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Slip-And-Fall Cases Tough To Make In Michigan Courts
DETROIT (AP) -Francisco Garces stopped at a grocery store in western Michigan but left with injuries after falling in the icy parking lot. When he sued, he didn't get sympathy from the state appeals court: The judges said he could have shopped elsewhere.
Slip-and-fall lawsuits, once a staple for injury attorneys, have become extremely difficult in Michigan courts, especially after another strict standard was set last summer by the state Supreme Court. Feet flying in the air because of water, ice or snow? Case dismissed -- unless someone absolutely can't avoid the hazard.
Lawyers acknowledge that not every lawsuit is going to be a winner when someone seeks money for lost wages or medical bills. But the decision should be left to a jury at trial, they say, not a judge or a higher court.
"I have to turn cases down every single day" because of the tougher threshold, said lawyer Mark Bernstein, whose family's Detroit-area firm is widely known because of its "1-800-CALL-SAM" TV ads. "These aren't trespassers who got hurt or somebody who climbed over a fence. When you invite a person onto your property, you owe them a responsibility that your property is safe."
He said slip-and-fall cases tied to weather now represent just two percent of the firm's work, compared to 20 percent in the 1990s.
The number of slip-and-fall cases is hard to come by; Michigan court statistics don't break down lawsuits that way. But Nelson Miller, who teaches tort law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, said there has been a significant decline, based on his expertise in the field and conversations with lawyers.
"We underestimate the seriousness of these cases," said Miller, who worked on both sides of personal-injury lawsuits earlier in his career. "There can be job loss and everything that follows from it. In the elderly population, falls can cause death."
He notes that the state Supreme Court began limiting slip-and-fall lawsuits years ago. But the bar was raised even higher in July in a case involving an Upper Peninsula woman who fell and cracked a bone in her lower back while walking into a fitness club in Ironwood in 2006. Ice had formed at the entrance, although the owners insisted they had salted the sidewalk earlier that day.
The ice was "open and obvious," and nothing forced Charlotte Hoffner to enter the club at that time, the court's Republican majority said.
"Michigan, being above the 42nd parallel of north latitude, is prone to winter," Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. said in a 4-3 decision. "And with winter comes snow and ice accumulations on sidewalks, parking lots, roads, and other outdoor surfaces. ... Landowners are not charged with a duty of ensuring absolutely the safety of each person who comes onto their land, even when that person is an invitee."
Hoffner, 63, said she still occasionally uses morphine to control pain. She had to quit her job as a court clerk in Gogebic County and relies on Social Security disability payments. She still has thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.
"They were scathing, weren't they?" Hoffner said of the Supreme Court. "It should be the club's job to take care of a paying customer. Period."
The court said there was nothing extraordinary about the conditions. But a dissenting justice, Michael Cavanagh, believes the majority has given a green light to property owners to ignore hazards and avoid legal responsibility.
The decision "creates an illogical and unworkable rule that will serve only to bar the courthouse doors to Michigan's injured," he said.
Armed with the new precedent, as well as others from the Supreme Court, the state appeals court has even more authority to swat down slip-and-fall lawsuits. Those cases have included the death of Nelson Hall, 45, who stepped into a puddle, fell and hit his head while trying to deliver a payment at a used car lot in Sturgis in 2005.
"We are skeptical as to whether an ordinary puddle in a parking lot constitutes a hazard of any kind," judges Mark Cavanagh and Joel Hoekstra wrote Nov. 27.
Garces, who fell in an icy lot at La Providencia market in Holland, lost, too. So did Leetta Ottman, who slipped on ice outside a casino near New Buffalo.
Garces "clearly could have avoided the icy parking lot by choosing to go to a different store where the parking lot had been plowed, or by deciding to grocery shop some other time," judges Donald Owens and Amy Ronayne Krause said Nov. 6.
Peter Kuhnmuench, director of the Insurance Institute of Michigan, a trade group for property insurers, said businesses that want customers will choose to protect their premises. But customers, he added, have a responsibility, too.
"It's a balancing act," he said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five high school students and three chaperones have been confirmed dead or are unaccounted for after a charter bus heading to Humboldt State University was struck by a FedEx tractor-trailer in Northern California. The bus and big rig drivers were also killed.
Michael Myvett had spent years connecting to autistic children as a therapist, and now was playing chaperone to a different group of youth as he traveled from his Southern California home to Humboldt State, his alma mater.
He was also a proud groom-to-be, traveling with Mattison Haywood, the fiancee he proposed to in Paris at Christmas.
The couple would make it neither to the school nor their wedding, dying in a fiery highway crash instead.
"He was my grandson, the greatest grandson any grandparent could ever have," Myvett's grandmother Debra Loyd told The Associated Press through tears.
Myvett had worked at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders in Torrance for two years.
Operations manager Kyle Farris, one of Myvett's supervisors, said he and another therapist heard about the couple's death on Facebook on Friday morning and were very broken up by the news.
Farris described Myvett, a Humboldt State alumnus, as "a child at heart" who loved comic books and video games, fantasized about working as a Disney cartoonist and bonded with his young clients by drawing cartoon characters for them.
"He wanted to help people succeed, and to be a liaison and representative for high school students who wanted to attend Humboldt was in sync with his personality, wanting to facilitate people's achievement of their dreams," Farris said.
Myvett proposed to Haywood outside the Louvre Museum in December. Facebook photos posted by the beaming couple show Haywood teetering on the platform pumps Myvett had asked her to wear while he extended a ring on bended knee.
"That was the love of his life," Farris said.
The driver of a FedEx tractor-trailer was a 32-year-old Sacramento native who married his high school sweetheart and had two young daughters.
Tim Evans of Elk Grove was among the 10 people killed when the FedEx truck veered into oncoming traffic on Interstate 5 in Orland, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Debbie Otto, the stepmother of Evans' wife, Candice, told the newspaper that her son-in-law was a "kind, caring and unbelievably happy man" who had been driving professionally for several years.
Otto says the family is devastated and wondering what could have caused the fiery collision.
Evans grew up in Sacramento and played several sports at John F. Kennedy High School, Otto said. He helped coach his daughters' soccer and softball teams.
"Tim loved everybody, and everybody loved Tim," Otto said. "We're doing a lot of waiting, a lot of crying and a lot of consoling."
Separated by five minutes at birth and a waiting list as they approached college, 17-year-old identical twins Marisol and Marisa Serrato of Norte Vista High School in Riverside, Calif., found opposite fates as they got on different buses headed for Humboldt.
Marisol, who'd been accepted to the school, arrived without incident Thursday.
There was no word on Marisa, her "baby" sister who was on the school's wait list, for nearly 24 hours before dental records confirmed she was among the dead.
Miguel Serrato said Marisol called their father Friday evening after going to see her sister's body.
"Marisol is devastated," the tearful brother said.
Arthur Arzola, who made it to a hospital burn unit before he was declared dead, was a Humboldt State admissions counselor and newlywed also acting as a chaperone on the trip.
From the wide grin he wears on his bio on the school website while clad in Humboldt's tree-green and the love he expresses for the town's restaurants, you wouldn't know he actually lived and worked 600 miles away, where he sold Southern Californians on the pleasures of going to school in the far north of the state.
