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From my friend Jeanette of Long Island Opt Out: An important message to parents whose oldest child is entering third grade and experiencing the state assessment system for the first time.
"I need your help. Parents who now have a third grader are generally new to testing and opting out/refusing. If you are on here, you are already informed. I need you to help me get this message emailed to as many third grade parents as possible!! I too have a third grader. I sent this letter out using emails I had from a class list. My goal is to inform every single parent in his grade, whether they decide to opt out or not. Change the message, make it your own, make it reflect your district. But PLEASE get this out there. We must reach parents who are not already on these Facebook pages. You can also print it out and hand it out at dismissal. Thank you!! "
Dear 3rd Grade Parents,
As you all know, our 3rd grade children have now entered the dreaded testing years. As a result of "No Child Left Behind" and now "Race to the Top", as well as NYS Education Department mandates, all children in grades 3-8 are tested every year with common core assessments created not by our school district or teachers, but by a corporate testing company. These tests cost our district hundreds of thousands of dollars both in the tests themselves and the testing administration costs. The assessments are given this spring over the course of two weeks. Our 8 year olds will be tested for over 7 hours, 14-16 hours if they receive extended time. Some NYS will move to online assessments this year. We will never see these tests. The teachers cannot discuss what is on these tests, even with their colleagues. (They sign confidentiality agreements). The assessments results do not come back this school year. They generally come back the following fall, eliminating any way for them to be used by the child's teacher. The results are a single score. Not a breakdown of areas of weakness, specific test questions your child had difficulty on, or a plan for improvement. Testimonials from educators after the assessments were administered included criticism of mistakes on test questions, questions that were two or more grade levels above the grade being tested, and even product placement in test questions. Many districts use the results of these flawed and inappropriate assessments to determine the needs of their students, rather than the advice and expertise of their classroom teacher. Students can be placed in AIS (extra help) classes, or taken OUT of these services, all based on assessment results. Districts, administrators, and teachers are evaluated based on your child's score. Districts scores are published, and teachers can lose their jobs with low test scores over consecutive years. This unfair evaluation system causes a culture of test prepping and competition, in early grades that should be about imagination, creativity, and whole child learning. The stress over test performance is felt throughout the entire school, right down to our youngest learners.
Parents and educators have pushed back against excessive high stakes testing. Educators have been fighting against this growing culture of testing for years, and now parents have joined in the fight. For the past five years parents have been refusing to allow their children to participate in these assessments. Last year over 230,000 students "refused" the assessments.
[Optional] (Insert district specifics here) - example:
In North Bellmore, over 250 families made the decision to join our resistance to high stakes tests, and over 500 in Bellmore/Merrick. Our district has passed a resolution against high stakes testing and the collection of our children's personal data. Our district took a stand against field testing, refusing to administer them last spring. North Bellmore has also eliminated all local assessments and standardized testing for our k-2 students. I consider myself lucky to be part of a district that puts the welfare of its students first and foremost. My actions and the actions of all the other hundreds of parents who have opted out of these assessments in North Bellmore are not just to protect our children, but to take a stand and show support for the teachers, administrators, and our district.
I know a number of you have already sent in your refusal letters. If entire classes refuse the assessments this spring, we can essentially take back our classrooms. Teachers can focus on teaching a well rounded curriculum, rather than wasting endless hours preparing our children for these harmful assessments. Our hope is to return common sense testing and curriculum to our classrooms. Before the federal "No Child Left Behind", children in grades 4 and 8 were assessed by educator created tests, for a total of 70 minutes. The tests were not used as weapons against our teachers and districts, and they were used diagnostically.
My intention is not to force, coerce, or manipulate anyone into anything. My intention is simply to inform parents that they do in fact have a choice. Refusing the test is as simple as turning in a refusal letter to the district expressing that your child will not be participating in this year's assessments. There is no consequence to the child, the teacher, or the district. You child simply receives "no score", and instead of a flawed assessment, the teacher will determine the educational needs of your child. If you would like more information regarding test refusals, common core, and the issues with corporate reform in our public schools, join us on the Facebook page "Long Island Opt Out Info" [or NYS Refuse the Tests] and www.nysape.org. I am part of a coalition of parents, teachers, and administrators from our district, all across NYS, and across the country, trying to give our children back the love of learning and improve public education for all children.
I have attached a sample refusal letter.
Thank you!
*Please note I edited a few details from this letter as it was originally written in 2014. 3/12/17


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Ice cube or cupcake/muffin tray
STEP TWO: Place petals into ice cube/muffin tray cups. I chose to go with a spring look, so I combined pink, purple, and white with most of them. Some I left with two colors (white and yellow). Experiment with the look you want to have!
STEP FOUR: Slide the tray into the freezer. Leave in for at least 1.5 - 2 hours. When frozen, pull the tray out, wait for 5 minutes for cubes to begin melting then, using a knife around the edges, gently loosen and wiggle the cubes until they can slide out. Pop into a cup/pitcher of water, lemonade, or iced tea and - voila! - you've got a classy a** drink. If desired, you can put the cubes into tea leaf bags so that, when they melt, the flowers will stay contained and not get swallowed up!

