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|Author: Michael Rosenak
I begin with a confession. Whenever I return from hutz l'aretz, a rather large domain of endless sky, all the great seas, and practically all the beaches and the total land mass on earth, I recite Psalm 126: Shir hama'alot: b'shuv HaShem et shivat Tzion, hayinu k'kholmin , ("When the Lord brought back those who returned to Zion we were as dreamers").
While saying this, half to myself as befits an "enlightened" academician, I look down. In winter, I am eager to see whether it has rained plentifully in my absence. In all seasons I inspect the thoroughfare beneath us, Kvish Geha, to see whether it is crowded, assuring myself that the stream of life and activity goes on. I nod approvingly at the Judaean hills that frame the valley of Lod. Gradually I am satisfied that everything is as it should be. This dot in space that is the center of my world is still here; it hasn't evaporated into the torrid sky nor been submerged into the sea, and it isn't a mirage nursed by a feverish collective imagination amidst the expanses of God's (and the Gentiles') world. I never take the land absolutely for granted; confronted each time anew with its concrete and "earthy" reality, I am like a dreamer.
The Shir hama'alot, the sense of dreamlike return, of being blessed by what may not be taken for granted, of arriving each time with concern and gratitude make me, I suppose, a pilgrim. Even now, alter thirty-five and more years of residence, citizenship, army, loans, hamsin headaches, exasperations and enthusiasms, a sense of belonging. What sparks of holiness do I bring to this holy place with which to ignite moments of sanctity and significance? Or should I be content to live by "what has been given to me to hear" from others, from books read, sentiments rehearsed, traditions remembered?
Such "wisdom of hearing" may not be spurned or deva lued, certainly not by Jews. In reading and listening I have always been particularly struck by the Israelite oleh regel, the pilgrim to Jerusalem who, in making his declaration over the first fruits, recalls the ancients and their exodus from Egypt, and proclaims that "I have come unto the land which God swore to our ancestors." Then, the basket of produce having been placed by the priest before the altar, the pilgrim expresses gratitude at God's redemptive acts: "And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey." Even after many generations, the pilgrim has just "come into the land," having been, as though it were today, "brought to this place."
There are many such segments, ancient and modern, sacred and seemingly prosaic, that one may bring to "this place," that may bring one here. I personally owe much to Martin Buber, who saw the task imposed on the Jewish people to transform the land of Canaan into the Land of Israel. Often, Maurice Samuel's wonderful book, Harvest in the Desert enters my mind. He wrote movingly of a land of ghosts, where the dead had been permitted to crowd out the living, where one continues to walk in footsteps larger than life, a land to which we may now return after having been "dislocated" for two millennia or so.
But with due respect and acknowledgement to the holy thoughts of others, I also bring something of my own. We all have particular experiences, some that teach us "accidentally," others that we may believe were purposefully sent our way. From these, we learn to perceive images, which, coming together, give us "master stories" by which we live. These stories, may, sooner or later, become a sustained vision through which we both find our continuity and the ability to grow-to be challenged and to have courage. Here I shall speak of these images and stories and say something of the vision.
My first focused "national," that is, non-family-or -synagogue experience of being a Jew took place in the spring of 1938 when, with my parents and sister I traveled from Bremen, my birthplace, to Hamburg and the American consulate there. On the train, I was set to learning the English sentence, "My name is Michael Rosenak." That was to impress the Americans there. Regrettably, the American consular official, bland and irritable, asked for my name in heavily accented German, which left me uncomprehending and mute. He dismissingly patted me on the head, said "never mind," and proceeded to weigh and otherwise examine me. The upshot of that family interview-examination was that my mother, father and sister were welcome to come to the United States but not "the boy" who was apparently retarded, clearly underweight and doubtless prone to many illnesses that America could do without. My quick-witted parents promptly requested another interview and immediately booked passage for four. In August, filled with liver injections and blessed with a consular interviewer who addressed me in understandable German, I was given a visa too. So, by the grace of an official who was better disposed, or more talented or hadn't quarreled that morning with his wife, I got to New York and not Bergen-Belsen or Auschwitz.
This is not meant to be yet another Holocaust story, for it isn't. Nothing horrible happened to me. But it was apparently traumatic enough-seeing the anger, tension and fear of my parents on these excursions-to make me a political Zionist once I developed the conceptions to go along with the gut feeling. Even now, fifty-six years later, when "papers" must be produced at ports of entry, it makes me irrationally uneasy. Except at home, in Israel.
My mother was the first to provide positive Eretz Yisrael content for that inchoate negative experience. She was a lifelong Zionist, having been a madrikha in the Blau-Weiss youth movement as early as 1913. For a time, her idea of a proper Shabbat afternoon activity for her children was reading to them from the Zionist weekly, The New Palestine. From such writings and my mother's own descriptions (she had been to Palestine twice!) I learned to see "the new Palestine" as a marvelous place of broad fields, redeemed from swamps by dauntless pioneers, a land of medical miracles, deserts "brought to life" and an "all-Jewish city," Tel Aviv, where, as in the calendars hanging in so many Jewish kitchens, the white plaster houses gleamed in the sun hanging from a faultlessly blue sky-bright and spotless.
Naturally I found myself in a Zionist youth movement, Hashomer Hadati, a dynamic but somehow maverick group of fervent socialists who were also Orthodox Jews. We couldn't believe how bad the recent past had been and knew that if there was a beneficent Providence, the future had to be now. For this we pleaded and this we demanded, knowing that it placed responsibility on us too. We sang Oi ad matai yikhye amainu b'li moledet ("O, till when will our people live without a homeland") but changed the "national charge" in the song Ad asher yidabru sfatam ("till they speak their language") to Ad asker yiskmeru datam ("till they practice their religion"). At the same time, "dialectically," we solemnly declared that those who had no intention of going to kibbutz had better stay in the United States and not bring their corrupt bourgeois ways to the Holy Land.
Just about the time the United Nations decided on the partition of Palestine, our movement merged with Bnai Akiva, which the more "consistent" and "principled" members saw as a surrender to adult domination and middle class domestication. The partition plan too, however exhilarating, seemed like a surrender. At the time I was a young teenager; the linoleum carpet in my room was a map of the United States. Our family bought a huge map which went on sale in honor of the U.N. resolution, a huge and shiny thing showing "the Jewish and Arab states" in garish colors. What I saw I couldn't believe, though I had long known it. I measured and re-measured the coastal plain, distances between towns, how much (or little) of the Galilee had been left us, how Jerusalem had been taken away. I looked at that, glanced at the carpet-map of the United States and wondered whether this was a mirage after all, or some kind of joke. Was this to be the eretz hemda tova urkhava we lauded in the blessing after meals? For a while my sentiments were with Menachem Begin and his Irgun Zvi Leumi revisionists. I hummed their hymn, Shtai gedot layarden, zu skelanu zu gam ken ("There are two sides to the Jordan and that is ours too") but that didn't last. I have always distrusted such types and dislike their pathos, populism and fascination with national honor; only much later did I gain some appreciation for the man. Despite an instinctive aversion for his politics, I think I discovered, while he was prime minister, what he loved, what caused him pain. Though I am basically a "peacenik," Begin does not occupy a dishonorable place in my private group portrait of the Jewish people.
Israel first became real for me in 1954 when, as a post-B.A. student, I participated in a half-year course for graduating students of Jewish teachers' colleges and seminaries, a forerunner of what later was to become Machon Greenberg and its "religious" sister, Machon Gold.
We arrived by boat, in Haifa, to a great view of the bay. The Carmel mountains, which I "of course" knew from Elijah and the prophets of Baal, were hardly overpowering but the view was wide; not what I expected from my map of 1947. Only later did I realize that the view to the left led on to Rosh Hanikra, on the Lebanese border, a good several inches from Haifa on that map. It was a splendid September morning, but soon turned unbearably hot. The huge port halls, strewn with luggage, were dirty and disorderly. Flies and people vied for mouthfuls of dry cakes and jelly candies sold from tinny platters. The toilets lacked seats; it was explained to us that this was for hygienic purposes (but of course for that hygiene to work, you had to know how to use them) We didn't. Finally after what seemed like endless formalities and processing and reclaiming, we were boarded on a bus to Jerusalem.
