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Strangely, but true, you cannot install from the the original site, or run it. So how to install and run UNetBootin?
Install UNetbootin in Ubuntu
Using these few commands, downloading and running it will work.
Adding repository is necessary for updates and support for older versions.
As commented in your question by Web-E , you should just add the executable permission to the file downloaded from SourceForge, then you are able to run it (no installation needed, btw). I had the same problem and that comment gave me the solution, without the need to add the ppa.
If you don't want to use terminal, you can right-click the file
As suggested in the comment below, here's a little how-to about making a file executable:
To make the file executable via terminal (and we are here supposing you downloaded that file using a browser like Firefox or Opera), you only have to go to the folder where the file resides, right-click on the folder and select "Open terminal here". When you have the terminal shell, don't forget to run
to make sure the file is really here, and to check permissions. You should see something like
which means you have to add execution permissions on it. How you do it? Simply typing:
(don't forget to use Tab to autocomplete the long unetbootin name :P).
Now, checking again the file with
This means that the program became executable, so just type:
to run the application.
Hope everything is clear.
Use this command in the terminal to install using ppa
Just open your terminal and execute this command
And run it from programs menu. You can also install it from Ubuntu Software Center.
Installing UNetBootin appears to be pretty simple, you can either install it via the source from sourceforge.net or using PPA, easy one will be PPA
And to use UNetbootin, there is basically two different option, one is to install downloading the distribution as mentioned by the UNetbootin itself and next is to select Disk Image and choose ISO files.
See full tutorial on How to install and use UNetbootin in Ubuntu 14.04?
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Michael Gulak
Hello everyone! My name is Michael and I'm a fourth year Life Science SSP student from Richmond Hill, Ontario. This will be my third year with PASS and my first year as one of the coordinators of the program. Aside from PASS, I am also the VP of the Queen's/Kingston Jugglers' Club. I encourage you to explore the variety of things this university and city have to offer you in your first year because eight months will be over before you know it. And if you ever have any questions about using SOLUS, course selection, picking degree plans, and more, consider stopping by Dunning and sitting down with any one of our wonderful peer advisors! Congratulations on picking Queen's and welcome to the community!
Jia Tanwani
Hello first year ArtScis! My name is Jia Tanwani and I'm a third year Life Sciences major. I'm thrilled to be one of the PASS Coordinators this year and I look forward to helping you make the best of your first year experience. The first year of university is an exciting but stressful time. Thankfully, Queen's has many resources to help you cope with the personal and academic troubles you may face throughout your university career. PASS is one of these excellent student resources, so please do not hesitate to come in and talk to us. We are always willing to lend a helping hand so make sure to visit us in Dunning. Welcome to Queen's and enjoy year one!
Jenny Gao
Hi! My name is Jenny and I'm excited to spend my first year as a PASS advisor. I'm currently completing my degree as a fourth-year philosophy major, but I definitely spent some time here figuring things out or, more accurately, walking around confused with a coffee in my hand. Hopefully, as a PASS advisor I can help reduce some of that aimless wandering, at least relating to your academic concerns. So I'm here for any questions you may have; feel free to drop in anytime!
Leah Hayes
Hey ArtSci first years! My name is Leah Hayes and I am entering my fourth and last year at Queen's University and my second year as a peer advisor. Before I moved to Kingston, I lived in Mississauga, Ontario with my older brother and parents. I am officially studying Biology but I also have an interest Psychology and Environmental Science. Coming into first year I was a little confused about what I wanted to do. With the help of friends and family as well as from the support that Queen's offers, I was able to figure out what I wanted to do and be able to take all the courses that interested me. When I was in second year I was fortunate enough to be able to take part in orientation week as a Gael, during this experience I realized then that helping out you first years was a great way to spend some of my free time. Aside from helping you out I also enjoy wakeboarding, snowboarding, sailing, and just being active in general. I also really enjoy reading, and just relaxing with friends. I hope you all enjoy your first year at the best school there is. If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to come see us at the P.A.S.S office! See you soon!
Gabrielle Marie
Hi everyone! My name is Gabrielle and I'm heading into my fourth and final year at Queen's. I am a psychology major with hopes of pursuing a career in either counselling or social work once I complete my undergraduate and graduate studies. Currently, I volunteer in a psychology lab on campus, I am a SOS co-tutor for PSYC 100, and I will be continuing my role as a PSYC 100 student mentor as well. I will also be a TA for PSYC 100 this year which I cannot wait to get started with! As you can tell, I love being immersed in anything that involves psychology on campus, as well as doing my part in any way to help others. This will be my second year as a PASS Advisor and cannot wait to have another great year! I am really excited to meet you and help you adjust to your first year at Queen's in any way that I can, so feel free to come by any time!
Tania Nguyen
Hull-o! I'm Tania, and I'll officially be a second-year English major as of September 2015. I'm from Mississauga, Ontario and I live for adrenaline rushes. I have three aspirations in life: one, to be happy; two, to write; and three, to be unsympathetically honest. I love tattoos and I love winter. I'm also a huge optimist. Last year, I was a member of the judo club and the ASUS Social Justice Committee. Without further ado – welcome to Queen's, incoming first-years! I'd be happy to try and make the transition to university easier for you, so please feel free to stop by the Peer Academic Support Service with any questions or concerns. I'm super excited to meet you all!
Tina Huh
Hello and welcome to Queen's university! My name is Tina and I am a fourth year political studies major, religious studies minor from Thornhill, Ontario. I'm extremely excited to be entering my second year with the PASS team this year. When I'm not helping frosh with important decisions and timetable switches, I work at Stauffer Library as a Queen's Learning Commons assistant and volunteer with Robogals as a marketing manager. I am so happy to be back and looking forward to meeting you all!
Jordan Davis
Welcome first years! My name is Jordan Davis and I'm currently a fourth year Life Science Specialization student. My home is in Aurora, Ontario but I originally lived in Toronto. While at Queen's, I try to enjoy the many great experiences available to me through some of the extracurricular activities that Queens has to offer. Last year, I volunteered for the Queen's Health and Human Rights Conference and I joined the Queen's Association for Technology in Medicine and Biology. I also played a few intramural sports which I highly recommend for everyone. It hasn't been that long since I was starting first year. Although coming to university might seem a little intimidating and confusing at first, we are happy to help you through it by answering any questions you might have. I look forward to meeting you all and I wish you an awesome first year at Queen's. Oh and Go Blue Jays!
Ankita Seal
My name is Ankita and I am a fourth year Linguistics major, Psychology minor. I'm hoping to pursue a Master's in Speech Pathology. This is my second year working with PASS and I am so excited to meet you! I'm originally from Toronto, but Kingston and Queen's have become my second home. The one thing that I have learned in my last three years here is that there is much more to the university experience than academics. Besides being a student, I love travelling, volunteering and trying new things. So my one piece of advice to you is get involved in as many things as you can so that you can learn and grow, not just as an academic, but as a person. I hope to see you all at the P.A.S.S office this year!
