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I've dreamt of a man in white clothes with a sarimanok perched on his left shoulder. It was August 2. The day Dad got out of surgery. You see, he had been amputated due to complications in diabetes. I waited for him to come to his senses. The nurses said he shouldn't be moved for at least a couple of hours. All I did was follow their instructions.
Mom was in Laguna. Kuya just left the hospital to do his duty online. Diko was working in Davao. Ate was living in Cebu. Sangko was in Cavite. I was the only one left in the family to take care of Dad and my niece, Anchee.
August 14. Twelve days since Dad had surgery. Also, the day before the Davao Writers Workshop application deadline. I sent my 5 poems: 2 Bisaya and 3 English. I haphazardly made the last one so I could comply for the requirements. Abby and Summer already submitted their applications. And to think, I was the one who urged them to apply for it.
It was almost 5pm and I had to go home because Dad's caregiver's shift ends at 6pm. I got stuck in traffic. Had to pay her overtime.
August 30. Dad's caregiver quit. That night, I dreamt of that man in white clothes with a sarimanok again.
September 23. Ate found someone who could do take care of Dad, Kaking. She immediately sent Kaking and her daughter to come to CDO on a ship. I fetched them form the pier.
September 26. My friends from NAGMAC (Nagkahiusang mga Mambabalak sa CDO) met for our preliminary meeting for our next Poetry Night on the 25th of October.
It was also the same day that Sir Steven Fernandez's Sarimanok was being performed at the XU Gym.
That night, I dreamt of that man in white clothes with a sarimanok again.
September 27. Abby and I just watched The Xavier Stage's production of 10 Little Indians – a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. It was a whodunit stage thriller. It gave me chills.
Upon going home, I had this nagging feeling that I had to check my email, but I chose not to because I just really wanted to go home immediately.
At 11pm, both Abby and Summer asked me if I've checked my email. Why would they even ask me… Damn it, I should've trusted my instincts. It's about the workshop.
September 28. I finally got to check my email! And I got in!
October 14. Kaking had to go back to Cebu, which meant I had to look for another caregiver for my dad. 13 days away from the workshop and this happened. That night, I dreamt of that man in white clothes with a sarimanok again.
October 23. My sister and I still haven't found anyone who could take care of dad when I get to Davao. I was this close to not going to Davao. Good thing I talked to our stay-out house help and she agreed to the temporary situation.
October 25. Poetry Night!
October 26. 11:30pm. Abby and I took a nonstop bus ride to Davao via Buda (shorthand for Bukidnon-Davao route)
October 27. 7am. We finally reached Lispher Inn. The venue for this year's Davao Writers Workshop.
October 28. The dream became reality.
See this photo? You see, from where I was sitting, Sir John (the man wearing white in the photo) looked like he had a sarimanok on his shoulders.
I've had a lot of dreams that became real. But I guess this one is very much special because I really thought, in the pit of my gut, that I couldn't go and experience the workshop. What with all the shit that happened to me. Murphy's Law was a bitch.
But I like to believe that in order to beat Murphy's Law, we have to be relentless.


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Bernice M. Kalinowski, age 84, of Watertown, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
She was born Feb. 3, 1925, to Baultis and Eleanor (Schoen) Ackerman in Watkins, MN.
Bernice was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley; and siblings Baultis "Swede" Ackerman, Laura Schloeder, and Barbara "Bobby" Sikkila.
Bernice is survived by her children and their spouses: Lana and Frank DeMars, Steve and Sandra Kalinowski, Bob and Victoria Kalinowski, Debbie and Daniel Theis, John and Lori Kalinowski, Bill and Susan Kalinowski, and Jim and Renee Kalinowski; 18 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and siblings and spouses Janice "Blondie" and Claude Mohs, Dorothy and Bud Adolph, Michael and Mary Ackerman.
Mass of Christian Burial took place Wednesday, Dec. 30 at St. Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church in rural Delano with the Rev. Thomas Balluff officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Arrangements were by the Iten Funeral Home in Delano.