A university statement praised Arzola for his passionate commitment to helping low-income and first-generation students get into college.
The University of LaVerne in Southern California said Arzola was a graduate student in educational counseling who had recently married a LaVerne alumna and was set to receive his degree in May.
"Arthur has been described by his colleagues as one with a passion and commitment in helping students reach their academic dreams," University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman said.
A senior football player at El Monte High School east of Los Angeles, Adrian Castro was considering going to a California state university nearer to home but decided to give faraway Humboldt a chance and a visit.
"He told me two days ago: 'Should I go up and check it out anyway?'" said father Raul Castro, who would see his son for the last time when he dropped him off for the trip Thursday morning.
Later that night, he got a call from Adrian's mother, who had heard from the California Highway Patrol that he had died.
"Adrian Castro will be missed as a student and football player," El Monte football coach Joel Sanchez told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. "He was a good young man with a bright future. He will always be remembered by the El Monte family."
Jennifer Bonilla was the model student.
"She's one of those students who is bright and shiny and eager and ready to go," Sherlett Hendy Newbill, a teacher at Dorsey High School, told the Los Angeles Times.
Friends said Bonilla was on the bus that crashed. She remained unaccounted for after the crash.
Classmate Melvin Harris, who was asleep when the collision occurred, broke a window to jump out.
"I looked back and I saw a whole bunch of other kids breaking windows and falling on top of each other trying to get out, and I was also trying to look for my friend," he told KCAL-TV in Los Angeles.
Teacher Noah Lippe-Klein told the Times he recently wrote a letter of recommendation for a scholarship that Bonilla won.
He admired Bonilla's "ability to think critically about the world and her profound, college-level writing skills."
Denise Gomez, who played soccer at Animo Inglewood Charter High School, was among the students who remained missing.
"Great kid, sharp, energetic," Gomez's former soccer coach, Roger Flores, told KCAL-TV. "Always smiling and a little quiet, but she was a happy child. I just know she was looking forward to go out and do her college trips."
Ismael Jimenez, a classmate of Gomez's, was an 18-year-old honor student who was "beyond excited" about attending college and pursuing an art career, according to his sister.
"His love for art was amazing. That's all he did," his sister, Evelin Jimenez, told The Los Angeles Times.
Her parents told her that investigators confirmed her brother's identity through a DNA test, according to the Times.
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- Glee (kinda of date night with DD)
- The Office ( well it precedes 30 Rock)
- Project Runway ( another kinda date night with DD and hubby when he makes it home)
- Castle (love the repor betw the 2 leads, DD has a crush I think))
- Parks and Rec (another original female lead )
- The Barefoot Contessa (everything of hers I've tried has been fab)
- Modern Family (another, Come On! Have you seen this yet?)
- Masterpiece Theater (not so much in recent years but they are a Treasure)
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Rule 5703-25-33 | Current agricultural use value of land table or tables.
(A) The annual "Current Agricultural Use Value Of Land Table Or Tables" to be prescribed by the tax commissioner shall be calculated and prepared by the capitalization of the typical net income before real property and income taxes from agricultural products assuming typical management, cropping and land use patterns and yields for a given type of soil, as provided in this rule.
(B) The use of the income approach to develop annual "Current Agricultural Use Value of Land Table Or Tables" that are accurate, reliable and practical requires that careful attention be given to the many principles and techniques involved. It is essential that the typical or potential net income be based on the land capability under normal or typical management practices, yields, cropping or land use patterns, prices, costs and conditions in the area rather than the management ability or decisions of an individual owner or operator. To avoid erratic fluctuations of value due to spot economic, market or climatic conditions, five year moving averages of price costs, cropping patterns and other factors shall be used where practical. In addition, the effect of changes in agricultural technology and economic relationships must constantly be revaluated. The agricultural advisory committee shall function to keep the commissioner informed of such technological and economic changes.
(C) The most critical determination is the capitalization rate. This rate shall be determined by comparison of net income, calculated as described in this rule, to known prices or market value appraisals of farms that have been sold or appraised under the conditions prescribed by the definition of "Current Agricultural Use Value of Land" in rule 5703-25-30 of the Administrative Code. The synthesis of the capitalization rate by other than market data shall be by a method that gives weight to the factors present in the market for such property.
(D) Information shall be obtained from such agencies as cooperative extension service, college of agriculture, the Ohio state university; Ohio agricultural research and development center; national resources conservation services, U.S.D.A.; forest service, U.S.D.A.; national agricultural statistical service, U.S.D.A.; department of agriculture of Ohio; department of natural resources of Ohio, federal land bank and other reliable sources.
(E) In the absence of crop yield information for any soil mapping unit present in Ohio, the tax commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of natural resources of Ohio, determine the appropriate crop yield and soil productivity information for that mapping unit.
(F) Land capability classes: Consideration shall be given to the land capability class of a soil as determined by the soil conservation service based on the soils suitability to grow various crops and potential hazards considering slope, drainage, erosion and other factors. The typical land capability class for a soil management group shall be determined and this class shall serve as a base for calculation of values when the soils in a group fall in other than typical land capability class. Usually the typical class for which the base value for a soil management group is calculated will be the class with the least hazard for the group.
The major land capability classes are as follows:
(1) Land adapted for crops:
Class I | No special hazards, very good land from every standpoint. |
Class II | Some hazards which require good conservation practices. |
Class III | Several intensive hazards which require intensive conservation practices. |
Class IV | Very severe hazards, needs very careful handling and management. |
(2) Land for permanent vegetation only:
Class V | Very frequent flooding or permanently wet. |
Class VI | Moderate hazards to be overcome for pasture use. |
Class VII | Severe limitations for grazing or forestry, very steep. |
Class VIII | Not suited for cultivation, pasture or forests. Wildlife and recreation is the best use. |
(G) Cropping pattern by land capability classes: The cropping pattern or proportion of different crops grown will vary with both the soil region and the land capability class. A higher percentage of row crops will be grown on the better soils with land capability class ratings such as I or II. Land in land capability class V through VIII shall be considered as devoted entirely to either pasture or woodland. Annually the commissioner shall calculate the five year moving average of each crop harvested in each of the extension areas of Ohio. A determination shall be made of the percentage of each rotation acre devoted to each crop for land capability classes I through IV. Such determination shall be made separately for:
(1) Soil regions A, B, I, II, III, IV, V, and VIII.
(2) Soil regions VI and VII.
(3) Organic or muck soils.
(H) Crop prices: Five year moving weighted average crop prices for the major field crops are to be calculated by totaling the production and value of each crop, as reported by the statistical reporting service or other reliable source, for the five years preceding the year in which the table is issued and calculating the average price per unit after consideration of price differentials in various parts of the state.
(I) Management: A percentage to be determined annually shall be deducted from the five year moving weighted average crop prices to provide for typical management costs incurred by the land owner.
(J) Non land production costs: Information on typical non-land production costs shall be obtained from the best available sources. Where the available information is for a base year other than the current year such prices shall be adjusted to a five year moving average basis by the use of the U.S.D.A. index of prices paid for production items, interest, taxes, and farm wage rules reported each June in U.S.D.A. agricultural prices, or other reliable sources. In developing these costs consideration shall be given to extra expense incurred by the use of more seed, fertilizer, etc., on the more productive soils.
