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This letter was found among some family papers in Paris on November 2001.It was just after the funeral of Jose, my sister Sonia's husband. We were turning the pages of the photo albums. Among the old pictures and writings we found two remarkable family documents. The first was the late Jose's father's handwritten translation from Hebrew into French of a speech he had heard at a Volozhin memorial event in Tel-Aviv. The second was a beautiful letter written in a good Russian handwriting by our babushka Khaya. We were excited to read it and the names we recalled vaguely came suddenly to life.
This is a fragment of Jewish life in our grandmother's family loving words from the old world that no longer exists . We thought it would be interesting to others with roots in Volozhin .
Babushka Khaya-Reeva[1] wrote it in Volozhin to her children in France on April 22nd 1941, exactly two months prior to the German invasion into the Soviet Union, one year after her daughter Etia's family was expelled to Siberia and some 10 months after the Germans occupied Paris. All Grandma Khaya's sons and daughter families (Osher, Izia and Zina)[2] who lived in France had probably already left Paris at this time.
Dear children! I received your letter-dated 22/III. I am happy to learn that you are in good health. I would like to know if you have to buy garments and underwear to replace all you had left in Paris. Papa (Father) was with me only a couple of days during Passover.
Malka, Yossif's mother was also with us. She spent this winter in Moscow at her daughter Fania's house. She came here to liquidate her property on the holiday eve. Soon she would return to Moscow, not to much desiring it. Poor Malka I have pity for her. Yania[3], her widowed son in law got married to Brokhke Perski, Velvl Shmuel's sister in law. As for her grand children, Yani's two sons: Monia[4] remains with him, Dania is studying in Minsk Conservatorium. He married a girl from Bobroysk recently; She's a Pianist too. That's the story of shviguer Malka and her family.
Dear Osher I'm reading your letter again and again. I'm searching a piece of hope to see all of you again. It would be for us, old people a comfort, but to our sorrow, its accomplishment seems to be very far. Until then we should be satisfied with your letters.
I'm glad that Daliusha is growing up becoming tall like Osher and that Susanochka develops very fine. Please send us her picture. Motia, in his letter, is asking for it too.
I'm receiving letters from Etia[5]. Her children too are adding a couple of sentences. I would send you some letters, but they are written in Yiddish and they may not reach you. Monitshka[6] writes very fine letters in Russian, Polish and Yiddish. Those letters are highly praised by his comrades in Volozhin. If he had a chance to continue his studies he would certainly succeed and arrive far away, but unfortunately his fate turned otherwise. Etia writes that he's a devoted son.
Zinotshka, you're asking about what we send them. Beginning from flour, fats, sugar to the last details including money too. Poor Etia, she is so unfortunate, I have no words to describe her painful life. And add to it that she does not know from Yossif[7] anything until now. Reading her letters, the heart becomes flooded with blood, and the sole help we can offer is the posting of parcels.
We receive letters from Motia[8] and Irka. Motia is working 2 weeks on the field and 2 weeks in the kibbutz office.
Izia writes that he's satisfied with his new work He praises his son very much. Rita became pregnant. She is not like French women, and God will help her.
Dear Olinka, we received a letter from your father in Konotope. I'm writing him each year on the Passover eve asking him to go to the graveyard on the day of our daughter Ola's death. He's fulfilling my demand and I'm grateful.
Please, write often and about all. We wish you health and good luck.
Strongly embracing all of you,
Khaya, Your mother,
I'm very glad to read Suzanotshka's regards, written by her little hand. We are thanking her for making happy her Diedushka and Babushka. I kiss her strongly.
Bierezno 1929: Clockwise: Babushka Khaya Reeva, Monitshka,
Diedushka Eliyahu-Hirsh, Izia, Etia, Motia, Zina, Yossif
Volozhin 1935: Clockwise: Babushka Malka Perlman,
Sonitshka and Monia (Etia's Children) Dania and Monia (Yani's children)
- The grand parents Khaya Reeva (born Marshak) and Hirsh Malkin remained in Volozhin after the Germans occupied the town. They were flung into the Ghetto and were murdered at the second mass slaughter near the Volozhin Grave Yard on May 10th 1942. Return
- Osher, Zina and Izia Left Paris before the Germans invaded the town. They survived the war under faked names in the not occupied South of France territory. Their families live now in France. Return
- Yani Garber was nominated as head of the Volozhin Youdenrat already after the Germans took control of Volozhin. They ordered him to assemble 200 Jews as though to work. Discovering that they had been brought to extermination he asked to be shot together with his congregation members. It was the first mass slaughter in Volozhin on October 28th 1941. Return
- Monia, Yani's Son. Was arrested and sent to Goulag by the Soviets. When released, he joined the General Anders unit of the Polish Army. He arrived with his unit in Italy and fell fighting the Germans in the Monte Cassino battle in 1944. He was 22 years old. Return
- Etia , The Malkins' eldest daughter with her two children was ressetled by the Soviets into Siberia a month after her husband Yossif was arrested. Return
- Etia's son Monitshka, was mobilized by the Soviets in Siberia, first into the work-battalions and thereafter into the Red Army as infantry soldier. He finished the war meeting the alien western forces on the Baltic coast near Rostock. Freed from the Soviet Army on May 1946, he undertook his long route to Israel where he arrived on the Altalena boat and joined the Israel Army on June 1948. Return
- Yossif, Etia's husband was arrested by the Soviets as Capitalist in Volozhin on March 1940. He was imprisoned in a Soviet Concentration Camp. He had never returned from the Soviet Goulag. His family had never had any news about him. He was 42 years old. Return
- Motia, the Malkins' youngest son with his wife Irka went to Israel as a Haluts (pioneer) in 1937. His son Eytan participated as paratrooper officer in the Yom Kippur war. He fell on the battle camp in the Sinai desert on October 1973. He was 32 years old. Return
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by Char Miller
It would be nice if Congress held executive-branch agencies accountable for their actions. Or insisted that they follow federal law. Or fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to one another.