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I am so excited! I haven't posted in forever because life has been hectic but I HAVE to put something up because I am so excited. I got tickets to the design*sponge event coming to Anthropologie in Vancouver.
I was on the wait list & got an email this morning that I am in. My sister, Leah {who writes her Tiddly Bits Blog}, gave me Grace Bonney's book so I'll bring that to get an autograph. Will be meeting up with Ash & Sarah from Spread Love Events which will make the evening so much more fun. A couple of other girlfriends are on the waitlist. Fingers crossed we all get in.
Did I mention I am excited?


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A Novel of the Vietnam War
By Karl Marlantes
598 pp. El León Literary Arts/Atlantic Monthly Press. $24.95
Every war novel must at some point confront a central contradiction. Only the truth has any real value, but the truth about war is that it contains nearly unbearable levels of repetition, boredom and meaninglessness. To write honestly about war, you should make readers feel they have endured those things as well. Yet no sane novelist wants to inflict that much discomfort on the audience. And so we read novels (and watch movies) filled with the kind of bravery and drama that make war look at least entertaining, if not admirable. Many of those works are tremendous artistic achievements. But they're not war.
Karl Marlantes's first novel, "Matterhorn," is about a company of Marines who build, abandon and retake an outpost on a remote hilltop in Vietnam. According to the publisher, Marlantes — a highly decorated Vietnam vet — spent 30 years writing this book. It was originally 1,600 pages long; now it is 600. Reading his account of the bloody folly surrounding the Matterhorn outpost, you get the feeling Marlantes is not overly worried about the attention span of his readers; you get the feeling he was not desperate or impatient to be published. Rather, he seems like a man whose life was radically altered by war, and who now wants to pass along the favor. And with a desperate fury, he does. Chapter after chapter, battle after battle, Marlantes pushes you through what may be one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam — or any war. It's not a book so much as a deployment, and you will not return unaltered.
The story is told from the point of view of a young second lieutenant, Mellas, who joined the Marines for confused and vaguely patriotic reasons that are quickly left in tatters by military incompetence. At great psychic and physical cost, Mellas and the rest of Bravo Company, Fifth Marine Division, climb a steep mountain near the intersection of Laos and the DMZ separating North and South Vietnam, then build an outpost capable of withstanding enemy artillery. As soon as they finish, they are told to abandon it because they are needed for a large operation farther south. There ensues a multiweek stagger through impenetrable jungle, the company plagued by lack of food, lack of ammunition and inadequate resupply. One man is killed by a tiger. Another dies of cerebral malaria. Starving to death and bearing a dead friend on a pole, the men of Bravo Company finish their mission and are allowed a brief rest at one of the main support bases.
Soon enough, however, they are ordered to retake Matterhorn, which has since been occupied by the enemy. It is there, on the flanks of their own outpost, that the horror and absurdity of war are finally played out. "After three hours of debate they finally realized that there was no perfect plan," Marlantes writes as the company plots its assault. "Somebody was going to get killed." The battle scenes are vivid, devastating and vaguely repetitious — surprisingly, the only parts of the book where my mind started to wander. But combat is not really what "Matterhorn" is about; it is about war. And in Marlantes's hands, war is a confusing and rich world where some men die heroically, others die because of bureaucratic stupidity, and a few are deliberately killed by platoon-mates bearing a grudge. In one of the more remarkable passages of the book, Mellas contemplates the killing that goes on in nature and struggles with the question of whether it is evil:
"No, the jungle wasn't evil. It was indifferent. So, too, was the world. Evil, then, must be the negation of something man had added to the world. Ultimately, it was caring about something that made the world liable to evil. Caring. And then the caring gets torn asunder. Everybody dies, but not everybody cares. It occurred to Mellas that he could create the possibility of good or evil through caring. He could nullify the indifferent world. But in so doing he opened himself up to the pain of watching it get blown away."
