one of the greatest managers of all time.
Mourinho, currently in charge of Roma, is one of the most successful managers in football and has won top-flight titles in England, Spain, Italy and also Portugal.
He made a name for himself at Porto where he led the Portuguese team to a Champions League triumph in 2003-04 before he moved to Chelsea.
During his first stint, Mourinho called himself 'The Special One' and won back-to-back Premier League titles as well as the FA Cup & two League Cups.
His next managerial role came with Serie A giants Inter Milan and he led them to a famous treble in 2009-10 – winning Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League.
Next was Real Madrid, where the 59-year-old coach won La Liga and the Copa del Rey before a return to Chelsea – delivering the Premier League and League Cup.
Mourinho's next team was Manchester United, where he registered a fourth League Cup and the UEFA Europa League – the last trophy the club have lifted to date.
He had spell at Tottenham and led them to a League Cup final – but was sacked only a week before the game – and now is in charge of Italian team Roma.
He is the only manager in history to have won the Champions League, Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League – and Mourinho has revealed plans for a tattoo to celebrate the milestone.
'This is my tattoo,' Mourinho posted on Instagram alongside a design. 'The joy of the Roman people led me to do it.
'Then I thought about something special, something that would honour all the clubs where I won European competitions.
'At the same time, I wanted a unique tattoo, one that, so far, I am the only one who can have it.b'Alberto showed me some proposals, I just changed a few details. Here is my tattoo.'
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Priya Cooper OAM is an extraordinary athlete who has not let cerebral palsy stop her from achieving all her life goals. A record-breaking swimmer, she has won multiple medals at national and international competition level. Hailing from Perth Priya began swimming at a young age for therapy and later realised her potential as a competitor. It was not until 1991, whilst competing at a school carnival, she was approached to represent Western Australia. Priya competed for the first time in the National Wheelchair Games winning a staggering nine gold medals.
With the hours of long, hard training Priya Cooper went from success to success, winning 3 gold and 2 silver medals, and breaking two world records and three Paralympic records at the Barcelona Paralympics in 1992. This was her first international competition. Priya won the most medals of any Australian athlete at the Games, and as a result was given the honour of carrying the flag for Australia at the closing ceremony. On arriving back in Australia she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to sport, and became an Australia Day Ambassador.
Priya Cooper then set her sights on the World Swimming Championships in Malta in 1994. Priya competed in five events, won 5 gold medals and set 4 world records as well as captaining the Australian team.
The lead up to the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta saw Priya compete in 1995 in the Pre-Paralympic Swimming trials in Atlanta winning eight gold medals in eight events and setting one world record. These results focused much attention on her for the subsequent Paralympic Games in 1996. At the 10th Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Priya led the charge for Australia winning 5 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal, as well as setting three world records and five Paralympic records. Far exceeding her efforts in Barcelona four years earlier. She was also selected to captain the entire Australian Paralympic team, and once again won the highest number of medals of any Australian athlete.
In 1988 Priya competed in the British National Swimming Championships and won 4 gold medals, a bronze medal, and set a world record. In 1999 Priya Cooper was named Young Australian of the Year for Sport, winning the award over other major sporting stars such as Pat Rafter and Ian Thorpe who were also finalists in the Sports category of this prestigious award.
Priya spent almost two years in Sydney prior to Sydney 2000 Paralympics to concentrate on her training and lifelong goal of winning gold for her country, in her country, at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics. Despite recovering from major shoulder surgery, Priya achieved her aim and in October 2000 won a gold medal in the 400m Freestyle and three bronze medals in other events.
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Today is a day to reflect and remember with a free embroidery design including a quote from the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the many benefits of growing up in North Georgia is the ability to experience history, instead of just reading about it.
As I think about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, I am able to not just remember his sermons, inspiring quotes and speeches, but I can add my own experiences at the King Center and at Dr. King's gravesite.
I have sat in the pews at his church and heard recordings of his sermons preached. Dr. King was a powerful courageous man; but not because of his stature or voice, but because of what he said.
From his many quotable moments, my favorite is, "I have decided to stick with love; hate is too great a burden to bear." What Dr. King knew is that we as humans are not built to carry that kind of burden. Our bodies can't handle it physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.
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We hope you will decide to stick with love today, because love certainly helps us all bring beautiful things into the world.
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How to Raise Hopeful, Empowered Teens with Health Issues
by Lisa C. Greene, MA CFLE
I talked with an amazing dad who is concerned about his fifteen-year-old daughter. He is afraid that she is giving up. She has cystic fibrosis (CF) and it's taking a toll on her mentally and emotionally. She's been hospitalized a lot and is not doing well at school. He feels like she's just waiting to die and he needed ideas for how to turn it around.
I certainly don't profess to have simple answers to this complex problem but here are some of the ideas that I shared with him and I thought might help you too.
