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Mike Fisher and his wife Gloria currently reside in Limerick, Pennsylvania; a small community outside of Philadelphia and west of Valley Forge with their youngest son, Bryan. Served the nation for 12 years in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard as a Photographer.
Mike spent his entire career in business, predominantly in the corporate and commercial real estate industry. Initially started in the Facility Department of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. As a purchasing agent of railroad materials to maintain the Philadelphia subway and trolley network. After receiving my undergraduate degree, he transferred to the Authority's Legal Department as a Real Estate Inspector – Negotiator. He was promoted to a Real Estate Acquisition Specialist, becoming a member of the internal legal team to purchase the right of way of the former Reading and Penn Central Railroad systems in the Philadelphia Metro area. As a Real Estate Acquisition Specialist I developed my property management and negotiation skills further while acquiring property for capital projects and implemented various property management programs for more than 350 railroad properties with several hundred miles of right of way.
During the 20 plus years Mike has been involved in Corporate Real Estate Development developing advance skills in:
- Negotiations
- Site Selection
- Property Management
- Demographic review
- Strategic Planning
- Understand and working various land use processes
- Problem solver
- Financial analyst
As a team leader, Mike has put together teams to successfully completing projects that ranged from single to multi-use developments. He has always taking the lead along with the responsibility of a team leader in various projects assigned to him. He has earned the respect his team members and other professionals in the industry for being straightforward, dealing with all in a fair and honest way with a vision to see the project to completion.
In his career Mike has enter into unknown areas to further the company's objectives for growth. For KFC, he took on the challenge of the New York City market to develop the first five restaurants in the city and the boroughs in four years all on time and on budget. He opened the first Pep Boys auto parts stores in the New England market while developing new stores throughout existing markets in the mid-Atlantic area. For the Western Auto Parts America concept, he was the first team member who helped develop in five years a 590-store chain from a single concept store meeting corporate goals and profit requirements. Most recently, Mike was the Vice President of Real Estate for Friedman's Jewelers in their emergence from bankruptcy in 2005. Mike has worked for other national companies such as Blockbuster, McDonald's, Checker's Drive Thru Restaurants and Value Place, LLC an extended stay hotel chain. Currently, he is working with RealMarq Corporation scouting properties as a prefer developer in the Northern New Jersey markets.
In 2001 Mike returned to school to earn a Master's of Science Degree in Information Sciences from Pennsylvania State University; advancing his business skills while developing new technology skills needed in the workplace today. A personal belief that all individuals must continuously develop themselves in new skills to achieve their best in their careers and personal life. To meet that need he has taught business management undergraduate courses on campus for the University of Phoenix in Philadelphia and Harrisburg.


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This is part of my novel, "What Losing You Did to Me". To start at the beginning, click here. Right now a new section of my book posts every week.
The path is so dark and foggy that I can't see Cielen.
"Mere--this way!" I hear him shout to my left. I tailor my bearing westward, hunching my shoulders and adjusting my pack. As I walk the ground underneath my feet starts to vibrate, the dead sticks wiggling with hostile magie. It seems I can't continue on this route, as some great magie creature blocks my path, his magie affecting the undergrowth and the ground.
I veer right again. Now tendrils of gray fog chill my neck, whispering past my skin like clammy, disembodied hands. I shiver as the cold condensation drips down the back of my shirt.
"Where are you?" I call out into the forest that has now become a sea. "Cielen!"
He does not answer. I hope he is not in peril. But, I remind myself, Cielen is hardy. His magie is almost as strong as mine and he always respects the forest.
I know he will be fine. He's not like me, he's cautious.
I take another step, and another. Suddenly I am standing at the edge of a great cliff, my right foot poised to step off into the expanse. I panic, teetering wildly. Cielen quickly appears from my left, his face contorted in fear. He grabs my arm but his combined weight knocks away what little balance I have. We both topple over the edge as I scream.
My head feels like it hit first. The pain in my temples gives way to the sensation of rough concrete pressed against my cheek and arms. What is concrete doing in a forest?
"Hey, are you okay?" Someone is shaking me. I blink rapidly, trying to push myself up.
"Aainn" I croak out. A sharp pain punctures my arm as I move. There is a pebble embedded into my upper forearm. I shake it loose.
"You mean Mr. Durithean?" A female voice asks again. "I'll go see if he is in his office." I hear the sound of feet moving.
"Should I call the Medics?" Another male voice asks. The world around me is blurry and my head feels like it's spinning.
"No." I say, trying to wave them away. "I'm okay, I just stood up to fast."
Someone that I can't see helps me sit on the bench again.
"You should get that checked out." The male voice says. "Could be anemia."
He sounds like he probably knows what he is taking about. Must be a medic major.
The girl comes running back. "Durithean wasn't in his office. I'm sorry." She says.
"Uh, that's okay." I say. "I just wanted to ask him a question about my, uh, paper."
"Well, you better catch him soon" she says, nudging the guy. "You know he has the next month off for his wedding."
They both turn to stare at me.
"I'm really okay." I manage, trying appear confidant. "I'm sorry." My hands are shaking so I clinch my purse. I realize I once again forgot to eat lunch, and it's probably way past noon. My stomach and my uterus both are rolling with pain.
I force a smile. Boy turns to girl and they share a glance that means something, but I don't know what. "Alright." He says. Another look between them, and the girl shrugs.
"If she says she's fine, then she's fine."
"I am fine." I say again, although my voice is shaky and my sentence ends on squeak.
I can tell they don't believe me, but they both turn and start walking away with only one backwards glance. I wait until they disappear around the corner and then I let go of my purse and press my mouth into my shoulder trying to suppress my sobs. I pull my legs in towards my body and just cry into my knees, hiding my face.
I don't care if anyone walks by, and I'm frankly to lost to notice if anyone does. I hope they just think I'm napping.
The next thing I notice is my face is sticky with dry tears and every part of my body hurts. I glance at my watch. 4:35pm. Aainn hasn't come back.
I unfold myself slowly, feeling every creak. Is this what it's like to be old? The weight of the trees seems to press on my shoulders as I stand, shaking. I feel like I can't move at all. But somehow I must. I lean against a light-post until I think I can hold my weight without fainting again.
I don't remember walking home until the steam from the shower hits me. And I'm too sad to eat. I saw Aainn and I did the very thing I said I wouldn't do: panicked. I don't deserve food anyway, even if I could eat something.
The clock reads a blurry 8:45pm when I finally turn off the TV and pull the covers over my head. I hope I dream of Aainn. Actually, I hope I don't. Because then I'll have to wake up without him again tomorrow.
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All the information about the product (name, price, instock, codes, and discounts) is stored in the module "Tendo. Merchandising" and from there goes directly to the cashier. Installed at the checkout the software company Tendo allows to increase the throughput of the checkout and ensures accurate calculation of the cashier with buyers.
The functionality of the cash register module "Tendo. Cashier"
- Sell/return the internal ID, scancode, by selecting from a list of goods
- The cashier Fast food set of goods in a receipt, you should go through the quick menu, which is configured in the module "Tendo. Merchandising" (each "button" is assigned to a specific product)
- The calculation with buyer is made: any currency, by credit cards
- Mixed payment
- The settlement with the buyer at the internal map of the store
- The system is manual and temporary interest discounts / surcharges on the goods, receipt
- Built-in calculator
- Correction check, remove products and cancellations check
- System save and restore pending checks
- Standard X and Z reports
- Re-printing receipts and Z report
- Control cash in cash drawer at any given time
- The possibility of changing commodity prices
- The creation of a system of discounts manual / automated discounts
- Credit and debit cash transactions
- Collection
- Complex replacement, periodic and special reports on vending operations, products, types and product groups, and checkout cashiers, hourly activity, discounts, markups
- Warehouse accounting and control of inventory
- Reports on sales by sellers
- Third-party payment services (e.g. mobile services)
- Accepting money from the organizations
Control of cash zone
The software module "Tendo. The cashier allows you to fully control the work of cashiers. The shop owner can decide what level of authority when working with the program to provide the cashier. Functions of a cashier can be restricted only by the penetration checks. In another case, the cashier can issue refunds of product, reset the product item, to view X-report, etc.
Access to the program can be performed by login, with the help of a plastic card or badge with a bar code. Also a software module "Tendo. The cashier" allows you to upload products to cash automatically, i.e. without intervention by the cashier.
A software module can be integrated with video system POS-Inspector, which enables video surveillance over the work of cashiers, followed by an analysis of cash transactions.
Cash module is used in a wide system of discounts
- discounts on products: single product, group of products, depending on the number of goods
- discounts set by the cashier manually, for example: pension
- discount on presentation of pension certificate
- discounts on discount cards discounts depend on the time the check was issued
- other discounts (depending on the store format and the willingness of the customer)
The software module "Tendo. The cashier" can not only determine whether to grant the buyer a discount (for example, depending on the time of shopping), but also to protect the store owner from abuse of cashiers (for example, be asked to enter No. pension certificate of the buyer).
Software company Tendo successfully applied to automate trade networks, as the existing discounts can apply to all stores.
The software module "Tendo. The cashier" takes into account not only the discounts in each store, but also funded discount networks at the same discount card.


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With over 40 years of experience
Sneyd's is a family owned and operated company incorporating three generations of the same family and over 40 years experience in producing pet food products. We continue to maintain our values of delivering a high quality product priced well under the national average for equivalent feeds.