Even the book's infrequent flaws sometimes serve a valuable purpose in its narrative. There is a blizzard of names, ranks and military terms, for instance, and despite the glossary and unit schematic included in the book, I still felt lost much of the time. That confusion, however, was exactly my experience while covering the United States military as a journalist, and in "Matterhorn" it struck me as annoying but true. Elsewhere there are some familiar moments, including a Tim O'Brien-type accounting of the contents of a man's rucksack, and an awkward scene of post-traumatic stress on a hospital ship that feels a little forced. But when Marlantes hits it right — which is most of the time — he can lay you out like a boxer with a killer jab.
"The light died. Voices were silenced. Darkness and fear replaced light and reason," he writes about the outpost at night. Fear is like a "strong electric potential with no place to discharge," and the preparation for combat puts men in an emotional state where even other soldiers can't reach them: "The kids filed quietly to the edge of the strip to wait for the helicopters. Other Marines stopped to watch them, wanting to say an encouraging word yet not daring to break into their private world — a world no longer shared with ordinary people. Some of them were experiencing the last hour of that brief mystery called life."
One of the most heartbreaking themes of the book is the racial tension between black troops and white troops — a tension that boils over into outright threats and eventually murder. For a reporter who has covered the military in its current incarnation, the events recounted in this book are so brutal and costly that they seem to belong not just to another time but to another country. Soldiers openly contemplate killing their commanders. They die by the dozen on useless missions designed primarily to help the careers of those above them. The wounded are unhooked from IV bags and left to die because others, required for battle, are growing woozy from dehydration and have been ordered to drink the precious fluid. Almost every page contains some example of military callousness or incompetence that would be virtually inconceivable today, and I found myself wondering whether the book was intended as an indictment of war in general or a demonstration of just how far this nation has come in the last 40 years.Continue reading the main story
One is left feeling that facile comparisons of Afghanistan to Vietnam amount to a mockery of Vietnam. I don't know if that was the author's intention, but it is a helpful note during America's anguished debate about what to do in the war we're fighting now. "Matterhorn" is a raw, brilliant account of war that may well serve as a final exorcism for one of the most painful passages in American history.
A Novel of the Vietnam War
By Karl Marlantes
598 pp. El León Literary Arts/Atlantic Monthly Press. $24.95


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For our junior high students (grade 7-9), we run a program called FUEL.
Fuel provides an engaging environment to equip and empower students throughout their day to day life.
Friday Youth
Youth runs every Friday night:
From 6pm - 9pm at our Coomera Campus, 7 Kohl Street, Upper Coomera, and
From 6pm - 8:30pm at our Burleigh Campus, 49 Leda Drive, Burleigh Heads.
Youth always creates an amazing atmosphere of praise and worship and is the perfect place for students to get connected with their peers and learn more about God!
RDGs are our fuel aged connect groups. These run at various times throughout the week on a fortnightly basis.
RDGs are a heap of fun as students get to hang out with others students in their age group, eat organic, calorie-free food and participate in awesome activities!
Our heart is to see young people get to know God on a more intimate level and build a dynamic relationship with Jesus.


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This is a brief post describing how to get iDRAC6's Virtual Console on 11th Generation Dell servers working with Java 8. This is a dead simple process but may not be apparent to someone unfamiliar with Java.
First thing you'll need to do is configure the IP address of the iDRAC6. Hit Ctrl + E while booting in the BIOS at the appropriate time.
After the iDRAC is configured for network access, log on to the web interface with the IP you configured. You'll then need to set the virtual console plug-in type to Java from Native, the latter which uses ActiveX. This is done under Console/Media > Configuration.
Then you'll need to configure Java by going to Start >> Control Panel >> Programs >> Java. From the Java Control Panel go to the Security tab and then add the iDRAC's IP to the Exception Site List.
Add the iDRAC's IP with https.
Now back in the web interface you can Launch the console.
Once pressed, a .jnlp file will prompt to download. Depending on the browser the file itself will download differently. Chrome seems to append parameters to the file extension which makes the next steps required each time. I use Firefox and only need to do the following of setting the default file association once. You'll need to associate the .jnlp file with the Java Web Start application, which is located at C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\javaws.exe.