But the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is making a mockery of these basic rules of order and good government.
You won't be surprised that the latest bit of GOP chicanery involves its twin obsessions: the U.S-Mexico Border and national environmental regulations. Their hyperventilating defense of the former, as I've noted before, comes with blustery assaults on the latter.
Since November, Utah representative Rob Bishop, chair of the House subcommittee on public lands, along with his gal pal, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and a host of fellow travelers, have mounted an incessant campaign to allow the U. S. Border Patrol to ignore key provisions of the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other vital environmental laws.
Arguing that such legislation impedes the Border Patrol's capacity to defend the nation against undocumented migrants, they have filed amendments and riders to pending legislation, called public hearings to lambaste officials of the Department of Interior, and penned fulminating op-eds to rouse the party's extremist base.
Their most recent gambit came late last week in the form of an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security's appropriation. Rep. Lummis proposed, and a lock-step Republican vote secured, a rule prohibiting DHS from transferring funds to the Department of the Interior.
These moneys would have been used to mitigate the oft-intense environmental damage resulting from the construction of the infamous border wall across federal wildlife refuges, wildlands, and preserves, in such places as the Rio Grande Valley; Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument; and the Otay Wilderness near San Diego. And from the spinning wheels of its high-speed patrols that can tear up wildlife habitat or damage sensitive ecosystems.
Such mitigation, required by law, is also sanctioned through longstanding practice among localities, states, and the federal government. It is also a matter of committed environmental stewardship.
Neither the precedent nor the principle matters to contemporary Republicans. In a "Dear Colleague" letter that Bishop, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), chair of the Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chair of the Committee on Homeland Security sent out in support of Lummis' amendment, they thrilled at its anti-environmentalism: "the amendment would strike language in the bill that allows these funds to be used by the Interior Department to purchase even more land. Additional federal land acquisition only exacerbates the problem by limiting access to even more land and further bloating the federal estate--at a time when the government cannot even afford to provide the basic care and maintenance needed for existing national parks and other lands."
(Query: why can't the government afford to take care of its treasured public lands? Answer: drastic Republican budget cuts!)
Lummis heaps just as much scorn on the legal obligations and moral responsibilities the government has for protecting our public lands: "Every day our nation's border patrol fights to protect our country against increasingly sophisticated criminal networks that produce and smuggle illegal drugs, and people, into America," she fumed. "Unfortunately, DOI policies have tied the hands of Border Patrol agents, who need access to federal lands to carry out their constitutional responsibility to secure the border."
Her allegation is bogus. The very same Government Accountability Office report that Lummis and Bishop routinely cite as evidence that environmental regulations have handcuffed the Border Patrol, in fact reached the opposite conclusion. In mid-April, for instance, the GAO found that "22 of the 26 patrol agents-in-charge reported that the overall security status of their jurisdiction had not been affected by land management laws. Instead, factors such as the remoteness and ruggedness of the terrain have had the greatest effect on their ability to achieve operational control in these areas."
The report also revealed that the four patrol agents-in-charge who had "reported that delays and restrictions had affected their ability to achieve or maintain operational control," admitted they "either had not requested resources for increased or timelier access or their requests had been denied by senior Border Patrol officials because of higher priority needs of the agency."
Moreover, the GAO investigation demonstrated that relevant agencies out in the field and inside the Beltway have developed close working relations. To argue otherwise, as Lummis and Bishop reflexively do, is to perpetuate a fraud.
Ah, but why let the facts get in your way when you can wrap yourself in the flag as protective cover? Trumpets Lummis: "our nation's security should be our top priority." Wilderness be damned.
Such a blinkered public policy, in point of fact, will lead us into damnation. That's the potent message embedded in Aldo Leopold's private correspondence and his brilliant conservation classic, Sand County Almanac (1948).
Arguing that wilderness is an irreplaceable part of our "cultural inheritance," and that even then was in precious, dwindling supply--it is a "resource that can shrink but cannot grow"--Leopold urged his fellow citizens to defend these beleaguered lands against those with a narrowly conceived notion of homeland securityhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif. "If we lose our wilderness, we have nothing left...worth fighting for."
Note, please, that Leopold was a Republican.
Char Miller is the Director and W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College, and editor of the just-published "Cities and Nature in the American West."
Reprinted with the author's permission, this essay was originally posted at KCET:
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on 8 August 2014
Ubuntu 14.10 wallpapers – we needs 'em!
Ubuntu was once described to me by a wise(ish ;) ) man as a train that was leaving whether you're on it or not. That's the beauty of a 6 month release cycle. As many of you will already know, each release we include photos and illustrations produced by community members. We ask that you submit your images using free photo sharing site Flickr and that you limit your images this time to 2. The group won't let you submit more than that but if you change your mind after you've submitted, fear not, simply remove one and it'll let you add another.
As with previous submissions processes we've run, and in conjunction with the designers at Canonical we've come up with the following tips for creating wallpaper images.
- Images shouldn't be too busy and filled with too many shapes and colours, a similar tone throughout is a good rule of thumb.
- A single point of focus, a single area that draws the eye into the image, can also help you avoid something too cluttered.
- The left and top edges are home to Ubuntu's Launcher and Panel so be careful to consider how your images look in place so as not to clash with the user interface. Try them out on your own desktop, see how they feel.
- Try your image at different aspect ratios to make sure something important isn't cropped out on smaller/ larger screens at different resolutions.
- Take a look at the wallpapers guidance on the Ubuntu Wiki regarding the size of images. Our target resolution is 2560 x 1600.
- Break all the rules except the resolution one! :D
To shortlist from this collection we'll be going to the contributors whose images were selected last time around to act as our selection judges. In doing this we'll hold a series of public IRC meetings on Freenode in #1410wallpaper to discuss the selection. In those sessions we'll get the selection team to try out the images on their own Ubuntu machines to see what they look like on a range of displays and resolutions.