By investing in the latest equipment we have been able to keep pace with the leading manufactures while providing you a superior quality product.
We lead the way in working dog food with our Wonderdog brand with added nutrients such as Fish Oil, Chondroitin and Glucosamine to ensure our feeds deliver the best possible nutrients to your dog.
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«Cozy, quite, clean»
The location is nice, a little hit into some hidden ally which made it quite. The people there are excellent, frindly ablnd ready to help, very young with a nice smile. Breakfast was fabulous with armanian coffe served as you wish. Rooms are also clean and enough spacy.
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Irene Vanderfeesten received the Industria Education Award for Post propedeuse! (2nd and 3rd year Bachelor)
Commissaris Onderwijs Loek Jongen:
"Ms Vanderfeesten, Congratulations! From the way you give your lecturers, students feel that you are highly motivated and passionate about your area of research. You really want to help your students, and during instructions, you give critical, constructive critisism. In your lectures, you combine theory and practice, by for example inviting guest lecturers. Students think you are a nice and pleasant person, easy going, very flexible and approachable. Some give the Industria Business Trip as an example. To sum up: you are passionate, helpful and friendly. Congratulations!"


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If you are looking for protein supplements for children, you are probably having the same difficulties that I am as a parent with an extemely picky child, or a child that is lacking in good nutrition due to health factors.
Well, I have great ideas to help you supplement your childs nutrition in sneaky ways via protein drinks for kids and other fabulous ideas. I am talking about their protein directly here, but please visit my Nutrition for Kids page for the rest of my secrets!
I have a son that is pretty much a vegetarian non vegetable eater. He will NOT eat anything healthy, at least with his own knowledge that is...
Basically, he eats nothing that is a regular part of most children's diets. So, how do we feed these growing bodies? Thanks to modern nutrition, there are some great advances.
***Notice to my REGULAR VISITORS, My family and I have decided to pursue a vegan diet..I realize everyone does not follow this same belief, so I have kept the information here for you that you may be looking for. If you would like to know why we made the switch, please rent:Forks Over Knives
Our decision was based on some scientific research on the effects of animal protein on humans. As always, we welcome your feedback Contact Us
A child should consume 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight per day
You can not taste these raw egg whites, as a matter of fact they add a little "fatty" or "creamy" texture to things and actually improve the end product. So, what do you put them in because your child WILL NOT EAT EGGS?
You put them in milk or juice
This protein supplements for children find, is cheaper than any protein shakes or protein powder products you are probably buying right now.
There are no preservatives added, in one quarter of a cup, you are delivering 6.5 grams of protein, there is zero fat or cholesterol and it is odorless and tasteless.
Last but not least, it comes in a pump for the fridge. No cooking (remember they are pasteurized), no pouring, just reach in the fridge and pump into your cup or bowl.
I call it crap and my son knows it as crap. That means we get wholesome organic yogurt not Character gogurts full of sugar (that is bone char processed -Google it), preservatives and chemicals we can not pronounce that are robbed of their natural protein value and poisoning our bodies. We are looking for protein supplements for children, not sugar additives.
Another great snack is Newman's Own Organics Pretzels, Hi-Protein, 7-Ounce Bags (Pack of 12)
If you are searching for a solution, give this one a try.
Thank you for visiting protein supplements for children, and always know that less is more. I mean when you look at a food label, the less ingredients it has the better!
And if you cant read the ingredients or understand them, look them up. You will notice however that the best foods for your body often have very simple lables, for example: corn tortillas: corn, lime, salt.
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If you have ever met me in person it's a pretty safe bet you'd agree that I'm crazy. Though a little reserved at first, once I come out of my shell I'm a complete idiot. I don't take life too seriously, I don't get bothered over things I can't change, and I can most often be seen doing the "church lady" dance while pushing a red cart through Target. Up until 4 years ago I was a "go-with-the-flow" kind of girl. Then food allergies happened, and I had to put a serious guard up. Now I'm crazy for a number of other reasons:
1. Leaving the house takes some extra prep. Forget the keys, wallet, and cellphone. Remember the epi-pens, Benadryl, medical alert bracelet, and a life time supply of wet wipes for anything your child may touch. Forget the hand sanitizer too, it doesn't remove peanut protein anyway.
2. The second I get to Target, I'll wipe down a cart til it's sterile. Yeah, I know there's a line of people behind me waiting to embark on their magical journey through mom heaven wanting a cart to put all their treasures, but my kid might want to ride in here. Or not. I'd turn around to tell them my kid has food allergies and she's contact allergic, but I'll just let them give me dirty looks and think I'm a germ-a-phobe. Judge me.
3. Speaking of Target: Dollaaahh Spot! GOTTA BUY ALL THE PEANUT FREE SPRINKLES! All of them. You need something to liven up all those nut free cupcakes.
4. I have to try to maintain my composure when I find nut/egg/gluten/gmo free cookies in the grocery section.
5. The dreaded comment section of any social media page on anything that says anything about food allergies: I can't read them unless I want elevated blood pressure. People are stupid, and you can't fix that.
6. The anguish that is getting a birthday party/wedding/bridal shower/pot luck/cookout/baby shower invitation. The poor host has not experienced anything like the crazy train that is about to question them about everything they know about food they're serving. Or life.
7. I take our own personal picnic everywhere, even to parties. My kid can't have the cupcakes you're serving, but that's perfectly fine since I've brought my own. Cue the more crazy looks when I pull food out of my purse.
8. Those cupcakes I just whipped out of my purse…..Yea, I was up late last night making those so my kid could feel included in this shindig even though she just eats the frosting.
9. I don't care what the label says, I'm calling the manufacturer. The FDA won't make them tell me if their ice cream is made on the same equipment as nuts, but I will.
10. Trying to explain cross-contamination is a simple concept, but too many people just don't get it. It's not as easy as not eating a peanut.
11. Finding a dependable babysitter that understands food allergies is like finding a needle in a haystack. Needless to say, I don't get out much.
12. The people that do get it, they become your best friends.
13. Eating out is risky business. Home cooked meals are the norm. That's enough to drive anyone crazy.
14. Grocery bills get crazy expensive with all that specialty food.
15. Vacations scare the crap out of me. I'm petrified of a reaction happening from eating a meal in a unfamiliar place. Unless it's Disney. Then I'm like "EAT ALL THE THINGS!"
16. I'm also petrified of ever having to use the sacred epi-pen and our action plan. :::Knock on wood:::
17. Holidays. Especially Easter and Halloween. Nut free chocolate bunnies aren't easy to find, and no way I'm letting my trick or treater stick her bare hand down in a bowl of Snickers and Reese's.
18. Strict avoidance of the allergen is all we can do to prevent a possibly deadly reaction. It doesn't take much to cause one.
19. We live by the phrase "When in doubt, go without". Doesn't have a label? Nope, not eating it!
20. We're crazy because we're crazy about our kids.


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If you wish to add years to your life, then educating yourself with the smart food to eat would be one of the best things to do. Brierley Wright has shared great anti-aging drinks you would enjoy anytime of the day, and these has been proven to help your body finely honed and your mind razor sharp even as you age.
There are conflicting views concerning the efficacy of alcohol as an anti-aging regimen. Nevertheless, a study suggests it is effective in warding off Alzheimer's disease and dementia. However, do not drink it excessively because alcohol is potent in killing brain cells rather than fixing neuron gaps in your brain.
Green Tea
The Chinese community has long been a fan of this potent anti-oxidant. It is part of their daily regimen and has been proven in effectively fighting autoimmune diseases, type 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke, and heart disease. It will do your health many benefits especially if you drink a cup or two of it everyday.
Soy Milk
This is one of the tastiest ways you can have firmer skin and fewer wrinkles without Botox treatment. Drink a glass of it daily and you will be preserving skin-firming collagen of your body.
Carrot Juice
The luteoulin content in carrots makes offers the perfect dose that would prevent cognitive decline to people. This means lesser chances for you to become forgetful as it improves spatial memory of the brain.
Orange Juice
The eyes are one of the parts of the body that suffers due to aging. However, if you make it a habit to drink orange juice then the Vitamin C content of this fruit would help prevent age-related muscular degeneration disease.
