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Yair Lapid at Kiryat Ono – The Transcript
[Editor's note: An earlier post provided the video link to Yair Lapid's presentation to the haredi law track at Kiryat Ono College. Realizing that many readers were eager to evaluate the message without investing a half-hour's worth of time to watch the video, I obtained an English- language transcript of the speech, through MakomIsrael.org which created the English subtitles for the video. Our thanks to Robbie Gringras of Makom for making the transcript available.]
You won.
There was a competition in Israel for Israeli-ness that lasted over a century, since the second wave of immigration, and in the end you won.
We lost and you won.
For decades it was a Mexican standoff, where each one waits for the other guy to give in,about which Avi Ravitsky, a religious man, wrote: "The status quo was based on the false assumption" which was accepted by both sides, "that the opposition camp was doomed to dwindle away "and perhaps even disappear."
I know that's what the Haredim thought about the secular, that they're doomed to extinction. But that's what we thought about you, too, that you're a sort of living museum, like the Ramat Gan Zoo. There's a place where they have a rare species, almost extinct, that has to be protected so we can take our grandkids there and show them and tell them: "You see, kids? That's how Jews used to look."
Let me remind you, when Ben Gurion agreed to exempt yeshiva students from military service the original number was 700. That was supposed to be the entire yeshiva population, 700, and today in the Mir Yeshiva alone there are over 3,500 men.
By the way, the idea that Jews once looked this way is a fallacy. It comes from the fact that the secular Jews bought the story that the Haredim represent a Judaism that had existed for thousands of years, but in historical terms the Haredi movement is relatively new. It can be traced back to the 18th century when the Hatam Sofer established the principle that "the Torah forbids the new." But the real breakthrough of the Haredi movement came in the 19th century when the rabbis were frightened when a new concept penetrated the Jewish world, the concept of secularism. Secular Jews came in two forms, one was the enlightenment movement and the other was the Zionist movement, and against these two movements arose a counter-movement of religious Jews. This counter-movement created you, the Haredim.
I know this isn't what they taught you so I suggest that you don't believe me, check it out for yourselves. Look at history honestly and you'll find that the real story is that not only is secularism a response to Haredi-ism, but Haredi-ism is a response to secularism.
And from the very first, these two movements were in constant conflict until they reached the point of confrontation, and you won that confrontation.
You won, not only in terms of numbers, but also in the Haredi presence in politics and the settlement movement and as a consumer force and in the streets and the culture and the educational system, you won in all these places. And looking at you here, having heard the statistics, I expect you to win in the job market as well.
Because it turns out there's no way to build Israeli-ness without you.
No matter how hard we tried, Israeli-ness can't exist without Judaism and Judaism can't exist without Haredi-ism, so you win.
There are two reasons for your victory: The first reason is demographic, of course. When the State of Israel was founded the founders had a certain vision, a clear perception of what it should be like. It should be a socialist, secular, European state. That was the mainstream vision, and it held out for 50 years, but different tribes gradually formed around the mainstream.
The Haredi-Ashkenazi tribe and the Haredi-Sephardi tribe and the national-religious tribe and the Beitar tribe, and in the '50s tribes came here from North Africa that turned into the tribes of the periphery, and in the early '90s the Russian tribe came here and then the Ethiopian tribe, and each tribe had its needs and demanded something from the mainstream.
Some of them had religious needs, like your tribe, the Haredi tribe, and others had political needs like the national-religious tribe, which instituted the settlement effort after 1967, or there were economic needs such as those of the tribes of the periphery or the Russian and Ethiopian tribes. Each tribe wanted something and each ate away at the mainstream and the tribes gradually infiltrated all the traditional mainstream axes of power, at first in the IDF, then in academia, then in business.
And when the mainstream of Israeli-ness tried to defend itself, because every group instinctually defends its own interests, the other said: Look, you oppressed us, you denied us our rights, and we won't accept that. And they were right, because the mainstream really did oppress them and denied them their rights and they really shouldn't have had to tolerate that.
And something else happened besides, the mainstream was no longer the majority. By the late '70s there were more Sephardim in Israel than Ashkenazim, and since the '80s there are many more people who consider themselves traditional or religious than secular. And Jerusalem is a much bigger city than Tel Aviv, and since 1977 the capitalist right wing has been in power most of the time, 34 out of 40 years, and a survey from 1994 showed that 56 percent of the public believes that the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai.
It became clear that the balance between the tribes and the mainstream has been upset. The mainstream is no longer the majority. Neither numerically, nor economically, nor politically, nor ideologically.
Then, in the late '90s, significantly late, something predictable happened: the mainstream got fed up. The mainstream looked to the left and the right and said to itself: I'm sick of everyone demanding things of me, if they want me to lead the country, let them lead it themselves, because I have a new solution: from now on, I'm a tribe too.
And the mainstream turned into a tribe.
For our purposes, and this is very topical, you can call it "the middle-class tribe."
It said to itself: I don't need the government in order to do business, I can get married in Cyprus in a civil ceremony, and I have to defend democracy because the other tribes, instinctively, are either non-democratic or less democratic, and I'm sick of the fact that a boy in Bnei Brak and a boy in Um El-Fahm whom I've never met are funded by my taxes, and I certainly don't need to be told that I oppressed them.
If I'm so oppressive, let them get along without me. I'll do what everyone else does. I'll look out for Number One. I'll take care of myself and my people. And that's how things have stood in recent years.
Instead of a state with one mainstream surrounded by tribes, we've become a country of nothing but tribes.
And there's just one small problem with that: The country won't survive like this. Not only Israel but no country in the world can survive without a common center, without a broad base on which every can agree.
And that leads me to the second reason why we lost and you won: the spiritual reason. When the Zionist fathers came to Israel they said they wanted to build a melting pot for the Jews, and they truly looked for a broad base of agreement between the different sectors. They ignored the fact that the Jewish people already had such a base. Because the Jewish people had a Father. They wanted to build a secular, socialist melting pot and ignored the fact that the Jews had an ancient Father who had maintained and protected them for 2,000 years, and this ancient Father of course is the God of Israel.
I want to emphasize that I'm not talking about faith, because faith is something else, I'm talking about the question: What is the societal and cultural foundation of the Israeli ethos?
The founding fathers tried to skip from the Bible straight to modern times. They wanted to establish a Biblical ethos, not a Talmudic one. Because the Bible took place here. Because King Saul went to find his donkeys on Highway 443. Open a map and you'll see where he looked. They planned to base the bond between the Israeli people and the Land of Israel on the Bible because almost all of them were yeshiva scholars who took off their kippot and to them, the Talmudic tradition belonged to the exile, to the home they had decided to leave.
So in order to establish this Biblical ethos they decided to skip over the Mishnah and the Midrash and the Talmud and the Golden Age of Spain and the Ramhal and the Hatam Sofer, as well as Bashevis Singer and Shalom Aleichem and Rabbi Nachman of Breslav. And instead of a multi-dimensional, multi-sectoral vision that could include all the different types of Jews, they created an ethos that suited secular Ashkenazi socialists and they wanted all the other tribes to submit to this ethos. This wasn't done out of malice or stupidity, it was… secular thinking. The founding fathers' way of thinking was: If God hasn't brought the Jews to Israel in 2,000 years, it's time to let someone else try, it's time to create a new myth. And when the Holocaust came they saw it as proof that you can't rely on the God of the Jews because he's an unreliable father, we can only rely on ourselves.
So we tried to rely only on ourselves, but our attempt failed. If failed because it caused everyone who wasn't secular, Ashkenazi and socialist to withdraw even more into his tribe, especially when he realized that the vision he was being offered had no room for what was most precious to him – his God. And it failed even more because the founding fathers' explanation was… unsatisfactory. It didn't justify our being here. Because if we take our ancient Father out of the picture, what are we doing here? Why would a secular person choose to live in the worst neighborhood in the world, among a billion Muslems who hate him, in this heat, if he doesn't believe in an external power that makes it worth living here. We realized that this was a problem in 1967, just after the Six-Day War.