The journey was indeed like the posters and pictures, but fatigue made it less so the mountains looked tired, and the fields plowed up to receive the expected rains added to the general brownish appearance of things. Jerusalem, reached after dragging up the winding "seven sisters" road of those days, was deep in the provincial slumber of its pre-Kollek era. In our hotel the rooms were quite comfortable and quite monastic. There was seldom hot water when you wanted it, and eggplant was the staple of our main meals. The views from the window were thick with the ordinary but bordering on the exotic Hassidim walked on early Shabbat mornings to worship, slowly, resolutely, serene but grim, as though on a stage to be eternally crossed. People seemed continually gathering for the movie performances at the cinema across the street, and then was a falafel store at the corner where the loudest were served first. None of this was like mother's The New Palestine. So naturally, I looked forward to my first trip to Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, I knew, would be different.
It was. It was hotter. The white of the houses in southern Tel Aviv where my grandmother lived, was in various stages of discoloring, the structures blotchy and peeling. More than in Jerusalem there was frenetic running to and fro, and much espresso drinking at kiosks, served in tiny cups, paid for in currency the color and size of monopoly money, bills with the texture of perennially damp and pre-wrinkled Kleenex tissue.
Tel Aviv was definitely a disappointment but Jerusalem grew on me. By the time I came home at the end of January, via Paris of course, I knew that I would spend my life in Israel, that it was the only place for me.
Why? Basically I think, because in the images and encounters of that time, I discovered that where the Jews were a people, my identity felt different, more "right," a bit scary and very exciting. I had enjoyed being a Jew before that; there was no sudden discovery of identity. But it was no longer enough to have the feeling of walking between the raindrops of history, of knowing that it was "really" Shabbat or Yom Kippur or whatever Jewish things were going on in Heaven and in our hearts while buses roared, stores opened for business, and The New York Times appeared on the stands. It remains because of my empathy for the Galut theology of Franz Rosenzweig-endearing, and even somehow heroic, but no longer enough. In Israel, Jewishness was comprehensively serious and many people, in ways sometimes profound and sometimes ridiculous, took it seriously. And showed me how much there was to it.
Our semester of study. and its direct educational content taught me much of this. There were tiyulim with Z'ev Vilnai, doyen of guides, almost a caricature of new Jewish sturdiness, an inspired teacher of landscapes. He explained exactly what you saw everywhere; like Adam of old, he thought that everything you named you actually possessed. I "got the picture" of this land through him: a few plains, some ridges of mountains, a number of valleys and everywhere, always close at hand, the hills of Golan, Gil'ad, Moab, and Edom, unapproachable or, as Vilnai liked to put it, karega lo beyadainu ("at the moment not in our hands"). The latter was always said with a soulful sigh, a momentary depression. Which lifted quickly when Z'ev, who saw us as "religious but positive types," declared: Hevraiye, zeh makom NEHEDAR l'hitpallel Minkha ("Guys, this is a MARVELLOUS place to daven Minkha"). We davened and he watched happily. "Yehudim nekhmadim," he muttered contentedly and sipped black coffee.
Then there was Nechama Leibowitz, who taught us Humash from her huge and yellowing sheets of problems and questions; her brother, Yeshaiyahu, who warned us that the demise of Jewishness in the Jewish state was imminent unless people finally became sensible enough to adopt his views; Joseph Klausner, who presented his interpretation of Jewish history and begged us to do only one thing, "read my books." And then there was Agnon who smiled, talked and "benched" like a ghetto Jew of yesteryear but mischievously or, as our literature teacher would have said, ironically. All these people, I understood now, took Jewish matters with absolute seriousness, but not only as scholars. They were constantly arguing as though the most weighty issues were now being decided, maybe for good, and they had incredible funds of data at their fingertips that indicated not only how much they had studied but also, what it was that really interested them. The general impression was that Jewish matters were finally back where they belonged; all one had to do was to pick up some threads and continue working on the original tapestry, hoping the half-forgotten picture of the future would then come into view.
To my surprise, much of this seriousness was permeated with religiosity. I had thought of "the Israelis" as brazen iconoclasts, except of course for the Meah Shearim people and my haverim in religious kibbutzim. The secular people were often more passionate than I had imagined, but there was much beside that. Not only the professors of Judaica, but the kids at minyan in the Bnai Akiva "house" near our hotel, in winter apparel of grey or blue zip-up woolen sweaters, davening with concentration, without frills, earnestly yet surprisingly musical; pious though not always very observant Sepharadim explaining that they had hovered on the edges of the homeland throughout the generations, waiting for redemption, while the Ashkenazim had made themselves comfortable to the four corners of the earth.
Several other experiences come to mind. I am traveling on an Egged bus late at night. Next to me a heavily bearded Jew engages me in conversation. Quickly I understand that he is one of the Neturei Karta or close to them, opposed to "the Zionists" and "their" state, indignant at their iniquities. I defend "the Zionists," of course, but what do I know? He is so knowledgeable, he lives here, his piety seems impeccable. And my Hebrew is weak. Suddenly, salvation comes from the seat in front of mine. A middle-aged man, squat and sturdy, turns around and says angrily: "You can say what you want against Ben Gurion and the government. But you may not speak against Medinat Yisrael. Why are you poisoning the heart of this young Jew? Maybe he wants to come on aliyah. Why are you poisoning his mind?" It was one of the moments in which I discovered that, yes, I was coming on aliyah. I was thankful to that secular Jew but could not thank him. The whole scene seemed awkward. It's not the kind of encounter the New York subway prepares you for.
Another moment: I have volunteered, like several in our group, to teach new olim in the Ma'abara of Talpiot. Several evenings a week, I board a bus at the central post office for what seems like a different world. This project is organized by an elderly man, Yaakov Maimon [click here for a full article on him], a meshuga ladavar, who wishes new immigrants to have one-to-one contact with people who can teach Hebrew. My "student" is a middle-aged woman from Morocco; my task, to read and discuss Elef Milim with her. The particular passage we are reading is about Herzl and his ream of a Jewish state. Suddenly she asks, "Yes, but who was this Herzl?" I am astounded, she doesn't know who Herzl was! I started to explain and then thought, it important? Should I colonize her rough Elef Milim? But then, how shall we become one people if we don't even share Herzl? On the other hand, what's Herzl compared to parashat hashavuah? But will we share that? How will we live together? Another moment of disclosure. This woman and I, we are the Jewish people coming together again in Medinat Yisael. And we don't have a lot in common.
Another time, it is late afternoon. My friends and I are walking along Jaffa Road, ostensibly to get some provisions, actually to feel Jerusalem. The streets are narrow as they are in that "downtown" area to this day. There is an incredible mixture of people, self-conscious "yekes" in jackets and ties, Moroccans in much more casual and colorful dress, Eastern European types, tired and determined, many of whom are simply poor. The light s fading dramatically, the crowds are jostling, and what comes to mind is a verse we have just studied from Ezekiel, in the vision that precedes the one of the valley of dry bones. "As the sheep brought for sacrifice to Jerusalem in its festive seasons, so shall the destroyed cities be filled with flocks of people and you shall know that I am the Lord" (36:38). The prophecy, I think, is about this, now! And I am part of it.
Much has changed, and so have I. In any case, it is not by the light of flickering memory images that life is lived. Life includes making friends and sometimes losing them, worrying about one's family, obtaining bank credit, experiencing successes and failures. Amidst all this there has to be, as already said, a master …changes educate to critique as well as to love, teach discrimination between fancy phrases and faith, evoke concern as well as enthusiasm. The images of "seriousness" that I described so glowingly are often crowded out by others, also "serious." There is serious hatred for us among our Arab neighbors, and this is sometimes reciprocated, for we have difficulties with the fact that we share this land with them. There are the "serious" ways in which Haredim despise and manipulate the manifestations of Jewish sovereignty. There is a new class of bright people who are most serious when playing tennis or being otherwise casual, "with it." And there are features of narrowness in our own tradition that come to light in the societal context of our own country, features that deserve more serious theological and even halakhic consideration from "the religious" than they receive, including the relationships between Jews and non-Jews, where we are the majority. Dati'im should be most concerned with them, davka because of their loyalty to the tradition as a whole, though it is annoying when secularists point this out. Yet, where they exhibit lack of concern, it is jarring and disturbing.