Start your way to healthier body even as you age. Read more about healthy drinks at http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/health_blog/11_anti_aging_drinks


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Night-watchman state
In libertarian political philosophy, a night-watchman state is a model of a state whose only functions are to provide its citizens with the military, the police, and courts, thus protecting them from aggression, theft, breach of contract, fraud, and enforcing property laws; therefore only to act as an enforcer of the non-aggression principle.[1][2][3] The nineteenth-century UK has been described by historian Charles Townshend as standard-bearer of this form of government among Western countries.[4]
The term Nachtwächterstaat was coined by German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in an 1862 speech in Berlin. He criticized the bourgeois liberal limited government state, comparing it to a night-watchman whose sole duty was preventing theft. The phrase quickly caught on as a description of capitalist government, even as liberalism began to mean a more involved state, or a state with a larger sphere of responsibility.[5] Ludwig von Mises later opined that Lassalle tried to make limited government look ridiculous, but that it was no more ridiculous than governments that concerned themselves with "the preparation of sauerkraut, with the manufacture of trouser buttons, or with the publication of newspapers".[6] Proponents of the night-watchman state are minarchists, a contraction of "minimum" and -archy. Arche (/ˈɑːrki/; Ancient Greek: ἀρχή) is a Greek word which came to mean "first place, power", "method of government", "empire, realm", "authorities" (in plural: ἀρχαί), "command".[7] The word "minarchist" was coined by Samuel Edward Konkin III in 1980.[8]
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Minarchists generally justify the state on the grounds that it is the logical consequence of adhering to the non-aggression principle.[citation needed] They argue that anarchism is impractical because it is not sufficient to enforce the non-aggression principle, because the enforcement of laws under anarchism is open to competition.[9] Another common justification is that private defense and court firms would tend to represent the interests of those who pay them enough.[10][11]
Some minarchists argue that a state is inevitable,[12] thus believing anarchy to be futile. Robert Nozick, who publicized the idea of a minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia, argued that a night-watchman state provides a framework that allows for any political system that respects fundamental individual rights, and therefore morally justifies the existence of a state.[13][14]
See also[edit]
- Budget freeze
- Communitarianism
- Dual citizenship
- Epochalism
- Freedom of association
- Georgism
- Labor mobility
- Money Free Party
- Nanosocialism
- New Age
- Open access
- Open collaboration
- Open source
- Post-scarcity economy
- Structural fix
- Tax choice
- Taxation as theft
- Technocracy
- Technological utopianism
- Voluntaryism
- ^ Gregory, Anthony.The Minarchist's Dilemma. Strike The Root. 10 May 2004.
- ^ What role should certain specific governments play in Objectivist government? - Leonard Peikoff/
- ^ "Interview with Yaron Brook on economic issues in today's world (Part 1). « Featured Podcast « Peikoff". www.peikoff.com.
- ^ Townshend, Charles (2000). The Oxford History of Modern War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-285373-2. "Britain, however, with its strong tradition of minimal government — the 'night-watchman state' — vividly illustrated the speed of the shift [during World War I] from normalcy to drastic and all-embracing wartime powers like those contained in the Defence of the Realm Act." (pp. 14-15)
- ^ Marian Sawer, The ethical state?: social liberalism in Australia, Melbourne University Publishing, 2003, p. 87, ISBN 0-522-85082-0, ISBN 978-0-522-85082-6
- ^ Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism, 1927, p. 37
- ^ ἀρχή, A Greek-English Lexicon
- ^ Samuel Edward Konkin III, New Libertarian Manifesto, 1980, p. 9.
- ^ Roderick T. Long & Tibor R. Machan, eds. (2008). Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government Part of a Free Country?. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6066-8.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
- ^ Holcombe, Randall G. http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_08_3_holcombe.pdf. "Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable". Cite journal requires
- ^ Holcombe, Randall G. http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_08_3_holcombe.pdf. "Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable". Cite journal requires
- ^ Emmett, Ross B. (2011-08-12). Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919–1928. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78052-008-7.
- ^ Nozick, Robert (1974). Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-09720-3.
- ^ Gordon, David (2008). "Minimal State". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE; Cato Institute. pp. 332–34. doi:10.4135/9781412965811.n204. ISBN 978-1412965804. LCCN 2008009151. OCLC 750831024.
- Robert Nozick. Anarchy, State, and Utopia. New York: Basic Books, 1974.
- Wolff, Jonathan. Robert Nozick: Property, Justice, and the Minimal State. Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 1991.
- "Anarchism and Minarchism. A Rapprochement", Journal des Economists et des Estudes Humaines, Vol. 14, No.4 (December 2002), pages 569–88 Tibor R. Machan.


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Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( SGYP ) recently announced that it will be raising funds through an underwritten public offering. Synergy Pharma intends to sell $90 million of its common stock through an underwritten public offering. The aggregate value may amount to $103.5 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option fully.
We expect the fund raised from the public offering to be invested in the company's research and development efforts. Synergy Pharma has several pipeline candidates in its pipeline.
The lead candidate at Synergy Pharma is plecanatide. In Jan 2013, Synergy Pharma reported positive data from a phase IIb/III study on plecanatide, being developed for the treatment of patients suffering from chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC).
Moreover, in Dec 2012, Synergy Pharma initiated a phase IIb study with plecanatide for the treatment of patients suffering from constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C). The trial is evaluating the average change in complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBMs) during the course of the therapy (12 weeks) in comparison to their baseline weekly CSBM rate established during the screening phase of the study.
Synergy Pharma also has SP-333 in its pipeline. The company has completed a phase I placebo-controlled, dose-escalating, single-dose study on the candidate, for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including ulcerative colitis (UC). In Jan 2013, Synergy Pharma initiated a phase I multiple-ascending-dose clinical study on SP-333 in healthy volunteers.
Synergy Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company, currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). However, other biopharmaceutical stocks such as UCB ( UCBJF ), Athersys Inc. ( ATHX ) and Celgene Corporation ( CELG ) currently look more attractive. While UCB and Athersys carry a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Celgene carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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When there are so many questions regarding the legitimacy of our faith we must cling to The Truth that was spoken to our hearts: The Truth of God's Word illuminated by our lives lived in the light.
Before meeting You face-to-face we were celebrants and collaborators of darkness; we promoted arrogance and pride. We twisted The Truth of Your Word and used lies to justify our sins.
He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
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FAN Handong
Born in 1990
Graduated with a Bachelors's degree, Chinese Painting Department, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Student of Professor Li Xiaoxuan
IVY ART, Young Artists Exhibition at Today Art Museum
Second art on POLY « School of stars »
The « second international art exhibition", Nanjing
« National Uprising » Art Exhibition, Shanghai
« 62-degree ash », Ullens Center, Beijing
« institutions – art new plans », Right View Art National Art College Students' Annual Nomination Exhibition
China's key art college graduate exhibition of excellent works "Art on poly new forces »
1st "Ovation Star" Excellent Works Exhibition for Youth Support Plan.
Rachel (60 x 60 cm)
Ink of China – 2016
Collection de la Fondation
Final measurementI (97 × 90 cm)
Ink on paper – 2014
Collection de l'artiste
Sink III (41 x 61 cm)
Ink on paper – 2015
Collection de l'artiste
Last impression (79,8 x 80 cm)
Ink on paper – 2017
Collection de l'artiste
Last impression (80 x 79,4 cm)
Ink on paper – 2017
Collection de l'artiste
Last impression (80 x 79,8 cm)
Ink on paper – 2017
Collection de l'artiste
Last impression (80 x 79,8 cm)
Ink on paper – 2017
Collection de l'artiste
PENG Zhenzhong
Graduated with a Master's degree in 2010, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts Member of the China Artists Association
5th National Fine Arts Exhibition for Young Artists held by the China Artists Association
IVY ART, the 1st Chinese Young Artists Promoting Exhibition, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing
The National Excellent Art Work Exhibition of the 10th Session of the Chinese Art Festival, Shandong Museum of Art
6th Session of the Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu New International Convention and Exhibition Center
Chinese Contemporary Ink Painting Exhibition, Hubei Museum of Art and Today Art Museum
7th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, Shenzhen Painting Academy a National Chinese Painting Exhibition, China Artists Association
7th Session of the National Art Work Exhibition, Shanghai Exhibition Hall 7th Session of the China Sports Art Exhibition, China Artists Association.
Chinese Style No 1 (66 x 66 cm)
Ink of China – 2013
Collection de la Fondation
Chinese Style No.11 (66 × 66 cm)
Ink on paper – 2013
Collection de l'artiste
SHI Lei
Born in 1982, Tianjin
Graduated with a Master's degree in 2015, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art
Print Exhibition of the 13 Artists, DeZi Art Center, Beijing
Second prize of the Graduation Exhibition of Tianjin Academy of Fine Art
International Biennial Print Exhibit : 2014 ROC 3rd Guangzhou International Exhibition
Mini-Prints Biennial International Print Exhibition of Northeast Asian International Print Biennial, Kochi/Japan
20th National Print Exhibit, Harbin 8th Youth Art Exhibition, Tianjin
2nd International Print Exhibit of Yunnan International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2012 ROC.
Moods of love (360 x 180 cm)
Wood engraving – 2014
Collection de la Fondation
Out the window – 2016
Woodblock print (55 x 25 cm)
Collection de l'artiste
Twilight – 2016
Collection de l'artiste


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So it was Mama J's birthday last week and what did my sassy and fun loving Mummy want to do? Perhaps a relaxing spa visit? Table dancing whilst drinking Mojitos? No, Mama J chose her venue of choice and it was York Race Course. Fair enough a day at the races is always thrilling especially for Mama J as she's a massive fan of horses, as she used to have riding lessons every Monday morning for five years until her lovely Instructor retired last year. However there were no trotting hoofs involved for Mama J as it was the Living North Live event on at the race track instead of galloping ponies that tickled her birthday fancy! Oh dear Mama J what a thirty-six year old cliche you've become. Grandpa nearly spat his tea out when Mama J suggested this as her birthday treat. I can see what is coming next… The Knitting and Stitching Show! Mama J did flirt with needle work a few years back but epically failed due to not separating the threads that came in the kit from one into three. She ran out of thread and then patience a third of the way into creating her now binned masterpiece. I don't think she'll ever be orchestrating the next Bayeux Tapestry! Anyway after a few hours of listening to the local radio for me (I now know the words of every jingle and which order they are played in) I was rewarded when all my family came back from the event with a super heroes bandana, for me! Grandpa has delightfully deluded himself and is living in hope that my bandana will give me the special power of quietness and that I may stop barking a massive,
"Hello" to all and sundry when out on my walks! Bless!