Anyone is welcome to come to these sessions but please keep in mind that an outcome is needed from the time that people are volunteering and there's usually a lot of images to get through so we'd appreciate it if there isn't too much additional debate.
Based on the Utopic release schedule, I think our schedule for this cycle should look like this:
- 08/08/14 – Kick off 14.10 wallpaper submission process.
- 22/08/14 – First get together on #1410wallpaper at 19:30 GMT.
- 29/08/14 – Submissions deadline at 18:00 GMT – Flickr group will be locked and the selection process will begin.
- 09/09/14 – Deliver final selection in zip format to the appropriate bug on Launchpad.
- 11/09/14 – UI freeze for latest version of Ubuntu with our fantastic images in it!
As always, ping me if you have any questions, I'll be lurking in #1410wallpaper on freenode or leave a question in the Flickr group for wider discussion, that's probably the fastest way to get an answer to a question.
I'll be posting updates on our schedule here from time to time but the Flickr group will serve as our hub.
Happy snapping and scribbling and on behalf of the community, thanks for contributing to Ubuntu!


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One of the weird things about E3 is figuring out the dynamics of what's on the public show floor and what's behind closed doors, as well as what form these games will be in. Typically, the show floor has several demo stations of a game lined up. In the "behind closed doors" areas you have less, but a more relaxed environment and less time limit restrictions. Sometimes games that aren't on the floor are also playable. Other times, games are only shown via video or live play demonstrations in little theater rooms. Sometimes games are split between the two, with a video portion and playable bit that are likely divided based on available time slots and other such logistical minutiae. Usually, video-only demos are for games further out, which brings us to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy . It comes out this summer and was only present in theater demo form.
Now, I use that setup to preface the abstract complaint I'm about to make. An isolated, run and gun section of an Uncharted game doesn't demo very well! That's the kind of thing I'd expect to see out in front of the public, especially for a game that drops in a few months. I scanned the floor for it, but it was nowhere to be seen. It's a head-scratcher for sure, unless Naughty Dog has a habit of keeping its games under lock and key. Either way, what will undoubtedly, inevitably be a cool game didn't really impress me as I watched a Naughty Dog representative run, shoot, and climb his way across a 20 or so-minute demonstration of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy .
Here's the pitch: Chloe, a fan-favorite from past Uncharted games, is the star of the show. She's teamed up with Nadine, an enemy character from Uncharted 4. They're on an adventure in India on the typical Uncharted "treasure hunters as murderous sociopaths with Real Human Problems" artifact hunt for something called the Tusk of Ganesha. The two will encounter a treasure hunter of worse moral standing (who was effectively introduced at the very end of the demo) and compete in a cat and dog chase throughout the story to see who gets their hands on the treasure, and likely its fun, campy, and supernatural secret, first.
The demo started in a jungle setting as Chloe and Nadine get the drop on a couple of mercs. It began with the familiar "you take this one, I'll take that one" Sneaky Game Tutorial Moment, but then Nadine burst forward and took out both of them. It's a gag, but also showed off that Chloe and Nadine have a different, more flashy fighting style than Nathan Drake, and that continued throughout the demo. After some sneaky bits and the return of Uncharted 4 's rope-swinging and sliding gimmicks, things got real bad real fast as a big, armored tank-like vehicle took the form of a boss fight of sorts and kicked off a chase scene.
As the chase gets going, I got a feel of the run and gun sections. Chloe was able to swap between several different guns, show off the (destructible) cover systems, and shoot from several different positions. Things got pretty exciting as the tank became more and more overbearing, and the scripted chase segments showed Chloe and Nadine scraping past certain death and eventually falling through the ground into some kind of temple and/or crypt. Again, it's another classic Uncharted-style moment; it made me feel like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is definitely hitting all the expected beats.
Chloe and Nadine explored the area briefly, before they came across a key part of the treasure hunt. This was of course immediately followed by the boss tank gaining the powers of Jason Vorhees and crashing through a wall as if it knew exactly where the women were, despite them being underground. Then Asav, the villain, was introduced as he delivered his trademark, villainous monologue. The demo closed as he pointed his gun in Chloe's face for dramatic effect. And scene.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy seems like a fun, popcorn romp through a nice, bonus chunk of Uncharted gameplay. It's a side story with a different director from Uncharted 4 and definitely feels like the standalone expansion it's being touted as. So as long as you go into it with proper expectations, it's probably not a hard sell at $40. But as far as watching a low spectacle, cover-shooting-heavy slice of any Uncharted game goes, it was not great for a preview. Uncharted is about the characters and spectacle, with everything else in-between being, well, in-between. This is probably a case of unnecessary marketing for a sure thing, since I'm sure when Uncharted: The Lost Legacy drops on August 22, the fans who plan to pick it up have long made up their minds.
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I found another cozy mystery series that I love! I am really not sure where I saw this--possibly an advertisement somewhere? All I know is I went in and bought it. Luckily I caught Book 1 of this series. Maybe it is the cats and other animals that are catching my eye (I do love animals)--well whatever it is a change from those politically charged or brutal books or historical romances that I also seem to accrue by the dozens!
The about the book below says it all--but what it doesn't say is how you will enjoy some of the secondary character's. There is a bit of humor in this book. I personally could not help but grimace when I heard one of the cats was on top of something--you see I have a cat--I could guess what might happen!! And YES-cats do have a way of getting their way or making it known when they are unhappy about something!
