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Olympus Tough TG-830 iHS Waterproof Digital Camera (Silver)
Product Code: OLYV104130SU000
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Olympus Tough TG-830 iHS Waterproof Digital Camera (Silver)
Product Code: OLYV104130SU000
Availability:Out of stock
5x zoom lens 28-140mm (35mm equivalent)
4 Underwater scene modes: uw Snapshot, uw Wide 1, uw Wide 2, uw Macro
Full HD Video 1080p with built-in HDMI Output
Super Resiliency: Waterproof, Shockproof, Crushproof
TruePic VI Image Processor: developed for professional-grade SLRs
Ready for travel with GPS and eCompass
Tough TG-830 iHS Waterproof Digital Camera
Tough TG-830 iHS waterproof digital camera comes with some pretty interesting features which makes it an ideal camera to take anywhere. It can handle some of the harshest conditions imaginable for a camera with its waterproof (33 under water), shock proof (up to 7), freezeproof (up to -10 ? C) and crush proof (220 lbf/100kgf) features. The 16 megapixels backlit CMOS sensor is complimented by the TruePic Vi image processing engine and Olympus iHS technology to create stunning stills and full HD videos in all lighting conditions.
TOUGH Shooting Conditions Conquered
The Olympus Tough TG-830 iHS combines Olympus trademark indestructibility with outstanding image quality so that you no longer have to compromise image quality for durability. Featuring a state-of-the-art 16-megapixel Backlit CMOS sensor and TruePic VI Image Processor that fuel Olympus cutting-edge iHS Technology, the TG-830iHS delivers uncompromised image quality in a rugged camera. Its impressive low-light performance and high-speed responsiveness means youll get astonishing results shooting fast-action subjects, night scenes and other tricky shots above and below the surface. Designed for adrenaline junkies, but equally at home in the hands of soccer moms, younger users and the clumsy, this camera can handle just about anything you throw at it.
Its Crushproof (220lbf/100kgf), Waterproof (33ft/10m), Shockproof (7ft/2.1m), Freezeproof (14°F/-10°C) and Dustproof, meaning you can capture stunning images and 1080p Full HD Video without having to worry about damaging your cameras high-grade components like its precision 5x wide-angle optical zoom lens, high-resolution 3.0 HyperCrystal III LCD, or in-body GPS & e.compass system. Still want more? Capture still and videos simultaneously thanks to the Multi-Recording feature. Add a splash of creativity with 11 in-camera Magic Art Filters like Pop Art, Dramatic and Reflection. Take more control when recording videos with Advanced Movie Mode which allows you to record high-definition videos at 120fps for slow motion playback. The Olympus TG-830iHS: where image quality meets durability.
Waterproof 33ft/10m
The Olympus-original complete sealing system and double lock construction borrowed from Olympus long history of manufacturing underwater housings ensures that the TG-830iHS is completely waterproof down to a depth of 33ft. Even on land, the TG-830iHS ensures that youll never miss an awesome shot just because of heavy rain or snow.
Shockproof 7ft/2.1m
The shockproof structure of the TG-830 iHS ensures that your investment is protected. Carefully sandwiched between two protective frames, the lens and camera unit remain unfazed by bumps, drops, falls and other impacts. Even after repeated drops, critical camera components and functions like the lens, shutter, aperture and auto-focus remain safe. Drop, pick up, and keep on shooting.
Crushproof 220lbf/100kgf
No case, no problem! With a rugged body and reinforced LCD, the TG-830 iHS withstands up to 220 pounds of pressure so your camera and images are always protected.
Freezeproof 14°F/-10°C
Keep shooting outdoors even in the winter. The TG-830iHS is designed to keep operating at below freezing temperatures, safe from the two most common problems when shooting in cold weather: lens condensation and auto zoom malfunction. Hit the slopes, fire up your snowmobile, or break out the skates, because with the TG-830 iHS by your side, youll never miss those awesome wipe out moments.
Life gets dirty. Between dusty fields and muddy trails, sometimes your camera doesnt stay as pristine as youd like it to. But even in less-than-spotless environments, the fine protective sealing of the TG-830 iHS helps keep out dirt and debris allowing you to capture shot after shot even in the harshest environments.
Extreme Versatility
GPS & e.Compass
The ideal travel guide. With the GPS and e.compass functions on the TG-830 iHS, location and landmark information will be displayed and recorded along with the image. The TG-830 iHS is also equipped with a logging function so you can track the route taken from recorded images by using applications such as Olympus Viewer 3, Google Earth and Picasa.
Automatic Underwater Balance
The Olympus TG-830 iHS boasts 4 different underwater scene modes -- Underwater Snapshot, Underwater Wide 1, Underwater Wide 2 and Underwater Macro -- each carefully calibrated to allow for optimal color balance, exposure and flash so you automatically get the best results. Beautiful underwater photos made simpler.
LED Illuminator
An LED Illuminator is like a mini-flashlight on the front of the camera to enhance focus and exposure for macro shooting great for underwater close-ups where light is scarce. The LED illuminator also works in conjunction with the flash to help illuminate your subject in low-light conditions.
Magic Art Filters
Express your creativity with 11 different special effects for your photos and HD videos. Olympus Magic Art Filters infuse familiar scenes with new and unexpected moods ranging from the excited to the serene and from the whimsical to the mysterious. Choose from Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fisheye, Soft Focus, Punk, Sparkle, Watercolor, Miniature, Reflection, Dramatic and Fragmented. (Some effects apply only to still photos. Effects may reduce image size.)
iHS Technology
A powerful, DSLR-quality Image Processor and a cutting-edge BSI CMOS sensor come together to dramatically improve image quality with spectacular low-light performance, blazing fast autofocus, enhanced Intelligent Auto for spectacular scene and subject recognition and Super-Resolution Zoom.
16MP BSI CMOS Sensor
An amazing 16 million pixels in the High-Sensitivity, High-Speed BSI CMOS sensor deliver unmatched image quality with less noise and improved image detail, especially in low-light situations.
TruePic VI Image Processor
A TruePic VI Image Processor, first developed for professional SLRs, knows precisely how to deliver true-to-life color, the sharpest details, and less noise.
Low Light Performance
Thanks to iHS technology high ISOs and quick shutter speeds, you'll achieve ideal results in low light situations whether you're shooting in a dim room, outdoors at dusk, or around the campfire.
High-Speed Performance
From quick start up times, to ultra fast shot-to-shot intervals and blazing autofocus, the camera is always read to go when the action kicks in.
Enhanced iAuto
In iAuto mode, the camera automatically detects the subject, lighting and situation to identify the scene youre shooting up to 30 different scenes including Night, Sport, Beach and Snow, Underwater Snapshot and Backlight HDR and adjusts the settings for ideal results. Leave it up to the TG-830 iHS to choose optimum settings so you can focus on capturing that amazing shot.
Super Resolution Zoom
Get twice as close. Double your effective zoom power and get even closer to your subjects without compromising image quality.
Video Versatility
1080p Full HD Video with HDMI Output & Control
A simple, one-touch button allows you shoot clear, crisp full HD videos in 1080p right from your camera.
Advanced Movie Mode
Specifically designed to provide enhanced control when shooting
videos, the Advanced Movie Mode allows for the easy activation of
different recording functions like Photo-In-Movie, 60i Movie and High
Speed Movie. Control your frame rate, make white balance adjustments
and even set the self timer right from easy-to-access menus.
High-Speed HD Videos
For the first time on a digital compact camera, now you can record
high-speed videos in high definition. At a frame rate of 120 frames per
second in 720p HD, you'll enjoy slow motion playback of all your greatest
action moments!
Multi-Motion Movie IS
The newly-developed image stabilization technique helps to reduce camera blur caused by walking or breathing when shooting videos.
Multi Recording
Simultaneously record videos and still images so you'll never have to compromise one for the other. Simply start recording your video and press the shutter button to snap stills throughout the recording.
In iAuto mode, the camera automatically detects the subject, lighting and situation to identify the scene youre shooting up to 30 different scenes including Night, Sport, Beach and Snow, Underwater Snapshot and Backlight HDR and adjusts the settings for ideal results.
Smart Panorama
Capture breathtaking panoramic views and vistas just as you remember them, all in one frame and at the touch of a button, by simply panning the camera across the scene. No computer necessary!
Advanced Shadow Adjustment Technology
Shooting into backlight typically results in washed out, overly bright images. Backlight HDR Adjustment takes a collage of images at various exposure levels and blends them into one, perfectly exposed image.
AF Illuminator
An LED Illuminator is like a mini-flashlight on the front of the camera to enhance focus and exposure for macro shooting. The LED illuminator also works in conjunction with the flash to help illuminate your subject in low-light conditions.
Hand-Held Starlight
Capture vivid night scenes without the use of a tripod. In low-light situations where image blur is more likely to occur, Hand-Held Starlight mode captures multiple images and stitches them together into a single, crisp, breathtaking photo.
Magic Art Filter Still & Video
Express your creativity with 11 different special effects for your photos and HD videos. Olympus Magic Art Filters infuse familiar scenes with new and unexpected moods ranging from the excited to the serene and from the whimsical to the mysterious. Choose from Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fisheye, Soft Focus, Punk, Sparkle, Watercolor, Miniature, Reflection, Dramatic and Fragmented. (Some effects apply only to still photos. Effects may reduce image size.)
Shockproof to 7ft/2.1m
Waterproof to 33ft/10m
Freezeproof to 14°F/-10°C
Crushproof 220 lbf./100 kgf.
Image Sensor
16 Megapixel - CMOS 1/2.3
Focal Length/Lens Configuration
5.0 - 25.0mm (28 - 140mm in 35mm photography)
5x Optical Zoom + 2x Super Resolution Zoom + 4x Digital Zoom
Aperture Range
f3.9 (W) - f5.9 (T)
3.0" (3:2) 460K Dots LCD
Focus System
CMOS Contrast Detection
Focus Range (from lens surface)
Normal Mode: W: 0.2m - ?; T: 0.5m - ?
Super Macro Mode: 0.03m - 0.6m
Focus Mode
Face Detect AF, AF Lock, AF Tracking
Shutter Speed
1/4 - 1/2000 (Night Scene: Longest 4 Sec)
Image File Format
Still Image: JPEG
Video: MOV/H.264
Motion Blur Suppression
Dual Image Stabilization
Shooting Modes
Intelligent Auto, Program Auto, Beauty Mode with Make-up, Scene
Modes (Portrait, Beauty, Landscape, Night Scene, Night + Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Self Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Beach & Snow, Underwater Snapshot, Underwater Wide 1, Underwater Wide 2, Underwater Macro, Pet (Cat), Pet (Dog), S Macro, HDR Backlight)
Smart Panorama
Continuous Shooting
2.5fps/200 images (16M)
11.5fps/17 images (16M)
20fps/60 images (3M)
60.3fps/60 images (3M)
Auto Split Shooting (3M)
Shooting Assist Functions
Histogram, Frame Assist, Hand-Held Starlight, Voice Recording
Movie Mode
1080 60i, 1080p, 720p, VGA, High Speed 120fps (720p), High Speed 240fps (QVGA)
Image Processing
TruePic VI
Image Playback
Still Image: Single, Index view, Event view, Enlargement, Slideshow, Location
Video Playback: Still/Frame by Frame, Fast Forward, Rewind, Index Play, Voice Playback
Playback Edit Effects
Still Image: Resize, Crop, Red Eye Fix, Shadow Adjustment
Flash Modes
Auto, Red Eye Reduction, Fill-in, Off, LED
Flash Working Range
W: 0.2m - 3.3m (ISO 800)
T: 0.5m - 2.1m (ISO 800)
12/2 seconds, Pet Auto Shutter
Removable Media Card
SD, SDHC, SDXC, Internal Memory
Outer Connectors
Multi-terminal (USB Connector, DC Jack, Audio/Video Output), HDMI Type D
Auto-Connect USB
USB 2.0 High-Speed (USB Mass Storage)
Power Source
Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery (LI-50B)
Battery Life (CIPA DC-002)
300 shots; 80 minutes continuous video shooting
4.3" W x 2.6" H x 1.1" D
109.5mm W x 66.5mm H x 28.4mm D
214g, 7.5oz
LI-50B Battery
F-2AC AC Adapter
USB Cable CB-USB8
Warranty Card
Set-Up Manual & Instruction CD
Quick Start Guide
Waterproof Insertion