"Hello" to all and sundry when out on my walks! Bless!
Prior to Mama J's birthday she met up with an old friend of hers named Eleanor. She has known Eleanor for a number of years as she used to live just around the corner on Penny Lane. They worked together in their college holidays in the strawberry fields forever. Okay I jest here as it felt like forever did that summer as it was raining majority of the time, so on the rare occasion when the sun did break through the clouds, Mama J and Eleanor used to jump up and down excitedly screaming, "Here comes the sun!" Eleanor used to think Mama J or Jools to her pals was called Jude (Eleanor's hearing has never being her strong point) and she'd ring her up going, "Hey Jude" Mama J couldn't just let it be and had to correct her as it is one of her pet hates as she gets called all sorts such as Julie, Julia and also misspellings of her proper name which is Juliet to the French version Juliette. Eleanor has a very cool and bohemian living arrangement with her boyfriend and their daughter these days as they all live in a yellow submarine. Eleanor's boyfriend is interested in the history of The Cold War and even lived in Russia for a time. So when this submarine came up for sale it reminded him of his days studying Russia's spying tactics for his degree back in the U.S.S.R. They've had to do a lot of work on the submarine to make it habitable and recently started a TV bid war between the production teams of both Grand Designs and George Clarke's Amazing Spaces. They received letters from both camps with words to the effect of, "Dear Miss Rigby, We would love to feature your amazingly quirky abode on one of our up and coming programmes…." As they began their grand design (which was a hard days night for all concerned), yes they chose Kevin McCloud's show, there were an awful lot of, "Get back!" screams as hammers, saws and indeed kitchen units were flying around left, right and centre. Eleanor's boyfriend was no Handy Andy but he was so optimistic and always said, "We can work it out" as shelves were falling off the walls and water was spurting out the taps! Anyway it's been a long and winding road with many twist and shouts along the way but the programme airs in the next few months, so enjoy!
Also for Mama J's birthday Granny and Grandpa took her to the theatre to watch "Let It Be" which is a musical tribute to The Beatles so the tale above comes from me to you, as all you need is love to imagine all the people in this tall story. I bid you hello goodbye for this week and will continue my comedy writing revolution next week.


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Our heartfelt thanks to an old friend for sending this gem along.
Yes–that's a youthful Bonnie Neely, pre-nose-job, pre-dye-job, pre-shitty-job representing the residents of her district.
Don't hate her because she's beautiful.
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31st July 2017
Cherished steam engine Loco #5 has returned to service with Snowdon Mountain Railway, carrying passengers to the mountain's summit for the first time in 17 years.
Loco #5 is now the railway's premier locomotive, following a comprehensive £60,000 refit and refurbishment of the engine.
This historic locomotive, named 'Moel Siabod' after another of Snowdonia's peaks, first came into service in 1896. Manufactured by the Swiss Locomotive & Manufacturing Co of Winterthur, these steam engines originally cost the railway around £1,500 to buy.
The return of Loco #5 takes Snowdon Mountain Railway's tally of coal-fired steam engines in service to four, alongside four diesel locomotives.
Alan Kendall, general manager of Snowdon Mountain Railway, said:
"I'm extremely pleased to have Loco #5 back in service and taking passengers up Snowdon once again. Our engineers assure me it is the best presented locomotive on our railway and the benchmark for all future locomotive re-builds."
Carrie Probin, marketing executive at Snowdon Mountain Railway, said:
"Loco #5 has been given a thorough overhaul and our engineers are proud to see the steam engine restored to its prime and returning to the summit of Wales' highest mountain."
For more information about Snowdon Mountain Railway and to book tickets on the steam or diesel services visit snowdonrailway.co.uk or follow on Facebook or Twitter.Back to Recent News


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Hey, everyone! So I have a dilemma… the calendar tells me it's fall but the weather is so far from being fall-like that it actually feels like summer. Not only that, but my school is freezing. So here's my question, what am I supposed to wear?! Let me know if you have any suggestions for me! While you're thinking about that, here are 25 things I LOVE about Fall!
- Fall clothes look so cute! And they are comfortable. Win win.
- Foggy mornings.
- Candy corn, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, hot tea, hot chocolate.
- Holding warm drinks when it's cold.
- Fuzzy socks.
- Long walks around the neighborhood.
- Beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
- Infinity scarfs.
- Being back at school!
- Brown boots.
- Apple cider, apple muffins, apple everything.
- The beautiful colors! They make the prettiest pictures like these:
- Studying by a cozy fireplace.
- Hot soups.
- Bath And Body Works' scents.
- Decorating pumpkins.
- Warm candles.
- Spending time with family.
- Warm blankets.
- The feeling of the cool, crisp air on your cheeks.
- All of the fun fall activities!
- Nail polish colors.
- And the clothing colors.
- All of the writing inspiration.
- Looking forward to the upcoming holidays.
What do you love about the fall weather or just fall in general?
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It's not my view, but I do get to enjoy
it from time to time—as long as
I'm willing to hang out this 10th-story
window, that is.
[Linking back to Weekend Reflections
and to Skywatch Friday.]
Friday, March 18, 2016
Nice view
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What a great view!ReplyDelete
Great view! Just in time to capture the FedEx truck!ReplyDelete
Have a good weekend!
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tres jolie vue ;o)ReplyDelete
Hope you don't hang out too far.ReplyDelete
Nice view, just do not lean out too far!!ReplyDelete
Indeed a nice view. I'm always afraid I'll be a klutz and drop my camera, so I always put the strap around my neck.ReplyDelete
I'd get a little fearful being on the 10th floor.ReplyDelete
Thank you for hanging out the window, I would not..... Great view!ReplyDelete
I like that deep blue sky!ReplyDelete
What Pat said is exactly what I was thinking! Eek - the camera! Great view and shot.ReplyDelete
great view and reflectionReplyDelete
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ooh...be careful :). Lovely image.ReplyDelete
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Harry Potter is saving reading? A Follow-up.
jake on 2007.08.14
at 05:15 pm
It's nice to locate articles to emphasis your point. I wish the first article (print version with no ads) had cited its sources. It argues along side me against the issue I brought up recently. The author contributed to a book discussing the connection to the series and philosophy.
These surveys also show that children who were not readers are now readers. They want to read more Harry Potter, but they also just want to read more in general. This is evident by the explosion of the children's literature market. Go into any bookstore these days and one sees the more traditional books for young adults, such as Watership Down or Bridge to Terabithia, but also many, many new books such as the Lemony Snicket series or PJ Haarsma's The Softwire.
The second article is from a famous writer. Steven King defends Rowling to her critics in his piece and touches on the same basic idea. Harry Potter is not destroying reading but helping it.
But reading was never dead with the kids. Au contraire, right now it's probably healthier than the adult version, which has to cope with what seems like at least 400 boring and pretentious "literary novels" each year. While the bigheads have been predicting (and bemoaning) the postliterate society, the kids have been supplementing their Potter with the narratives of Lemony Snicket, the adventures of teenage mastermind Artemis Fowl Amazon Search, Philip Pullman's challenging His Dark Materials trilogy, the Alex Rider adventures, Peter Abrahams' superb Ingrid Levin-Hill mysteries, the stories of those amazing traveling blue jeans. And of course we must not forget the unsinkable (if sometimes smelly) Captain Underpants. Also, how about a tip of the old tiara to R.L. Stine, Jo Rowling's jovial John the Baptist?
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Hockey Trade Rumors – Latest Roundup
The latest round up of hockey trade rumors. Some of the latest rumors involve Roberto Luongo, Brendan Witt, Jason Allison, Ed Jovanovski, Dan Cloutier and Doug Weight.Around the Western Conference rumors are rampant that the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche are very interested in the services of Florida Panthers star goalie Roberto Luongo. What is not clear however is if these rumors are legitimate or if Loungo's agent is pushing for a deal to a better team in order to make sure that he signs a big contract for next season. Presently it is evident that we all know that he is a all star goalie but is not able to show off his talent on a poor team.
The rumor with the Canucks is that they are willing to package a deal of Dan Cloutier Ed Jovanovski and a prospect in exchange for Jay Bowmeester and Luongo. Now before people get all heated to say that this is not enough for the Panthers players there should be an understanding that Luongo is set to become a Unrestricted free agent at the end of this season meaning that any team can sign him to a contract without compensation. Apparently he becomes an UFA because he went to arbitration last season and signed a one year deal based on that. It would be nieve not to mention that Jovo Cop is also set to be a UFA at the conclusion of this season. The difference being that Florida would have a better chance or resigning Jovo than they would Luongo who is said to be frustrated in Florida because of the loosing.
In addition, the Avalance are also showing interest in Luongo. They are apparently offering a package of David Aebischer and a talented young defenseman. What gives credibility to this rumor is that the Avalanche are notorious for making big deals happen and that their General Manager is not afraid to make deals such as this happen. If Luongo is traded the Avs would love to steal him away from the Canucks.
Another rumor making the rounds is that the Leafs are trying to rid themselves of Jason Allison. Although he was signed by the Leafs as a unrestricted free agent just this off-season it appears that he is not fitting in quite right with the Leafs chemistry. Rumors have Allison being traded to the Sharks or to the Capitals. One of the players who is said to be available on the Sharks team is Brad Stuart but it would obviously take more than just Allison to land this stable defenseman.