About the Book: (from Amazon)
Forty four million dollars. A Victorian mansion. And a young career woman with cats. The prospect sounded like a dream come true; what could possibly go wrong? How could a friendly town's welcome turn into a case of poisoning, murder, and deceit? When Katherine "Katz" Kendall, a computer professional in New York City, discovers she's the sole heir of a huge inheritance, she can't believe her good fortune. She's okay with the clauses of the will: Move to the small town of Erie, Indiana, check. Live in her great aunt's pink Victorian mansion and take care of an Abyssinian cat, double-check. With her three Siamese cats and best friend Colleen riding shotgun, Katz leaves Manhattan to find a former housekeeper dead in the basement. Ghostly intrusions convince Colleen, a card carrying "ghost hunter," that the mansion is haunted. Several townspeople are furious because Katherine's benefactor promised them the fortune, then changed her will at the last minute. But who would be greedy enough to get rid of the rightful heir to take the money and run? Four adventurous felines help Katz solve the crimes by serendipitously "searching" the Internet for clues. A fun, fast-paced book for all to enjoy. First book of the series. Second book, "The Cats that Chased the Storm," http://amzn.com/B00IPOPJOU Book 3: "The Cats that Told a Fortune" http://amzn.com/B00MAAZ3ZU Book 4 "The Cats that Played the Market" http://amzn.com/B00Q71LBYA
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About the Author: (from Amazon)
I grew up in a very small town (Battle Ground, Indiana). There wasn't much to do, so I spent my time reading, writing short stories, and of course, because I'm a Hoosier, attending high school basketball games. I have a sister who is also a writer (Alexa Grace) and a brother who works for Purdue University. My other closest relatives are my Mom, two nieces, a nephew, and my husband. My Dad passed away in 1995. As I was growing up, we moved around a lot but always stayed in Tippecanoe County. My favorite house, which my parents rented for a year, was a Gothic-Victorian built in the 1870s. As a teenager, I loved to climb up to the tower room and write. In college, my favorite class was "Creative Writing". At that time, I wrote science-fiction stories until the professor pulled me aside and said I needed to write about what I know. This is what I have done in my first novel The Cats that Surfed the Web.
I've lived in various places in my life. I went to Indiana State for a few years, then moved to Georgia to graduate from Columbus College with a degree in History/Education. I obtained a master's degree in anthropology at Purdue University, and then conducted an ethnographic fieldwork (all-but-the Ph.D. dissertation) in Brighton Beach, New York. When I decided that pursuing an academic career wasn't for me, I worked for a major computer company, riding the subway from Brooklyn to mid-town Manhattan. But my heart wasn't in the big city. I saved for years until my husband and I were able to buy a Victorian house in Indiana. Now we live in a Queen Anne built in 1897; it's a "painted lady" with four colors in the paint scheme. I've spent many hours restoring my beloved house. And we have lots of cats, mostly "rescues." We rarely say "No" to a sociable stray that shows up at our door.
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I'm no stranger to losing sleep over video games, though usually in a positive context, e.g. that the game is fun and I don't notice the time. But what if I was to tell you the story of a video game that was literally designed to steal your ability to sleep… among other things? Sounds far-fetched, right? Read on, gentle reader.
In 1981, Atari had created an extraordinarily innovative video game called Tempest. This game, originally imagined as a 3-D remaking of Space Invaders, had players pilot a spacecraft on the near end of a "tube" that extended into the distance on a display, using now-primitive but then new and innovative colour vector-based graphics (as opposed to raster-based graphics, the more traditional pixellated, hand-drawn art). Vector graphics weren't new at the time, having been used for other games like Asteroids, but the addition of colour with Atari's "Color Quadrascan" shadow mask technology, developed to compete with raster games, was a significant step forward. The game also featured differing playing boards at each level, with different geometric shapes making up the "tube", rather than the usual incremental difficulty increases on an identical board that video games til then had used to ratchet up the pressure on players as games went on. And it even featured the ability to choose your starting level based on performance in a previous game, so veterans wouldn't necessarily have to play through the initial levels over again while attempting to cause the game to roll the level or points counts over. This marked the first video game continue option — though a later raster game called Fantasy implemented it in its more traditional form.
This post isn't really about Tempest, though. I'm really just setting the stage for what the state of the art was in 1981. If you'll believe the urban legends, the US government, at about that time, teamed up with a German developer named Sinneslöschen (loosely translated: "Sense Erase") in an attempt to turn the nation's Pac-Man Fever into something a little more useful for the empire: mind control. They created a video game that kids would become addicted to, would play at every opportunity, until the mind control would kick in and they'd lose the ability to sleep or even lose their memories.
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Left Should Know, Obama Did Good
A Commentary By Froma Harrop
To my friends on the left: This one's for you.
Your grumbling that President Obama again gave away the store to Republicans is unwarranted. The deal to evade the fiscal cliff was no repeat of the debt-ceiling fiasco of 2011, when Obama famously bargained with himself. This time, he suppressed the urge to publicly consider raising the Medicare eligibility age. Meanwhile, he put off the clash over entitlements for another day.
Obama did cave or compromise (pick your term) on his earlier resolve to let Bush tax cuts expire for households earning over $250,000. The final package sets $450,000 as the cutoff.
The right wing's tactic of negotiating while holding a knife to the economy's throat may have blinded the left to noting that, while good theater, it is not very effective. It is also most unpopular.
By putting off dramatic cuts in spending and raising taxes only on the most cushioned Americans, Obama has avoided what made the fiscal cliff so scary -- the specter of draining over $500 billion from a still-weak economy. A second round of recession could have followed, with the blame bouncing back to Obama and the Democrats.
Some liberals balk at setting such a high income level for letting income-tax rates rise. They are correct that more people should be paying more taxes. But they should understand that taxation is partly a mind game. Breaking through the right's icebound stand that taxes should not rise for anyone ever was no mean achievement.
Complaints that this and only a handful of other tax changes basically enshrine the reckless tax-cutting of the Bush era miss the point. Nothing is forever, and now the very rich have less incentive to propagandize against raising taxes lower down the income scale as a means to protect their own rates.
Be mindful that support for government programs, such as Medicare, depends on more than the level of benefits provided. It also relies on taxpayers feeling they are getting more value for their dollars -- and that the money is there. Obama has been taking quiet steps to start restoring fiscal balance, while preserving the essence of worthy government programs. These changes haven't grabbed the big headlines, but over time, they will build confidence that America can have well-run public programs and fiscal sanity at the same time. Some examples:
This week's fiscal deal continues the good fight, started by the Affordable Care Act, to curb waste and abuse in health care spending. For instance, it lowers Medicare payments to doctors who give more than one therapy session to a single patient in a single day. At the same time, it stopped the scheduled 26.5 percent cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, guarding patients' access to care.
