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That game.
I don't think I've been as nervous for a Michigan game since the '97 Michigan-Ohio State when the Rose Bowl and National Championship were on the line. Crazy as this may sound, Saturday's game almost felt like it was more important for Michigan's psyche. Personally, I don't think I've ever wanted one more -- nay, needed one more -- than the 2011 edition of The Game.
Had Michigan lost it would have been devastating. Yes, there would have been no denying the strides made this year, but a loss would have gnawed at the soul for a long time. Instead, Michigan's hard fought victory has turned the 2011 campaign into one that none of us could have realistically hoped for or imagined. And back on the personal level -- it made blogging and Twitter a hell of a lot of fun over the weekend!
Now let's take one more look back at The Game that ended The Streak in...
MZone Autopsy: That School in Ohio
* Don't let the close score in any way shape or form detract from the sweet taste of victory. Some Buckeye fans are trying to taint the victory by saying this was the worst OSU team in forever. And yes, many Michigan fans didn't just want a "W," they wanted retribution. But this Ohio State squad was a team playing with nothing to lose, finally fielding a team with all its weapons, the most potent of all being desperation.
So this was exactly the kind of titanic struggle that the great mythology of this series demanded and deserved. To understand why it absolutely had to play out the way it did, check out our post from yesterday, The Hero's Journey.
* The overturn of Fitz Toussaint's touchdown was one of the most egregiously bad replay calls I can remember. What part of "can only result from indisputable video evidence" did those clowns not understand?! It would have been criminal had Michigan lost after that. When that TD was taken off the board, I started to think that Benny Oosterbaan must've been busted having an affair with the wife of somebody pretty high up in the afterlife because it looked like the fickle finger of football fate was about to f*ck us. Hard. I hope somebody questions the B1G about it (the replay call, not Benny Oosterbaan's sexually active ghost). Seriously. I really want to know what was indisputable. There were two angles, one in which the ball was over, one in which it might -- might -- have been, what?, an inch shy? Maybe. But indisputable? Hell no!
But don't just take it from some biased blogger. Watch this video of Fox Sports refereeing guru Mike Pereira as he goes over the play and discusses why it was wrong.
* Let the most recent chapter of The Game serve as reminder number 6,482 that Michigan-Ohio State must always be played on the last Saturday of the regular season. Saturday's showdown left no doubt that the B1G's marquee match up must never be moved. And if Dave
Ed. Note: I still believe it was a colossal mistake to put U-M and OSU in separate divisions, but that's a debate for another time if the B1G ever expands again.
* By beating that school in Ohio, Brady Hoke just became the first Michigan coach to claim at least 10 wins in his debut season since -- wait for it -- some guy named Fielding H. Yost in 1901 (who won 11).
* Brady's six B1G wins in his first season equaled the total conference games won during the three years of The Dark Period.
* Team 132 became the first Michigan team to ever go 8-0 at home in a single season. And anybody who said they predicted that (beating ND, Nebraska and Ohio along the way) or that Michigan would win 10 regular season games this year, is a liar or a meth head. Or a lying meth head.
* The 40 points Michigan hung on OSU is tied for the 4th most points Michigan ever scored against the Buckeyes and the most since putting up 58 in '46 (thought still a ways off from the record of 86 in 1902). And that wasn't some hack-ass defense since, even after the U-M game, OSU is tied with Oklahoma for the 27th best scoring D in the land and is #23 in total defense.
* Couldn't believe all the bitter tweets by Buckeye players immediately after the game. From one guy saying he's "never going to lose to those scrubs again" to Boren (not Justin but Zach) claiming Michigan showed a lack of "respect" for The Game, to several other disparaging comments by others, it actually made them look bad. I pictured them all sitting there on the team bus on their long ride home, heads buried in their smartphones, typing their tacky tweets while poor Luke Fickell sat up in the front, watching the rest of the CARS 2 DVD playing over bus' entertainment system.
* In looking up some of the stats for this post, I noticed Michigan's captain in 1908 was Adolf "Germany" Shultz. I guess in 1908 you could get away with that. Nowadays he'd claim his first name was Eddie and go by "Shultzy."
* Luke Fickell did a great job in a virtually impossible situation. And I'm not just talking about the Michigan game. All season. But I was particularly impressed with how he handled himself in the post-game presser, when he was getting hammered with questions about his future. He made it all about The Game. Best of luck to him in the future.
* As you know, Buckeye fans are waiting on pins and needles for Santa to deliver an early present for their team in the form of new head coach Urban
First of all, those name hires rarely work out as well as hoped for. For every Saban at 'Bama, there's a Dennis Erickson at ASU. And I even seem to recall a "can't miss coach" being hired in A2 a couple years ago, a guy who'd won "everywhere he's been." But that didn't turn out so well if you recall.
More importantly, let them have their Urban Myth. It's great for the rivalry and we have Brady, for God's sake. If this season has proven anything, that ain't too damn shabby!
* Remember when Urban's daughter tweeted "HE IS NOT repeat NOT, GOING TO OHIO STATE" a couple months ago? Bad news: Daddy lied.


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By Anette Breindl
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The New York Times profiled the Greek island Ikaria recently as "the island where people forget to die" for its large population (relatively speaking) of healthy individuals who are older than 80.
Delos Pharmaceuticals Inc. is named after another Greek Island, and for another reason. But the company, which is a joint project of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and British firm Biotica Technology Ltd., also hopes that its future customers will, if perhaps not forget to die altogether, then at least avoid falling into a drawn-out decline beforehand.
Delos, CEO Stelios Tzannis explained, is named after the island that gave the ancient Greek Delian League its name. As Greek cities banded together for protection against common enemies in the fifth century BC, so Delos plans to focus on common pathways that are affected in aging and the diseases of aging.
That focus on common pathways, Tzannis told BioWorld Today, is "a very novel way" of approaching disease. The typical approach is quite narrow, finding a target for a given disease and developing compounds that affect that target, but "ignoring the processes that go on around the disease." In contrast, "We are not only not ignoring [those processes]; we are putting them at the center of our efforts."
On Ikaria, key factors in longevity appear to include napping and gossiping with neighbors. Delos is, of course, taking a pharmaceutical approach to the diseases of aging, with the goal of improving healthspan.
One of Delos' targets is mTOR, which is among the signaling molecules that appear to play a role in multiple diseases of aging. mTOR is named for the first drug to affect it – its name is short for "mammalian target of rapamycin."
There have been and still are a plethora of clinical trials testing rapamycin's effects in multiple indications, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. But the drug has many side effects, which is partly due to the fact that its target mTOR is part of two complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2.
Delos has licensed rapamycin analogues from Biotica. Chemically, rapamycin is a polyketide. That class of compounds includes blockbusters such as the statins, as well as approved drugs in many other indications. But polyketides have been difficult to optimize.
Biotica, though, specializes in polyketide drugs, and Delos plans to focus on that chemical class as well. The compounds Delos has licensed and is now working on, Tzannis said, are "highly specific for the pathways that we believe are responsible for disease progression," leading "certainly to better safety" and likely to better efficacy as well.
Although aging is the single biggest risk factor for a number of diseases, it is not itself a disease, at least not as far as the FDA is concerned. And so, like other companies that are focused on diseases of aging, Delos is tackling aging one indication at a time.
Among the diseases the Delos has in its crosshairs is lupus, which, like many autoimmune diseases, can affect the young as well as the old. Tzannis said lupus illustrates that "there is a distinction between diseases of old age and diseases of aging."
And Delos co-founder and Buck Institute CEO Brian Kennedy told BioWorld Today that lupus can strike the young, but the autoinflammatory processes underlying the disease are "impacted" with old age – "think of rheumatoid arthritis," he said.
Without discussing specifics, Kennedy said that Delos will not be the last start-up to come out of the Buck Institute. "Whenever it makes sense for us to move to the private sector to accelerate progress towards our goal," he said, "we will do it."
He added that "it's an exciting time for the Institute," whose mission is to increase the healthy years of life. The Buck Institute is the first research institute to focus on the interface between aging and chronic disease. The institute officially opened its doors in 1999. Kennedy said that the spinout of Delos is the result of the feeling that "we have done enough research to take the next step."