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Botnet owner gets 5 yearsBy Justin Mann
A botnet master has been given a sentence of five years in prison, among other things, for running a network of compromised PCs and distributing adware. The adware portion is what is most interesting. What was formerly something just assumed to be part of the Internet experience is quickly turning into crime, with more and more digital criminals being tried and convicted. In this case, a 21 year old from California was selling access to infected computers and getting adware installed through covert methods (which doubtlessly had a lot to do with the infected machines in the first place). It ended up netting up a huge amount of cash and even a nice car. Too bad it wasn't meant to be.


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This past weekend was so relaxing, I was able to catch up on my errands and testing out some new hair products that have been sitting on my counter. After a Moroccan Oil hair mask and face mask (Even on the weekends, I can't get away from my multi-tasking), my brown strands felt so silky and smooth, so I decided to style my hair straight.
I have been dying to try the Living Proof Prime Style Extender and I was not been disappointed!!! When I usually straighten my hair, the ends become curly within an hour of being outside because of the humidity. I was able to celebrate my friend's birthday at an outside bar and come home with my hair looking almost identical to when I first styled it. It was so late, that I threw my hair in a pony tail and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, I did not need to mess with my hair before brunch. It looked just as good at the night before!!!
In addition to helping my style last longer, I did not have any frizz the whole night!! My hair never felt weighed down and it looks silky smooth. I can totally see why the Living Proof Prime Style Extender has won so many beauty awards this year, including: Allure, TotalBeauty.com and CEW awards. I can tell you that I will be using this product more often. Next weekend, I am going to try this product out when I style my hair naturally (curly).
Have you found any products similar to this that I should try?


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Dallas Mavericks snap skid against winless Wizards
DALLAS -- Probably the best thing the Dallas Mavericks can say about Wednesday's 107-101 triumph over the Washington Wizards is that they actually won the game.
The Mavs were able to snap their three-game winning streak with that victory over the winless Wizards before 19,560 at American Airlines Center. But the win was marred by the Mavs nearly blowing a 22-point third-quarter lead , which was the dominant talk inside the winner's locker room.
"In the second quarter everything was clicking, the third quarter not bad, and the fourth quarter we just let guys get too many easy shots," said Elton Brand, who had 11 points and 12 boards. "We'll take the positives out of the first three quarters and get better from the fourth quarter because we can't have that."
The Mavs (5-4) led 67-45 less than a minute into the third quarter and appeared as though they would coast to the finish line. But the bottom nearly fell out of a Mavs' machine that scored a whopping 40 points in the second period and was nursing a 63-45 lead at the half.
On the strength of 15 unanswered points and some terrific shooting by Houston Aldine Nimitz product Cartier Martin, the Wizards hustled all the way back to within 88-85 with 6:59 left.
It was still a three-point Mavs lead (104-101) with 21.3 seconds to go after Martin drilled his fourth 3-point basket of the final period. But after a Mavs timeout, Chris Kaman got loose and converted a three-point play with 17.8 seconds remaining for the game's final points.
"We weren't getting stops and our execution on offense wasn't very good," coach Rick Carlisle said. "I forget the exact sequence, but we were able to get one or two stops, score, and get a little bit of a cushion, and then were able to win.
"It's obvious we have a lot of work to go, though."
Kaman started for the Mavs and contributed 23 points and eight rebounds in 32 minutes. But he was dismayed by the way the Mavs nearly coughed this game away before they begin a two-game road trip that starts Friday against the Indiana Pacers.
"I felt pretty comfortable, but I'm just a little concerned the way we let that team come back," Kaman said. "We were up 22 points and it's disappointing to see us go out and give that back like that.
"And that comes from everybody. It's not just one person."
The Mavs shot 50 percent from the field, won the rebounding battle 40-34, and only committed 13 turnovers.
O.J. Mayo paced the Mavs with 25 points, and Jae Crowder (12 points) and Troy Murphy (10 points) gave Dallas a productive outing off the bench. Still, after the Mavs toted an 85-67 lead into the fourth quarter, it looked as if they were ready to pull up a couple of chairs and relax during the final 12 minutes.
But the visitors had other ideas and made the Mavs squirm all the way to the finish line.
"They knocked down some big shots and made it a game," Brand said. "When you have a team down you've got to step on them.
"We've got to play harder and play more physical. We gave them a lot of easy looks and we can't have that."
Dwain Price, 817-390-7760
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It has come to my attention that there is a video floating around YouTube with the intent of creating alarm and "ZOMG GOVERNMENT KONSPIRACY !!!111!!!!!ELEVENTY-ONE!!!" type feelings about a totally normal thing that happens every day.
That is, about a space rock.
Let me address this tom foolery on a point by point basis.
- Asteroid TU24 will be within roughly 500,000 kilometers of Earth. Wow, that seems really close, doesn't it? I mean, the moon is only 400,000 kilometers, or 1.0 Lunar Distances (from here out abbreviated "LD", meaning a measurement based on the distance between the Earth and the moon). So, TU24 is whizzing by at 1.3 LD! Oh no! It might hit us!