(K) Estimation of net income for a rotation acre of a given soil management group: The steps to be used in estimating net income shall be as follows:
(1) The midpoint of the range of minimum yields for each major field crop is determined for each soil management group.
(2) The gross income per acre for a given crop is determined by multiplying the midpoint of yield by the five year weighted average price per unit reduced by the percentage for management expense as determined under paragraph (I) of this rule.
(3) The five year average non-land crop expense for the appropriate yield level is deducted from gross income to determine net income per acre.
(4) The typical land capability class is estimated for each soil management group based on information from the soil conservation service and the cropping pattern assigned from paragraph (G) of this rule. This multiplied by the net return per acre gives the contribution from the crop to the rotation acre.
(5) The total of the net return from each crop in the rotation is the total net return to be capitalized into land value.
(L) Adjustment for land capability class other than typical for soil management group: Since the soils in a given soil management group occur in different land capability classes a method must be provided for adjusting from the typical to the non-typical situation. The following is an example of the adjustment factors to be used to adjust from the land capability class for which the net return or value per acre was actually calculated to another class by multiplying such return or value.
Adjust To | I | II | III | IV |
Use of these factors will allow the estimation of net income per acre through the range of land capability classes for soils in a soil management group.
(M) Capitalization rate:
(1) For the purpose of estimating the capitalization rate to be used in determining the base values of agricultural land the use of the mortgage-equity method is prescribed. In making the rate determination the five year running average of each of the following items will be used:
(a) Typical term of years, per cent of mortgage and return on farm mortgages as reported by federal land bank and other sources.
(b) Return on investors equity - This shall be extracted from market data.
(c) Depreciation or appreciation expected in property (agricultural land) over the next five years. The moving average of the preceding five years of percentage increases or decreases in U.S.D.A. farm real estate index for Ohio for March of each year over the previous year shall be considered as the estimate of this term. In the consideration of the weight to be given to this item the effect of speculation should be removed so that the appreciation that accrues in land values over a five-year period from improvement in agricultural technology and practices only is reflected.
(2) After these terms have been determined the over all capitalization rate shall be calculated by reference to compound interest tables.
To the capitalization rate adjusted for land only shall be added the effective real property tax rate. This is to be determined by multiplying the five year average state tax rate as shown in department of taxation records by thirty-five per cent and expressed as a percentage. This rate shall be further reduced to reflect the average effect of the reductions required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code. The total of the two rates is the agricultural land capitalization rate. This should represent the rate of return a prudent investor would expect on an average or typical Ohio farm considering only agricultural factors.
(3) Since capitalization rates will vary with the land capability class due to the difference of risk and operating costs market studies shall be designed to determine such differential in rates.
(4) The per acre value of each soil category will be determined by dividing the net return per acre by the appropriate rate. Values in classes I through IV shall be the values for cropland. If land in these classes is used for other purposes such as forestry or pasture the cost of converting from present use to crop use shall be deducted. Values in classes V through VII shall be the value for pasture and woodland.
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Founder Raoult Bertrand is joyful for the opportunity to offer the benefits of his life's work, which culminated in Heart Awakening, to all in need. People from all walks of life – all of whom know themselves to be here to fulfill their part of the Divine Plan, regardless of their individual belief system – are welcome to receive effective and comprehensive healing for most physical, emotional, mental or spiritual problems they face, and from there to move forward into self-sufficiency.
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Raoult Bertrand was born in the United States, raised in England and France, and then pursued an entrepreneurial career in real estate and manufacturing in the United States. Searching for answers, Raoult traveled extensively throughout the world while studying a variety of subjects including Native American traditions, Christianity, Taoism, Qigong, Yoga, Nutrition, Hypnotherapy, Sacred Geometry, Breathwork, Kinesiology, Spiritual healing and the science of Auric healing. The Heart Awakening process was inspired by personal experience and evolved with the knowledge gained from working with clients. It was reinforced through years of studying with many spiritual teachers. For the past twenty years, Raoult has reached thousands with his Heart Awakening sessions and workshops; and he founded the Heart Awakening School of Healing.
The Heart Awakening Lead Instructor is Mark Mansfield
Mark Mansfield grew up in a Pentecostal Methodist church in Michigan. He left the church out of high school with an intuitive knowing that there was more to spirituality than a narrowly defined path but never turned his back on the idea that there is more than just our physical existence. Professionally he received a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1994 and a Masters degree in Counseling from the University of Phoenix in 2000. During this time he studied across religions with a focus on the many varieties of Pagan spirituality. Mark was introduced to Heart Awakening in 1996 upon moving to Arizona and became a student in the three-year Heart Awakening program in 1997, completing that work at the same time he finished graduate school. Since that point his professional focus has been in cognitive behavioral therapy, integrating what he learned in Heart Awakening in his work with his clients. He has continued to study esoteric spirituality and a variety of energetic healing modalities over the past decade and finds the most personal resonance in Mystic Christianity, Buddhism, and Paganism.
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on the spot photo printing with the design you choose in the Saint Louis County zip code area of 63134 (Berkeley)!
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This light and airy booth made of stretch tension fabric engulfs you within its semi-circle frame. It gives the open air feel while still having a sense of privacy. Its clean curvy lines that swirl down its frame are sure to attract all of your guests and become the hit of the party in the Saint Louis County zip code area of 63134 (Berkeley)!
If you want to turn the photo booth rental experience at your event into a unique occasion, our range of inflatable photo booths may just be the ticket. The head turning inflatable structures beams into life with its selection of LED lights and beautiful exteriors that can transform an intimate private party, glamorous wedding or corporate bash comes to you if you're in the Saint Louis County zip code area of 63134 (Berkeley)!
This is more than your typical backdrop. Its a wide curved backdrop with a sparkle glitter background made of stretch fabric. It is sleek sexy and doesn't require much space Excellent choice for to liven up a party or a really fun reception in the Saint Louis County zip code area of 63134 (Berkeley)!
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We make sure the date is available
You pick your package
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A non-refundable reservation fee in the amount of 25% of the total booking cost is required to secure your booking and is due upon the signing of this contract. This can be paid automatically through our online booking system. The remaining amount is due 7 days in advance of Client's Event.
Yes. for every 200 people there is a $150 charge.
Why? We do this for your benefit. That extra charge goes toward bringing in extra attendants to help everything run smoothly and faster. We believe in great service, and with business, its hard to get great service if the business isn't properly staffed.
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Our prices are reflective of our all-inclusive packaging with luxury options.
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You have choice between a diverse selection of photo booths and backdrops you can choose from that don't require you to pay an additional fee for a certain booth.
We don't upcharge you to get 4×6 prints. You have a choice to pick 2×6 strips or 4×6. We leave it up to you!
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We include red carpets, stanchions, lighting,
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Do you have a forgettable face? Many of us go to great lengths to make our faces more memorable, using makeup and hairstyles to give ourselves a more distinctive look.
Now your face could be instantly transformed into a more memorable one without the need for an expensive makeover, thanks to an algorithm developed by researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).
The algorithm, which makes subtle changes to various points on the face to make it more memorable without changing a person's overall appearance, was unveiled earlier this month at the International Conference on Computer Vision in Sydney.