So far, Delos has no funding. The company is headquartered at the Buck Institute and supported by ongoing research in several institute labs. But Tzannis said the company is planning to raise a Series A and will "hit the road very shortly" for that purpose.
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Artful Program Design: 5 Elements
April 5th, 2011
Creating an educational program should be like creating a piece of art. Make every piece essential and thoughtful. Waste nothing. Include only that which will enhance, ruthlessly, unapologetically remove everything else.
Think about it. We only have so much time to make a positive contribution to the lives of others. Design a program as you would a piece of art and you will ensure you make the most of these finite opportunities.
When I'm working with an organization, these are the top 5 elements I look for:
1. Relevant
Here's how you can make sure your content is as relevant as possible. First, refine your message to those components most likely to pique student curiosity. Present these components in small, pithy bursts. Try to do this in less than ten minutes. Use the next ten minutes to encourage students to ask questions and interact with you and each other. Then provide another nugget of content, followed by focussed interaction. This is relevance-making in action!
2. Responsive
We're inclined to view student questions and comments as a barrier to getting through content. But what if we designed programs to invite questions? Questions are our primary tool for learning. Why not encourage students to exercise this tool?
A word of warning. The value here is in students asking questions, not in you answering them. The process, not the product, adds value to learning.
3. Punctuated
Reading a book without periods, pages, or chapter headings would be a disorienting experience. The previous two elements work best where clear structure exists. Students need to know what you are talking about in clear terms. Once they're on board, you can open the conversation. The structure you provide will serve to accelerate the learning process.
4. Coherent
Research on the brain indicates that when our brains can't connect two concepts in a coherent manner, we'll flush both. Work to make your material build upon itself in a logical manner. This takes work. It's like rearranging furniture. There are innumerable possibilities, but some make a lot more sense than others. This may sound rudimentary, but I see this a lot. What flows to us may not have a natural progression for the people we serve.
5. Actionable
Can students clearly identify how they will translate your curricula and program into action? If not, we're wasting everyone's time. Budget time to help students determine in clear terms how they plan to translate your conversation into actionable steps.
How are you doing on these 5 elements? What design changes will help your program be a piece of art? Making these changes requires courage.
Simplicity: Evidence of Mastery
March 31st, 2011
Mostly Martha is beautiful film about a chef in Hamburg, Germany. At the beginning of the film, Martha, played by Martina Gedeck, makes the following observation about the best chefs:
One knows a good chef by the quality of his simplest dishes.
Take for instance salmon in a light basil sauce. Most people think it's no big deal and put it on the menu. But frying or steaming a salmon just right and putting the right amount of salt and spices in the sauce is very difficult.
In this recipe there is nothing to distract you. No design. No exotic ingredients. There's only the fish. And the sauce. The fish and the sauce.
The evidence of mastery is our ability to deliberately omit exotic, distracting ingredients. What remains is something people can savor for its simplicity and potent flavors.
The iPhone, Education, and the Artful Interface
March 24th, 2011
Systems tend to grow in complexity—education in America, for example.
Artists create remarkable things by moving in the opposite direction. They pursue simplicity and move away from complexity.
Consider the design of the iPhone. Its circuitry is complex. Its interface is simple.
Education is complex. Our interface should be simple and artful.


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Human Rights Agencies Fear Nigeria's Anti-Gay Law Will Fuel Violence, Risk Blocking HIV Reponse
January 16, 2014
Two articles report on Nigeria's anti-gay law and the impact it may have on health and human rights in the country.
Reuters: U.N. chief Ban fears Nigeria anti-gay law will fuel violence
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Wednesday at a new Nigerian law that criminalizes same-sex relationships, which he fears could fuel prejudice and violence and risks obstructing an effective HIV/AIDS response. ... As in much of sub-Saharan Africa, anti-gay sentiment and persecution of homosexuals is rife in Nigeria, so the new legislation is likely to be popular. Many African countries are seeking to tighten laws against homosexuality ..." (Nichols, 1/15).
Science Speaks: Nigeria anti-gay law: community calls for support, advocates call for action
"With reports that police are arresting suspected 'gay organization' members in Nigeria following the President Goodluck Jonathan's signing last week of the country's 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013,' the impacts of the new law are just beginning, according to agencies and organizations addressing health and human rights ..." (Barton, 1/15).
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What is your true motive for being a Rabbi?
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True Motives?
Rabbi Yehuda says that your are supposed to learn Torah- for the sake of Torah, that's it.
Even if one thinks or finds a good reason for a certain Mitzvah, it doesn't mean that it is the reason ,or even a reason, it could even be on the contrary. The Chunuch says multiple times that Ta'amei HaMitzvot are only for a better understanding for our minds to sleep peacefully and not be restless over these weird acts, the only reason for the whole Torah is ONLY because God said so, that's it, for why does it matter to God if you shake a citron or a lemon, what's the difference?.
Jay, September 1, 2014 1:43 AM
I ask once again "What is your true motive for being a Rabbi?"
If one just wants to perform the MItzvahs in the Torah, then learning the Torah will not really be necessary. A Rabbi can tell you what to do.
But as you quote Rabbi Yehuda, "that your are supposed to learn Torah- for the sake of the Torah, that's it." What do you think this means? What Rabbi Yehuda said is the Torah is not just a Book of meanless instructions (God forbid) Everything in the Torah is rich in meaning, and when we fulfill the Mitzvah of learning Torah we greatly benefit from it's entirety. No part of the Torah is for the purpose of being ignored.
And in the Torah it states, Vayikro 11:43 "Do not make yourselves repulsive by eating any creeping creature that crawls, and do not make yourselves unclean with them, for you will become unclean because of them."
This does not only refer to insects, because through a Kal Vachomer we learn, if a creeping creature that crawls, i.e. a small insect, according to the Torah will make you unclean, i.e. unhealthy, how much more would this apply to a larger animal.
Being that this is out in the open, in the Chumash for everyone to see and it is the Rabbis and Aish's undertaking to convey the teachings of the Torah, I ask once again "What is your true motive for being a Rabbi?"
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That's a good idea. I think I'll do the same thing with an NFC tag and Tasker. You could also just use any old expired card with an NFC chip in it in your pocket. When I finally get my Pebble watch, I'm planning on having the lock disabled when they're connected to each other.
It would be more clever if someone made it into an edible piece of candy.
Think of it: A jar full of individually-wrapped Lemonheads sitting on your dresser. They can be "charged" and will work to unlock your device for one day (or one hour), after which they are useless. Can be dissolved in water or swallowed and completely digested.
Personally, I like complex gestures better. It's not that hard to learn to draw a figure that is completely unique to your hand and is extremely hard to forge (especially si
Damn damn damn. You had to paste that link 3 days after the Kickstarter ended, didn't you. If only I'd known. That's what I've been wanting ever since I heard about NFC.
Now I have to wait around until they're selling them, and fork over the extra 6 pounds.
I've thought about the same thing, but doesn't the phone need to be unlocked for NFC to work? (at least on Android, which is what I'm assuming you're talking about since you mention Tasker). I've seen some mods to get around this, but they never worked on my GNex.
I would be happy if there were options of:
"If I see this WiFi network
"If I see this WiFi network
I agree, it is a good idea, and I did [xda-developers.com].
Thanks, nicely done!
Assuming unlimited password tries, 4 characters is enough. I use pattern lock on my phone and it times out indefinitely after 5 failed attempts, requiring a Google Account Username/Password verified online. 12 digits would only be required for real security if there were no timeout.
I wouldn't mind the Skip plus four characters. Multi-factor authentication, so if the phone is stolen, the really long code is required.
I do this already -- you can split up the screen locker password from the password that unlocks the
It isn't bulletproof, but good enough. I wouldn't mind having a NFC key as
Should read "limited password tries" not unlimited. There's always time to proofread after I submit it, right?
Tapping an NFC-enabled phone to the Skip unlocks it. The Skip also comes in sticker form, so users can install one in their cars or at their desks.
Or stick it to the back of the phone.
Something you have, something you are, something you know.
Seems like this involves 2 "something you have"s. Added alongside facial recognition, and it'd be fairly secure. But by itself....
It's in its infancy, and not kool aid.