No. But let me tell you why. On January 15 of this year, asteroid 2008 BW2 whizzed by at a close .9 LD. It was in between the moon and us, theoretically. And it didn't hit us. Why? It's on it's own little course, zooming through space.
Think of it like cars on a freeway. They're traveling very fast, very close, but they rarely hit each other (unless something catastrophic happens). The only way they hit is if one car obstructs the path of another. Which is what makes cloverleaf exchanges so dangerous. But I digress. Think of space as one giant cloverleaf exchange, with earth and asteroids passing each other, close, in haphazard, last-minute choreography.
The difference being that Earth and the asteroids both drive like assholes and will run each other off the road rather than change their orbits.
- Holy shit, this thing is the size of the Sears Tower in Chicago! Wow, that's scary, right? No. You fail at space, my friend. The asteroid, while indeed a hefty 527 meters is certainly not the largest one to make a close approach this century: Toutatis, know also as asteroid 4179, thought of as being the arguably most likely threat to crash into our planet eventually due to its strange orbit and rotation, came on by in 2004 with all of it's 2.9 miles of length and 1.5 miles of width. It is estimated that to cause world wide extinction, the proverbial "End of the World", an asteroid would have to be at least 1/2 mile, and when you do the conversion, TU24 falls just slightly short. It would cause massive destruction, obviously, but not the end of the world.
You also have to judge its impact risk on the Torino scale. The Torino scale compares the destructive power in megatons of an asteroid to the probability of it striking earth and assigns a number, 0-10, 0 meaning "No way is this thing coming near us, and even if it did, it might leave a hole or kill a cow somewhere, but don't brick in your seat yet", 10 being "Start reading Revelations now, friend, because we're going straight to Hell." Big mamma Toutatis scored a 1 on her little trip. TU24 merits a fat, round 0.
- Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's) and Near Earth Objects (NEO's) fly by us every day. Two and sometimes three a day. None today or yesterday, which was actually very odd. We've never had the "plasma discharge" issue that the second video in this series alleges will occur. They cite Tunguska as being the result of a plasma discharge, but Tunguska actually hit us. If they theorize that even a small meteor with a negligible impact probability is going to cause world wide destruction without touching us, why hasn't it happened yet?
- The government can't cover up space rocks. All of the information gathered by professional and amateur astronomers is publicly available from NASA's NEO program (http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov). Plus, the United States isn't the only country with observatories and space technology. This just speaks to the egotism of the average American doomcrier. "The government is covering it up!" Yeah, blow me. This is the age of the internet, my friend. If our government covers it up, someone else's government is still going to spill the beans, and it's going to get posted all over TEH INTARWEBS. Morons.
I'm not posting the second video because it's bad science and I don't want to help it get anymore views. What I'm going to do instead is rant for a minute about doomsayers and astronomy.
Okay, I used to do a lot of community theatre. Nine times out of ten, a cast I was in would have this one specific kind of person. You'd talk about a show, let's pretend it's The Secret Garden. Anyway, you're talking to this person about The Secrt Garden and how much you love "In Lily's Eyes" and she says, "I only listen to the girl songs, so I can sing along," and you're like, "WTF is this shit? You only like something if you can somehow be involved in it?" Yeah, I'm talking about you, Rachel. You wanna go, let's go!
Anyway, amateur astronomers obsessed with PHA's and NEO's are Rachel, and astronomy in general is like The Secret Garden (the version with Mandy Patinkin and Daisy Egan). The Secret Garden (space) is so interesting and complex, with so much to offer as a musical (vast, inky void), but she's (they are) ignoring like, half the score (phenomenon) to concentrate only on the parts (she) they can sing along with (the parts that directly impact Earth). How short sighted and egotistical is it to assume that the only things of interest are going to be Earth (Rachel)-centric?
I guess my point is, doom freaks are morons, there is stuff way more likely to kill you on a daily basis (GLOBAL WARMING WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AT NIGHT AND SWITCH ALL YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES WITH RAT POISON!), and The Secret Garden is a really good musical.
Edited to add: I also want to point out that there is another TU24 video floating around out there that, along with stating completely incorrect facts (like TU24 is the largest asteroid and closest approach this century) argues that it WILL hit us because we don't know enough about it. It then states that we didn't know enough about a comet that recently visited our solar system, proving that scientists know nothing and we're all doomed. However, I can use that argument to prove anything. For example: "Scientists used to think the Earth was flat, so they don't know everything, so Cancer tastes like gumdrops!" Yeah, that's what we call a logical fallacy, kids.


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I almost never make my own salad dressing- for a few reasons.
First of all- I'm super lazy.
Ok, not really.
Well...maybe it depends on the day.
Let's go with that.
Secondly, my husband loves blue cheese and my daughter loves ranch. I don't like making more than one kind.
Lastly, I feel more pressure to finish off a batch of homemade dressing when it's in my fridge. I think I trust the preservatives and foods I can't pronounce on the back of the commercial dressing to keep the store-bought stuff edible longer lol.
Sometimes, though, I go ahead and make the good stuff.
I make that delicious homemade blue cheese dressing.
I throw together that creamy goodness from the BLT salad.
I might get a little nuts and toss together a little oil and vinegar every once in awhile.
Generally, though, I stick to store-bought.
