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Hey guys! Sorry for delayed post. It was late and I hit "Save" instead of "Save + Publish". So embarrassed! Evidently the holidays have scrambled my brain.
Can you believe the holidays are almost here?! I'm still shocked Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is only three weeks away. Even though retailers are convinced that we need a full-on holiday assault after Halloween, it's hard to get into the holiday season when it's 80 degrees outside. While I'm forced to acknowledge the upcoming holiday season when the ice-cream truck is driving down the neighborhood street blaring "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", I'm slowly easing into the holiday spirit. I find the holidays to be a stressful time-- lots of balancing different family expectations, mitigating inevitable hurt feelings (but knowing it's impossible to keep everyone happy), not to mention the financial strain it puts on everyone to travel with kids, pets, etc.
It's difficult look forward to the holidays this year. This one's going to be especially difficult since it's the first time we'll be without a key family member. My Other Half said "I'm just going to try to muddle through the holidays without breaking down in front of everyone. There will be lots of crying." Ouch.
We'll get through it, I know we will. We have to. We're lucky to have people in our lives who play tug-o-war over us during the holidays because someone told them we're fun to have around :) We're grateful to still have that. When I feel overwhelmed by everything, I try to focus on the true spirit of the season, kindness and giving to others. I'm not able to make wide, sweeping gestures of good will, so I try to find lots of little ways to give, even if it's just brightening someone's day. So I joined my very first Secret Sophie to kick off the giving season!
Both ub3r_n3rd and fanguad spent a lot of time arranging this event through the kindness of their own hearts. I just got word who my secret partner is and I can't divulge too much, on the off-chance that my "Secret Sophie" reads my blog. Long story short, we filled out a questionnaire and had the option of choosing a "gift-only" or "painted miniature + gift" and answered a list of questions that will help give our mystery partner clues about what we like/dislike. For example, some people say they prefer historical/fantasy miniatures, others prefer not to receive nude/gory miniatures. They pair you up with people who want what you can paint. (For example, I didn't sign up to paint gruesome monsters since it's not my strong suit).
The person I'm going to be painting for asked for a type of miniature I haven't painted before (but within my abilities) and I'm going to have to get creative to come up with a good solution! I'm looking forward to stretch my skills to meet their wishes. While the deadline to exchange miniatures is January 15, 2016, I want to paint and ship my miniature gift before Christmas. Ideally, I'll ship it the second week of December before the post offices get super-busy. I want to ensure my Secret Sophie gets my miniature in the best possible condition-- I hope they like it! I'll be sure to post some work-in-progress photos soon.
Other than that, I signed up for Amazon Prime (I know I'm well-behind the times) and realized they had Legend of Korra. In one evening I watched the entire Season 1 and started Season 2. I should probably turn it off since it's 1:15am in the morning and I should probably get some sleep. I guess. If I have to :)


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What in the world is Hot Desking?
What in the world is a Hot Desk you may ask. Well, it has nothing to do with the temperature of the desk that's for sure (otherwise all our laptops might overheat and explode). Hot Desking allows you to step out of your regular office, wether it be at home or work, and gives you access to a creative space to co-work in for a day.
But let's cut straight to the point, how can this concept benefit you and your goals?
Conveniently located in the heart of Bunbury's CBD, you're surrounded by local cafes, shops and transport.
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I have been baking a lot of yummy vegan treats lately. Back in the fall I thought I was really on the path to being an at-home vegan, and really, for the most part I am. There are oodles of reasons to become a vegan and I'm not going to go into them now. However one of the best reasons I think is that it encourages experimentation in the kitchen. Instead of relying on the same old milk-eggs-butter combination, you are introduced to flax eggs, almond milk, and applesauce as substitutes. In many cases the vegan recipe is tastier and lower-fat than its dairy counterpart. (Chai snickerdoodles are maybe my favourite cookie; and I just whipped up a batch of vegan chocolate chip cookies which are a contender for the title). Last weekend I attempted a raw strawberry "cheese"cake. There is nothing remotely cheesy about this cake so I prefer to call it just a raw strawberry cake. At any rate, I was pleased with the results. Happily, the recipe involves no vegan cream cheese, which is both expensive and not very good: the "meat" of the cake is soaked, pulverized cashews. I think if I had a better food processor the cake would have been smoother and creamier, but alas I'm waiting for it to kick the bucket. This recipe also introduced me to alcohol-free vanilla, something that isn't easy to find (I got mine at Whole Foods) but I don't think I'm going back. The alcohol-free version is thicker and richer and just more vanilla-y. I'm a convert!