So there must be something beyond snatches of biblical poetry, beyond the memories of landscape which have, in part, disappeared beneath new towns and shopping malls; beyond flashes of identity on buses that have become air-conditioned double-deckers caught in traffic jams. There has to be a steady vision, not something that falls on you like manna from heaven, but like the air that (no less miraculously) you breathe. Sometimes such a vision makes things certain, but often it perplexes and sometimes it invites despair. Ultimately, however, it gives an orientation. At its heart there is something holy that has been received and brought to this little land so that it may remain holy. My vision is what I begin learning throughout the experiences described, and what I have been relearning since then.
In brief, it is that if Judaism is "serious," it must, for me at least, be where the Jews are a people and where the land is the one "allotted" to it. Like the Jewish people itself, the land may be small, intemperate and often not terribly impressive. Only so until you get to know it and discover the singularity of a solitary tree giving shade, a hidden wadi refreshing a desert dipped in blue and yellow pastels, the gratitude of parched earth in autumn around the time …. Its beauty and depth, like that of its people, is precisely in its unreliability laden with promise, in its dependence, not on nature and the natural course of events but on God whose mercies are sometimes scarce yet "endure forever."
Looking at the land and the people "assigned" to it by the Maker-of Heaven and Earth and the judge of nations, you discover that everything can be, but need not necessarily be, excruciatingly beautiful, that plentitude is partial and that everything but the fear of Heaven depends on Heaven, which leaves a great deal. Because everything is always precarious, things are never serene. Therefore when people praise Heaven, they are also wishfully praying. "Thank the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever," means, too, Lu Yehi, let it be, this season and this year as well.
That, of course, is also the central theme of Succot, the festival our sages called Chag, the festival. No festival is more "in Galut" elsewhere, none more at home here. Its symbols are nurtured by Judaism's land and reflect it: the designation of the impermanent Succah as symbol of divine Providence; four species held tightly together, from the frail and always withering arava to the majestic but slow ripening etrog; Kohelet read in the midst of rejoicing; prayers for rain in solemn liturgy in the midst of thanksgiving.
Before the Six Day War-or perhaps it was the War of Independence-it was told of two Jews who met on the street. "What will happen to us?" the first asked the second. The reply: "There will have to be some miracles, that's for sure." The first sternly warned: "Don't rely on miracles. Do something. Say Tehillim" (Psalms).
That sounds whimsical, a typical Jewish story, impractical, impotent. Have we not learned here, in our own land, that what we need is a good army, sound finances, intelligent government? But even if we had all of that, Tehillim too would seem like a good idea. It resonates well against this landscape, in which to thank the Lord is to pray, in gratitude and uncertainty, that it may be well with this arid land that was promised to be a land of milk and honey, and with the people of Israel the abused and troubled nation of promise. And also that it may be well with the world in which we are now enabled to stand, in the blinding sunlight of our own land, among the peoples. In wonder, and as in a dream.
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The Boy Scouts of America's talk of reversing its ban on openly gay scouts and leaders has divided the 100-year-old organization's biggest participants: churches.
Of the more than 100,000 scouting units in the U.S., nearly 70 percent are chartered by faith-based groups, according to BSA statistics. Conservative denominations and movements that denounce homosexual behavior control some big numbers.
Leadership at the conservative ministry Focus on the Family worries lifting the ban means diluting the Scout Oath to "keep morally straight" to "morally neutral."
But progressive church leaders point to the inclusive concepts of the Scout Law, "kind," "friendly" and "brave."
The policy change, if it is made, would allow religious, civic and educational organizations to decide locally whether troops may include openly gay leaders and members. BSA is expected to make its announcement Wednesday.
Focus president Jim Daly said in a recent blog post that what is at stake in the debate is "the character and safety of the boys involved."
"Does this put boys at greater risk of molestation? I think the research shows that, regarding the molestation that has happened in the Boy Scouts, there was a connection to homosexuality, " Daly said to in a telephone interview from Focus' Colorado Springs headquarters.
"I think it's a fair debate to have," Daly said. "We have a deep disagreement about what is best for our children."
A mass exodus from scouting by conservative groups could damage the BSA, which already has seen more than a 20 percent decline in membership since the 1990s.
Boy Scout figures for 2011 show the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, accounts for almost half of the faith-based charters and one-third of total scout units. The small LDS ward-based chapters include almost 421,000 boys — about 16 percent of the country's 2.7 million scouts.
LDS spokeswoman Jessica Moody said it would be inappropriate to comment about the proposed changed to leadership policy until it is made.
However, in 2000, when there was a legal challenge to the exclusion of gays, LDS church lawyers argued before the U.S. Supreme Court they would leave the organization if forced to accept openly gay members.
The Catholic Church's 8,570 units and almost 284,000 scouts accounted for about 11 percent of all U.S. scouts in 2011. Local Catholic leaders, too, declined to comment on any policy change before BSA's final decision, but the National Catholic Committee on Scouting opposes the proposed change, according to the Christian Newswire.
Scouting's Denver Area Council also delayed comment, calling it premature.
Yet United Church of Christ congregations nationwide announced they observed this year's National Boy Scout Sunday "with more enthusiasm and conviction" because the Boy Scouts were reconsidering the 35-year official policy of exclusion.
UCC congregations, which sponsored 1,221 chapters with nearly 39,000 scouts, hung banners welcoming the change and all scouts.
Golden Troop 130's scoutmaster, Jason Pettis, said, speaking only for himself, he thinks it would be a good policy to place the decision with local organizations.
"We would definitely have to have a conversation. I personally would certainly welcome (gays) and be inclusive," Pettis, whose First United Methodist troop has 60 registered and 40 active scouts.
The United Methodist Church held the second-largest number of scouting charters in 2011: It had more than 11,000 units with more than 371,000 scouts (about 14 percent of national total).
But Southern Baptist Convention leader Frank Page said: "This is going to lead to a disintegration of faith-based values."
Baptist congregations combined chartered almost 4,100 chapters with more than 109,000 scouts (roughly 4 percent of all scouts) in 2011.
Daly said he was less concerned about boys who identify as gay than about homosexual men leading and protecting the boys. And the idea that conservative chapters could insulate themselves from the change is faulty, he said, because troops congregate at larger events, such as the National Jamboree.
Gay rights groups point out that child sexual abuse of scouts by pedophiles occurred before any policy change and by perpetrators who hid their sexual identities. They also argue most psychologists hold that child molesters don't have an adult sexual orientation — heterosexual or homosexual — but are attracted by age rather than gender.
It's difficult defending timeless, biblical values, Daly said. He understands the pressure BSA has been under, he said.
Pettis said views on political topics shouldn't be part of scouting.
"No one should be pushing any agenda," Pettis said. "We're here to do the scouting program only. It's an opportunity for boys to experience things above and beyond what they get at home and at school."
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The Boy Scout oath is:
On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to God and my country. To help other people at all times, to obey the Scout Law, and to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
The law is:
A Scout is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — From the South to the heartland, the once-solid wall of Republican resistance to President Barack Obama's health care law is cracking.
Ahead of a federal deadline Friday for states to declare their intentions, Associated Press reporters interviewed governors and state officials around the country.
AP found surprising openness to the overhaul in some cases, continued opposition in others — and a widespread, urgent desire for answers on key unresolved details.
Republican-led New Mexico and Mississippi are going ahead with new state insurance markets under the law.
Iowa and Ohio are considering partnerships with Washington.
And Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a staunch opponent of what Republicans dismiss as "Obamacare" now says he wants to "get to yes."
Eventually some 30 million uninsured people are expected to gain coverage through the law.
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BOSTON — Even those arguing most ardently for Tyler Seguin to receive increased playing time and a role on the power play had to think twice this morning while the Bruins were working on their man-advantage.
A Seguin one-timer during one drill wounded power forward Milan Lucic's foot. The bulky winger was OK, but the collective breath of New England was held for a few seconds.
"I one-timed it but it hit the top of his skate, so it's really like that much off the ice, so I apologized and he was laughing," said Seguin after he practiced with the power play and on a new even-strength line with Chris Kelly and Michael Ryder at the TD Garden. "Lucky it was 'Looch' or else I'd be kind of worried. But he's pretty tough."
There's no telling yet whether Patrice Bergeron will be ready to play for tomorrow night's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final with Tampa Bay. Nor can we know whether head coach Claude Julien would keep Seguin, who made his Stanley Cup playoff debut in Boston's Game 1 loss Saturday, in a Bergeron-included lineup.
But today Seguin got some time on both power play units and then skated with Kelly as his center with Rich Peverley moved to the line with Brad Marchand and Mark Recchi that Bergeron has vacated.