That said, the vast majority of unexpected phone access come from people leaving their phone someplace. What are the odds that the person who finds it ALSO has a picture of you?
Security isn't about absolutes, it's about layers, risk, percentages and time.
The issue you bring up have been solved in high end racial recognition tools.
Eventually the phone.
On the bright side though, the muggers won't beat your face up (at least not until they unlock the phone).
Actually that means that thieves have to steal two objects (that NFC thing added to your phone) instead of one (your phone alone).
Harder for thieves maybe, but the harder it becomes for them, the more violent towards you they can become. I don't think it's a very wise idea
Actually, the hard it gets the less crime there is. You don't really need to raise that bar very far.
I guess the point the OP was making is that the remaining crime may become more violent. But I agree that a lot of opportunistic crime would essentially disappear.
Actually that means that thieves have to steal two objects (that NFC thing added to your phone) instead of one (your phone alone).
Harder for thieves maybe, but the harder it becomes for them, the more violent towards you they can become. I don't think it's a very wise idea
It's always amusing to see the lengths to which some slashdotters will go to criticize an idea.
The role of of the comments is to stimulate debates. There are no debates without people for and against a concept.
The role of of the comments is to stimulate debates. There are no debates without people for and against a concept.
If I had more time, I'd invent some bizarre and ridiculous counterargument.
> smartphone users can clip to their clothes.
Seems inconvenient. Can they build it so I can clip it to my smartphone?
It will pair with any NFC key. So if you are using one for something else you could use that. You could get one of those NFC rings.
Maybe an old CC card?
Obligitory [xkcd.com]...
Why would would it be more convenient? The snowshoe stamp requires the screen to be on. The stamp itself doesn't require battery power, but neither does an nfc chip. The stamp is also huge in comparison to an nfc.
Why would you ever need so many. Only allow fives tries a minute, after the twentieth try go into deep lock-down mode and only allow some admin password to unlock. There three digit password is good enough now.
Those who check smartphones 50 times a day would probably get tired of that.
Further aiding and abetting their addiction is probably not a good idea.
"So why don't you make like a tree, and get outta here." -- Biff in "Back to the Future"


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The complete runway show was the perfect ode to Fashion's Night Out 2012. Before the night was over there was a chance for partygoers to experience a 'meet and greet' with the gracious celebrities/ guest models. The combination of fall fashion, Loehmann's refined atmosphere, and the remarkable samplers; courtesy of the sponsor: Little Black Dress Wines made for one of the most electrifying events on this lively night pioneered in New York City by Anne Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue to help the suffering fashion economy during the Recession of 2008.
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The Court refused to consider the question when, if ever, the complete book would be demandable.
late 13c., "a question," from Old French demande (see demand (v.)). Meaning "a request, claim" is from c.1300. In the political economy sense (correlating to supply) it is attested from 1776 in Adam Smith.
late 14c., "ask, make inquiry," from Old French demander (12c.) "to request; to demand," from Latin demandare "entrust, charge with a commission" (in Vulgar Latin, "to ask, request, demand"), from de- "completely" (see de-) + mandare "to order" (see mandate). Meaning "to ask for as a right" is early 15c., from Anglo-French legal use. Related: Demanded; demanding.
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Stevie Taylor's 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining in overtime gave Ohio the lead as it defeated Kent State 78-75 Saturday for its fourth straight victory.
On Kent State's ensuing possession, Nick Kellogg deflected a pass, and the ball came to Walter Offutt, who had 17 points for the Bobcats (19-6, 10-1 Mid-American Conference). Offutt tipped it to Kellogg for a final layup with 2 seconds left.
Ohio led by 15 points, 46-31, early in the second half before the Golden Flashes (14-12, 5-7) rallied.
It was Ohio's second narrow victory over the Golden Flashes in their first season under former Kent State coach Jim Christian. The Bobcats won 69-68 on Jan. 26.
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Memo to Progressives: We have a new meme to introduce, and it is with fake solemnity and stifled laughter than I implore you to get the word out.
Here it comes.
The Boehner is a squish.
Run with it. Savor it. Eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Oh, but I kid The Boehner.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is sharing his regrets about his "fiscal-cliff" strategy, less than a month after the House bitterly swallowed a last-minute deal hatched in the Senate.
In a private speech to the Ripon Society [a 50-year-old GOP advocacy group] on Tuesday, Boehner said that he should have taken a different course after the November election by immediately demanding that the Senate produce a bill to avert the worst parts of a combination of tax increases and spending cuts [...]
"Some of our members don't realize that while I may be a nice enough guy, and I get along with people, when I was voting I had the 8th most conservative voting record in the House," he said. "But a lot of our newer members – they don't know that. And so, you know, they think I'm some squish, that I'm ready to sell them out in a heartbeat, when obviously, most of you in this room know that that ain't quite who I am."
Oh we all know who you ain't and who you am, Boehner... you big regretful squish, you. Sniffle!


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Federal or provincial?
The perennial question in Canadian law (and politics) is: is it federal or provincial?
In the case of credit cards issued by banks, the answer is "both". Although banks are a federal responsibility, provincial consumer protection laws mandating disclosure of contract terms apply to banks that issue credit cards, the Supreme Court held recently in three decisions issued the same day.
The decisions are also notable for the very high standards they set for disclosures to consumers. The court held that both the existence and the details of foreign currency conversion charges must be disclosed.
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The three cases all involved class actions in Quebec alleging that most Canadian banks, including Canada's so-ca
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By Michael Aneiro
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve's newly implemented numeric targets for ending its low-rate policy may help bond investors more accurately anticipate a likely eventual rise in bond yields.
"Greater clarity will help markets better predict how bond yields will behave," Bernanke said during the Q&A portion of his post-FOMC meeting press conference Wednesday. "The more information we can provide… the better information they'll have on the likely impact on bonds, and that will allow for a smoother adjustment."
That "adjustment" could be anything from a gradual investor shift out of bonds and into stocks to a sudden and massive bond selloff. The Fed, and bond investors, hope for the former.
The Fed on Wednesday for the first time linked its zero-rate policy to specific economic indicators, saying ultra-low short-term rates will last as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6.5% (it's currently at 7.7%) and making new mention of a 2.5% inflation threshold. Fed policy had previously been tied to long-term date targets (most recently mid-2015) or loosely defined goals for improved economic conditions.
Any rise in rates, which the Fed has been pinning to the floor to try to boost the economy, will hurt prices of existing bonds and create losses for bond portfolios. Investors have been preparing for this sort of inevitability, as the three-decade bond bull market seems to have run out of room with bond yields where they are now, but remain confounded about when it might actually start to happen. After investors have piled into bonds in recent years, skeptics worry that any sudden rise in rates could cause them to flee bond funds en masse, exacerbating any selloff.
Of course, the trick remains getting the timing right. Pimco's Bill Gross, one of the foremost minds in the bond market, infamously sold his Treasury bond holdings in early 2011, believing the market had peaked and that Treasury yields – which were around 3.5% at the time for the ten-year note – were about as low as they could get.
Since then, ten-year yields have more than halved and now measure 1.7%, reaping huge price gains for bondholders over that span. Gross soon capitulated and again bought Treasuries, which now make up nearly a quarter of his $285 billion flagship Pimco Total Return Fund (PTTRX). Investors remain reluctant to abandon ship on the bond market too soon, but with yields on a variety of bonds at historic lows, portfolio losses could be substantial once rates do start to rise.
Markets, as much as the Fed, will ultimately dictate when interest rates rise. Bernanke said giving bond investors a slightly clearer heads-up was not the primary motivation behind the Fed's change in approach "but that is one potential advantage" of the Fed's latest tactic.


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Sept. 13, 2008
Team Leaderboard - After Round 2
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WAYZATA, Minn. - Yale was overtaken by SMU to drop from 10th to 11th place on Friday at the Gopher Invitational. The Bulldogs shot a team score of 313 to put their two-day total at 620. In comparison, the current leader LSU is -3 for the tournament with a score of 573. Texas trails LSU by four shots at 577 and Pepperdine is right behind the Longhorns at 579.