"We want to modify the extent to which people will actually remember a face," says lead author Aditya Khosla, a graduate student in the Computer Vision group within CSAIL. "This is a very subtle quality, because we don't want to take your face and replace it with the most memorable one in our database, we want your face to still look like you."
More memorable — or less
The system could ultimately be used in a smartphone app to allow people to modify a digital image of their face before uploading it to their social networking pages. It could also be used for job applications, to create a digital version of an applicant's face that will more readily stick in the minds of potential employers, says Khosla, who developed the algorithm with CSAIL principal research scientist Aude Oliva, the senior author of the paper, Antonio Torralba, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and graduate student Wilma Bainbridge.
Conversely, it could also be used to make faces appear less memorable, so that actors in the background of a television program or film do not distract viewers' attention from the main actors, for example.
To develop the memorability algorithm, the team first fed the software a database of more than 2,000 images. Each of these images had been awarded a "memorability score," based on the ability of human volunteers to remember the pictures. In this way the software was able to analyze the information to detect subtle trends in the features of these faces that made them more or less memorable to people.
The researchers then programmed the algorithm with a set of objectives — to make the face as memorable as possible, but without changing the identity of the person or altering their facial attributes, such as their age, gender, or overall attractiveness. Changing the width of a nose may make a face look much more distinctive, for example, but it could also completely alter how attractive the person is, and so would fail to meet the algorithm's objectives.
When the system has a new face to modify, it first takes the image and generates thousands of copies, known as samples. Each of these samples contains tiny modifications to different parts of the face. The algorithm then analyzes how well each of these samples meets its objectives.
Once the algorithm finds a sample that succeeds in making the face look more memorable without significantly altering the person's appearance, it makes yet more copies of this new image, with each containing further alterations. It then keeps repeating this process until it finds a version that best meets its objectives.
"It's really like applying an elastic mesh onto the photograph that slightly modifies the face," Oliva says. "So the face still looks like you, but maybe with a bit of lifting."
The team then selected photographs of 500 people and modified them to produce both a memorable and forgettable version of each. When they tested these images on a group of volunteers, they found that the algorithm succeeded in making the faces more or less memorable, as required, in around 75 percent of cases.
Familiarity breeds likability
Making a face appear familiar can also make it seem more likable, Oliva says. She and Bainbridge have published a complimentary paper in the journal Cognitive Science and Social Psychology on the attributes that make a face memorable. The first time we see a face, we tend to "tag" it with attributes based on appearance, such as intelligence, kindness, or coldness. "If we tag a person with familiarity, because we think this is a face we have seen before, we have a tendency to like it more, and for instance to think the person is more trustworthy," she says.
The team is now investigating the possibility of adding other attributes to their model, so that it could modify faces to be both more memorable and to appear more intelligent or trustworthy, for example. "So you could imagine having a system that would be able to change the features of your face to make you whatever you would wish for, but always in a very subtle way," Oliva says.
We all wish to use a photo that makes us more visible to our audience, says Aleix Martinez, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State University. "Painters of the Renaissance knew how to make portraits memorable, but we are clueless on how to take that picture that will give us an edge over others or, at a minimum, show the best side of us," Martinez says.
Now Oliva and her team have developed a computational algorithm that can do this for us, he says. "Input your preferred picture of your face and it will make it even better," Martinez says. "This will allow us to gain that advantage we were looking for and hopefully make people remember us more."
The research was funded by grants from Xerox, Google, Facebook, and the Office of Naval Research.


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Rare S.D.S. stickers
- Published
- in all, Stickerz, the faith of graffiti
After hearing my talk at the CAA conference last week, Fred Lonidier from UCSD sent me four S.D.S. stickers that date back to the late 1960s/early 1970s. I've never seen anything like these before, but found that Kent State in Ohio has a box of S.D.S material in their Special Collections Library described as:
- "The Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) Papers contain various types of documentation and records which chronicle events precipitating and subsequent to the shooting of four Kent State University students on May 4, 1970, as well as other realia from the period. Propaganda pamphlets and position statements from S.D.S. and other militant groups, as well as radio and television transcripts are among some of the items collected. Realia include S.D.S. rally posters, adhesive-backed stickers, and three photographs."
Here is an anti-Vietnam War sticker that Fred sent.
And this sticker with a quote by Bertolt Brecht seems fitting for the Occupy movement forty years later, doesn't it?


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1: Gossiping
Most of us love a good gossip, whether we're giggling over a colleague's new romance or passing an opinion on someone's outfit choice or behaviour, and the good news is that gossiping could actually be good for us. Not only does listening to gossip help us to learn more about the characters of those around us, bonding and having a laugh with your peers also releases feel-good hormones which help to relieve stress and anxiety.
2: Drinking coffee
Although drinking too much coffee can be detrimental to your health, in smaller quantities the popular hot drink can actually be good for you. When drunk in moderation (no more than three cups per day), caffeine can speed up your metabolism, boost exercise endurance and reduce your risk of gallstones and kidney stones. A study by the Harvard Medical School has also found that women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day are less likely to be depressed, while separate research has shown that drinking three cups cuts risk of age-related diabetes.
3: Fidgeting
It's the bane of school teachers everywhere, yet research suggests that fidgeting may be no bad thing – at least in us adults. Research suggests that fidgeting can burn up to 350 extra calories a day, helping you to keep off those excess pounds. To further increase your calorie burn, try to squeeze in more incidental exercise, such as getting up to change the channel rather than using the remote control.
4: Swearing
Swearing: it's not big and it's not clever… but studies suggest that in certain situations it may actually be good for you. According to a study by the University of East Anglia, swearing at work could help employees cope with stress and maintain solidarity. Meanwhile, researchers at Keele University's School of Psychology found that swearing can provide effective short-term relief from pain. However, the study also notes that swearing should be reserved for crises only, as the higher the daily swearing frequency was for participants, the less pain relief they experienced.
5: Skipping a shower
OK, so repeatedly missing showers may not win you any friends, but if you are ever tempted to skip a shower here and there, research suggests that you could be doing your health (and the environment) a favour. Daily washing not only strips your skin of the natural oils that keep it hydrated and supple, it could also strip your skin of good bacteria that help to prevent disease. If you do decide to skip a shower, just try to do it on a day when you won't be vigorously working out!
6: Losing your temper
Many of us have been brought up to believe that losing our temper is the ultimate social faux pas. To an extent this is true (nobody wants to hang out with that person who is always losing their cool and shouting their mouth off), however research has found that losing your temper could actually be good for your health. Venting your emotions is believed to reduce the effects of stress, while a Swedish study found that men who bottled up their anger when unfairly treated at work doubled their risk of having a heart attack.
7: Sunbathing
In recent years, official advice has been that we should cover up in the sun at all times to protect ourselves from skin cancer. However, more recently experts have stated that actually little and frequent sun exposure is good for us. In the UK, where vitamin D deficiency is common, seven leading health groups and charities have issued a statement advising everyone to spend 10 minutes in the midday sun without sunblock in order to avoid rickets. Meanwhile, a US study has stated that the vitamin D produced by the sun could help ward off colds and flu. However, experts have stressed that people should cover up after 10 minutes, and skin should never be red at the end of the day.