Jacky Cheung
Hey guys! My name is Jacky and I am a fourth year student studying psychology here at Queen's. My interests in psychology lie in social influence and mood disorder. As a result of my love of psychology, I've volunteered at various labs including the Queen's visual cognition lab! Besides majoring in psychology, I'm also highly interested in politics and have taken a number of politics courses. Outside of class I love to watch movies, T.V. shows, and hang out with friends. Some of my favorite T.V. shows are Suits, The Americans, Arrow, and The Flash. I'm looking forward to meeting you guys this year and making your transition into first year as easy as possible!
Shani Rathuge
Hey first years! My name is Shani Rathuge and I am very excited to be joining the PASS team again for a second year! I am in my third year in Concurrent Education pursuing a major in French and a minor in Geography. I'm from Toronto and in my spare time I enjoy reading and eating (but to be honest who doesn't?). Although I am entering my third year, I can vividly recall the adjustment that was first year. However, remember that first year is far from insurmountable! If you every feel stressed or confused, please stop by the PASS office. Every question deserves an answer, and I hope that I and the other advisors are able to answer your inquiries!
Bailey Coyle
Hi everyone! My name is Bailey, and I'm a fourth year English major and History minor with the faculty of Arts and Science. This is my third year with PASS, and I'm so excited to see what it brings! I'm from Whitby, Ontario, but I've also lived in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and now of course Kingston. Aside from PASS, this year I will be the Operations Manager for Queen's Dance Club and will also be working for CoGro. My favourite first-year class was probably RELS161, because it was so different from anything I'd ever taken before and covered such a wide variety of topics. First year is a very exciting time, but also definitely has its stressful moments, so remember that Queen's has tons of resources and extra-curriculars to help you make this year your own. I can't wait to meet all of you, so don't be shy about dropping by the PASS cubicle. See you soon!
Giselle Hunt
Hello ArtSci First Years! My name is Giselle and I am a fourth year Life Sciences Student with a Psych minor. I hail from beautiful British Columbia and although I miss the west coast (best coast), I love Queens and Kingston and can't wait to meet all of you and answer your questions. Aside from being one of the thousand doctor hopefuls, I am interested in writing, traveling and of course eating good food. This past summer I stayed in Kingston, and it was a blast meeting new people and hanging out with friends. I am however very excited to start up school again. Although it's my fourth year, I remember the overwhelming yet exciting experience which is first year, and my one word of advice is that if you are worried or curious about anything, just ask. So please stop by the P.A.S.S. office in your first year!
Levi Burns
Hey, ArtSci '19! My name is Levi, and I'm a fourth year Con-Ed physics major from Ottawa. When I'm not in Stirling Hall, you might find me tutoring, playing inner tube water polo, or practising on the tuba. I'm also heavily involved with CESA, the Con-Ed Student Association, and I've been a TA with the math department for two years, among other things. There's no shortage of things to get involved with at Queen's! I'm super excited to be returning to PASS for my third year with the program. It can be overwhelming to sift through all of the options that ArtSci provides you, especially as a first year student, but thankfully, we're here to help. We're only available to help first year students, though, so you should make a point to visit us at least once while you still can! Enjoy year one, frosh – you wouldn't believe how quickly it goes by!
Hannah Brooks
My name is Hannah, I'm a third year student studying chemistry, who mulls over the idea of switching programs during every exam season. When I'm not in the lab, I love playing sports and staying active. I've also enjoyed participating in Queen's Model UN, and some may call me a musician. I take out the stress that comes with a university education through the wide variety of intramural sports that Queen's has to offer. Although I will be sad to leave Kingston, which I am proud to call my second home, I am hoping to pursue graduate studies in chemistry at UBC after I finish my undergrad. This is my first year being a part of the PASS team, and I hope to make your transition into first year as smooth as possible. I am happy to help answer any questions you may have, and I look forward to seeing you in our office!
Cianna Henderson
Welcome to Queens! My name is Ciana and I am currently in my third year in Concurrent Education doing a Medial in Drama and Psychology. I am from a very small town just outside of Toronto and can quote pretty much any line from the TV show Friends. This is my first year as a PASS advisor and I can't wait to get started! I know first year can be scary and confusing, but you will quickly realize Queen's and Kingston is a great home away from home. Please come by, ask questions, and always know that we are all here to help you navigate your way through first year!
Courtney Sims
Hi! My name is Courtney Sims and I am going into my fourth year in politics and environmental science. This will be my second year working at PASS and I am looking forward to helping out all of the new first year students. If I am not at PASS, I am most likely working at one of the residence front desk or helping to organize the Queen's Model United Nations conference. Queen's is a wonderful community and I can't wait for you to see for yourself!
Stephanie Gomes
Hello! My name is Stephanie and I am a second year Politics student at Queen's. Originally from Toronto, so the Kingston "small town" life is quite a change. I'm super excited to start my first year as a PA, and more excited to meet all you lovely first year students. In addition to PASS I am involved with QMC and Queen's Pre-Law Society. First year is going to be challenging, there will be overwhelming moments where the stress of balancing your workload, and social life may seem unbearable. Work hard, and reap the rewards. I encourage all of you to check out PASS, and stop by whenever you have any questions/ concerns. Cha Gheill xxx
Morgan Steele
My name is Morgan and I am a fourth year biology student here at Queen's! I am so excited to be part of the PASS team this year and am looking forward to helping new students get used to the academic workings here at the university. I know how stressful it can be and hope that I can help ease the transition! I am originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and upon graduation I am hoping to attend the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. PASS is such a valuable resource for new students and I hope to see you all coming in to check us out!
Emma Fehr
Welcome ArtSci first years! My name is Emma Fehr, I am a fourth year Biology major and Psychology minor. I come from a beautiful, cottage country town, in Muskoka, known as Huntsville. My goal at the end of my journey at Queens is to become a high school biology and chemistry teacher as I have a passion for teaching and helping students. I look forward to meeting and helping each of you thrive in your academics, extra-curricular activities, and social life. Throughout my time at Queen's I have developed long lasting friendships both in and outside of my program by getting involved in organizations such as Queen's Autism Partnership and basketball intramurals. There are endless opportunities for you to succeed at Queen's and my job is to help you find them. First year can feel like a true testament of your character by encountering new struggles, but also new experiences. As a PASS advisor, I never want you to feel like you are alone, so please stop in, let us help you, and enjoy the ride!
Anna Farronato
Hey everyone! My name is Anna and I am very excited to be joining the PASS team this year! I will be entering my third year as a Concurrent Education student majoring in Environmental Science. My hometown is Oakville, Ontario and I now like to call Kingston my second home. The community, spirit, and support here at Queen's are amazing and have made my experience a great one so far. In addition to PASS, I am and Peer Learning Assistant at Stauffer Library and part of the all girls' acapella singing group called The Caledonias. I can't wait to get started at PASS, meet you all, and help with your transition into your first year at Queen's! Stop by the office any time!