After you set the association you be prompted with two security warnings and after about 20 seconds the virtual console will start.
The iDRAC virtual console works out of the box for Ubuntu and FreeBSD with IcedTea and Firefox installed. With OSX, simply open the .jnlp file with the Java Web Start.app application at /System/Library/CoreServices/.


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LEE & DIDIO On DC's Next REBIRTH Wave, Their 2-Year Story, & the Inevitable DC/WATCHMEN Crossover
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio are enjoying immense success in their latest act as co-publishers of DC Comics, the phenomenally successful line-wide relaunch "Rebirth." In a few months, "Rebirth" moves segues into its second wave with the first crossover event of the new DC Universe, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad, and the eventual summer 2017 DC event by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.
That crossover doesn't just serve as the first "Rebirth" event – it's also the next major turning point in the relaunch's meta-story – a two-year journey to a fully-realized DC Universe, at the end of which, DiDio admits, lies a confrontation with the characters of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen.
Newsarama sat down with Lee and DiDio at New York Comic Con 2016 to discuss what's next for "Rebirth," the cyclical nature of comic book relaunches, and exactly what it's gonna take to bring the DC Universe and the Watchmen characters together.
Newsarama: Dan and Jim, we're moving into what's been called "Rebirth" wave 2 with the upcoming Justice League vs. Suicide Squad and the Justice League of America title that's spinning out of it. In a macro sense, where do you see "Rebirth" in terms of that metastory that started in DC Universe: Rebirth #1? How many acts are there to this story?
Dan DiDio: The meta-story was really laid out as a two-year epic, to be told over a two-year period of time. That felt like the right amount of time to really bring the universe together and get that connectivity. And that's something we're really gonna build as we go forward. The Justice League vs. Suicide Squad crossover event is really the first time we're gonna see characters from what we call different lines really interacting in a way that shows the depth and breadth of the DC Universe.
It's a good story to launch that, because the Justice League and the Suicide Squad are such polar opposites. But then, in their battle, there are other things that are revealed that feed into things going forward. That's why, when we decided to do Justice League vs. Suicide Squad, we delayed launching Justice League of America, because it seemed like a natural fit to have a second Justice League title launch out of an event where the League is front and center.
Nrama: Speaking of that meta-story, once it's all been told and that two-year arc is done, do you think that will have laid the groundwork for sustainable success for the DC Universe, or are we looking at a future where these universe-redefining events become the norm?
DiDio: It already is the norm. Listen, I've been with DC now 15 years, almost 16 years. When I first got here, we had to redefine the universe. That's where Green Lantern: Rebirth, and the relaunch of Teen Titans and Infinite Crisis occurred. Then we did a restart again with the "New 52." Because you're telling story on top of story, and sometimes you have to clean house.
True story told, I actually sat down with Julie Schwartz when I first got here – he was still coming in about once a week, and I had a chance to sit down with him for about three or four hours. And he literally said to me, "Every ten years or so, the universe needs an enema." Meaning that so much story gets built up you have to clean it out and start again. That's true, he really said that.
Jim Lee: [laughs] I never heard that. I love that!
DiDio: And I always held true to that expression. What you've seen though is that, with so much media, and so much attention, and so much noise out there, that process has accelerated. It's not so much that we're doing more relaunches or restarts, it's that the time between them is compressed because there's so much out there begging for attention that we always have to find ways to one up each other and bring attention back to our line again. The last thing we want to do is take our audience for granted. In a world where there's so much media and so much content out there, so we always have to stay relevant. And the only way we can do that is constantly finding ways to one up each other.
Nrama: This second wave of "Rebirth," is this where we could see the return of the JSA or the Legion of Super-Heroes? These classic DC properties that didn't get a spotlight in "Rebirth"?