"I think they're both great players, great all-around players," said Seguin about the two veteran centers. "Kelly definitely thrives in the D zone, that's one of his specialties. So I think he's going to bring something new to the line because we did have those two goals scored against us in the first period [of Game 1], so hopefully he'll help us out."
Julien explained earlier this week that he didn't use Seguin to try to save Boston's 2-for-41 power play because he wanted to slowly break in the rookie to life in the playoffs. Now it appears he's ready to give the 19-year-old a little more responsibility.
That's the patient approach the Bruins have taken with Seguin all year. It's a philosophy they hope will pay off the way it has in other cities with other highly regarded prospects.
"He hadn't played a playoff game yet and we give him a little bit to chew on and then we give him maybe opportunities if need be in other areas. But he's a young player that we care about and want to make sure that we develop him properly, and that's part of the decision we've made as an organization is not to rush him through anything," said Julien. "And the example is probably [James] van Riemsdyk from Philly, how good he has been this year and yet he was healthy scratch a lot of times last year and he's turned out to be a pretty good player.
"So everybody has an opportunity to develop their players the way they want. And we're doing that."
Seguin has publicly handled his situation with aplomb throughout the season. Today he explained that even when he wasn't on the power play, and wasn't even in the lineup, he took in the power-play meetings. He watched the power-play drills from the bench a couple times last week.
So far, it seems like the development process is working, even if it's going too slow from some people. Seguin said that he knows how many people are calling talk radio and writing stories to urge the Bruins to play him more. He appreciates the love, but is remaining patient.
"I definitely feel the love from the fans," he said. "And maybe it's because I'm the young guy or whatever. But it's definitely a great feeling to have that fan support.
"But again, I'm just going to stay ready."


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They forgot me!
If they aren't talking to middle aged, former athletes from Canada that were too slow and too small to play a high level of football they aren't really beating the bushes.
Even though the Jets have picked so well the last few years I almost feel bad for the scouts when we trade away half our draft and they end up with 3 picks.


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Submission + - Experts See Mobile Phones as 'Health Time Bomb' (itproportal.com)
hypnosec writes: Heath experts in the UK have warned that mobile phones are a 'health time bomb' about to go off and have asked the government to issue warning to the public. Health experts have pointed to more than 200 medical studies that link diseases such as brain tumors to the use of mobile phones. In a report released by experts, they have blasted the government for refusing to heed their warning and tell the public about the health risks that they face due to continuous exposure to mobile phones. According to the report, young children were at the maximum risk as their skulls were not thick enough to fend off the radiation.


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Longer telomeres would increase the risk of getting cancer at an earlier age.
longer the 'normal' yes? but what about telomeres that have been artificially shortened? Can the be returned to normal.
That's the question.
The ideal therapy would involve determining the probability of a dangerous mutation then resizing all the telomeres accordingly. You don't want excessively long telomeres (it's an intentional self-destruct mechanism for preventing a cell damaged over time from becoming malignant) just as you don't want telomeres being too short.
Cancer cells are not necessarily ones with over-long telomeres - typically what happens is that the cell's mechanism for shortening the telomeres breaks so that the cell can replicate forever. That doesn't, however, mean that it will or that the replication will occur in a timeframe that's of any significance. You'd have to have additional damage to cell mechanisms for that. If you can modify telomere length on-the-fly, the easiest one is to shorten all the telomeres in a person to something that'll only allow a few copies, then close to the deadline lengthen them just a little. That way, if a cell goes nuts and replicates excessively prior to the telomere system breaking, it'll suicide before it reaches the point of being able to replicate forever.
A better option, though considerably further into the future, would be to modify the repair mechanism in DNA to be rather more reliable. The better-able DNA is at fixing damage, the longer you can make the telomeres without it causing harm. As it stands, the mechanism has limited value. So much so that mtDNA has no such mechanism at all and can handle such a state just fine.
Of course, it helps that mitochondrial DNA is much shorter. The current nucleic DNA is a combination of the original nucleic DNA plus a lot of DNA from symbiotic organisms that became part of the cell and eventually became part of the nucleus, PLUS a great many retroviruses. Perhaps 8-10% of nucleic DNA is from fossil viruses (some still active) and according to recent studies perhaps another 40% is from other external sources.
It aught to be possible to take a fully-sequenced (and I MEAN fully-sequenced) human genome and optimize it. There'll be plenty of genes that belong to fossil lifeforms that serve no useful purpose as far as the human host and the microflora within the host are concerned. (That's over 5,500 lifeforms, so you've got to be very sure of these things.) Decrufting and compacting the human genome would likely reduce the risk of dangerous mutations. It may be that replacing the central DNA core with an XNA core would also help, but I saw nothing in that article about whether XNA molecules have the capacity to unwind properly and replicate, only that XNA had been constructed and was able to carry the same base pairs. This solution is in the FAR future (Star Trek timeframe at best) but there's nothing there that breaks any known rule. We can already do some of the steps, the main reason I'm putting it 500+ years in the future is that the problem space grows exponentially with the number of genes and even quantum computers aren't going to have sufficient power to handle a space that large for a very very long time. If ever. GM is unpredictable enough when adding/deleting single genes, but compacting DNA would involve wholesale rewrites of the genetic code.
We've known for a long time that subordinate monkeys have worse health and live shorter lives in general than dominant monkeys, but this is one of the first studies that describe how this actually happens, genetically and physiologically.
In human societies, we've known about this since the Industrial Revolution. -_- It's hardly a shocking finding that when you get the crap kicked out of you and live in constant fear, under stress, and working hard, you die sooner.
I've heard of this. But what I want to know is this. Are the shortening of the telomeres caused by...
A:) poor diet, exercise, and lack of nutrition.
B:) Stress hormones causing destruction of our own DNA.
If it's "B", I'm really fucked! I have so much stress these last 5 years that I've about had breakdown (life, economy, working long hours to keep my job..ect). I don't drink, smoke, or do anything physically abusive. But I feel like I've aged 10 years. Now multiply that by however many American's and Europeans are going through the same shit in the Great Depression part 2.
I have so much stress these last 5 years that I've about had breakdown (life, economy, working long hours to keep my job..ect). I don't drink, smoke, or do anything physically abusive. But I feel like I've aged 10 years.
Have you ever thought about indulging yourself a little and having a beer once in a while, just to take the edge off a little? Too much of anything is bad, of course, by definition, but a little can go a long way. I've long had the suspicion that people in cultures where alcohol is completely prohibited tend to get too worked up over small and unimportant things. I also treasure the evenings where my friends and I drink a little more than we should; we get to collectively step out of our normal controlled selves for a while, bond, and do stupid, childish stuff. In an utterly unscientific way, I suspect that whatever harm the alcohol does to our bodies will be offset by the fun we have. And even if our bodies are harmed a little, and our lives shortened a little, at least we had fun.
Just my 2 cents.
It's likely related. Telomeres don't shorten on their own. One (of several) environmentally-controlled systems in the cells is the epigenome - a string of proteins that controls how DNA is interpreted. It may well be that emotional stress alters the epigenome in areas affecting the immune system and telomeres.
(There's some evidence that highly stressed adult humans are also more susceptible to cancer, and cancer again is linked to both the immune system and the telomere system.)
I think we're going to find that a number of things we've taken for granted as the "right way" for a society to function will prove to be carcinogenic and/or physically toxic. It will be interesting to see if that results in societies changing or whether they deem subjecting carcinogens and toxins on others to be a fundamental freedom (or that people are expendable anyway, or that the science isn't agreed on by 107.3% of all toothpick manufacturers, etc).
Telomeres don't shorten on their own, as you say. The traditional understanding is that they shorten when DNA replicates itself. Cell splits into two copies and the copies have shorter telomeres, limiting the number of times they can reproduce. Applying Ockham's Razor, it seems that the simplest explanation for two otherwise similar individuals of similar ages to have differing telomere lengths is that the individual with the shorter telomeres has experienced more cell death over their lifetime, so more of their cells are replacements. That can be explained by exposure to drugs or alcohol in the womb, poor nutrition, heightened stress levels causing cell death through various mechanisms, as well as plain old physical trauma. Given that explanation of how growing up in an abusive home could lead to shorter telomeres, is another explanation necessary? Does there have to be some special mechanism shortening telomeres to explain the results of this study, or does the traditional explanation that telomeres shorten with every cell division cover it?