Because although the war was run by secular people, the reaction to the war was utterly religious. Following the conquest of regions of our historical homeland… You're too young to remember this,
but there was a tremendous outburst of religious sentiment that led to the founding of the settlement movement, but even more so, it led to a sense of the miraculous. It was felt by widespread sectors of the nation, a feeling that was lost in the Holocaust: that there's someone watching over us, that there's a reason we're here that we may not understand, that may not oblige us to keep all 613 commandments, but we have to admit that it isn't arbitrary.
And once we admitted that life isn't arbitrary, we lost. So we lost and you won. It's a fresh victory, just a few years old, but it's already here. And the initial significance of this victory is that we, the secular Jews, have to admit that our vision, the vision of a state that we run without you and in which you're only guests, was a failure. Because we can't run the Israeli economy without you as partners,
and it's no coincidence that the "cottage cheese revolution" was started by a Haredi from Bnei Brak.
And we can't decide where Israeli education is going if you won't be our partners, and we can't decide where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is going and we can't decide what the democratic nature of the country will be, or the relationship between the citizen and the Supreme Court, if you aren't partners.
If an Ethiopian child in Netivot is hungry, it's your responsibility as much as mine. And you can't say: I only give to Haredi charities. If missiles are being fired at Ashkelon or Kiryat Shemona, it's your responsibility as much as mine. You can't just send ambulances, you're responsible as a sector, you're responsible as part of the State of Israel. And if another huge fire breaks out on Mt. Carmel
I want to know what you plan to do about it, because it's your responsibility as much as mine.
You won, and that means the time has past when you could stand on the sidelines and say: "You have to consider my needs." You're the winners, which means I can say to you: You have to consider my needs, too. You're responsible for me, too, isn't not only me who's responsible for you. It's not only me who has to find a way to make your life possible in this country, you also have to find a way
to make my life possible in this country.
Because victory has its costs. Losing has no cost. Losing is always its own cost. But victory has its cost because it imposes responsibility. You're responsible because you're no longer a tribe or a museum or a zoo, you're the State of Israel just like me and you influence the Israeli way of life just as much as me, so you have to ask yourselves the question: What responsibility does this impose on you? You're the lords of the land. What does this oblige you to do? Can you still tell yourselves that only secular Jews should join the army because it's not your business? Can you still tell yourselves that the only poor people you care about are poor Haredim, and you don't care if secular poor people die of starvation? Can you still look at the problems that concern Israel, first and foremost the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as secular people's problems? Can you allow yourselves to remain silent when a group of Haredi extremists tries to force the State to endanger human lives and move the Emergency Ward at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon?
Because taking responsibility means you can't automatically support Haredim just because they're Haredim. You'll be just as supportive of doctors who save lives there every day because you'll be just as Israeli as them, and that makes you responsible for their children because you have to help their children where your parents wouldn't help them.
I'm not casting aspersions, heaven forbid, on your parents, I'm sure they were good parents and they loved you and tried to give you the skills that children need who belong to a privileged minority living among an indifferent or hostile majority. Your parents taught you to protect yourselves and your friends and relatives and your lifestyle.
One of the classic Haredi claims against core studies is that they're not necessary because Talmud study sharpens the mind and Haredi students can easily make up for them later. This claim has two parts, one true and one untrue. The true part is that Talmud study sharpens the mind. We're talking about thousands of years of wisdom, and whoever studies it becomes both a better person and better trained intellectually.
And the very untrue part is that if you don't teach children math and English they have no trouble making up for it. They do, because the human mind simply takes in languages and sciences
much more easily at an early age. A few months ago there was a big conference at the Technion on employment in the Haredi sector. Shimon Weiss spoke, he's the principal of the Jerusalem College of Technology, the oldest academic institution for training Haredim, and Shimon Weiss revealed the incredible statistic that more than 50 percent of Haredi men who are accepted to the college prep program in the technological fields drop out before they graduate. More than half. Among Haredi women who do study math and English the dropout rate is between 5 and 7 percent.
When Weiss was asked why they drop out he said: "They're basic things. Simple math and fractions and basic spelling in English." You're familiar with this. I realize you want your children to study Torah too,
who am I to argue? But just in case they don't grow up to be great rabbis, give them a chance. 6 hours a week. 4 hours a week. Something. After all, you want to give your children the skills of winners.
They should know not only math and English but also what financial planning is and what law is, a propos this department, so they'll know what their rights and obligations are, and they should understand technology because they live in a technological world which will be much more technological when they grow up.
And they should know something else, they should know their neighbors across the street, they should know us.
I'll give you an example that I always use when talking about Haredi-secular relations in Israel, which is the Yom Kippur Law. Israel has the hametz Law, but still, all over Israel people eat hametz on Passover and buy and sell leaven on Passover. And Israel has the Pork Law, but still, all over Israel people eat pork and buy and sell pork. And the only law that they keep scrupulously is the Yom Kippur Law.
On Yom Kippur, not one secular Jew in Israel drives out of his driveway. And not one secular Jew in Israel would even dream of eating in public on Yom Kippur. Do you know why secular Jews keep the Yom Kippur Law so stringently? Because there is no such law. The Yom Kippur Law was never passed in Israel. It doesn't exist. All that happened was that it's clear to us that it's important to our religious and Haredi neighbors that we don't drive or have barbecues on Yom Kippur. And we're glad to keep it because they asked us to, because it's a neighborly act of mutual respect and it's part of our responsibility towards you to do our best to enable you to live your lives in your way and based on your beliefs.
Yom Kippur is an example of how someone who doesn't only care about his own tribe acts, someone who sees himself as part of a broader society, as part of a nation. It obliges you to act with the kind of generosity and courtesy that oppressed minorities may not be able to afford, but you can afford.
I don't want you to be shocked by the fact that you won. Victory has tremendous advantages, this campus is a good example of that, because thanks to this victory the next generation of Haredim, or at least many of them, won't suffer from the kind of poverty that is intolerable in a modern society.
And thanks to this victory you can speak to us about public space in Israel which will eventually break down the Haredi ghettos. I realize you don't want your kids to play with my kids in the public playground, and I try very hard not to take offense. But there's no reason why we can't find a way to live next door to each other without my having to fear that you'll proselytize my kids and without your having to fear that I'll corrupt your kids. Because winners can always afford to fear less. Thanks to your victory you'll never feel like guests or foreigners in this country which is just as much yours as mine,
and thanks to your victory you'll never feel threatened again.
And maybe then it won't be the extremists in your society who set the tone in issues such as modesty or Kashrut or women's rights. Because if we secular Jews aren't so threatening any more, your lives don't have to be such a reaction against secularity and you can ask yourselves questions that you couldn't ask before. About the general culture and poverty and how extremists rule every aspect of your lives.
Just as wherever you Haredim don't threaten us we can respect you. We can honor Yom Kippur and circumcise our sons, which isn't a law either, yet secular parents circumcise their sons.
And we can hold midnight study sessions on Shavuot with thousands of secular participants dressed in white who come to study Talmud and Judaism. By the same token, now that we don't threaten you,
you can take your future in your hands and decide what your relationship to us will be. This victory enables you to be first class citizens, not second class citizens, but you'll find that first class citizens
work quite a lot for their country. First class citizens take responsibility for its security, for the welfare of its people, for equality, for its international relations, and more than anything else they're responsible for enabling people who are very different from them, just as I'm different from you, to live side by side with them.
Thank you very much.


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Choosing A Garden Fence
Garden fencing can serve many purposes, but one of the best is to accent and define areas of your garden. Whether you choose a six or twelve inch high border edging, or stand a section of post and rail garden fencing in the center of a sweep of lawn, garden fencing can add a beautiful accent to your landscaping.
Wood lattice makes attractive garden fencing that affords some privacy while allowing glimpses of the garden. Lattice boards set into a wooden privacy fence add a whole new design dimension to the frontage of your garden. A single width of lattice fencing can provide a screen or windbreak, and support for any climbing vines.
Set a lattice panel at the edge of the garden nearest the house and train morning glories to climb it to provide a scenery wall outside a kitchen or bedroom window, or create a simple arbor with two full height lattice panels set six to eight feet apart. Use thick garden twine to create a 'bridge' for vines to climb across and form a living 'roof'.