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Recently I and other concerned Americans petitioned our representatives in the House of Congress to vote NO on HR 867, a resolution that called for President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose the United Nations consideration of the Goldstone Report.
My Congressperson Ginny Brown-Waite co-sponsored the resolution and on November 3, 2009, 344 House congressional reps voted to kill the Goldstone Report.
In response to my plea, Congressperson Ginny Brown-Waite wrote to me:
"The Council's appointment of Richard Goldstone, a well-respected judge who is himself Jewish, to oversee the report gave some hope that the report would be fair. The Israeli Government, however, refused to cooperate with the mission. The Israeli Government concluded that any report emanating from the Human Rights Council, even with Goldstone's leadership, would be hopelessly biased. This is a shame because the Israeli Government may have been able to better explain its version of events and thereby prevent Hamas' side of the story from dominating the narrative of the report.
"The Goldstone Report does raise some serious questions about the Israeli invasion of Gaza. The report includes in Section XIV credible allegations that some Israeli soldiers used Palestinian civilians as human shields that were sent first into houses and properties where fighters were hiding. The report also found instances where civilians known not to pose a military threat were killed in cold blood. When pressed about these serious human rights violations the Israeli Government insisted that it is conducting an internal investigation and that if it concludes Israeli soldiers did not follow the rules of engagement they will be held accountable.
"While the Goldstone Report did raise serious questions about Israeli actions, it went too far when it concluded that Israeli policy in Gaza was designed 'to deliberately and systematically inflict suffering on civilians.' This is unfair and untrue… As Ehud Barak wrote in The Wall Street Journal, 'After enduring eight years of ongoing rocket fire, and after all diplomatic efforts to stop this barrage failed it was my duty as defense minister to do something about it. It's as simple and self-evident as the right to self-defense. While such logic eluded Mr. Goldstone and his team, it was crystal clear to the thousands of Israeli children living in southern Israel who had to study, play, eat and sleep while being preoccupied about the distance to the nearest bomb shelter."
"Israel must never be denied its right to defend itself…Goldstone's report is fundamentally biased and flawed and for this reason I have urged the President to oppose further consideration of the report and supported passage of H.Res. 867."
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On April 3, 2009 the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council commissioned a fact-finding mission "to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after."
The Council appointed the Jewish Justice Richard Goldstone, a South African Constitutional Court judge and the former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
Justice Goldstone issued the 575-page report on September 29, 2009 and the Goldstone Report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes perpetuated during the 23 days of assault on Gaza which began two days after last Christmas day, when the Israeli military launched Operation Cast Lead; a full-scale attack on Gaza that killed 13 Israelis and 1,400 Palestinians.
Over 5,000 Palestinians were injured, 400,000 were left without running water, 4,000 homes were destroyed, rendering tens of thousands who are still homeless because of Israel's targeted attacks upon them, their schools, hospitals, streets, water wells, sewage system, farms, police stations and UN buildings.
The 23 days of Israel's attack on the people of Gaza was enabled by US-supplied weapons paid for with US tax dollars and we the people of the US who pay taxes provide over $30 billion annually to Israel although Israel has consistently misused U.S. weapons in violation of America's Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts.
America is the worlds largest arms supplier to Israel and under a Bush negotiated deal with Israel, we the people who pay taxes in America will also provide another $30 billion in military aid to Israel over the next decade.
During the 23 days of Israeli assault on Gaza, "Washington provided F-16 fighter planes, Apache helicopters, tactical missiles, and a wide array of munitions, including white phosphorus and DIME. The weapons required for the Israeli assault was decided upon in June 2008, and the transfer of 1,000 bunker-buster GPS-guided Small Diameter Guided Bomb Units 39 (GBU-39) were approved by Congress in September. The GBU 39 bombs were delivered to Israel in November (prior to any claims of Hamas cease fire violation!) for use in the initial air raids on Gaza. [1]
In a 71-page report released March 25, 2009, by Human Rights Watch, Israel's repeated firing of US-made white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas of Gaza was indiscriminate and is evidence of war crimes.
"Rain of Fire: Israel's Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza," provides eye witness accounts of the devastating effects that white phosphorus munitions had on civilians and civilian property in Gaza.
"Human Rights Watch researchers found spent shells, canister liners, and dozens of burnt felt wedges containing white phosphorus on city streets, apartment roofs, residential courtyards, and at a United Nations school in Gaza immediately after hostilities ended in January.
"Militaries officially use white phosphorus to obscure their operations on the ground by creating thick smoke. It has also been used as an incendiary weapon, though such use constitutes a war crime.
"In Gaza, the Israeli military didn't just use white phosphorus in open areas as a screen for its troops," said Fred Abrahams, senior emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch and co-author of the report. "It fired white phosphorus repeatedly over densely populated areas, even when its troops weren't in the area and safer smoke shells were available. As a result, civilians needlessly suffered and died." [Ibid]
During the 23 days of attack on Gaza, the UN Security Council, Amnesty International, International Red Cross, and global voices of protest rose up and demanded a ceasefire, but both houses of Congress overwhelmingly endorsed resolutions to support a continuation of Israel's so called "self defense."
In November 2006, Father Manuel, the parish priest at the Latin Church and school in Gaza warned the world:
"Gaza cannot sleep! The people are suffering unbelievably. They are hungry, thirsty, have no electricity or clean water. They are suffering constant bombardments and sonic booms from low flying aircraft. They need food: bread and water. Children and babies are hungry...people have no money to buy food. The price of food has doubled and tripled due to the situation. We cannot drink water from the ground here as it is salty and not hygienic. People must buy water to drink. They have no income, no opportunities to get food and water from outside and no opportunities to secure money inside of Gaza. They have no hope.
"Without electricity children are afraid. No light at night. No oil or candles...Thirsty children are crying, afraid and desperate...Many children have been violently thrown from their beds at night from the sonic booms. Many arms and legs have been broken. These planes fly low over Gaza and then reach the speed of sound. This shakes the ground and creates shock waves like an earthquake that causes people to be thrown from their bed. I, myself weigh 120 kilos and was almost thrown from my bed due to the shock wave produced by a low flying jet that made a sonic boom.
"Gaza cannot sleep...the cries of hungry children, the sullen faces of broken men and women who are just sitting in their hungry emptiness with no light, no hope, no love. These actions are War Crimes!"
Rabbi Brian Walt, was born in Cape Town, South Africa and was active as a student in the struggle against Apartheid there. In June 2009, he and a few thoughtful Jews founded Ta'anit Tzedek: Jewish Fast for Gaza because "Isaiah said that the result of justice is peace and security and the psalmist wrote to move away from evil and pursue the good; seek peace and pursue it."
On December 18, 2009 Rabbi Walt wrote, Hannukah and Operation Cast Lead: One year later fromwhich I excerpt:
"Tomorrow is Shabbat Hannukah, the Sabbath that occurs during Hannukah. Exactly one year ago, on Shabbat Hannukah (Saturday December 27, 2008), Israel launched Operation Cast Lead.