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On this page you will find Market Trends in Graph Form for the 08757 area of Toms River. This section of Toms River are, for the most part, 'retirement' or 'adult' communities like Holiday City and Leisure Village.
Toms River (08757) Median Sales Price - If the median sale price increases over time, it generally indicates an appreciating market in which demand exceeds supply. Conversely, if the median sales price is decreasing, it indicates a declining market with diminished demand. (See graph below.)
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Toms River (08757) Median Sales Price to Original List Price Ratio - For example, a home listed for $200,000 that sold for $190,000 would have a ratio of 95%. When the ratio is close to or even above 100%, homes are selling at or above their asking price and market demand is high. When the ratio is substantially below 100%, demand for homes is low. (see graph below)
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I have a set of data, buffers and metadata, that I wish to send to a kernel stored in a struct such as
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Paul Joseph Watson
September 16, 2010
|Governor Rendell apologized to the groups that were targeted, noting that protest was a constitutional right. Photo: Cliff.
One of the Pennsylvania protest groups that was targeted for surveillance by Homeland Security as a possible terror threat has demanded an investigation into the scandal after Gov. Ed Rendell was forced to issue an apology and cancel a $108,000-a-year contract with the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, the American-Israeli group that provided DHS with intelligence on pro-gas drilling, anti-war and Tea Party organizations.
"This has angered me more than anything so far," Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition member Janine Dymond of Harding said Wednesday. "We're not even against drilling. We're against the regulation of this industry and the loss of our rights. But we're labeled as potential terrorists."
Governor Rendell apologized to the groups that were targeted, noting that protest was a constitutional right, but refused to fire Department of Homeland Security Director James F. Powers Jr.
"Obviously I'm thrilled that Rendell apologized and everything, but I still think (Powers) needs to be fired," Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition co-founder Dr. Thomas Jiunta of Lehman Township said. "For people exercising their right to free speech and opinions about natural gas drilling to be put on the same level as terrorists is not only extreme, but unconscionable. I think there definitely needs to be an investigation."
As we have documented for years, the true target of the domestic anti-terror apparatus has always been peaceful Americans who show much as the slightest interest in anything political or have any kind of grievance against the state whatsoever. Until consequences are brought to bare, and the whole culture of training police and federal authorities that American citizens are their enemy is irrevocably altered, peaceful protest groups will continue to be treated as terrorists.
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During the Clinton years we saw numerous reports issued by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force that characterized the most banal and seemingly pro-American activities as signs of potential domestic terror. One advisory leaflet encouraged people to contact the JTTF if they came into contact with Americans who were "defenders of the US Constitution" or those who "make numerous references to the US Constitution". Lone individuals were listed under the category "single issue terrorists".
A Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Law Enforcement pamphlet issued in 2006 identified buying baby formula, beer, wearing Levi jeans, carrying identifying documents like a drivers license and traveling with women or children, all as signs of potential terrorism. Being a "nice guy" was also a potential characteristic of a domestic terrorist, according to the document.
A Virginia training manual that also became public in 2006 and was used to help state employees recognize terrorists listed anti-government and property rights activists as terrorists and included binoculars, video cameras, paper pads and notebooks in a compendium of terrorist tools.
Authorities are already acting on the premise that anyone who is mildly political or talks about the Constitution is a potential terrorist.
In May 2008, a student of a large bible college in east Texas was accused by federal agents of committing an "act of terror and espionage" after he gave a talk to a group of Boy Scouts in which he encouraged them to educate themselves about the U.S. constitution.
In July 2007, the Kuhns, a North Carolina couple were terrorized by sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough, who broke into their house, assaulted them and then arrested the couple for the crime of flying an upside down U.S. flag.
In 2004, Kelly Rushing was charged with making "terroristic threats" after he handed out Alex Jones videos and recordings of a Congressman Ron Paul speech on C-Span to Lyon County, Kentucky officials and Kentucky State Trooper Lewis Dobbs.
These are just a handful of the plethora of cases we have covered where Americans are treated as terrorists simply for engaging in peaceful protest or merely routine behavior.
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We have to understand that Homeland Security was explicitly set up and has been operating for the primary purpose of oppressing the American people since its inception. DHS is a hostile threat to the very bedrock of the country, the US Constitution, and until the entire organization is disbanded it will continue to trample on the rights of citizens from all political persuasions.
Photo courtesy of Cliff1066.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show. Watson has been interviewed by many publications and radio shows, including Vanity Fair and Coast to Coast AM, America's most listened to late night talk show.
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Rooney's future had been the source of speculation ever since Chelsea launched a bid to sign the striker last year.
With 18 months left on his previous deal, some of Europe's top clubs began to take an interest in the England striker, but on Friday night he committed his future to United until the end of the 2018-19 season.
After so much talk about the striker leaving Old Trafford, Moyes was ecstatic to keep hold of his star man.
"I am thrilled that we have got Wayne Rooney to stay," the United manager said.
"He has been fantastic
Everyone would want him in their team.
"There were clubs who did want him
There were clubs who would have wanted him (had he not signed a new deal) but there was never going to be a chance he was going to leave Manchester United, certainly not on my watch."
It was thought that Moyes' chequered history with Rooney would hinder the club's chances of renewing the contract of their star striker.
Moyes successfully sued Rooney for claims he made about the Scot in his autobiography in 2006, but the pair have since buried the hatchet.
Productive negotiations started gathering pace at the start of the year and a verbal agreement was reached earlier this week.
On Friday, Rooney finally signed the contract, which Press Association Sport understands to be worth a whopping ?300,000 a week.
The news is a welcome boost for United fans, who have seen their team slip 11 points off the pace in the hunt for Champions League football.
Moyes started rebuilding his squad in January by signing Juan Mata for a club record ?37.1million
Now with Rooney's future assured, the United boss is looking to add further faces to the ranks.
"Wayne is a great player and hopefully we can keep him at the really high level which he has shown this season," said the Scot, who has been promised funds for at least three major signings this summer.
"Part of the rebuilding (process) is making sure that you keep the players you really want to keep.
"We are looking to bring the best players in the world to the club
I think Wayne Rooney is one of them.
"I will be looking to make more signings in the summer and hopefully add to the quality we already have got."
The striker has scored 11 goals during a season in which he has been hindered by injury.
When at his best, there is no questioning how important Rooney is to United, though.
The England forward has scored 208 goals in 430 appearances for the club and is viewed by many inside the club as the best man to replace the departing Nemanja Vidic as captain come the end of the season.
United fans hold Rooney in high regard despite the fact that he asked to leave the club in 2010 and - according to Sir Alex Ferguson - again last season
Rooney has always denied he submitted a second transfer request.
The Merseysider, who joined United from Everton in 2004, could now spend the rest of his days at Old Trafford and he will also be keen to beat Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 249 goals for the club.
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At this writing, administration officials are concocting a strategy to goad reticent legislators into jumping on the bandwagon. Rice's discreet language, of course, was soothing to the untutored ear, and the choice of podium for her boss's rallying call befitted a children's rights platform — a school in Harlem, where she fielded a student's no doubt carefully scripted question concerning the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), making the idea saleable to the public.
The Harlem Children's Zone, with its mostly minority junior high students, was the perfect backdrop for an announcement hailing the CRC's ratification as "long overdue." Who in America, after all, could be opposed to rights for children? Most truly believe treaties like the CRC help "make the world safe for democracy" by nurturing and furthering American values.
The treaty states that children have a right to education, healthcare, and protection from abuse. Supporters claim it has improved children's lives in places like Lebanon, South Korea, South Africa and Sri Lanka, although the victims of child brothels and illegal sex trafficking might beg to differ.
Opponents in the United States have argued that UN decrees and treaties invite foreign interference in U.S. governance. They say the CRC could undermine parents' rights to raise children in a manner consistent with their own values.
But parents' rights in the United States have been under attack for a long time, especially at the federal level, from which megabucks trickle down to state and local agencies, as in education. Beginning with the tome Toward World Understanding, by the National Education Association, which co-founded United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the 1940s, parental prerogatives have been challenged. By the late 1970s, the push to weaken parental authority in favor of the State was in full force. Ubiquitous curriculums like the "Model UN" helped lend authenticity to this view.
Today, after some 40 years of UNESCO-inspired schooling and leftist control of most media outlets, even educated, well-meaning folks say they do not understand how UN treaties, declarations, and proclamations conflict with U.S. laws, the Constitution, or even the ideals set forth by the Founding Fathers.
The UN's cause célèbre is advancing "human rights," but its declarations and proclamations, including the CRC, do not mean personal rights or self-determination as our forebears knew them. The UN version has everything to do with advancing group consensus, transfers of wealth and relegating the family to "breeders and feeders." However, one has to study UN statements closely — very closely — to get the message. Just enough words are plagiarized from our founding documents to make UN pronouncements sound credible, and just enough words are surreptitiously inserted to fool the inattentive. Today's mainstream media, with two-minute segments passed off as in-depth reporting, and quickie print mediums like USA Today, that supposedly tell you everything you need to know in one sentence or a headline, have conditioned us to scan, not actually read. The Human Rights Council, for example, is ludicrously headed by "member states" hostile to human rights (e.g., Libya). Some free-worlders grimace, hoping that some decency or other will inadvertently "rub off" on delinquent nations.
With this in mind, let us examine this UN construct, the Rights of the Child.
Article 14, for example, tells parents to "respect the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
This might pass if parents were encouraged to transmit traditional moral and spiritual boundaries. But in a value-neutral culture where children are assaulted with every sort of perversion, from innuendoes to images, it is a recipe for disaster. Given that fact, it's easy to lump countries like Somalia with the United States. Leaders who wink at selling children, genital mutilation, and infanticide begin to bear a passing resemblance to New Age, free-world ideologies like euthanasia, abortion, and rationed healthcare.
Article 14 also includes the "freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs … subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals, or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others."
But who are the "others" in need of protection? As Berit Kjos, points out, in The UN Seizure of Parental Rights, those "others" are mostly people who look askance at the Christian Bible and who are offended by its moral standards. This would include most American schools, government agencies and, increasingly, civil law. As this article is written, a Florida school principal and athletic director face jail time for offering grace at mealtime, thanks to the American Civil Liberties Union.
So, the "others" being protected here are the ACLU, which originated as a Communist front organization passing itself off as a guardian of civil rights, while local students, teachers and parents get the shaft.
Article 15's "freedom of association" is misleading, along with Article 16, which forbids "interference with [a child's] privacy...or correspondence." Here we touch heavily on the parental authority. Suppose a child is consorting with a drug dealer, or meets a pervert online who initiates a relationship? Too bad, according the UN's CRC, interference means parents, too.
In effect, the UN is "freeing" the child to seek the approval of the peer group, not conform to parental demands. This falls right in line with a relatively new concept called "social justice," as opposed to justice under the U.S. Constitution — something Americans have unwittingly signed onto without a clue as to what it means or how it flies in the face of the Founders' version of "justice."
"Justice" in the Founder's view was grounded in "action." Acts — what you do to me and what I do to you — perpetrated by either individuals or groups, and deemed legal or illegal according to specified laws. In the 1960's, "justice" in America started being nudged away from this definition, again by the UN, and toward a nebulous concept of "fairness" — something built into United Nations ideology from its founding. From that small beginning, the World Federation for Mental Health emerged, reversing the American Founders' vision about the relationship of government to the governed and correlating notions about freedom of the individual. In fact, the Federation's founding document was entitled "Mental Health and World Citizenship," and its gurus were avid, proselytizers of atheism and socialism, such as Drs. Brock Chisholm, Ewen Cameron, and John Rawlings Rees. The latter went so far as to tell colleagues in a 1940 speech that the mental health movement should take a page out of the totalitarian handbook and become "a fifth column" in order to gain legitimacy in every field, from education to medicine.
So it is no surprise that the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for example, changes Thomas Jefferson's line about pursuit of happiness to affirm that "all peoples have a right to leisure" (not happiness), to holidays and to reasonable work hours. This sounds lovely, of course, but it differs from the individual right to "pursue happiness." It smacks, in fact, of the State guaranteeing happiness.
So anything out of the UN is not going to be about American-style justice before the law or rewarding human ingenuity. It will be a Marxist rehash touting equality of outcomes. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights parallels the CRC in its seeming guarantees concerning freedom of thought, conscience religion, opinion and expression. Just scanning, it all sounds like our own Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Except they aren't.
Article 29 gives the game away when it warns that the "rights and freedoms" iterated there "may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations." So, who's in charge if the U.S. signs on? The United Nations or the United States?
Why don't Americans "get it"? How did this twisted entity and its agencies, especially UNESCO, which has managed to successfully insert its curricula into our schools, succeed so spectacularly that, for all intents and purposes, its various diktats have superseded both our constitutional principles and U.S. laws.
The answer hinges on four technicalities that every schoolchild ought to know, but for reasons explained earlier on, do not.
According to the Founders' letters back and forth, which most American schools do not teach, the largest problem with past political systems was that everything had been predicated on the idea that human beings were foolish and reactive. It was "common wisdom" in the Old World that unless people were watched, regimented and scared half to death, a country would self-destruct, taking its elites and leaders down with it. So, the individual was consigned to insignificance, while policies were geared toward the good of the monarch (the State or the ruling elite), which, in turn, would supposedly provide some measure of security for the groveling masses.
The Framers decided to reverse this logic and did something unprecedented. They geared governance to the best in human nature instead of to the worst. Somehow, the Founders figured out that when governments construct policy so that it is geared negatively — i.e., toward the worst, most irresponsible persons, under the mistaken assumption that doing so will rein in bad conduct — all they got back was more irresponsibility. So, they decided to try rewarding honesty, decency and hard work — the best in human nature. In so doing, they produced the highest standard of living on earth.
But when a nation's leaders buy into "social justice" — the updated version of the old Marxist "fairness" doctrine ("from each according to his ability, to each according to his need") — what they get back is an entitlement culture, easily exploited by any charismatic leader or elite.
These key technicalities emanate from this reversal:
• Presumptive ("virtual") legality, as opposed to actual law, takes over.
• National sovereignty is compromised by the twisting of the Constitution (i.e., freedom of religion, press, and speech morphs into public acceptance of freedom from religion, a press that marginalizes certain attitudes as mentally unbalanced, and a free speech that gives carte blanche to pornographers, but not to individuals who would iterate, say, a conservative or a biblical viewpoint).
• "Justice" as an action-based model (i.e., equality before the law) switches to an equity-based model (i.e., parity and equality of outcomes), which is the essence of socialism.
• Public policy begins to take on a humanistic tone, overturning religiously based, Christian standards (overturning religiously based, Christian standards).
So, how does a radical treaty like CRC become institutionalized in the United States?
One of the most effective conduits of such measures turns out to be our own National Commission on Uniform State Laws (NCUSL) — a vehicle of choice for child-advocacy groups sympathetic to the UN. These groups are well aware that children, in the end, are the ones who a nation's future.
The NCUSL, through its study groups and drafting committees, creates similar-sounding laws for several U.S. states so as to accommodate each one's own constitution, codes and laws. A computer search shows both foreign and UN entities among its committees, even though the NCUSL bills itself as a U.S. organization.
Frequently, it is a state's Governor who serves as the initial point of contact via the National Governor's Association (NGA). Why? Typically, just enough "holes" exist in some states' laws, codes or constitution to facilitate passage of a controversial, "model" initiative. Once the "bugs" are removed from the scheme (i.e., the "resistance" to it) in one state, it stands a better chance of going national. In the case of the CRC initiative, the terms "human rights" and "children's welfare" combine to form the perfect foil. How can anyone be against children?
Notice above, three entities are already involved — the NCUSL, the NGA, and at least one state Governor. That means the source of the original initiative is already three times removed from its origins and, therefore, harder to pinpoint by average citizens. No wonder the average Joes, scanning (but not reading) their newspapers and half-listening to TV news, don't catch on.
Enter the NGO, or non-governmental organization. NGOs of the wealthy, left-wing, special-interest variety have, these past 35 years, served as the "fifth columns" of Dr. Jon Rawlings Rees' dreams, performing the U.N.'s dirty work by superimposing their own agendas onto our nation's legal framework.
One of their main pushes has been a bogus vision of children's rights.
Take Microsoft, for example, under the leadership of Bill Gates. Under a Cooperation Agreement with UNESCO in August 2005, NGA Governor Dirk Kempthorne, the Idaho State Board of Education representative, worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (an NGO), and the U.S. Deptartment of Education (DOEd) — add it up: that's four entities, to hatch a plan for education reform in Idaho. This, in turn, created a model for other states, which was the point of the exercise. Average folks in Idaho, of course, were hard-pressed to locate the source of this plan, much less oppose it after the fact. So, UNESCO got its foot in the door with teacher training, curriculum, textbooks and testing — all to meet global goals, not U.S. national objectives.
The UN version of children's "rights," culminating with the CRC, became a virtual slam-dunk.
It was only when parents realized that they were going to be under the microscope through their children's psychological evaluations, and that the "cure" for their offspring's ills (i.e., psychiatric drugs) might be worse than their behavior issues that legislators started taking flak from constituents. But by that time it was too late. The horse had left the barn.
Eventually children's "rights" was on every state's plate, compromising parents' authority until somebody noticed that children were about to be evaluated for "emotional wellness," using feel-good terminologies like "happiness indicators."
This was right out of the U.N. playbook! Again, opposition came too late.
This is an oblique attack on U.S. sovereignty — and the sovereignty of any other nation ("member state") that signs on to the UN's campaigns. The roundabout methods describe circumvent public debate in Congress (and are granted no space in the news media), so most citizens never see an attack coming.
Now that we have three branches of government, plus the schools and the media, in the liberal-leftist court — President Obama is rushing to institutionalize the CRC before the public "gets" it enough to mount a viable counteroffensive. The substitution of the State for parental prerogatives under the cloak of children's rights is upon us now in earnest. What is in "a child's best interests" will henceforth be determined by the State, not by individual parents. Parents may "assist" in raising children (CRC, Article 18), but they sure won't be calling the shots.
Beverly K. Eakman is a former speechwriter for the director of the Voice of America as well as for the late Chief Justice Warren E. Burger when he chaired the Commission of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. She served as a writer for the U.S. Dept. of Justice before retiring from the federal government and is the author of three best-selling books on education policy, mental-health issues and data-trafficking. Her latest book is Walking Targets: How Our Psychologized Classrooms Are Creating a Nation of Sitting Ducks. She can be reached through her website: BeverlyEakman.com.