...the high ranking males mounting the lower ranking males.
And people say gay sex isn't natural why again?
interkin3tic's post seems like an example of sex-related behavior that's about something besides the sex.
And people say gay sex isn't natural why again?
The same high ranking male can utilize beating with a stick, hitting with a stone, biting, throwing off the tree, chasing away from food... all these things are natural, but it doesn't mean that they are socially progressive or good for you. They are all punishments.
It's already known that stress can seem to accelerate aging. Ever see those pictures of presidents before a term, then after? 4 years passed for everybody else, but it looks like they aged 10 years.
Psyche and soma are not fully distinguishable.
Actually, it was pretty good science.
More study recommended? of course. I can't find anything in their methodological the would be bad. What did you find?
What's that, you haven't read the study? ah, STFU.
Remember when they used to teach that humans exhale co2, inhale oxygen? And plants "inhale" CO2, and release oxygen? Turns out they take in oxygen [google.com], too.
It used to be taught that environmental factors during an organism's lifetime (malnutrition, etc.) did not have an effect on the genetic heritage of offspring (you get a "clean slate" of DNA, so to speak). The opposing idea, that, e.g., giraffes are tall because their ancestors had to reach up to the tall leaves, and then they had long-necked kid giraffes wa
But here we are with a study that says environmental factors can leave a genetic mark.
Is this the first time you've heard of epigenetics?
Quite possibly so (it's not my field). Care to share?
It used to be taught that environmental factors during an organism's lifetime (malnutrition, etc.) did not have an effect on the genetic heritage of offspring (you get a "clean slate" of DNA, so to speak). [...] But here we are with a study that says environmental factors can leave a genetic mark.
The study was about somatic cells, eg "body cells" that make up the specialized tissues of your body. Your offspring are formed from germ cells, found in your gonads, and consequently your offspring can only inherit DNA from your germ cells, but never your somatic cells (except in the case of cloning or other artificial techniques).
Telomeres are the "endcaps" of chromosomal DNA. Every time a chromosome is copied, a small portion at the ends of the chromosome get "left off" of the copy, which limits the number of time a cell can divide before the telomeres are consumed and functional DNA segments begin to be deleted. This (usually) prevents cells from reproducing in an uncontrolled fashion, and it's one of your body's main defenses against cancer. That's how it works in somatic cells.
Germ cells, on the other hand, can express a ribozyme called "telomerase," which can bind to the ends of a chromosome and extend the telomeres. This is why animals can reproduce indefinitely even though 99% of their cells are "mortal." (As others have pointed out, when a somatic cell begins to express telomerase it's usually cancer.)
The upshot of all of this is that shortened telomeres in your somatic cells will have no direct effect on your offspring. This particular study in no way supports the idea that environmental factors are responsible for genetic changes in offspring. Your post is therefore ill-informed even if your thesis is correct ("almost everything they teach in American public school is either wrong or simplified to the point of uselessness?").
To rectify your error, your homework assignment for tonight is to study the enzymes called "telomerase" and "reverse transcriptase," followed by learning the "central dogma of biology."
Hey, there's a reason this guy is the Emperor. Thanks!
what doesn't kill 'em makes 'em weaker.
I think they have the cause and effect backwards. It is not that abuse causes short telomeres, rather, the short telomeres cause abuse. No, really. Most child abuse is from family members
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While shea butter is advertised as a soothing additive to lotions and soaps, the women behind "Stories of Hope" will tell a far different story.
Wright, president and CEO of SYI, Teviu, co-founder, and Petey, a shea butter producer from Ghana, will highlight tales of shea butter production from the mouths of women who spend countless hours producing this highly sought-after beauty product. Female producers are paid very little and are not acknowledged in any way for their hard work, but remain working with the hopes of bettering their children's lives.
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No. 6 Aggies prepare for part 2 with No. 1 Alabama
No. 6 Aggies prepare for part 2 with No. 1 AlabamaTexas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) reacts after a penalty call against Texas A&M during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Sam Houston State Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Everything went right for No. 6 Texas A&M in last year's upset of top-ranked Alabama that helped launch Johnny Manziel's run to the Heisman Trophy.
As the Aggies prepare for the rematch, they insist it's just another game, saying it so much it almost seems as if they are trying to convince themselves.
But no matter how much they repeat the sentiment that's being fed to them by coach Kevin Sumlin and the rest of the staff, everyone knows that it isn't just another game. It's arguably the biggest game in the program's history.
As much as Sumlin tries to downplay the hype surrounding this week, even those in his family aren't buying that it's business as usual. He said his 9- and 11-year-old sons watch television and see all the satellite trucks parked near the stadium.
''They recognize how big things are,'' he said with a laugh.
Things have changed drastically for the Aggies since last year's meeting with the two-time defending national champion. The biggest difference is the focus on their captivating Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback. Interest in Manziel has reached such a fever pitch that CBS will have a camera focused solely on him for the entirety of Saturday's game, which they've dubbed the ''Johnny Cam.''
Sumlin understands the extra attention paid to Manziel. But he certainly doesn't like it.
''Everything that we do here at Texas A&M is about team and it's about building our team, building our program and not the individual,'' Sumlin said. ''Saturday afternoon you're going to have two football teams, and I just don't understand why there's got to be one guy singled out with a camera. That's not what we try to be about, that's not what we promote.''
Manziel spoke after Saturday's win over Sam Houston State for the first time since SEC media day. Many expected him to talk about Alabama on Tuesday, but he was not made available. The reason, according to Sumlin, was out of his hands.
''He and his family and his advisors and lawyers have advised him not to talk and I'll respect his wishes on that,'' Sumlin said.
Manziel threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 92 more to help A&M to last year's 29-24 victory in Tuscaloosa. Manziel was known as an intriguing dual-threat quarterback and dynamic playmaker before that game. But his performance in the win catapulted him to another level, and helped him become the first freshman to win the Heisman.
Running back Ben Malena marveled at how the perception of Manziel changed after that game, and he's eager to face Alabama again.
''Last year the Alabama game was a stage for the whole world to see what kind of player he is,'' Malena said. ''He deserved it along with this team, to be put on a stage to show what we can do and what he can do. I think this Saturday is another similar stage and the world is going to see how much better and how much more he has progressed along with the whole team.''
Manziel started on Saturday after sitting out the first half of Texas A&M's opener serving a suspension for what the school called an ''inadvertent'' violation of NCAA rules involving signing autographs.
Malena believes the offense made strides in the first two weeks, but has to take its play to another level this week.
''We corrected some of the mistakes from Week 1 to Week 2, but we're going to need to correct some more stuff because we know they will be ready,'' he said.
Texas A&M's defense gave up several big plays in last week's 65-28 win over Sam Houston State while playing without several suspended starters. The unit will be back to full strength this week and the Aggies think that will allow them to get away from the ''vanilla'' defense they played the first two weeks.
Saturday will be the first full game for cornerback Deshazor Everett, who sat out the first half of Texas A&M's opener serving a suspension for violating team rules, before drawing his targeting penalty and another suspension in the second half against Rice.
He's a junior who started all but one game for Texas A&M last season and intercepted A.J. McCarron's pass near the end zone in the fourth quarter to help secure the victory over the Crimson Tide.
He knows that many think that victory was a fluke, but that doesn't concern him one bit.
''We go into the game thinking we can beat anybody and that's how we're going to approach this game,'' he said. ''When we're the underdogs, we just go in there with a fight mentality and play harder as the underdogs.''


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Looking for some help in factoring the following equation:
(k(k+1)(2k+1))/6 + (k+1)^2
I have gotten this far:
I was checking the exponent rules and got the following for 6(k+1)^2:
6k^2 but I ran the same equation through the mathway solver and got 6k^2 + 12k + 6. I checked purple math tutorial and it said the exponent should apply to the sum of the numbers inside the parenthesis but in this case it seems it is applying to the numbers separately and the one on the outside of the parenthesis. I don't understand why or if this is even the next step I should be taking. Any help is appreciated.


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Andre Villas-Boas has refused to confirm whether Chelsea will heed Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's demand for them to abandon their pursuit of Luka Modric.
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp revealed on Wednesday that Levy had contacted the Blues to reiterate there was no chance of them signing the Croatian playmaker, urging them to "put an end" to one of the longest transfer sagas of the summer.