"On that day, Saturday December 27, 2008, at 11:30 in the morning, a time when schoolchildren were still in school, 88 Israeli aircraft simultaneously attacked 100 preplanned targets in Gaza within a span of 4 minutes. This initial attack was followed by another attack and by the end of that Sabbath day, at least 230 Palestinians were killed and more than 700 injured.
"Shabbat Hannukah last year, was the day with the highest one day death toll in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…Our traditional greeting for Shabbat is Shabbat Shalom/ A Sabbath of Peace. That day was far from a Sabbath of Peace.
"Not only did the Israeli military assault start on Hannukah, the name of the campaign, Operation Cast Lead, is from a Hannukah poem by Haim Nachman Bialik about a dreidel made from cast lead that a father bought for his child. The poem became a popular Hannukah children's song. I learned the song when I was a child and Jewish children in Israel and around the world sing it joyously. From now on the image of the cast lead dreidl will be associated with the lead of armaments and the violence of Operation Cast Lead.
"Israel with one of the strongest armies in the world bombarded one and a half million people who live in one of the most densely populated areas in the world, in an open air prison, in isolation enforced by the Israeli siege with no way to leave or enter.
Israel claimed it had no choice, any nation-state would do the same thing. Israel has a right and a responsibility to defend itself. The rockets that Palestinian armed groups fired into Israeli civilian areas terrorized the entire population, damaged property and sometimes injured and killed civilians.
"Was it true that Israel had no choice? Was this a wise or an ethical way to defend oneself?
"As a Jew, as a rabbi, as a human being I was shocked. Israel is a state that acts in the name of the Jewish people. This attack was neither wise, nor ethical. Is this what the ethical tradition of our people had come to? We say that to be Jewish is to be compassionate, "the compassionate who are also the children of the compassionate"? Isn't the essence of our faith that every human being is created in the image of God?
"In June of this year, 10 rabbis came together to break the silence and created Taanit Tzedek – Jewish Fast for Gaza. Within a few weeks Taanit Tzedek – Jewish Fast for Gaza garnered the support of 300 people, including rabbis, ministers, imams, cantors and rabbinical students.
"Our call is simple…As Jews, people of many faiths and people of conscience, we can no longer stand idly by Israel's collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
"Since Hamas' electoral victory in January 2006, Israel has subjected the Gaza Strip to an increasingly intolerable blockade that restricts Gaza's ability to import food, fuel and other essential materials, and to export finished products. As a result, the Gazan economy has completely collapsed. Most of Gaza's industrial plants have been forced to close, further contributing to already high levels of unemployment and poverty and rising levels of childhood malnutrition.
"On three things the world stands: on justice, on truth, and on peace." (Mishnah Avot 1:18).
"Our call is three-fold: Break the Silence, Lift the Siege, Pursue Peace
Break the Silence: We must affirm the humanity of the residents of Gaza by breaking our silence about their suffering. They are human beings, just like us, created in the image of God and as deserving of human dignity, compassion and justice.
Lift the Siege: The Israeli siege on Gaza by land, air and sea that is causing untold human suffering is an unconscionable attack on civilians. This siege that is supported by U.S. government and the EU must be lifted.
Pursue the Peace: There is no military solution to the conflict. The only real solution is a negotiated settlement and it is time for Israel to negotiate with all relevant parties including Hamas towards a resolution of the conflict.
"Now, a year later, the suffering in Gaza is even greater than a year ago. Gazans have no way to rebuild their homes, to reclaim their agricultural land, to renew their lives as Israel blocks the entry of materials needed for reconstruction. Israel still doesn't allow sufficient food into Gaza, the water supply is contaminated and there is the danger of a catastrophic health crisis.
"Tomorrow for Sahbbat Hannukah we will read a special Haftarah, a prophetic portion assigned by the rabbis for particular days. For Shabbat Hannukah the rabbis made a surprising choice, they assigned the passage from Zachariah that ends:
'Not by Might, nor by Power, but My Spirit'
"Operation Cast Lead is based on the belief that overwhelming military force will provide security for the people of Israel. The rockets from Gaza are also a desperate effort to resist by military means. Israel is less secure than before the operation. There is no military solution to this or any other human conflict. The only solution is political a direct negotiated settlement. As the prophet Isaiah said justice is the only way to create peace and security.
"Hannukah is a rejection of power and military might and an affirmation of the Spirit of God that inheres in every human being. And it is this connection to the Spirit of Life that must be the center of our lives. [2]
Beginning the twelve days before this Christmas, this Christian of Conscience, began fasting daily in repentance for my Governments persistence in seeking SECURITY in imperialism and militarism.
The twelve days before Christmas, from the land of plenty, I have been in mourning over the 2.5 billion people on our planet who exist on less than $2.00 a day and the over 15,000 babies and young children who die daily because of malnutrition and substandard or nonexistent health care.
The twelve days before Christmas, as I reflected on the 42 years of Military Occupation and misery in the West Bank and Gaza perpetuated by so called democracies that blatantly deny equal human rights for all the citizens of the so called Holy Land, I have wondered what Jesus/AKA: The Prince of Peace would say to all the deaf, dumb and blind Americans who claim to be Christians 2009 years after The Prince of Peace walked the earth as a Palestinian Jew who was born, lived and died under a brutal military occupation but lived a life of NONVIOLENCE, forgiveness and love.
I imagine The Prince of Peace would remind US All of the Sermon on the Mount, which is understood by Christians of conscience to be our 'marching orders' and of which the 20th century agitator of church, state and media, Dorothy Day wrote:
"Love is not the starving of whole populations. Love is not the bombardment of open cities. Love is not killing…Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers."
I spin the Christian Manifesto this way:
About 2,000 years ago, when The Prince of Peace was about 33, he hiked up a hill and sat down under an olive tree and began to teach the people:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."
In other words: it is those who know their own spiritual poverty, their limitations, failures and transgressions and yet trust that God loves them in spite of it all; already live in the Kingdom of God.
How comforted we will all be, when we see, we haven't got a clue, as to the depth and breadth of pure love and mercy of The Divine Mystery of The Universe.
God's name in ancient Aramaic is Abba which means Daddy as much as Mommy and He/She: The Lord has said, "My ways are not your ways. My thoughts are not yours." -Isaiah 55:8
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The essence of meek is to be patient with ignorance, slow to anger and never hold a grudge. In other words: how comforted you will be when you also know humility; when you know yourself, the good and the bad, for both cut through every human heart.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they will be filled."
In other words: how comforted you will be when your greatest desire is to do what "God requires, and he has already told you what that is; BE JUST, BE MERCIFUL and walk humbly with your Lord."-Micah 6:8
"Blessed are the merciful, they will be shown mercy."
In other words: how comforted you will all be when you choose to return only kindness to your 'enemy.'
"For with the measure you measure against another, it will be measured back to you" The Prince of Peace warned his disciples as he explained the law of karma in Luke 6:27-38.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they see God."