I'd suggest making this if you have some health conscious friends coming over in the summer: since the cake is raw, you want to use fresh, juicy strawberries. Your friends will appreciate the low fat, fairly healthy dessert: you will appreciate how easy it is to make this cake and the fact that you make it the day before. Not surprisingly, I pilfered this recipe from my favourite vegan website, the Post Punk Kitchen. You can follow the instructions there, or my version below. The original includes a "fluffy white frosting" (which is the white dollop on top of the cake you see in my photo below). I didn't find this added much if anything to the cake, so I'm not including it the instructions below.
Grease a 9-inch springform pan with coconut oil.
To make the crust, combine in a food processor:
1 cup pecans
1 cup almonds (I used blanched)
1/4 tsp salt
Pulse until fairly fine. Then add 4 pitted and chopped medjool dates; pulse them in until the dough squishes and holds slightly between your fingers. Press into the bottom of a cake pan. Wash out your food processor.
To make the filling, pulse 3 cups of cashews which have been soaked at least 3 hours. 3 hours is totally acceptable but you can leave them overnight if that's easiest. Once the cashews are nice and crumbly, add:
1/2 cup agave syrup
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 tsp alcohol-free vanilla extract
Puree until the mixture is smooth as you can get it. Add up to 1/4 cup water to ensure a good, smooth consistency. With the food processor running, add in 4 cups of hulled, halved strawberries. I think you might get away with adding another cup of strawberries so if you're feeling adventurous, give it a try for extra strawberry-goodness. Once the strawberries are incorporated, add in 1/4 cup of melted coconut oil slowly, with the food processor running. Pour the filling into the pan, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
Before serving, combine about 2 cups of chopped strawberries with 3 tablespoons of agave syrup and mash together to make a coulis. Spread a bit of the coulis on each plate and top with a piece of cake.
This is a very un-vegan suggestion, but this cake would probably be extra tasty with whipped cream (is there some way to get whipped cream to taste of strawberry?) or frozen yogurt on the side.


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Program for harnessing the true potential of legumes: Economic and knowledge empowerment of poor farmers in rainfed areas in Asia
Duration: 17/Oct/2007 - 31/Dec/2011
Locations: Asia
Donor: Other international or regional organization,International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-Italy
CGIAR Research Program: Grain Legumes
The overall goal of the project is to improve the well-being of the rural poor in Asia through sustainable increases in agricultural productivity based on the wider adoption of grain legumes in rainfed cropping systems. Its specific objectives are to: consolidate and out- and up-scale the gains achieved in IFAD TAG 532-ICRISAT with the required fine-tuning of farmer participatory research outputs for new areas, particularly those covered under the IFAD loan-financed projects; develop seed production, storage and distribution systems to make small and marginal farmers self-reliant and self-sufficient for seed requirements of FPVs of food legumes; and promote forward and backward market linkages and value addition at the local level. This will help in bringing about stability and improvement to rainfed agriculture and to the livelihoods of poor farmers.


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The Mira Vigour is a perfect blend of performance and price, with precision controls and high quality 5 mode shower head.
- Separate flow and temperature control lets you leave the temperature control at your preferred setting
- Maximum temperature override for added safety
- Fully variable flow control to let you choose from low economical flow through to a high flowing invigourating shower
- Multi-mode handset features 5 exciting spray patterns and rub clean nozzles to help keep limescale at bay
Mira Vigour Description
- An all in one power shower with an integral 230V / 240V AC pump and mixer assembly
- Concentric flow and temperature controls allow simple adjustment of both flow and temperature
- Fully variable flow control – allows the user to choose the flow they want rather than having a fixed flow rate
- 15mm dual entry push fit inlet connections
- Integral inlet filters and check valves
- Cover, case and internal assemblies moulded from engineering plastics and polymers
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Mira Vigour and Mira Vigour Thermostatic
Surface mounted all in one power shower for connection to exposed pipework and operation with gravity fed supplies. Supplied complete with a metal clad shower hose, clamp bracket, slide bar, soap dish, hoe retaining ring / gel hook and Mira showerhead with five different spray modes.