Obama may nominate Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, another move toward rethinking priorities. The former Republican senator from Nebraska has long questioned America's bloated defense budgets and penchant for carelessly sending Americans into foreign battle. A decorated Vietnam veteran, fiscal conservative and independent thinker, Hagel has the credibility to oversee paring the defense budget in a rational way.
Another reason for optimism is Obama's statement that he will not let anyone use threats to America's credit rating as a bargaining tool, as he did in 2011. "While I will negotiate over many things," he said, "I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up through the laws they have passed." Mr. President, hold that thought.
As a final reality test, my unhappy liberal friends, listen to the groaning on the right. Do that, and you'll conclude: Obama did good.
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"Introduction," Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow (2011)
"Introduction," Teachings: Lorenzo Snow
The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have established the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series to help you deepen your understanding of the restored gospel and draw closer to the Lord through the teachings of latter-day prophets. As the Church adds volumes to this series, you will build a collection of gospel reference books for your home. The volumes in this series are designed to be used for personal study and for Sunday instruction. They can also help you prepare other lessons or talks and answer questions about Church doctrine.
This book features the teachings of President Lorenzo Snow, who served as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from September 13, 1898, to October 10, 1901.
Personal Study
As you study the teachings of President Lorenzo Snow, prayerfully seek the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. The questions at the end of each chapter will help you understand President Snow's teachings and apply them in your life. As you study these teachings, you may want to think about ways to share them with family members and friends. This will strengthen your understanding of what you read.
Teaching from This Book
This book has been designed for use at home and at church. The following guidelines may help you teach from the book.
Prepare to Teach
Seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost as you prepare to teach. Prayerfully study the assigned chapter to become confident in your understanding of President Snow's teachings. You will teach with greater sincerity and power when his words have influenced you personally (see D&C 11:21).
If you are teaching a Melchizedek Priesthood or Relief Society lesson, you should not set this book aside or prepare a lesson from other materials. Prayerfully select from the chapter those teachings that you feel will be most helpful to those you teach. Some chapters contain more material than you will be able to discuss during class time.
Encourage participants to study the chapter before the lesson and to bring the book with them. When they do so, they will be better prepared to participate in a discussion and edify one another.
Introduce the Chapter
As you introduce the chapter, and throughout the lesson, try to create an atmosphere in which the Spirit can touch the hearts and minds of those you teach. To start the lesson, help those you teach focus on the teachings of the chapter. Consider the following ideas:
Read and discuss the section titled "From the Life of Lorenzo Snow" at the beginning of the chapter.
Discuss a picture or scripture from the chapter.
Sing a related hymn together.
Briefly share a personal experience about the topic.
Lead a Discussion about President Snow's Teachings
As you teach from this book, invite others to share their thoughts, ask questions, and teach one another. When they actively participate, they will be more prepared to learn and to receive personal revelation. Allow good discussions to continue rather than trying to cover all the teachings. To encourage discussion, use the questions in each chapter. Notes throughout each chapter refer to those questions. You may also develop your own questions especially for those you are teaching.
The following options may give you additional ideas:
Ask participants to share what they have learned from their personal study of the chapter. It may be helpful to contact a few participants during the week and ask them to come prepared to share what they have learned.
Assign participants to read selected questions from the end of the chapter (either individually or in small groups). Ask them to look for teachings in the chapter that relate to the questions. Then invite them to share their thoughts and insights with the rest of the group.
Read together a selection of President Snow's statements from the chapter. Ask participants to share examples from the scriptures and from their own experience that illustrate what President Snow taught.
Ask participants to choose one section and read it silently. Invite them to gather in groups of two or three people who chose the same section and discuss what they have learned.
Encourage Sharing and Application
President Snow's teachings will be most meaningful for participants who share them with others and apply them in their lives. Consider the following ideas:
Ask participants how they can apply President Snow's teachings in their responsibilities as parents or as home teachers or visiting teachers.
Encourage participants to share some of President Snow's teachings with family members and friends.
Invite participants to apply what they have learned and share their experiences at the beginning of the next class.
Conclude the Discussion
Briefly summarize the lesson or ask one or two participants to do so. Testify of the teachings you have discussed. You may also want to invite others to share their testimonies.
Information about the Sources Quoted in This Book
The teachings in this book are direct quotations from President Lorenzo Snow's sermons, published writings, letters, and journals. In all quotations from his letters and journals, the punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and paragraphing have been standardized. Quotations from published sources have retained the punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and paragraphing of the original sources unless editorial or typographic changes have been necessary to improve readability. For this reason, you may notice minor inconsistencies in the text. For example, the word gospel is lowercased in some quotations and capitalized in others.
Also, President Snow often used terms such as men, man, or mankind to refer to all people, both male and female. He frequently used the pronouns he, his, and him to refer to both genders. This was common in the language of his era. Despite the differences between these language conventions and current usage, President Snow's teachings apply to both women and men.


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White Cheddar + Arugula Pesto Mac and Cheese.
…tantrumy husbands.
…tantrumy toddlers.
…which are pretty much the same thing.
…rainy days.
…sad faces.
…loose jeans.
You know, like HUGE things!
This makes my head spin.
Lots o' green stuff.
A little peppery and almost neon… this arugula pesto took one of my favorite crispy shrimp dishes to a whole new level last year. Basil pesto, what? I don't even know you anymore. This was one of the first recipes I ever shared (hellllo freaky pictures) and still makes the top ten of which I whip up just about every month to have on hand.
People… this.is.huge. It rarely happens. Like, never. Because boredom calls to me like a creeper in the night.
And while I think that mac and cheese is simply perfect on it's own… that whole boredom creep grabs me and sometimes I torture the pasta.