In other words: how comforted you will be when you WAKE UP and see God is already within you, within every man, every woman and every child. The Supreme Being is everywhere, the Alpha and Omega, beginning and end; Beyond The Universe -and yet so small; within the heart of every atom.
"Blessed are The Peacemakers: THEY shall be called the daughters and sons of God."
My CHRISTmas prayer for America is that we will Give Peace a Chance and that God would bless US everyone with a conscience and desire to tell the truth, to seek peace and pursue justice. My hope is that 2010 will be a year acceptable to the Lord and War Is Over.
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
1. http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-us-arms-used-for-war-crimes-in-gaza/
2. http://rabbibrian.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/hannukah-and-operation-cast-lead-one-year-later/
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St. Mary's Community Hospital is inviting the public to participate in a luminary walk around the hospital at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21.
The event will mark the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society and will include a program on the society's history.
Luminaries purchased before May 21 will be picked up in the morning for use at the Otoe County Relay for Life in Syracuse on June 8.
Cathy Moore, co-coordinator of this year's Relay for Life, said the event encourages people to talk a short walk and show their unity in the fight against cancer.
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I need a computer program to help me handle my tasks.
I know, there are many task programs, such as Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook. My problem is that they can't handle tasks with no specific due dates. (Perhaps you could call it fuzzy due dates.) In fact, the majority of my tasks are such tasks. For instance, cleaning my attic should be done every other year, but there is no due date for that -- there's no crisis if I don't clean my attic. However, the task priority level should be upped automatically as time progresses. I should't need to waste time reviewing my tasks myself periodically and change priorities.
Do you know of a program that can do this? Any suggestions would be most welcome.


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If the decrypting key is
448, then what is the key size? Suppose I am encrypting a plain text with a key by choosing some random numbers between
0 to
1000 then how I can calculate the key size?
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If the keys of a cryptosystem are obtained
(where numbers is understood as meaning integers), then there are $1001$ equaly probable keys. Hence the key size (or key entropy) is $\log_2(1001)=\log(1001)/\log(2)\approx9.967\text{ bit}$, and the representation of the key as a bitstring must be $10\text{ bit}$ at least (obtained by rounding up).
The actual value ($448$) of the key is only relevant to check that $0\le448\le1000$.


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All About AutoCAD LT - An Interview with Kate MorricalAUGI interviews Autodesk's Kate Morrical, resident AutoCAD LT expert about the newest release
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Why People Bully (and what you need to do about it)Following up last last month's article on the types of workplace bullies that exist, this article delves into why they exist. More importantly, what do you, as a manager, need to do about it?
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I am using the css/javascript drop-down menu from this page:
Though I would like to have the far-right drop-down aligning to the right: when you hover "Contact" that the "Email" item etc do not go further to the right than the "Contact" box at the top, and instead are taking space from the left side if required. Here is a picture to help clarify:
I thought of having the far-right of a different class which I would make:

Contact

E-mail
Submit Request Form
Call Center
with css:
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but that does not work.
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My New American Life (Paperback)
Lula, a twenty-six-year-old Albanian woman living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job caring for a rebellious high schooler in wealthy, suburban New Jersey, it seems that the American dream may finally be within reach. But things take a sinister turn when Lula's Albanian "brothers" show up in a black SUV to remind her that all Albanians are familyand that Lula's family has a very serious favor to ask.
Set in the aftermath of 9/11, My New American Life offers a biting and darkly humorous portrait of an era when dreams and ideals began to give way to cynicism, fear, and still-resonating questions about what it means to be an American.
About the Author
Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel A Changed Man won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent book is Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932. She lives in New York City.
Praise For…
"An illuminating and ultimately upbeat look at America's immigrant situation that all fiction readers will enjoy."
-Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal
"Prose is dazzling in her sixteenth book of spiky fiction, a fast-flowing, bittersweet, brilliantly satirical immigrant story that subtly embodies the cultural complexity and political horrors of the Balkans and Bush-Cheney America."
-Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)
"Utterly charming. Savvy about the shady practices of both US immigration authorities and immigrants themselves... Entertaining, light yet not trivial, a joy to read."
-Lionel Shriver
"Prose's characters in MY NEW AMERICAN LIFE are complex and brilliantly drawn (culturally distinct but without the usual clichés)."
-Simon Van Booy, Bomb Magazine
"Nothing is beyond the artistic reach of Francine Prose"
-Shelf Awareness
"A tangy mixture of satire and sentiment. . . . Ms. Prose uses her heroine's outside status to make a lot of funny . . . observations about the cosseted life of well-to-do Americans."
-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"Prose . . . is, as always, sharply intelligent."
"Prose succeeds by transforming anxiety into compassion—it's a little lever that gets tripped when we truly imagine what another person feels."
-Los Angeles Times
"There has been a lot written about the Bush and Cheney days, but rarely from such an amusing perspective . . . at once honest, complicated, sexy, funny and—ultimately—uplifting."
"A superb novel . . . a wickedly entertaining read. . . . Prose is on top of her game . . . the fluidity of the prose surpassing, I think, her work in Blue Angel."
-The Millions
"Prose spins the many straws of American culture into a golden tale, shimmering with hilarious, if blistering, satire."
-Helen Simonson, Washington Post
"My New American Life is—happily—vintage Prose: cheerfully pessimistic, smart, funny, with characters unnervingly spot-on in their stages of outrage, denial, malaise or disillusionment."
-Miami Herald
"A fast-moving novel . . . [that] brings together cultural satire, mystery, a psychosexual thriller, and political outrage. . . . Exceptionally entertaining, fun to read in its sentences, incidents, scenes."
-Michael Dirda, New York Review of Books
"She's a perfect observer of American life in the opening decade of the 21st century. . . . Wry . . . witty . . . a book that brims with smart surprises."
-Ron Carlson, New York Times Book Review
"Prose is in her sweet spot as a nimble chronicler of contemporary culture."
-Entertainment Weekly
"In My New American Life, Francine Prose cracks open that old chestnut about the immigrant reinvention experience and injects, yes, new life into it."
-USA Today
"Fun and funny,...a satire of immigration and its discontents..."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Prose's real aim is to characterize and caricature modern American life, mostly in a gentle way that will leave readers smarter than they were before..."
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I've got a friend that has recently become aware that his own disorganization makes his performance really go down, and asked me for help on how to be more organized. I have been organized and detail-oriented since I have memory, so I give advice here and then, but I've failed to put together a nice plan to start from scratch or follow methodically (how ironic).
I haven't been able to come up with other references or activities that could help in getting to be organized per se, rather than getting more organized at a specific activity (like, in our example, coding).
So, which other ways are good to learn to be organized?
EDIT: Most of the answers make me think that I have not been clear enough on my question. I am not asking on how to develop properly or how to structure the code, but rather how to transition from a "living the moment" type of personality to a planning, structured approach to the tasks that you need to work on. Software development is just the case here but should not be the focus of the answers.
I had rephrased the question to account for that, since it was brought to my attention that some examples I provided were misleading.


