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Month: June 2012
A7News: 2nd Phase of Ulpana Eviction: Force and Arrests
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Friday, Jun. 29 '12, Tammuz 9, 5772
1. 2ND PHASE OF ULPANA EVICTION: FORCE AND ARRESTS by Elad Benari
The eviction of the second group of families from the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El was completed on Thursday evening, after Border Police forces removed from their home Yoel and Yiska Fattal, a couple who refused to leave willingly.
The officers arrived and told the Fattals they had to leave their home willing, in accordance with the agreement reached between the Beit El leadership and the government. After the couple refused, the police said they would be forced to remove them from their home in an unpleasant manner. At this point, the officers picked up Yoel and took him out of the house.
Meanwhile, police arrested at least eight right-wing extremists who barricaded themselves in one of the Ulpana homes.[youtube:126623]
The second group which was evicted Thursday is mostly made up of older families, which have more children than the ones evicted Tuesday. Therefore they will be receiving "caravillas" with a floor area of 90 square meters, as opposed to the 60 sq. m. caravillas that the first group received.
Army Radio reported on Thursday that each of the buildings being moved from the Ulpana neighborhood will be "sawed" into 108 parts, which will be stored in a special storage site. They will then be reassembled at a new location inside Beit El.
by Maayana Miskin
After the final families were evicted Thursday from their homes in Beit El, workers came to seal off the buildings to make sure nobody can reenter.
The work was done by Palestinian Authority residents employed by a company hired by the Defense Ministry.[youtube:126627]
The ministry took pains to hire Israeli workers to perform other tasks related to the eviction, in an attempt to avoid causing evicted families additional pain. The families" belongings were packed, shipped across town and delivered by Jewish laborers.
The Tatzpit news organization filmed the work being done.
Most of the dozens of families evicted from the buildings are now living in a caravan site on the military base next to Beit El. Some of the families were sent to hotels in the north because their caravans were not ready for occupancy. Others planned, ahead of time, to go to other communities.
The mobile homes provided by the Defense Ministry were taken from families expelled from Gush Katif in 2005. The Gush Katif families had been promised the homes to allow them to make a long-awaited move to the Lachish region, away from the Gaza belt area where most currently reside.
The buildings in Beit El that were cleared out are to be broken into 108 pieces, then rebuilt elsewhere in the Binyamin region town. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told residents that in addition to rebuilding the homes, his government will build another 300 homes in Beit El.
by Maayana Miskin
The primary cause of police violence against protesters is Israeli policy, human rights activist Orit Strook charged, speaking to Arutz Sheva from outside a courtroom.
"The foremost reason [for violence] is the protection that the State Prosecution extends to the officers," she said. Strook also noted the "great determination" with which state attorneys defend violent officers against lawsuits.
A current case demonstrates the problem, she said. The state is paying for three attorneys to represent officers accused of extreme violence against a young Jewish protester during the eviction from Amona.
"It hurts that six and a half years later, we"re still fighting in court over Amona," she said. "The state is making every effort to protect the officers"
Some of those hurt by police brutality in Amona will never see their attackers charged in court due to a statute of limitations, she noted.
Despite the problems, Strook said, the Yesha Human Rights Group has seen police violence decrease over the past few years. "When we first established the Yesha Human Rights Group, police violence against settlers and the right was terrible… It was really a pogrom, not [just] violence," she recalled.
Today, violence against right-wing protesters is less common, she said. Police violence against those in the hareidi-religious world, where there is no equivalent to the Yesha Human Rights group, remains more frequent, she charged.
Regarding allegations of police violence against left-wing protesters in Tel Aviv, Strook said, "What happened to the leftists… I don"t think it"s OK. It"s serious, every violence in serious – but it"s small change compared to what happened to us in the past, or even today."
4. NETANYAHU TO ARAB MKS: LIEBERMAN IS RIGHT by Gil Ronen
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke Thursday evening with Arab MKs Ahmed Tibi and Mohammed Barakeh about the Plesner Committee, in an apparent effort to make it possible to recruit young Arabs to national service.
Netanyahu told them that despite the Plesner Committee's recommendation not to take action against Arab draft dodgers, he still believes in the idea of "enlistment for all."
"The world has changed, the country has changed and the situation Is not what it was in the past," Netanyahu told the two. "Everyone should share the burden."
Netanyahu said that the Arab MKs should not "build up hopes" after the Committee's decision, and that the possibility of a conscripting Arabs to do national service "is still being discussed."
The Plesner Committee's announcement that it would not recommend sanctions against Arabs who do not enlist caused Yisrael Beytenu and the Jewish Home to announce they were pulling out of the Plesner Committee. Netanyahu's statement to the Arab MKs can be seen as evidence that he essentially agrees with the Jewish Home and Yisrael Beytenu's disappointment with the Plesner Committee's laxness regarding Arabs.
5. MK: NO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WITHOUT ARAB SERVICE by Maayana Miskin
MK Michael Ben-Ari (Ichud Leumi) has called for an Arab Israeli affirmative action initiative to be put on hold over Arabs" refusal to perform military or national service.
Ben-Ari sent a letter to Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin asking him to shut down the Committee on the Integration of Arab Employees in the Public Sector. The committee is headed by MK Ahmed Tibi.
"Those who ask for equal rights need to understand that they have equal obligations," he argued. "Someone like Ahmed Tibi, who yells whenever he gets the chance about how much discrimination there is, and how Arabs are not part of the state – cannot be unready to also take part in the obligations."
Tibi "vigorously opposes national service for the Arab public," Ben-Ari noted.
"Tibi"s behavior, besides being two-faced and immoral, is also illegal," he continued. "Tibi has become someone who encourages an entire sector of society to be parasitic."
If the committee on Arab integration is to continue operating, Tibi should be replaced with "a citizen who recognizes the fact that the Arab community has obligations and not just rights," Ben-Ari suggested.
Tibi has also faced opposition from Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has accused him of intentionally impeding Arab integration and has called on MKs not to cooperate with the committee he heads.
6. TIBI: RAMON IN TAIBE IN EXCHANGE FOR ARAFAT IN NETANYA by Elad Benari
MK Ahmed Tibi said on Thursday that he would agree to name a new aerospace center in the Israeli-Arab city of Taibe after Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, if the city of Netanya agrees to name its city hall after former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
Speaking in an interview with the Ma'ariv newspaper"s local edition for the Sharon area, Tibi said, "The final chapter in Ramon"s life was great and his death is tragic. I have great empathy towards the family and I understand their pain. However, I was surprised to receive an invitation to the inauguration of the aerospace center which dictates that it will be named after Ramon."
"To tell the truth, even the aerospace center in Taibe was surprised and did not like the idea," added Tibi, who repeated his reasoning for not naming the center after Ramon. "When you commemorate someone you commemorate his entire life, and for most of his life Ramon was a fighter pilot who participated in the Lebanon war and bombed there. His shelling killed civilians. This a sore point for us, and we asked that our feelings be considered."
Asked whether the Israeli government, which allocated some funds for the aerospace center, has a right to determine in whose name it will be called, Tibi replied, "No. I stand by the principle that we should never accept that it be dictated who will be perpetuated in exchange for the transfer of funds by the Israeli government. It is our privilege. Why stop there? Maybe the Ministry of Education will say: We"ll pay you six million shekels, and maybe you can name a school after [Menachem] Begin."
"Some will say: Begin signed an agreement with Egypt. So I say, even Arafat has a Nobel Prize, and Israelis called him a terrorist until they signed an agreement with him, and then rubbed elbows with him after he won the Nobel Prize. How about naming Netanya"s city hall after Arafat in exchange for 150 thousand shekels?"
The Netanya municipality said in response, "We have clear procedures regarding municipal commemoration, and any person who is interested can contact the names committee and his application will be reviewed. As for what was said in the article, we see no need to respond."
7. HAMAS CONCERNED OVER UNILATERAL ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT by Elad Benari
Hamas said on Thursday that it is concerned over the possibility that Israel would unilaterally withdraw from Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron), as it did in Gaza in 2005.
Speaking to the Egyptian-based Al-Ahram newspaper, deputy Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon negotiations with Israel, and expressed concern that if Abbas continues with his current policy, Israel would withdraw from Judea and Samaria.
Such a move by Israel, explained Abu Marzouk, would leave two separate "Palestinian" areas that are completely detached from one another and would also isolate Jerusalem.
"This is a dangerous scenario," Abu Marzouk said, noting that "the Arab preoccupation with internal matters gives Israel a chance to establish facts on the ground as it wishes."
Defense Minister Ehud Barak suggested last month that Israel consider a unilateral disengagement from Judea and Samaria.
"If it is impossible to reach an agreement with the Palestinian [Authority Arabs], we should consider an interim arrangement, or even a unilateral disengagement," Barak said in a speech to the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies.
The PA rejected Barak"s suggestion, saying such a proposal would not lead to lasting peace agreement, but would only harm the two-state solution.
Abu Marzouk also told Al-Ahram that the Hamas leadership does not see Israel as a military threat to its rule in Gaza, and also rejected the possibility that Israel may launch a ground operation in Gaza or conduct military operations in the Sinai Peninsula to remove the threat of the terrorist groups operating there.
"Israel will not dare to violate Egyptian sovereignty in any way, particularly under the present circumstances," he said, adding, "Israel will think a thousand times before taking action against Egypt."
Referring to Gaza, Abu Marzouk said he believed the current situation – where Israel periodically strikes in Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks – may go on for years.
He tried to shake off responsibility for Hamas" role in allowing Gaza-based organizations to carry out terror attacks against Israel from the Sinai Peninsula, saying, "Hamas policy supports maintaining Egyptian security and non-infringement of Egyptian sovereignty in any way. Agreements exists which are enough to settle this matter with Egypt and we are cooperating fully to achieve this. However, such incidents (terror attacks) make it difficult for both parties – Egypt and Gaza – to maintain security, since it is impossible to maintain security 100 percent. Such incidents happen from time to time, and they conflict with the interests of Hamas and Egypt."
Abu Marzouk added, "Hamas' position is clear, and that is that no exit from Gaza which is contrary to the agreements with Egypt should be permitted, and unfortunately this happens sometimes, and we are talking about incidents which take place far from the border and which are difficult to thwart by both sides."
8. HERSHKOWITZ: TORAH DEMANDS THAT WE JOIN THE ARMY by Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski
Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz, chairman of the Jewish Home party, visited the "suckers tent" in Tel Aviv on Thursday. During his visit, Hershkowitz said that his party is committed to implementing equal service for all sectors of Israeli society.
The "suckers tent" is made up of individuals who were opposed to extending the Tal Law, which regulated the exemption of hareidi soldiers from enlisting in the IDF, and attempted a gradual increase of hareidi army service.
The Tal Law was annulled by the Supreme Court after the judges, under former Court President Dorit Beinisch, struck it down as unconstitutional. A committee, headed by MK Yohanan Plesner (Kadima), has been charged with coming up with a new formula for conscripting hareidim into the military.
The Plesner Committee clarified Thursday that while it favors the principle of "service for all," it will not recommend slapping any sanctions on Arabs who refuse to enlist, but will recommend punishing hareidim who evade service. In response, Hershkowitz"s party said it will leave the committee. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman"s Yisrael Beytenu party said it would do the same and advance its own bill stipulating equal service for all citizens.[youtube:126625]
Hershkowitz emphasized in a conversation with Arutz Sheva that studying Torah is important for hareidim, but that serving the country is equally important.
"My message here is very clear: There is no contradiction whatsoever between studying Torah, which is the most important value in Jewish life, and serving the army and building the country," he said. "In fact, the Torah commands that once you enter the land, you have to start working. You have to start planting, you have to fight."
He reiterated that "fighting for the very existence of the Jewish people in the land of Israel – is a mitzvah. It"s not an optional thing. So there is no contradiction whatsoever and that"s why my great-grandfather, as a rabbi, asked to be drafted to the army at the age of 80 when the State of Israel was established. That"s why my father and my mother fought during the War of Independence. That"s why I served in the army, as did all my sons. My youngest one was just drafted yesterday."
Hershkowitz told the occupants of the "suckers tent" that the Jewish Home party "will not let the Plesner Committee do a sloppy job on the issue of hareidi enlistment. The Jewish Home will not take part in sweeping the issue under the table. I demand equal burden for everyone. "
He added, "I'm speaking here on behalf of the public which carries the major burden. The percentage of people from the national-religious sector who serve in combat units is the highest. The national-religious public is proof that you can combine the Torah world with serving the army and the State, and what we demand of ourselves we demand from others."
A7News: Fatah to Israel: Do What We Want, or Face Intifada
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Thursday, Jun. 28 '12, Tammuz 8, 5772
1. FATAH TO ISRAEL: DO WHAT WE WANT, OR FACE INTIFADA by David Lev
If Israel does not surrender all the lands liberated in the Six Day War of 1967, set up an Arab state with Jerusalem as its capital, and make significant concessions in accepting as citizens descendants of Arabs who fled Israel in 1948, a third intifada should, and must, be conducted. The call for a new "uprising of the people" against Israel was part of a the summation statement issued at the end of the two day Palestinian Revolutionary Council (PRC) general meeting held this week. The meeting was led by Palestinian Authority chief and Fatah party head Mahmoud Abbas.
The statement declares its support for Abbas' ongoing refusal to back down from positions that have proven unacceptable to Israel in the past, including demands that Israel agree in principle to accept as citizens descendants of Arabs who fled their homes in 1948. Abbas has also declared that he will refuse to discuss anything with Israel until all settlement activity is ended. That precondition has also been unacceptable to Israel, but in its statement, the PRC said that it supported Abbas on that as well.
The PA will also make another attempt to be recognized as a state by the United Nations this year. Last year, the PA statehood bid was thwarted after many months of intense diplomatic activity by Israel, but analysts said that the PA was less likely to back down this time, and would insist that the matter be brought before the Security Council.
The statement also expresses ongoing support for attempts to reunite Fatah and Hamas in the PA government.It also praised the election of Mohammed Morsi as President of Egypt, saying that it "indicates that Egypt is on the way to resume its major role in the Arab world."
2. AFTER THREE DECADES, IDF PREPARES FOR A HOSTILE SOUTHERN BORDER by David Lev
The IDF is preparing for a "new era" on Israel's southern border, which actually is a rewind of history back to the days before the Camp David Accords. With the rise of what appears to be a hostile regime in Egypt, the IDF will be beefing up forces all along the Sinai border, and is asking the government for NIS 15 billion ($3.8 billion) for the construction of bases, installation of security equipment, and establishment of new training areas.