8: Having a lie-in
Feeling guilty about your weekend lie-in? Don't be! Research has found that sleep can help you live longer, boost your memory and reduce stress, while not getting enough can lead to accidents, weight gain, and increased risk of heart disease. Furthermore, delaying your morning workout in favour of some shut-eye may have health benefits, as research from Brunel University found that heavy training sessions early in the morning can compromise the immune system.
9: Giving in to your cravings
Although constantly giving into junk food cravings is a sure-fire way to sabotage your healthy eating success, allowing yourself the odd treat will not only boost your happiness, it will also help you keep motivated to stay on track. Also, as many people crave the foods that they most attempt to resist, allowing yourself a little of what you fancy can actually help to reduce cravings. If you have imposed extreme restrictions on your diet and cut out entire food groups, cravings could also be a sign of a nutrient deficiency in your diet.
10: Daydreaming
Many of us view daydreaming as a sign of laziness or form of procrastination; however, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found that letting your mind wander can actually help boost your problem-solving abilities. The study found that when participants minds wandered, the parts of their brain associated with problem-solving became more active than when focused on routine tasks. So, while daydreaming can increase the time it takes to complete your present task, it can allow you to unconsciously sort through other important problems in your life.
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"Bloody great campaign big man! You never let me down"
David Cameron was overheard saying those words to the great Eric Pickles during the Conservative leader's celebration of victory earlier today. Eric has emerged from 1st May and from the C&N by-election as a Tory superstar and deservedly so. In today's early hours straw poll of ConHome by-election bloggers, more than 80% hoped that he'd be Party Chairman in the not-too-distant future. But Eric would be the first to pay tribute to the behind-the-scenes work of Stephen Gilbert and the target seats team. If anyone deserves a gold medal for Crewe it is Stephen - circled below as he and colleagues heard Edward Timpson's historic victory declared:
Stephen Gilbert was in Crewe and Nantwich from the morning of 2nd May and his early leaflets were decisive in framing the contest as a straight two-horse race between blue and red. He took the whole of Lord Ashcroft's marginal seats team up to C&N with him. There was no need to build a special team - the team already knew each other and gelled. David Mackintosh secured the geographically strategic premises and made everything happen on time. Stephen Gilbert's other key aides, Stephen Phillips and Stephen Parkinson also deserve a free drink when you bump into them next. Make that a few free drinks.
Alan Sendorek ably handled the media throughout the campaign. He was assisted in the final week by George Eustice, who had been drafting literature throughout the campaign and coordinating the softer, feature-style journalism.
Nick Timothy of the Research Department helped to identify the messages on 10p, cost of living and crime that the party's excellent literature then communicated.
Four MPs deserve special credit:
(1) and (2) William Hague and George Osborne - two northern MPs who were constantly on the campaign trail.
(3) Angela Browning, the candidate's minder.
(4) Michael Fabricant, who coordinated the massive involvement of MPs in the whole effort.
Michael Fabricant was most assisted by a 'Magnificent Seven' MPs who worked alongside professional agents in each of the seven 'battle sectors'. They're all pictured on the right (with Liam Fox whose brilliant BBC performance has been praised by Iain Dale): Stephen O'Brien, Graham Brady, Philip Dunne, Robert Goodwill, Ben Wallace, Daniel Kawcyzinski and shadow cabinet minister Owen Paterson.
And a final tribute to local Chairman Donald Potter. Sometimes in by elections you end up with tensions between the local association and the central campaign team - and it is testament to his skills that the staff and local association worked together seamlessly. He was calm, constructive, added local knowledge to all that the campaign team did. Chairman of the Association for eighteen lean years he made sure that canvassing was never neglected and that gave the campaign a tremendous head start. He has a special reason to savour victory.
Who have we forgotten? The party's unsung agents. The hundreds of volunteers who gave up holiday, sleep and overtime. Great work everyone.


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Chat App 'Slack' has announced the introduction of a new 'Actions' feature that makes it easier for users to create and finish tasks without leaving by having access to more 3rd party tools.
What Is Slack?
Slack, launched way back in 2013, is a Silicon Valley-produced, cloud-based set of proprietary team collaboration tools and services. It provides mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and is available for the Apple Watch, enabling users to send direct messages, see mentions, and send replies.
Slack teams enable users (communities, groups, or teams) to join through a URL or invitation sent by a team admin or owner. It was intended as an organisational communication tool, but it has gradually been morphing into a community platform i.e. it is a business technology that has crossed-over into personal use.
In March 2018, Slack and financial and human capital management firm Workday formed a partnership that allowed Workday customers to access features from directly within the Slack interface. Slack is believed to have 8 million daily active users.
What Is 'Actions' and How Does It Help?
The new tool / feature dubbed 'Actions' will bring enterprise developers deeper into Slack, because it allows for better / more integration with enterprise software from third-party software providers e.g. Jira, HubSpot, and Asana.
Slack knows that many users now like to choose what software they use to get their job done, and the Actions feature will, therefore, be of extra value to the 90% Slack's 3 million paid users who regularly use apps and integrations.
Actions can be accessed using a click or tap of any Slack message, require no slash commands, and are being made available to all developers using the platform to deploy bots and integrations. To begin with, Actions will be displayed based on what individuals use most frequently.
What Does This Mean For Your Business?
If you use / your business uses Slack, the interoperability of these systems resulting from integration between software from third-parties means that you have greater choice in what software you use to complete your tasks without having to leave Slack. This offers time and cost saving benefits, as well as a considerable boost in convenience.
Slack knows that there are open source and other alternatives out there, and the addition of Actions will help Slack to provide more valuable tools to users, thereby helping it to retain loyalty and compete in a rapidly evolving market.


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An empty building needs the right insurance protection.
Vacant building insurance designed for your business needs.
When your commercial building is empty—whether you're between tenants, waiting for your first tenants, or in the process of renovating—your property is open to increased risk. Your normal property insurance might not make the cut. Vacant buildings are vulnerable to some serious losses, which is why it's important you find specialized vacant building insurance to cover your building while it's empty.
When is a commercial building considered vacant?
In many commercial property insurance plans, there is a vacancy clause that states that a building is considered vacant unless 31 percent of the total square footage of the building is occupied and being used for its intended purpose. That means if you own a retail strip mall, for instance, and less than 31 percent of your space is occupied by actual retailers, your building is considered vacant—even if you're in the process of finding new tenants. Since vacant buildings are often a draw for accidents, vandalism, and theft, it's important to understand vacant building insurance.
Know the limits of your commercial property insurance.
Not only does the vacancy clause in your commercial property insurance define when your building is considered vacant, it also outlines the limits of your property insurance during vacancy. For example, a standard policy will cease coverage for water damage, theft, sprinkler leakage, and vandalism after 60 days of your building being vacant. Furthermore, if a loss occurs while a building is vacant, your payment can be reduced by as much as 15 percent. Recognizing these limitations of commercial property insurance can help you plan for the right insurance during a vacancy.
Risks associated with a vacant building.
Vacant commercial properties face an increased amount of risk for things like fire, theft, vandalism, and sprinkler leakage since no one is there to keep an eye on the property. In fact, fires in vacant commercial buildings have resulted in over $500 million in direct property damage per year. With no one there to watch over your property, problems that arise could become much worse, like a sprinkler leak causing significant water damage over time. With the increased risk, making sure you have the right vacant building insurance in place that can supplement your commercial property insurance is paramount.