1. First, is your child depressed? I suggested this dad take his daughter to a professional who is experienced with working with people who have chronic illnesses. They can identify whether or not she is clinically depressed or if she is "simply" disheartened. People with chronic illnesses have a higher rate of depression. Sometimes their medications can cause symptoms of depression. Getting professional help early is the first line of defense. Keep in mind that some people express depression as anger, particularly men and boys. Also, children can become depressed but may exhibit symptoms that can be different from the classic sadness that most of us associate with depression.
2. What brings your child joy? Without having something to look forward to in life, something or someone that brings you joy, people get tired of living. Sometimes with kids it takes a little effort to figure it out. I worked with one mom whose son was 14 with CF and struggling with similar issues as this teenage girl. He loved animals. This mom made arrangements at the local zoo for her son to volunteer periodically. This really helped give him something to look forward to and work towards as a possible career down the road. It gave him just enough hope and joy to get through some rough spots.
And, by the way parents, what brings you joy? Are you taking good care of yourself, making sure you get your batteries recharged, and have fun every now and then? Do you have a sense of purpose and meaning for your life (outside of living for your children)? Your positive example speaks more than words and lectures.
3. Are you purposeful about having fun and connection as a family?
With our own two kids who have CF, we have always made it a priority to have fun as a family. It's not always easy; we have to drag around a lot of medical equipment everywhere we go. But it's a priority to us so we do what it takes.
After medical clinic visits when our kids were little, we'd go to the zoo, a children's museum, a park, or out to somewhere fun for lunch. We still go out after clinic when we can. When our daughter was hospitalized for several days, we "busted" her of the hospital (with permission) to see the premier of "The Hunger Games" with her friends.
Everyday life affords many opportunities to make memories. Living in WA State, we enjoy the snow in the winter whether it's skiing, sledding or snowballing. And in the summer, we go somewhere fun even if only a road trip with tents. Of course, visits to grandparents in Florida are always cherished.
As a family, we try to invest more of our time, energy and money in "having fun" than buying "stuff". Healthday News (April 2, 2014) says, "Buying so-called 'life experiences' makes Americans happier than material goods such as cars, but they tend to favor the latter in the mistaken belief that they provide better value, according to a new study" published in Journal of Positive Psychology. I agree with these findings and believe this approach has been a big part of our kids' having a good attitude about cystic fibrosis, enjoying their lives, and being connected as a family.
It all adds up over the years. Memories form to create the sense of a life well-lived. Family traditions, time together, fun experiences… A life well-lived lends a sense of hope and meaning even during the hard times.
Linda, a mom of a teen with CF, shares: "Our daughter moved from our hometown when she was 6, hasn't been to school since 3rd grade, is now in a wheelchair with continuous iv's and oxygen at the end stage of CF. She has a great outlook on life and loves making memories. We make memories every day even on her bad days."
4. Does your teen have a vision for his or her life? Sometimes when kids have a serious chronic illness like cystic fibrosis (CF) that is considered progressive, they have a hard time seeing past the illness to a future. As parents, we might feel the same way, too. But it's important that we put our own fears aside so that we can be encouraging and hopeful, empowering our children to dream and plan. When we are hopeful, our children are more likely to be hopeful. With many illnesses including CF, there is so much hope for the future! And we have amazing people to help light the way and give us encouragement when we are down.
Take Elizabeth Nash, for example. When Liz was diagnosed with CF in 1973, her parents were told not to expect her to graduate from high school. But she didn't let that stop her. Liz earned a PhD in molecular genetics, interned at Johns Hopkins University and went on to become a research scientist for CF. She also volunteered as a mentor to teens with CF.
Liz "thumbed her nose" at CF. As the captain of her college ski team, she refused to quit even when she needed to use oxygen. She just skied with a backpack filled with portable oxygen tanks!
Because she was so inspiring, Elizabeth was selected to carry the 2002 Olympic Torch through Union Square in San Francisco. I'm sad to say that Liz died at nearly 33, well past her "statistical average" at the time. But she taught us that it's not how long you live that matters, it's HOW you live.
5. Speaking of mentoring: Can you connect your child with a good role model? When parents try to directly express hope and encouragement in an attempt to help their child, the child may discount what the parent has to say with, "You don't understand, you're not the one with __." That's why it's important to share about positive, powerful role models who are as much like the child as possible.
For example, with this dad, I suggested he try to connect his daughter with Christina Christensen. Christina and her older sister, Ali, took the CF world by storm (and many others too) when they competed in America's Got Talent in 2010 and came very close to winning. They areboth incredibly positive, inspiring, beautiful (inside and out) people who show us how to "do CF right".
6. Help your teenager begin to make specific plans for the future including career planning. This goes along with helping your teen have a vision for his or her life. When teens are in high school, they typically start the career exploration and planning process. Encourage your teen to participate fully. Don't let his or her illness be an excuse not to do something that is even remotely within the realm of his or her possibilities. Liz Nash is a great example of this. Ask your teen: "If you didn't have __, what would you want to do with your life? How can you overcome the roadblocks? What's your first step? How can I support you to make your dreams come true?"