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by Alice Guerin Crist
1876-1941, written in 1921
As we came down the old boreen,
Rose and I – Rose and I,
At vesper time on Sunday e'en,
We heard a banshee cry!
Beyond the churchyard dim and dark,
'Neath whispering elms, and yew-trees stark,
Where our star shone-a corpse-like spark-
Against the wintry sky.
We heard and shuddered sick with dread,
Rose and I- Rose and I,
As the shrill keening rang o'erhead
Where cloud-wrack floated high.
Our two young hearts long, sorely tried,
By poverty and love denied
Still waiting for some favouring tide,
And now! Death come so nigh.
'Which of us two is called away
You or I-You or I?"
I heard my patient poor love say,
With bitter plaintive sigh.
'Neither, dear girl," I bravely said,
'To Mary Mother bow your head,
And cry for help to Her instead,
Nor heed the Banshee's cry'.
We raised our hearts in fervent prayer,
Rose and I-Rose and I,
Nor knew our troubles ended there,
Our happiness came nigh.
For 'twas the grim old farmer, he-
My only kin, rich, miserly,
Who, dying left his wealth to me-
For whom the banshee cried.
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Search for the Ultimate Street Car
Posted: May 03, 2012
Registration Begins for OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Qualifying Faceoff Events
OPTIMA Batteries Seeks Participants to Fill More Than 200 Spots at Upcoming OPTIMA Faceoff Events: HOT ROD Power Tour, Road America and Sandhills Open Road Challenge
OPTIMA® Batteries opened registration today for the OPTIMA Faceoff at HOT ROD Power Tour and OPTIMA Faceoff at Road America. Participants for the OPTIMA Faceoff at Sandhills Open Road Challenge will be sourced from previous qualifying events. The events are part of nine total qualifiers where automotive enthusiasts compete to earn a chance to participate in the world-famous OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational that takes place annually in Pahrump, Nevada immediately following the SEMA Show.
The first of these events, the OPTIMA Faceoff at HOT ROD Power Tour, will take place at the conclusion of the HOT ROD Power Tour on June 9, 2012 in Arlington, Texas. The annual HOT ROD Power Tour is an eight day event that takes participants on a 1,375 mile journey from Michigan to Texas, and is billed as the biggest traveling road and car show anywhere in the world.
The OPTIMA Faceoff at Road America is scheduled for June 22-24, 2012 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. More than 50 participants are expected to attend and each entry will receive two free tickets to the NASCAR Nationwide Series/GRAND-AM Rolex Series taking place at Road America the same weekend on Saturday, June 23.
Finally the OPTIMA Faceoff at the Sandhills Open Road Challenge August 8-12, 2012 will take place in Arnold, Nebraska. Here participants will battle through a challenging 55-mile rally style open road race and tackle a one-mile shootout. The event, which began in 2001, was recently attended by many industry influencers from companies such as BFGoodrich, Detroit Speed Engineering and Richard Petty's Garage as part of the OPTIMA Ultimate Power Summit. OPTIMA will select fifteen contenders from its previous qualifying events to participate in the Sandhills Open Road Challenge for one last chance to earn an invite to the OPTIMA Invitational.
"While we aren't ready to make any official announcements, there may be a little extra incentive for automotive enthusiasts to participate in these qualifying events," said Cam Douglass, director of product development and marketing for OPTIMA Batteries. "Let's just say that some of our Faceoff participants might see a little extra screen time when the annual OPTIMA Ultimate Steer Car TV Special begins."
The "Spirit of the Event" winners from these Faceoff events will join previous Run to the Alamo
qualifiers Greg Davidson (2010 Chevrolet Camaro) and Karl Dunn (2007 Ford Mustang), and
Run to the Coast qualifier Dale Akuszewski (1964 Sunbeam Tiger) in their quest to be named
the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car at the fifth annual OPTIMA Invitational, Saturday, November 3,
Each of the regional qualifying events will follow a similar format to the OPTIMA Invitational with
a combination of segments to include autocross, road course, braking and acceleration, style
and design competition and road rally. This year OPTIMA is also integrating a charitable BuildA-Bike component with help from the Golden State Foods Foundation into many of its events.
This program will give children the opportunity to build and customize their own bicycle
alongside industry veterans and event participants. Over the course of 2012 OPTIMA plans to
hold four such events with the first two happening around the OPTIMA Faceoff at Hot Rod
Power Tour and Road America.
Those interested in registering for the OPTIMA Faceoff at HOT ROD Power Tour and Road America should visit www.optimainvitational.com to fill out an entry form. Participants may also contact race director, Jimi Day at firstname.lastname@example.com. For additional information on the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car franchise including ways to get involved as a volunteer or sponsor, please visit www.optimainvitational.com.
Sponsors of the 2012 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational and OPTIMA Faceoff at HOT ROD Power Tour include presenting sponsors KN Filters and Royal Purple; race event sponsors BFGoodrich, RideTech, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Lingenfelter Performance Engineeringand Detroit Speed and Engineering; and associate sponsor MagnaFlow. Sponsors of the 2012 OPTIMA Faceoff at Road America include all of the above sponsors with the exception of KN Filters.