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All Day
Get Lost
What World
Sleep Talking
Moody Motorcycle
My Beach
Ode to Abner
Pretty Hair
Vision Failing
Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper
I Wish I Knew
Both Guthrie and Thorburn have been long-time fixtures of Canadian pop music. Jim is best-known for his releases on Three Gut Records, both with Royal City and as a solo artist, when he received a Juno nomination for 2004's Now, More Than Ever. Thorburn first gained international exposure with the Unicorns in 2003, and now fronts the super-pop group Islands. The two first came together during the recording of the first Islands record (Guthrie toured with the original line-up of the band, and also appears on the recording), and it was only a matter of time before the mutual admiration turned into a collaboration.
Fittingly, Human Highway began on the road. "For me, Human Highway started in a hotel room on a U.S. tour with Islands," Guthrie says. "Nick had this rad song called 'My Beach' and asked me if I wanted to help him record it. He played and sang at the same time and let me be for a bit to do harmonies." At the time, however, there was no explicit goal to make a full record. Time passed as Thorburn continued to tour and work on a new Islands album (the recently released Arm's Way), while Guthrie spent time at home in Toronto, working on his own material. Then they decided it was time to finish what they had started. Thorburn spent a week with Guthrie in his Toronto apartment in 2007, and Moody Motorcycle was the resulting love-child.
"Plenty of charm, a warm and welcoming bedroom recording feel, and songs that stand among the best that either artist has ever written..."
"The harmonies on Moody Motorcycle are so dense and lushly constructed that it's hard at points to discern who's doing the singing most of the time." Prefix rating: 8.5
Four out of five stars.
Yup, that's right. If you've been revving to hear more swoony sweetness from Human Highway, look no further. The album is currently streaming in its entirety on the band's Myspace page.
It'll be in stores across Canada next week, and as always, you can pre-order the thing directly from us, too.
Little known fact: the Human Highway album, Moody Motorcycle, was the first thing to be played over the big fancy sound system at the new Apple Store in Montreal. Ok, so it was only full of employees and members of Adam & the Amethysts (Miracle Fortress fans take note!), but still. Anyway, the fine folks at iTunes are also offering an advance single from the album for your purchasing support. Check it out!
"Full of lazy Sunday afternoon strums, sweet and subtle harmonies, and the kind of breezy pop you might hear on AM radio if you traveled back in time to the 50s, it's a collection of songs even your grandma could warm up to."
"The interesting breakdown and depression that riddles the tropical vibe of My Beach (the whole album really) might go unnoticed until you get crank up your headphones, but shows how creative this duo can be when focused properly. The arrangements are complex, but never overwhelming."
"One of my favorite albums I've heard this year."
"There's a time and a place for trying everything, but there's no explicit genre-specific which came with this record. That was just kind of what we underlined it with just to give it some perspective, some placement. It's not pastiche; it's not like we're doing "Earth Angel" or whatever, and it sounded so ridiculous. It's just that we're both fans of the music-- the Everly Brothers and early Simon and Garfunkel or whatever. We're just trying to sing together. I love Jim's harmonies and wanted to harmonize."
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8 Old School Toys That Got Badass Makeovers
Some say the children of this generation will be the first in a long while to have life harder than their parents. The economy, the environment, the wars... the future has looked brighter.
We would feel sorry for them, but then we see their fucking toys, which pretty much makes the stuff we played with look like bullshit.
#8. NERF Guns
The Concept:
Back in the 80s, toymaker Hasbro was forced to answer the difficult question, "How does one harvest a profit from young boys' innate need to blow each other away with firearms, whilst keeping lawsuits to a minimum?" The answer was NERF: harmless foam ball-shooting, air-powered toys.
The first NERF shooter, uninspiringly named "Blast-A-Ball," required raw elbow grease to fire balls at other children. The harder the pump, the farther the ball flew. The execution was simple, yet painful, which appealed to the kids. Its total lack of resemblance to a real gun kept moms relatively happy as well.
From Popular Mechanics.
Ladies and gentleman, meet the NERF Vulcan EBF-25. Presumably the fucking nightmare of mothers everywhere, this battery-operated (SIX D-cells!), belt-fed, fully automatic monstrosity can rain down a shitstorm of NERF darts for as long as the 25 or 50 round belts will last.
A far cry from the Blast-A-Ball indeed. No toy in history has better allowed young boys to greet the arrival of their little sister home from school with a reenactment of the Normandy beach landing. The only downside is the limited range. If only you had some kind of...
Oh, yeah. NERF made a sniper rifle. The victims will never even hear the shot that NERFed them.
#7. Super Soaker
The Concept:
First released in the late 80s, the Super Soaker was also created by Hasbro, possibly as a more refreshing version of their NERF gun. It was designed to harness the ungodly power of water and wind into a small children's toy. Since then it has remained at the forefront of traditional "summer fun" imagery.
The first Super Soaker was, believe it or not, designed by an actual rocket scientist named Dr. Lonnie Johnson. It used a very rudimentary pump to pressurize water and a simple valve and trigger system to shoot it, which is disappointingly about as far from rocket science and nuclear engineering as the design could have been.
This is the appropriately named Super Soaker Monster XL. With the capacity to hold 3500 milliliters of water (or urine, depending on who you're playing with) and the ability to shoot liquid humiliation up to 41 feet, the whole rocket scientist thing is starting to make sense.
The Monster XL also features not one, but TWO barrels with 6 different nozzles per barrel. That adds up to about 36 different ways to put out your best friend's eye. The ludicrous weight and the fact that it takes 43 fucking pumps to get the water up to pressure offer up reasonable disadvantages, but since water gun fights are always half water gun fight and half "who brought the biggest dick" competition, none of that really matters.
#6. Hot Wheels
The Concept:
We're sure we're not telling you anything you don't already know when we say that Hot Wheels are miniature die-cast cars with dynamic multi axular momentum technology (ie, they roll). They are usually based on real-life production cars but sometimes are modeled after bad acid trips, with wheels added later (for the rolling). Shortly after the introduction of the cars, Mattel launched various tracks to take full advantage of the cars' rollability.
The classic tracks were just gravity mixed with about five feet of plastic all topped off with a small jump at the end. The "jump" was complete with a flat "ring of fire" cardboard cutout, so as to help the kids send a message that said "I'm edgy, yet boring and miserable."
As a rule, the moment classic toys are introduced to electricity, shit starts getting out of hand. This rule has not been lost on Mattel who recently released this: The Speed Racer Sky Jump Track.
This is the culmination of cars, track, electric motors and gravity all wrapped into one giant ball of sheer what-the-fuckery. We've examined the photos and we've even watched this commercial for the thing and still have no idea what's going on. It is awesome, however, so we really couldn't care less how it works.
#5. Transformers
The Concept:
Transformers toys are remembered as being awesome, even if the backstory left some unanswered questions (what were the Autobots called before they landed on Earth and chose to be cars? Did they really think people wouldn't notice a bunch of driverless vehicles bombing around town? What if one gets pulled over for speeding?).