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You'll hear that Rosebrough is almost at a loss for words when he tries to explain Brunson's error. Rosebrough says "even Evil Kneivel can't jump the gap between Haggai chapter 1 to the recession in the United States". True - much, much wider than even the Snake River Canyon, and we know how that went.
Rosebrough sums up his analysis and says:
I have mentioned Rosebrough on this blog before, so most readers are aware of his ministry. His radio show is mostly devoted to exposure of and commentary on false doctrines in today's churches, but he mixes in healthy doses of humor and irreverence, and also plays examples of solid bible sermons. If you are an I-tunes user, subscribe to his radio show there and check him out from time to time.
His tagline is:
That is what we all need to do these days more than ever as false teachings, self-serving sermons, and abusive tactics abound in the emergent, purpose driven, and now even our mainstream evangelical pulpits. Perhaps this is coming about as a result of an ever growing supply of churches and pastors, competing for a stagnant number of Christians, and thus we are going to hear more and more nonsense coming from pulpits as they feel the pressure to compete for a larger share of their local Christian "market".
Readers, let's all keep comparing what pastors are saying in the name of God, to the actual Word of God.
And if you have a pastor who doesn't engage in this sort of nonsense to get you to open your wallet, thank the Lord, and tell your pastor how much you appreciate him. There are still pastors out there who teach with integrity what the bible really says about giving, and generosity, and sacrifice and don't resort to theological gymnastics to get their hands on your wallet.


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Injecting a turkey with a flavored liquid is a good technique for producing moist, flavorful meat. Flavoring the surface of the turkey with marinades, rubs, sauces, and seasonings is also a good method for adding flavor, but flavoring the surface does not penetrate the meat. Using a meat injector allows you to inject the flavoring deep into the meat of the turkey. The flavor injector is a syringe that has a heavy gauge needle attached to a plunger type tube. There are several holes in the last few inches of the tip of the needle. The holes allow the flavoring agent to be released into the meat of the turkey in all directions. There are many ingredients that can be injected into the turkey to add flavor and moistness. Many variations of spiced or herbed liquids can be used, but other ingredients, such as sherry, wine, beer, flavored vinegar, and seasoned oil can be used as well. When mixing the flavoring liquid, be sure it does not include ingredients that may get may trapped in the needle of the syringe, such as herbs that are not finely crushed. If garlic or onion is to be added, it should be used in a liquid form. A little orange juice can be added to the flavoring liquid to act as a tenderizer. Do not make the flavoring too strong because it may overpower the turkey's flavor. The following steps can be used for flavor injecting a turkey. Place the turkey in a roasting pan or any other pan large enough to position the turkey so that it is breast side up. Draw the flavoring liquid into the injector by first making sure the plunger is pushed to the bottom of the syringe. Insert the needle into the flavoring liquid and pull up on the plunger to draw the liquid into the injecting syringe. Now you may begin injecting the flavoring liquid into the turkey. The flavoring should be spread throughout the turkey with the fewest possible punctures. Begin by inserting the needle deep into one side of the breast of the turkey and inject some of the contents of the syringe. After injecting, begin to pull the needle from the breast meat, but do not pull it completely out of the puncture hole. Using the same hole, move the syringe to a different angle and again push the needle into the turkey breast to inject some flavoring in a different portion of the breast meat. Continue to inject the meat at a two or three more angles to spread the flavoring throughout one half of the turkey breast. Repeat the same process on the other half of the breast (opposite side of the breast bone). After injecting both sides of the turkey breast, inject flavoring into the legs and thighs in the same manner. Each thigh and each side of the breast should be injected with 1 to 2 ounces of liquid, depending on the size of the turkey. 1 1/2 ounces is sufficient for a 12 lb. turkey. Each leg should be injected with 3/4 to 1 ounce of liquid. Any remaining flavoring can be injected into the drumsticks of the wings and into the back of the turkey. Cover the turkey and refrigerate overnight to allow the injected liquid to impart its flavor throughout the layers of meat. Remove the turkey from the refrigerator and allow it to stand at room temperature for approximately 2 hours before cooking. The turkey can then be cooked using a variety of methods, such as roasting, deep-frying, grilling, or smoking. Note: When injecting turkey, it is important to puncture it as few times as possible to prevent the natural juices of the turkey from escaping as it cooks. |
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Negotiations over the year-end "fiscal cliff" and federal budget reform continued early this week, with President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner meeting Sunday afternoon but offering the public no details of the discussion.
In the last two weeks the administration and House Republican leaders have exchanged formal proposals, with each side complaining that the other was recycling old and unbalanced proposals. The White House and Boehner's office, however, have said the "lines of communication remain open."
Many economists and others say the fiscal cliff – a combination of expiring tax breaks and poorly designed "automatic" spending cuts – could put the country back in a recession if these policies are all allowed to take effect as currently scheduled.
On Sunday Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, added her voice to these warnings. She said the possible failure of Washington's fiscal negotiations was the most significant threat facing the U.S. economy and could result in "zero growth." She called for a balanced agreement in Washington that would include both spending cuts and revenue increases.
The Concord Coalition urges elected officials in both parties to work together to quickly replace the cliff with an immediate but more responsible "down payment" on deficit reduction, together with a framework for more comprehensive, long-term budget reform.
Ideally, the two parties will also find a way to avoid another protracted battle over the federal debt limit, which will need to be raised in the near future. A willingness to compromise is essential for both sides, since neither party has the ability to force through its own agenda.
External links:
LaGarde: 'Zero' U.S. Growth Without a Deal
CBO: Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit
GAO: The Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook (Fall Update)


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Have you begun to pretend to read this season's hot literary debut, Indecision, by Benjamin Kunkel? To some readers—especially those who wrote reviews on Amazon—Mr. Kunkel's book speaks directly to them. For my old roommates and me, it's more like it speaks directly about us, and our reactions to the book range from flattered to joking that when the book comes out in England, we should sue for libel.
Indecision's gotten glowing reviews, like Jay McInerney's in The New York Times Book Review, that called it "a post-9/11, postironic novel: a tentative response to David Foster Wallace's call for a new generation of sincere anti-rebels." How Mr. McInerney, onetime generalissimo of the marching Bolivian Army, became the arbiter of sincere anti-rebels is another issue.
Then there's Salon's recent interview with the stubbly yet boyish author as an expert source on young men's "romantico-sexual" problems. Of course, producer Scott Rudin spent a reported seven figures to option Mr. Kunkel's book for the movies. Random House even bought an ad on the back of n+1, the lit and culture journal Mr. Kunkel co-founded, that reads, "Brilliant. Funny. Silly. Serious … +1."
But even with all that buzz, it's doubtful anyone is reading the book quite as closely as my old roommates and I.
Two of my roommates went to college with Mr. Kunkel, and while I don't recall having met him, I've been aware of him for as long as I can remember. These days, his success prompts that terribly familiar commingling of pride and jealousy. He wrote a good book and it's getting a lot of attention. What's not to envy?
But my feelings about Indecision are complicated since, for whatever reason, Mr. Kunkel chose to set part of his book in my old apartment. If you knew my roommates or me in that era, you might even be prompted to think that Mr. Kunkel set part of his book in our lives. The Petri dish in which he grew Dwight, his privileged, sexually confused, self-absorbed meta-manchild, was my living room. Mr. Kunkel took little effort to disguise the loft on Chambers Street that I shared with three friends. We lived there out of economic necessity (a student and recent grads) and friendship (three of us went back as far as elementary school). With the help of a non-union carpenter, we built rooms (without ceilings), and we filled the place with our parents' hand-me-downs. Sometimes we threw parties; sometimes it felt like we were living in a reality show without cameras.
Writers, of course, are shameless samplers and remixers of their friends' and families' lives. (Diddy hides his source materials better than most authors.) But it's a real drag to hear Scott Simon on NPR describe your fictional fifth roommate as living among "disconnected souls," or to read Michiko Kakutani describe the way Dwight and his "slacker friends live in a dormlike apartment, spend a lot of time listening to the Dead, ingest tons of drugs and hold lots of zeitgeisty conversations about Truth and Love and Meaning."