Analysts said that the new situation in Egypt necessitates the opening of a "fourth front" for the IDF. For decades, security along the southern border has been more relaxed, because of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, and the IDF was able to concentrate on trouble spots like Gaza and the northern border, as well as "distance missions." Egypt's new President, Mohammed Morsi, who is identified with the Muslim Brotherhood, has said several times that he wishes to "reexamine" the Camp David Accords. Given his party's open hostility to Israel and its strong support for Hamas, Israel has decided that it can no longer regard the Egyptian border as a "normal" one.
A senior IDF official told the Israeli daily Ma'ariv that while no one expects Egypt to abrogate the Camp David Accords, the new situation requires extreme caution. And thanks to three decades of American military aid and support, the Egyptian army today is extremely sophisticated, and is equipped with the latest equipment, making it, for all purposes, a Western-type army, the official said. Egypt also has the largest army in Africa; it has about 470,000 regular troops and some 480,000 reserve troops. The IDF, by way of comparison, has 180,000 active duty soldiers, and about 560,000 reserve troops.
The IDF will ask for the NIS 15 billion increase to be funded over a five year period. Without this money, officials said, it will be impossible to upgrade the IDF's souther flank, making the country dependent on the graces of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. In a statement, an IDF official would not comment directly on the funding issue, saying that "as a matter of course the IDF is studying the changes in the region, and specifically in Egypt."
3. EVICTED ULPANA CHILDREN SUFFERING TRAUMA, SAYS EXPERT by Elad Benari
The director of the Welfare Department in Beit El, Hedva Ariel, said on Wednesday that the children who were evicted from their homes in the Ulpana neighborhood are suffering from trauma. She said that the trauma has created many problems within the families who were evicted.
"These are families who have been under a threat of eviction for a long time, be it voluntarily or involuntarily," Ariel told Arutz Sheva. "The families who were evacuated this week underwent situations of uncertainty and difficulty, wondering whether they will be evicted or not, how and when."
She added, "We have been in touch with these families since the beginning of the year. We provided assistance to the children, who have experienced a lot of fears and nightmares as a result of the anticipated eviction. We held for them some workshops with psychologists, and provided parents with training on how to help their children with fears. We also provided them with some joyful activities, in order to facilitate the difficult and traumatic experience."
The first 15 families moved out of their homes in the Ulpana neighborhood without any resistance on Tuesday, following an agreement between the Beit El leadership and the government, which has promised to build 300 new homes in Beit El. Another 15 will leave their homes and move to a nearby neighborhood of temporary caravans on Thursday.
Ariel said that the fact that the residents left their homes without any resistance caused even greater problems for the children.
"The word voluntary is a very difficult and inappropriate word in this case," she said. "To the children it was not a voluntary eviction but a forced one. They wanted to continue living in their house and saw no reason why they had to leave."
She added, "The fact that there was no resistance made it harder for them to express their protest and the feeling that it was not voluntary. The media presented it as though it was voluntary and that also increased their anger, because they wanted to stay there. The fact that they did it voluntarily because they were forced to do so, is causing them to now turn inward because they did not get to express their pain."
Ariel noted that the best experts who helped treat the expellees from Gush Katif are now trying to minimize the damage caused to the evicted families in Beit El.
"We have professionals to help them express their pain," she said. "We"ve had some success but we still have a lot of work. Children are most vulnerable because they do not have the tools that adults do, and even for an adult it takes a while before he can process the loss."
"We must also pay attention to see how each child responds, because everyone reacts differently," added Ariel. "Some children experience fears and nightmares. We saw some children in Gush Katif and Migron who could not attend school. They had difficulty concentrating in school because they were emotionally overwhelmed by pain and anger. They found it difficult to collect themselves and needed much investment to help them psychologically. We hope that everyone in Beit El will rehabilitated quickly."
4. YISHAI ORDERS IVORY COAST ILLEGALS DEPORTED by Gabe Kahn
Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Thursday instructed the Department of Immigration and Population to begin repatriating illegal aliens infiltrators from the Ivory Coast.
Yishai announced that those who leave Israel the next two weeks will receive a grant of USD 500 per adult and USD 100 per child.
However, those who refuse to identify themselves and voluntarily return to their country of origin will be arrested and deported without financial assistance.
A previous offer of an assistance basket for illegal immigrants in Israel who agreed to return to their countries of origin met little success.
Yishai said exceptions can be made for refugees, but pointed out that only a small number of illegal aliens came to Israel to escape death or imprisonment.
Tens of thousands of Africans have illegally entered Israel in recent years, yet the government largely ignored the problem until the recent movement of the Africans from southern cities to metropolitan Tel Aviv.
Yiahi noted that Sudnaese and other Africans have flooded Eilat, Arad and most recently the southern area of Tel Aviv.
Officials in Tel Aviv said they estimate some 100,000 illegal African immigrants live in the city.
5. HAMAS TERROR MASTERMIND CONVICTED OF 46 MURDERS by Elad Benari
An Israeli military court ruled on Wednesday that Ibrahim Hamad, the former commander of Hamas" military wing in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, is guilty of the murder of 46 Israelis.
According to a report on Channel 2 News, Hamad was convicted of involvement in a series of suicide terror attacks. These include an attack at the Sheffield Club in Rishon Letzion which killed six Israelis, a suicide attack at Café Moment in Jerusalem which killed 12 people, an attack at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem and an attack at the cafeteria of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
The report noted that Hamad was acquitted of involvement in an attempt to carry out an attack on the Tzavta Club in Tel Aviv in 2002. In its decision, the Court ruled that no evidence supporting Hamad"s involvement in the attempted attack was presented.
Hamad reportedly renounced the military tribunal"s ruling in his case, but was convicted anyway. His sentence will be handed out early next month, and he is expected to be sentenced to a series of life sentences.
Hamad, a 47-year-old member of Hamas, joined the terror group in the 1980s. He was imprisoned by the PA in the 1990s and was released in 2001. After his release, he ordered a series of lethal terror attacks.
Since 2006, Hamad has been detained in a military prison in Israel. He was captured after a lengthy manhunt.
6. TWO ARAB ARSONISTS ARRESTED IN JERUSALEM BLAZES by David Lev
Two Arab youths from the village of Issawiya in eastern Jerusalem were arrested Thursday and charged with arson, for setting several fires in the area of their village. One of the fires was set next to an IDF base on Mount Scopus, and the other was set next to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. One of the youths confessed, incriminating his partner in crime.
Twelve soldiers were injured in the fire at the base, requiring treatment for smoke inhalation. But the two fires were among the smaller of dozens of blazes that hit Jerusalem and other parts of Israel this week, with the largest being two major fires in the hills west of Jerusalem Tuesday. Some 300 homes were evacuated, and hundreds of dunams of natural forest growth were destroyed or damaged in the fire. Highway One, the main road into Jerusalem, was closed for hours while dozens of firefighters fought the blazes.
Although the weather in Israel has been hot and humid in recent weeks, many Israelis believe that the fires Jerusalem has experienced this month – one estimate said that some 300 small and large fires were reported in Jerusalem and vicinity – were the work of Arab terrorists. Minister of Internal Security Yitzchak Aharonovitch said Wednesday that the massive fire Tuesday was probably the result of arson motivated by Arab nationalism. Police have already arrested suspects, he said, "some for their nationalism, some for their criminal background." Police term such arson attacks "spontaneous terrorism," he continued. "You don"t need an organization to set a forest on fire."
On Monday, three other fires broke out in Jerusalem, with at least one of them likely a case of arson. Three firefighting crews were needed to put out a blaze in an open area in the Gilo neighborhood, while a second fire raged in an open area in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood. The third fire, in the Talpiot industrial zone, was deemed suspicious after several individuals were seen fleeing the scene of the fire. Several vehicles were damaged in that fire.
Meanwhile, witnesses said Monday that Arabs invaded a house in Havat Gilad, in the Binyamin region of Israel, and set fire to a house in the neighborhood. The house was badly damaged, the report said. Large numbers of firefighters were able to bring the fire under control, and put the blaze out.
Initial investigations indicated that arson was the cause, most likely a fire set by local Arabs. Evidence at the scene showed that several individuals broke into the house, breaking a window. Furniture was broken, as were mirrors and other items in the house. A spokesperson for the fire department told Arutz Sheva that four firefighting crews were needed to douse the blaze. "There was fear that the roof was going to fall in," the spokesperson said. "We were able to bring the fire under control quickly and prevented the spread of the blaze to other homes. The house was badly damaged," he said.
by Gabe Kahn
The oldest Rebbe of the Nadvorna hassidic dynasty, Rabbi Asher Yeshaya Liefer, passed away last night at Columbia Hospital in Manhattan.
Rabbi Kiefer, who was 98, left behind hundreds of grandchildren and great grandchildren in Israel and abroad.
The rebbe lived in Bnei Brak where he founded a Beit Midrash on Uziel Street, which became reputed as a magnet for Torah and God-fearing Jews.
A few years ago, Rabbi Liefer went to the US to participate in a celebration for one of his children, but because of his advanced age the trip greatly weakened him and he was forced to stay in America to live with one of his relatives.
Earlier this week, a serious decline in the rabbi's condition caused him to be quickly rushed by relatives to the hospital.
His funeral procession will depart at 09:00 am (PST) from the Beit Midrash "Salka Muncie" to the airport, from where he will be flown to Israel.
Upon arriving, his coffin will be brought to to the school he founded on Uziel Street in Bnei-Barak. From there, the funeral procession will head to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Liefer was called the Rebbe of Nadvorna-Hadera as the hassidic dynasty he hails from maintains more than one court.
In March, his relative Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum, called the Rebbe of Nadvorna, died at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. He was 82.
8. LIEBERMAN BLASTS IRANIAN REGIME FOLLOWING TALMUD REMARKS by Rachel Hirshfeld
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blasted the Iranian regime, saying it is composed of "anti-Semitic fanatics", following the hateful remarks of Vice President Mohammad Reza, who claimed that the teachings of the Talmud incite global drug trade.
Addressing a ceremony for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking held in Tehran on Tuesday, Rahimi alleged that the "spread of narcotics in the world emanates from the teachings of the Talmud… whose objective is the destruction of the world."
"The Talmud teaches that it is lawful to acquire wealth through legal and illegal means… which gives (the Jews) the right to destroy humanity," he said.
"If one seeks what lies behind all forms of corruption, there is the repugnant face of Zionists. This is the same case for the narcotics trade … whose primary operator is the Zionist regime," he said
"The Zionists spread destruction not only by drugs, but also by (attacking) cultures."
Lieberman asserted that, "the international community has not yet internalized the great danger that this regime represents for world peace."
The Minister warned that the presence of international representatives at the conference "gives legitimacy to the regime of the ayatollahs, which poses a real threat to world peace."
"Hitler said foolish things and succeeded in executing his plans. Today, the situation is different and the sovereign state of Israel will not allow a single Jew to be harmed," he said.
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NY Times Op-ed: Blame Israel for Third Intifada
NY Times Op-ed: Blame Israel for Third Intifada
A new Intifada will be Israel's fault, according to a NY Times op-ed by an analyst of a think tank partly funded by George Soros.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 6/24/2012, 1:45 PM
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A Third Intifada will erupt and it will be Israel's fault, according to an op-ed in Friday's New York Times by Nathan Thrall, an analyst of The International Crisis Group which is partly funded by George Soros, who also is benefactor of the left-wing J Street lobby.
Thrall is the same analyst who last month warned in the same newspaper that if Israel continues to oppose Palestinian Authority unity between terrorist Hamas and Fatah, it might face Al Qaeda instead of Hamas.
This time around, he theorized that the reason for a Third Intifada might be "price tag" vandalism "by Jewish settlers" or "the construction of new settlement housing…"
He added that whatever the cause, it will be Israel's fault for allowing Israelis to "have come to believe they can eat their cake and have it, too."
Thrall focused solely on what he called PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas'
ostensible efforts for security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government [that] would make Israel feel safer and remove its primary justification for continuing to occupy the West Bank.
He based his thesis that a new Intifada will break out on the claim that there have been "years of peace and quiet in Tel Aviv," without mentioning the daily attacks on Jewish motorists and more than a few terrorist attacks in the Palestinian Authority, including the savage murders of six members of the Fogel family in Samaria last year.
Thrall praised Abbas as "one of the key architects of the Oslo peace process'" and "perhaps its last remaining believer."
Abbas "has been forced to pay lip service to the demands of those who advocate confrontation by issuing repeated pledges to confront Israel
– by dismantling the Palestinian Authority or refusing to negotiate unless Israel freezes settlement construction – only to renege on each one," according to Thrall.
The journalist then suggested that Abbas may become the next Antoine Lahad, the leader of Lebanese forces who allied with Israel in the 1980s against Hizbullah terrorists.
By painting the recalcitrant Abbas as a "peace partner" who has allegedly been patient with Israel, Thrall reasoned the lack of creation of the Palestinian Authority as new country has created distrust among Palestinian Authority Arabs and the PA security forces.
Following the Palestinian Authority's failures to be recognized as a state despite anti-Israel boycotts and a unilateral push for recognition from the United Nations, Thrall opined that PA Arabs have no options other than "popular protest and armed resistance."
"The first option faces enormous obstacles because of political divisions between Hamas in Gaza and Mr. Abbas's Fatah in the West Bank," he wrote.
"If mass demonstrations erupted in the West Bank, Israel would ask Palestinian security forces to stop any protests near soldiers or settlers, forcing them to choose between potentially firing on Palestinian demonstrators or ending security cooperation with Israel, which Mr. Abbas refuses to do".
"The second option is armed confrontation"
Acknowledging "widespread apathy" among PA Arabs, he wrote, "A substantial number would welcome the prospect of an escalation".
"They believe that rocks, Molotov cocktails and mass protests pushed Israel to sign the Oslo Accords in 1993; that deadly strikes against Israeli troops in Lebanon led Israel to withdraw in 2000; that the bloodshed of the second intifada pressured George W. Bush to declare his support for Palestinian statehood and prodded the international community to produce the Arab Peace Initiative, the Geneva Initiative, and the Road Map for Middle East Peace."
In a new twist on history, Thrall also wrote that the expulsion of Jews from Gaza and the withdrawal of the IDF from the area in 2005 "had the effect of freezing the peace process, supplying 'the amount of formaldehyde that is necessary,' as a Sharon adviser put it, 'so there will not be a political process with the Palestinians.'"
Thrall's conclusion, which dovetails with the Times' editorial policy, is that history will credit Abbas but that "he has likely laid the groundwork" for a new Intifada, which is Israel's fault because Israel supposed missed "a golden opportunity to sign an agreement with Abbas"