Even if your teen can't be exactly what they want to be, they might be able to still participate in another way. For example, maybe your teen can't be a firefighter but they can still work directly with firefighters in any number of capacities. Help your teen to explore options, interview people, and get creative.
Encourage your teen to take career and interest inventories and personality tests like Myers Briggs to help figure out areas of strengths and interests. Take your teen to visit different companies that may be of interest for career paths. My fifteen-year- old son with CF has a strong interest in math and engineering. We visited the Boeing plants here in Seattle and he was very fascinated. He also enjoys participating in a robotics competition offered through FTC, a national robotics club.
Just because Jake has CF doesn't mean he can't enjoy life and plan for the future. He is a good student and we work hard to help him stay caught up with schoolwork during long hospitalizations. He plays basketball and just became an Eagle Scout. He and his dad participated in the Seattle to Vancouver, BC bike ride (about 200 miles) two summers ago. Last summer, he went on a twelve day Boy Scout trek in New Mexico and this summer is joining a mission trip to build homes for an orphanage in Mexico.
All of this doesn't come easy. Jake works hard to keep up, doing two hours a day of medical treatments. Occasional hospitalizations for IV antibiotics slow him down at times but he doesn't let that stop him from his dreams and goals; he just works harder. My daughter is the same way in her own special way but I'll save her story for another blog.
7. Help your teen find ways to contribute to someone or something outside of him or herself. When a child has a chronic illness, it is natural for family members, both immediate and extended, to revolve around the patient. Without counter-balance, this can result in children, and eventually teens, who are self-focused and even entitled. For a great example of this, watch the movie "The Secret Garden."
People just don't function well when they are the constant center of the universe. Helping teens learn that they are an important, contributing member of a family and society is a critical first step to helping them find meaning and purpose in their lives. There is something fulfilling to the human soul about helping those who are less fortunate. Seeing that there are other people "out there" who also suffer various misfortunes and hardships can help teens refocus their thoughts from, "Why me?" to "I can make a difference."
8. Encourage and participate in "faith". Research shows that people of faith have more hope, are physically healthier, happier and live longer. When times are really tough, we need something to hold on to; some sort of anchor in the storm.
I am not an expert on world religions, but most believe in some sort of an afterlife. Whatever the religion, people find comfort in knowing that there is something bigger than us in all of this; that there is some meaning and purpose for it all, even if we don't know what that might be.
A research report of the National Study of Youth and Religion (2002) titled Religion and the Life Attitudes and Self-Images of American Adolescents reported that "Regular attendance, high importance of faith and years spent in religious youth groups are clearly associated with high self-esteem and positive self-attitudes".
Even if you don't go to church every week, encourage your teen to explore and participate in faith-based activities.
9. Be positive and real at the same time. Sometimes, in our attempt to be positive and hopeful, adults can come off as a little "fake." People, including our kids, can pick up fake from a mile away.
I have found over the years that most people appreciate honest, straightforward, compassionate and gentle discussion about struggles and fears around illness. We all know it's there but many people understandably have a hard time talking about the elephant in the room. However, when we face it and talk about it, it helps us and our teens to cope with it.
When a teen expresses frustration about illness, adults can open up dialogue and communication by acknowledging the feelings and asking exploratory questions rather than offering clichés and false assurances. After your teen feels heard, help brain-storm about solutions to a problem they might be having or look for a different mind-frame. More ideas can be found in my blog on "giving and receiving support".
With our teenagers (who both have cystic fibrosis), we discuss the increases in life expectancy and how medical technology continues to help that number increase. We discuss new research and look at the drug development pipeline to see what's new. (Visit www.CFF.org.) We try to keep our focus on today, living one day at a time. Our faith also helps us find a more positive focus when times are hard.
10. Have everyone in the family practice gratitude. Count your blessings out loud each day, not just at Thanksgiving. Make a family practice of keeping a gratitude journal and share it weekly over dinner or a fun family get together. Gratitude for new medical discoveries and great doctors can be encouraging.
Parents are a powerful example for their children. Even if your teen won't participate, just hearing the little things that everyone else is grateful for can help to change perspective little by little. If you are having a particularly hard time with your child, keep a gratitude journal about him or her. Then, share it. Words of love and encouragement can heal the hearts and souls of both giver and receiver.
11. Guide children and teens to focus on "being" rather than "doing". Life on planet earth tends to be defined by what we do, not necessarily who we are. The idea of achievement and excellence based on results starts early from academics to sports to the quest (of many) for fame and fortune.
Don't get me wrong, I think achievement and excellence are great! However, when our self-worth, meaning and purpose in life are defined solely by these areas, what happens when a child, teen (or adult) doesn't excel or achieve? What happens when what we do and what we have isn't important or glamorous or good enough and we are "deemed" worthless by the world's standards? Or what happens when people with chronic illness are unable to "keep up" with these standards? Or they achieve great things early on as many do but, due to progressively severe health issues, can no longer keep it up? It's called an "existential crisis" and can result in depression and loss of motivation to take care of one's self and in severe cases, they just give up.