Sensationalism! We never listened to the Dead. (Maybe we put in "Ripple" once, like, ironically.)
Here's how Mr. Kunkel describes our third-floor walk-up between Church and West Broadway: "Other friends lived scattered around the city in ones and twos, and this had allowed us four to provide, in the welcoming squalor of our living room, a kind of community center for the school-days diasporae. Poker was played, friends were entertained, TV got watched and color-commentated. Out of everybody we knew our immaturity was best-preserved, we dressed worst and succeeded least professionally—and at times I could get into feeling that for the old crowd to set foot on the scarred linoleum of our kitchen must be like entering this circling, slow eddy in the otherwise one-way flow of time. Outside was the streaming traffic, the money bazaar, the trash-distributing winds with their careerist velocities. And here inside Chambers St. was this cozy set of underachievers."
In one interview, Mr. Kunkel claimed that "none of the characters, including Dwight, have originals in life," yet it still stung a little when one character said, "You know what I think of when I come by Chambers St.? Nineteen ninety-three, the boys during freshman year. The greasy hair, the deliberate aimlessness."
Reductive. Insulting. Condescending. Grating … +1!
When we lived there, it practically was 1993. We took our lease in 1996, and while our kitchen floor was scarred and we did watch a lot of TV, we weren't aimless or unsuccessful. Everyone there was either in school or employed. Our immaturity, such as it was, could be explained by our ages—19 to 22—not our late 20's like that of our fictional roommate, Dwight.
The apartment did function as a community center for classmates and friends, but that wasn't out of fear of growing up. We wanted it that way. Despite typical roommate dustups, we liked our little community: the huge communal meals; the way friends crashed anytime they were in town—sometimes for months (O.K., we didn't all like that); how everyone we knew had our keys; how, when the phone rang, it could be for us or for anyone else who'd told someone, "If I'm not home, try me at Chambers."
For me, Mr. Kunkel's choice of setting would've been fine had he not included a 9/11-eve Ecstasy party during which Dwight's roommates and friends pledge "More good, less bad!" and "Tenderness in the world! Especially the Middle East!", only to wake up to planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
It must've been hard for Mr. Kunkel to resist using 9/11 as the heaviest bit of baggage for his already weighted-down protagonist. But 9/11 as the ultimate hangover is far too glib—in a sincere anti-rebel sort of way. (Not as glib as a flipbook of a man ascending the North Tower, but little is.)
I don't recall fixating on my indecision over "romantico-sexual" relations that day. I was too concerned for the friends who'd taken over the lease on Chambers (our lower-Manhattan Gemeinschaft had disbanded by 2001); the families with kids in the building; our former landlords, who lived and ran a business mere yards from Ground Zero; friends evacuated from their office on Liberty Street; and the huge fucking hellmouth into which thousands died on a perfect September morning.
But that was a long time ago. The landlords have since sold the building. A hauling company took away our sheetrock walls and the scarred linoleum floor. The loft on Chambers is probably some banker's pied-à-terre. However flawed his depiction of our life there, Mr. Kunkel's book does preserve our little collective forever—or until the remainder bin of history claims it.
But when I think back on that time, I don't remember a "slow eddy" that spawned a generation of hyper-aware, indecisive weenies. I remember my home. It was the place I lived with my three closest friends for a few years before we all moved on. Even fictionalized, Chambers will always be the four of us, though I guess now it's us +1.


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Now that you have created and configured your new account, you are ready to e-file!
Filing on an existing case means that you case already exists in the Maryland Odyssey system. If one does not exist yet, you will want to Initiate a New Case.
These steps take you through the process of e-filing on an existing case that we have to retrieve from the Court's system. Once the court's filing clerk receives the submission, you may review your submission on the Filing Status screen.
File on an Existing Case
From the Dashboard, click File on an Existing Case
1. Select Court & Case Type – Choose your case, or click add a case to retrieve your case from the court's system.
If you do not see your case in the drop down, you may type some or all of the case number to filter your results. If you have not yet added the case to your account, you may click the Add a Case link to the right of the Case field.
Learn how to add a case to your account
2. Add Documents – Define, select, and upload the documents that make up your filing.
- Document Type – The Court prescribes the list of documents available in the Document Type field. If you don't see the specific document type you are looking for, then you will select the document type that most closely matches, or is somewhat generic in nature.
- Document Description – If you choose a document type with (name extension) on the end of it, you will be able to type the true document title in the document description field.
Note: To improve your chances of having the filing accepted, you will want this description to 100% match the document's title. - Click to Upload – Click the link to add your document. Aside from the Bulk Party List, our system will automatically convert most native file formats (i.e. Word, WordPerfect, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF) into the Court's preferred Adobe PDF format, upon upload.
- Edit – Click the Edit button to edit a description, delete a document, or replace a document.
3. Security & Optional Services – Choose a security level, and any needed optional services, for each document.
- Security – Most times your choices are public or confidential, but those choices will vary from court to court, and from document type to document type. You will need to pick something from the choices presented to you. While many people choose the public option, others choose confidential if there is sensitive information they do not think should be public.
If a filer sets a document's security to confidential AND they do not want anyone served those documents, filers will NOT want to electronically serve any party. Electronic service sends ALL of the documents in a filing to ALL selected parties regardless of the document security type chosen. - Optional Services – When you initiate a new case or file on an existing case, you have the choice of adding optional services for the document(s) you are filing. This can be for extra fees or services like the court reporter fee or first paper fee, or for extra things like ordering certified copies (if the court offers it). There are many different choices that can appear here, so always be sure to check it before submitting a filing. You can also add a Qty to these optional services if you need multiples of something.
4. New Case Parties – Enter the required parties.
If the party you are filing on behalf of isn't listed in 5. Filing Party, click the Add Party link in 4. New Case Parties; then select and enter the new party's information in the subsequent fields.
5. Filing Party – Choose the party or parties you are filing on behalf of.
If you do not see your party listed, you may add them in the step above, and then come back to this section to select them.
6. Service Contacts – Add service contacts to your filing to perform electronic service.
- eServe – Select (or deselect) any one listed to receive e-service. If no contacts are listed (or if a filer wishes to add additional service contacts), click the Add Service Contact link (Letter D). A filer may only edit or delete service contacts they originally added.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE OPPOSING PARTY (OR ANY PARTY) TO HAVE ACCESS TO A CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT NEVER E-SERVE THEM. E-SERVING A PARTY MEANS THAT YOU, THE FILER, CONSENTS TO THEM HAVING ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT. - Mail Service – Certified and First Class Mail – Starting in the fall of 2021, filers may choose to send the accepted documents to contacts via Certified and First Class Mail.
- Name – In this column, a filer may add or edit an address for Mail Service. However, only the contact's name will show unless the filer selects a Mail Service type in the previous column.
- Add Service Contact – As always, filers may click the Add Service Contact link to add new contacts to a filing.
- Return Address – Filers will want to make sure the Return Address listed is correct for any returned Mail Service.
Learn More about Service Contacts and our new Mail Service via Certified and First Class Mail
7. Filing Fees – Select a payment method to pay estimated fees.
Confirm Fee Calculation
Click Confirm Fee Calculation to see the estimated fees. The filing fees auto-populate from the court based on the case type, document type(s), and optional services filers select. If the fees seem incorrect to you, you may need to change one of these types.
Waivers on a Case
If you have a waiver of fees for your case, you will need to make sure to select a Waiver Payment type to avoid the charges listed in this section.
Learn How to Create a Waiver Payment Account
8. Review & Submit – Finalize your filing, review, and submit.
- If you are Filing for an Attorney select them from the menu or click the Add Attorney link.
- If your firm uses any sort of Client Matter No, enter it here. If you want an unofficial copy of the filing to go to anyone associated with the case, like a client, enter their email(s) here. Note: this is different from a service contact, and it, along with the client matter number, are for your internal purposes only.
- If your court has the option to leave the clerk a memo, enter any sort of note here in the Note to Clerk box.
- Review your entire filing for accuracy, Then check the box to acknowledge you have verified your filing information.