Limitations of Use
- The Mira Vigour must not be connected to a mains fed water supply
- The Mira Vigour is not suitable for installation in institutional / commercial applications
- The powerful pump motor is fitted on rubber isolation mounts to reduce the transmitted sound levels. The type of wall surface will affect the perceived sound levels.
- The Mira Vigour should not be used for applications where an outlet flow controls forms part of the shower fitting.
- The product and its components are only suitable for normal water supplies and should be cleaned only with mild washing up detergent or soap solution.
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- Manual (non thermostatic) control system
- Maximum recommended hot water temperature : 65°C
Thermostatic Version
- Wax capsule temperature control system
- Automatic shutdown if cold supply fails
- Over rideable maximum temperature stop
- Temperature control range : 35°C – 45°C
- Maximum recommended hot water temperature : 65°C
- Minimum temperature differential : 12°C between blend and hot
- Minimum maintained pressure : 0.008 bar min (80mm)
- Maximum maintained pressure : 0.5bar
- Maximum static pressure : 1.0 bar
- Maximum pressure loss ratio : 10:1
The specification performance outlined below for the standard appliance is achieved with a blend set between 35°C – 45°C and supplies of 15°C cold and 65°C hot with nominally equal pressures
Thermostatic Version
- The blended water temperature is maintained within 1°C with a 10°C change in the hot or cold water supply
- The thermostat effects a shut down in approximately 2 seconds if the cold supply fails.
- Shut down is achieved only if the hot supply is a minimum of 12°C above the blend temperature
- The blended water temperature is maintained within 1.5°C when the pressure between inlet and outlet is halved (defined as a pressure los ratio of 2:1) on either the hot or cold side.
- Temperature overshoot will not exceed 50°C when adjusting the blend temperature from full cold to full hot.
Guaranteed for one year from date of purchase against faulty materials or workmanship. Optional extended warranty available from Mira Customer Support.
The Mira Vigour is suitable for installation as part of gravity fed plumbing systems only.
Installation – Plumbing
- The plumbing installation must comply with the requirements of UK Water Regulations / Bylaws (Scotland), Building Regulations or any particular regulations and practices specified by the local water company or water undertakers. The installation should be carried out by a plumber or contractor who is registered or is a member of an association.
- Protect the product from damage whilst making soldered connections. Some fluxes cause damage to plastic components.
- Surface mounted
- Inlet connections : 15mm dual entry push-fit inlet connections
- Supports three inlet configurations; top, bottom or back inlet supply
- Outlet connection : 1/2″ BSP male
- The storage cistern should have a minimum storage capacity of 230 litres to provide adequate showering time and to comply with BS6700 (1987). Insufficient storage may result in the pump being run dry.
Installation – Electrical
- The appliance must be earthed
- This appliance is intended to be permanently connected to the fixed electrical wiring of the mains system, in accordance with the current edition of 'The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) regulations in force at the time of installation
- The appliance requires a 3 Amp supply fuse
- Power supply connection; the Mira Vigour is fitted with a terminal block and earth stud which will accept cable up to 2.5mm2
- Maximum ambient temperature for the appliance whilst in use is 30°C
- The appliance will provide satisfactory performance with an incoming electricity supply voltage of 230V ± 10%. The supply voltage will affect the flow rate
- The installation must comply with 'Requirements for Electrical Installations', commonly referred to as the IEE Wiring Regulations, or any particular regulations and practices specified by the local electricity supply company.
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Throughout your life, you encounter judgement. Parents, siblings, friends, peers, bosses, coaches, the list goes on. But whose opinion of you is the culprit to your self-esteem, to your perceived lack of success? Who is ultimately your harshest judge?
You judge yourself harsher than anyone else. And your fear of judgement from others is just as impactful. This fear can be suffocating, oppressive, and incapacitating. But, the good news is that those thoughts, opinions, and judgements that everybody else has of you are all in your head. Those judgements you have for yourself are a false thought in your mind.
"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
We all learned at a young age that it doesn't matter what others think. We sometimes forget this as we grow older. We fail to remember that others' negative opinions are just a reflection of how they judge themselves.
It's time to stop judging yourself. The only reason you can't do something is because you've told yourself you can't. And it's also time to forget that others judge you. More specifically, what you think everyone is judging about you.