As parents and professionals, it's important that we guide our children and patients to find meaning, purpose and contentment in life because of WHO we ARE, not WHAT we DO.
This journey of meaning and purpose is a LIFETIME endeavor for all human beings. And it is especially important for people with chronic illness who may be experiencing an accelerated life cycle due to a lowered life expectancy.
Most people hit their "existential crisis" in their 40's (hence the mid-life crisis). Then we hit it again in old age as a "taking stock" of one's life. This life stage is described by psychological theorist Erik Erikson's as the stage of Integrity vs. Despair where, looking over one's life in old age, we either feel that our life has been wasted and we will be left with bitterness and despair. Or, we will feel satisfied with our accomplishments, ourselves and the way we lived which leads to contentment and acceptance even as we face death. This life stage occurs around age 60 to 70 however people with a shortened life expectancy face this much earlier, before many have a chance to fully develop as human beings. It's almost like a butterfly being pulled out of the chrysalis too early.
That's why young people with CF and other chronic illness need to be purposefully guided and supported in their development; basing their self-worth not only on accomplishments but also on who they are as a person including character strengths and virtues. Psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman and colleagues have developed a whole new area of study in this subject called positive psychology to tap human potential as well as treat psychological disorders.
Viktor Frankl, also one of the great theorists, and a concentration camp survivor, says: "Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose." - Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
As parents, medical professionals, and other caring adults that are involved with children and teens with chronic medical conditions, we can make a life-transforming difference by focusing as much on their mental health as their physical health.
As Besier and Goldbeck said so succinctly in their 2012 study titled Growing up with cystic fibrosis: achievement, life satisfaction, and mental health: "A favorable mental health status seems more important than pulmonary function to maintain a good satisfaction with life."
Lisa C. Greene, MA, CFLE
Lisa is a national public speaker, writer, and a mom of two children with cystic fibrosis. She is also the co-author with Foster Cline MD of the award-winning Love and Logic book "Parenting Children with Health Issues." Lisa's mission is to help parents learn practical, easy-to-use tools to deal with the everyday challenges of raising kids. Her message is: "You can do it!"
For more information about Lisa, see www.pcwhi.com and www.happyheartfamilies.com


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Maryland Governor to Designate Morgan State as State's 'Public Urban Research University'
Maryland Governor to Designate Morgan State as State's 'Public Urban Research University' May 17, 2017
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is expected to sign a bill next week which could clear the way for Morgan State University to secure more state funding in support of an expanded institutional mission.
In an email to the campus community, Morgan State University President David Wilson wrote that a bill designating Morgan as "Maryland's Public Urban Research University" will be signed on May 25, which he called the first recognition from state legislature of Morgan's research activity.
"The State will also be signaling with the signing of this legislation that Morgan is Maryland's only public comprehensive urban research university. This is a giant step forward for us. We are hopeful that funding will eventually follow to support our ascendancy as an economic, educational, and social development engine that will anchor Baltimore's progress," he wrote.
Morgan is classified as a doctoral-granting, moderate research university by the Carnegie Classification for Institutions of Higher Education, and is the state's flagship historically black institution. The State first designated Morgan as a doctoral-granting urban university in 1976, a mission which was reaffirmed in the Reorganization of Higher Education Act of 1988 with the additional stipulation that Morgan is "the state's public urban university" with responsibility for undergraduate and graduate instruction, research, and service. Today, Morgan is the largest producer of African American doctorates in the State of Maryland and one of the largest producers of African American doctorates in the nation.
Research designation was a point of emphasis in the lawsuit filed against the state by students and alumni of Maryland's four HBCUs, which in 2012 was outlined in a finding of fact document detailing Morgan's struggles to secure resources against nearby predominantly white Towson University and the University of Maryland – Baltimore County, which operate under similar public or metropolitan research missions. Recent legislation provides for the development of the University of Maryland College Park, the University of Maryland at Baltimore, UMBC and Towson, but makes no provision for additional funding to support further development of Morgan State's research mission.
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It might be a little late, but maybe you mentally slap yourself for not booking that holiday to Florida, Greece or Turkey when you had the chance. White Spanish beaches and blue oceans seem to call you whenever you look at a travel brochure. You might feel the urge to dust off your diving gear and scuba gear and try on your now swim shorts or bathing suit. Fortunately for you, there are people who have to cancel their holiday at the very last minute. Travel agencies and hotels often offer last minute discounts to fill those empty rooms. That means you might be able to go on holiday after all. You'll just have to keep in mind that your choice is limited.
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And of course, you don't have to leave the country in order to have a good time. You can also rent a small cottage in the countryside and go walking, biking and exploring.