Submit Your Filing
Click the Submit Filing button. Clicking this button, sends your filing directly to filing clerk's queue at the Court for review. Once all documents are successfully sent to them, the Court will return an envelope number with the date and time they received the full submission. This will be the date and time for the file stamp in your accepted filing. Any filing the Court receives weekdays after 11:59PM, on the weekend, or Court Holiday receives an accepted file stamp of the next Court business day.
On the Filing Status Screen, you will now see your filing is listed as pending. You may return to this screen at any time to see the current status for it and any other filing. Depending on the Court, it can take as little as a minute to review the submission to a few hours to a full business day. If it takes longer than that, the Court may have a backlog they are working through. If you are ever concerned about the status of a submission, the best thing to do is contact the Court directly and provide them with the Envelope Number on your filing.
7. Pre-authorization of Fees
It is important to note that when you submit your filing, the court does a pre-authorization on your card for the filing fees. If the court rejects the filing, then they will not settle that pre-authorization, and it will eventually fall off your card within 3 to 10 business days from the date of the clerk's rejection depending on your banking institution.
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Parshat Devarim
This Parsha begins the last of the Five Books of The Torah, Sefer Devarim. This Book is also called Mishneh Torah, "Repetition of the Torah" (hence the Greek/English title Deuteronomy). Sefer Devarim relates what Moshe told Bnei Yisrael during the last five weeks of his life, as they prepared to cross the Jordan into Eretz Yisrael. Moshe reviews the mitzvot, stressing the change of lifestyle they are about to undergo: from the supernatural existence of the desert under Moshes guidance to the apparently natural life they will experience under Yehoshuas leadership in the Land.
The central theme this week is the sin of the spies, the meraglim. The Parsha opens with Moshe alluding to the sins of the previous generation who died in the desert. He describes what would have happened if they hadnt sinned by sending spies into Eretz Yisrael. Hashem would have given them without a fight all the land from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, including the lands of Ammon, Moav and Edom. He details the subtle sins that culminate in the sin of the spies, and reviews at length this incident and its results. The entire generation would die in the desert; Moshe would not enter Eretz Yisrael. He reminds them that their immediate reaction to Hashems decree was to want to "go up and fight" to redress the sin. He recounts how they wouldnt listen when he told them not to go, that they no longer merited vanquishing their enemies miraculously. They ignored him and suffered a massive defeat. They were not allowed to fight with the kingdoms of Esav, Moav or Ammon these lands were not to be part of the map of Eretz Yisrael in the meantime. When the conquest of Canaan will begin with Sichon and Og, it will be via natural warfare.
Son Of G-dzilla
"And it will be that if you hearken to My commandments." (11:13)
One of the ten economic commandments of Hollywoodis "If it makes money, let there be born unto it a Son. A sequel. Or a prequel. "Let it contain all the same stars, and let the plot be so close to its progenitor that you're not sure if you're actually watching a different film or the original one."
The second paragraph of the Shema looks like 'Son of Shema.' It has the same mitzvot: to love G-d and to serve him with all your heart etc.; to speak of the mitzvot when you're sitting in you home and walking along the way, to wear tefillin; to put up a mezuza.
Haven't we heard all this before?
The best thing, the only thing that really can be described as 'good' in this world is to be close to G-d. Trouble is we don't always do what's good for us.
All over the world there are speed limits on roads. In the States it's a mind-numbing 55 MPH. In England it's 70 MPH. A speed limit it placed on a road to prevent you killing yourself. Seeing as that's the reason, why should we need a system of fines and penalties to stop people speeding? Isn't losing your life a far more persuasive reason to slow down than losing $75 dollars for a speeding ticket?
A smaller but more immediate danger can impact us more than a danger which is greater but more remote.
In the first paragraph of the Shema, no results are stated for doing or not doing the mitzvot because it's self-evident that doing the mitzvot brings us close to G-d. And that's the real good.
Human nature being what it is, however, the Torah saw a need to go back and repeat those same mitzvot in this week's Torah portion, but this time it adds that if we do them we will have rain at its proper time; we'll gather our grain, our wine, our oil. G-d will provide grass for our cattle. We'll eat and be satisfied. And if we don't keep the mitzvot, then there will be no rain, the ground won't yield its produce, and eventually we will be exiled.
None of these blessings and curses can compete with the true good of being close to G-d; it's just that sometimes the threat of $75 speed ticket is more eloquent than possibility of not making it home at all.


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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited park in the country, and with good reason – miles and miles of backcountry trails, pristine mountain streams, waterfalls and soaring mountain peaks. One of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to rare plant and animal species and serves as a sanctuary for hundreds of black bears. Elk have been reintroduced into the park and are thriving in the Cataloochee Valley, a remote area of the Smokies accessible from Waynesville and Maggie Valley.
Along with appreciating the natural beauty of the area, you can also glimpse into the past at the many preserved historical landmarks and see how southern mountaineers created their own way of life in the Smokies – a culture that is still very much alive and well in communities surrounding the park.
Destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mountain Farm Museum
Mingus Mill
Cataloochee Valley
Cades Cove
Mountain Farm Museum
The Mountain Farm Museum is a unique collection of farm buildings assembled from locations throughout the park. Visitors can explore a log farmhouse, barn, apple house, springhouse, and a working blacksmith shop to get a sense of how families may have lived 100 years ago. Most of the structures were built in the late 19th century and were moved here in the 1950s. The Davis House is a rare chance to view a log house built from chestnut wood before the chestnut blight decimated the American Chestnut in our forests during the 1930s and early 1940s. The museum is adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center.
• Free admission
• Historic buildings
• Farm animals
• Demonstrations with costumed interpretations
Mingus Mill
A half-mile north of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center is Mingus Mill. Built in 1886, this mill uses a water-powered turbine instead of a water wheel to power all of the machinery in the building. Located at its original site, Mingus Mill stands as a tribute to the test of time. Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily mid-March through mid-November. Also, open Thanksgiving weekend.
• Water flows down a millrace to the mill.
• A working cast iron turbine.
• A miller demonstrates the process of grinding corn into cornmeal.
• Cornmeal and other mill-related items are available for purchase at the mill.
Cataloochee Valley (Not Cataloochee Ski Area)
Cataloochee Valley is nestled among some of the most rugged mountains in the southeastern United States. Surrounded by 6000-foot peaks, this isolated valley was the largest and most prosperous settlement in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Once known for its farms and orchards, today's Cataloochee is one of the most picturesque areas of the park.
Directions: The most direct route is to take Cove Creek Road (partially graveled) off route 276 near Dellwood, NC into Cataloochee. A more scenic route (not recommended for RVs) is to take a long winding road, route 32, from Cosby, TN to the TN/NC border. Here the road becomes gravel. It twists and winds into Cataloochee.
• Historic buildings: Cook Cabin reconstructed in Little Cataloochee.
• Fishing: Pick up fishing regulations at a park visitor center. A Tennessee or North Carolina fishing license is required to fish within park boundaries. A fishing license may be purchased in a nearby community.
• Camping: A primitive campground with 27 first-come, first- serve sites. Open mid-March – October. Tent or RVs up to 31 feet.
• Hiking: There are many enjoyable trails to hike in Cataloochee. Several of these designated backcountry campsites (camping by permit only) are along many of these trails.
• Wildlife viewing area
Cades Cove
An 11-mile long loop road winds through the valley of Cades Cove offering visitors beautiful scenery and the opportunity to tour historic buildings and view wildlife. Visit the Cades Cove page for additional information about the cove.
• Historic buildings: Homes, churches, barns, and Cable Mill – a working grist mill
• Hiking: There are many enjoyable trails in the area including hikes to Abrams Falls, Thunderhead Mountain and Rocky Top (made famous by the popular song). Several designated backcountry campsites (camping by permit only) are located along trails.
• Wildlife viewing area


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WASHINGTON (BP) -- A mother and her seven children in Egypt have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to convert to Christianity.
And, on the Jan. 25 weekend marking the second anniversary of the country's revolution, more than 50 people were killed in a new wave of unrest.
The 15-year sentence was given to Nadia Mohamed Ali and her seven children for trying to change the religion on their ID documents from Islam to Christianity, Fox News reported. The sentence was handed down in the Egyptian city of Beni Suef in early January.