Another player on the Sharks who is said to be on the market is Evgeni Nabokov. Nabokov has been inconsistent at best this season and needs to string together a hot streak in order for the Sharks to get full value in return. Atlanta may be a good fit because of their goalie problems in the early season.
Doug Weight is playing on borrowed time in St. Louis. When he signed his big deal with the Blues he signed on to play for a winning team, with the likes of Chris Pronger and Al McInnis. How times have changed and the Blues are now one of the worst teams in the NHL (Sounds odd to say that). Because of his big contract Weight will be hard to move. Expect to see a Fedorov type salary dump. One of the teams that may be interested in Weight is the New York Rangers who are also said to be interested in the Ducks Petr Sykora
Finally, speaking of the Ducks don't be surprised if Brian Burke makes an effort to deal Sandis Ozolinsh for a more rugged type player. Don't forget that Burke already has one puck moving offensive defenseman in Scott Niedermayer. A deal with Washington for Witt may be a realistic possibility.
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No man, I read it, i'll send you the link if i find it, ok
Its the part that says:
Bruce Garrioch reports the following:
– The Calgary Flames aren't totally happy with centres Daymond Langkow and Steve Reinprecht and are shopping around for a number one centre. Garrioch suggests they might make a pitch for St. Louis Blues centre Doug Weight, as might the Ottawa Senators.
I apologize. Thought you were just trying to take a jab at me. I'm sorry…………But I truly hope Doug Weight comes back to the Oilers.
Ill tell you what, if someone goes down for a long period of time i'd be all over him.
And he could really help the PP.
why the hell would shanahan get traded. he's a lifer and you're a moron. (coming from a hardcore wings/shanahan fan)
Yes but Crosby has been playing on wing with Christensen and Palffy leaving rookie Hussey to center mario and recchi.
so because its said in the papers in wont happen? granted im gonna be honest the chances of it happening dont seem to good now do they. but things have been said in the papers about players not coming to certain cities yet they ended up there right?
Mogilny is being shopped and Washington and Toronto are interested, Reported by Eklund.
Toronto is also having discussions with St. Louis and San Jose about the availability of Defencemen Eric Brewer, Barret Jackman of St. Louis and Brad Stuart and Scott Hannan of San Jose and the approximate cost to acquire one or two of the four!
yeah, you're right, keenan could be very close to a deal with the avs and still make that statement.
The article also said that keenan went on to say that he fully plans on resigning Luongo long term, and they're going to start those talks in january.
So, who knows.
yeah I'd like to see him come to a Canadian team too, Flames or Oilers, But hopefully not the Sens.
Shanahan a lifer? He's played for 3 other nhl teams aside from Detroit, New Jersey, St. Louis and Hartford
Souray for Ozolinsh.
I heard about a big deal between Detroit-Atlanta-Montreal
To Detroit: Yann Danis, Mtl 1rst round pick 2006, atl 3rd round pick 2007
To Atlanta: Jose Theodore, Richard Zednik, Shledon Souray
To Montreal: Ilya Kovalchuk, Greg De Vries, Manny Legace, Detroit 7th round pick 2006
This trade will have to wait a bit because Manny is injured, but this look pretty interesting…
I just report what I heard.. so If Eklund can take a look at this.. well do it 😛
I like it. The only Habs who must not be traded are Markov, Boullion, Koivu, Ryder, Begin, Komisarek, and the rookies. Everyone else is fair game if the return is good.
Habs needs offensive and Atlanta needs a goalie..
That's why I think this trade is pretty good for both team… and for Detroit … well it is ice too 😛
Eklund try to get more info on this one plz ..
Just because Boston shot themselves in the foot doesn't mean Atlanta will. That's way too much to give up for Thedore with zednik not being a super star and souray underperforming.
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Judge Alex Kozinski's lately published preface to the forty fourth edition of the Annual Review of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law 2.0," was quoted earlier this week in a New York Times article on prisoners' rights. My household is also in a battle with CPS, totally different circumstances however similar in that they do not follow their very own rules and even the regulation. Most usually law enforcement has no concept it's even tracking a serial killer until they're able to put a sample collectively. She can also be a member of WCL Democrats, the Criminal Law Society, the Disability Law Society, and Jews in Law Association. The area of legislation is so enormous that one particular law diploma can't cover its complete scope. For a lawyer to indicate emotion that's past what one would count on of knowledgeable is counter-productive.
Consumer laws shield these rights of consumers and shopper proper lawyers struggle circumstances for the aggrieved customers. One test is the M'Naghten Rule , which was originally used by an English court within the prison prosecution of Daniel M'Naghten. The only position I held for three months earlier than relocating was helping a lawyer.
Article 21. Criminal accountability is to not be borne for injury resulting from an act of urgent hazard prevention that must be undertaken with a purpose to avert the prevalence of current hazard to the state or public curiosity or the rights of the individual, property rights, or different rights of the actor or of other folks. When a sentence of confiscation of property is imposed, property that belongs to or ought to belong to members of the family of the felony component might not be confiscated. Criminal justice professionals see issues many people usually are not ready to deal with.
In addition, such a writer can, in creating his own character, endow him with thought processes which would be rejected in a court docket of regulation as pure hypothesis. Here is one more very disturbing book about a physician who was in secret a serial killer. During his second year, Robert was a educating fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and served as Vice President of the Criminal Law Society. Any felony who not only voluntarily surrenders after committing the crime but additionally performs major meritorious providers shall be given a mitigated punishment or be exempted from punishment.
This program offers 1 hour participatory MCLE credit in Legal Ethics and 1 hour authorized specialization credit in Criminal Law. I've by no means heard of those criminal law instances, except for the Michael Jackson one. In regards what the brothers did whereas Fergus was imprisoned in the boot, lighting the engine of the automobile on hearth will quantity to Criminal Damage.


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A few nice using the law of attraction images I found:
Kindergartener's artistic rendering – Scissors …item 2.. Law Students of the Weekend: Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders — "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (14 Oct 2012 at 11:45 AM) …
Image by marsmet461
Law students gone wild? What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas when the allegations get this ugly.
A pair of men who appear to be Boalt Hall law students have made national — and even international — news. Keep reading for the disturbing allegations against them….
……..*****All images are copyrighted by their respective authors ……..
… message header for KGO – TV San Francisco, CA
Police say the men claimed to study at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and had student identification cards. It's not clear if they have attorneys.
… message header for Scissors
Scissors .. Quote from a kindergartener's mom: "This is my kindergartener's artistic rendering of a pair of scissors. I wonder what his teacher thought. And I am so dang proud of myself.
I allowed myself just a small smirk when I saw it. I waited until he was out of the room before I started to cry from laughing so hard."
…..item 1)…. ABC 7 … KGO – TV San Francisco, CA … abclocal.go.com …
img code photo … helmeted guineafowl
TAGS: las vegas, crime, animal, berkeley, uc berkeley, animals in peril, national/world
Cal law students accused of beheading bird at casino
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A shocking charge against two Cal law students — the 24-year-old's were arrested after police say they killed and decapitated an exotic bird that was part of a Las Vegas resort attraction.
Eric Cuellar and Justin Teixeira were jailed Friday afternoon on suspicion of conspiracy and willful malicious killing of wildlife.
Police say the two men were seen Friday laughing and throwing around the body of a dead, 14-year-old bird at the Flamingo resort-casino. The bird was a helmeted guineafowl, like the one pictured above. It was part of the Flamingo's Wildlife Habitat, a garden area with ponds and streams that houses many types of birds.
Authorities say surveillance video captured the men chasing the bird into some trees. Witnesses say the two emerge carrying the body and severed bird head.
Police say the men claimed to study at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and had student identification cards. It's not clear if they have attorneys.
(ABC7 News contributed to this report)
(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
…..item 2)…. ABOVE THE LAW … abovethelaw.com …
14 Oct 2012 at 11:45 AM ANIMAL LAW, BOALT HALL, CRIME, DEATHS, VIOLENCE
Law Students of the Weekend: Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders
By DAVID LAT
Law students gone wild? What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas when the allegations get this ugly.
A pair of men who appear to be Boalt Hall law students have made national — and even international — news. Keep reading for the disturbing allegations against them….
img code photo … Eric Cuellar (left) and Justin Teixeira (right). Cuellar looks addled; Teixeira looks cute.
(Image via Gawker; click to enlarge.)
The news has been covered everywhere (links collected below). We'll go with Gawker's write-up of the allegations because it gives us the most to work with:
— In an apparent attempt to empirically prove the veracity of Robert Frost's 1962 poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," two men, Eric Cuellar and Justin Teixeira, were arrested in Las Vegas this week after being caught on tape killing an endangered 14-year-old helmeted guinea fowl.
— Security footage at the painfully named Flamingo Hotel showed them throwing the bird back and forth while laughing and discussing how they would kill it, because there is nothing good or innocent that will not eventually be brutally murdered. The two were identified as Berkeley law students because of course they are.
Thank you, gentlemen, for enhancing our profession's already stellar reputation.
— Security officers saw them emerging from a nearby grove with the decapitated corpse of something that was once beautiful, as well as the head itself, after which we can only assume the officers took a moment to privately weep for humanity's collective loss. The men refused to speak to police or identify themselves in any way, presumably because they were supernaturally rendered speechless by shame and grief.