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Lots of people think cardmaking is hard, when the truth is it's as easy as you want it to be!
There are loads of ideas and inspiration all over the web, and I found these cute bunny printables via pinterest.
(I know, I have broken an unwritten internet law – thou shalt not ever actually make or do something you pinned on pinterest.)
You can find the bunnies here and all you need to do is print them out.
I cut around mine with some teeny scissors – that was the hardest part of making this card – then glued them onto a 14cm square piece of patterned paper. I drew a black line around the edge because I like black lines. I stuck this onto a 15cm square white card and finished the cuteness off with some teeny pompoms I
stole from found in my daughter's art box. I stuck them on with silicone glue.
And there you go, easy peasy!


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Here is a commonly asked email from military members who are placed in charge of their command's group PT program, but this one is a request for more advanced workouts for his hardcore group at his command. See his request:
Stew, Thanks for your numerous articles / books as I have used them since I was a civilian several years ago. Now, I am placed in a position to spice up our Command PT and we have many advanced level athletes who spend much of their free time at the gym, running races, or preparing for their future Spec Ops careers. Any recommendations for tougher than average workouts we can do as a group?
Thanks for the email and it is by far one of my favorite requests of the week. I just so happen to be creating many new and unpublished workouts that I use with my Spec Ops wanna-be group here in Maryland. The cool thing about these workouts is that they can all be arranged to be a PT foundation for your intermediates and a challenging job related skill workout for your advanced groups. They all stem from the basic PT Pyramids and Max Rep Super Set Workouts as described below:
PT Pyramid — Foundation Building: Here is a standard pullups, pushups, situps, and even dips if you wish that you can add into a PT Pyramid routine that progressively gets tougher each set. Using the even numbered pyramid above if you hit all the reps of the 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2 that equals 50 reps of an exercise. Double and triple the repetitions and you can see how quickly this workout becomes challenging.
Max Rep Set Workout: 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 situps in as few sets as possible base routine. I have found this workout is a great one for those who are stuck at 15 pullups and seeking to get 25–30 reps. Usually if done just once a week, along with 2 other upperbody workouts of your choice (smaller pyramids, weights, etc) you will see those kind of gains with this max rep failure workout.
Now, here is some new video of how we have progressed into harder group PT workouts using the above models of workouts.
Pullup / Burpee Jump and Fireman Carry Pyramid: See video link: This pyramid has a pullup pyramid going UP until you fail (10+ sets) followed by burpee broad jumps on the ODD sets and fireman carries with a partner or bear crawls (25yds) on the EVEN sets. Keep going UP until you fail at pullups. If you do not get to 10 sets then repeat in reverse order. If you get above 10 sets keep going until you fail and stop. No need to repeat. Many in this video were getting up to 15–20 sets on this workout.
Pullup / Run / Kettlebell Swings / Burpees / Bear Crawl or Fireman Carry Pyramid: See video link: Now there is a lot going on with this pyramid. Basically it starts off with 2 pullups, 25yd run, 2 KB swings, bear crawl or fireman carry 25yds, double your pullups or 4 burpees, bear crawl back to KBs and repeat 2 KB swings (matching pullups), then run to pullups for your 2nd set or 4 reps. This pyramid is a 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,.… pyramid. Whatever you do on pullups you double your burpees and KB swings each set. Very tough workout.
100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 situps progression: See video link: This progression of the standard 100/200/300 PT workout adds in running 100 — 200yds each set, plus kettlebell swings that match your pushup numbers. The goal of this workout is to get 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 200 KB swings, and 300 situps in as few sets as possible with added short / fast runs per set. Limit your set time to 1–2 minutes for pushups and situps depending upon your timed events of your branches PFT. Most advanced members will get this one done in 4–5 sets.
These are classic PFT based workouts that will not only challenge your group but help with acing the PFT exercises like pullups, pushups, situps as well. You can get creative with this one and add in other transition exercises like crab walks, wheel barrow races, forward rolls, or whatever will float your boat. Adding in exercises to be part of the pyramid or max rep set routine is fine too. We often add in plank poses for 1 min, flutterkicks, and a variety of other pushups to keep things interesting.
Good luck with adding in challenging PT workouts to your Command PT. I would only do exercises like these every other day at the most. You can always add in a Cardiovascular only or Leg PT day on days in between these upper body intense workouts as well if you need more than a few ideas per week.
PS — Check out my Fitness APP for iPhone/iPad for a mobile library of more than 115 exercises.