Sophomore Thomas Mccarthy continued to be the Bulldogs' strongest player, shooting a round of 76. He again played consistent par golf, but swapped a few of Friday's birdies for bogeys Saturday. McCarthy is at +2 for the tournament and tied for 18th place. Junior Ben Wescoe carded a round of 78 for a two-day total of 153, placing him in a tie for 43rd place. Wescoe, who started on the 10th tee, got off to a rough start with three bogeys, a double bogey and a bogey in his first five holes. He finished strongly, though, playing the front nine in one-under-par. Senior Colby Moore finished the day one shot behind Wescoe with a round of 79, bringing his total to 162. Moore is tied for 62nd place. Junior Seve Gonzales and sophomore Michael Fader both shot rounds of 80, placing them in ties for 55th and 65th place, respectively.
John Peterson of LSU was able to overtake Charlie Holland of Texas to move himself into first place, after Holland shot a round of 73 and Peterson shot a 70. Two of the day's biggest movers were Cole Peevler of Iowa and Mike Van Sickle of Marquette, who started the day tied for 23rd and after both shooting rounds of 67 are now tied for third.
The final round will be played Sunday.
Report filed by Charles Moore `10, Yale Sports Publicity


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Basil-Parmesan Angel Hair Recipe
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- 1 package (16 ounces) angel hair pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 can (12 ounces) fat-free evaporated milk
- 2/3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 1/4 cup minced fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Additional fresh basil
- 12 lemon slices
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and return to the pan. Add oil; toss to coat. Add the milk, cheese, onions, basil, lemon peel, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Sprinkle with additional basil. Serve with lemon. Yield: 12 servings.
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"This pasta dish was excellent! I used dried basil instead of fresh (4 tsp.), and it came out great! My husband and 12 year old son both said they really liked it a lot. It makes a lot, too. Very yummy. I served it with a pork roast and gravy, but I think we'll use up the leftovers with chicken. I think it would go with just about anything!"
"I had to change this recipe a little b/c I didn't have lemons, but I did have oranges :) Still delicious!"


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For more than a month Kim Hurst helped nurse dozens of malnourished horses back to health. But now, the Jessamine County Humane Society president is frustrated some of those animals are back with their owners.
We first told you about the raid at a Jessamine County farm back in March. Animal control officers seized 74 horses found in poor condition. Twelve days ago a judge allowed the farm owners to take 25 horses back a move that outraged the Jessamine County Humane Society.
"We took care of these animals for 30 days and spent thousands of dollars on them, then their owner's came in and just took the one's they wanted," said Kim Hurst.
Hurst admits it is becoming extremely difficult to find the funds to take care of the animals. They are still caring for six horses from a previous case.
"We just need some help, we can't continue to take on more animals without it," Hurst said. She goes on to say the real problem is irresponsible breeding and poor management.
"We've known for sometime the horse market isn't good, so if you can't afford to care for the animals you have, why would you continue to breed," Hurst said.
Hurst says the owners took 24 of the 74 horses, "They took the cream of the crop and left the county with the financial burden to find a home for the remaining horses," Hurst said.
The owners, who declined comment, were charged with 74 counts of animal cruelty. However, the courts said if the horses that were returned to them remain in a healthy state after one year, those charges will be dropped.
The Jessamine County Humane Society says a few years ago they faced a similar crisis and donations were five times more than what they've received this time.


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Will "Rango" ride off into the sunset with an Academy Award? The Envelope is the awards insider for the Los Angeles Times and features the work of our Hero Complex writers. Here's a look at one story from the upcoming animation issue of The Envelope; this one looks at the Gore Verbinski western that won over critics and should be a contender in the now-underway Oscar season.
When you think of Johnny Depp it's hard not to think of Tim Burton — the movie star and director tandem have worked on seven feature films together — but with the success of "Rango" it may be time to more carefully consider the collaboration of Depp and Gore Verbinski, the soft-spoken popcorn auteur who has now made four movies with the actor since 2003 and is now preparing a fifth.
Depp says the two directors will never be mistaken for each other, but that they do share a certain skill for making the real world feel especially animated and making animated worlds reach for an unexpected reality. Depp made three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films with Verbinski and the two will reunite (after considerable turbulence in the corner offices of Disney) for the 2013 revival of "The Lone Ranger," but the actor said working with the filmmaker on the animated "Rango" was especially enlightening, just like working with Burton on 2005's "The Corpse Bride."
"Gore and Tim are very, very different but there is a similar thing in the incredible arena that they build and that they allow the actors to go into, a place where the actors can feel free to go ape," Depp said. "They rein it in, hone it and make it special and pay close attention to the details. So there's this freedom they both create and an organic approach. Gore amazed me right away with his technical ability … he knows cinema backwards and forward and he's completely unafraid. When I saw 'Rango' I was pretty stupefied — it was unlike anything I had ever seen before."
Verbinski's knowledge of cinema was on full display in "Rango," the first animated feature film from Paramount Pictures and the first created by Industrial Light & Magic, the esteemed visual effects house. In the film, Depp gives voice to a thespian chameleon who ends up in a savage town called Dirt where a six-shooter drama unfolds with nods to "High Noon," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "Destry Rides Again" and a dozen other saddlebag classics. With especially scabby characters (like a chicken with an arrow through its eye) and existential subplots, "Rango" was defiantly "un-cute" in this era of animation blockbusters defined by heartfelt appeal and a tidy, toy-driven aesthetic.
More than that, Verbinksi went against the conventional approach of animation today — instead of recording voices from voice actors who worked alone in the studio, he put his ensemble together on a soundstage with a 40-foot-long wooden saloon bar, whiskey glasses and swinging doors and even brought in a chuck wagon to help the cast ground their performance in the dusty territories of their imagination.
More than that, Verbinski sees a new frontier in animation where audacious outlaws may finally win. He said R-rated animation projects (such as David Fincher's discussed adaptation of "The Goon") may be pioneer projects to watch.
"There's so much you can do in animation, and maybe what's interesting is a movie where you don't bring your 6-year-old," Verbinksi said, adding that the the animation legacy of Ralph Bakshi and "Heavy Metal" may be a compass point for Hollywood as far as mature audience ambitions. "You can tell so many stories. I think where it's going is very interesting if we let it be."
— Geoff Boucher
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Pictures of What A Snowstorm in Texarkana Might Look Like
Although it is only October, we can already feel the temperatures dropping here in Texarkana. Does that mean that this winter we may actually see snow? What would a snowfall in T-Town look like? Here are some photos from other parts of Texas that have actually seen some of the fabled white stuff.
Having lived in Ohio for the past 13 years, I've seen my share of snow. It's gorgeous when it blankets the streets and the neighborhoods are so quiet at night that you can hear the snow crunch beneath your footsteps as you walk down the sidewalk.
But snow also means that there's work to do. Get ready to sweat as you shovel sidewalks and clear driveways. Get up early to dust snow off cars or scrape frozen windshields. And leave in plenty of time each morning to drive slowly to work so your car doesn't sail over the edge of an overpass.
Sound like a headache? It just depends on how much you love fluffy white snow. If you're a kiddo, you probably can't wait to make a snowman or go sledding. It can mean a lot of fun. So what about you, do you want snow in Texas or not? Have you experienced snow in Texas already? Submit your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #texassnow.
Now here are some photos from folks who have had the chance to witness this rare phenomenon.
After this article was originally published, we received the following photos and videos submitted by some of our friends from past Texarkana snowfalls. Enjoy!


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How Do You Know if Someone is Flirting With You?
It's one of those eternal questions: how do you know if someone is flirting with you, or just being nice?
That exact situation happened to Danny Vigil of Wise Brothers Media. While at a concert a girl standing next to him dropped her phone. Being a gentleman, he picked it up and handed it back to her.
I'll let him continue from there:
We ended up chatting about the band a little and then as I turned to leave to go to the bathroom, she grabbed my arm and said "Hey aren't you going to get my number?" The entire time I thought I was just being nice and friendly, she thought I was flirting. I smiled and explained that I was happily married and showed her my wedding ring, she turned bright red and apologized and said she was "horrible at reading signs like that."
So how do you know if someone is flirting with you are is just being nice?