Exercising the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination? Looks like someone was paying attention in Crim Pro class.
(By the way, in terms of how the men were identified, other news reports state that they had Berkeley student identification cards on their persons.)
— The two face felony charges for torturing and killing endangered wildlife; no word yet on what punishments await reporters who use the phrase "fowl play" in introducing the story.
If there will be punishment, mete it out to the Las Vegas Sun: "Fowl play: Police arrest Cal law students in killing of exotic bird at Flamingo habitat." And some Above the Law tipsters got punny too:
— "I think these guys were puffin something."
— "They turned a guinea fowl into a bird of paradise."
All joking aside, this is actually a sad — and disturbing — story. We agree with our many tipsters who opined that the alleged conduct is both "ridiculous" and "despicable."
We'll probably have more to say about this on Monday. Remember, of course, that we're dealing only with allegations at this point. Cuellar and Teixeira haven't commented, so we don't know their side of the story or what might have been motivating them. According to the Daily Mail, the police do not believe drugs to be involved (no word on alcohol though).
If you know Eric Cuellar or Justin Teixeira and can provide us with additional information about them, please email us or text us (646-820-8477). Thanks.
UPDATE (10:50 PM): For the record, as noted in the comments, the helmeted guinea fowl is not endangered. Cuellar and Teixeira face felony charges of conspiracy and the willful, malicious torture or killing of wildlife. Endangered status is not an element of the offense.
Law Students Decapitate Rare Bird Because It's Vegas, Baby [Gawker]
(Alleged) Douchebag Law Students Arrested For Beheading Rare Bird On Trip To Vegas [LAist]
Fowl play: Police arrest Cal law students in killing of exotic bird at Flamingo habitat [Las Vegas Sun]
Berkeley law students arrested after 'decapitating and tossing around exotic bird's body at Vegas casino' [Daily Mail]
2 law school students accused of beheading exotic bird at Las Vegas casino's wildlife exhibit [Washington Post]
UK Police History – Scotland Yard's "Black Museum"
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The Black Museum of Scotland Yard is a famed collection of criminal memorabilia kept at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in London, England. The museum came into existence sometime in 1874, although unofficially. It was housed at Scotland Yard, and grew from the collection of prisoners' property gathered under the authority of the Prisoners Property Act of 1869. The act was intended to help the police in their study of crime and criminals. By 1875, it had become an official museum of the force, with a police inspector and a police constable assigned to duty there. The first visitors for whom records exist came in 1877. The first known reference to the museum as the "Black Museum" came that year as well.
Despite being intended primarily for use by the police, the public could see it by special arrangement. The name "Black Museum" was a nickname; the collection was formally referred to as the "Crime Museum."
The term was also applied to a museum of failed engineering components collected by David Kirkaldy at his testing works at 99 Southwark Street, Southwark, London. The latter museum was destroyed in the London Blitz. The artefacts included fractured lugs from the Tay Bridge disaster.
The exhibits included many death masks made of executed criminals, as well as collections of weapons, tools used by burglars, and items that had been evidence in crimes.
In 1951, British commercial radio producer Harry Alan Towers produced a radio series hosted by Orson Welles called The Black Museum, inspired by the catalogue of items on display. Each week, the programme featured an item from the museum and a dramatization of the story surrounding the object to the macabre delight of audiences. Often mistakenly cited as a BBC production, Towers commercially syndicated the programme throughout the English speaking world. The American radio writer Wyllis Cooper also wrote and directed a similar anthology for NBC that ran at the same time in the U. S.; called Whitehall 1212, for the telephone number of Scotland Yard, the program debuted on November 18, 1951, and was hosted by Chief Superintendent John Davidson, curator of the Black Museum.
The Museum was moved to New Scotland Yard in the 1980s and was subject to substantial renovation in recent years. The Crime Museum, as it is now called, currently resides in Room 101 at New Scotland Yard and consists of two sections. The first, a replica of the original museum contains a substantial selection of melee weapons, some overt, some concealed, including shotgun umbrellas and numerous walking stick swords. This room also contains a selection of hangman's nooses including that used to perform the UK's last ever execution and letters allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. The newer section of the museum contains many exhibits from 20th century crimes, notable inclusions include the fake De Beers diamond from the Millennium Dome heist and Dennis Nilsen's stove. The museum can be visited by Police officers from any of the country's police forces by prior appointment, though not without difficulty due to its popularity.
The Black Museum of criminal artefacts also hosts over 500 items preserved at a constant temperature of sixty-two degrees, a special place is reserved for a set of printing plates, a remarkable series of forged bank-notes, and a cunningly hollowed out kitchen door once used to conceal some of them, once belonging to Charles Black, the most prolific counterfeiter in the Western Hemisphere.
Open Scotland Yard museum of crime, says London mayor Boris Johnson
For more than a century, Scotland Yard's "Black Museum" has catalogued artefacts from the most gruesome crimes of London — and the exhibits have been considered too horrible to be shown to the public.
Generations of police officers have been granted access to its dimly lit rooms, to see the ghastly relics. For almost everyone else, it has remained off limits.
This restriction in the name of public decency may be about to end. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is backing a plan to turn some of the exhibits into a tourist attraction, a museum to celebrate the capital's emergency services.
The Black Museum includes objects from the Jack the Ripper and Dr Crippen cases — Crippen was in 1910 convicted of murdering his wife and disposing of the body in a bath of acid — and a horrible pair of binoculars.
Brian Coleman, the chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, is working with the mayor on a plan for the new museum. "The police are quite jealous of some of the information they are allowed access to," Mr Coleman said. "And to be quite truthful, some of the items are just too gruesome for members of the public — but if we had a Black Museum, we would have tourists queueing round the corner."
In 1869 Parliament gave the police the authority to retain certain items of prisoners' property for instructional purposes. An Inspector Neame initially gathered together a collection for training purposes, and the first visitors — the top brass at the Yard — inspected the museum in 1877. When that same year a journalist was denied access to the collection, he named the collection the Black Museum in his subsequent report. The name stuck.
It is currently housed in two rooms on the second floor of New Scotland Yard, overseen by Alan McCormick, a retired police officer. The lighting is dim to avoid bleaching exhibits.
The oldest exhibit is a pair of handcuffs used in 1841 to restrain a mutineer. There is weaponry, including swords concealed in walking sticks — and the poisoned umbrella used in 1978 to kill the Bulgarian writer and dissident Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge.
A briefcase designed to fire a poisoned dart into witnesses on the steps of the Old Bailey — former property of the Kray twins — is also in the collection. They never got to use it.
Then there are those infamous binoculars: when the lenses are screwed into focus a pair of spikes shoot out to blind the user.
Among the more recent exhibits in the museum is the bloodstained uniform worn by PC Keith Blakelock, the officer killed in the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in 1985, and a section on the serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Parts of the bathroom in which Nilsen hid bodies are in the Black Museum.
For the moment, such artefacts are seen only by police officers and associated professionals as part of their training. MPs and ambassadors have also visited.
The idea is that items would go on display in a "Blue Light Museum", alongside artefacts from the history of the London ambulance and fire services.
Yesterday Andy Hayman, former Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, broadly endorsed the mayor's plan for an exhibition, describing the museum as "the Madame Tussauds of the Yard".
Mr Hayman said: "I was rather apprehensive the first time I visited the museum. I wondered if I was being voyeuristic and disrespectful to the victims and their families.
"After a few moments, however. those concerns were replaced with fascination and interest.
"This museum presents such well-kept artefacts of significant historical value it seems a shame the general public do not have the opportunity to have this experience.
"The mayor's bid to give access to the general public should be encouraged, providing we do not lose sight of our respect for the victims and their families."
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"I'm very fortunate that my parents survived. I often think about those who didn't, because my father always liked to say that he was the 'worst of his seven brothers and sisters.' Everyone else perished in Treblinka.
He used to say they were all smarter than him and were better human beings than him. He had survivor guilt to the day of his death. He had the book Treblinka on his nightstand for 20 years. He read and reread it.
"Having seen part of our legacy taken from us, and thinking about those who didn't make it, has perhaps been the motivation to do what I do."
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…..item 1)…. The New York Times … Movie Review … A Face in the Crowd (1957) NYT Critics' Pick
Screen: The Rise and Fall of a TV 'Personality'; 'A Face in the Crowd' Opens at the Globe
By BOSLEY CROWTHER
Published: May 29, 1957
BUDD SCHULBERG and Elia Kazan, the writer-director team whose "On the Waterfront" manifested the rare congeniality of their skills, are doing a brisk encore in tracing the phenomenal rise (and fall) of a top television "personality" in their new film, "A Face in the Crowd." This sizzling and cynical exposure, which came to the Globe last night, also presents Andy Griffith as the key figure in his first screen role.
Like other debunking films before it that have gleefully discovered feet of clay on seemingly solid public idols, this one is more concerned with the nature and flamboyance of the idol than with the milieu and machine by which he is made. Lonesome Rhodes, the two-faced hero, is pretty much the whole show, and what he symbolizes in society is barely hinted—or discreetly overlooked.
From the outset, when he is picked up as a drunken guitar-playing tramp by a female television reporter in an Arkansas town, he progres-sively dominates the TV audience to which he is expandingly exposed, the advertising agency representatives and the big industrialist by whom he is employed. He even is coming close to dominating a political faction and a Presidential aspirant when the rug is suddenly pulled out from under him by his girl friend, who throws a studio switch.