Bottled for my daughter, the fancier stuff from the produce department for my picky husband- but store-bought.
Anyway, so remember that Spinach Salad with Peaches and Pecans I made the other day?
Well I magically had all of the ingredients on hand already- except for the poppy seed dressing that it called for.
That might deter some folks- but I'm not some folks.
How hard could poppy seed dressing really be? I mean...I was pretty sure I had some poppy seeds hiding in the cabinet alongside my spices leftover from some recipe made long-ago.
So I set to work searching for a suitable recipe and it didn't take long to find Delicious Poppy Seed Dressing on Allrecipes.
Ohmyword guys.
Like ohmyword.
I'm pretty sure I'm never buying dressing for myself again- it was so good. A little sweet, a little tangy. Thick enough to coat the spinach leaves but light enough to just accent the salad rather than dominate it.
Kind of perfection.
So simple too! A few ingredients tossed in the food processor or blender- personally I used the small processor cup from my Ninja blender and it was more than sufficient. I even scaled the recipe back to two servings so that I wouldn't have tons leftover (see my third reason for not making homemade dressing from above lol) and it still worked out beautifully.
The dressing didn't just work out perfectly on the salad for which I made it, it's been amazing on several salads since- and will be perfect on many more to come!
3/4 C olive oil
1/3 C vinegar
1/4 C honey
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp minced onion
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp poppy seeds
1. Place olive oil, vinegar, honey, salt, onion, and Dijon mustard in a blender; blend until well mixed. Stir poppy seeds into olive oil mixture.


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Mission Statement:
The Paul Lammermeier Foundation helps children-in-need reach their full potential by providing houses in Peru, centered on family and the Jesuit values of education and service to others.
Be a small part of little miracles…
Paul's 'Vision'
When I came to Peru as a missionary in 1988, my primary goal then was to teach and work in a Jesuit high school, teaching and running a community service program. This I have done and am completing my seventh year at a small, inner-city Jesuit parochial school (San Francisco Javier) near the center of Lima.
While I do not see myself leaving the teaching field here and still plan to continue at the school, I have experienced God leading me in a different, yet somewhat related, area. Namely, that of working with homeless children. More specifically, providing a home and education for a limited number of boys who, for one reason or another, cannot live with their families. Through the community service programs which I began at our school, I have come to know many children who are "homeless", academically capable, but behind in school (not at their grade-age level). Boys who need an opportunity and "safe home" to develop their abilities and talents in a home setting.
This came quite by accident in July, 1992, when the first boy came to live with me. While this particular young man did not work out, I am currently supporting two boys, Edgar (age 17) and Donato (age 18). Edgar has been with me for over two years, and I have experienced how a stable setting can have a very positive effect. He is ready to graduate from high school next month and will probably attempt to enter a national university for engineering next year. I think that it would be realistic to care for between five and seven boys. The commitment (as I see it and as I have promised the boys) will be as long as they are still in school and until such time as they can support themselves, which in Peru might mean as many as ten or twelve years.
To realize this goal of providing an adequate home for between five and seven boys, I need a much larger home than the one I am currently renting (44 square yards). Right now I cannot even consider taking in more boys without more room. The three of us are continually bumping into each other and do not have adequate privacy.
Thus, I need a larger home with four bedrooms and adequate bath and kitchen facilities, and a common area for recreation and study. Renting such a house, even here in Breña (the neighborhood where I live and want to stay) where housing is less expensive, would be prohibitive with my teachers' salary of $250.00 per month ( of which , I currently pay $130.00 for rent and utilities). While housing is much cheaper here than in the U.S., salaries are unbelievably low.
To realize this goal, I am asking for outside help in two different areas: 1.) to purchase a home and 2.) provide continuing support for these boys – day to day living in addition to their education. After the home is functioning, I also hope to find some existing group to ensure that this work will continue after I am no longer able to do it personally.
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PARIS COUTURE FOR VOGUE.COM/ July 30th
Here's the latest in my Paris Couture coverage from Chanel, Giambattista Valli, Armani Privê, Dior, Bouchra Jarrar, Jean Paul Gaultier and more
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Check out my coverage from Couture Spring 2014 in on Vogue.com featuring Armani Privé, Schiaparelli, Giambattista Valli, Atelier Versace, Bouchra Jarrar, Valentino, Maison Martin Margiela, Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jean Paul Gaultier.
Check out my Spring 2014 coverage on Vogue.com including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Altuzarra, Burberry Prorsum, Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, J.W. Anderson, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Meadham Kirchhoff, Michael Kors, Mulberry, Rag & Bone, Rick Owens, Roberto Cavalli, Rodarte, Sophie Theallet and many more.
Check out my coverage from Fall 2013 Couture on Vogue.com including Versace, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Chanel, Maison Martin Margiela, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino, and Giambattista Valli.
Check out my Paris Couture photo recaps for Vogue magazine. Click on the images below to see shots from behind the scenes at Armani Privé, Chanel, Giambattista Valli, Bouchra Jarrar, Versace, Maison Martin Margiela, Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino.
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Exclusive: French Montana Talks Bad Boy Signing, Upcoming Album & More
After a frenzied bidding war, one of most sought-after unsigned rappers is no longer a free agent.