A similar question - How to Tell if a Girl is Fliritng with You - was posed on WikuHow. Here are some of the answers:
- If she is talking slowly, or abnormally fast, it's a sign that she is pretty nervous. This is good news for you, because you may be the source of her nervousness.
- Does she fidget? When she's around you, does she start fidgeting with things around her, like fixing clothes, or playing with her cell phone, or wringing her hands?
- Try and catch her staring and give her a smile. If you do catch her, note her reaction. Does she look away immediately? That's a good sign. Does she smile and/or blush? Another good sign.
The blog All Women Stalk has some things women should look for when it comes to a guy flirting:
- Does he leave a lot of dangling messages when you are around? Things like "So, you're doing ... what this weekend?" This probably means that he really wants to know exactly what you are doing and if you maybe want to make plans with him! This is a great opening line and a line that guys use all of the time!
- What about his attempts to impress you? Does he do this all of the time? That's another great way to tell if he is flirting with you. If he comes up with all of the crazy stories and really tries to show up his friends when he is in front of you, that's honestly a great way to tell if he is flirting!
- If someone is picking on you or hurting your feelings, does your crush jump to defend you? Does he make sure that nobody else in the world picks on you? That's a sure way to tell that he not only likes you, but also that he is flirting with you!
What are some of the ways that you have found are tell tale signs?


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A crowd of Oakdale defenders crashed past Lathrop offensive linemen and blocked the short field goal, celebrating as the ball bounced up field to end the Spartans' best shot at appearing on the scoreboard.
A wave of second and third quarter scores gave Oakdale High's varsity football team an insurmountable lead over visiting Kimball on Friday, resulting in a 56-14 victory for the Mustangs during week two of the Valley Oak League schedule.
A complete program sweep was achieved by Oakdale High football players on Sept. 26 and 27 as freshmen, junior varsity and varsity athletes combined for a 143-49 rout of the Jaguars.
The steady stream of football fans filing out of Sierra High's Daniel Teicheira stadium halfway through a 49-7 Oakdale victory should have stopped by the box office to collect a refund on their admission, because Friday's varsity contest was hardly the Valley Oak League showdown it was billed to be.
The Valley Oak League football season will only just begin on Friday, but preseason story lines have built the stage for a tremendous showdown at Daniel Teicheira Stadium in Manteca.
In his second ever varsity football game inside The Corral, Oakdale High senior DeWayne Finney made some special plays. Finney intercepted a long pass at midfield just seven minutes into the game while Oakdale carried a 14-0 lead. Just five minutes later, he ended Aptos High's best drive of the night when a halfback pass dropped into his arms at Oakdale's own goal line.
The 35-14 gap between Oakdale and Aptos High on the post-game scoreboard did little to create space between DeWayne Finney and his thoughts as he stood among his teammates and fielded questions following his breakout defensive performance on Friday.
Oakdale H.S. • Football
The screen pass from Oceanside's Tofi Paopao deflected off the outstretched arms of charging Oakdale pass rushers and lofted skyward like a lazy balloon, wobbling end-over-end toward the eager hands of Mustang lineman Eric Barragan, who let the ball slip through his fingers onto Westlake High's artificial turf in Thousand Oaks.
Josh Watts made it a few yards past the line of scrimmage before the Oakdale High fullback was stopped in his tracks by several Turlock defenders. His momentum slowed for a moment as his feet began to chop like a sushi chef, then suddenly a wave of Oakdale linemen hit the pile, knocking defenders reeling as Watts continued chopping an extra six yards into the end zone for a 7-0 Oakdale lead in the first quarter on Friday night at The Corral.
If the state bowl buzz came from a bee, Oakdale High varsity football players and coaches would have squashed it by now.
If local sports fans want to attend Oakdale High School's highly anticipated football showdown with Oceanside in Southern California on Friday, Aug. 31, they had better get tickets soon or they will be turned away at the door.
Oakdale H.S., Track & Field
Oakdale High seniors Marcus Hernandez and Cody Cole each landed an All Sac-Joaquin Section honor, while 12 football teammates played a role in 20 total selections onto the All Valley Oak League team.
Steve Gokey says the only time he has been early to anything was when he was born two and half months premature in 1952.
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What does it mean that Israel is a Zionist state? Read on...
Any discussion of the State of Israel's Zionist character is based on the apparently commonplace assumption that the aforementioned State would not have been created had it not been for the initiative and activity of the Zionist Movement. However, those familiar with the subject might argue that it was not only the organized Zionist Movement that built the State of Israel. Other factors played a part in its creation, some of them by making possible political and economic developments, others assisted in the actual construction. They might claim, for example, that anti-Semitism caused more immigration than organized Zionist education; or that the interests of certain Powers in the Middle East promoted more Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel than the diplomatic alacrity of either Herzl or Weizmann.
Moreover, it can be claimed that the non-Zionist-and even anti-Zionist-movements existing among the Jewish People, cooperated politically and economically and even in settlement activities, in the building and strengthening of the State. There are those who maintain that had it not been for the Balfour Declaration, the Holocaust in Europe, the U.N. debate in which the Soviet Union had a specific interest in the establishment of a Jewish State, and the persecution of Jews in Arab countries the State of Israel would never have been established nor would it have become strong enough to stand up to the ever increasing resistance of the Arabs.
On the other hand, one can point to factors which operated in the opposite direction. Anti-Semitism was indeed the cause of immigration; but the attractions of European and American society led to a movement of assimilation whose dimensions exceeded by far those of immigration to Israel. Considerations of the interests of certain Powers in the Middle East did no doubt lead to the promotion of Zionism, but these considerations were always of a temporary nature and therefore did not last for long; their encouragement of Zionism was never given whole-heartedly and quickly lapsed. In most cases, the Zionist Movement was compelled to make its way while fighting a continuous battle against its adamant foes and even against its friends. Last but not least, the factor of oppression which led to the large-scale migration of Jews did not automatically cause all those Jews to migrate to the Land of Israel. On the contrary, migrants streamed to countries which held out more promising prospects and possibilities of mass absorption. Russian Jews, for instance, at the beginning of the century, migrated in their masses to the United States. After the establishment of the State of Israel, masses of North African Jews migrated to France. The mass immigration of Yemenite Jewry to the State of Israel, on the other hand, was organized by the State's institutions and it was thus not the result of a spontaneous movement which aroused the desire to migrate...
We may conclude, therefore, that the background factors operated in opposing directions. Moreover, if the force of these motivations can be measured, then it may be said that the restraining pressure was greater than the incentive pressure. In other words, the outcome of these pressures was not simply the result of a rather "parallelogram of forces" but of the energy of an organized minority which made a conscious choice and fought a vigorous battle for the realization of its aim. It was due to the struggle of this minority alone that England, in the Balfour Declaration, and the United Nations, in its famous 1947 Resolution, recognized the right of the Jewish People to a national home in its historical homeland; it was only because of the struggle of this minority that many Jews, who had already taken to the road of assimilation, found anew their national Jewish identity; and it was only because of the struggle of this minority that a part of the stream of mass Jewish immigration was directed to the Land of Israel in order to rebuild it. In this sense, the State of Israel is undoubtedly the product of the Zionist Movement.
In passing, it may be noted that the ideology of pioneering Zionism expressed this state of affairs with the utmost clarity and it is typical that it was precisely the Borochovist ideology which sought to rely on natural forces in Jewish society, defining the operational and idealistic nature of Zionism in more discerning and exact terms. According to Borochov, the Jewish State would indeed be built by the masses after undergoing a proletarization process and would attain a Socialist regime by force of a natural socioeconomic process; but mass migration to the Land of Israel would be possible only if a number of individuals would precede the people as pioneers and direct it there. In this sense, Zionism is a movement expressing a conscious will and having, as such, its own logic of structure and ways of operation.
When we interpret our basic assumption concerning the Zionist character of the State of Israel in this manner, it is no longer a commonplace. Beyond mention of the historical fact, which may be contended to be irrelevant today, there seems to be one principal thing which has implications for the present too: the State of Israel is a "project," the State of Israel is a product of a conscious and free decision. It is not a "natural" phenomenon created as the result of compelling circumstances and continuing to survive by virtue of those same circumstances. The State of Israel did not evolve by a natural process and it does not continue to survive through inertia. It is a "supra-natural" phenomenon which came into being by force of consciousness and will and it can exist only as long as the consciousness and will that led to its creation continue to exist. In other words, the same process by which the State was built also determined the dynamics of its development and the conditions under which it can survive.