But Chelsea boss Villas-Boas would not be drawn on whether Levy's intervention was enough to deter him, saying: "I just have to speak to the owner (Roman Abramovich) when this kind of thing happens. When there's an offer, there's a counter-offer and then you reach an agreement. Modric's name is already out too much in the press. Let's leave it."
He added: "He's Harry Redknapp's player. He's not my player, unfortunately."
Villas-Boas is also in the market for a left-back to provide back-up and competition to Ashley Cole and confirmed he had attempted a raid on former club Porto for Alvaro Pereira.
Uruguay star Pereira did not travel to Monaco with the Europa League-winners for Friday night's European Super Cup clash with Barcelona following what was a reported £16.6million bid from Chelsea.
But Villas-Boas insisted he did not know why Pereira had been left at home but admitted the two clubs were "massively apart" in their valuations.
The Portuguese said he was "not very confident" of reaching an agreement for a player who was a key component of the Porto side the new Chelsea boss led to a quadruple last season, as well as the Uruguay team which lifted the Copa America and reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup.
Further arrivals would almost certainly trigger departures from Stamford Bridge, although Villas-Boas insisted he had no intention of letting Florent Malouda leave, saying: "We can't let ourselves sell talent of this quality."
Malouda scored the winner against West Brom on Saturday after losing his place in the starting XI and will be hoping that is enough for a recall against Norwich this weekend.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. (WEAU) - In a debate focused on showing voters their differences, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney actually agreed on the need to support community colleges' cooperation with hiring businesses.
"One of the things I suspect governor Romney and I probably agree on is getting businesses to work with community colleges so that they're setting up their training programs," Obama said.
"Oh yeah," Romney said in response. "It's going over well in my state, by the way."
Doug Olson with Chippewa Valley Technical College said the school has always had those types of connections and is glad to hear of the bipartisan support.
"We tailor our programs and even add new programs or eliminate programs based on that need. Our entire focus is meeting the workforce needs of the businesses in our district," Olson said. "I think both parties really recognize the importance and need for a skilled workforce."
Eau Claire's Plank Enterprises, a parent company to three manufacturing companies calls CVTC its "lifeline" to find new skilled workers, employing graduates like machinist Cody Pattison.
"I knew that right away that I was going to acquire the skills to find a job," Pattison said. "I need people to come in that I can train and help out, so I don't have to work a crazy amount of overtime and it worked out for me."
"We're in constant interaction with CVTC, both with instructors and administration there as well to share what our needs are in the manufacturing industry," Plank Enterprises President Mike Ottum said. "The real challenge today is trying to find that skilled workforce."
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Activision's Eric Hirshberg has confirmed that pre-orders for Call of Duty: Ghosts are "well below" that of last year's game. But the reason may surprise you.
According to Hirshberg, pre-orders are lower "as one might expect in this console transition year." While the prospect of a next-gen COD should be exciting for series fans, apparently there is "hesitation" over which version to get.
Citing "quantitative consumer research," Hirshberg says that previous COD owners simply don't know which system they'll be playing on--"natural at this time in the console transition." For example, perhaps the COD vet wants to play on Xbox One--but isn't quite sure that he'll be able to pick up a system this holiday season.
A beautiful nugget of the PR machine picked up by CVG points out that pre-orders are "over double" those of the first Black Ops, which is the last time Activision launched a new COD sub-brand.


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Following the presentation by Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook at the Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco a short while ago, the stock is down $9.57, or 2%, at $470.36. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, who has an Overweight rating and a $767 price target, was one of the first Street analysts out of the chute, appearing on CNBC to talk about how Cook's comments support his view the company is making a cheaper iPhone.
"The comments from Tim Cook about being very serious about cash distribution amps up the possibility they will raise the distribution after the march quarter," said Munster.
"And we continue to believe that they're coming out with this cheaper phone, and we think that Cook's comments support that. Ultimately we think this is positive for the stock."
Eleborating upon the prospect of a less-expensive model, Munster remarked,
We have it [the new iPhone] in the september quarter. We've heard evidence in the supply chain something like this is being built. We heard comments from Cook about the iPod and the iPod shuffle. It's emerging market. 60% of smartphones this year are going to be sold below $400 dollars. For Apple to be relevant in phones, they gotta go after that market. It could be about form factor, and price point. Both of those are two levers they can use. Clearly there's more evidence that is coming . That could be an opportunity in emerging markets. If you really take Cook's comments to heart, you have to think outside the box. So all these things point to this cheaper product in the phone market.
When the host pointed out to Munster that he has a price target well above the current price, Munster replied, "We are stubborn. If we're right about this phone, we think they can definitely hit that target" in the next twelve months.
Also on the program following Munster was Dan Niles of Alpha One Capital. "If you read carefully their response to Einhorn in their press release, they said "we generated over $20 billion in cash. They're basically telling you they're going to increase that. If you think about the progress, Steve Jobs passed away in October of 2011, and five months later Tim Cook instituted a dividend, which Steve Jobs opposed. They're basically told you they're going to move on this."
Niles was asked about his views on Google (GOOG) as well. Noting the planned stock sale by chairman Eric Schmidt, he replied "if the chairman doesn't want to own it right now, I don't know why I should. We're basically long Apple at this point and short Google."


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The IIHS has just devolped a new side impact test using a crash barrier moving at 31mph that mimics a large SUV. The Forester equipped with side airbags did the best! Who knows what the ratings would have been without side bags, but who cares. The B pillar crush percentage was only 40%, so with or without side airbags it still would have done well, as long as the dummies head wouldn't have hit the barrier. Here's the "raw" data.
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Forester Gets a "Good" in IIHS Side Impact Test!
Started by Guest_drOutback_* , Jun 17 2003 06:08 PM
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#1 Guest_drOutback_*
Posted 17 June 2003 - 06:08 PM
#2 Guest_wrxsubaru_*
Posted 17 June 2003 - 10:33 PM
subarus have mostly always were good with crash test, at least of what i know of.
#3 Guest_drOutback_*
Posted 18 June 2003 - 05:00 AM
What's interesting is that only the Escape/Tribute did as well, and only if equipped with side airbags which are standard on the Forester. All the other SUV's were horrible, many with over 50% of B pillar crush.
#4 Guest_Drquasievil_*
Posted 18 June 2003 - 07:38 AM
Now if the Forester wasn't that ugly looking and less expensive I would think about buying one.
#5 Guest_meep424_*
Posted 18 June 2003 - 03:29 PM
"you're not from 'round here are you....?"
"you're not from 'round here are you....?"
#6 Guest_Drquasievil_*
Posted 19 June 2003 - 08:13 AM
I have to take that back. I was able to look the Forester closelly yesterday and it's not that bad looking
#7 Guest_drOutback_*
Posted 20 June 2003 - 04:04 PM
too late....you already let it slip.
#8 Guest_subyroo_*
Posted 21 June 2003 - 04:25 AM
Have a look and a read at these 2 sites if you want to see how well the Forresters withstand impacts.
irvinesubaru.com/enthu/forrester1.html
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#9 Guest_drOutback_*
Posted 21 June 2003 - 06:14 AM
Those were some bad crashes. 70mph into a brick wall! I've seen peole die in less severe crashes then that. A local person was just killed in a crash on I-83. He was driving a '00+ GT sedan on the on ramp to I-83 when an axle broke off an 18 wheeler, and the axle rolled down the road up the on ramp and slammed into his drivers side door. What a freak accident.
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What Your Favorite Ghost Says About Your Past Relationships
Dude, we all live in haunted houses. But we do not all live in a haunted Coney Island. That is to say, we're are not all living in Love Never Dies, the sequel to Phantom of the Opera, which a friend and I went to see yesterdy. Why? Well, everybody makes choices.
Andrew Lloyd Weber spent around 20 minutes in a featurette explaining how all his friends had all told him that this was probably the best musical ever, at which point I realized: the phantom is not actually a ghost!
So that left the next 2 and think about different ghosts and how "love never dies." Casper ahead![ITPGallery]


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This years fair offered exciting panoply of collecting areas, from the Ancient World to the Contemporary, from East to West resulting in a rich multi-layered visual experience for the visitor. The fair opened to rave reviews and record crowd attended over its six day run and a sense of optimism prevailed among the dealers who brought their very best pieces to the fair. Highly coveted and historically important pieces sold to discerning collectors and institutions and audience response was extremely positive.