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A Vision of the Heavens: Interview with Michelangelo Expert William E. Wallace (Part II)
"No one forgets the experience of stepping through the small doorway into the vast expanse of the chapel and having one's eyes drawn inexorably to the heavens."
Dr. William E. Wallace
"Even in a fast-paced world of rapid change and technological marvels, the Ceiling causes us to pause, awestruck at the creative imagination and stupendous accomplishment of one human being. No one forgets the experience of stepping through the small doorway into the vast expanse of the chapel and having one's eyes drawn inexorably to the heavens," suggests Dr. E William Wallace eloquently.
Having been to the Sistine Chapel myself, I can second this subjective experience. One has to look up to the heavens when taking in the subject matter of this unforgettable work of art. In Part II of this series on Michelangelo, we will explore the divinely inspired subjects that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel.
Sistine Chapel, Vatikan Rome
Initially, Pope Julius II wanted Michelangelo to paint the twelve apostles. According to Ross King, in his book Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Michelangelo wanted to continue to do more with the human form:
"[The Pope] gave [Michelangelo] instructions to paint the Twelve Apostles… Michelangelo was clearly still not satisfied with his efforts. His main problem with the proposed scheme was that, apart from the Twelve Apostles, there was very little scope for him to explore his interest in the human form." (King 58, 59).
The human form presented the unparalleled potential to express the divine. Michelangelo, with an interest in exploring the full scope of the human being's relationship with the divine, became more and more ambitious with his design for the Sistine Ceiling. There was a problem, however: anyone who created anything for the Sistine Chapel would have needed their designs approved by the Pope's official theologian.
Michelangelo decided to discuss these matters with the pope himself. King states: "Audaciously outspoken as ever, [Michelangelo] complained that the design proposed by His Holiness would prove a cosa povera (poor thing). Julius appears, for once, to have acquiesced without much argument. He merely shrugged his shoulders and then, according to Michelangelo, gave him free rein to design his own program. 'He gave me a new commission.' the artist later wrote, 'to do what I liked.'" (King 60).
During our interview, Dr. Wallace told me:
"This is the great question that no one has been able to resolve in 500 years: to what degree did Michelangelo have freedom, and how much was he told to do? I think it did start out [with] the Pope [saying], "Okay, let's do twelve apostles." Our early drawings show that Michelangelo was… thinking a much simpler design [with] more geometry and a few figures… Once he got started, he became more ambitious, and this is… typical of Michelangelo. Once he starts and reconciles himself to a project, he tends to increase the ambition. And so at what point did the design become much more complicated? We don't know exactly… I think… Michelangelo comes to [the pope] and says, "I think we can do something more spectacular," and the pope's going to say, "Yes, go ahead, do it." I don't think Michelangelo was being told what to do."
All evidence seems to point to Michelangelo having the freedom to create the design he wanted. He wanted to explore the expressive divinity of the human form. He completely transformed the pope's initial desire for twelve apostles into "[o]ne of the largest assemblies of images ever planned… [which] would ultimately involve more than 150 separate pictorial units and include more than three hundred individual figures." (King 65).
What changes did Michelangelo make? What were his ambitious ideas for the Sistine Chapel? According to King, "[T]he apostles were replaced… by seven prophets from the Old Testament and five sibyls from Pagan mythology. Above these figures, in the rectangular panels running along the spine of the vault, would be nine episodes from the Book of Genesis. The spandrels and lunettes, meanwhile, would feature portraits of the ancestors of Christ — a rather uncommon subject — and the pendentives four more scenes from the Old Testament" (King 64).
I asked Dr. Wallace, "Why did Michelangelo make these changes? For instance, why did he include the five sibyls from pagan mythology in a Christian Chapel?"
Dr. Wallace responded:
"The Sistine is… not just nine stories of Genesis… It's the whole cornucopia of creation. It's everything. It's not a separation between Christianity and paganism. It's God's creation [, and] he created pagan antiquity before he created Christianity… He created the world. The sibyls are the counterpart to the prophets: they are the pagan world before Christianity came. So in the same way we have pagan sibyls [on the Sistine], we also have Jewish stories on the Sistine. The Sistine is not Christian, Jewish, [or] pagan, it's all of creation."
Detail of "The Creation of Adam," between 1508-1512 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
One of the most iconic images in the world is The Creation of Adam. Michelangelo depicted Adam in his moment of awakening whereupon he meets his maker. A reclined Adam looks longingly into the eyes of God and reaches out to touch God. God — along with future, biblical figures that surround him — moves with great energy toward Adam. Pleased with his creation, God reaches out to touch Adam.
The space between the fingers of Adam and God is so close yet so far away: "The few centimeters that separate their fingertips are the greatest suspension of time and narrative in the history of art," says Dr. Wallace (103). If only Adam would put forth a little more energy, if he would reach out a little more, it seems like he would touch God, and the separation between them would cease to exist.