On Thursday (Dec. 8), French Montana, joined by Sean " Diddy" Combs, announced his freshly inked deal with Bad Boy Records on BET's "106 & Park." Hours before the announcement, Montana chatted with Billboard.com's The Juice on the signing, his 2012 debut effort, and his working relationship with both Diddy and Rick Ross.
"I felt like I couldn't reach any higher on the indie level," said the MC, who has been releasing mixtapes since 2007. "Nobody took the indie level to where I took it, with songs actually on Billboard. I did tours. I did everything I could do."
Now signed, the rapper plans to continue releasing mixtapes to build anticipation for his upcoming album. "They want me to pick the release date, but I feel like it should be whenever the time is right... definitely next year," French Montana said. "First album's gotta be a classic. All the greats' first albums are. I want mine to be like a 'Doggystyle.'"
On Dec. 12, French Montana will deliver a collaborative mixtape with Waka Flocka Flame, titled "Lock Out." Montana said to also expect another collaborative mixtape in the near future, this time with Three 6 Mafia.
"This game is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Believe nothing you hear and everything you see," French Montana says about the recent million-dollar deals rumored to have been given to up-and-comers. "When I took my deal, I knew how I was going to work it and pay it back. I didn't take it like it was quick come up. I think a lot of people look at it like that but it's not; you owe that. There's nobody giving it to you for free. The bonus is the only thing you don't pay back. Everything else is recouped."
Offers allegedly came from most of rap's heavy hitters, including Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music, Jay-Z's Roc Nation, and Ross' Maybach Music Group.
"It's different with me because it wasn't just one label that offered me [a] deal," French Montana told The Juice. "I had offers from everybody so when I made the choice, I made the choice I was [most] comfortable with. I don't judge a person from what people say about them. I judge a person by my own relationship with them."
"The deal [with Diddy] just felt right and it felt like it was the right thing to do," he said. "I felt like I can make a change with this for the music culture that I came from."
The Bronx transplant admits that if he hadn't gone with Bad Boy, he would have signed with the Bawse, which influenced his decision to enlist his longtime friend and mentor as his debut's executive producer.
"I love MMG. If I wasn't going with Bad Boy, I definitely would have gone with MMG," the Bronx transplant said. "That's why I had to make Ross executive producer on my album. Me and him got the same vibe. He's definitely been involved with everything I've been doing, giving me some good advice, and helping me out. You always need a mentor."
"Everybody is one circle. Everybody's fans become each other's fans. Their fans are buying your records, that's how it works. You see DJ Khaled, Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Drake; everybody's on everybody's music and they're all together like a big a crew, a movement. That's how I built mine with me, Waka, Ross, Coke Boys, etc. I'm trying to build it like a roster. That's how you win."


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Sports are a great way to get exercise, but they are not without risk. In the search of thrills and physical excellence, some athletes put themselves in harms way. They climb mountains, speed down steep hills, tackle, hit, punch, and kick. The sports on this list can cause practitioners serious injury and even death if any accident should occur. That's why extra caution, proper training, and safety equipment are required before these dangerous sports are attempted.
- We first researched all the available data on many different sports and narrowed it down to 50, 20 and finally 10. We used a combination of internet, library, industry literature and Samir Becic knowledge as one of the leading health and fitness experts in U.S.
Here are the Top 10 from Health Fitness Revolution and author of the book ReSYNC Your Life Samir Becic:
- Bull Riding Just as a f1 driver risks his neck every time he straps up, a bull-rider exposes him or herself to danger every rodeo. Riders attempt to tame a 1,800-pound animal that has been prodded into seething anger. With no safety equipment and only a rodeo clown to draw away the sharp horns, bull riding is the most dangerous 8 seconds in sports.
- MMA MMA advertises itself as a less-dangerous alternative to boxing, because of the emphasis on grapples and take-downs, as opposed to pure face blows. The evidence corroborates that theory, but warns MMA fighters are more vulnerable than boxers to minor injuries and disfigurements, making the sport dangerous.
- Boxing An obvious inclusion on the list, practitioners of this martial art risk decreased brain function, particularly if they start boxing at an early age and have a long career. One study found that boxing caused "volume reduction in certain areas of the brain and reduced connectivity between the basal ganglia and other regions of the brain."
- Free-climbing The invention of portable GoPro cameras has helped the world appreciate just how crazy this adrenaline-pumping sport is. Climbers scale vertical rock cliffs with nothing but their forearm strength and some chalk to keep them alive. Just one wrong move, one momentary lapse of judgement, can send a free-climber tumbling to their death. And, unfortunately, many high-profile climbers have been lost to the void.
- Hang Gliding Hang gliding, although exhilarating and freeing, is actually one of the most dangerous in-air sports possible. According to HSE, a U.K.-based watchdog group, the risk of death in a hang-gliding accident is 1 out of every 116,000 flights. Even the most experienced hang gliders are not immune to random gusts of wind which can easily force them to collide with mountains, causing them to free fall from high altitudes.