Instead of thinking, "I'll never be able to achieve x because of this shortfall or because that person told me I couldn't, so I'm going to quit," think, "I'm going to find a way to achieve x, no matter what." All of those reasons that you come up with in your head why you can't are just excuses.
You are the creator of you future,
and your judgments are the destroyer.
Those insidious and deceitful thoughts about your supposed inability to create success and build wealth are weighing you down, and they're unwarranted no matter how much evidence you think you have to back it up.
Those thoughts are a fabrication that your mind has concocted to make you feel comfortable with mediocrity, complacent with a wealth-less life and free from fear of what could happen. But what you should really fear, is not taking a risk, not pursuing your passion, not enjoying a life of freedom. Not doing anything gives you zero experience and zero possibility to create success.
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Pumpkin season is always a fun time of year, and this year we have a very special treat for you!
On Satuday, Oct. 10th from 10-12:30, our friends and expert mushers, Heather D'Arcy and Ingrid Bower, will be offering dog sled rides at the farm!
Together, Heather and Ingrid have over 48 years of experience running dogs!
Rides are $15 per adult, $10 per child (under 10 yrs) for a 10 minute ride.
A team of 8-10 dogs will pull you on a sled across the fields for a scenic view of Riverside Farms.
All children under 10 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
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Your loved ones have made the journey (in some cases, a long one) to witness your wedding. And while you and your groom are ultimately the guests of honor, it's important to acknowledge—and give thanks for—everyone's time and effort. How better than with a welcome bag filled to the brim with goodies that will help ensure an enjoyable wedding weekend?
From only-in-Florida edibles to beach-ready accessories, there are no limits when it comes to showering your guests with fun and useful gifts. Here are a few key components to keep in mind when putting yours together. And don't forget—customize to your heart's content!
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Reusable Bag: Opt for a sturdy tote in cotton or canvas that'll come in handy at the grocery store, the farmers' market, or the gym once your guests get back home.
A Map: Help your guests get the lay of the land by including a map with the weekend's important venues clearly marked. Tip: You can grab a stack from your local chamber of commerce and highlight the venues yourself, or, if you're feeling ambitious, sketch your own and make a color copy for every guest.
The Agenda: Help everyone stay on schedule by providing a list of the weekend's events, from the welcome cocktail reception, to the rehearsal dinner, to the morning-after brunch.
Warm-Weather Essentials: It stays sunny in Florida all year long, so make sure everyone's armed with ample SPF. Toss in his-and-her flip-flops in fun, tropical prints, and some inexpensive drugstore sunnies for guests who might have forgotten theirs at home.
Local Brew or Wine: One of the most fun things to do in a new destination is to sample food and drink that can only be found there. Slip a bottle of locally made wine or a couple of cans of Florida-brewed beer into your guests' bag to help them unwind upon their arrival. (Check out a list of top-rated Sunshine State breweries here.)
Florida-Specific Snacks: Saltwater taffy is not only tasty, but it travels well, too, which is perfect for guests' plane (and car) rides home. Bonus: It usually comes in a bright, fun box. Coconut Patties will satisfy the chocolate-lovers in your circle of friends. And, of course, you won't find fresher oranges anywhere.
Hangover Help: Hey, it happens. Offer some Rx for guests who get a little too carried away at the open bar. Ibuprofen, Emergen-C, bottled water, and some sweet and salty snacks should do the trick.
A Note of Thanks: Make it warm and welcoming, just like you and your grateful groom!
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Sustainable energy services group ENER-G has established a specialist housing division to help the social housing sector rise to the challenge of new climate change legislation and a mandate to deliver affordable energy through low carbon decentralised energy networks.
ENER-G Housing has appointed Zia Mirza as Development Director. He was Head of Delivery at Hyde Group, where he partnered with ENER-G to help deliver some of London's most successful community energy centres at award winning Packington and Bermondsey Spa.
Zia Mirza said: "Affordable housing providers have been thrust into the driving seat to deliver decentralised energy networks and take on an unfamiliar role of becoming long-term energy providers. My personal experience has shown me how complex it is to manage the financial, development and operational challenges of community energy schemes. By combining my client-side experience with the comprehensive systems, technology and financial capabilities of ENER-G, we can guide housing providers through the complete process."