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Daniel Sheehan, PhD
- Sheehan received his B.S. in chemistry from Santa Clara University (1981, Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa) and his Ph.D. in physics from U.C. Irvine (1989) investigating the phase space development of ions in plasma using laser induced fluorescence techniques. His postdoctoral work at Irvine focused on new radio frequency techniques applicable to
- thermonuclear plasmas.
Daniel Sheehan has been a member of the faculty at USD since 1989 and is Professor of Physics. His research interests include the second law of thermodynamics, retrocausation, nanotechnology, plantary formation, and plasma physics.
Scholarly Work
Sheehan has a number of research interests including exotic plasmas (dusty and negative ion types), nonlinear fluid mechanisms for planet formation, sports physics, nanotechnology, chemical catalysts, and the physics of retrocausation (the proposition that the future can influence the past). Over the last two decades he has investigated theoretical and experimental challenges to the second law of thermodynamics. He coauthored the first mainstream scientific treatise on second law challenges and organized the first international conferences on the subject. He is a fan of the philosophers of science Kuhn and especially Feyerabend who believes that, when it comes to scientific discovery, "Anything goes!"
Areas of Interest
Sheehan teaches most of the physics core curriculum courses but has also developed special topic courses, including "General Relativity," "Cutting-Edge Physics," and "Symmetry and Chaos." With colleagues in Biology and THRS he has team-taught Honors Program courses "Creation and Apocalyse" and "Order and Chaos." One of his pedagogical goals is to help students develop personal styles in approaching real-world physical problems using back-of-the-envelope techniques -- without the use of calculators or notes. For example, by their senior year, physics majors should be able to tackle simple "physics koans" such as: "I cover the golden Sun with my thumb. You disappear six kilometers away. How many fish are there in the sea?"