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"Feathers from a black hen were burned in a pan under a fever patient's bed." ~Parler FBA II 2229
Blood used to cure shingles – "A power doctor near Fayetteville, Arkansas, says that in order to cure shingles one has only to cut off the head of a black chicken and smear the blood thickly over the affected parts. Wrap the patient in sheets and let the whole mess dry. Next morning you just soak the wrappings off, and the shingles will be gone." ~Randolph OMF 147
Walking over patient to cure chickenpox – "At many points in Missouri and Arkansas country folk treat chickenpox by bringing a black hen and chickens into the sickroom and making them walk over the patient's body as he lies in bed. Near Bentonville, Arkansas, I knew a woman who brought a black rooster into her house and placed it again and again upon the bed where a little boy lay sick with chickenpox." ~Randolph OMF 147
Guts buried under the hearth for protection – "In some sections of Arkansas there are people who bury the entrails of a black hen under the hearth on 'Old Christmas.' This is said to protect the house against destruction by lightning or fire." ~Randolph OMF 72
Blood used for hives – "Take a black chicken and wring its neck. Pour blood over hives, and they will go away." ~Parler FBA II 2474
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It is a badge of honor for anyone living in Ontario, Canada to canoe Algonquin Park. High Schools students can't wait for their year end trip, cub scouts troops venture out to explore its tributaries and dad's around the province take their sons and daughters out for a week of bonding on one of the many routes within the 2000 km of optional waterways.
Canoe Algonquin Park, Canada's Wilderness
Algonquin Park is a dream for the beginner or an avid canoe tripper.
Dave and I took our first canoe adventure together with our friends Ken and Marcia. Ken was planning a trip on the Yukon River and asked us to come along. It was a training trip and trial run for the mighty Yukon and what a great way to prepare.
We paddled for ten glorious days in the Canadian Wilderness starting at Lake Opeongo. Ken planned the routes, booked out campsites and set up our canoe rentals with Opeongo Outfitters. Our canoes were dropped off at a dock on the lake and we were off to explore our provinces wild north.
It was our first time attempting a multi-day paddle and there was a lot of research involved. Packing was the main issue, especially food. Our friend Rich was an avid paddler and contributor to Canoe Routes Magazine. We took advantage of his vast knowledge and took notes when he told us what we would need.
Our first purchase was a bear barrel.
Algonquin park is filled with wildlife and we needed to protect our food not only from the dangers of being visited by a black bear, but to keep it safe from pesky raccoons that just love to open boxes and take off with tasty treats. Each night we would secure our food inside and hang it from a high tree branch.
Fuel for cooking was also a necessity.
We could make fires in the park, but a good camping stove is essential and we bought am MSR multifuel stove. It was excellent. It boils water quickly and cooks food to perfection. We were able to control the level of the flame and could actually simmer our food. It wasn't needed on this trip, but we decided to go for a stove that burns all types of fuel. You never know when you will be camping somewhere and all they have is kerosene available.
After a long day of paddling and portaging, food is the highlight of any trip, and we ate like kings. After ample research of the best food to bring, we made sure to have an endless supply of delicious treats. Every night was a feast eating rice, beans, lentils and pasta.
We went to an Indian market and bought several packets of excellent curries, bhindi, korma, and masalas. Their packaging is perfect for cooking. All you have to do is boil the packets and pour them over your rice for instant healthy, hearty and tasty meals.
There was a wide variety of food and drink. We had coffee and tea in the mornings and hot chocolate at night. Cheese strings and chocolates, sandwiches and trail mix were on hand during the day. Even breakfast varied ranging from eggs to pancakes to powdered milk with granola.
It seems that for every adventure that we go on, we focus more on our stomachs than anything else.
The canoeing is very relaxed in Algonquin Park. The water is calm and if you pick the right route, you won't see other people for days. We spotted otters, moose and herons, and one evening we even had a visit from a bear. A mistake I made by throwing our rotting pepperettes into the fire before going to bed.
After we had all turned in for the night, I had to go to the loo and as I was walking to the outhouse I thought I heard someone by the fire. When I shouted out who was there, no one answered but a grunt. I ran back to the tent to get Dave and Ken and we all spent a good half hour banging our paddles and yelling and screaming to scare it off. Eventually we heard a splash and assumed that it had swam away.
I then proceeded to lay awake all night long infuriated with Dave for sleeping so soundly after such a scare from that hungry bear.
Ken chose a tough route and we tackled the longest portage in the entire park. The final portage of our 10 days of paddling was the portage overland from Opeongo Lake to Dickson Lake.
We carried our canoes, tents, packs and the rest of our food for 5.3 Km from lake to lake. We all ended up walking 7,5 km that day using the Portage and a half technique.
All four of us set out together carrying a load to the half way mark. Two people continue on as the others drop their packs and turn around to go back for the remaining gear.
Once the two of us that have continued on reach the other lake, we go back for the gear left in the middle of the trail and pick up the remaining packs meeting up with the others that have now gone back for the gear and are continuing on. It is complicated but works very well at cutting km's off of the walk.
It was late in the summer and the nights were cold.
We even awoke one morning to a slight blanket of snow. Our trusty North Face Roadrunner 2 tent kept us warm though. It's low profile and tough exterior kept the heat in and we slept in our tuques,(Canadian for winter hat) wool socks and long johns with our sleeping bags pulled up over our noses.