Ali, who was raised a Christian, converted to Islam 23 years ago when she married a Muslim man, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab Mustafa. After Mustafa died, Ali tried to convert her family to Christianity to receive an inheritance, according to Fox News.
Identification documents in Egypt list a person's religion, and reports indicate the government makes it difficult for Muslims to change their IDs to Christianity.
" change from Islam to Christianity, or come back to Christianity, face difficulties," Ishak Ibrahim, a religion expert with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, told FoxNews.com.
Case in point is Mohamed Hegazy, a Muslim who became a Christian in 1998 after a period of seeking God. World Watch Monitor, a news service focusing on the persecuted church, reported that after enduring torture and arrests by Egypt's security services, Hegazy filed a lawsuit in 2007 to change his ID from Muslim to Christian so his children would not receive Muslim religious education. But in January 2008, a court ruled that Muslims are forbidden from changing their documents from Islam to another religion, and the latest reports indicate Hegazy is in hiding under threat of death.
Such dangers lead those wanting to change their documents to do so illegally, according to Britain's Sky News, which reported that after Ali's family converted back to Christianity in 2004, they tried to get their documents changed. Police arrested one of her children in 2006, and he confessed the IDs had been forged.
Charges were not pursued under the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, Fox News reported, but when the case came to light under the administration of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, the sentences were meted out. The clerks who helped the family change their IDs received five years in prison as well.
"We are following reports of a number of Egyptians sentenced to imprisonment for forging identity documents to alter their religious identity from Muslim to Christian," U.S. State Department spokesperson Ariel Vaagen wrote, according to Fox News. "We are deeply concerned with Egyptian laws that infringe on an individual's universal right to choose his or her religion and call upon the Egyptian government to promote and protect universal freedoms, including freedom of religion, for all its citizens."
Sharia (Islamic law) is an integral part of Egypt's new constitution, which Samuel Tadros, a research fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, told Fox News is a "disaster" for freedom of religion.
"The cases will increase in the future," Tadros told Fox. "It will be much harder for people to return to Christianity."
On Sunday, Morsi declared a 30-day state of emergency in three provinces to stem a wave of violence in which more than 50 people were killed over the weekend, the Associated Press reported.
In the city of Port Said, 44 people were killed during two days of clashes over the convictions and death sentences of 21 people involved in a deadly soccer riot on Feb. 1, 2012, according to the AP. Another 11 people died on Friday during rallies against Morsi and his Islamist allies.
Tens of thousands of protesters had filled Cairo's Tahrir Square to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 25 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, according to the AP.
"Our revolution is continuing. We reject the domination of any party over this state. We say no to the Brotherhood state," Hamdeen Sabahy, a leftist leader, told Reuters.
Egypt's fractured society is pitting the country's Islamists against more secular Egyptians, who fear Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood are moving to monopolize power. Reuters reported that the parties that organized the Friday protests listed demands, including an overhaul of the constitution. Critics of the document contend it gives the president too much power, has insufficient human rights protections, and fails to curb the dominant power of the military over Egypt.
"We are not here to celebrate but to force those in power to submit to the will of the people. Egypt now must never be like Egypt during Mubarak's rule," activist Mohamed Fahmy told Reuters.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which decided not to mobilize its supporters during the protests, claims it is being depicted unfairly by its rivals, according to Reuters. It argues that quickly enacting the constitution was necessary to establish stability and that opponents are not respecting the will of the people, who elected Islamists to power.
Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center, told Reuters the latest round of unrest was unlikely to change anything.
"It's definitely tense on the ground, but so far there hasn't been anything out of the ordinary or anything that really threatens to fundamentally alter the political situation," Hamid said.
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How Does Oracle Cloud Integration Improve Client Interactions?
If you can still count on one hand the number of times you've heard the term "business integrations," you're either living in the past or simply not paying attention. Indeed, integrating everything from office security to communications systems has become a top priority for modern IT. But why? So you can continue doing what you do every day, but in a more efficient and effective way. And by using Oracle cloud integration, you can tether your business phone system to the customer relationship management (CRM) platform your teams use every day, improving both your client interactions and operational efficiency.
Managing Client Interactions
Communicating with clients is both important and time-consuming. There's a lot that goes into each interaction — from updating contact info to compiling call notes — and maintaining truly effective communication involves more behind-the-scenes work than some realize.
What if there was a way to make these tasks easier and less of a drain on your already-busy schedule? CRMs tackle half the issue; by connecting the dots between clients and related business operations, these platforms have revolutionized customer interaction. But while CRMs are built to empower effective communication, they do precious little to actually facilitate it. That's where the integration comes in, and Oracle cloud integration is one way to solve the other half of this puzzle.
When you begin integrating cloud communications with a CRM like Oracle Sales Cloud, the first benefit you'll likely notice is streamlined call management. While it's easy to overlook, the actual communication piece of the sales puzzle — meaning calls, video conferences, or instant messages — requires its own fair share of management.
Think busy-work like tracking missed calls, documenting notes for each interaction, and even simple tasks like syncing new contact information. It may seem trivial at first blush, but inefficiencies here not only waste time, but ultimately lead to less effective communication. When your client interactions lose traction in this way, sales opportunities are sure to follow suit.
When you've got an entire CRM of information about a customer right at your fingertips for each call, you'll find yourself empowered to ask or answer the right questions at the right time.
This is what makes CRM/phone system integrations worth it: making meaningful customer communication effortless. Click to dial the customer straight from your Oracle Sales Cloud dashboard; eliminate lost information with integrated note taking while on the call; automatically sync contact information between all your devices; make following up easy with missed-call pop-ups and highly visible call logs.
Marrying two interdependent technologies ultimately underscores the best integrations. Cloud-based communication and Oracle's CRM simply serve as a great example. That said, simplifying communication management may sound like a great idea, but what can it do for your bottom line?
Oracle Cloud Integration: More Than the Sum of its Parts
There are two ways Oracle cloud integration can pad your bottom line: cost savings and revenue generation. When it comes to cost savings, you'll likely find it manifesting in more effective use of time.
When you think about it, time is the one commodity that everyone shares equally. No matter who you are, you've got the exact same amount as the person next to you; 24 hours each day is all you have. It's what you do with it that sets you and your organization apart, especially in the eyes of the customers.
For example, if you're able to field sales calls on your mobile device with the same CRM support you'd get at your desk, you'll find yourself more productive in more places. Having CRM info such as sales notes, important dates, and contact names pop up automatically with incoming calls on your mobile phone can save you a surprising amount of time.
Your newfound mobility will save you trips to the desk, office, and conference room, trimming even more time in the process. If time is money, you'll be saving plenty of it with an integration of your phone system and CRM.
As for revenue generation, the driving force here is increased productivity and customer satisfaction. As described above, integrating cloud-based phone systems with your Oracle CRM grants employees the increased mobility and flexibility necessary to be productive anywhere in the world, and it also makes each client interaction more meaningful.
When you've got an entire CRM of information about a customer right at your fingertips for each call — or text, instant message, or video conference — you'll find yourself empowered to ask or answer the right questions at the right time. Oracle's unique insight will be effortlessly handed off when using your phone system, preparing you for every customer interaction that comes your way.
In other words, your newfound productivity will lead to more satisfying interactions — and a satisfied customer is a happy customer. And, as we all know, happy customers mean revenue.


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Landis+Gyr produces one million industrial meters
On the 6th of February, 2008 the one millionth Landis+Gyr ZMD/ZMG meter came off the production line. To mark this significant step in the evolution of meters, the one millionth meter was manufactured in a golden colored case, going into perpetuity in the Landis+Gyr meter museum.
The ZMD and ZMG meters, designed for industrial applications, have one of the most stringent specification (IEC) guidelines in the metering industry. The level of accuracy needed is far above that required for residential meters. It is because of this high level of accuracy and reliability that customers all over the world have placed their trust in Landis+Gyr and purchased these meters for their industrial end-users.
The development of this range of meters was started more than ten years ago when Landis+Gyr took the step of moving towards a modular system, whereby customers can choose meters with or without communications, and in a variety of protocols, whether it be GPRS or PLC. At the time this was a revolutionary step, one vindicated by many competitors copying the idea in the following years.