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What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it.
My book is Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business. It's a non-fiction book. Its purpose is to tell those people considering becoming an entrepreneur what they need to know in order to have a chance at succeeding.
If you ask first time entrepreneurs what it takes to create a start-up, most will tell you a great product idea. Founders are sure once they talk to an investor, they will fall in love with the product idea and fund the company. But the most important success factor for start-ups is NOT the product. The product is the heart of the company, its reason for the existence. A heart does not make a human being, and a start-up's success hinges upon everything else.
Tell us something about yourself.
I am a geek – a computer and electrical engineer by training. I grew up in upstate New York. I went to the University of Rochester and the University of Virginia. I've lived in New York City, Washington, D.C., Miami and San Francisco.
I love all those technical gadgets and gizmos. I have always been more fascinated by the business of technology than the technology itself. I prefer life outside the cubicle rather than inside it.
I have founded three companies – all technology companies. I have worked with dozens of start-up companies, and have seen them be created and build from the inside out.
What inspired you to write this book?
At about the same point in time, several friends and colleagues told me I should write a book. My first thought was "What would I write about?" Then it suddenly occurred to me that people like to hear me talk about all those start-ups I've been involve with. That was my topic, so I decided to write about start-ups.
How did you choose the title?
I used online surveys with readers to determine the title. First, I decided what search keywords potential readers would use to search. I surveyed what books came up on Amazon and BN with those keywords. From studying those titles, I came up with a few titles I liked. Then I conducted a couple online surveys. I gave the people involved in the study a short description of the book and asked them to suggest titles. Finally, I took my titles, the survey respondents' titles, plus some of the most popular books on my subject, and conducted another survey. I asked people to pick which title they liked best and why.
The "why" was the most fascinating of the results – why they picked the title they liked. Sometimes they add which title they really disliked and why. Overwhelming, respondents said they didn't like words that made a promise that the book couldn't keep – like read this and become successful.
The audience didn't like any of my titles. They chose one I received from the survey.
What obstacles did you encounter in getting this book published? How did you overcome them?
The biggest obstacle was in figuring out what to write. Although I knew I wanted to write about start-ups, I didn't have a specific idea. So I started a blog on the topic. I wrote about a wide range of issues. Eventually, I got a feel for what readers wanted to read.
Then I did some research and found what had been the more popular books on the topic, and I read their reviews on Amazon. I paid a lot of attention to the best and worst reviews.
Suddenly the light bulb went on, and I had the outline for the book. When I first started writing this book, I was going to write an e-book. But I kept on writing and writing, and the e-book turned into the book.
How did you know you wanted to be a writer? How did you get started?
Never in a million years would I have ever anticipated being a writer. I used to write the occasional technical article or white paper, but nothing regular.
My mother was in her 80's by the time my oldest child was born. I lived on the opposite side of the country from my mother and she couldn't travel. She loved to hear about what the kids were doing on a daily basis, so I got in the habit of writing and sending pictures to her over email. My mom loved the Internet.
And from there, the writing just moved into my professional life where I started writing more on emerging technologies and then on the companies that brought these technologies into the market place.
Do you have any writing rituals?
I am definitely a morning writer. I will wake in the middle of the night with a great thought and I immediately get up and search for my laptop.
I have am a geek and have been using computers most of my life. I cannot write without a keyboard, the words don't seem to flow if I use paper and pen.
Did you learn anything from writing and publishing this book? What?
Writing a book is a lot like the topic of my book. If you think of the book as the product, the first task was to better define what customers wanted and then define the book from there. And while it took a long time for me to research and write the book, that wasn't the hard part. Like a product, the more difficult part is the marketing. For most companies, marketing a product is one to two times as much effort as the design and making of the product, and this seems to be holding true for my book as a product as well.
If you were doing it all over again, what would you do differently?
I would get the marketing effort started earlier. Since I self-published my book, I didn't have a specific publication date. Without a date, I didn't set up the promotion until later than I should have.
When my e-book became a book, I contacted some people who had self-published and some who had gone through a publisher. I am impatient and wasn't willing to add the time needed to try the publisher path and honestly, I couldn't see a great value add for the publisher approach. Although next time, I would like to investigate traditional publishing more.
What types of books do you like to read? Who are your favorite authors? Why?
I like to read self-published business book a lot because I am usually looking for answers or new ideas for my professional work. They are not the best written in terms of the language, but they usually provide the most useful and practical advice.
Some of my favorite books and authors are
Pietra Rivoli – The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy
Malcolm Gladwell – Tipping Point and Breaking Point
Seth Godin – Purple Cow
Harry Beckwith – Selling the Invisible
Mitch Joel – Six Pixels of Separation
For pleasure, I like to read mysteries or historical novels.
Are you working on your next book? What can you tell us about it?
No, not yet, but I do have a book idea. First, I need to concentrate of marketing this one.
What is the best advice you could give other writers about writing or publishing?
Think about how you are going to the marketing the book early – not just a vague notion, but the details of how you are going to do it. Writers don't write book so no one will read them, you want people to read and like them too.
Who is the perfect reader for your book?
Someone looking to start a technology company and is a first time entrepreneur.
Where can readers learn more about you and your book?
I write about start-ups at the Start-up Entrepreneurs' Blog at www.cynthiakocialski.com/blog.
I also have a Facebook page that has quick insightful nuggets about start-ups as well as industry news at www.facebook.com/startupfromthegroundup