Lee: Geoff Johns certainly laid the groundwork for those things in DC Universe: Rebirth #1, through a large, epic storyline. And I think behind the scenes, we've given ourselves that two-year window to tell the story. So I think you're gonna see things slowly teased out through stories like Justice League vs. Suicide Squad, but those characters aren't part of wave 2. Wave 2 is Batwoman, Super Sons, and Justice League of America. We actually pared down that list from an initial launch list, because we realized with the success of "Rebirth" that we actually have time to add to the line, and make sure we don't dilute the line, and the brand awareness, and the good will we've generated from "Rebirth."
And as with all things, you want the right creative team in place. I think, when we talk about bringing the generational aspect back to the universe, clearly that means we're gonna be talking about those titles that you just mentioned, those characters you just mentioned, but that also means they have to fit into the bigger storyline that we're weaving, and also give the the right creative teams to give them their best chance at success.
Nrama: I want to dial in on a couple specifics of that meta-story that we mentioned, that two-year arc. There's a story that started in DC Universe: Rebirth #1 that's extended into "Rebirth," some of which you've made clear will come to a head in Justice League vs. Suicide Squad, involving certain characters that have been taken off the board recently - Tim Drake, Ray Palmer, Captain Boomerang - that were all central characters in a story that came out about ten years ago…
DiDio: [laughs] I see where you're going with this. It's more coincidence than anything else. I know exactly where you're going with this. It's more just coincidence than anything tied to Identity Crisis. Those three stories were independent of each other. The Tim Drake story was created for the Bat-titles that was weaved into the over-arching story. The Atom story is gonna play out in Justice League of America, I think that's the first arc.
Lee: And Captain Boomerang is resolved in Suicide Squad.
Nrama: At the risk of being told too "wait and see," I want to finish up by asking you both about the elephant in the room in "Rebirth," which is the presence of the Watchmen characters in the DC Universe. Tom King said the first indications of what would happen with the Watchmen characters would be seen in Batman #9. Is a direct confrontation with the Watchmen characters on the horizon?
DiDio: There's a lot of story to be told. You'll see some of that. There's a lot of wondering what that button Batman found in DC Universe: Rebirth #1 means, what it is, where it came from, what it stands for. So you'll see some of that occurring pretty soon. That's a long road.
When you have something like Watchmen waiting for you, you want to make sure you take all the proper time and it up properly, and give it the level of respect it deserves. And for us, we want to make sure that this is something we do properly, because when it happens, it has to be spectacular. There's a lot to be done to make sure that story is as big and powerful as it should be.


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#BooksRock - I can talk about books all day.../
I have blogged before about my love affair with reading and I am reading a book at the moment that is making me think about my reading habits.]
I am about two-thirds of the way through 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey, and I have finding it an uncomfortable read. In a good way. It follows James as a 23 year old in rehab, not the sort of fiction I would usually choose to read (it is actually non-fiction but reads like fiction). It is graphic, tragic and engaging. It goes against the grain for the genre of book I usually go for.
So what books do I tend to read? Ironically my favourite book of the last few years is again a book that challenged what I usually read.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a teen book which I pimp out whenever I can! I have given it as birthday presents, loaned it, recommended it, and I have loved seeing boys, girls, women and men get sucked into the dramatic plot. It made me realise that perhaps I wasn't being open to reading a wide enough range of texts.
It is easy to fall into safe reading. Selecting a book has risk. It may be about the financial risk. but also the risk that you will waste time reading a book you don't enjoy. This is why talking about books is so important! This may happen informally with friends, or in a slightly more formal setting like a book group or larger campaigns like tv book shows. We reduce our risk when someone tells us the book was great.
A Millions Pieces is challenging me, and I'm enjoying it. It's hard to read due to the nature of the subject, but also due to the lack of speech marks! But I'm enjoying it. Do you challenge yourself when reading books? Have you stepped out of your genre safety net recently? Reading is meant to be fun, but you may well be missing out on some gems out there, if you're not willing to try something a bit different.