ENER-G is a market leader in combined heat and power (CHP) and metering and billing technology and services, providing the complete value chain of decentralised energy schemes. Services and funding options extend from full energy centre design, financial modelling, build, installation, operation and maintenance - to design and supply of bespoke metering - through to data collection and credit and pre-payment billing.
The company's ENER-G Switch2 division has partnered with the social housing sector for the past four decades to deliver bespoke metering and payment solutions, managing more than 40,000 customer heat accounts across more than 400 sites.
Derek Duffill, Group Managing Director of ENER-G, said: "The Government's plans for a decentralised heat network across London and beyond presents a real challenge and opportunity for the social housing sector to extend their core business activity and become energy providers. With Zia's inside knowledge, we are in a unique position to provide the complete support the housing sector requires to make this step change. The expertise of our ENER-G Switch2 team in financial modelling, tariff setting and Energy Services Company (ESCo) implementation and management is particularly advantageous and our aim is to become the provider of choice for community heating consultancy, services and equipment."
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Michael Donaldson has been forced to make some hard decisions.
"I'm a residential school survivor. I have no family to support me. So I have to choose: do I want to spend my whole disability cheque on a place to live, and have nothing to eat, or do I live outside?"
Donaldson's chosen the latter, keeping most of his possessions in a Nelson storage locker. And now that he's working as the official photographer for the 2017 Profiles in Courage calendar, he's hoping to enlighten the community on what it's like to live in poverty.
"Last year we were bringing awareness that poverty exists in Nelson," said project organizer Bernadette White. "Now this year's theme is: This is the many faces of what that looks like — it could be your neighbour, it could be someone you see every day."
White and Donaldson both participated in last year's calendar, Nelson: Poverty in Modern Times, and were floored to be invited to take on larger roles this year. They hope to give voice to those who are struggling to get by, many of whom are grappling with shame or unwilling to ask for help.
"This is a vehicle for self-expression for people who are experiencing poverty, or in some cases homelessness," said Morgan Gould of Nelson United Church, who has been spearheading the project.
"Our purpose as a church is to be part of that."
And according to Donaldson, Nelson is a pretty compassionate town. Originally he had planned to move to Calgary, but upon arriving in the Kootenays he was able to find a doctor and a supportive social infrastructure. He's now been here for years.
"This is one of the best places to live in Canada," he said.
This year the calendar project has evolved, and will include a blog where impoverished residents can share their experiences.
Organizers hopes the project will become financially self-sustaining and will give them more opportunities to offer chances like this to local residents.
"This project this year has been one of the most amazing experiences for me," said White.
"It costs nothing to extend a hand in kindness. I don't have any money, so what I offer is compassion. I believe in us as a species, and I believe there's hope for us in Nelson."
Her advice: "Suspend judgement. You yell out 'get a job,' I yell back 'offer them one.' Find out why it is they're in the situation they're in."
The image chosen for the cover of the calendar was taken in the alley behind the Hume Hotel, where someone had graffiti-scrawled the phrase "I love you." Underneath a second person had written "Thanks for the love." He was moved by the public dialogue.
When asked how he chose his images, Donaldson shrugged.
"I just take pictures. I like to see beautiful things."
There will be a launch party for the calendar at the Nelson United Church at 5 p.m. on Sunday, with a potluck.


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Since the last update here, we successfully launched alongside the Global Humanitarian Overview at a high-level event in Geneva, most 2019 humanitarian response plans have InSight pages available to the public, and a slew of new features have been added. So while NASA's Mars InSight mission probes the surface of the red planet, its namesake Humanitarian InSight continues to forge ahead back on Earth.
The map and tables on the homepage link to all the pages on InSight for each response plan – simply click a response plan's name to view a set of pages for that plan. Each page can be downloaded as a print-friendly PDF, and each page element can be downloaded as an image, for use in other reporting. We're also progressively adding formatted Excel downloads for analysis.
For some initial examples, see the tables on the homepage or the cluster tables on plan pages. Excel downloads of indicator tables and mapped data are coming soon. We've also substantially improved our spot-style maps for caseloads and indicators, by adding location search and pcodes.