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Cássio José de Abreu Oliveira, or simply Cássio to you and me, has been the subject of media speculation since the aftermath of Adelaide United's FFA Cup Final triumph on Tuesday night. The Brazilian fullback has been an Adelaide player since 2007, and is revered by Reds fans for his dedication to the club.
Celebrating his 35th birthday in January, Cássio is well into the twilight of his career and has made just three appearances in the last two seasons as the left back has struggled to overcome persistent muscle injuries.
But rumours have emerged that there is a rift between Cássio and coach Josep Gombau after the player's omission from the post match medal ceremony. There was good reason for this perceived snub though, as Cássio has not played a minute of football this season and failed to even make the bench for a single FFA Cup match.
Following the club's historic Cup win, Gombau said that Cássio had not visited the changing rooms before the match to wish his teammates good luck, while the other unselected members of the squad had done.
"If I am honest I didn't see Cássio today. He didn't come before [the match] to the changing rooms, everybody was there, everybody was involved, everybody came in after the game to say congratulations to the players," Gombau said.
"Everybody stayed inside the changing room, and I didn't see him."
Cássio and Gombau have never quite seen eye to eye since the Spaniard's arrival, with Football Central learning that the fullback was made to train on his own after a disagreement early in Gombau's tenure.
"Josep was talking to the group and he always demands eye contact. Cássio was upset and wouldn't look at him, so Josep told him to look at him," a witness revealed.
"I am not sure if Cássio said something but he kept looking at the ground, so Josep sent him to the sheds halfway through training, and made him train alone during the next session."
While this may paint a picture of a pedantic coach who is more worried about what his players are doing with their eyes than their feet, the fact is that Gombau's squad was undergoing a strenuous learning process and attention to detail was the order of the day.
"Josep has built a team first mentality and maybe Cáss hasn't embraced it like the other players."
This mentality has certainly served Adelaide well since Gombau's arrival, with a finals appearance last season followed by United's first major silverware since the 2005/06 Premier's Plate. The majority of the players that have been under Gombau's tutelage have wholly bought into his methods and their performances have improved significantly as a result.
Two of those who have shone brightest this season have been new signing Craig Goodwin and the rejuvenated Tarek Elrich, who have taken turns to fill the left back position. This presents Cássio with another obstacle in his pursuit of game time, because when Gombau has a fully fit squad to choose from, there is no place for the veteran fullback.
While it may be tough to read for many Reds fans who still believe he has something to offer, the uncomfortable reality is that there are simply too many factors pushing Cássio towards the exit door, and most likely retirement.
Soon to be 35, one of the club's highest earners, unable to maintain fitness, an apparent reluctance to embrace the coach's methods and with two players ahead of him in the pecking order, Cássio is coming to the end of his time as an Adelaide player.


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Your Daily Horoscope For May 1, 2017
We're constantly fascinated by what our zodiac sign says about our lives, whether it's which signs are most compatible or how each sign handles conflict in relationships. That's why Bustle has enlisted Mecca Woods, a New York City-based astrologer of MyLifeCreated.com, to tell us all about how astrology is affecting our lives each day. Today's topic: your daily horoscope for May 1, 2017.
Even though the Moon is in affectionate and cuddly Cancer, today may still be a bit rough around the edges. That's partly because the Cancer Moon kicks the day off with a tense meetup with power-hungry Pluto in Capricorn which could have us feeling hypersensitive and obsessive. By the afternoon, the Moon squares off with Mercury and Uranus in fiery Aries, which could be the cause of an emotional outburst or two. However, by the early evening the Moon has a meetup with no-nonsense Saturn in Sagittarius and healing Chiron in Pisces, which could help us to rationally address whatever's getting under our skin while making space to heal it and let it go.
Read below to see what today's stars mean for your sign.
And remember to tune into Bustle's weekly horoscopes video live on Facebook every other Monday at 5 p.m. EST for a rundown of your weekly horoscope.
Aries (March 21 - April 19)
Something, like a family-related issue, could trip you up today, throwing a wrench in your momentum. Though whatever's coming to the surface is being revealed so you can find a way to release it and heal. Overall, it's important to remember that you're not stuck, you're reaffirming your path.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
You could find out some shocking news or find yourself nearly wanting to explode today when it comes to the way you feel about something or someone. While this may be temporarily disconcerting, it could be what you need to put an end to negative relationship or find your inner strength.
Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
You could have a disagreement with a friend or someone you know, which could have you feeling like you need to protect or look out for what's yours. Don't think that this is a case of being petty or overly sensitive as when it comes to your relationship with others, you need to establish boundaries.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
You may be feeling some push-pull today between your needs and what others think that you should be doing when it comes to your career and ambitions. However, this may be your cue to repair your connection to yourself so that you can better trust yourself. Set your own limits.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22)
Before you rush to say something today, you may need to sit with the words and your feelings for a while before saying something you might regret. Your opinions may be strong now, but are you seeing things as clearly as you should? Overall, this could be a moment for a reality check of sorts.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22)
You may be feeling a bit bleak today when it comes to your future, as something may not be coming together in the way that you want, especially when it comes to your finances or an intimate relationship. However, what you're experiencing may be because you're too fixated on the past.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)
There could be some friction today between what your partner thinks you should be doing and what you feel you should be doing, especially when it comes to your goals and ambitions. Perhaps things could be smoothed out by having a clear and rational discussion. Overall, take care of you first.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
You could be ready to head for the hills today, especially when it comes to your job. Before you up and quit, it may be helpful to keep your schedule light today and give yourself ample room to chill. Taking on too much now will cause more anxiety than it's worth. Your well-being is worth more.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)
A love affair may not be as intimate as you need it to be which could have you ready to cut ties. Though before someone can do good at honoring your feelings, you have to honor them first. Admitting that you want something deeper is the first step. The second is finding strength in vulnerability.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)
There could be tension today between you and your partner or someone you live with, as one of you may be feeling neglected by the other. Though instead of stuffing your feelings, pretending like what's bothering isn't, consider talking the matter through. Sometimes you just need to be heard.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)
You could easily feel like you're spinning your wheels today, if you're not careful. Though the key to keeping things running smoothly is to pay attention to the details and take things slow. While you may want to approach the day with your usual carefree attitude, self-discipline goes a long way.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20)
When it comes to love and romance, it's important to keep yourself and your heart accountable. If you have standards in terms of what you value in others, you have to make sure you're not compromising on them. On another note, when it comes to your creativity and talent, know what you're worth.