Andy Spreiter, Executive Vice President and CFO of Landis+Gyr, said, "This impressive number of sold meters demonstrates that the ZMD/G range of meters has been a world wide success, being sold in more than fifty countries worldwide, from China to Germany to Spain."
This landmark further cements Landis+Gyr's position as the global leader in integrated advanced metering solutions for the energy industry, helping utilities around the world manage energy better.


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What we do:
Partly of course, we present works already in print that the publisher wishes to present in electronic media, but doesn't have the facilities or wherewithal to do themselves. Also though, we publish non-fiction works that make a statement about human spirit. We like humour, we like biographies and autobiographies that reflect the potential of the human species. We like social commentary, the more subtle the better.
We have published everything from very serious subject matter to very irreverant humour.
We are interested in presenting Canadian works that have fallen out of print or need electronic distribution. If you are a Canadian author with such a work, feel free to query us.


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To honour his beloved Nabile, Jazan ordered his finest craftsmen to create one hundred golden statues to present to her on her birthday. Rumour has it that they are being stored in the Qasalan Royal Treasury until that day. Heermeedjet and Meerouladen have also heard this rumour, and have hatched a devious plan to infiltrate the treasury and steal the priceless statues for themselves. However, the treasury is a complex maze, full of dangerous Petpets, and is considered quite perilous. Only with a great deal of cunning and speed will the two Meerca brothers manage to pull off the heist before the guards arrive!
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Learn moreMidyear business review
We're about to reach the midpoint of the year. And that means it's time to assess where we are—and what we need to do to reach our business goals by year-end.
If you set actionable business goals at the beginning of 2023, conducting a midyear review helps you reflect on the last six months, determine what worked well (and what didn't) and adjust to finish strong in the final half of the year. If you didn't get a chance to set goals for 2023, there's no time like the present!
Why a midyear review is important
Maya Angelou may have said it best: "You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been." This is as true in business as it is in life. Setting goals each year is imperative to the success of your business. And evaluating your progress in a midyear review is important. Here are a few reasons why:
It gives you a chance to assess your business's performance.
It allows you to reallocate resources (e.g., time, staff) to achieve goals.
It lets you adjust goals that are performing well or poorly.
It keeps your team apprised of the status of business goals and objectives.
So, let's walk through these seven tips to help you with your midyear business review.
1. Make the time
This is the most important thing you can do. Block two to three hours on your calendar in the next couple of months. Don't invite your entire staff to the meeting, but be sure to include the major players in your business.
2. Gather important information
In preparation for your meeting, gather the documents and data you'll need, such as goals and objectives for the year, data insights that help determine your progress, or any additional KPIs relevant to your business. This could include customer satisfaction reports, business reviews, revenue data, sales numbers or website views.
3. Review the last six months
If you set goals for 2023, start analyzing how well your business is performing. Are you on track to meet your goals? Do you need to reevaluate any goals due to their performance (or lack thereof)? Are there goals that no longer apply to your business? Take notes on the changes that need to be made.
4. Plan for the next six months
Using the information from your six-month review, determine what goals need to be adjusted for the remainder of the year. Can improvements be made to help with progress? If some goals have already been met, consider raising the bar to make further progress. Focus on goals and objectives that may need more movement and adjust where needed.
5. Celebrate the good things
If you've met and/or exceeded some goals only halfway through the year, take time to recognize your team for their hard work. Ask yourself what feels good about the first half of the year and what accomplishments make you proud. If other goals haven't yet been met, celebrating the good things can help motivate your team to work harder in those areas.
6. Meet with the team
Once you've reviewed the previous six months and have a plan for the remainder of the year, it's important to meet with your team to make sure everyone's on the same page. (This is also a good time for any shout-outs for accomplishments.) Let them know what went well and where improvements can be made. And be sure to share with them what goals have been adjusted.
7. Apply what you learned
Once you've adjusted your goals and met with your team, it's time to put your plan into action. Armed with the knowledge of what went well and what didn't, your team and your business are in a good place to end the year on a successful note.
Remember, no plan is perfect; even the best-intentioned goals may not have the expected outcomes. That's why evaluating goals and objectives midyear is vital, so you still have time to make adjustments. Goals are just that: goals. Taking time to analyze and change course when needed can help your business achieve success by the end of the year.
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Some stories introduce characters as people and then let the reader/audience discover their roles and relationships afterward. This tends to help an audience identify with the characters.
Other stories put roles first, so that we know about the person by their function and/or job, then get closer to them as the act progresses. This tends to make the reader/audience pigeon-hole the characters by stereotype, and then draw them into learning more about the actual people behind the masks.
Finally, there are stories that introduce character relationships, either situational, structural, or emotional, at the beginning. This causes the audience to see the problems among the characters but not take sides as strongly until they can learn about the people on each side of the relationship, and the roles that constrain them.
Of course, you do not have to treat these introductions equally for all characters and relationships. For example, you might introduce on character as a person, then introduce their relationship with another character, then divulge the constraints the other character is under due to role, then revel the other character as a person.
This approach would initially cast sympathy (or derision) at the first character, temper it by showing a relationship with which he or she must contend, then temper that relationship by showing the constraints of the other character, and finally humanize that other character so a true objective balance can be formed by the reader/audience.
Don't forget that first impressions stick in our minds, and it is much easier to judge someone initially than to change that judgment later. Use this trait of audiences to quickly identify important characters up front, or to put their complete situations later, thereby forcing the reader/audience to reconsider its attitudes, and thereby learn and grow.
No matter what approach you take, you have the opportunity to weave a complex experience for your reader/audience, blending factual, logistic information about your characters with the reader/audience emotional experience in discovering this information.
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An anthology of 320 poems. Discover Chinese poetry in its golden age and some of the greatest Chinese poets. Tr. by Bynner (en).
On the third day, taking my place to cook,
Washing my hands to make the bridal soup,
I decide that not my mother-in-law
But my husband's young sister shall have the fiat taste.
Bynner 242
300 Tang poems – Tang Shi VII. 1. (242) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
Alias Tang Shi San Bai Shou, Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty, Poésie des Thang.
The Book of Odes, The Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Three-characters book, The Book of Changes, The Way and its Power, 300 Tang Poems, The Art of War, Thirty-Six Strategies
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I recently partnered up with Making Work at Home Work as a blogger.
Expanding and Contracting: Managing Your Stress Level
By Mary M. Byers
My work is seasonal. I make about 30% of my income for the entire year in one month! That's the good news. The bad news is that it can be stressful getting through such a busy time. That's where the concept of "Expanding and Contracting" comes in. Expanding and contracting requires making a conscious decision regarding how big your life view is going to be at any given time. For example, I once had a speaking engagement in my home town. Since my mother lived there, I decided to take my children along so they could spend some time with grandma.
Several weeks before the engagement, my world view was still large. I could look at the calendar for the entire month, make plans for later in the summer, and keep an active "To Do" list for the week. As the engagement approached, however, I narrowed my focus to getting my presentation ready and getting myself and the kids packed. The day before our departure, getting out the door and to Grandma's house was ALL I focused on. As soon as my
presentation was over, however, I was able to expand my focus again and begin planning for our next trip—a family vacation.
You've probably used these concepts of expanding and contracting without even knowing it. Think about the last time you had friends over for dinner. When you called to extend the invitation, your life view was still large. As you approached the day of the meal, your view contracted as you began to plan the menu and make your grocery list. The day of the event, your view likely contracted even more, to the point of being focused on straightening the house and getting the food prepared. After your guests arrived, your view could begin to expand again and by the time they left, you were probably already thinking ahead to what the next day would bring.
Expanding and contracting your view is extremely useful in staving off stress. As I view my calendar some days and an overwhelmed feeling starts creeping over me, I simply take a deep breathe (or two, or three, or ten, depending on the situation!) and ask myself, "How can I contract my focus?" Doing so keeps me from being paralyzed and gives me a focal point toward which to direct my energy. It's an extremely effective means of staying sane when you're running a home and a business under one roof. Having a laser focus is necessary sometimes just to get you through the day.