But why does Michelangelo paint God? Jesus is often painted in Western art, but God is rarely painted. Dr. Wallace told me:
"This is God and the beginning of God's creation, and he deserves to be painted. Now, it is true in earlier Christian art that God isn't represented or it's just his hand or something. So it's very bold to imagine what God looks like… Michelangelo has given us an image of God that has become the canonical idea of what God looks like for many people in the world."
Michelangelo paints God not once but multiple times along the central spine of the Sistine Ceiling. The central spine contains nine separate scenes of Genesis that depict the creation of heaven and earth, the creation of human beings, expulsion from the garden of evil, and Noah and the great flood. Michelangelo wanted us "to enter the chapel under the scene of the Drunkenness of Noah and proceed in reverse chronological order toward the creation and, by analogy, from our present sinful state to a renewal of faith at the altar." (Williams 102).
Sistine Ceiling between 1508-1512 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
Flanking the spine on either side of the ceiling's spine are pagan sibyls and Jewish prophets. The sibyls and prophets are thought to have prophesied the coming of a Messiah. These twelve figures are depicted writing, reading, and thinking and are accompanied by assistants "like visible thoughts" who help them with their tasks (Wallace 103).
"Libyan Sibyl," detail of Sistine Ceiling between 1508-1512 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
The four corners contain "four scenes of triumph over oppression, serving as Old Testament prefigurations of the triumph of Christ." (Wallace 105). These four corners are a little more violent than the rest of the ceiling and depict the trials and tribulations of a people on their path to freedom.
The Last Judgment
"The Last Judgment," between 1536 and 1541 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Altar Wall, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
Twenty-five years after painting the Sistine ceiling, Michelangelo tackles painting The Last Judgment. Historically, The Last Judgment would have been one of the first images seen when one walked into the chapel, a reminder that all actions have consequences.
"Saint Bartholomew," detail of "The Last Judgment," between 1536 and 1541 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Altar Wall, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
Michelangelo depicts Christ surrounded by saints and relics in the upper portion of the composition. Below are demons who pull the sinful to hell. Michelangelo seemed to have included his own features in the flesh that Saint Bartholomew holds:
"Just below Christ, Saint Bartholomew holds the signs of his horrific torture: a knife and his flayed skin. In a strange form of signature, Michelangelo has represented his own distorted features in the limp folds of Bartholomew's epidermis. Perhaps conscious of the incredible hubris of representing eschatological things, Michelangelo portrays himself as a discardable bit of flesh, tenuously held over hell, but in saintly hands." (Wallace 186).
"King Minos," detail of "The Last Judgment," between 1536 and 1541 by Michelangelo. Fresco, Altar Wall, Sistine Chapel, Vatican. (Public Domain)
Michelangelo didn't only paint his likeness, however, but also may have painted the portrait of the Biagio de Cesena, the papal secretary, in hell. Dr. Wallace told me why Michelangelo painted the papal secretary in this way:
"[Biagio de Cesena] complains that Michelangelo put all of these nudes in The Last Judgment. So, Michelangelo paints him in the far corner in hell [as King Minos, judge of the dead in the underworld]. [Cesena goes] to the Pope and [complains] 'Michelangelo painted my portrait in the Last Judgment.' The pope says, 'Though I have some jurisdiction over heaven, I have no jurisdiction over hell.' This is one of these stories that I would say… if it's not true, it should be true. It's so wonderful. And it's a story we repeat nonetheless, whether it's true or not, we like it so much, we treat it so. Let's keep repeating it."
In over 300 figures, Michelangelo depicts the ascension of the righteous and the judgment of evil on the altar wall. 500 hundred years later, the Sistine Chapel reminds us of what it means to create with divine inspiration.
Michelangelo was the painter who was not a painter. He didn't know how to fresco, but that didn't stop him from ambitiously redesigning the Sistine ceiling. I think his ambition was not necessarily solely directed toward his own gain but was directed by way of his respect for art and of the divine subject matter.
Michelangelo's need to make great works of divinely inspired art reveals aspects of his mastery. This is why he is and will be an artist from whom we new masters can learn. As Vasari says:
"This is for our art the exemplar and grand manner of painting sent down to men on earth by God, to the end that they may see how Destiny works when intellects descend from the heights of Heaven to earth and have infused in them divine grace and knowledge."
King, Ross. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling. Penguin Books, 2003.
Vasari, Giorgio. "Michelangelo." The Great Masters. Trans by Gaston de Vere, Park Lane, 1988.
Wallace, William. "Completing the Ceiling." "The Last Judgment." Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Dr. William E. Wallace, Fresko, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
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Americas Cardroom's Elite Benefits Store is the online poker site's popular online retail site. To buy an item, poker players can leave their wallets closed. The online poker store accepts Combat Points, the official currency of Elite Benefits. Online poker players at Americas Cardroom automatically earn Combat Points by playing real-money online poker, and any poker player who plays real-money online poker is automatically registered in the program.