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The Beauty of Lonavala
LONAVALA, AUG 24,(UITV): The land of Maharashtra offers plenty of opportunities for tourists to have a relaxing holiday. And if you live in or around Mumbai, Lonavala might just be a perfect place to have an easy escape from your daily bustling life.
With an elevation of over 2,000 feet, and a wide range of activities like camping, waterfall rappelling, rock climbing, and trekking, among others, this place has something for everyone. Whether you're an adrenaline junky or someone who only fancies cozying up and relaxing, be rest assured that Lonavala won't let you return home unsatisfied.
When I first traveled Lonavala, with a group of friends, two years ago, I had no idea about what to expect. I thought even a weekend might feel too long there. But it turned out that Lonavala had too much to offer, and visiting Lonavala for only a day or two was a total injustice to the place. But whether you visit Lonavala for a day, a week, or a fortnight, these are the seven recommended things to do in Lonavala:
Tiger's Leap
Tiger's Leap was given its name by locals after a cliff, as it resembled a leaping tiger. This place is ideal to enjoy a number of water sports, including rafting and swimming. In the monsoon, one can enjoy a mini waterfall that flows into the stream below. At Tiger's Leap, one can experience the bounty of nature as they trek through the region.
Lonavala Lake
This artificial lake was constructed in 1876 to conserve water for the areas of Valvan and Shirota. But with time, it has transformed into an impressive tourist spot. Come here to find some lone time, to read a book or even for some bird watching. What makes this place even more interesting is that tourists are totally allowed to take a swim in the lake and even try their hands at fishing.
Rajmachi Point
Stop over at the Rajmachi Point when traveling between Mumbai and Pune. It is one of the most popular destinations which includes the Rajmachi Fort that belonged to the famous King Shivaji. There are several monuments in and around the Rajmachi Fort. Close to the fort are two small forests called Shrivardhan and Manoranjan. Rajmachi point is also famous for its topography which has a deep valley on three sides and thick and dark forest on the other.
Bhaja Caves
The Bhaja caves were built around 200 BC by Buddhist nuns. And they hold excellent architecture which can be seen in sculptures like the prince with his chariot, animals' sculptures such as elephants and tigers. There are 22 rock-cut caves in total, and each of them has substantial characteristics. One can moreover find is a small waterfall in the last cave and a pond beside it.
Lohagad Fort
Built in 1564, the Lohagad Fort is another architectural marvel. It was initially a prison and served as a treasury for Shivaji. The hill fort is located at an altitude of 1050 meters which resembles the fangs of a scorpion. Lohagad fort also offers spellbound bird's eye views of Karle and Bhaja caves.
Ryewood Park
For any nature lover, Ryewood Park brings out the best in wildlife and nature. With several sprawling lawns, it is known for its variety of flora. Initially, it was designed as a botanical garden but was later opened to the public.
Nagphani Woods
Nagphani, which is also known as the Duke's nose got its name from the top of the cliff which resembles the hood of a snake. It is ideal for trekking and hiking with its impressive inclines and slopes. Since it has a great topography for trekking, one can also dot across the forest and visit a few important landmarks.
How to Reach Lonavala, And Where to Stay
Lonavala is a best getaway to recharge your batteries and getting a holiday experience that would last a lifetime. And it doesn't matter what part of the planet you're coming from, with a comfortable flight to Mumbai, and a couple of hours drive, you can reach Lonavala before you even realize.
And if you're looking for a place to stay, look no further than the super-cozy Treasure Island hotel. Tucked away from the main-town of Lonavala, this place offers breath-taking views of mountain peaks and glimmering waters – something you'd want to come and stay in Lonavala for, at first place!
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Wendy Clesi, RN, CCDS, CDIP is the Executive Director of CDI Services for Enjoin. As Executive Director of CDI Services, she currently oversees the Inpatient. Ambulatory, and Advanced CDI programs working with our internal team and clients to tailor each program to meet the individual client's needs. With Wendy's leadership and focus on operational excellence, Enjoin is able to assist clients in developing a CDI program that positions the program for success, longevity, and sustainability. She also works collaboratively with the Enjoin physician team to ensure an effective and consistent process for clinical documentation and physician education for clients.
Wendy has over 21 years of acute care nursing experience with 12 years of CDI experience. She has worked with numerous large healthcare organizations in establishing a CDI operational model of success. Wendy was the recipient of the 2009 ACDIS Award for Recognition for Professional Achievement. She is an active member of ACDIS and AHIMA. Wendy served on the ACDIS Advisory Board 2014-2016.


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Greensteaders is excited to introduce, the US designed, Indian assembled, award winning: Champion Biochar Stove – back by popular demand – available for sale in the USA.
The Champion Biochar Stove is a TLUD stove – Top Lit Up Draft, meaning you start the fire at the top and it burns downwards. It is a stove that burns clean, produces biochar, has very high thermal efficiency and works on biomass residues. You can use Champion Stove with any carbon rich, dry material: wood pellets, wood chips, nut husks, sticks, etc. You load the stove loosly with such feedstock and light the fire on top. Once the coals start forming, put on the air restrictor and the tripod with chimney and you are ready for your carbon negative cooking experience! When you notice flame reduction and glow at the bottom, it is time to empty your stove and reload. Deposit hot biochar in an air tight container, so that oxidation (burning) stops and load the stove with more feedstock to start the burning process again. Once the biochar is cooled down, crush it and add it to your compost pile, or use it in your worm bin, or water filtration. Once the char is charged with nutrients add it to your soil!
Voila: now you can make biochar for your garden and cook a meal at the same time!
Champion Stove is portable, so you can take it camping and not worry about brining fuel. This is also a good disaster preparedness tool – you can still cook a meal when your power or gas go out! Biochar you put in the soil, will enhance the soil life for hundreds or thousands of years and keep carbon in the soil. Help the plants, soil and climate while cooking a meal – it doesn't get much better than this!
Background Information: Designed by Illinois State University Geologist Paul Anderson, and professionally built with high quality staineless steal in India, the Champion Biochar Stove is is the ultimate survival/camping/gardening & home stove! It burns more healthily and smoke free, with over 70% more fuelefficiency than an open flame! And your end product is highly valuable, carbon negative Biochar – an amazing soil amendment that will greatly improve all your garden plants health and yields!
Basic Statistics: The Champion Biochar Stove is a TLUD: Top Lit Up Draft/Draught stove that pyrolyses any dry biomass.
It is at least 36% thermally efficient, with an average Fire Power of 4 KW (and it includes a damper or choke to reduce or control flame power. It is rated for more than a 7 year lifespan under heavy use, and it has no moving parts.
It is certified for a CO/CO2 ratio less than 0.04 in it's exhaust gases.
Dimensions and Weight:
Canister: Outer Diameter 180 mm, Height 300 mm
Tripod Stand: 500 mm Height
Total weight: 4,5 kg (9,9 lbs)
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Something BorrowedThursday, March 15, 2012
(February 11, 2012)
|What I wore: dress Smart Buy • heels Primadonna • watch Claire's
I had a lunch date and fitting room flights with my best friend. She only got back from Palawan and I had to make the best out of this bonding date because she has to leave for Singapore this month.
Remember the blue tribal print dress I bought last year that I wore for one of the Christmas parties I attended? We also had one in orange. That was my birthday present for my sister and I borrowed it for this girls' day out.
I knew that we will be doing a lot of walking and roaming around the mall, so I opted to wear my snakeskin platforms. Comfortable but still on a high.
My favorite part of our date was when we were planning my best friend's wardrobe for her Singapore trip. We literally grab every piece and fit the clothes. I was holding about 15 pieces of clothing while she tried everything on.
Though we didn't get to buy something for her, I enjoyed the bonding we had. It was fun being silly and playing dress up with my best friend!
How do you spend your day with your best bud? :)


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Google this, Google that
Google is indeed an interesting search engine. Last night I try to search the keyword 'how to' and the I saw a search box from ehow.com display along the Google listing.
This is something interesting for me and this is the first time I've seen something like this. Thinking that Ehow has their own search box in Google listing, Wikipedia should has too.
Yeah, that's right. Wikipedia is treated the same as Ehow. Thinking that those websites have search box in Google listing, I am thinking that Google should provide search box for anothere search engine too.
So I tried the keywords 'Bing' but there is nothing to be proud, just a normal listing. Ha ha, there is no reason for Google to be kind to its mortal enemy.