The first toys from the 80s were not quite as awesome as you probably remember them. The car usually transformed into a cumbersome and downright awkward-looking robot.
And even though Optimus Prime up there couldn't move around a whole lot in his robot form, he did transform in about four easy steps.
With the 2008 release of the new Transformers movie, Hollywood's godless pedaling of cheap merchandise called on Hasbro to release a newer, updated version of the classic Optimus Prime. We'll let this video do the talking.
Now that looks like a freaking robot. And it transforms and walks by itself!
Okay, that is a lie. You still have to do it by hand and it takes like 20 minutes (the new one has more moving parts in his feet than the old one had in his whole body). To make Optimus Prime far more badass they wound up creating the the goddamn Rubik's Cube of toys. You know, like, if the Rubik's Cube weren't already a toy. Shut up.


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'63 Chevy II - Barn RevivalWritten by on September 13, 2012
Think about all the ways that a car ends up sitting in a barn, garage, or backyard. Best intentions. Someone's dream car waiting until they have enough time and money to build it right. Or an older person's car that just quit running and got pushed aside. We've heard dozens of stories and, frankly, we love them all! They're what most muscle car enthusiasts dream of.
What happens if you do score one of those dreams? There are two paths you can take. One is to take the car apart and launch into a full-blown restoration. This is desirable when the car is ultrarare. The other option is to dust off the sleeping beauty, put some air in the tires, and drive that thing! This is a big temptation with cars that are in pretty good shape and not so degraded or modified that they need a restoration, or cars that aren't as rare or valuable but would be cool as a vintage driver.
If converting a barn find to a driver is your chosen path, there are quite a few things you should attend to before turning the key and hoping for the best. Most of the barn finds we're interested in have likely been dormant for more than 20 years. Hibernation can add problems to whatever made the previous owner park the car in the first place.
Start your path to revival by asking why the car was parked. Did it stop running or just get sidelined? Anything you can learn will help you fix the original problem. Beyond that, a host of things should be replaced before attempting to drive a barn find. Tires, fuel lines, and brakes need attention to make sure that your barn find doesn't result in a junkyard donation.
This story begins a three-part series about bringing a barn find back to life. This month we take inventory, route the map to get the car back on the road, and get to work. Over the next two months we'll continue the revival, getting deeper into a couple of the more involved systems that need attention.
About This Car
The subject of our revival is a '63 Chevy II. It's not a rare car, and with a 194ci straight-six, it's not what you would call muscle. However, it is a great example of a car that has been sitting for a long time. Twenty-eight years to be exact. This car was purchased new by my grandparents. It was their daily driver for about 20 years, taking them to work, the grocery store, and an occasional fishing trip. It was always kept clean and stayed in a single-car garage every night.
Nearly 30 years ago the engine quit running with about 80,000 miles on the odometer. The car was towed back to the house and left in the garage for the next two decades. Eight years ago I moved the car to my garage, and today I'm finally on the road to reviving it.
The interior is as pristine as the exterior. There isn't a single rip or even a crack in the original red vinyl. We especially like the vintage GPS unit (otherwise known as a compass) screwed to the dash.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 03:23 PM
This are sad news...the old troupe is shrinking more and more...
RIP, Mr. Zoritch...
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 03:52 PM
Yes...I hope someone will substantiate this soon...That is exactly what my friend said, cubanmiamiboy... The old troupe is shrinking...
I have heard he died Sunday November 1, in a Tucson hospital aged 92.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 06:14 PM
While performing at U of A on tour some of us took his classes. My memory is of a real gentleman of the old school, and a fine teacher. May he RIP
My only exposure to Zoritch was on the film of the two Ballet Russes companies in the 30s, 40s, etc. And he came across to me as a real charming man, lots of charisma.
Posted 02 November 2009 - 06:24 PM
Posted 02 November 2009 - 08:05 PM
I'm sure atm711 got to see his dancing at some point...Would love to hear about it.
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 07:01 AM
I just received a phone call from a dear friend who stars in the Ballet Russe film. He told me he received a call today letting him know that George Zoritch has passed away. I can't find anything when I google Mr. Zoritch. Perhaps the information is too new? Perhaps it is erroneous? Anyway, if anyone has any information, let us all know...
Yes, it's true. George Zoritch died Sunday, November 1st at 10 PM in Tucson's St. Mary's Hospital.
He had been there for 3 weeks after taking a fall in his house and injured his head and neck.
I have been a close friend since I moved to Tucson in 1987 and live close to his house in the Tucson Mountains. I visited him nearly every day at the hospital and sometimes fed him. His head was encased in a halo in order to try and heal his neck. He died with it still on.
The Sunday morning I visited on my way to a matinee performance of Giselle by the Tucson Ballet. The hospital was very quiet. His caregiver was not there. George had definately taken a change for the worse. He was unable to sit up and spoke almost in a whisper. I had to lean close to hear him. I felt he was dying. His last words to me were "Goodbye Richard" as I left for the ballet.
During the ballet "Giselle" (staged and coached by Amanda McKerrow) I felt that, unknown to the dancers, that I would never see George alive again and this "Giselle" could have been an unknown tribute to him, as he had danced Albrecht many times in his life. It came to be true as I was later to find out.
A month earlier he had given me his entire collection of video tapes of about 400. Of course I have not seen any of them yet, but among them are recordings of his classes and students of his while he was on the faculty of the University of Arizona. I am not yet prepared to look at them.
George was my original inspiration to dance. I had never seen him on the stage in his glory days with Ballet Russe of course but only in films. "Night And Day" and "Escape Me Never" are two that I saw as a teenager and they were the first chance I got to see ballet at all, least of all a male ballet dancer.
Perhaps I could relate here that at that time, as a 16 year old, I was an usher at the Metropolitan Movie Palace in Boston (now the Wang Center) and every time the ballet in "Escape Me Never" came on I would rush to the bottom of an aisle to watch as closely as I could. That's when I started lessons and to practice dance steps unseen, whenever I could find an isolated spot in that immense theater.
So George had a great influence on my life, and little did I know at that time that we would one day be close neighbors in Tucson.
At age 72, George was still doing class barre in local ballet studios and at 82, doing gym at the local YMCA. Then he began writing his book of memories "Ballet Mystique". He then translated it into a Russian edition which he told me is selling very well in Russia. He had been going every other year to Perm, Russia (the home of Serge Diaghileff) to attend ballet competitons there. He was actually planning on going this spring. The Abaturovs, who direct this competition at the beautiful theater there, were visiting George on the day he fell.
ВЕЧНАЯ ПAМЯТЪ (Eternal Memory)
Posted 03 November 2009 - 10:12 AM
Posted 03 November 2009 - 10:29 AM
The film sequence in which he tries to rehearse a fragment of Giselle with a humorous Krassovska-(she ordering him to do the steps and both shouting in Russian while laughing at Zoritch's claim of being "too old" to run after her)- is just priceless... . Later on there is a moment of great tenderness when both share a kiss in the lips...