In addition to swapping points for cash, poker players can swap their points for other things, including merchandise branded with the Americas Cardroom logo.
Players can swap their Combat Points for cash through the Americas Cardroom software by clicking the Rewards tab, selecting the Store option and then choosing Cash Bonuses. The $10 point swap is available until April 2.
The limited-time offer comes well in advance of Americas Cardroom's upcoming $200,000 Guaranteed tournament, the online poker room's biggest No Limit Hold'em event for the month of April. The event takes place on April 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Texas Hold'em tournament, with 10,000 starting chips and unlimited re-entries during late registration, costs $200+$15 to get into.
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Products That Haven't Changed Since They Were Created
With all this talk about technology and innovation, there's something essentially comforting about the products we use that are just perfect the way they are. We've put together some of the things that are instantly recognizable the world over with few or no changes at all – from riveting casino games like slot machines, to the humble umbrella, and the mason jar.
Of course, on this casino site, we're partial to all forms of slots, so we'll start here. Despite the addition of a few bells and whistles, this popular game genre has changed little over the years. Outwardly, it's put on a new "skin" now and then to keep up with technology, but the fundamentals of gameplay have barely changed.
From its invention in 1887 to the present day, this simple game of chance has enthralled players in almost every country and from vastly different backgrounds. Whether you're spinning the reels on an arcade-type machine or enjoying the almost limitless variety of online slots on your mobile device, this game has been much-loved for decades!
People have been wrapping precious things and compulsively popping the same-looking plastic bubbles since the late 1950s. The people responsible for this invention were Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, but bubble wrap was originally intended for a different purpose.
These cool dudes set out to create three-dimensional, plastic wallpaper that you could run your fingers over – a type of interactive décor item to line the walls of only the coolest pads. But they ran into problems when they tried to trap and seal in air between two shower curtains. When the idea and early prototypes failed to catch the imagination of investors, it was out with the wallpaper, and in with the "Method of making laminated cushion material," which Fielding and Chavannes patented. It's impossible to think how many precious items would have been scratched or broken without this clever invention!
Umbrellas are one of those brilliant inventions out of China that can be traced back thousands of years. We just couldn't imagine our lives without them. The umbrella is about 4,000 years old and while the materials used to keep us dry have changed over the years, the basic look and structure of this foul-weather item are still the same. It took until the 17th century for the umbrella to catch on in Europe, but it's been used not only on rainy days the world over, but also – in a parasol form – to protect our complexions from the sun.
The paper clip
The beauty of this humble little piece of curved wire is that it has so many uses – from keeping papers neatly clipped together to picking locks! They've even been the subject of a moving documentary called Paper Clips, released in 2004.
While dozens of patents had been filed for various paper clip designs by the end of the 1800s (including pretzels and triangles), today's oblong or "gem" design was never patented, and nobody really knows who invented it. But there's nothing else that quite does the same job!
The mason jar
This home-canning staple was the brainchild of 26-year-old John Landis Mason, a tinsmith who lived in the US state of New Jersey. Mason started to look for a solution to the challenges of home canning. Before his invention, corks would be boiled in wax to create a messy, less-than-efficient airtight seal, which meant most people were forced to use methods of smoking, salting, and fermentation to preserve food through the winter. In 1858, Mason patented his threaded screw-top jars that kept air and moisture from spoiling the food inside. Mason also invented the rubber ring under the flat metal lids, but only filed for a patent in 1868. By this time, the jars were being produced by various manufacturers and were common in most homes. He was not granted the patent.
After Mason's original patent expired in 1880, the five Ball brothers of Indiana opened the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company and became the largest producer of mason jars in the US. Mason jars are still used to preserve food, also as holders (for anything from flowers, utensils, and pens to breakfast cereals).
Iron objects that are thousands of years old have been found all over the world, which is probably when someone first thought to heat up a metal object and use it to smooth out pesky crinkles in garments. But it wasn't until 1882 that the first electric flatiron was patented and became an instant household hit. The simple design has hardly changed at all for 150 years (give or take perhaps a touch of steam).
White cotton T-shirt
Who doesn't own a simple white cotton T-shirt? While your great-grandma wouldn't know what to make of mobile phones and two-minute noodles, she'd instantly recognise this iconic clothes item! You might be surprised to discover that the white cotton T-shirt started life as underwear in the 19th century, when long johns were cut into two pieces for miners, then distributed by the US Navy to sailors in the Spanish-American War in 1898. It was only after soldiers in the Second World War paired them with their uniform pants that the look took off, soon to become part of everyday civilian life.
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Chanukah—What Should I Think About?
What is so amazing about his question is that so few people ask it. The vast majority of Jews who do mitzvahs do them only because they are commanded, and if they cover all of the physical requirements, they feel satisfied.
Of course we do the mitzvahs because we are commanded, that is understood. Where else could the idea have come from? But if that is your only intention, then you will satisfy only the Torah's physical requirement, and be ignoring the Torah's spiritual opportunity…, and your daily life will reflect this lack.