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Faster, thinner laptops with hi-res screens. FaceTime video chatting over cellular networks. And a smarter Siri.
But no upgrades to Apple TV — at least, not yet.
That, in brief, is what Apple will be rolling out to its users over the next six months. The company announced these updates, and a bunch of other significant if not surprising news, during a keynote presentation Monday kicking off its annual developers' conference.
Here are the highlights:
Refreshed MacBooks
The most impressive new product announced Monday may be a new MacBook laptop with a high-resolution displaythat Apple says will contain 5 million pixels — 3 million more than an HD television.
"The new MacBook Pro is the most advanced Mac we have ever built," said Apple CEO Tim Cook.
The new "retina display" MacBook Pro measures 15.5 inches across and contains an Intel quad-core i7 processor. It will feature up to 16GB of memory and up to 768GB of internal flash storage, Marketing Vice President Phil Schiller told attendees. It goes on sale today.
Schiller said the new computer's display — similar to the one in the company's newest iPad — is the highest-resolution display of any notebook, or simple laptop, on the market. Users will get up to 7 hours of battery life, he said.
The laptop is about .7 inches thick and weighs less than 4.5 pounds — about the size and weight of a MacBook Air, he said. Prices for the new MacBook Pro will start at $2,199 for a model with 8GB of memory.
Schiller also unveiled other MacBook Pros without high-res displays but with processors he said will be 60% faster than current models. The 13-inch model will sell for $1,199 to $1,499, depending on storage, while the 15-inch will be $1,799 to $2,199. They start shipping today, he said.
Schiller also introduced MacBook Air laptops with faster, new-generation Intel core processors. Prices for the 11-inch MacBook Air range from $999 to $1,199 — $100 less than before — while the 14-inch is $1,199 and $1,499. They also become available today, which explains why Apple's online store was down Monday morning.
There was no word Monday on retina-display screens for the MacBook Air.
"The products we make, combined with the apps that you create, can fundamentally change the world," Cook told developers in closing the keynote. "And, really, I can't think of a better reason for getting up in the morning."
iOS 6 and Siri
Apple also announced Monday that an improved version of voice-controlled "assistant" Siri is coming to iPhones — and, for the first time, to the iPad — as part of its newest mobile operating system. A more efficient Siri will be part of iOS 6, the next generation of the Apple system that runs iPhones and iPads.
That system, which enhances mobile devices with more than 200 new features, is expected to be available this fall.
Siri is going international: In addition to English and a handful of other languages she will now process Spanish, Italian, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese — a nod to Apple's growing popularity in China.
Users will be able to ask Siri to update their status on Facebook, post to Twitter or launch an app.
Siri also is becoming more of a sports fan. She will deliver scores and stats, and as seen in an onstage demo can even tell you which basketball player is taller — Kobe Bryant or LeBron James (it's LeBron, in case you're wondering).
In other iOS 6 news, Apple announced that its FaceTime video-chat feature for newer iPhones and iPads will work over cellular networks, not just Wi-Fi.
As expected, Apple also is developing its own GPS-based mapping application to replace Google Maps in iOS 6. The product will work with Siri to offer voice-controlled, turn-by-turn navigation, letting motorists use it to guide them through unfamiliar neighborhoods.
"In iOS 6 we have built an entire new mapping system from the ground up. And it looks beautiful," said Senior VP for iOS Scott Forstall. "We're covering the world."
The Apple maps will include a local search feature, integrated with Yelp, that already has 100 million business listings, Forstall says. Apple also will enhance its maps with a real-time traffic application that will include anonymous, crowdsourced information from users.
Apple's maps app also will include a Flyover feature, which offers interactive 3-D views of popular cities..
Apple also said the next generation of its OS X operating system for laptops and desktops, dubbed Mountain Lion, will be available next month for $19.99. Mountain Lion will contain more than 2,000 new features, including iMessages, speech-to-text dictation and predictive "smart search" in the Safari browser.
The new Mountain Lion system also adds something called Power Nap, a new feature that keeps your laptop up to date while it sleeps by automatically refreshing mail, contacts and other apps.
Thirty billion apps and counting
The event runs through Friday and is the company's first World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) since co-founder and longtime chief Steve Jobs died last fall.
As usual, Cook began the keynote with a batch of new stats about Apple's impressive growth. The App Store now has 400 million accounts — the largest number of accounts with credit cards anywhere on the Internet, he said. Some 650,000 apps are now available.
"Customers have now downloaded an astounding 30 billion apps," Cook said.
Many observers had expected Apple to announce upgrades to its Apple TV, the little box that lets users stream movies and other content from iTunes to their televisions. Experts had said such a move could be a step towards Apple launching its own TV set. But Apple made no mention of its TV product Monday.
Apple has sometimes used past WWDCs to unveil new iPhones. But because its most recent model, the iPhone 4S, launched only eight months ago, most observers don't expect the next one to come until the fall.


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Porsche's newly crowned CEO Matthias Müller, the white-haired guy on the right, says it's "not so funny" for both Audi and Porsche to be in Le Mans prototype racing, and one should shift over to Formula 1.
Considering Audi Sport's boss Wolfgang Ullrich has said that Audi and F1 don't fit, and since Audi has been working on the R18 for the 2011 Le Mans campaign, we can safely assume that in Porsche fashion, Müller is saying that the Stuttgart-based camp is considering F1.
Porsche hasn't put engines into a Formula 1 car since 1991, with a V12 that was rumored to have weighed more than 100 pounds heavier than its competitors.
Müller also said earlier that Volkswagen is considering entering NASCAR, since it has the factory in Chattanooga and wants to sell far more mid-size sedans to Americans.
I'm resisting the urge to make a Toyota reference.