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Drafting Yeshiva Students:Thoughts on Parshat Ki Tetzi
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Ghandi
In today's headlines, one need not look far to find much written on the issue of whether or not students studying in Yeshivot should serve in the IDF. Certainly there are a number of points of view on the topic, no stone has been left unturned and no perspective has been left out from the roundtable discussion. I would like to add to the dialogue, and address this conversation from a purely Halachick perspective and present several points on the topic as discoursed by our Sages. As the Mabit, Rabbi Moses ben Joseph Trani, writes, "Any person who want to criticize a ruling rendered by a colleague, may not do so unless he too clarifies his opinions with valid arguments, to merely chatter, however and state that the law is not in accordance with the others view is unacceptable." (Shut Mabit vol 1:116). With the goal of removing personal bias and opinion and instead looking back at the wisdom of generations past, hopefully we can come to a better understanding of how to grapple with this intense issue in our times.
While all of the points mentioned below do support the idea of integration of military service and Torah learning, I wish to emphasize from the outset that this article in no way should be taken to imply that Torah study or Torah Scholars are not a truly vital and fundamental aspect of Jewish national life. As it says in Tractate Makkot, "Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, what is meant by the verse "our feet were standing in the gates of Jerusalem? What caused our feet to be steadfast in war? The gates of Jerusalem, which were immersed in Torah Study." (Makkot 10a). Rather, the purpose of this article is to validate that those who believe in the integration of Torah learning, military service and sharing in the burden of the Jewish people have firm Halachick ground and steady Rabbinic shoulders to stand on.
From the discussion on the street, there seem to be four main reasons given as to why Yeshiva students should be exempt from compulsory military service. The first claim: serving in the army will take the students away from their Torah study, and therefore would violate the rule of Bitul Torah (neglecting Torah study). The second claim: Maimonides writes that the reason the Levites did not receive a portion of inheritance of the Land of Israel and in the spoils of war is because, "… they were set aside to serve God, and minister unto Him… Therefore they were set apart from the ways of the world. They do not wage war like the remainder of the Jewish people…nor do they acquire for themselves through their physical power…Not only the tribe of Levi, but any one of the inhabitants of the world whose spirit generously motivates him to… separate himself to stand before G-d and to serve him, to know Him…removing from his neck the yoke of the many reckonings which people seek, he is sanctified as holy of holies, God will be His portion and heritage forever and will provide what is sufficient for him in this world …"( Laws of the Sabbatical Year 13:12-13 ). The third claim: because Torah study protects Torah scholars and the nation as a whole, they are involved in the spiritual defense and are therefore not obligated to serve in the physical defense. The fourth claim: a religiously observant individual's lifestyle will clash with the less stringent standards of religious observance of the military environment.
Before we begin to address the above, a cornerstone concept which will direct the discourse must be clarified: Is serving in the Israeli Defense Forces classified as a Mitzvah (positive commandment) in our day? If so, who is obligated to join is such an endeavor? Maimonides writes, "What is considered as milchemet mitzvah (a war which is a positive commandment)?…A war fought to assist Israel from an enemy which attacks them…In a milchemet mitzvah, the entire nation must go out to war, even a groom from his chamber, and a bride from her pavilion." (Laws of Kings 5:1, 7:4) In modern times, Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, the first Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg, the author of the response Tzitz Eliezer, and Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Zevin, the Author of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, are but a few of many Rabbis and Jewish leaders who were of the opinion that the defensive wars being fought in the Land of Israel in our time have the legal standing of a war which is a positive commandment.