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Exceptionally strong sales in the top end were seen in the category of twentieth-century design with Bernd Goeckler, Maison Gerard and the Paris Galerie Lefebvre parting with some of the major highlights of their stands. These included the much-coveted pair of Francois-Xavier Lalanne Oiseaux de marbre armchairs, 1974 for $380,000, similar to ones owned by the late Yves Saint Laurent (see illustration below), and a Jean Dupas final paper cartoon for the Chariot of Thetis wall mural for the S.S. Normandie, 1935, at $1 million (see illustration below)
Galerie Lefebvre, Paris
Jean Dupas (1882 1964), Chariot of Thetis wall mural for the S.S. Normandie, exceptional and monumental charcoal drawing, with Indian ink and white gouache accents, circa 1934 in perfect condition, sold for $1 million at the fair.
Dupas chooses to depict the following four subjects: The Rape of Europe, The Birth of Aphrodite, The Chariot of Thetis, and The Chariot of Poseidon. Together, the panels give an impression of extraordinary grandeur, in keeping with the spirit of the Normandie .
Galerie Lefebvre, Paris
Francois-Xavier Lalanne Oiseaux de marbre armchairs, 1974 sold for $380,000. They are similar to the ones owned by the late Yves Saint Laurent
Maison Gerard, Ltd.
Sold a fine black-lacquered wood cabinet on gilt-metal stand by Ramsay, France, circa 1940 sold for $68,000. Maison Gerard also sold a fine pair of lacquered cabinets by Maison Jansen. (1880-1972), France, circa 1950, $120,000 the pair
Bernd Goeckler
Four Bridge Chairs, André Sornay (1902-2000) France, Art Moderne, ca. 1936 and Games Table, Andre Sornay, 1940. Mahogany; the curved backs, studded with Sornays hallmark clouté technique and braced with four bolts, sit atop two struts, which form the back legs; with an upholstered seat and open armrests. Sold to Peter Marino for a client.
Belgian dealer Axel Vervoordt sold a monumental painting by Kazuo Shiraga, Kanyo (Xianyang), 1980, oil on canvas. Shiraga founded the Zero-kai group in 1952 and became a member of the Gutai group in 1954. The Gutai artists were searching for a new art never known until now sold for $1.1 million.
An important group of Paris Metro medallions by Hector Guimard designed for the entrances to the Paris Metro system circa 1900 was a much admired feature of Lillian Nassaus stand at the fair and was sold as a group. Arlie Sulka, principal of Lillian Nassau commented When I acquired the Hector Guimard Paris Metro medallions earlier this year, I envisioned them as being an integral part of our stand at the IFAADS, and I am thrilled that we were able to bring that idea to fruition. While many fair attendees were considering a purchase of an individual medallion with its accompanying balustrade elements, we ultimately sold them as a group that will be permanently displayed on public view. We are delighted that the group will remain together.
Malletts sold a stunning pair of Coalbrookdale steel consoles in the rococo style reportedly for a six figure sum, dating from 1860 along with a pair of Louis Philippe gilt rope stools and a set of 19th-century brass fireplace tools as well as five bronze leopard heads from an edition of 12 by Hamish Mackie, at $14,000 each.
London dealer Ronald Phillips reported strong results, selling early in the fair a George II mahogany tripod table, English, circa 1745 for $389,000; a pair of George III mahogany stools at $387,000 and a George I gilt gesso lantern for $286,000.
Asian Art enjoyed fantastic favour at the International Show with new exhibitor, Tai Gallery selling around 20 pieces from $1500 to $50,000 including pieces by Kajiwara Koho, Torii Ippo and Fujinuma Noboru whose work sells above 20k.
New York based Japanese works of art dealer Erik Thomsen commented that The value of this fair is that it is a fantastic place to meet new clients and re-connect with old clients. People feel freer here at the fair, much more so than coming into the gallery. Erik Thomsen sold a pair of screens, Scenes from the Tales of Ise, 18th century, a great deal of Japanese gold lacquer pieces, from the 18th century through 2008, and Japanese baskets.
The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted its 22nd Annual Preview Party at the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show on Thursday evening. The event Co-Chairs were Melinda Blinken, Libby Fitzgerald, Lisa McCarthy, Daisy Soros, and Michel Cox Witmer. The Associate Collector Chairs were Kate Allen, Claudia Overstrom, and Elizabeth Pyne. The Connoisseur Chairmen were Jamie Niven, Donna Rosen, and Kitty Sherrill. Over 1,000 guests and leaders from the art, design and fashion worlds mingled amongst the sensational art and antiques, raising over $660,000 to benefit The Societys patient care, research, and education initiatives at MSKCC.
Guests at the Preview Party included Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Sir Patrick Stewart, Tory Burch, Peter Marino (shown left with Marc Jacobs), Michael Boodro, Jamie Tisch, Betty Sherrill, Tom and Heather Leeds, Terry and Libby Fitzgerald, Brian and Lisa McCarthy, Chris and Grace Meigher, Shoshanna Gruss, Gunnar and Claudia Overstrom, Peter and Jamee Gregory, Eleanora Kennedy, Karen LeFrak, Liliana Cavendish, Julie and Alan Behr, Brian and Anna Haughton, Amy Fine Collins, Guy Regal, Tim and Helen Schifter, Barbara de Portago, Wilbur & Hilary Ross, Bruno Laguardia, Alessandro Valenti, Betsey Ruprecht, Ellen Scarborough, Carol Mack, Alexandra Kotur, Baraba and Peter Georgescu, Barbara and Donald Tober, CeCe and Lee Black, Brian Stewart, Stephanie Krieger, Melissa and Chappy Morris, Somers Farkas, Derek and Nicole Limbocker, Mark Gilbertson, Cynthia and Dan Lufkin, Lisa Selby, Alexandra Lind Rose, Peter and Leslie Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Gianluigi Vittadini, Bunny Williams, Nancy Corzine, Ernie de la Torre, Joanne de Guardiola, Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, Alex Papachristidis, Campion Platt, Liz Gardiner, Martha Glass and Beth Rudin deWoody.
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Place Third at Dartmouth Meet
HANOVER, N.H. – The Bulldogs opened their season with a third-place finish at the Dartmouth Invitational with 68 points. Although they fell off from an aggressive start to the race, several runners put on strong performances after recovering from injuries the past year.
The Bulldogs ran strong for the first two miles of the Hanover Country Club course before battling through a steep hill in the last mile. Head coach Mark Young, Yale's Mark T. Young '68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, said he had expected the team's summer training would be enough to prepare them for the last mile, but overall, he was satisfied with the results.
"I'm okay with the last mile for what we've done so far," Young said. "You're always at a disadvantage when you're on someone else's home course, one that they train on everyday."
Sophomore Elizabeth Marvin was the Bulldogs' frontrunner, crossing the line in third place in 20:36.15. Marvin, who had several strong races in the beginning of her freshman cross country season before injury hampered the rest of her year, looks ready for a comeback. Junior Anne Lovelace came in next at seventh in 20:43.90.
Next was junior Jennifer Downing who led the race for the first two miles before taking a wrong turn that cost her some distance and finished in 14th place (20:53.07). Rounding out the Bulldogs' top seven were Jacque Sahlberg in 20th place (21:10.37), freshman Melissa Chapman in 29th place (21:25.92), freshman Sarah Barry in 37th place (21:37.63) and senior captain Liya Assefa in 42nd place (21:40.42).
Sahlberg, who ran her debut race with the Bulldogs' cross country team after two seasons with Yale soccer, is also coming back from taking a semester leave to recover from foot surgery she received a year ago.
"I didn't make a big deal, she didn't make a big deal, but for her, it was a very big deal," Young said.
The Big Green won their invitational with 43 points, followed by Middlebury with 49 points.
The Bulldogs will next compete at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 18 in Hamden, Conn. All of the runners who did not run at Dartmouth will compete at Quinnipiac.
Report by Miriam Cho '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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Motor quality and price are the most important purchase criteria in the region
SINGAPORE, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Asia is a developing region; all industries are demonstrating high growth rates. Its large population, low costs of production, and investment-friendly government policies attract not only manufacturers, but also end users of various industries. This creates a fertile market for low-voltage integral horsepower (LV IHP) motors.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.motors.frost.com), Analysis of the Southeast Asian Low-voltage Integral Horsepower Motors Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $432.3 million in 2012 and estimates this to reach $576.3 million in 2017 through investments from end-user industries such as oil and gas, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), as well as chemicals and petrochemicals.