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For humanitarians around the world supporting response coordination, this time of year is always one of the busiest. Needs assessments, analysis, and response planning for next year compete with urgent operational priorities and reporting on current activities. And for those of us developing and improving the HPC.tools suite, it's no different.
Colleagues working in operations using project-based costing are currently transitioning to the new HPC Projects Module. This new platform replaces the ten-year-old Online Projects System (OPS) and features enhanced flexibility, a slew of new features in response to the evolving needs of the humanitarian system, and a fresh new design. You can check it out here.
Meanwhile. since HPC Viewer launched two months ago, it has been adopted by two more operations: Niger and Somalia, in addition to Burundi and Nigeria. Several more countries are in pre-publication review and should be added soon. Some features have been substantially improved too, such as PDF downloads; find these in the overflow menu (︙) near the top of each plan page.
Downloads and outputs is only one of several areas we are working on, and several major upgrades are planned for the next four to six weeks. These will include a new design for the homepage map, several improvements to plan page designs, more integrations with external data sources, and a much-needed update to this blog page.
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A very rare weekend when Sam is home.
No playing footy.
No playing cricket.
Time spent together.
The weather provided some sunny moments and we took advantage of that,
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Sam prepared the vegie patch and we planted cauliflower, beetroot, carrots, both orange and purple,
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Our pear and our apple trees are starting to blossom,
Jack will be happy,
he's usually the only one who eats them!
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While out the front, our seaside daisies are looking very bright,
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Not a day goes by when the State of Israel does not draw some attention somewhere in the world. This has become the norm. Yet not so long ago, mentions of our holy land were restricted to a few lines in our daily prayers. To past generations, the land of Israel was a dream, an ideal to be prayed for and hoped for. For us, an independent Jewish republic in the holy land is a reality and a responsibility.
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Three of the eight were students at Mercaz HaRav; five were students at Yeshivat Yerushalayim L'Tzeirim (Yashlatz). According to the school's communications director, Yaakov Cohne, "a few days after the attack, the twelfth-grade class at Yashlatz sat together and tried to think of a way to memorialize their friends which would also touch upon the difficult period they had just been through, recording their memories of their pain. This was not the pain of discouragement, but a pain characterized by prayer, growth and spiritual ascent.
"Their efforts not only led to the publication of the original Hebrew edition that was widely acclaimed and is already in its second printing, but also spurred an English translation that will serve to help inform others of the tremendous trauma suffered by our yeshiva and the Jerusalem community at large of our precious loss."
The book is a wellspring of deep inspiration and tribute for all Jews, detailing our ongoing struggles to preserve our people's rights in Eretz Yisrael. These tributes read as a kinot for Yom Hazikaron.
Eretz Yisrael in the Parshah by Moshe Lichtman (Devora Publishing, 2006) is a valued and practical anthology of references to the presence and role that Eretz Yisrael plays in our weekly Torah readings. Organized in weekly parsha installments as well as cameo holiday appearances, Rabbi Lichtman, a musmach of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate and Yeshiva University, describes in detail many of the halachic, aggadic and midrashic elements of the Torah texts that relate both directly and indirectly to the laws and history of Eretz Yisrael. Also enumerated within these pages are all the major players found in the Torah and of their roles in the history of our people during our formative years.
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This book, filled with Eretz Yisrael-oriented divrei Torah, will make an apt addition to both the Shabbos and Yom Tov table for the family.
Another book of divrei Torah in the same literary genre is titled Torah Through a Zionist Vision (Geffen Publishing, 2008) by Rabbi Avraham Feder of Jerusalem. These two volumes are a bit more expansive and are highly intellectual in their presentations. Based upon his many sermons at Moreshet Yisrael, Rabbi Feder provides a deeply thoughtful series of shiurim that reflect his passion and eloquence on behalf of both Torah and Israel. Taken together with his keen analysis of each parsha's varied themes, they make for more than just a casual read, meant to be learned and studied.
Rabbi Feder's work was recognized by Bar Ilan University, where he was honored with the Menachem Begin Prime Minister's Award for his many years of teaching Torah and chazzanut, as well as for his love for Israel.
We conclude with the following observation from Rabbi Feder:
"A Jew alive at the beginning of this century and new millennium looks at the world –– at his Jewish world. He can summarize his impressions cynically or hopefully: the more things change the more they remain the same –– anti Semitism, assimilation, apathy; or, he can invoke the Psalmist's ecstatic zeh hayom asa Hashem, nagilah venismecha vo. We have an Israel! And the Israel we have offers us as a people another chance –– another chance to work at fulfilling a covenant we agreed to eons ago ...