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Is it dangerous to use smartphones, tablets on aircraft?
The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row nine to switch off an Apple iPhone.
"The timing of the cellphone being turned off coincided with the moment where our heading problem was solved," the unidentified co-pilot told NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System about the 2011 incident. The plane landed safely.
Public figures from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) to actor Alec Baldwin have bristled at what they say are excessive rules restricting use of tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices during flights.
More than a decade of pilot reports and scientific studies tell a different story. Government and airline reporting systems have logged dozens of cases in which passenger electronics were suspected of interfering with navigation, radios and other aviation equipment.
The FAA in January appointed an advisory committee from the airline and technology industries to recommend whether or how to broaden electronics use in planes. The agency will consider the committee's recommendations, which are expected in July.
Laboratory tests have shown some devices broadcast radio waves powerful enough to interfere with airline equipment, according to NASA, aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. and the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority.
Even Delta Air Lines Inc., which argued for relaxed rules, told the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration its pilots and mechanics reported 27 suspected incidents of passenger electronics causing aircraft malfunctions from 2010 to 2012. Atlanta-based Delta said it couldn't verify there was interference in any of those cases.
The airline industry has been divided. Delta said in its filing that it welcomes more electronics use because that's what its passengers wanted. United Continental Holdings Inc. said it preferred no changes because they'd be difficult for flight attendants to enforce.
CTIA-The Wireless Association, a Washington, D.C., trade group representing mobile companies, and Amazon.com Inc., the Seattle online retailer that sells the Kindle e-reader, urged the FAA last year to allow wider use of devices. Personal electronics don't cause interference, CTIA said in a blog post last year.
Passengers' use of technology and wireless services "is growing by leaps and bounds" and should be expanded as long as it is safe, the Consumer Electronics Association, an Arlington, Va.-based trade group, said in its filing to the FAA last year.
Broader use of onboard electronics would help providers of approved aircraft Wi-Fi services by letting passengers use them longer. Gogo Inc., based in Itasca, Ill., says it has 82 percent of that market in North America, and Qualcomm Inc. this month won permission from the FCC to proceed with a planned air-to-ground broadband service for Wi-Fi-equipped planes.
The FAA prohibits use of electronics while a plane is below 10,000 feet, with the exception of portable recording devices, hearing aids, heart pacemakers and electric shavers.
Once a flight gets above that altitude, devices can be used in "airplane mode," which blocks their ability to broadcast radio signals, according to the FAA. There's an exception for devices that aircraft manufacturers or an airline demonstrates are safe, such as laptops that connect to approved Wi-Fi networks.
Four in 10 airline passengers surveyed in December by groups including the CEA said they want to be able to use electronic devices in all phases of flight. Thirty percent of passengers in that same study said they'd accidentally left on a device during a flight.


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Parshiyos Behar Bechukosai 5758 - '98
Outline Vol. 2, # 29
Preparing for Torah -- Part Two
Seek Understanding
Included among the various aspects of Torah study, is an obligation to study regularly, and a responsibility to arrive at knowledge of the Torah's concepts. To what degree are we expected to try to understand the Torah's thoughts?
Rava said, "When man is brought to the [heavenly] judgment, they ask him: 'Did you attend to your business matters faithfully and honestly? Did you fix set times for Torah study?... Did you debate matters of wisdom?...' (Talmud, Shabbos, 31a)
Regarding 'Did you debate matters of wisdom?' The Sheiv Shemaitsa (introduction, paragraph five), quoted the Chovos Halevavos. "He should make an account with his soul -- how he has put off understanding the book of Hashem's Torah, without arriving at a proper comprehension of its contents. If a letter from the government arrived, would he not apply himself to discern every little nuance, paining himself greatly until he understood its intention? How much more so regarding the book of Hashem's Torah! My brother, how have you permitted yourself to neglect it, to be satisfied with a simplistic understanding?'
The Sheiv Shemaitsa concludes: From here, take note what an obligation it is to be able to answer, "Did you debate matters of wisdom?" without being satisfied with a simplistic, casual understanding.
The book Binyam Olam is one of the classical exhortations regarding Torah study. In the seventh chapter, sources are cited regarding this issue. The Rabbis' statement -- " 'It is the same if one accomplishes much or little, as long as the intention is for the sake of heaven,' was also said in regard to Torah studies. However, it is possible that this only applied in the days when the Rabbinical works were entirely committed to memory (and were not written down). The main learning in those days was in order to see that the laws were not forgotten. Today, however, since the texts have long been recorded, our main obligation is to understand in an orderly fashion the laws of the holy Torah and the debates of the Rabbis." The implication is that we should seek a thorough understanding of the entire Torah.
Binyam Olam quotes from a large range of texts, showing that Torah study at such levels is not meant for Rabbis alone. Each person should come to know the concepts of the Torah.
It appears that besides the responsibility to set fixed times for Torah studies, there is a second charge -- we need to understand the Torah properly, regardless of the extra time that must be arranged for it.
Rav Yisrael Salanter made a distinction between the two aspects of study. As far as the mitzva of study is concerned, as soon as one begins a session of learning, one is fulfilling the intended commandment. However, the mitzva of knowing the Torah's concepts cannot be fulfilled in a few minutes, an hour, a year or years. It is a constant effort -- with the rewards to appear cumulatively, after long periods of time.
There is Sleeping... and There is Sleeping
Rav Pinchus Horowitz was the famous Rabbi of Frankfurt two hundred years ago. He wrote how one should, ideally, reduce sleep at night, and increase Torah study. Secondly, though -- and most importantly -- when studying Torah during the day, one should try to remain awake, and not be asleep at one's studies! This is the important point. Torah learning is not mere reading; it requires alacrity, intelligence, stamina.
Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein
Kollel of Kiryas Radin
11 Kiryas Radin
Spring Valley, NY 10977
Phone: (914) 362-5156
E-mail: [email protected]
Good Shabbos!
Text Copyright © '98 Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein and Project Genesis, Inc.
Copyright © '98 Project Genesis, Inc.


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Joy Cole Hill
Middleton – Joy Cole Hill of Middleton, WI and Bon Aqua, TN, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2012. Born November 27, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, Joy grew up in the Syracuse, NY vicinity and was a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in Communications. Her early career in radio led her to Watertown, NY and Washington, DC, where she met the man she would marry, Lewis Kimball Hill. Together they moved to California where her husband continued his career in radio and she had three children. Widowed in 1957, she relocated to Florida with her children and re-launched her career in radio. When her children were grown, she began her second career as a newspaper picture librarian, working first at the Gannett flagship paper in Rochester, NY, and eventually helping launch USA Today as their first picture librarian. After retiring in 1986, she established dual residences in Wisconsin and Tennessee to spend time with her son and daughter and her grandchildren.
Anyone who knew Joy could not help but be inspired by her loving kindness and struck by her lively curiosity, which only grew as she matured. After retiring she took up painting for the first time and developed considerable skill as a watercolorist. She also joined a writing group and produced evocative and highly entertaining vignettes of events in her life. She was a voracious reader, with wide-ranging interests and an unending desire to learn something new. She loved her family, her church, her friends, sailing, cloud formations in the Wisconsin sky, baking cookies, debating philosophical concepts, crossword puzzles, gardens full of zinnias, and a multitude more of God's gifts.
Joy is survived by her son, Christopher Cole Hill, of Madison; daughter Martha Hill DeHart, of Bon Aqua, TN; and daughter Sarah Joy Kimball, of Canberra, ACT, Australia. She was the beloved grandmother of five and great grandmother of two.
A private family ceremony will be held at Joy's request following her cremation. A memorial service will be held in the Spring of 2013, and all who knew and loved Joy will be welcome.


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Frank De Winne prepares for new mission
With the European Columbus laboratory successfully up and running on the International Space Station, Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne will be the second European astronaut to spend six months on the ISS.
In May 2009, De Winne will fly together with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS. His back-up for the trip will be Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers.
De Winne's role on board the ISS will be to carry out experiments for an extensive scientific European programme. He will also be operating the Station's robotic arm and the Japanese robotic arm after the docking of HTV, the cargo module from Japan.
In preparation for these activities De Winne has been going through an intensive and long period of training aimed at preparing him physically and practising the experiments he will have to carry out on board the ISS in microgravity.


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Climate Change
WRI's Bradley, EMA's Chartier look at CO2 emissions limits and industry response
OnPoint looks at the developing market for C02 emissions. Guests Daniel Chartier, president of the Emissions Marketing Association, and Rob Bradley, senior associate with World Resources Institute, talk with senior reporter Brian Stempeck about how companies are responding to Europe's imposition of CO2 emissions limits. Key questions include: Will Canada and states from the US join Europe's CO2 market? How are US multinationals responding? Who is best -- and least -- prepared to deal with trading C02? What's the price for a ton of C02 and how much is being traded?


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State Councillor Liu Yandong will visit New Zealand next week as a guest of the New Zealand Government – the first visit by a senior Communist Party figure since China's November leadership transition.
State Councillor Liu is a senior leader in China's 2012-2017 hierarchy. Her portfolios include education, science, screen and television, and culture.
Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says he will sign a joint declaration with State Councillor Liu on science and technology in Wellington on 10 December.
"The joint declaration will underline the strong links New Zealand and China have in science and technology and the intention to boost co-operation between our two countries in this area," Mr Joyce says.
"New Zealand places enormous value on the bilateral trade and economic relationship with China, our second largest trading partner. Since 2008 the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement has seen trade between our countries increase by more than 50 per cent and we want this growth to continue."
State Councillor Liu will also sign an agreement with Education Minister Hekia Parata to grow co-operation in education between China and New Zealand. China is the largest source of international students to New Zealand.
The visit from 9-11 December takes place ahead of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China on 22 December.
During her visit, State Councillor Liu will meet Prime Minister John Key, call on Auckland Mayor Len Brown and visit Auckland University. She will also attend a dinner hosted by the New Zealand China Council.
In Wellington, State Councillor Liu will meet with New Zealand recipients of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, and with representatives of the New Zealand-based Chinese community, as well as attending an official dinner at Premier House.