Having stressed the "project-like" nature of the State of Israel it should be stressed that in a project the principle of free choice is presupposed. The State of Israel cannot in fact continue to exist unless it remains a Zionist State. An attempt to explain the reasoning behind this statement will be made later. But this does not mean that the State of Israel is forced to follow a Zionist policy. Were we to pretend that it was a matter of compulsion we would be negating the voluntary character of the State of Israel. The opposite is true: the State of Israel is confronted by a real choice between two ways; it must always choose between them and in retrospect it can be shown that it did not always follow the Zionist way, but at times took into account limited political interests which were not consistent with it.
It must be admitted, however, that the establishment of the State in itself created conditions which impel it to carry on the realization of the Zionist vision. In other words, an "inertia" was created which finds its expression in the political, economic and social interests of the State of Israel to follow a Zionist policy. For instance, the hostility of the Arab states "forces" the Jewish community in Israel to recognize the vitality of immigration and the necessity for strong ties with Diaspora Jewry. On the other hand, the support of the Arabs by certain states, out of considerations of vested interests, is also reflected directly or indirectly in the attitude of the governments and citizens of those countries towards their Jewish citizens, thus increasing the identification of the Jews in the Diaspora with the State of Israel. These are some of the more blatant factors, but there are many others. Yet, once again, these factors do not operate alone. Other factors operating in the opposite direction can be indicated. For instance: the characteristic tendency of Western societies, in the wake of scientific-technological development, towards a "cosmopolitan" outlook which belittles the importance of national differences, facilitates the flow of highly qualified professionals to the leading centres of industry and research where the chances of raising one's standard of living and advancing professionally are incomparably greater than in small countries.
On the other hand, the desire to attenuate the tension between Israel and the Arab states strengthens the theory that if Zionist policy were only abandoned, peace would come sooner and this would make integration within the region easier. The policy followed by the Great Powers in the Middle East in no way encourages a Zionist policy. Even those powers who do not desire Israel's destruction are apparently interested in restricting its strength. In this connection one should consider in particular the situation of Soviet Jewry; even if the Soviet authorities were to come to the conclusion that the only solution to the Jewish problem is migration, they would not permit mass immigration to Israel so as not to strengthen the State and thus annoy the Arabs. In other words, even after the establishment of the State, restraining forces are still in operation, and at present too they are stronger than the accelerating forces. It may be noted that in the period between the War of Liberation and the Six Day War there was a marked process of abandoning the Zionist ideal and its obligations.
This process threatened the State of Israel and consequently the whole Jewish people with tile danger of disintegration. Yet, although the danger was discerned by many, this did not necessarily eliminate the possibility of a non-Zionist policy. If it so desires, a State can choose a way that leads to its own destruction...
Even today, after the Six Day War, a Zionist policy will not therefore be the mechanical result of a "parallelogram of forces". It will be the expression of a decision. The uniqueness of the State of Israel lies in the fact that from the start it has actually faced a dilemma of this kind.
The essence of Zionist policy can be learnt from a knowledge of the free will character of the State of Israel. As a Zionist State, the State of Israel, contrary to other states, must regard itself as the State of a people the majority of which is not concentrated within its borders. As a Zionist State, it must bear the responsibility for the security, well-being, unity and continuous cultural identity of the Jewish people; it must rely on the latter's loyalty without there being any correspondence between the range of its responsibility and sources of power on the one hand and the range within which its sovereignty applies on the other. Needless to say, this is a most complicated situation, with numerous conflicting interests and theoretical and practical problems. But it must be emphasized that such a state of affairs is possible only as long as a dynamic relationship exists between those living in the State and those in the Diaspora. The strong ties between the State of Israel and the Jewish people will continue to exist as long as Diaspora Jewry regards itself as a source of strength for Israel to rely upon, as long as it regards Israel as a basis for its own identity and continuous cultural creativity, and as long as Israel finds in the Diaspora a source from which to draw and in turn becomes a support for the Diaspora. The moment this dynamic process ceases the connection will be broken. Again it should be emphasized that the continuation of the process or its termination is not the result of inertia either in Israel or abroad. It requires a free and constantly renewed choice on the part of both sides.
The foregoing seems to contain the whole theory of Zionist policy "in a nutshell". But a number of implications require special emphasis. First of all, Zionist policy is in practice one of attracting and absorbing immigrants, and a Zionist state is a state whose political, economic, social and cultural image is that of an immigration absorbing state. The importance of immigration as the expression in practice of the Zionist policy should be stressed in particular because the early pioneering Zionist conception that Diaspora Jewry had no other alternative but to immigrate or to be assimilated, did not prove to be unequivocally true. After the establishment of the State of Israel it turned out that the majority of the people would continue to live in the Diaspora for a long time either because it could not immigrate to Israel or because it did not want to do so. Nevertheless those who remain in the Diaspora desire to preserve their Jewish identity and are able to do so in spite of the assimilatory processes taking place in the environment. Aliya will thus not bring about the concentration of all or even of the majority of the people in the State of Israel in the foreseeable future. But just for this reason it would seem that the State of Israel, as a Zionist state, should concentrate its energies on the absorption of immigration. Why is this so important? Because Aliya should be not a one time but rather a continuous phenomenon expressing the dynamic development of Israel-Diaspora relationship. It should also be a channel through which Diaspora Jews can contribute in various ways to the upbuilding of the State and draw upon it at the same time. As a continuous phenomenon in the life of the Jewish people, Aliya-even on a small scale -will create, first and foremost, a concrete living human link between all sections of the Jewish people. It will guarantee that the State of Israel will continue to be a corporate image of the entire Jewish People, that the link between the people in the Diaspora and the people in
Israel and, through it, between all sections of the people will consist in personal ties of family, friends and acquaintances so that the feeling of unity and mutual responsibility will not become a matter of mere "abstraction" but of real experience. Furthermore, Aliya will give a clear orientation to Jewish education and Jewish socio-cultural activities, being construed as the real fulfillment of their goal. In all these senses, Aliya constitutes the essence of the dynamic contact between Diaspora Jewry and the State of Israel. It is clear, therefore, that the State of Israel as a Zionist State must prepare itself for Aliya. Israel should encourage education towards Aliya and readiness to absorb the immigrants. This should be emphasized in particular: an immigrant-absorbing state is not only a state ready to receive immigrants, but a state that is prepared to attract them and to organize its economy and patterns of social life, particularly in the field of education, in a manner which will make possible their absorption in the most effective way. Needless to say, this readiness has implications in all spheres of life; it is therefore a mistake to claim that Zionism is a matter for immigrants or potential immigrants only, while for Israelis, their Zionism has already been realized by the fact of their Israeli citizenship. On the contrary, whoever lives in Israel out of Zionist consciousness will attach particular value to his living there and show this attitude in practice by his willingness to take part in the efforts to attract and absorb the Aliya.
Secondly, a Zionist policy must be one of fostering the Jewish identity of the State as such and of the people living in it. The Jewish identity of the State as such means on the external front that the Jewish State should not agree in any way to a solution of the Israel-Arab conflict which would entail jeopardizing its Jewish majority and undermining its sovereignty. Moreover, the State of Israel, even though it contains national minorities whose rights as citizens of a democratic state should not be affected in the slightest degree, must define itself as a Jewish state. That is to say, as a state that embodies Jewish nationalism and serves the national interest of the Jewish people. On the internal front, this means that the State of Israel should concern itself with educating its younger generations in the cultural legacy of the Jewish people and fostering its ties with the Jewish people and its history; its Jewish character should also find expression in its legislation and ceremonies. Obviously this principle requires a more detailed explanation and this raises a long list of practical and theoretical problems. But we cannot go into this kind of specification here.