Meanwhile, he is demonstrating his eccentric personality—his gusto, his candor, his shrewdness, his moral laxity and his treachery. And, from the way his eyes narrow and his lips tighten, we gather he is demonstrating a thirst for power, when his loving and loyal discoverer decides that we've all had enough.
In a way, it is not surprising that this flamboyant Lonesome Rhodes dominates the other characters in the story and consequently the show. For Mr. Schulberg has penned a powerful person of the raw, vulgar, roughneck, cornball breed, and Mr. Griffith plays him with thunderous vigor, under the guidance of Mr. Kazan.
You know you are in the vicinity of someone who has white-lightning for blood when Mr. Griffith first hits old "Mama Git-tar" and howls his "Free Man in the Morning" song. And you know you are up against a trickster when he starts spouting amiable lies. Mr. Schulberg and Mr. Kazan spawn a monster not unlike the one of Dr. Frankenstein.
But so hypnotized are they by his presence that he runs away not only with the show but with intellectual reason and with the potentiality of their theme. Lonesome Rhodes builds up so swiftly that it is never made properly clear that he is a creature of the television mechanism and the public's own gullibility. He swings in an ever-widening orbit, as it were by his own energy and not by the recognized attraction and governance of a new magnetic field.
Everyone condescends to him—in the script of Mr. Schulberg, that is—instead of taking positive positions that would better represent reality. Patricia Neal as his doting discoverer, Paul McGrath as an advertising man, Percy Waram as a big manufacturer, Marshall Neilan as a scheming Senator and Anthony Franciosa as a wise guy—all play their roles capably, but they're forced to behave as awed observers, not as flexible factors in the scheme of things.
As a consequence, the dominance of the hero and his monstrous momentum, driven home by a vast accumulation of TV detail and Mr. Kazan's staccato style, eventually become a bit monotonous when they are not truly opposed. Reality is proved by inadvertence. We finally get bored with Lonesome Rhodes. Thus the dubious device of having his girl friend switch him on the air when he thinks he is finished with his program (and is scorning his public) is inane. This type would either have become a harmless habit or the public would have been finished with him!
Withal, he is highly entertaining and well worth pondering when he is on the rise.
A FACE IN THE CROWD, story and screen play by Budd Schulberg; directed and produced by Elia Kazan for Newtown Productions; a Warner Brothers presentation. At the Globe.
Lonesome Rhodes . . . . . Andy Griffith
Marcia Jeffries . . . . . Patricia Neal
Joey Kiely . . . . . Anthony Franciosa
Mel Miller . . . . . Walter Matthau
Betty Lou Fleckum . . . . . Lee Remick
Colonel Hollister . . . . . Percy Waram
Beanie . . . . . Rod Brasfield
Mr. Luffier . . . . . Charles Irving
J. B. Jeffries . . . . . Howard Smith
Macey . . . . . Paul McGrath
First Mrs. Rhodes . . . . . Kay Medford
Jim Collier . . . . . Alexander Kirkland
Senator Fuller . . . . . Marshall Nielan
Sheriff Hosmer . . . . . Big Jeff Bess
Abe Steiner . . . . . Henry Sharp
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When Disaster Strikes
Will Recant, son of Holocaust survivors, is one of the world's top experts in emergency relief and disaster assistance programs.
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June 21, 2012 / 1 Tammuz 5772
by Binyamin Rose
It was one of the most devastating days in the history of mankind. The final death toll will never be precisely known, but more people perished in the massive 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami than in the combined atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Will Recant was on holiday with his family when the devastation struck.
Recant, the senior executive in the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC, or Joint) responsible for nonsectarian programming, raced back to his New York desk and labored through field representatives and other local partners to set up a relief system and distribute food to survivors.
He traveled to the hardest-hit area in Indonesia, slammed by 30-foot-high waves.
After three weeks, he traveled to perhaps the hardest-hit area, Banda Aceh, in northwest Indonesia, which had been slammed by 30-foot-high seismic sea waves.
"It was uncanny," Recant envisions the scene. "You turn to the left and you see total destruction. You see boats sitting five miles inland mixed with cars, rubble, and seashells. Then you turn to the right and you see roads and banks and businesses and life as usual. It was surreal to have this view of how far the ocean came and receded, and how life on one side of it was just fine and life on the other side of it was totally destroyed."
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The details of widespread devastation, along with many others from Will Recant's 30-year career in disaster relief, are well-etched into his memory bank. He has spent more than half of every one of those 30 years on road trips, organizing relief efforts on behalf of victims of natural disasters, wars, and poverty.
Recant is chiefly responsible for helping to assess the overall picture, determine the most pressing needs, coordinate rescue and relief efforts with local partners and international relief agencies, and ensure that reconstruction and redevelopment aid is utilized as intended.
The JDC's main mission, which sometimes dovetails with Recant's work, is to help Israel and Jews in need around the globe. The nonsectarian programs Recant pilots are funded by special, external campaigns.
—– ,000 per Jew
Where is Recant headed to next? The answer to that question may well be dictated by the next 8.0 earth tremor on the Richter scale, but this particular morning is a placid one at JDC headquarters on Third Avenue in Manhattan.
Will is making his final preparations for a trip to Ethiopia to review humanitarian programs that have run the gamut from building schools, digging wells, helping children in need of spinal surgery, and de-worming rural villages. After that, he will head to Rwanda for a dedication ceremony at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, built with JDC assistance five years ago for orphan teenagers of the Rwandan genocide — the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis over a bloody, 100-day period in 1994.
Recant's self-assured manner befits the major accomplishments under his belt, yet he refuses to accept credit. It's a lesson he says he learned at his previous position as executive director of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews. The AAEJ was a major player in Operation Solomon — the dramatic 1991 emergency airlift of nearly all of Ethiopia's 14,500 Jews in less than 36 hours.
"I learned very quickly from the president of that organization, Nate Shapiro, that there was no Will Recant and there was no Nate Shapiro. There's only the American Association for Ethiopian Jews and the mission at hand," says Recant, who began his humanitarian career while working on his doctoral dissertation at George Washington University. "The Ethiopian famine was the great famine of the 20th century," Recant explains. "It was difficult to see the images while knowing that we're living at a time where there's an ability to provide assistance, tomorrow, anywhere in the world."
Recant's role in Operation Solomon included advocacy in Washington, DC's, halls of power to increase attention to the plight of Ethiopian Jews, and helping raise the estimated ,000 required to transport each Jew to safety.
It's a privilege, as the child of Holocaust survivors, to help bring Jews to Israel.
Some of that money was used to produce false documentation inviting Jews to come and work or visit the US under family reunification plans, or even to smuggle them physically out of Ethiopia, via Sudan or Kenya, to Israel. Sometimes the smuggling was done by car, at other times by means that Recant still does not feel at liberty to discuss. "There were myriad ways of rescuing Jews. For me, it was really a privilege, as the child of Holocaust survivors, to help bring these Jews to Eretz Yisrael, to the land of their dreams," says Recant.
Recant's father hailed from Vengrov, a small shtetl in Poland, east of Warsaw. He fled eastward during World War II, but the Russians arrested him as a German spy and sent him packing to frigid Siberia. As the war dragged on, the Russians decided Mr. Recant would be of greater value to them as a soldier, so they released him to the Polish army under Russian command.
Will's mother was also a Polish native. She hid for more than three years during World War II in the neck of Belarusian woods made famous by the movie Defiance, which celebrated the Bielsky brothers' partisan operation.
After World War II, the Recants ended up in America, met, and married.
"I'm very fortunate that my parents survived. I often think about those who didn't, because my father always liked to say that he was the 'worst of his seven brothers and sisters.' Everyone else perished in Treblinka. He used to say they were all smarter than him and were better human beings than him. He had survivor guilt to the day of his death. He had the book Treblinka on his nightstand for 20 years. He read and reread it.
"Having seen part of our legacy taken from us, and thinking about those who didn't make it, has perhaps been the motivation to do what I do."
—– Happy to Be Wrong
Will Recant grew up in peacetime in midtown Manhattan, eons away from his parents' tumultuous wartime experiences. During his yeshivah years at Ramaz, his principal, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, would comment that he didn't have much zitzfleisch. Or, as Recant puts it, "I was one of the more adventurous kids."
His parents owned a mom-and-pop grocery store and Will would see all walks of life walk through the door. "You learn to see past the façade of the people," he says. "It was wonderful for me."
He was the first yeshivah graduate to receive a Division I athletic scholarship.
Baseball was also a big draw for Will. He was the first yeshivah graduate to receive a Division I athletic scholarship and played third base at the University of Louisville. Although Kentucky's southern gentility clashed with his New York sophistication, Will says he appreciated those years as an opportunity to be up front about his Judaism.
Eventually, he earned a PhD in political science at George Washington University, which fueled his interest in international affairs.
The contacts he built in Washington during his Operation Solomon years came in handy in the early 1990s after the fall of Communism, when Cuba began its shift from an official policy of atheism to allow a measure of religious tolerance. Will made his first trip to Cuba in 1992, shortly after joining the JDC.
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Before Cuba formally amended its constitution, if a Jew attended synagogue services, he was precluded from becoming a communist party member. After the constitutional change allowing practicing Jews to participate in the political process, Dr. Jose Miller z"l, president of Cuba's Jewish community, called the JDC for help.