What does vacant building insurance cover?
Vacant building insurance can protect your empty business from a variety of named perils, including fire, wind, water damage, sprinkler leakage, theft, and vandalism. If you're looking for specific coverage for a particular risk, you can discuss it with your agent to find the right vacant building policy for your needs. Vacant building insurance can also provide liability coverage in case of an accident occurring on the property while it's empty that you could be held liable for.
Whether you're experiencing a planned or unplanned vacancy, it's important that you have the right vacant building insurance in place. Contact us today to discuss this specialized coverage.
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When using LiveCycle ES deployed on WebLogic, you may want to restrict JNDI access and data source connection reservation to a limited set of users. This TechNote describes how to secure JNDI artifacts on a WebLogic server.
The steps in this TechNote apply to LiveCycle ES server deployments with or without LiveCycle Business Activity Monitoring ES.
To secure the JNDI artifacts on a WebLogic server, specify the JNDI credentials in a properties file in the classpath of the LiveCycle ES application. Next, ensure that the artifacts are properly configured in the WebLogic Administration Console.
Perform these steps:
Create a jndi.properties file in a known location. The contents include:
java.naming.security.principal=<adminUser> java.naming.security.credentials=<adminPassword>
where <adminUser> and <adminPassword> are the user name and password of a member of the Administrator group in WebLogic's security realm. (For example, a user called BAMUser is added to the Administrator's group).
- Embed the jndi.properties file into the application EAR file (inside the WAR META-INF\classes directory).
- Specify the jndi.properties file in WebLogic's "Server Start" page Class Path section. Simply append the folder containing the jndi.properties file.
Set the BAM and the LiveCycle server to have the classpath set.
Click View JNDI Tree located in LiveCycle ES\Environment\Servers\your_servername (where your_servername is the name of the server where you are running LiveCycle ES). A new window appears with the JNDI Tree Structure. Complete these steps:
a. In the JNDI Tree Structure window, navigate to the various datasource objects according to their JNDI name.
b. Click the Security tab.
c. Click the Policies tab.
d. Click Add Condition.
e. Select User in the Predicate list.
f. Click Next.
g. Enter the administrator username in the User Argument Name field.
h. Click Add.
i. Click Finish.
j. Click Save.
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10 Creative and Fun Mother's Day Gift Ideas from Etsy
Mother's Day is just around the corner, and we know a lot of you are twiddling your thumbs before conceding to give your mom yet another bar of decorative soap. Stop right there! Don't you think your mom, the best mom in the world, deserves a little more thoughtful and creative surprise for Mother's Day?
Now, even though nobody knows her better than you, we're here to help by getting your creative juices flowing. Here are 10 imaginative gifts you can get your mom right now from Etsy. (Click the links to purchase.)
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Best Mom Trophy
$7.95 | 4EnvisioningVintageLike we've said before, your mom is the best mom in the world and therefore needs something that identifies her as such (other than her well-brought-up children, of course). What about a trophy? This will be something she can sit on her living room table and rub in all her guests' faces.
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Biker Mom Coffee Mug
$9.99 | myunclesatticIf your mom is like our moms, she needs her piping hot cup of joe to prepare for the fresh hell her kids present her with each day. But that idea has been done before. Let's liven her mug up a bit with a hot biker chick to help her embrace her wild side.
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Honeycomb Soap
$4.50 | Sweet Bee Honey & Crafts, LLCIf you're gonna be a "non-creative Nancy" and settle for a bar of soap that screams, "I waited till the last minute to get your Mother's Day gift," at least make it a cool bar of soap. Sweet Bee Honey & Crafts make this mouthwatering product that looks like a honeycomb you can actually eat. That's because it is actual honeycomb. Just don't eat it.
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Cookbook (for Yourself)
$7.50 | Junk SavantA cookbook may not be that creative at first glance, but the way you present it definitely is. One, if your mom hates cooking, you say this is for your dad to teach him how to cook. And two, if your mom loves cooking, you say this is for your dad so he can make a romantic meal. See? It's a win-win situation. Either way it gets dad off the couch and into the kitchen.
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Funny Aprons
$26.99 | Sweet Leaf VintageFor all those moms who love working with their hands in the kitchen and making the most delicious culinary creations ever, chances are their aprons are covered in food stains. It's time for an upgrade, and this is one apron she'll love to put on for years to come.
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Dog Mom Wine Glass
$15 | Pretty Penny WarehouseThere's nothing better than enjoying a glass of wine in the comfort of your own home, and trust us, your mom is gonna need one after a long day. But you don't need to have children to be a wino. Just as long as you're the mother of something (a puppy, perhaps), you deserve a nice wine glass for Mother's Day.
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Stadium Seats
$36 | thewhitepepperFor all the baseball-loving moms out there, this one's for you. Sports stadiums are filthy places and, let's be honest, the best mom in the world can't sit on just anything. She needs to feel like a queen. For this Mother's Day, get her a pair of stadium seats just for her so that she feels like a real V.I.P.
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Mom's Rules
$16.50 | metrocottageIf she cooks it, you have to eat it. If she buys it, you have to wear it. And if she says no, you're not allowed to ask why. These are just some of the rules every mother abides by, and she'll love you more for immortalizing them all with a nice wooden sign she can simply point to when she's tired of repeating them.
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For New Mommies — 'Mad Men'-Style Maternity Clothes
$45 | LipStickWhiskeyDon't forget about all those soon-to-be-moms. They need things too, and that's probably maternity clothes. We've found the perfect outfit for any almost-mommies with a fascination for 'Mad Men.' (Actually, this vintage set is a little bit before the 1960s scene, but we'll just pretend.)
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And for the Geek Moms Out There… a Robot!
$6,900 | KreatworksA mom's job is never ending, so why not give her a personalized robot to help her out and blast people that annoy her. Granted this one isn't animated, but it looks just like Optimus Prime from 'Transformers' and would be great for all those movie-buff/secretly nerdy mothers of the world.


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Chili's Cancels Autism Fund-Raiser for Controversial 'Anti-Vaccination' Group [POLL]
Last Wednesday, April 2, was World Autism Awareness Day, which brought autism and the debate over child vaccinations to the forefront of public conversation again. This time, Chili's restaurants became an unwitting participant in the issue.
Chili's Grill and Bar had planned to hold a fund-raiser on Monday, April 7, to support autism awareness by donating 10 percent that day's revenues to the National Autism Association. More than 1,200 Chili's restaurants were set to participate in the charitable event.
As it turns out, the NAA has published on their website an opinion that childhood vaccines are linked to some cases of autism. The fact that Chili's planned to donate to a group that has spoken out against childhood vaccinations ignited a backlash from parents and others concerned about the "anti-vax" movement. Restaurant-goers and parents reached out to Chili's via social media to encourage them not to support an organization that expresses dangerous opinions about vaccines that aren't backed by any solid scientific proof.
The negative feedback prompted Chili's to cancel their fund-raiser. The company emailed a statement to customers saying they would find another way to support families affected by autism. Via the Chili's Facebook page:
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- —In Jewish Legend:
- Samaritan Intrigue.