Thirdly, a Zionist policy means a direct concern on the part of Israel for the fate of those Diaspora communities which are in distress; the State of Israel must act in every possible way to prevent or alleviate Jewish suffering and must consider every step it takes in both the sphere of foreign policy and the sphere of internal policy not only in the light of the predicted consequences from the standpoint of its own limited interest, but also in the light of the consequences for the fate of Diaspora Jews and their relationship to the State.
Finally, a Zionist policy means a project oriented policy: the State of Israel, insofar as it remains loyal to its mission, should not regard its existence and present achievements as an end in themselves but rather as a means to fulfilling its role which lies mainly in the future. This is not mere rhetoric nor a demand for general awareness. It has to do with the everyday life of Israel's citizens, since it determines the basic orientation of Israeli society and every single member of it. A state which is responsible for its inhabitants alone, can adopt a policy of raising the standard of living, so as to become an "affluent society". But a state which is responsible for a people, the majority of which does not live within its borders, cannot afford to adopt such a policy as its only goal. Its activity is not focused in the present but in the future. This conception has far reaching implications, affecting the social, educational and cultural life of the State of Israel. But, again, we cannot go into detail here.
There is no doubt that a Zionist policy involves the undertaking of heavy obligations. It causes both external conflicts (between Israel and the Arabs and between Israel and the Powers supporting the Arabs), and internal conflicts (between the different sections of the Jewish people) and it demands a willingness to make concessions on the part of the State as a whole as well as of every individual in it. Why, then, should the State of Israel choose this way? Why should it not decide to content itself with what it has already achieved within its borders and rest on its laurels? Well, it should be pointed out that these questions are not theoretical ones. They are being asked seriously and incessantly both inside and outside Israel.
Outside Israel, one often hears the claim that the State of Israel's insistence on absorbing immigration and creating close ties with Diaspora Jewry lends it the image of a colonialist "bridgehead". A Zionist policy does not it mean continual expansionary aspirations and the settlement of an Euro-American people in another people's land? Does not this justify the Arab claim that Israel is bent on conquest and that it threatens Arab nationalism in general? If only Israel would give up its Zionist policy it would enable the Arabs to recognize that its present Jewish population lives there by right and perhaps even to recognize its right to a separate national definition.
Such claims are often made even by Arab statesmen as a political tactic and perhaps here and there out of sincerity. They meet a response among Jewish intellectuals and an expression of their arguments is to be found in Uri Avneri's book "Israel Without Zionism".
But the question in all its severity is raised from within, and in most of the cases in an indirect manner: how long can the people bear the terrible tension of the struggle for its survival? Is it worth the price of the blood shed? Would it not be better for Israel to give up the nobility of its national, spiritual and cultural uniqueness if this means an eternal altar on which each generation sacrifices its sons? Would it not be better to become reconciled to the situation, even at the price of assimilation, and save the lives of individuals at the price of the people's survival as a nation? Such questions, by their very nature. are not asked aloud. They are murmured in a hesitant voice. But there is no thinking person who does not have moments of weakness during which he is afflicted by such desperate thoughts. For this reason it is imperative to face up to them with a clear mind.
Why, then, should the State of Israel continue to act as a Zionist State? The answer is simple: because it has not yet achieved its goal. The State was established in order to solve the problems of the Jewish people's existence.
These problems have not yet been solved. Some parts of the Jewish People (Soviet Jewry, the Jews in the Communist countries and Jews in Arab states) are still in danger of persecution and physical destruction. Another part of it (Western Jewry) is in danger of assimilation and annulment of its unique cultural creativity. The Jewish people as a whole is in danger of disintegration in various centres and, in each centre, finds itself drawn to opposite poles of attraction. The State of Israel alone holds out the chance of a solution for the Diaspora communities endangered by physical destruction and it alone is capable of focusing the feeling of loyalty of those Jews confronted by the temptations of assimilation. Moreover, the State of Israel can solve the problem of the Jewish people's existence only if and insofar as it adheres to its Zionist policy. Once Aliya ceases and the organizational, economic and cultural ties between Israel and the Diaspora are severed, Israel will no longer play any role in the life of the Jewish people. And this would mean that Israel no longer exists, at least from Diaspora Jewry's point of view.
It can be asked whether the State of Israel or its citizens really must undertake responsibility for the entire Jewish people. Certainly it must! First of all because the State of Israel was not achieved by the efforts of those who live in it only; generation after generation gave its strength and energy to it; it was demanded as a solution for the entire people and was built under the pressure of the whole people's suffering and by the joint forces of all sections of the people. Israel's denial of its overall national responsibility for the Jewish people would be almost betrayal. Secondly, because responsibility for the whole Jewish people is the main reason for the State's existence and the only justification for making efforts to strengthen it and maintain it.
True, the argument is often heard that historical factors do not obligate those living in the present. The pioneers who came from the Diaspora to build their homes in the Land of Israel did so in order to find a solution to the problems of the Jewish people and that was their justification. Very well. But in the meantime they have borne children whose right to live here is a direct consequence of the fact of their living here. This is their natural homeland and since they are different both from the Arabs in the region and from the Jews in the Diaspora, they are entitled to demand the political right of a separate "national entity". This seems like a very reasonable argument.
But apart from the fact that the majority of Israel's population are immigrants "ingathered from all exiles", thus representing the entire people scattered in the Diaspora, we must reexamine what constitutes the uniqueness of the Israeli "national entity". What can its will to maintain its distinct identity be based on? How can it be justified in view of the claim of the Palestinian Arabs that they have a prior national right to this land which they regard as their homeland? To these questions there are only two possible answers: one is to assign the uniqueness of Israel nationalism to its culturally Western nature, so different from its neighbours, but this only confirms the Arab claim that Israel is a foreign European "colony", the most recent outcome of Western imperialism and that its very existence is a gross injustice done to the Palestinian Arabs. The other is to present Israel nationalism as a unique product of the lingual, literary, philosophical and historical legacy of Judaism. But he, who demands independence and claims his historical rights to the Land of Israel in the name of the Jewish people, is no longer entitled to cast off the burden of responsibility for that people. In other words, by accepting the proposals of the moderate Arab politicians to give up its connection with the Jewish people, Israel would justify the Arab claim that it is only a "bridgehead" of Western colonialism...
Finally, commitment to the whole Jewish people is entailed by the very faithfulness of the Israeli Jew to himself. For in disavowing his people he rejects his national identity and distorts all his cultural and moral relations. We are not saying that there is no possibility of such a rejection. In retrospect we may point out the fact that the Jewish community in Israel underwent and is still undergoing a process of assimilation no less intensive than its counterpart in the Diaspora, even though its nature and results have been different. The small minority which advocates the renunciation of a Zionist policy is in fact one manifestation of this process, whose real dimensions are greater than its overt manifestations. We do say, however, that the "Israeli" type of assimilation means nothing but the renunciation of Israel's existence, in the future, if not right now...
We can now show the other side of this answer-coin of ours: the State of Israel, by the very nature of its national identity, is morally bound to follow a Zionist policy. If it does not do so, it will not survive for long. Sooner or later it will be annihilated, if not by military destruction, then because of economic, social and cultural deterioration. It is no exaggeration to say that the choice between maintaining or abandoning the Zionist policy is for Israel, in fact, a choice between survival or liquidation. As stated above, a state may sometimes choose the way of national destruction either consciously or because of some illusion. In any case, he who chooses the way of destruction should realize what kind of a choice he has made.
Why is the abandonment of a Zionist policy tantamount to destruction for the State of Israel? First of all, if there is no moral justification for its existence, a state tends to lose its moral strength to stand up to the pressures of its surrounding. He who has not had to struggle for a very long time for his survival can take this argument as mere abstraction which does not count in real life. He who has had to stand in such a struggle knows very well that moral strength is the basis of physical strength. Israel would not have come into being, nor survived up to now, were it not for the awareness of the significance of its existence of its mission, and of its just goals. Israel will not be able to persist even for a short time without this moral conviction. Even a direct observation at the sources of Israel's physical, economic, political and military strength can prove it. It is so obvious and plain: Israel is relying to this very day on the persistent and affluent aid-economic, political and moral aid-of the Jewish people in the Diaspora. Once this aid is taken away, it will be impossible for Israel to surmount its economic, political and military difficulties.