I highly recommend a trip to Algonquin Park if you are looking for a leisurely canoe trip. There is very little white water, the views are incredible.
You can hike through the pine forest, swim in the pristine lakes, sunbathe on a beach or climb to the high look out and view a panoramic display of a park that is larger in area than Banff National Park in area and greener than anywhere you will see on earth.
So buy a map and plan your route. Book your camp sites, rent your canoe and go out and explore Canada's Wild North.
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The Nature of the Na'anuim: Shaking the Lulav
R. Eliezer Kwass
A number of curious points in the discussion of shaking the lulav (the naanuim) in the Gemara, Rishonim and Poskim encourage taking a closer look at the issue and point to a complex picture of the naanuim.
3 Questions
1. Common practice is to shake the lulav immediately following the brakha over the 4 minim — before Hallel. This seems to go against an explicit Mishna (Sukka 37b) that asks when to shake the lulav but answers during "Hodu Lashem ki tov" and "Ana Hashem hoshia na" in Hallel — but not, "After the brakha" (like we do). Tosafot and others bring a number of sources pointing to another set of naanuim preceding Hallel. This gives textual support for our custom, but begs the question, "Why are there naanuim both inside and outside of Hallel?"
2. Common practice is to move the lulav in 6 directions both before and during Hallel. This is the way most Rishonim rule. However, the Raavia (quoted in the Rosh Sukka 3:26) rules that we only move the lulav in 6 directions before Hallel, but that during Hallel we shake the lulav while holding it in one place. Why the distinction?
3. Rava in the Gemara (Sukka 37b) compares shaking a lulav to waving a sacrifice (tenufa). This model does not seem to be followed completely. A sacrifice is only waved, moving it to and fro, up and down. The lulav's is also shaken, according to many (Ritva, R'ah, Ran and others). They hold that the lulav is moved (for instance, to the east) and then also shaken so the leaves rustle. Why stray from the sacrificial model?
Two Sources
At least two acharonim — Hagaon Rav Moshe Soloveitchik, zt"l (quoted in Reshimot Shiurim, Rav Tzvi Reichman's presentation of Hagaon Rav Yosef Soloveitchik zt"l's shiurim on Sukka) and Hagaon Mordechai Kalina zt"l (in his correspondence wtih the Rogotchover Gaon zt"l, Michtevei Torah) — assume that the naanuim are a complex phenomenon, drawing from more than one halakhic source.
1. Part of the Mitzva of the 4 Minim
The most basic nature of the naanuim is, in line with the Tosafot's approach, part of the mitzva of taking the lulav. A number of gemaras quoted as support for pre-Hallel naanuim point to this:
A. A child should start the mitzva of lulav when he knows how to shake it (Sukka 42b) — chinuch on the mitzva of lulav is contingent on ability to do naanuim;
B. The Gemara refers to the naanuim as the essential act done with the lulav on Berakhot 30a. For one who must leave very early in the morning, says the gemara, we bring a lulav and he shakes it, a shofar and he blows it, a megilla and he reads it. Shaking the lulav is tantamount to blowing the shofar or reading the megilla.
C. The size of the lulav is 4 handbreadths (tefachim), not three like the aravot and hadasim, so naanuim can be done with the extra tefach of the lulav (Sukka 32b). If a lulav lacks the physical ability to do naanuim it is invalid (Even though the mitzva can be fulfilled without doing the naanuim, the ability to do them is essential).
Shaking the lulav is, says the Shibulei Haleket (366), a rabbinic level of taking the lulav. On a biblical level we take the lulav, and the Sages added shaking it. He compares the relationship between netilat lulav and the naanuim to destroying the chametz (biur), and checking for it (bedika). Just like bedikat chametz is a rabbinical level of the mitzva, so are the naanuim.
2. Naanuim During Hallel
Shaking the lulav in Hallel, says the Tosafot, is based on the verse, "All of the trees of the forest will then sing out before G-d" (Divrei Hayamim 16:33). The trees, represented by the lulav, etrog, hadasim and aravot, join us in our Hallel. Shaking at those particular points in Hallel, Hodu and at Ana Hashem Hoshia (and not Ana Hashem Hatzlicha) is based on the verses immediately following the above one: "Hodu Lashem Ki Tov" (34) and "V'imru Hoshieinu LaHashem Elokeinu" (35). The second side of the naanuim is as a form of prayer.
Through shaking the lulav we express two different types of prayer — praise during Hodu and request during Ana Hashem. This is reflected in the two aggadot explaining waving and shaking on Sukka 37b. The first, "Rabbi Yochanan says, We wave back and forth to He who the four directions are His and we wave up and down to He who the heavens and the earth are His," relates to the naanuim as praise. The second, "In the West (Israel, west of Bavel) they learned, Rav Chama son of Ukva quoted Rabbi Yosi son of Chanina who said that we wave back and forth to counter dangerous winds (from the four directions) and up and down against dangerous dews," relates to the naanuim as request.
The Duality of the Naanuim
This duality of the naanuim — both 1. a rabbinic level of the mitzva of taking the lulav and 2. a physical form of prayer joined by the trees of the 4 species — explains the curious points we mentioned above.