Let us examine each of the four reasons mentioned above, and glean a Halachik perspective relating to them. In regards to the first claim that military service will bring about a neglect in the time one devotes to Torah study, one must consider the following basic tenet as outlined by the Talmudic Sages: A person is not exempt from other commandments because of engagement in Torah study (Talmud Tractate Moed Katan 9b). The Talmudic commentator Rabbeinu Menachem ben Shlomo, in his work Beit Habichira (ad loc), writes that the concept of "one who is engaged in a commandment is exempt from another commandment" does not apply to the study of Torah because the entire purpose behind studying Torah is to enable a person to fulfill the commandments. Furthermore, in the work Kehillot Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Kanievsky, he writes that the obligation to study Torah — which was not given for specific time frame –is intended for a person to study during the time in which they are not performing other commandments. However if there is another commandment that a person is obligated to do in a specific time frame, then not only is one exempt from studying Torah but there is also no obligation to study Torah during that time (Kehillot Yaakov Moed Katan 9b). Therefore, if we have established according to the ruling of Maimonides that the defensive wars of the State of Israel are indeed a positive commandment, then the whole concept of neglecting Torah study in order to participate in her defense would not apply.
In regards to the second claim, there a few questions that can be raised regarding the exact meaning of Maimonides' ruling when referring to the exemption of military service for the tribe of Levi and those set aside for God in the Laws of the Sabbatical Year 13:12-13. Firstly, if Maimonides was intending to bring a halachik ruling in regards to Jewish military law and exempt all those who study Torah from military service, then it would be more fitting to have placed it with the other Laws of War in the Laws of Kings, Chapter 4. By placing this ruling in the last chapter of the Laws of the Sabbatical Year, it seems less a legal ruling in halachik terms and more a closing lesson of relying on divine providence for sustenance. Secondly, the only connection that Maimonides makes between Torah students and the tribe of Levi is in regards to the fact that they both derive their sustenance from God, not in regards to their obligation of military service. In addition, while the tribe of Levi is not commanded to join in a milchemet mitzvah to conquer the Land of Israel because they do not receive a tribal portion in it, it does no way imply that they do not have to join in a milchemet mitzvah in a defensive war to protect the Land or the Nation of Israel from its enemies.
Continuing on this thread, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein writes that even if we are to understand that Maimonides' statement does imply an absolute military exemption in halachik terms, it would have little practical significance in the modern debate of the issue. He writes that a Levi is literally defined by his genealogy, while those symbolically compared to a Levi must be able to meet the spiritual qualities as defined by Maimonides in the latter part of the ruling, "…to stand before God, to serve Him, to worship Him, to know God; and he walks aright as the Lord has made him and he has cast off from his neck the yoke of the many considerations which men have sought." Rav Lichtenstein questions how large a segment of the Torah community — or of any community – this lofty description applies to. "Can anyone… confront a mirror and tell himself that he ought not to go to the army because he is kodesh kodashim, sanctum sanctorum, in Maimonides's terms? Can anyone with even a touch of vanity or a concern for kavod contend this? Lest I be misunderstood, let me state clearly that I have no quarrel with economic aspiration or with normal human foibles per se. Again, least of all do I wish to single out b'nei yeshivot (Torah Students) for undeserved moral censure. I do feel, however, that those who would single themselves out for saintliness should examine their credentials by the proper standard."(Aharon Lichtenstein Tradition, Fall 1985, p. 212, footnote 30.)
In regards to the third claim, that Torah learning serves as a spiritual protector for the nation and therefore the students involved in its daily study should be exempt from military service, this is an idea that has firm roots in the Talmud. In Tractate Bava Batra 7b it states that Torah scholars do not need to contribute to the building of a protective wall around a city because their Torah protects them. However, the Radbaz, Rabbi David ben Solomon (d.1573), writes that this above ruling only applies when the scholars themselves say that they do not need protecting. However, if the scholars believe that there is a need for protective measures then they also must share in that responsibility. As he writes, "they (the scholars) do not have the right, to demand of others to protect them, and they too need to participate in guarding like everyone else.".(Shut Radbaz Vol 2, chapter 752) In addition, as Rabbi Yosef Zeven writes, "When actual lives are at stake, may we rely on miracles? In 1929 during the Hebron Massacre … didn't young students of the yeshiva, whose holiness shone like stars in the sky, fall before the malicious enemy? Please, did these martyrs need protection or not?…If you understand that the scholars need protection in relatively peaceful times and are exempt from building the protective walls, what consequence has this when compared to a life-and-death struggle, a war which is a mitzvah and in which all are obligated? The defense authorities ordered everyone to cover all windows as protection against shattering glass in case of an air raid. Would anyone think that some rabbis will not do so, claiming, "Rabbis do not need protection?"…Why did rabbis leave areas under enemy fire along with the rest of the general population? Why did they not rely on this maxim?"(Talmud Torah veSherut Tseva'i) Rabbi Zeven, a prominent Rabbinic leader of the 20th Centruy, seems to be echoing the ancient idea of the Radbaz mentioned above.