I'm sure atm711 got to see his dancing at some point...Would love to hear about it.
This was a wonderful DVD, which I still watch, the history one learns from it is amazing. Such wonderful people giving you an insight into a famous era. It is so sad to see them gradually disappear from our lives. God bless them, and may they perform forever on the big stage in the sky.
Posted 03 November 2009 - 10:55 AM
Thank you for your touching post about Mr Zoritch.
Christian gave a link to a photograph of Mr Zoritch and I thought some might like to look at the full George Zoritch website. http://www.georgezor....com/frame.html
There is an obituary at http://www.azstarnet...etro/315926.php
The photograph of Mr Zoritch posted above was taken by Leonid Massine.
Posted 05 November 2009 - 09:12 PM
My heart broke when I saw his obituary in the Times. Just recently he autographed a photograph of himself for me and signed it "With admiration and love, George Zoritch". I do not deserve his admiration in perspective of all of his contributions to the world of ballet.
Here is the link to his obituary from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.c...ance/index.html
May he rest in peace.
Je ne vous oublierai jamais, mon George.
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Have you purchased anything through a "pay per bid" site?
My old granny's ghost is yanking on my ear and screaming "if it looks too good to be true it probably is, foolish girl!", so I can't overcome my suspicion of a site that wants me to give them money in order to ... give them money.
But. I have pretty much resigned myself to paying through the nose for an iPad, as all the hipsters in my area who want to sell theirs think they can recoup full retail on the aftermarket, for gadgets that are as much as two years old. As a result these penny bid sites are looking more attractive, especially when I see smiling bid winners bragging about their huge savings on the very thing I want to buy.
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Those sites are a scam. An iPad starts at $0.01 and ends up selling for $50. They collect, on average $0.20 for every bid. 4999 * $0.20 = $999.80
Also every bid adds time to the clock. You could bid 100 times and still not win, you are out $20 with nothing to show for it.
I've been on penny auctions sites like Quibids (if this is relevant to your questions) about a year ago. I won a Bose headphone, Bose Speaker System and a BlueAnt headset with a giant profit margin (meaning I paid less than it's worth). After that week to be honest I haven't won anything else after that.
Going for an iPad I can almost guarantee that you'll be spending at least $300 or more on trying to get one, unless you lucked out and nobody was bidding on it. But that rarely happens, people would toss 300+ bids on high demand items like an iPad.
If you really wanted to win from a penny auction site, I'd go for the little things like gift cards, kitchen goods and jewelry worth less than $100~200-ish.
Good luck! And be careful.
PS: Those "winners" on the commercials are paid actors.
Unless you can find a BBB accredited one I would stay away. But even then I wouldn't recommend it. They're in business because they're making money, and they can't make money if everyone who goes to that site is able to buy a brand new iPod for $20. As @jkaleda mentioned, you can end up spending hundreds and not even win an item. I consider it gambling, so if you're into gambling and are feeling lucky go for it. Just make sure you do it on a more "legit" site. It will at least make the possibility of bids being shilled a little bit less, but I'm sure most of them are already.
Listen to granny and jkaleda. Also note that most of these sites shut down after awhile and there have been complaints of people not getting the items they did manage to "win". They also have bots that automatically place bids for you at the last possible second so even if you do outbid a human someones bot will step in.
If you must try it, look around and you can find coupon codes for free bids for signing up. That way you can try it no risk.
My opinion is it is too good to be true and is more like a game of chance/gambling.
Just use logic. A business cannot sell at a loss and remain in business.
@jkaleda: So that's how they make money? Interesting.
For anything Apple you will not pay significantly less than retail. Everyone wants Apple products and the demand for them increases the prices.
Stay away from penny bid sites, it is too easy to get sunk in and eventually throw more than what you would be willing to pay. And if you don't win, you wasted a lot of money.
If you really want to feel good about a bargain, either wait for it to go on sale, or suck it up and try your chances on an Ebay purchase. Ebay has done well in reducing the number of mouth breathing imbeciles that would rob and cheat you by insuring your purchase. It's just a shame they still double charge their sellers via paypal.
My sister lost about 60 bucks on quibid and never used it again - at least on Ebay you aren't out of any money if you lose the auction.
I know that hipsters selling used iPads think the stuff is desirable and thus deserving of a markup. Non-hipsters don't seem willing to pay full retail for used 2.5 year old technology - the age of the oldest original iPads. I've been seeing the same iPads for sale on my local Craigslist, at the same high prices, for months - surely an indicator that people who want an iPad are not interested in paying hipster prices. When one is occasionally posted at a reasonable price it is of course snatched up instanter, possibly by somebody who plans to use it, likely by a vulture planning to flip it at a profit.
I do take everybody's point about the penny bid sites. I hadn't been giving any serious consideration to signing up for any of these sites, mostly thanks to my old granny, but it is good to have my general feeling about them confirmed.
If you manage to find a new penny bids site that is not well known yet and is giving away bids, you can get some really good stuff for really cheap. About 2 years ago, a site called Raging Bid started up (I think they are still around). Anyway, I found out about them right when they started and to drum up interest in their site, they were giving aways tons of free bids just for doing stupid stuff like posting pictures to thier Facebook page. I'm talking thousands of dollars worth of bids. Me, my gf, and my friend all participated in all of thier promotions and racked up tons of free bids. Between us we got a PS3 Move bundle for $20, an iPod touch for $15, four PS3 wireless controllers for $5, a $200 Jetblue gift card for free, hunderds of dollars of amazon gift cards for about $5-$10 per $100 gc, a kindle for $30, an iPod Nano for $10, a $150 ABC gift card for $3, and probably some other stuff that I cant remember, all brand new.
Eventually, more and more people found out about them, they started giving away less bids, and it became virtually impossible to win anything. I'm sure now it wouldn't even be worth it to try. So the moral of the story is, if you have to pay for the bids yourself, you are virtually guaranteed to lose money. If, however, you manage to get lucky and find a new site giving out free bids, 1. Tell me about it!, 2. Take advantage of the free bids and see if you can be one of the lucky few who don't lose money to them.
I definitely do not trust any of the penny-bid sites myself. As for the problem of unrealistic hipsters; might I suggest a refurbished model?
Direct from Apple: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad
Cowboom: http://www.cowboom.com/Computers/iPads-Tablets-eReaders/?page=1&order=price_high&store=fixed&query=brand%3Dapple&view=grid&keywords=
Another refurb/used site is Secondipity: http://www.secondipity.com/iPads-iPads-Tablets/b/5536576011?ie=UTF8&title=iPads
Got my wife a refurb iPad from Cowboom, it was just fine. A word of caution - read the description of what you are buying carefully, as they will usually be missing one or two things (cables, manual, box, etc) Nothing bad, just be aware.
Heck, Cowboom even has $10 off $100 right now!
Listen to granny. I could make more money (NOT!) at my nearest casino 45 miles away.


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