- The Ten Questions of Alexander to the Sages of the South (Tamid, 31b et seq.):
- Alexander's Journey to the Regions of Darkness (Tamid, 32a):
- The Amazons (Tamid, ibid.; PesiḲ. ix. 74. 74a etseq.; Lev. R. xxvii.; Tan., Emor, 6; Ḥibbur Ma'asiot):
- The Gold Bread (ibid.):
- King Kaẓia and His Judgment (Yer. B. M. ii. 8c; Gen. R. xxxiii.; PesiḲ.; Lev. R.; Tan., Emor, as above):
- Alexander at the Gate of Paradise; the Eye:
- Alexander's Ascent into the Air (Yer. 'Ab. Zarah, iii. 42c; Num. R. xiii.):
- Alexander's Descent into the Sea (Ps. R. 103; compare Pseudo-Callisthenes, II. xxxviii.):
The celebrated conqueror of the East, 356-323
The only historical event connecting Alexander the Great with the Jews is his visit to Jerusalem, which is recorded by Josephus in a somewhat fantastic manner. According to "Ant." xi. 8, §§ 4-6, Alexander went to Jerusalem after having taken Gaza. Jaddua, the high priest, had a warning from God received in a dream, in which he saw himself vested in a purple robe, with his miter—that had the golden plate on which the name of God was engraved—on his head. Accordingly he went to meet Alexander at Sapha ("View" [of the Temple]). Followed by the priests, all clothed in fine linen, and by a multitude of citizens, Jaddua awaited the coming of the king. When Alexander saw the high priest, he reverenced God (Lev. R. xiii., end), and saluted Jaddua; while the Jews with one voice greeted Alexander. When Parmenio, the general, gave expression to the army's surprise at Alexander's extraordinary act—that one who ought to be adored by all as king should adore the high priest of the Jews—Alexander replied: "I did not adore him, but the God who hath honored him with this high-priesthood; for I saw this very person in a dream, in this very habit, when I was at Dios in Macedonia, who, when I was considering with myself how I might obtain dominion of Asia, exhorted me to make no delay, but boldly to pass over the sea, promising that he would conduct my army, and would give me the dominion over the Persians." Alexander then gave the high priest his right hand, and went into the Temple and "offered sacrifice to God according to the high priest's direction," treating the whole priesthood magnificently. "And when the Book of Daniel was shown him [see Dan. vii. 6, viii. 5-8, 20-22, xi. 3-4], wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks [] should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that he was the person intended, and rejoiced thereat. The following day Alexander asked the people what favors he should grant them; and, at the high priest's request, he accorded them the right to livein full enjoyment of the laws of their forefathers. He, furthermore, exempted them from the payment of tribute in the seventh year of release. To the Jews of Babylonia and Media also he granted like privileges; and to the Jews who were willing to enlist in his army he promised the right to live in accordance with their ancestral laws. Afterward the Samaritans, having learned of the favors granted the Jews by Alexander, asked for similar privileges; but Alexander declined to accede to their request. The historical character of this account is, however, doubted by many scholars (see Pauly-Wissowa, "Realencyklopädie," i. col. 1422). Although, according to Josephus ("Contra Ap." ii. 4, quoting Hecatæus), Alexander permitted the Jews to hold the country of Samaria free from tribute as a reward for their fidelity to him, it was he who Hellenized its capital (Schürer, "Gesch." ii. 108). The Sibylline Books (iii. 383) speak of Alexander—who claimed to be the son of Zeus Amon—as "of the progeny of the Kronides, though spurious."
All the accounts which the Talmud and Midrash give concerning Alexander MuḲdon (the Macedonian) are of a legendary character. Some of them pretend to be historical, as the following Baraita in Yoma, 69a (identical with Megillat Ta'anit, iii.):
Samaritan Intrigue."When the Samaritans had obtained permission from Alexander to destroy the Temple in Jerusalem, the high priest Simon the Just, arrayed in his pontifical garments and followed by a number of distinguished Jews, went out to meet the conqueror, and joined him at Antipatris, on the northern frontier. At sight of Simon, Alexander fell prostrate at his feet, and explained to his astonished companions that the image of the Jewish high priest was always with him in battle, fighting for him and leading him to victory. Simon took the opportunity to justify the attitude of his countrymen, declaring that, far from being rebels, they offered prayers in the Temple for the welfare of the king and his dominions. So impressed was Alexander that he delivered up all the Samaritans in his train into the hands of the Jews, who tied them to the tails of horses and dragged them to the mountain of Gerizim; then the Jews plowed the mountain [demolished the Samaritan temple]."
It is evident that this account wrongly assigns to the times of Alexander an event which occurred two centuries later, in the reign of John Hyrcanus I. It must therefore have been written at a late period, when the memory of historical incidents had become confused. The legend presents a striking resemblance to the narrative of Josephus ("Ant." xi. 8, § 1 et seq.). The point of the fable is the honor conferred by Alexander upon the high priest and the cause thereof; and, furthermore, the contrast between his good-will to the Jews and his hostility to the Samaritans. Both the narrative in the Talmud and that of Josephus are derived from an "Apology" of the Jews which aimed at discrediting the members of the Samaritan sect. It is even possible that this apology, as Büchler thinks ("Rev. Ét. Juives," lxxxvi. 1), had its origin in Alexandria, where the attitude of Alexander was of decisive importance in the eyes of the Greek public:
"In Gen. R. (lxi., end) the Samaritans are accused of playing a rôle equally despicable with that imputed to them in the above legend. When Alexander advanced toward Jerusalem, they informed him that the Jews would forbid his entrance to the Holy of Holies. A Jew, Gebi'ah ben Kosem [identical with Gebia ben Pesisa, a legendary character], asked the king, on the hill of the Temple, to remove his shoes and to put on the slippers ornamented with precious stones that he had brought for him, lest he should slip on the pavement of the Temple. Alexander complied with the request, and thus avoided a violation of the rabbinic law. When they arrived at the Holy of Holies, Gebi'ah said to the king, 'We are not permitted to proceed farther' (neither we nor you). 'When I have left the Temple,' replied the king, 'I will straighten your hump' (Gebi'ah signifies humpback). 'If you do,' answered Gebi'ah, 'you are a great physician, and deserving of high remuneration.'"
This anecdote is one of those naive inventions of which many are found in Midrash Ekah Rabbati, and which aim at exhibiting the ingenuity of the Jews in repartee. Alexander is made to play merely the part of a stage-king.
The same Gebi'ah appears in a narrative of quite a different type. Alexander is here represented as the great conqueror to whom the nations appeal for arbitration of their differences:
"The Arabs accuse the Jews of illegally withholding the heritage of their ancestor Ishmael; the Canaanites complain of having been wrongly deprived of their territory; and the Egyptians claim indemnity for the vessels that the Israelites had taken from them on leaving their country. Gebi'ah meets all these charges with great success: against the Egyptians he proves that it is they that are indebted to the Jews, whom they had exploited without paying them for their work, and Alexander was fully satisfied with the refutation"
These pretended discussions, similar to those reported to have taken place between the Samaritans and the Jews before Ptolemy Philometor (Josephus, "Ant." xii. 1, § 10; xiii. 4, § 4), are the echo of the accusations against the Jews by pagan readers of the Bible at Alexandria. These imputations were taken up later by the Gnostics, who were the pupils of the Alexandrians, and especially by the Marcionites. Tertullian replied to Marcion, who had brought the same reproach against the Bible for the "larceny" committed by the Jews, by repeating the words of Gebi'ah; he even mentions the discussions between the Jews and the Egyptians ("nam et aiunt ita actum per legatos utrinque; Ægyptiorum quidem repetentium vasa; Judeorum vero reposcentium operas suas, et tandem vasis istis renuntiaverunt sibi Ægyptii"; "Adversus Marcionem," ii. 20).