What techniques do you use to help you get through your work-related busy times? E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll share your tricks in my next post. Until then, now that I'm done traveling for awhile, I'm expanding my focus again and it feels good!
Mary Byers is the author of Making Work at Home Work: Successfully
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From the watch face display, press the lower right button until you see your total steps for the day. Pressing the middle button once will reveal your steps over the last seven days.
Your Suunto 3 keeps track of your overall level of activity throughout the day. It counts steps using an accelerometer. The total step count accumulates 24/7, also while recording exercises and other activities. However, with some specific sports, such as swimming and cycling, steps are not counted.
To switch from daily steps to estimated daily calories, press the upper left button. The total calories you burn per day is based on two factors: your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and your physical activity.
Your BMR is the amount of calories your body burns while at rest. These are the calories your body needs to stay warm and perform basic functions like blink your eyes or beat your heart. This number is based on your personal profile, including factors such as age and gender.
When you set a calorie goal (see below), you define how many calories you want to burn in addition to your BMR. These are your so-called active calories.
The large number in the center of the display is the estimated amount of active calories you have burned so far. Below this you see the total calories burned. The total includes both active calories and your BMR.
You can view a weekly summary in your watch or long-term trends in the diary section of your Suunto app.
The ring in both the steps and calories displays indicates how close you are to your daily activity goals. You can adjust the goals in your watch settings (Settings >> Activity) or by keeping the middle button pressed in the activity display to open the activity goal settings.
When setting your target for steps, you define the total number of steps for the day. When you set your calorie goal, you define how many calories you want to burn in addition to your BMR.
Both activity counters automatically reset at midnight every day.
Enable Daily HR under the Activity settings (Settings >> Activity)
The daily HR display provides a 12-hour view of your heart rate. This is a helpful source of information about, for example, your recovery after a hard training session.
The display shows your heart rate over 12 hours as a graph. The graph is plotted using your average heart rate based on 24-minute time slots. In addition, you get your lowest heart rate during the 12-hour period.
Your minimum heart rate from the last 12 hours is a good indicator of your recovery state. If it is higher than normal, you probably are not fully recovered yet from your last exercise.
Suunto 3 tracks your sleep, too.
A good night's sleep is important for a healthy mind and body. You can use your Suunto 3 to track your sleep and follow how much sleep you are getting and how well you are sleeping.
A lack of sleep or sleep that does not provide sufficient recovery exposes you to illnesses and weakens your physical fitness. Your body can withstand individual nights of sleep that do not provide sufficient recovery, but if the situation drags on, the risk of overload increases.
Turn sleep tracking on and set your bedtime at settings (Settings >> Sleep >> Sleep tracking). The last step defines your bedtime. Your watch uses that period to determine when you are sleeping (during your bedtime) and reporting all sleep as one session. It is better to set the bedtime a little longer than you actually will be sleeping to make sure you get all your sleep tracked. If you get up for a drink of water during the night, for example, your watch still counts any sleep after that as the same session. At the settings you can also set a target duration for your sleep.
Duration is only one aspect of sleep. The amount of sleep we need changes from day to day, from person to person, and even as we get older. We have all woken up after a full 8 hours of sleep feeling tired, particularly during stressful times. At other times, we wake up fresh with a good deal less sleep than expected.
Not all sleep is equal. Quality matters. Personal, behavioral, dietary, and environmental factors can all impact the restorative quality of your sleep. That's why you can also track your sleep quality with your Suunto 3 Fitness.
Your sleep quality is assessed by following your heart rate variability during sleep. The variability is an indication of how well your sleep is helping you rest and recover. Sleep quality is shown on a scale from 0 to 100 in the sleep summary, with 100 being the best quality.
To measure sleep quality you will need to have Daily HR on (see above). Learn more here.
When you wake up in the morning you will see a summary of your sleep. You can follow your overall sleep trend by scrolling down to the sleep insight from the watch face or in diary of your Suunto app.
Your Suunto 3 also measures your stress and recovery throughout the day to help you ensure you have enough in the tank to make it through the day.
Stress and physical activity deplete your resources, while rest and recovery restore them. Good sleep is an essential part of ensuring your body has the resources it needs.
The gauge around this display indicates your overall resource level. If it is green, it means you are recovering. If it is gray, you are not recovering, but can still be adding to your overall resources. The status and time indicator tell you your current state (active, inactive, recovering or stressed) and for how long you have been in that state.
Press the middle button to see a bar chart of your resources over the last 16 hours.
When your resource levels are high, you will likely feel fresh and energetic. Going for a run when your resources are high means you'll probably have a great run, because your body has the energy it needs to adapt and improve as a result.
Being able to track your resources can help you manage and use them wisely. You can also use your resource levels as a guide to identify stress factors, personally effective recovery boosting strategies, and the impact of good nutrition.
Stress and recovery uses optical heart sensor readings. To get those during the day, daily HR must be enabled (see above).
The sleep quality tracking and stress and recovery monitoring have been developed in close cooperation with Firstbeat Technologies, Suunto's long-term partner in sports sciences.


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Stone Fruit
Stone Fruit
By Lee Lai
Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties — Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn't fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.
At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones — and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory.


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Redecker 'Vase' Bottle Brush
Redecker's 'Vase' Bottle Brush features a soft wool tip to reach the inside base of deep vases and tall glassware. The generous length of the brush makes cleaning over sized vessels a breeze! The looped handle design makes for easy storage after use.
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Germany's Redecker is a family business who have been crafting wonderful artisan brushware since 1935. Famous around the world for their quality design, functionality and use of sustainable wood and natural fibres, this tradition inspired collection features quality kitchen, housekeeping, garden, spa and grooming products, many of which are made by in-house craftsman in Redecker's workshop. Specifically designed for the task at hand, Redecker's range includes innovative brushes for scrubbing dishes and bottles, right down to wooden brushes for cleaning mushrooms, BBQ's and even oysters and mussels!
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Boulder's Best Ice Cream & Gelato
Since 2001 Glacier Homemade Ice Cream & Gelato has been producing the highest quality Ice Cream, Gelato & Sorbet in Colorado. Every batch of ice cream is hand mixed with the best ingredients we can find with an emphasis on the awesome local ingredients found in our community. The dedication shows in every cone, cup and shake. We even produce our own hot fudge and the soft chocolate that is mixed in our melt flavors. Our citrus flavors are made from fresh, hand-squeezed lemons and limes. There is something for everyone at Glacier. The way we look at it, our customers deserve the best. We think you'll agree that fresher is better. Enjoy!
More than 1,000 flavors have been created to date, with new ones rolling out every week. Our customers, ice cream makers, and employees' suggestions are the source for our flavor inspiration. Current favorites include Sea Salt Caramel ice cream and Chocolate Mousse gelato. The Funky Donkey (peanut butter ice cream with oreos and fudge), Lemon gelato, Nutella gelato, and Coffee Caramel Crunch ice cream are some of the most popular with patrons.


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Clean Room Packaging |
Customer demand and legal requirements are constantly rising – for packaging of raw materials as well as adjuvants.
The innovative packaging solution has been adapted to practical needs and specially developed for cleanroom use. The double PE sack provides noticeably more safety in pharmaceutical production.
With former conventional sacks, any contamination adhering to the outside could be unintentionally carried into cleanroom areas. The new double PE sack solves this problem. The stable inner and outer sacks effectively prevent contamination from reaching highly sensitive production areas. This means that safety is substantially increased for handling pharmaceutical substances.
The new double PE sack solution has some convincing details to show for itself: Its high stability ensures good transport and storage safety. The perforation seam separating the inner from the outer sack offers extreme ease of handling. Once the outer sack is removed, no contamination can enter the cleanroom area via the packaging. All these details offer a full packaging solution for cleanroom use.
A decisive advantage for the user is the labeling of the inner sack with all important product data. This avoids mixups and time-consuming filling processes.
The launch of the double PE sack highlights Merck's outstanding position worldwide as an innovation driver: If the highest standards are to be achieved, the packaging is just as important as the contents.
If you would like to have further information please contact us.
We would be delighted to hear from you and we look forward to cooperating with you!