text: This textbook explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function of the human mind, offering a point of entry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science. Focusing mainly on syntactic issues, Language in Cognition is a unique contribution to this burgeoning field of study.* Guides undergraduate students through the core questions of linguistics and cognitive science, and provides tools that will help them think about the field in a structured way* Uses the study of language and how language informs the structure and function of the human mind to introduce the major ideas in modern cognitive science, including its history and controversies* Explores questions such as: what does it mean to say that linguistics is part of the cognitive sciences; how do the core properties of language compare with the core properties of other human cognitive abilities such as vision, music, mathematics, and other mental building blocks; and what is the relationship between language and thought?* Includes an indispensable study guide as well as extensive references to encourage further independent study


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Researchers' opinion on droplet generation in microfluidics: syringe pumps or pressure control?
Droplet generation in microfluidics: the aim of this technology is to create fluid-fluid dispersion into channels (principally water-in-oil emulsion).
During the recent years, researchers have shown a greater interest in droplet-based microfluidics. There are many applications in domains as diverse as chemistry or biotechnology [1].
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Analogy with electrical circuit
There are two main ways to generate flows.
In the field of microfluidics flow behavior is quite similar to electrical current behavior. As well as current source and voltage source are the two main ways to generate an electrical current, microfluidic researchers have to choose between flow controller and pressure controller to command their flow in their experiments ( For instance Darwin Microfluidics offers syringe pumps for microfluidics )
In microfluidics, the most widely used technology is the syringe pump. This method is strongly relevant for a lot of applications and is appreciated for its fast setup, simplicity and affordability. Pressure control is used for experiments requiring a short response time or a high level of stability and accuracy.
Micro-droplet generation and control
There are several ways to generate droplets.
3 categories of geometries are most commonly used [2]:
- Co-flowing streams
- Cross-flowing streams (T or cross-shaped junction)
- Elongational flow in a flow focusing geometry
Most of the time, micro-droplet generation are performed in capillary tubes & junction or in on-chip channels. To shape droplet successfully it is necessary to control precisely flows of continuous phase and dispersed phase whatever the geometry chosen.
Microfluidic droplets generation
Researchers' opinion
I asked to a hundred of researchers from laboratories working on droplet-based microfluidics which technology they used to control their flows in their latest papers and their opinion about it.
Choice of technology for droplet-based microfluidics
A significant majority of researchers uses syringe pump technology to control flows in their experiments related to droplet generation. Their choice of technology mainly depends on their opinion on syringe pumps, their habits of experimentation and equipment of their laboratory.
In the quarter of pressure control users, several of them have recently moved to pressure-driven control technology, or are still using the two technologies at the same time.
Lastly, some of researchers I interviewed built their own home made system using hydrostatic pressure or pressurized containers with valves.
(*)This study is based on the kind answers given by researchers in the field of droplets-based microfluidics [3-30]
Pros and cons of flow control and pressure control
Syringe pump
- Ease of setup and control
- Using a syringe pump enables to know and specify the flow rate
- Commercial availability: variety of providers
Pressure control
- Ease of setup and control
- Fast equilibration / stabilization time (<50ms) for a large range of flow rate
- Pressure sources enables flow without oscillation
- The amount of dispensed fluid can vary between a few mL and several liters with the same performances
- Amenability to 2-layers PDMS devices
- Control of fluid in dead-end channels
Syringe pump
- Long response time of the flow rate (seconds to minute)
- The piston of the syringe pump generates oscillations at low flow rate: droplets are irregularly dispersed [4]
- Fluidic resistance rises could lead to pressure increase and burst the device
- The amount of dispensed fluid is usually reduced around tens of mL
- Incompatible with a valve-based closing system
Pressure control
- Using a pressure controller does not enable to know the flow rate (*)
- The flow rate varies with fluidic resistance when controlling flow in pressure [3] (*)
Related tutorials about droplets generation
How to generate droplets in capillary tubes & junction step by step
How to generate droplets in on-chip channels step by step
For more details about flow control in microfluidics,also see.
(*) can be overcome with pressure source including flow rate feedback loop
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[4] Korczyk P M et al., Lab Chip, 2011,11, 173-175
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Part of the Shackleton exhibition.
- Diary of Henry "Chippy" McNish
On January 18, only one day short of her destination, the Endurance entered dense pack ice. Reluctant to use the enormous steam power required to push through it, Shackleton and Captain Worsley waited for an opening. In the night, however, the ice closed around the ship. A northeasterly gale wind arose, compressing the ice tightly against the continental shore--and the ship within it. Several days passed before the expedition realized they were trapped until the austral spring--some nine months away.
Frank Hurley's images of the beset Endurance are some of the very best of his extraordinary photographic record. Technically perfect, they also radiate his steadfast wonder for the Antarctic landscape.
"The air is so exhilarating, that one can scarce refrain from bursting into song and singing thy charms, oh wondrous land!" he wrote in his diary at the end of the long winter. Hurley's reverence was to be severely tested by the ordeal that lay ahead--but it never wavered.
August 27, 1915. "During the night take flashlight of ship beset by pressure. This necessitated some 20 flashes, one behind each salient pressure hummock, no less than 10 flashes being required to satisfactorily illuminate the ship herself. Half blinded after the successive flashes, I lost my bearings amidst hummocks, bumping shins against projecting ice points & stumbling into deep snow drifts." - Hurley, diary


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I bought this burl slab about 6 years ago as an ugly finished coffee table with heavy log legs that didn't go with the beautiful top. It maybe a redwood burl, but I can't be sure.
The top is pitted with soft and hard woods that did not collaborate with any of my hand planes, and even sanding was a problem. Taking the rough finish in consideration I decided to put a heavy epoxy resin finish that will give the slab a smooth finish. It worked great.
The legs are base on a Nakashima design that combines the rustic top with an elegant and modern support that is graceful and sturdy.
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#1 posted 05-16-2015 04:33 PM
Beautiful Job. When I looked at the first picture I thought that it was a 2 piece slab, But, the third picture shows from the top down that it is indeed 1 piece.
A nice presentation.
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#2 posted 05-17-2015 02:06 AM
That really is a gorgeous burl. You made it into an outstanding table.
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#3 posted 05-17-2015 08:10 AM
I love the wood and the table, but I know I would hit my legs several times
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#4 posted 05-17-2015 01:02 PM
That's a beauty!
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#5 posted 05-17-2015 03:10 PM
Nice! The epoxy was a good call, as is the Nakashima style support. I bet it's heavy!
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#6 posted 05-17-2015 05:42 PM
Real nice work!
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#7 posted 05-17-2015 06:25 PM
It is wonderful, As in the fairy tale.
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Meet Senator Ratna OmidvarPublished on
This article was originally published on SenCA Plus. 1. Who inspired you to get involved in public life? Initially, public life was an accident of timing and opportunity. More precisely, it involved a lack of opportunity. I studied in India and Germany, and I arrived in Canada as a German language instructor. It was […]
Rethinking Private Refugee SponsorshipPublished on October 25, 2016
Senator Ratna Omidvar joined Janet Dench, Ellen Woolaver and host Steve Paikin on the September 16, 2016 episode of The Agenda to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Canada's Private Sponsorship of Refugees program.
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I just came across this article written ten years ago by my mother, Dorothy Meade, now in her mid-eighties and recently mentioned in another blog concerning her London anthology, Lines on the Underground. This short piece was written for the Multiple Sclerosis Society newsletter. Mum's problem with the web as she gets older is that everything changes all the time - no sooner has she mastered what to click on to get through to the site from which she buys most of her food than the browser is updated and the whole screen looks different. Odd messages about system errors and security updates can be very alarming. It'll come to us all. The most tech savvy now will find Windows2020 utterly baffling. Which is a shame, because that's when its magical powers will be of most use to elderly us.
Or will a point be reached when consistency is more greatly valued? I'd love to see how something like Facebook or Friends Reunited would mature into an archive of depth over several generations, and dread an endless migration from one snazzy app to another, with communities never getting deeper. Mum's piece pinpoints what remains amazing about the web: that you can find information in a trice and make friends across timezones and continents for nowt.
Here's mum's article. The wonderful site mentioned still exists.
"The millennium looms ahead, heralded by a torrent of new computer technology and a mysterious language of bytes and rams and mice and cursors, v.d.us and modems. The only way ahead for me, I'd decided, is a quill pen. Then my son asked me to supper. "Come and see my new toy," he said, and proudly showed me his computer, with all the sophisticated extras. "Not for me," I said hastily,but he insisted on a detailed explanation in 'mumbo jumbo'. Ten minutes later, weary and uncomprehending, I suggested hopefully that it was time to eat. "When you have had a go," he said firmly, and tried to tempt me with interesting web sites and news bulletins. Another ten minutes and I was at last released, having reluctantly agreed to send a message into thin air on an MS web site. That clearly wasn't for me - the only messages were from pop and disco enthusiasts about 50 years my Junior, so I escaped by sending a message: "Anyone out there , diagnosed with MS at over seventy?" and finally it was time to eat. I forgot all about it.
"Next morning my son rang me. "Mum. There's a message on the Internet for you." That was from an entertaining lady in Seattle. Next a grandmother in Ibiza . Then a new friend from a small village in Ireland. Then I discovered lots of younger friends and relations were on the Internet in Australia, America, Canada. . So to my surprise I borrowed and then bought a computer. And though I can't easily travel, the world is my oyster.
"Do I understand how it works? No. Can I work it properly? No. But I can write to friends without moving from my desk, without hunting for envelopes and stamps, without setting off to find a post office, and a reply can come back in seconds from the other side of the world. A converted sceptic, I now recommend access to a computer with E-mail to anyone who wants to spread their wings without moving from the chair. And a lifetimes' challenge to try to master it.
"Here is the magic website which converted me - try it! JOOLY'S JOINT Find out if your local library has a computer you can use, or try at your local cybercafe.
- Dorothy Meade. 1998"