1. The Mishna was referring to the most powerful prayer aspect of the naanuim, as it appears during Hallel. Tosafot brought out the additional side — that they are part of the mitzva of lulav.
2. The Raavia took the duality a step further and saw the naanuim in Hallel as physically reflecting their different role. The essential naanuim, he holds, are done immediately after the brakha. There the rabbinic level of the mitzva elevates the four species to the level of a sacrifice and demands waving. During Hallel we shake the lulav to counter the forces of evil and do not require moving the lulav in the four directions and up and down.
3. Shaking the leaves of the lulav, not only moving the lulav as a whole, stems from the prayer aspect of the naanuim. How can the lulav sing if its leaves do not rustle? That additional element, "All of the trees of the forest will then sing out before G-d," does not apply to a waving sacrifice, so there is no additional shaking. The lulav's leaves, though, must also make a noise, a group of Rishonim say.
Rav Moshe Soloveitchik zt"l: Rambam vs. Tosafot
Rav Moshe Soloveitchik zt"l saw the duality of the naanuim as a point of contention between the Rambam and Tosafot. The Rambam does not mention shaking the lulav before Hallel, only during it, yet describes the naanuim when presenting the mitzva of taking the 4 minim. According to him, shaking the lulav is the method of fulfilling the mitzva of taking the lulav, but it is done in the context of Hallel. The Tosafot differ and see the naanuim done right after the brakha as part of the mitzva of lulav and those during Hallel as a separate act, prayer along with the trees, as developed above. Rav Moshe suggests that the requirement of owning the lulav on the first day does not apply to the naanuim of Hallel according to the Tosafot, only to those before it, because they are a separate mitzva of prayer without any ownership requirement. According to the Rambam, though, since the essential mitzva of lulav is fulfilled through the naanuim of Hallel, ownership is still a requirement.


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There was a full house at the Helen Filene-Ladd Hall of the Arthur Zankel Music Center on Nov. 21 for the 10th annual Beatlemore Skidmania.
The 24 acts included student bands, individual musicians and a cappella groups, which performed a variety of Beatles songs. Participants included groups like The Accents, The Hand-Me-Downs, Drastic Measures and George Martian.
Professor Gordon Thompson, the host of the event, spoke highly of the excitement the bands brought to the stage. "The a cappella groups, the acoustic ensembles and the bands all made remarkable contributions to the program. Perhaps as importantly, they brought excitement and energy to their performances. Every time a new act came on stage, you could feel the power they brought to their music," Thompson said.
The sounds of the Beatles reverberated throughout the concert hall, mingling with the cheers of the audience. Some audience members even joined in singing the songs.
A band composed of faculty members, with student accompaniment, followed up the student performances. Everyone gathered onstage for the concluding number "All You Need Is Love." The performers invited the audience to sing along as the 10th Beatlemore Skidmania came to an end.
Unlike previous Beatlemores, students primarily completed this year's preparations. Thompson had his freshman seminar handle the auditions, selecting acts from among 43 applicants. The students also designed the fliers, posters and T-shirts. According to Thompson, this enabled students to "put into practice ideas they had seen in their readings about music scenes."
Amanda Boehmer, the concert and events manager for Zankel, visited Thompson's seminar to teach the students how to run a concert, especially since Beatlemore Skidmania, which was usually held in the old Filene Music Building, was held in Zankel this year for the first time. Having the concert in Zankel allowed for more crowd control, as it provided limited and assigned seating. "Being in Zankel is different. It's a bigger space, it's a more formal space," Boehmer said.
Preparations for this event included hours-long sound checks, setting up specific microphone layouts for each act and adjusting the accompanying volume levels and monitor mixes. Shawn DuBois, the Zankel technical director, and his tech crew handled these tasks.
Ticket distribution and advertisement were ongoing efforts. The event continues to be publicized through clips of the concert posted on the Skidmore website.
Boehmer also distributed surveys to audience members to collect feedback about what could be improved in the years to come. "I think it's really helpful in future events when you understand who's coming," Boehmer said.
Already plans are being made for next year's concert and several new possibilities are being discussed. An intermission may be included in next year's performance. In addition, some have suggested spreading out the performances over two days, which would give the musicians and tech crew more flexibility. Those involved also hope to circulate ticket information sooner next year.
Thompson's seminar students chose to donate the concert proceeds to Skidmore Cares, a campus-wide endeavor that collects food items, money and school supplies and delivers them to local service agencies during the holiday season.
"Thus, all of the money from ticket and T-shirt sales will be going to Saratoga's food pantries, soup kitchens and other services that assist the less fortunate among us," Thompson said. With the cash ticket sales, Thompson's students donated over $5,000 to Skidmore Cares.
T-shirts were sold at the event and signed by the members of the performing bands. All of the performers signed and auctioned off one of the T-shirts. These T-shirts are still available at half price. Thompson's students are continuing to raise money for Skidmore Cares online and through Skidmore ID sales.
Boehmer talked about the importance of seeing so many different people brought together for this one event. "It's a really moving thing. I mean, this is why we do what we do. To bring people together through music," Boehmer said.