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I have been thinking about the terms "convergent" and "divergent" in Tim Brown of IDEO's Design Thinking and realized that they were products of planar (2 dimensional) thinking. This has lead me to alter my definitions of what convergent and divergent are and to also redefine "vergent" and add "trivergent". I also realized that the convergence point is at the center of the ellipsoid and each verge (radius) point is separate and distinct.
Converge, diverge, verge and triverge all come from the same Latin root "verto", to turn out. All of the polyhedron vertexes are representations of the intersections of radii with the surface of not a sphere, but an ellipsoid. Therefore each vertex is a unique dimension or radius. However, there is one thing that is still not recognized.
Roll, Pitch and Yaw ellipses alone are an incorrect representation of orientation in space because they fail to include orientation relative to the observer. Roll, Pitch and Yaw are flat earth concepts. You cannot represent an ellipsoid with three radii. The minimum radial representation of an ellipsoid requires four points on the surface of the ellipsoid. The tetrahedroid is the minimal representation of the inscription of an ellipsoid.
The above three ellipse object and four ellipse object are both ellipsoids, the only difference between them and the three ellipse ellipsoid above them is the perspective–they have been rotated in space. Using the four dimensional representation gives us the table below:
While I was illustrating the above table it became apparent to me that it accurately reflected John Boyd's OODA Loop. It also became apparent to me that the OODA Loop could be conceputally simplified to:
- OBSERVE: Range
- ORIENT: Direction
- DECIDE: Elevation
- ACT: Fire
The OODA Loop or the Czerepak Framework cycle can be graphed as a simple two dimensional sine vertice:
Now, that's all sure and fine and it provides a way of thinking with a minimum number of variables. However, if we think about John Boyd as a military combatant it is not the right set of variables. The model has to cater to the following needs:
- OBSERVE: Who and Why
- ORIENT: Where and When
- DECIDE: What and How
- ACT: How Many and How Much
Suddenly, it becomes obvious that in a system involving living organisms there is added complexity and layers of consciousness. The following table is my first attempt to illustrate this:
The yellow row and column headers are what is of importance. The naming of the white cells will have to come later. Obviously, there are considerable changes in the order of the columns and rows, but I believe John Boyd is closer to the truth about the process than anyone else. Therefore I am redefining everyone else's concept to fit his. What is important about the table is that in the columns each icon represents a set of ellipses that one ellipse at a time intersects with the ellipses above it to converge on a subset that is the target.
Colonel Boyd's model was simple. Deviations from it are based more upon misunderstanding than anything else. This is the fundamental System Development Lifecycle (SDLC):
- OBSERVE = SELECT = SCOPE = CONTROL and COMMAND = STRATEGY = TRIVERGENT THINKING = Why and Who are the exceptions?
- ORIENT = INSERT = ANALYSIS = CLIMATE and TERRAIN = TACTIC = DIVERGENT THINKING = When and Where are the exceptions?
- DECIDE = UPDATE = DESIGN = FUNCTION and FORM = OPERATION = VERGENT THINKING = How and What are the exceptions?
- ACT = DELETE = DEVELOP = QUALITY and QUANTITY = GOAL = CONVERGENT THINKING = How Much and How Many are the exceptions?
"What are we deleting?" You may ask. We are deleting exceptions that existed in the previous system whatever that system may have been. We are never dealing with a non-existent system. We are SELECTing a set of exceptions the current system does not handle. We are INSERTing those exceptions into the current system. We are UPDATEing the system to handle those exceptions. We are DELETEing those exceptions from the system. I still have to work to reconsider the names for each of the cells, but I am converging on that. The differences between methodologies are really ones of scale and nothing else. It's how many exceptions do you intend to address at a time.
This effort is requiring a lot of work and rework because I have never dealt with eight interrogatives before, however the fit is conceptually the best I have ever had.


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So, the UCI disbanded the Independent Commission (IC) it set up barely two months after it was formed. The three member Commission – Chairman Sir Phillip Otton, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Australian IOC member and QC Malcolm Holmes – were selected (independently of the UCI) by the President of the Court of Arbitration for Sport John Coates.
This Independent Commission was set up by the UCI in the hope – one presumes – of clearing its name in the wake of the accusations made about it in the USADA Reasoned Decision into the Lance Armstrong – US Postal doping scandal. Instead, the UCI has been painted as running away from some as yet unrevealed facts. It's a PR disaster for the UCI. Again.
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Crudely, you assume that the UCI set up the Independent Commission and told it to report by June in the hope of clearing its name. Rather than leave the USADA accusations unchallenged, the UCI wanted to act swiftly. Sadly, the IC witnesses and key stakeholders didn't want to provide evidence unless a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was involved. That would take time to set up as well as a lot more money – as well as being outwith the remit of the Independent Commission. Net result? Stalemate.
But did the whole expensive process need to end in such a universally unsatisfactory manner? In its statements at the Procedural meeting held at the Law Society in London on January 25, the IC members appeared surprised that so few of the witnesses it approached were prepared to give evidence, though they learned this "very early on in that process". At which point you would suppose a warning light would start flashing, with compromise and round-table discussions kicking in.
When the World anti-doping agency (Wada) and USADA refused to cooperate with them unless a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was included in the investigation's original remit, the IC stalled. Or rather, it agreed that a TRC would be useful and effectively sided with Wada and USADA, precipitating an impasse between all parties, since the UCI made it clear it couldn't afford this process without financial help from Wada. Somehow, the story that emerged was that the UCI was 'opposed' to a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
You have to wonder if some kind of compromise couldn't have been found to enable the IC to present a decision on the narrower matter of the USADA accusations of UCI complicity in the Armstrong US Postal affair. Why, if USADA had evidence of UCI malfeasance, couldn't it couldn't pass it on to the IC and nail the UCI – or at the very least add to the heat on President Pat McQuaid?
Or it's also fair to wonder why, when it was clear that both Wada and USADA were refusing to participate with the IC and its narrower remit, that the members of the Independent Commission couldn't find a way to negotiate a compromise between the three parties.
To wit: if Wada and USADA cooperated as much as was legally possible, enabling the IC to present a credible report (which of course may have damned the UCI), then, as quid pro quo, the IC could have extracted a firm legal commitment from the UCI to work with major stakeholders (Wada, USADA, national federations, national anti-doping authorities) to set up a much wider ranging Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
On Friday 25 January, the UCI counsel Ian Mill QC said the UCI was "proposing that the Truth and Reconciliation commission should include within its remit those issues of governance which have already been raised by USADA."
The performance of the three Independent Commission members at the Law Society Procedural was a disappointment. The chairman seemed to struggle with the idea that the UCI was simply not in a legal position to offer a sporting amnesty – it wasn't that the UCI was 'refusing'. At one point Chairman Otton repeatedly asked the UCI counsel how long it would take for Wada to change its rules to implement an amnesty; or 'How many cyclists do you anticipate that that process (TRC) will embrace?" That's a question on par with 'How long is a piece of string?'
The Independent Commission was also under the impression that the "UCI hasn't tried to engage with Wada in a Truth and Reconciliation process…and as I understand it," said Holmes, "it's between 17 January and today, in the last seven days."
It was, according to UCI counsel Mill, "on the 11 January."
The fact that the IC gave equal weight to the Change Cycling Now pressure group and Wada was bewildering. In short, the IC never seemed to have a proper handle on the subject matter or, more importantly, see the possibility of a way ahead through brokering a deal. None of the panel were available for interview.
The bottom line? The UCI has wasted a small fortune and still looks like it's scared of what's in its Geneva closets. The irony? It probably doesn't deserve all the opprobrium. Yet how is it that the two organisations which could perhaps have backed up USADA's accusations against the UCI come out smelling of roses? And, finally, why didn't the Independent Commission show more invention to ensure it could both report on USADA and engineer the setting up of a TRC?
Cycling loses. Lawyers win. Again.
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UCI disbands Independent Commission
UCI to set up Truth and Reconciliation framework
UCI independent commission hearing stalls
WADA turns back on UCI Independent Commission
WADA chief expresses concerns over UCI independent commission
Tanni Grey-Thompson named in UCI independent commission panel
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USADA Armstrong doping report in brief
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Beat the Streak Report: Monday, July 18
New day, new week and a new leader, Streakers.
Hankwoods was unable to survive the weekend, seeing his streak go down in flames at 37 games on Saturday. Thirty-seven ties Mr. Woods for the season's second-longest run, but unfortunately entitles him to a cash prize of only $0.00.
Hank got back on the horse yesterday but was among the 16.1 percent of you who reset to zero thanks to Ryan Braun's injury-shortened 0-for-1 effort. Life lesson: stay away from the guy who's questionable to play a full nine innings. You're welcome for that earth-shattering advice!
Anyway, erakelson sits atop the current standings at 29 games, with finelin33 second at 27. Please at least pretend to root for them as they journey toward the 57-game promised land.
Monday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
Melky Cabrera: .600 (12-for-20) since '06 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Ryan Howard: .545 (6-for-11) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Rodrigo Lopez
Carlos Lee: .452 (14-for-31) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
Hunter Pence: .500 (11-for-22) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
Paul Konerko: .529 (9-for-17) since '06 vs. Royals starter Kyle Davies
Jason Heyward: 1.000 (5-for-5) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Jason Hammel
Jacoby Ellsbury: .364 (4-for-11) since '06 vs. Orioles starter Brad Bergesen
Feeling kinda spicy?
Jason Michaels: .778 (7-for-9) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Jason Marquis
Matt Diaz: .417 (10-for-14) since '06 vs. Reds starter Dontrelle Willis
You'll thank me later …
Pablo Sandoval: .182 (6-for-33) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley
Nick Markakis: .185 (5-for-27) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield
Aramis Ramirez: .000 (0-for-9) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Roy Halladay
Kevin Youkilis: .133 (2-for-15) since '06 vs. Orioles starter Brad Bergesen
Top MLB streakers
Emilio Bonifacio: 16 games
Dustin Pedroia: 15 games
Neil Walker: 11 games
Ronny Cedeno: 10 games
Nick Markakis: 10 games
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Adrian Gonzalez: (17 home runs this season) vs. Orioles starter Brad Bergesen
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Monday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
128 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Paul Konerko 693 27.72(4th)
Adrian Gonzalez 249 9.96(4th)
Jason Heyward 116 4.64
No Selection 95 3.80
Joey Votto 90 3.60
Melky Cabrera 85 3.40
Jacoby Ellsbury 80 3.20
Hunter Pence 79 3.16(4th)
Dustin Pedroia 68 2.72
Evan Longoria 63 2.52
Robinson Cano 55 2.20(3rd)
Vlad Guerrero 54 2.16
Raul Ibanez 4 0.16(1rst)
Paul Janish 2 0.08(2nd)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 4 with streak of 17 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 41.84% with RYAN BRAUN reseting the most.
There was also 12.28% PPD due to players not playing, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
R Braun MIL, RESET 458,HIGHEST WAS 25 GAMER
N Punto STL, SAVED 6, HIGHEST WAS 13 GAMER
M Ellis OAK, RESET 1, WAS 14 GAMER
S Hairston NYM, SAVED 1, WAS 9 GAMER
Y Molina STL, RESET 1, WAS 9 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
hwnhrt, 13, pg 15, 279, JUSTIN UPTON (PICKED 26X)
mdefillippis91, 11, pg 32, 593, HUNTER PENCE (PICKED 79X)
TiffK99, 10, pg 40, 872, A-GONE (PICKED 249X)
abk1087, 10, pg 41, 872, A-GONE (PICKED 249X)
backrubs, 8, pg 79, 1818, MELKY CABRERA (PICKED 85X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
BookofJohn8vs31vs32, 9 RESET by T.Tulowitzki
GL to all
95 No Selections on a late lock night?
Guess some people are starting to call it quits maybe
It locked at 1:05 today.
Looks like I missed the early game. Guess those 95 aren't the only ones loosing focus, huh? 😉
LOL! I wish it didn't lock so early. Would have given me time to change my pick. Not like I'm worried though.
3rd-inning single by Jacoby Ellsbury!
Onto 6!!!
Same here, only A-Gone instead.
Cubs throwing a 1 hitter after 4 innings against the Phillies? Wonders never cease
That'll reduce the leader's ABs if my Cubbies can make a great showing
Well, that's official. For 3 straight days, the top dog on the leader board fell. To all of them, welcome back to earth; it's been awhile.
broke the secret of the 57 hit streak phantom!!!!!!!! yessir