No doubt those who claim that Israel should break its ties with Diaspora Jewry believe that such an act would bring about the Arabs' willingness to reconcile themselves to Israel's existence, so that there would be no need of such aid. Is this a sound assumption? In fact, we may very well doubt it. For the leaders of the Arab states, even if it is not so with the anti-Zionists in Israel, Israel has a unique Jewish identity, and they would not reconcile themselves to its existence, even if it were to give up Zionism. At the most, they will reconcile themselves to the fact that they have to wait for a while for its destruction. But even with no threat of military intervention Israel cannot survive without maintaining its relations with the Jewish people. It would undergo a rapid process of degeneration and disintegration.
Theoretically, it is possible, of course, to assume that the State of Israel can preserve its uniqueness as an island of advanced Western culture in the region and, through its achievements, influence its surroundings. It is also possible, theoretically, to assume that the population of Israel can cope with the demographic race forced upon it through its internal resources alone.
But it seems that one needs a great amount of illusion in order to believe that these assumptions are realistic ones. Israel's political and cultural ties are the result of its unique connections with those parts of the Jewish people which are deeply rooted in the life of the great cultural centres of the West. Once these unique connections are abandoned, the West would have no interest in so willingly and energetically promoting a small state in the heart of the Middle East. On the contrary, Israel's scientific elite would be attracted to the great centres in the United States and Europe. The State would first become a spiritual ghetto and then rapidly degenerate to the cultural level of its environment. In such circumstances it is also not plausible to believe that the population of Israel would be able to cope with the demographic race in which it will find itself. The Arabs would become the majority and would overwhelm the Jews in Israel, at first socially and then politically too. In fact, this view is not a matter of theoretical conjecture. Marked processes within Israeli society during the period between the War of Liberation and the Six Day War confirm it. Jews born in Israel who presumably should feel themselves bound to it, being their "natural homeland", have not hesitated to emigrate in order to seek their fortune in distant lands. The Arab demographic pressure grew and the danger of Israel gradually becoming part of the Levant seemed very real.
Only the revival of Zionist consciousness within the Jewish community in Israel after the Six Day War halted this process...
In other words, the alternative we are faced with is not that of either cultivating and strengthening the Jewish character of the State of Israel, or else abiding by the status quo and the State's achievements up to now. The real choice is between the dynamism of Aliya and development and the dynamism of emigration and decadence. This, by the way, is well understood by the moderate Arab statesmen and the moderate opponents of Zionism in the West. The solution that they imagine is the peaceful liquidation of the State of Israel. That is to say, the reconciliation of the Arabs to the existence of Israel, after the latter gives up its Zionist policy, would be a wise tactical step on their part; before long, the process of emigration would weaken the Israeli society's ability to sustain the pressure of Arab demographic expansion and the State of Israel would disappear. The Arabs would thus attain in peaceful ways what they have not succeeded, and cannot succeed, to attain by military means.
This brings us back to our starting point. The State of Israel is a project based on will, and it can only survive as such. No natural force will help it to survive. If we want it to exist we must want it to develop, and if we want it to develop, we must accept the unique mission with which it has been charged as the state of the whole Jewish people.
We must now turn again to two different views mentioned above. One is that which regards the Zionist State of Israel as a colonialist state bent on continual expansion and thereby deprives the Arabs of their human and national rights. The other, sometimes heard in Israel, is that which puts forward the question of whether it is worthwhile for Israel to be the nation's altar and whether it would not be better to choose the way of assimilation consciously.
Both these arguments are extraneous to the theme of this article. We cannot therefore discuss them in detail and we will only mention in what contexts they should be examined. The first argument starts from the assumption that the Jewish people does not have a national right to the Land of Israel. Seen in the light of the history of the Jewish people, of Europe and the Middle East this argument is easy to refute. For the concept of Zionism as an unjust movement is based on the description of Israel as a state interested in unlimited colonialist expansion at the expense of its neighbours; whereas in fact Zionism only demands the implementation of the Jewish people's rights in its own land. Arab recognition of this right would lead to a clear determination of the boundaries of Israel's political and territorial expansion whilst taking into consideration the human and national right of the Palestinian Arabs. Thus it is a fact that Israel has declared again and again its willingness to accept a solution based on an agreement, whereas the Arabs' persistent refusal to recognize the national right of the Jewish people has been twice the cause of Israeli expansion by military force. In other words, the false image the Arabs have of the State of Israel has created a situation which appears to prove the correctness of their claims. Giving up the Zionist policy by the State of Israel will not change this distorted image. It will only justify it because, as said above, the only justification for the State's existence is its strong ties with the whole Jewish people. There is no doubt whether Judaism as a value overweighs the value of life for the individual. Certainly, the acceptance of Zionism-even if it stems from the feeling that there is no other choice (a person is born a Jew and the nations of the world generally do not let him forget the fact), cannot be wholehearted if one does not see Judaism as something of value for its own sake, as a way of fulfilling himself. That is to say that Zionism, as a "project-like" movement which demands free-will decisions presents contemporary Jewry with the same alternative that faced in different ways the Jews in every generation. Judaism is indeed like fate which cannot be easily evaded. But it is also a moral asset which one is born into and brought up to follow. Only when he chooses it one's Judaism and Jewish being is in its fullest. In other words, Judaism exists not by force of routine but rather by virtue of will. For this very reason, Zionism cannot base itself on natural forces. It expresses the willing commitment of the Jew to his heritage.
The answer to this second argument is thus available only to those who regard Judaism as a spiritual legacy which has formed their personal world. A discussion of such an attitude is certainly not a matter for a single article. But we would like to point out that without readiness for such deep introspection the question of the "worthwhileness" of the sacrifice is merely one of empty abstraction or an expression of a mood. He who puts his question sincerely will not expect a hasty reply. He will have to examine what Judaism means for himself and to what extent it affects his personal life. For the Jew, such willingness to ask the question in all its profundity presupposes a wish to be faithful to his heritage, and this is perhaps a hint as to where the answer is to be found.


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Planning Ahead: Father's Day Gift Ideas For Dad
A week from today is Father's Day. Although we should be appreciating our dads every day of the year, sometimes we don't show our thanks to our dads as often as we should. Father's Day is a great day to have so we can lavish our dads with love, attention, and of course gifts.
Created in 1910 by Sonora Smart Todd, her idea was to create a day for dads everywhere to complement Mother's Day, which had been established in 1908 by Ann Jarvis. Although it would take almost two decades for the holiday to really take off, it, like Mother's Day, eventually found success–and commercial success at that. What the hell would Hallmark do without all these holidays? How ever would they stay afloat, and why is it that no one has created Amanda Chatel Day? Celebrating my birthday and half birthdays just isn't enough; I'd like one more day please.
My delusional narcissicm aside, we're down to one week of shopping for Dad, so you better get cracking. Take the next few days to come up with something really special that shows the man who brought you into the world (or rather provided the necesssary bodily fluid to do so) just how grateful you are for his love and support. If you're at a loss for what to get him, here are 8 suggestions that might help.


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AND: This, from Politico: "The Wisconsin governor is running under the radar in an attempt to freeze the race where it stands and limit the chances of a momentum-shifting mistake." Blah blah blah and then you get to this:
Walker's approach stands in contrast to Barrett, the Milwaukee mayor who held open press campaign events at three weekend festivals and marched in a parade Monday. He accused Walker of trying to avoid scrutiny at a crucial juncture of a race entering its final week.Is there any question that Politico is taking dictation from its preferred candidate?
"There's no question he's trying to play out the clock and run out the clock," Barrett said during a campaign stop at a festival in West Allis, a suburb 15 minutes outside of Milwaukee.
"There are just so many questions that Gov. Walker refuses to answer. He refuses to answer questions about who's paying his legal defense fees for his criminal defense lawyers. He refuses to answer questions on where he goes on fundraising trips when he should've been in Madison working on legislation. He refuses to answer questions, such as, 'Did he sign recall petitions against Sen. [Russ] Feingold and Sen. [Herb] Kohl?' The more questions he refuses to answer, the more people are asking themselves, why is he asking us to trust him?Speaking of unanswered questions and moving on to questions of actual, central importance in the recall, Tom Barrett has never offered a plan for how he would deal with Wisconsin's budget.