The community was in shambles. It had had no functioning rabbi since the 1960s, when Fidel Castro seized the reins of power.
"We want your assistance in being a community again," Dr. Miller told Recant.
Recant heeded the cry for help, and traveled to Cuba. There, he and leaders of the local Jewish community literally knocked on the doors of all the Jewish families listed in the 1950s censuses. They explained the new law and invited the people to Shabbos services, which were to be held in the basement of the Patronato (Havana's JCC), which had fallen into neglect.
When Shabbos arrived, Recant sat in the basement with a small group of other men, including Dr. Miller, waiting for a minyan. At age 72, Dr. Miller was the youngest member of the Cuban contingent.
"None of the light bulbs worked," said Recant. "Every window was broken. Birds were nesting over the aron kodesh and they would fly around during davening. The walls hadn't been painted in 40 years. People were coming for Kabbalat Shabbat and there was a sign on the wall that said 'Am Yisrael b'Cuba chai.' I leaned over to Dr. Miller and I pointed to the sign and said, 'Emes (Truth)!' And he said, 'No, we are dying and there will not be another generation of Jews in Cuba.'"
Fifteen years later, Recant found himself in the newly renovated Patronato, face-to-face with Dr. Miller — as it turns out — two months before the elderly activist passed away.
"That sign wasn't there anymore. I asked, Dr. Miller, 'Do you remember when we first met?'
"And he said, 'Absolutely and thank God, thanks to my community, and thanks to the Joint, I was wrong.
We are thriving and we are doing better than ever.'"
Recant's daughter Jennifer accompanied Will on one of his trips to Cuba shortly before her bas mitzvah. Since she knows some Spanish, she was able to converse with the Cuban youth. During the course of the conversation, she learned that six of them were also her age, none had undergone a bar or bas mitzvah, and in fact there hadn't been a bar or bas mitzvah in Cuba since the 1960s.
It costs about 0 per youth to provide them with bar or bas mitzvah training, as well as pairs of tefillin, talleisim, a Tanach, and candlesticks. Jennifer herself donated the money for the first six bar and bas mitzvahs, which were held at a gala gathering for more than 600 Cuban Jews.
The sign "Am Yisrael b'Cuba chai" may not have been hanging anymore, but it was no longer needed. The results were speaking for themselves.
—– War Duty
Until 1991, the south European nation of Yugoslavia was comprised of six republics: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. Serbia was further divided into two autonomous regions: Kosovo and Vojvodina.
By 1991, the Yugoslav republics began clamoring for independence. A Serbian minority in Croatia declared their own state and embarked on an ethnic-cleansing campaign, killing more than 10,000 civilians. Serb units even emptied a hospital of Croatian patients and executed them in a nearby field.
After a negotiated cease-fire, Serb forces partially pulled out of Croatia, taking up new positions in neighboring Bosnia, home to a sizable Serb minority.
In 1992, Bosnian Serbs launched their own ethnic cleansing campaign, killing more than 200,000 civilians. Half of Bosnia's four million people fled the country. As they fled, Will Recant entered.
The JDC had already been working with the Jewish community in Sarajevo, Bosnia, through La Benevolencija, a Jewish humanitarian association formed 100 years ago to promote the general welfare of the population irrespective of religion or nationality. Now, as the region deteriorated into a genocidal bloodbath, aid programs were increased.
In 1999, after years of dithering, NATO forces finally launched an aerial bombardment against Serb military targets. Serbia responded with an all-out genocide campaign to ethnically cleanse Kosovo of its Albanian population, driving hundreds of thousands across the border into refugee camps in Macedonia, Albania, and Montenegro.
Skopje, Macedonia's small but well-organized 180-member Jewish community was among the first responders when Kosovo refugees streamed into Macedonia, but soon it was time to flee again. "When the refugees saw the NATO bombing and the Serbs leaving, they just started to flock back in themselves in a disorganized, unplanned manner, just as they had come out," says Recant.
Even in chaotic situations such as these, Recant has learned to make coolheaded evaluations.
Experienced international relief organizations and their field partners prepare situation reports. The United Nations, through its Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), assists governments in mobilizing international assistance when the scale of the disaster exceeds the national capacity.
"The UN has what's called the cluster system, which is broken down into different sectors, such as sanitation, health, education, food distribution, and shelter," says Recant. "I will go to the UN cluster meeting where you get assessments from the government of the affected nation, members of the international community, the military, as well as from other NGOs and field representatives. There's a constant open communication between the field and headquarters as to what the needs and costs are and to try to match them with legitimate partners."
—–Underground Survivors
At times, finding open lines of communication is itself the issue.
Haiti's 2010 earthquake was a natural disaster of a scale equivalent to the 2004 tsunami, in terms of loss of life and destruction.
Rescue efforts were hampered because telephone service on the island nation was knocked out, although some cellular phone systems were operating.
Recant's first order of business was to secure the names and addresses of the ten known Jewish families in Haiti.
"We were able to connect with one of the leading families in Haiti who connected us with everyone else," says Recant. "Within an hour, literally, we had everyone's names and were able to contact or call them."
Once again, local Jewish help was indispensable. "A Jewish family who owned the soccer stadium donated it for use when the IDF set up its initial field hospital," says Recant.
Recant says that from his experience, survivors can normally be found for the first four or five days after natural disaster strikes, especially if there are eyewitnesses who can convey accurate information as to people's whereabouts.
"Sometimes, people know that others were in a certain apartment, or in a certain location of a building. On the basis of that information, you can bring in listening devices and see if you can hear anything," he said. "In Haiti, we found that several people were rescued because students told us that there was another group of students in another classroom and rescuers were able to train their equipment at a specific area."
"A gift of the Jewish community of Morocco" was embroidered in Arabic on the back of every wheelchair.
One of the students, named Oscar, was one of three survivors from his 12th-grade class. His right leg had to be amputated after a building collapsed on him, killing 54 of his classmates. The Israeli medical team from the IDF, JDC field partner Magen David Adom, and Tel HaShomer Hospital fit Oscar for a state-of-the-art prosthesis. Oscar has since learned to walk again, without assistance.
Several years ago, Recant spearheaded an effort with a partner association in Morocco to deliver a container of wheelchairs to Morocco. The words "a gift of the Jewish community of Morocco" were embroidered in Arabic on the back of every wheelchair.
"Morocco's king went on national television to say thanks to the fact that we have 4,500 loyal Jewish citizens who care not only about themselves but about others; our kingdom is enriched and we all benefit," said Recant.
While his position clearly affords him the opportunity for humanitarian accomplishments on a daily basis, Recant says a couple of enduring goals keeps him motivated.
"First, no Jew should be going to bed hungry, anywhere in the world.
"And you know, it's a big world. There are a lot of needs out there. I get to see the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good is great and the bad can be horrendous, especially what man does to man.
"There are so many challenges. We just have to turn a new page each day and see what comes next."
This article originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine.


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January 3, 2012
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war—of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.
"I thought I should be stronger than was possible."
Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL and an American Hero. He was a man of God and a man of principle. He wrote this book with the assistance of professional writers, but in the end, it was his words and I loved the way it was written. As I read, I felt like I was listening to Chris simply tell me his story, like I could have closed my eyes and been right there with him. It was so familiar and intimate. Considering the subject matter, I don't think I would have wanted it any other way. During a few portions of the story when Chris was discussing his family, he put the pen in his wife's hand, so to speak and allowed her to narrate. She tells the story from her point of view because according to Chris, she'll do a better job.
Chris never held back in the telling of his story. He is 100% honest about his priorities, ideals, and mistakes. He discusses killing, war and even his personal family issues openly. He recognizes that not everyone will agree with his choices and he also recognizes that not all of his choices were the right ones. It is important to understand that you don't have to agree with Chris's beliefs to enjoy the book. He never asks you to. You don't have to agree with war or any part of it. You just have to go into the story with an open mind and understand that it is one man's tale.
"We killed the bad guys and brought the leaders to the peace table. That is how the world works."
There was a lot of heavy material in this book, but Chris also had great humor and it shined through as he told the story. He and his friends certainly found ways to enjoy themselves find the good in whatever situation they were in. It was refreshing to read. It was also interesting. I learned a lot about life on deployment. Life on and off the bases. I learned about the equipment and weapons they use and why. Even if you know nothing of this war or the politics involved, Chris does a fantastic job of breaking it down and rebuilding everything so that it is built on a foundation that you can understand.
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay."
Chris remains humble and gracious throughout the book. One note I'll make is that he routinely compliments other branches of our military as well as other militaries. He gives credit where credit is due.
"Yes, SEALs did a good job, and gave their blood. But as we told the Army and Marine officers and enlisted men we fought beside, we're no better than those men when it comes to courage and worth."
This book tells the story of the greatest sniper in American history to date. He was a cowboy, a Christian and a hero. He loved his family and he fought for our great country. His commitment never wavered. Chris Kyle was killed on February 3, 2013 still working with veterans, still serving his country. He will always be loved and respected.
"MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN'T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them."
I read this book just after his death and it took me over a year to write the review. I give it 5 stars because I loved the book. I was mesmerized from cover to cover. I give it another 5 stars in salute to Chris and his family. Raising a cold beer to you, Chris! Cheers!
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History