Again, of course we are lighting the candles because it is a mitzvah, but what is this particular mitzvah intended to bring into our lives?
Number one; when we light the candles we should be thankful. This is what Chanukah is all about. If Hashem had not miraculously intervened in the war between the Maccabees and the Greeks, there might not be a Jewish people in the world today. When Hashem preserved His people, He also preserved monotheism. What would this world have been if G-d had not intervened? Or more personally, what would you have been if the Greeks had destroyed the Jews? This is certainly a good reason to be thankful.
Next, look at the oil (or the candle) that is burning and trace the oil (or wax) as it moves towards the flames. The flame consumes the oil in order to keep burning. The wick survives because it is the oil that feeds the flame. The burning oil is converted into light as the fire reaches it.
Now try to look at the light. We cannot see the light itself, but only what it does. This is why light is often used as a Spiritual metaphor. See that although there are many candles, many wicks, and many flames, their light is one. See how the light fills the room (or the area). Then trace the light back to its source, the flames. This will help you to understand how the multiple matter that fills creation is also a single existence. See how the many are basically One.
I think we should be thinking about the Beit Mikdash and rememering the lighting of the central menorah that the kohanim that we so very much want to restart. Hanukah is about geulah and return to working in the Beit Mikdash. Hanukah is also about fighting assimilation and resisting foreign culture.
I heard a shiur this morning in which the rabbi said that in the times of the Greeks, some people would actually undue their brit so that they could fit in. Is that absurd?


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Parents Bringing Home Adopted Newborn Get Impromptu Plane Baby Shower
(Twitter/theamericanrd)
Bringing home your baby is an emotional moment for everyone, and for one airborne couple, that moment is one they will never forget. Dustin and Caren were flying en route to California accompanied by their recently adopted newborn daughter.
Let's be upfront with this; babies on airplanes are rarely stories that end well. As cliché as it is for business travelers to complain, it's commonly understood now that no one is having a worse time than the parent. This, fortunately, is not one of those stories. It's a story new dad Dustin shared on Twitter because it was such a positive experience. And it all started with a diaper change.
It's been a difficult week.
But, rather than publicly air my grievances, I'd like to share w/ you the kindness strangers offered us the day we brought our daughter home.
I hope our story uplifts you, and reminds you there is goodness to be had in this world.
A thread… /1
— Dustin Moore, MS, RD (@theamericanrd) February 9, 2020
Dustin was in the back of the plane, completing one of his first diaper changes when the flight attendant and another passenger complemented his new daughter.
"(they) politely asked what had prompted a flight with such a young infant," he wrote. "I gave them the shortened adoption story, to which they hastily offered congratulations, and shared a few more kind remarks."
Shortly after the conversation, they heard an intercom announcement about a "special passenger." It was about their daughter and how she was coming home that day. The airplane, mind you, usually, a hive of cynicism and general malaise, broke out in applause and cheers.
Then, an impromptu baby shower broke out, as flight attendants handed out napkins and encouraged passengers to share a few words of wisdom or encouragement for the new parents. More than 60 responded, leaving the happy parents with a scrapbook full of kindness and advice from the flight home.
The crew gathered the napkins, then read a few of their favorites over the intercom.
"Rub each other's feet, and rub the baby's feet."
"Make time for date night."
"Always tell her you love her."
"Enjoy every minute. It goes by sooo very fast."
"Drink lots of wine!" /8
The flight attendants then began reading some of the best suggestions. Dustin told the TODAY show that one of the notes was especially poignant.
"A person had written down they were adopted 64 years ago and 'Us adopted kids need extra love.' It was nice to have that person there who helped us realize everything will be fine," he said.
He concluded his story by talking about how much the outpouring of love meant to them as new parents.
"The outpouring of love from that flight, brought on by the actions of two thoughtfully observant flight attendants… it exceeds my ability to describe what it meant to us. How much those wings and written notes uplifted two new parents determined to love their new daughter," he wrote.
This website is used oft as a means to share what's wrong.
I hope you'll take time to share what is good. In a world of turmoil, don't forget to showcase the Bobby's and Jenny's, the kind strangers out there.
And if they don't cross your path, be one. Seek good, or create it. pic.twitter.com/XMxkJXkh18


October is not a big month for dates to fly the U.S. flag. Only one state joined the union in October, and only two other dates have merited Congress's designation for flag-flying.
Columbus Day, October 12 — tradition puts Columbus Day on October 12, but in law it is designated as the second Monday in October (to make a three-day weekend for workers who get a holiday); in 2015, October 12 is the second Monday of the month.
Borrowed and cross-posted with express permission from Millard Fillmore's Bathtub.


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Hubert Jones was a flying ace.

Hubert Jones may also refer to:

Hubert Jones (rugby union)

See also
Hubert Cunliffe-Jones
Bert Jones (disambiguation)