Good torture, I promise.
Like, adding an arugula pesto swirl type of torture.
Otherwise known as… ruining-my-husband's-side-dish-torture.
Otherwise known as… one of the only things I succeed at in my itty bitty life.
We served this with the maple bourbon pork chops and those brussels sprouts I'll tell you about later, and holy FLAVOR POP. And while I pretty much watched him attempt to pick out every single solitary speck of pesto (can this be done?), he soon gave up and scarfed it. And was happy.
Leading me to believe that just as I thought… I am always right. Today marriage is great.*
Arugula Pesto and White Cheddar Mac and Cheese
serves 4-6
4 cups uncooked whole wheat pasta (smallish pasta works best, like elbow noodles, etc)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
10 ounces freshly grated white cheddar cheese + more for topping
pinch of nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup arugula pesto
1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Bring water to a boil and cook pasta according to directions. I always shave a few minutes off the cooking time since it will be going in the oven.
While pasta is cooking, heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Once sizzling, add flour and whisk until smooth to create a roux. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until golden and has a nutty aroma. Add milk and cream, bring to a boil while constantly whisking. Reduce heat to low and add cheese, then cook for a few minutes while stirring until cheese is melted and mixture thickens. Add nutmeg, then taste and season with salt and pepper as desired.
Add pasta to a baking dish and pour cheese sauce over top. Stir to distribute sauce, then stir in pesto. Top with additional grated cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until top is golden and bubbly.
Arugula Pesto
4 cups arugula
1/3 cup asiago cheese
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup olive oil
In a food processor, combine garlic, arugula and cheese. Pulse until combined. Stream in olive oil a tablespoon at a time until the pesto becomes smooth.
*I made this over a week ago. I've since changed my stance.


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An afternoon as stylish as the organization that hosted it, the Men and Women of Fashion held their annual "Prix d'Elegance Luncheon" this past April at the Hilton, benefited the Ballet Resource and Volunteer Organization, which funds the New Orleans Ballet Association's award-winning education programs and scholarships for deserving students on a yearly basis. Sandra Chaisson served as co-chair of the luncheon and, along with Women of Fashion's president Jacquee Carvin and Men of Fashion's president Mike Winters, helped organize an incredible afternoon. Juli Miller Hart served as Mistress of Ceremonies. The menu for the afternoon consisted of decadent Mandarin salad with orange poppy seed dressing, grilled tenderloin of beef with mushroom and red pepper rissoto, Southern-style smothered green beans and, for dessert, praline crunch cheesecake. Dorignac's generously provided a selection of fine wine. During luncheon, the Men and Women of Fashion delighted guests with a raffle for an exquisite pair of earrings from Lee Michaels for her and a $2,500 shopping spree at Rubenstein's luxury menswear for him. The luncheon also presented the 2012 Best Dressed Honorees, a group of 20 New Orleanians who are leaders in personal style as well as philanthropy. Each year, the New Orleans Ballet Association partners with the New Orleans Recreation Department and offers over 3,000 free classes for over 1,500 students who wish to study ballet on a professional level. The NOBA/NORDC program levels the playing field and allows any student – regardless of their ability to pay – the opportunity to pursue a career in dance.
What: "Prix d'Elegance Luncheon," held by Men and Women of Fashion, benefiting the Ballet Resource and Volunteer Organization When: Monday, April 8 Where: New Orleans Hilton Hotel


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NEW YORK (AP) — What happens when a pioneer like Borders goes out of business? Depends on who you ask.
A day after the bankrupt Ann Arbor-based chain said it would seek court approval to sell off its assets and shutter its remaining 399 stores, everyone from publishers to consumers is assessing what it would mean if the company that started the big-box bookseller concept vanished. The move could have a wide ranging — and different — impact on everyone from authors to consumers to competitors at a time when the industry is desperately trying to adapt to a new generation of readers who'd rather browse on an electronic book or tablet computer than turn the page of a paperback.
The biggest changes could come to the book publishing industry: As Borders stores disappear, the bookselling landscape could rapidly change, forcing authors to look for other places to market their work.
Jennifer Romanello, executive director of publicity at Grand Central Publishing in New York who stopped sending authors to most Borders for book signings after they declared bankruptcy in February says she already looks for alternative places to promote their work.
"It's one less outlet to use in promoting our authors," she said. "There are still other things out there; we see if there's an independent bookstore nearby. But the number of bookstores has been contracting, not expanding, so we're selective where we send out authors."
That ultimately could lead to more business for Barnes & Noble, a 705-store chain and one of Borders' main competitors. In fact, while at first Barnes & Noble revenue could be hurt initially as shoppers flock to Borders' liquidation sales, Barclays Capital analyst Alan Rifkin predicts ultimately the chain could gain $220 million to $330 million in revenue, or about 10 percent to 15 percent of Borders annual revenue if the chain closes.
Still, Rifkin said even though Barnes & Noble has more aggressively and successfully pursued the e-book space than Borders did — with Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader and e-bookstore — it still faces the same stiff competition from online retailers.
"As the demand for physical books continues to decline, the need for big-box physical bookstores will likely continue to decline as well," he wrote in a client note.
That sentiment is being echoed by analysts and consumers alike who say the demise of Borders could close a chapter for bricks-and-mortar stores and open a new one for digital reading. To be sure, brick-and-mortar stores have not gone the way of the dinosaur, but some say it's only a matter of time.
Adrian Sierra, 36, a real estate agent from Westchester, N.Y., for instance, walked out of a Borders store in Penn Station in New York without a shopping bag filled with books. He was, however, carrying his iPad.
"I'll miss them," he says, but, "I'm not going to buy another paperback in my life. There's no reason to anymore."
A growing number of customers like Sierra are the reason that Borders liquidation will most likely accelerate sales of e-books, said Forrester media analyst James McQuivey. He predicts e-book sales will nearly triple by 2015 to $2.18 billion, with the number of e-readers jumping from 10.3 million at the end of 2010 to 29.4 million by 2015.