"Do we have a Torah adequate to the task and are we adequate to the task? Our answers to these questions should be in the affirmative. The long exile culminating in the Shoah insists that our answers be in the affirmative. But are we certain?"
That, dear readers, is our challenge every day. It is for us to learn from our sacred writings, and the books we read them in, and to apply it to our daily lives.
A version of this column originally appeared in 2009.


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Another special birthday for Miss Independence
Vasundhara Masurkar, mayor of Nagpur celebrates her birthday with India.india Updated: Aug 04, 2007 16:25 IST
As patriotic songs were sung in every part of the country, Kunda Selokar arrived in this world on the morning of Aug 15, 1947 - destined to share a birthday with her motherland.
Kunda, re-christened Vasundhara Masurkar after marriage, went on to be the mayor of Nagpur. But the nickname that really stuck on is Miss Independence.
For her 84-year-old mother, Aruna Selokar, the memories of the dawn when India gained freedom are still distinct.
"I remember to this day the tunes of the choruses that I heard coming from the 'prabhat pheris' (morning processions) taken out in our locality as the midwife put you in the bed bedside me at 2 am," Arunabai tells Kunda, now touching 60.
The chants of "Vande mataram" punctuating the songs of freedom continued as Arunabai cast her many first glances at the newborn baby and fondly stroked her soft cheeks that day.
The same patriotic fervour nurtured Kundatai as she grew up in free India, going on to be a teacher, social activist, political worker and finally mayor of Nagpur at the turn of the millennium.
Every year, after coming home from the Independence Day function in school, young Kunda would protest to her parents for not naming her appropriately - her friends and teachers would tease her for not being 'Bharati' though she was born on that golden day.
"But I felt partly compensated when my father-in-law so thoughtfully renamed me 'Vasundhara' (which means mother earth in Sanskrit)", Kundatai told IANS.
She was one of six daughters and one son in the Selokar family. Though her birthday was never celebrated with much fanfare at home, she did not mind, as the public celebrations were reason enough to rejoice.
At an Independence Day function in her St Ursula Girls' School, the principal, Madam John, called Kunda to the dais, took a floral garland and put it around her neck as other girls clapped cheerfully.
Taken completely unawares, Kunda blushed only to be told by Madam John that the garland was for the goddess of freedom "of whom you are the symbol", she reminisces.
"From that day on, I began feeling as if a special bond existed between me and the motherland - I would take great pride in drawing a map of India on the blackboard or the playground with a sketch of swatantrya-devata in it every Independence Day."
Later in her college in Gondia, near Nagpur, and then while doing her masters from Nagpur University, the diminutive Kunda was fondly nicknamed Miss Independence.
Married into the Masurkar family, Kunda felt greatly encouraged to plunge into public life.
"I set up a mahila mandal (women's group) in our locality, which is still active, and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party through which I will continue to serve society," she says.
"My birthday bond with Mother India has as much to do with my public spirit as the social orientation that I received from my parental and marital family," Vasundhara Masurkar nee Kunda Selokar insists.
She regrets like many others of her generation the lack of nationalistic feeling and public morality in today's India of self-centred, unscrupulous individuals.
But she hopes that the attempt to rekindle patriotic fervour through the celebrations of 150th anniversary of the 1857 uprising and 60th Independence Day will succeed.
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One Day of Community is back! Manchester Christian Church, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and City Year have combined forces to bring this incredible community event to our city. We are here to bless our city by providing thousands of free filled school supply backpacks, food, carnival events, prizes and lots of other fun stuff. This is a FREE event, so bring your families and join us for a day of fun and games! One Day of Community will happen rain or shine. For more information or to check for volunteer opportunities, visit www.outreachatmcc.com. When you give, lives change!
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A few favorites from this sweet couples engagement session! They drove all the way up from Maryland so they could have these special photos in the Hudson Valley where they grew up. We drove up to Perkins Tower in Bear Mountain State Park to take photographs, and it was a very popular fall weekend with hundreds of tourist around, but we managed to find some awesome spots in the woods and some amazing unobstructed views of the river just for them!