Due to the higher production costs in China, foreign investors are tilting toward Vietnam and Indonesia. Singapore's strategic location and business-friendly environment also attract investors to start-up manufacturing units. End-user segments with the highest demand for LV IHP motors are automotive, oil & gas, power and petrochemicals.
Customers primarily look for competitive prices and motor quality when purchasing an LV IHP motor. Ultimately, they tend to pick quality over price at the time of purchase.
"End users are also attracted to energy-efficient motors; therefore, new products and technology in energy-saving systems are expected to drive the market," said Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Vandhana Venkatesan. "Due to sustainable development, long-term savings on maintenance costs is one of the main reasons for the boom in energy efficiency motors."
While the benefits of LV IHP motors are many, market saturation has intensified competition, which, in turn, has led to price wars and shrunken profit margins for manufacturers. They are also facing pricing pressures from low-cost regional and Chinese manufacturers. Due to their domestic economic instability, countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam tend to favor these products, despite their poor quality.
"Notwithstanding this competition from low-cost manufacturers, domestic participants can stay afloat by providing high-quality, reliable, energy-efficient products," noted Venkatesan. "Reduced lead time and effective aftersales support will give manufacturers an added edge over their competitors."
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By Andrew Luberda
Softball – The Bearcats softball team is ranked #12 in Division IV in the most recent rankings. It's especially impressive when considering the Bearcats have eight freshmen on the team. The Bearcats started play in the Salt River Tournament with three consecutive victories over Desert Christian, Bagdad, and Valley Lutheran. They won by scores of 7 – 4, 23 – 3, and 11 – 2 respectively. Savannah Willis was the player of the game vs. Desert Christian as she went 2-2, scored a run, and had an RBI in the game. Lucy Sainz was the player of the game vs. Bagdad with four hits and four RBI. Stormee Galka was 3-4 with 2 doubles, a triple, and three RBI in the game vs. Valley Lutheran. The Bearcats next game is in the tournament on March 23, 2013, before returning home on Mar. 25 to take on Hayden.
Baseball – The Bearcats started play in the Salt River Tournament on March 21, 2013, by winning their first two games versus Northland Prep Academy and Valley Lutheran by scores of 7 – 4 and 18 – 6 respectively. They suffered their first loss in the tournament against Scottsdale Prep Academy, 12 – 7. The Bearcats continue tournament play on Saturday, Mar. 23 before returning home on Mar. 25 to play Hayden. The Bearcats are 6 – 5 on the year so far and ranked #11 in Division IV.


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In addition to the digitally-restored film, the new disc features outtakes, a 30-minute documentary, an introduction by director Richard Lester and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese.
Beatles fans: Help! has arrived. Nearly 48 years after its theatrical release, the Fab Four's second feature film has been issued on the Blu-ray format with a stack of extra material.
The Blu-ray edition of Help! will carry the digitally-restored film and 5.1 soundtrack plus an hour of extra features, including a 30-minute documentary on the making of the film, memories of the cast and crew, an in-depth look at the restoration process, an outtake scene, and original theatrical trailers and radio spots.
Also, there's an introduction by the 1965 film's director, Richard Lester, and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese included in the Blu-ray disc's booklet.
Help! was restored for its 2007 DVD release, which earned five-times platinum sales in the U.S., according to EMI.
The Help! Blu-ray edition follows the 2012 release of The Beatles' digitally-restored Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour films on Blu-ray, DVD and iTunes.
Extras on the Blu-ray release of Help!:
•"The Beatles in Help!" – a 30-minute documentary about the making of the film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew, including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of The Beatles on-set.
•"A Missing Scene" – a film outtake, featuring Wendy Richard.
•"The Restoration of Help!" – an in-depth look at the restoration process.
•"Memories of Help!" – the cast and crew reminisce.
• 1965 Theatrical Trailers – two original U.S. trailers and one original Spanish trailer.
• 1965 U.S. Radio Spots (hidden in disc menus).
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luckyjackson1 wrote:They're actually not "acting" they just play theirselves.
Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:48 am
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Marko wrote:Anyone saying Elvis couldn't act should watch Help! and see how The Beatles fair in comparision.
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drjohncarpenter wrote:Marko wrote:Anyone saying Elvis couldn't act should watch Help! and see how The Beatles fair in comparision.
I don't think you're being very fare.
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Marko wrote:luckyjackson1 wrote:They're actually not "acting" they just play theirselves.
They are reading lines. It's acting. I would hate think they acted that wooden in real life.
Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:23 pm
luckyjackson1 wrote:They're actually not "acting" they just play theirselves.
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Reunion memories
Wolf Lake High School's Class of 1963 recently gathered for its 50th reunion.Front row, from left: Don Chapman, Tom Wilkinson, Karen (Bollman) Stewart, Janice (Murphy) Rockey and Arlene (Weigel) Halsey.Middle row, from left: Tom Reed, Roger Lemon, Don Targgart, Don Ott, Mary (Young) Stump, Phyllis (Maloney) Chapman, Kay Hawk, Carol (Kreider) Edwards, Barbara (Sherman) Campbell and Sandy (Barr) Halsey.Back row, from left: Charles Tooman, Jim Coil, Jim Bowers, Russell Shew, Walter Buckles, Tom Stump, Joe Huntsman and Wayne Edwards. Not pictured: Ron Katt.To read the rest of this story, see the June 10 issue of The Post and Mail. Don't have a subscription? Call (260) 244-5153 or subscribe to our e-edition. For breaking news, sports updates and additional coverage, bookmark the homepage and find us on facebook and twitter.


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Date Published: April 25, 2000
Number of Pages: 57
Author(s): Ken Bates
As part of Washington State's salmon recovery strategy, the Washington State Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Ecology, and Transportation, are currently developing guidelines for salmon habitat protection and restoration. The standards and guidelines are a series of manuals, workshops, and other tools addressing various activities of salmon habitat protection and restoration and are intended to [KB1]ensure compliance with requirements of the federal Endangered Species Act and state salmon restoration policies.
This document is one of a series of documents that will make up the guidelines. Additional subjects for which guidelines have been (as of April, 2000) or will be developed are:
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A fishway is any structure or modification to a natural or artificial structure for the purpose of fish passage. Components of a fishway may include: attraction features, a barrier dam, entrances, auxiliary water systems, collection and transportation channels, a fish ladder, an exit, and operating and maintenance standards. It can be a formal concrete structure, pools blasted in the rock of a waterfall or log controls in the bed of a channel. The water and fish, of course, are necessary parts of the system. The design of key features of fishways is the subject of this guideline.
This publication describes guidelines for the design of fish passage facilities for upstream migrating fish and are the result of both formal studies and practical experience. Though applying specifically to Pacific salmon and steelhead, the guidelines are also applicable to other anadromous and resident fish species. They also apply to a wide range of potential project sites encountered; from mainstem rivers such as the Columbia, to small culverts under country roads.
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Some bike riding enthusiasts in Oakland County are disappointed that new Oakland Township Supervisor Terry Gonser is opposed to using eminent domain against two property owners who have not granted an easement on their property along Adams Road. I applaud Gonser�s stance in opposing the dangerous logic used by the path�s proponents and hope that the Oakland Township Board will not approve the use of eminent domain.
The proponents are upset with two of the nine affected property owners, stating that they have �put the whole project in jeopardy� and that �our trail plan is for the whole township.�
So what? Whatever their reason for objecting to the loss of some of their land to a path, it is of far greater merit than those wishing to take it for their pet project. Simply because the bike riding community has wanted something for years has no bearing on whether a property owner should have to surrender land to them. The implication is that these property owners are somehow selfish because they don�t favor the idea, and that the riders are somehow more worthy because their idea is for the entire township. This pernicious logic must be rejected.
Bike paths, like many things I can think of, are a good idea, but almost no good idea justifies the taking of private property through eminent domain. One person�s good idea may not be another�s, and vice versa.
I suspect that the pro-path group would have objections to having their property taken for a cause with which they disagree � such as a cellphone tower or oil rig � regardless of whether the majority of township residents favors it. These property owners along Adams Road should be afforded the same right to their property.
Those in favor of this particular bike path should either find compensation sufficient to change the minds of the property owners who are opposed to the easement, find an alternative path or find another project to pursue.
Oakland Township