Another group of legends is of a more popular character; they have nothing specifically Jewish, and are connected with the general legendary tales of Alexander. They may be given as follows:
The Ten Questions of Alexander to the Sages of the South (Tamid, 31b et seq.):This account is written in certain parts in a classical Aramaic, proving that it was borrowed from some written record; it is quite analogous to the conversations which, according to Plutarch ("Life of Alexander"), Alexander was reported to have had with ten gymnosophists who had rebelled against him; there the account continues with ten questions, some of which are identical with those of the Talmud. This episode seems, therefore, to be the fragment of a non-Jewish narrative, parallel with that of the Greek historian.
Alexander's Journey to the Regions of Darkness (Tamid, 32a):Alexander makes a journey into the region of darkness riding on young Libyan asses. There he stops at a fountain, which reanimates a dead fish that he has dipped into it. The same story is found in Pseudo-Callisthenes, II. chaps. xxxix.-xli. (version B). The legend as reproduced in the Talmud is the popular altered form of a later period.
The Amazons (Tamid, ibid.; PesiḲ. ix. 74. 74a etseq.; Lev. R. xxvii.; Tan., Emor, 6; Ḥibbur Ma'asiot):Alexander comes to a place which is inhabited only by women. They say to him: "If you kill us, people will accuse you of murdering women. If we kill you, people will say: Behold a king who was overcome by women!" This is the well-known story of the Amazons, but reduced to its simplest expression. In the PesiḲta the town inhabited by the women is called ḳartagene, derived by folk-ety-mology from the Aramaic Ḳarta (town) and the Greek γυνή (woman).
The Gold Bread (ibid.):Alexander asked the Amazons for bread, and they brought him, on a golden table, a loaf of gold bread. "Do you eat gold bread?" the king then said. "Well, if your desire be for ordinary bread, could you not get it in your own country without coming hither?" answered the Amazons. This satire on the ambition of conquerors recurs frequently in Jewish legends. It does not appear in Pseudo-Callisthenes and in the accounts derived from it; but is found in Plutarch's essay on the virtuous deeds of women. Pythes, a rich Greek in the times of Xerxes, who forces his fellow citizens to work for him in a gold-mine, is served by his wife with gold bread to demonstrate the absurdity of his greed. This moral is connected with Alexander also in another form: instead of the Amazons it was the king Kaẓia who gave the lesson to Alexander.
King Kaẓia and His Judgment (Yer. B. M. ii. 8c; Gen. R. xxxiii.; PesiḲ.; Lev. R.; Tan., Emor, as above):King Kaẓia (ruler of a country situated behind the "Dark" mountains) invited Alexander to hear a lawsuit. The plaintiff declared that he had bought a piece of land and found in it a treasure; he wanted to return the treasure to the original owner, since, he claimed, he had bought the field only. The defendant replied that he had sold the field with everything that it contained. Then the king inquired of one of them: "Have you a son?"; of the other, "Have you a daughter?" "Marry them, and let the treasure be theirs." Alexander laughed at this judgment. "Is my decision a wrong one?" inquired the king. "No; but in our country we would have put the two parties to death and confiscated the treasure." "Do you have rain in your country?" "Yes." "And have you animals also?" "Yes." "Then it is surely for their sake and not for yours that the rain falls and the sun shines upon you." This satirical account seems to be of Jewish origin, although it is, in part, based on a popular theme—marriage as the solution of a lawsuit (compare a Cambodian tale in "Revue des Traditions Populaires," xv. 133). The Jewish form of the fable was embodied in the "Dicta Philosophorum" of Abu al Wafa Mubashshir ibn FaḲih (1053-54), a work which was translated into Spanish, Latin, English, and French (see Knust, "Mittheilungen aus dem Eskurial," Tübingen, 1879). In other Arabic texts the trial takes place before David and Solomon (Weil, "Biblische Legenden," p. 215). The anecdote seems to have been brought to Europe by a priest in 1083 ("Chronique de l'Abbaye de St. Hubert"; Pertz, "Monumenta Germanica, Scriptores," viii. 599).
Alexander at the Gate of Paradise; the Eye:The Talmud (Tamid, 32b) concludes with this narrative: Alexander arrived at the gate of paradise and asked that it be opened to him. "Only the just can enter here," came the reply. "I am a renowned king; present me with something." A little ball was given to him. He put it in a scale; and it outweighed all the gold and silver in his possession. In his astonishment he turned to the rabbis, who explained to him that it was an eyeball, which could never be satiated; but if covered with a handful of dust (buried) it would weigh nothing. This satire on greed, or the ambition to acquire wealth, seems likewise to be genuinely Jewish. This allegory, as it appears in the Talmud, is reproduced in better shape in "Alexandri Magni Iter ad Paradisum," a little work of the twelfth century, which has even preserved traces of its Jewish origin. In this it is an old Jew, of the name of Papas, who lectures the king. Both forms of the legend are evidently connected with a lost original.
Alexander's Ascent into the Air (Yer. 'Ab. Zarah, iii. 42c; Num. R. xiii.):This appears to be a reminiscence of a narrative in Pseudo-Callisthenes (II. xli.).
Alexander's Descent into the Sea (Ps. R. 103; compare Pseudo-Callisthenes, II. xxxviii.):In the Middle Ages the Jews confined themselves to translations of the romance of Alexander from the Arabic or the Latin, particularly in the form which it had received in the "Historia de Proeliis." A Hebrew translation of this work, made by an unknown writer after an Arabic version, was edited and published by Israel Lévi under the title "Toledot Alexander" (Life of Alexander), Paris, 1887. Another translation from a Latin text, by Immanuel ben Jacob de Tarascon, exists only in manuscript. A recension, the origin of which has not yet been clearly ascertained, was surreptitiously included in certain manuscripts of the Josippon (perhaps by Judah Mosconi). Another romance of Alexander, quite different from the rest, was written by a Jew in the west of Europe before the thirteenth century; it was published by Israel Lévi in Steinschneider's "Festschrift." Some portions of the legend were known to scholars by the Hebrew translation of "Sod ha-Sodot" (Secret of Secrets) and of "Musare ha-Filosofim" (Dicta of the Philosophers), containing whole chapters touching upon the legendary life of Alexander.
- Rev. Ét. Juives, iii. 239 et seq., iv. 279;
- Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. pp. 894-898;
- Nöldeke, Beiträge zur Gesch. des Alexander-Romans, in Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe, xxxviii. ch. iv., Vienna, 1890;
- Fränkel, in Z. D. M. G. liv. 322;
- Jew. Quart. Rev. iv. 635;
- Bacher, Nizami's Lehen und Werke und der Zweite Theil des Nizamischen Alexanderbuches, pp. 63 et seq., Leipsic, 1871.