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My concern is not what happens in Germany where a ''breed value system'' will be put in place and there is 'authority over judges and surveyors' but in countries outside Germany such as Australia that try to follow this, try to interpret and literally apply it and where no such 'authority over judges and surveyors' nor a ''breed value system'' exists.
Frankly I believe that this gives oversized dogs a breather for the next 6 years. The intent is commendable and Australia tries to do it by not having a maximum size for class II, but based on my experience it will fall short of its intended mark and in countries like Australia there will be confusion and contradiction as individuals try to interpret and even publish its meaning and intent.
What I am about to say is very presumptive and I will be accused of being so but I think its pretty accurate.
The SV over the last 15 or so years have tried to bring down the size. All their efforts that were based on the phenotype of the dogs and the genetic information this gave them including applying sanctions against oversized dogs didn't work and the facts are that contrary to their breed survey and show reports their dogs are getting larger not smaller.
The basis of this new initiative is to look in a more detailed way into the genotype of every dog relating to his genetically based abilities to bring factors for size and as such as from next year a "breeding value system", similar to the system they have for HD will come into force.
The "breeding value system" is based on a mathematic formula and includes all information about size-relevant genetic influence of a dog´s family i.e how large are the parents/ grandparents/ littermates and what are they producing in regard to size? What sizes does a dog produce in his progeny etc.?
To obtain this information the SV have to "feed" this formula with detailed facts, specifically feed it with real measurements not fictitious measurements.
The SV have concluded that they can not get the true sizes when the system that exists means that a dog that is measured oversize is not well used for breeding, that its studs are curtailed, that a dog that is declared as being 'oversize' can't get an excellent grading and when the reporting judge or Körmeister fears sanctions against himself if he declares a dog especially one of note as being oversize.
Currently in the German Kör-reports it is estimated by people with 'at the rockface insight' that more than 80% of breed surveyed males declared as 65 cm are not 65 cm but somewhere just above 65 cm up to 70 cm.
So with 15 odd years of going nowhere in regard to oversize the SV have decided the only way forward is to get factual data for the breed value formula and publish it in a meaningful format for judges and breed surveyors, clearly set out the rules for size, explain the benefits of this for the breed and then the big one - enforce it, make it happen so that by 2020 oversize is no longer a major problem!
The intent of the SV is not that dogs can be as big as people want, as point 4 demonstrates, they require that size should still be a major point of a critique and evaluation and that oversized dogs should be penalised by placing them back in the class. But there's the crunch!
The SV believe that this new approach will see judges and Kormeisters declaring 'the real size' of dogs For example if a dog is 67cm or 68cm he is recorded as being 67cm or 68cm and place him accordingly without fearing that their action will result in the dog being shunned as a stud dog and without fear of them being ostracized as a judge or breed surveyor at future events.
So that's it, well at least as far as I believe the SV see it.
As I said at the start of this paper I applaud the initiative by the SV to do something but I have reservations especially in regard to other countries trying to follow suite and the best way I can articulate my reservations is to give an example of my attempts in this regard.
What follows was written and published by me about two years ago. The basis of my thoughts and actions back then are so close to what the SV rationale is now its extraordinary and as such I think my experience has some relevance at least as far as I am concerned.
''Unfortunately for the breed and the integrity of many judges and breed surveyors, too often the approach to measuring tends to be one where if the dog is an average to poor specimen it's penalised for being oversize along with much public chest beating by the judge but if it's a lovely dog the measurement is falsely stated as being within size to allow the dog to attain a high place and grading.
My opinion - have some sense of idealism, respect the very basic principle that people who are of good character, who value their integrity, do not lie. If you lie about a dog's height simply because it is an otherwise beautiful dog you are pandering to your ego, very often succumbing to peer pressure and thereby showing a lack of self-confidence and above all things placing these things above the best interests of the breed. We have all heard the justification for oversized dogs especially from the owners but my advice is to record the dog's correct size and then deal with it in an appropriate manner. People looking for a stud dog, especially a novice can then make breeding decisions based on fact not fiction. This is an historic issue signified by great rhetoric and chest beating that produces no results other than more chest beating.
Example: At a large show I judged recently I measured an open dog called 'Zony vom Gerstenberg' at 67.5cm. I was aware that he was a German Class I dog with a German survey height of 65cm and I was aware that he had won BIS at a number of major shows under German judges, I was aware that the measurement of 65cm had been checked and confirmed as being correct/factual by Breed Surveyor and friend Barry O'Rourke at a Breed Survey here in Australia. Barry was actually sitting with me in the judging tent at the show. The dog was a beautiful dog and as I said, he had done a lot of winning and in this very strong class of Open dogs he led the class and arguably he could have won the class but I dropped him 3 places because of his size and explained this on the microphone. I explained that the dog was no less valued by me, indeed I said that I held him in high regard 'providing his true size is taken into account in the selection of breeding partners'. I said that by judging honestly as I did enthusiasts at the show could then consider their own evaluation based on fact not a lie.
Did this decision have a positive impact?
For a few idealistic people yes, but for the majority, no not really! I say not really because it was overshadowed by politics, personalities, egos and a lack of idealism. Why? Because under the façade and rhetoric, the vast majority of people involved in the sport do not place oversize in its correct context; that is they do not place it in the context of the impediment that this has to a trotting endurance dog. Just as is the case with overangulation they see the German Shepherd Dog as a show dog not a working dog and therefore it is of little relevance regardless of what the standard states and what impact this has on the dog in its inherent working environment.


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Brothers and Sisters,
I see God's goodness on display in our church family. He is faithful, and is building us up into the fullness of Christ—praise God!
Sermon Recap
So far in our "4 G's" sermon series we have seen that God is great, so we don't have to be in control, and God is gracious, so we don't have to fear others. Last Sunday, we considered that God is good, so we don't have to look elsewhere. In Nehemiah 9 we find a long track-record of God's goodness toward his people. From his good promise to Abraham, his rescuing of Israel from slavery in Egypt, his provision in the wilderness, his revelation of good laws, to his giving of a good land, it is abundantly clear that God is good! And yet the Israelites continuously forsook him in search of something better.
God does not forsake his wayward people in turn, but remains faithful to his promises. And so he sends Jesus Christ, his very Son, to die on behalf of his people and to rescue them once more from their slavery. In the track-record of God's goodness, there is no greater testimony to the truth that God is good than this—perfect God become flesh, crucified for his people, raised to give them life.
What things are you tempted to turn to in search of a counterfeit good? When you doubt the goodness of God, will you take a moment to reflect on his track-record? The Giver of every good gift gave his Son, the ultimate Good. We need not look elsewhere.
Pastoral Proximity
As a church, we are prayerfully considering strategies to get our Lead Pastor into a home within 1-2 blocks of COM in order to enhance ministry. Here's a brief FAQ.
Two Sunday Morning Gatherings
Two Gatherings start at COM this fall! Read more here.
Church on Mill has sent a team of eight people to Lopburi, Thailand for the next two weeks to partner with several long-term missionaries in supporting the local church there. The team will be doing prison ministry with one of the local pastors, spending time with students, and doing outreach in the nearby communities. Please pray for unity amongst the team members and with the local Thai believers, and for God's word to go forth in great power!
New Gospel Communities
Do your relationships at Church on Mill go deeper than just Sunday morning gatherings? Gospel Communities are meant to help us live more intentionally with one another for God's glory. Two new GC's have recently started up–to learn more about who they are and what they are doing, send us a message here.
"But as for me, the nearness of God is my good…" (Ps. 73:28).
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Let Your Fingers Do The Washing is one of the few hand washing posters we actually like.
While primary school kids will probably no longer recognise the reference, adults will look at it with a bit of nostalgia and it gets the message across.
On the reverse side is the poster "Have you squeezed your SOAP today?" Bit odd. Probably American. We just like the front.
Dimensions: 19 x 12 inches (48.26cm x 30.48cm).


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Macquarie Bank, Sydney, Australia, by Clive Wilkinson Architects
Bank in Sydney, Australia, built like a vertical Greek village. Clive Wilkinson Architects. I actually can't decide if I like this or not. I like the idea, but it still feels a little cold. Of course, it's a bank, which to me might never feel right, architecturally speaking. I actually like the amount of empty space, which I'm sure helps creativity and productivity, but at the same time it's an amazing demonstration of wealth and excess. More photos here.


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