"People who read a lot are not just going to suddenly read less just because 400 stores close," he said. "With Borders out of the picture, people might think 'If I'm not comfortable with digital shopping, browsing or buying, I might as well get comfortable with it."
Simba Information senior trade analyst Michael Norris disagrees, saying that if Borders goes out of business, it might actually decrease sales of e-books since there are fewer places for people who buy e-books to browse and research new titles physically before they buy electronically.
"Bookstores are a tremendous vehicle for e-book discovery," he said. "We've often tried to quantify the exact number of consumers who 'mooch' off of bookstores, who browse at a store and leave to order a book they find off their Kindle or iPad. It's hard to quantify — but we know it happens."
Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom said consumers who so-call "mooch" will likely adapt. "Individuals that are pure physical book readers will find another outlet, be it independent bookstores or the Targets or the Costcos," he said.
There are indeed many other places to go to find out about books. Still, some consumers who love browsing Borders bookshelves say it will be hard for them to adjust if the chain closes.
"That whole thing about stumbling across a book, or stumbling across a stranger who recommends a book — the serendipitous aspect of your literary journey in life — is evaporating as these stores evaporate," said Rachel Simon, author of the New York Times best seller "The Story of Beautiful Girl," who says she visits her local Borders several times a week.
Started in 1971, Borders once operated 1,249 Borders and Waldenbooks book stores at its peak in 2003. But it failed to adapt quickly to the changing industry and lost book, music and video sales to the Internet and other competition. It filed for bankruptcy protection in February and has since shuttered stores and laid off thousands of employees.
Borders' attempt to stay in business unraveled quickly last week, after a $215 million "white knight" bid by private-equity firm Najafi Cos. dissolved under objections from creditors and lenders who argued the chain would be worth more if it liquidated immediately. On Thursday, Borders is expected to ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York at a scheduled hearing to allow it to sell off all of its assets. If the judge approves the move, liquidation sales could start as soon as Friday; the company could go out of business by the end of September.


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Gwynedd-Mercy College in Philadelphia has replaced its legacy wireless local area network (WLAN) with a new system to provide students, faculty, staff, and guests with reliable Wi-Fi access across all four of its campuses.
The college's legacy WLAN used technology from Proxim and Cisco, but according to John Reilly, associate director of enterprise systems for the college, it "simply couldn't keep up with demand" and the college "received many complaints of poor connectivity, dead spots, and dropped connections," he said.
The college reviewed potential replacement solutions from Cisco, Meru Networks, and Aruba Networks. After conducting a "bake-off" between the three solutions, the college selected the Aruba Networks WLAN solution and employed Comm Solutions, a Pennsylvania-based solutions provider, to manage the deployment. According to the company, the Gwynedd-Mercy College chose the Aruba solution for its cost-effectiveness and unique ability to support role-based access and manage multiple devices with one controller.
The new Aruba WLAN includes Aruba AP-105 access points (APs), Aruba mobility controllers, and the Aruba AirWave Network Management System. The college is also piloting Aruba's ClearPass Access Management System and expects to fully deploy it later this year. Since implementing the solution, the college has not received any complaints about Wi-Fi performance and people are "thrilled with the level of connectivity they can enjoy from anywhere on campus," said Reilly.
Students at the college use the WLAN for both academic and personal reasons, and the Aruba network supports numerous initiatives at the college, including the iPads it recently issued to some faculty members and graduate students doing fieldwork. The college also uses the WLAN to support its Blackboard learning management system (LMS), emerging eText program, and its Ellucian PowerCampus student information system, which lets students access maps, directions, grades, course schedules, tuition invoices, and other information from their smartphone. The WLAN also supports the college's Hobbit House pre-kindergarten program, which purchased 33 iPads and installed interactive projectors on sliding rails, so children can roll the projectors to floor level and faculty members can use the iPads to control what the children watch.
The college is in the process of constructing a new 50,000 square foot academic building for its School of Business and School of Education. When it opens in January, the building's classrooms, community spaces, and auditorium will use 30 Aruba AP-135 access points to maximize mobile device performance in the high density Wi-Fi environment.
Gwynedd-Mercy College is a Catholic liberal arts college with four campuses in the Philadelphia, PA, area. It serves 2,700 students and employs 81 full-time faculty members.
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Oil pulling is by far the most hippie thing I've ever done.
If you had told me 2 months ago that I was about to stop brushing my teeth, my confused response would have been something like, "Because I'm going to be in coma?" Brushing teeth has been such a part of my daily routine (and no doubt yours as well) that I couldn't even imagine life without it.
So how did I become someone who has abandoned her trusty toothbrush and tube of toothpaste? Well, I am about to tell you all about my adventure, but first I have to tell you that if you have no desire to try oil-pulling that it won't bother me at all. I am not writing this to convince you to try it. I really am not. I receive no benefits or advantages if you try it. Zero. I am not in league with any sort of Oil-Pulling World Domination Organization. I am not an authority on oil-pulling. I have not done extensive research on oil-pulling. I have not taught my kids to oil pull. We still go to the dentist — in fact, Betty was there for some cavity work last month. And if you do try it, and don't like it, I won't have my feelings hurt one little bit, and I won't try to convince you to try it again. I promise. This post is just me, reporting on this odd thing I tried and happened to like.
In early December, Ben Blair took a trip to France to oversee some work on The Cottage. While he was gone, I spent a Saturday morning seeing what was happening on Facebook and I happened upon an update from a woman I don't even know very well, but she shared a link to someone's blog post about oil-pulling, and said she was curious about it. And I was curious too. So I clicked through and spent an hour or so in an oil-pulling rabbit hole.
Oil pulling is a technique to clean your teeth and mouth. You put a spoonful of oil in your mouth, then swish it around for 20 minutes (yes, 20 minutes!!). Then you spit it out (into the trash can/compost bin, not the sink, so it won't clog your plumbing).