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Heather Sellers of the Hope College English faculty is among the poets featured in "When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women."
The anthology features 461 poems by 96 poets, and includes photographs and biographical notes. The collection was edited by Andrea Hollander Budy and has been published by Autumn House Press of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The poems by Sellers include "Dating Men With Children," "SAT Words with David Junior" and "Palm Sunday in Pew with Ex." The poems are collected in her most recent book, "The Boys I Borrow."
A total of 15 of the other poets with work included in the anthology have previously been featured at Hope through the college's Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series. Those who have participated in the series through the years are: Kim Addonizio, Marianne Boruch, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Toi Derricotte, Lynn Emanuel, Beth Ann Fennelly, Barbara Hamby, Allison Joseph, Jane Kenyon, Maxine Kumin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Mary Ruefle, Chase Twichell and Ellen Bryant Voigt.
Sellers has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1995. A professor of English, she teaches poetry, fiction and nonfiction workshops, as well as a course designed for teachers who want to write.
She is the author of three volumes of poetry: "The Boys I Borrow," "Drinking Girls and Their Dresses" and the chapbook "Your Whole Life." Her fiction includes "Georgia Under Water," a collection of short fiction; and, with Amy Young as illustrator, the children's book "Spike and Cubby: Ice Cream Island Adventure!" Her books also include two guides for writers: "Page after Page: Discover the confidence and passion you need to start writing and keep writing (no matter what)," and "Chapter after Chapter: Discover the Dedication and Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams." She also has a textbook for the introductory creative writing classroom forthcoming, and is working on her memoir, "Face First," about her experience with prosopagnosia, or, face blindness.
Nearly 50 of her poems have appeared in journals, anthologies and magazines, including "Louisiana Literature," "Ascent," "The New Virginia Review," "GulfCoast," "Hawai'i Review," "Barrow Street," "The MidWest Quarterly" and "So To Speak."
Her short fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction appear in journals, other anthologies and magazines, including "The Best Stories of the New South" and "Falling Backwards: stories of fathers and daughters." Excerpts from "Face First" appear in "The Best Creative Nonfiction" (W.W. Norton & Co. Inc.), and the work is one of 100 notable essays included in "Best American Essays."
Her short story "Hunting" from "The Chattahoochee Review" was listed in the "100 Distinguished Stories of 1991" section of the "Best American Short Stories." Recent prose has appeared in "The Sun," "The Madison Review," "The Southeast Review," "The Writer," "Writer's Digest," "Beloit Fiction Journal," "Five Points" and "The Massachusetts Review."
Sellers was one of only 41 writers nationally to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant for 2000-02 to create original work or translate work, through which she completed "Georgia Under Water." "Georgia Under Water" was named a finalist in the 2002 "Paterson Fiction Prize" competition and in 2001 was recognized in the "Discover Great New Writers" program of Barnes & Noble bookstores.
She holds her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate from Florida State University.


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Yoga for Children and Young People with Autism
Yoga Games and Activities to Engage Everyone Across the Spectrum
Michael Chissick, illustrated by Sarah PeacockYoga can offer a myriad of social, emotional and health benefits to people with children and young people with autism, and in this guide Michael Chissick draws on his vast experience to help parents and educators make this a reality. Beautifully illustrated, it is packed with plans, games, goals, teaching tips and a multitude of real-life stories. Learn More2019, Paperback, 136pp
Evidence-based Programmes in Children's Services
An Introduction
Edited by Nick AxfordA comprehensive introduction to evidence-based programmes (EBPs) in children's services, this book explains what they are, how they are tested, what works in implementing them, what the key critiques are, how much they cost to run, and evidence-based alternatives. Learn More2016, Paperback, 9.21in x 6.14in / 234mm x 156mm, 192pp, $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-633-5


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The cheapest places to purchase Ice Cream
A Jerusalem Resident, "Shlomi" reported to YNET as follows:
"A Popsicle sold here for NIS 2.5 (72 cents) and in Tel Aviv for NIS 3.5 ($1) is sold there [Arab Neighborhoods of Jerusalem] for only NIS 1 (29 cents). A simple Cornetto sold in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for NIS 7.5 ($2.16) is sold there for NIS 2.5. Why?"Strauss's response:
"It's just the ice cream. The rest of the products are not much cheaper than in stores in the Jewish sector," he says.
"Cottage cheese costs NIS 7 ($2) there, 1 liter of Heinz ketchup costs NIS 17 ($4.90), six bottles of Neviot water cost NIS 14 ($4), and pasta costs NIS 7-8 ($2-2.30). Marlboro cigarettes cost NIS 22 ($6.35) there while we pay NIS 24 ($6.95), but that's a small difference compared to the strange differences in ice cream prices.
"If Strauss Ice Cream are not giving them a special price, how is it possible that all other products are sold for prices similar to the Jewish sector? It's impossible that the store is willing to sustain such big losses on ice cream. Could it be that the company has decided to absorb the losses to gain a large amount of sales?
"I believe it's in Strauss' interest to sell to one population at rock bottom prices and to another at high prices. It's a trend. I saw the ice cream cases arriving at one of the stores there, and it says 'sector' on it, because it's a special production with Arab captions, and I believe the price is special too.
"The taste is the same taste and the product's size is the same size. I have to buy there because I can't afford ice cream for my daughter at the current prices."
"The consumer price is not determined by us, but by the retailers themselves. Strauss Ice Cream has a uniform pricelist for all products. It should be noted that the variety of products offered by the company includes products designated for different sectors."(YNET)If Strauss is correct, then Israeli supermarkets and retailers are totally gauging the public...
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