In the blog posts I read, people were attaching all sorts of dental miracles to oil-pulling, which of course made me hugely skeptical. Oil pulling fills in cavities! Oil pulling relieves toothaches! Oil pulling whitens teeth! Oil pulling absorbs all the harmful bacteria in your mouth! Oil pulling cures the common cold!
A lot of what I was reading gave me huge eye rolls.
But I was still curious, and some of it made sense to me, and some of the voices were very sincere and realistic. So I tried it. I had a jar of raw coconut oil on hand — the kind that's solid at room temperature. I put a spoonful in my mouth, waited for it to melt, and then started swishing. I wanted to see if I could actually make it for 20 minutes. And I did make it. After the 20 minutes, I spit out the oil, and rinsed my mouth with water. Then, I spent the rest of the day running my tongue over my teeth because they felt so different. In a good way. So I thought to myself, I'll just try it for a week, and see what I think then.
Ben Blair arrived home a couple of days into my experiment. I was blushing as I told him about it, because I felt so dorky about it, but without even reading a blog post, he wanted to try it. And jumped right in.
After that week, I was still delighted with the results and said to myself, I'll just try it for a month, and see what I think then. Ben Blair did the same.
Now, it's been almost 2 months, and we're both still oil-pulling, and my latest thought is that I'll just keep doing it until I no longer like it.
Here's some Q&A featuring questions I get asked most about it:
Q: Doesn't it gross you out to have a spoonful of oil in your mouth?
A: I thought it would gross me out too! I thought I would gag. I took a spoonful of castor oil when I was trying to induce labor during my 3rd pregnancy, and I still get queasy thinking about it. But when I tried oil-pulling, it just felt like swishing water. It didn't feel like oil. So it was fine.
Q: I can't do it for 20 minutes. How do you manage?
A. I think this is the deal breaker for most people who try it. Twenty minutes is a long time. It works for me, because we have a morning routine where Ben Blair drives the kids to school while I tidy up — making beds, doing the breakfast dishes, starting the laundry, etc. I put the oil in when they leave the house and set my phone timer for 20 minutes, then I get to work. The times flies by. If I didn't have this routine, I probably would have abandoned my oil-pulling experiment.
Q: Have you seen any benefits?
A. Yes. Nothing crazy miraculous, but I can see my teeth are whiter, with less plaque, and I feel like my breath is better for sure. I noticed the breath thing right away. Ben Blair and I are careful to talk to each other in the mornings with our mouths shielded so we don't have to smell each other's morning breath, but with the oil-pulling, the morning breath is much better. Not minty fresh, just neutral.
This is less measurable, but my teeth are no longer as sensitive. During my pregnancy with Betty (about 8 years ago), overnight my teeth became really sensitive and I could no longer rinse my mouth out with cold water. Seriously, it happened overnight. It was crazy. Since then, I've used Sensodyne toothpaste and that has helped some — it sort of takes the edge off. But I feel like my teeth are much less sensitive since the oil-pulling.
Lastly, this one is vague, but my teeth feel stronger. Like they are more firmly rooted in my mouth.
Q: What oil do you use?
I use Coconut Oil. Cold-pressed, extra-virgin, unrefined. (This is the brand that my grocery store carries. But I'm not necessarily loyal to it.) One day, I was curious and tried olive oil instead. I didn't like the taste as much, but I did like how my teeth felt, and I liked that it didn't have to melt first. Also, it left my lips super soft.
Q: Do you ever brush your teeth anymore?
Once in awhile. I oil-pull in the morning, and sometimes at night, if my teeth feel coated or grimy, I'll brush with water. When I was traveling this last week, I didn't bring my jar of oil, and instead thought I would just use toothbrush and paste. But after two days I was dying. My mouth was grossing me out. So my brother-in-law, Steve, picked up a jar of coconut oil for me and I oil-pulled during the rest of my trip.
Q: What about flossing?
Well, this is another reason why I think I personally really like oil-pulling. Flossing has always been a really hard habit for me to form. I seem to have strong enamel on my teeth — for most of my life, I've eaten way more sugar than I should, but I rarely if ever get a cavity (alas, my kids did not seem to inherit my enamel genes). And flossing doesn't seem to make a difference either way. Some years I've been good at flossing and other years not so good, and I end up with the same results during my dental visits. So it's hard to convince myself of the benefits of flossing for me personally. I know every body is different and there are people who see great dental health improvements from flossing — but I'm not one of them.
I have tried flossing a couple of times after I oil pull to see if anything is getting left behind, but the oil pulling seems to do a really thorough job of cleaning.
Q: Have you tried to fill in a cavity?
No. We have not attempted any cavity filling. But I'd love to hear if you have success with it. I'd be really curious to have a dentist try it with someone that has a mild cavity. Have them oil pull for a month and see if it makes a difference. Though really, many of the posts I read said the cavity miracles happened with a combination of oil-pulling + drinking raw milk. So who knows.
Q. Does your mouth feel oily after instead of minty fresh?
My mouth actually feels very clean afterwards. Fresh but not minty. Ben Blair likes the minty feel, so sometimes he'll rinse with mouthwash after. But I don't like mouthwash — it feels too harsh. Sometimes I do miss that minty feeling. I wonder if chewing on mint leaves would help…
Q. Where did you read about oil-pulling?
I started with this blog post, then started exploring from there. She includes links within the blog post, and there are links in the comments as well. Or, a quick search produces all sorts of relevant articles. There are also 2 books that come up over and over again in the blog posts — one called Cure Tooth Decay, and one called Oil-Pulling Therapy — though I haven't read either.
I think that's it for now! If you have more questions, feel free to leave them in the comments. And I'd love to hear: Have you tried it? Are you curious about it? Is it too hippie for you to handle? Has anyone reading tried it for a long period? If yes, how is it going? Or did you give it up? And lastly, have you ever tried something casually, maybe out of curiosity, and then adopted the practice for real? Chime in!
P.S. — I wrote another update on oil pulling a few months after this.