Noting all of the abovementioned Rabbinic responses to our contemporary questions regarding compulsory military service for Yeshiva students, we are left only with the fourth claim: that compulsory military service takes place in an environment and setting of looser standards of religious observance than one is accustomed to and is therefore grounds for refusal to participate. Having resolved all of the other claims, this last claim should be the only remaining obstacle in need of further discussion and action. If the military is not able to accommodate the needs of its religious constituents, whether it be in terms of Kashrut (Kosher Dietary Laws), modesty or times for prayer and study then the objections to compulsory service is very understandable. It is not reasonable to expect a person who leads a certain lifestyle –whether it be religious, political, social, or otherwise — to enthusiastically sacrifice that identity in order to join a collective which does not respect and accommodate choices that are so central to them and their way of life. That being said, while there are definitely individual situations which can pose a challenge to the religious soldier we must not forget that there is a simple way in which the overall state of affairs can be improved. The higher the number of religious soldiers who join the military, the more the military establishment must confront that new reality and make the proper changes to accommodate the needs of their religious constituents. But as long as the religious soldier remains a minority within the establishment, we cannot expect broad changes to occur. The religious community must not make the mistake of standing on the sidelines until the situation improves, but must actively strive and take part in its realization. As Mahatma Ghandi so eloquently said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."


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When I was in school at both the University of Toronto and Ryerson, I didn't receive a cent of scholarship money. I did receive an honorarium for being president of the student residence council at U of T Scarborough. And I did receive some money from the Millennium Scholarship Fund, but that was more loan relief than a scholarship - I had to be in debt to get the money, and it was applied directly to my OSAP debt. While it was nice to have less OSAP to pay back, having some actual cash would have been nice too.
The reason I didn't receive any scholarships was two-fold. First, I wasn't a brilliant enough student to be automatically chosen to receive a scholarship. I got by with high Bs and the occasional low A until my last year at Ryerson, when I seemed to hit As pretty much across the board - and then it was too late to get a scholarship. The second reason I didn't get any scholarships was that I was ill-informed. This was partially due to the limited resources available to me and partly due to my own laziness. When I was in high school, there was no World Wide Web, and "Internet" was a funny-sounding word my uncle used occasionally. I wasn't all that close to my guidance counsellor, and I wasn't even thinking beyond the summer when I applied to university.
I didn't apply for any scholarships. Hell, I didn't even look for any scholarships - I thought scholarships were for football players going to school in the States.
So why am I now writing an article to help students get scholarships?
A part of my duties as Senior Editor at EDge Interactive is overseeing the content of a family of Web sites which includes SchoolFinder.com, MySchool101.com and ScholarshipsCanada.com.
Part of what I do is to look after a large database of scholarships: well over 60,000 individual awards, awarded by over 300 organizations across Canada. Each year we compile all of the scholarships in our database that are for students who are already in or who are going into the first year of college or university and publish them in the ScholarshipsCanada.com Entrance Awards Directory.
So basically, I am a guy who has read, written and edited information on thousands of different scholarships. I've also talked to hundreds of students about helping them with their scholarship searches and written several articles published on our site and in the Directory dealing with scholarships, grants and loans.
What I hope this article will do is fill you in on the things I've seen and heard in the hunt for scholarships so you will be better armed than I was.
Know your armoury
It's important to know what you have in the way of strengths. The majority of scholarships are still based on grades, but some administrators are starting to look for other attributes in students as well. To know what you can get from a scholarship, you have to first know what you have in the way of assets.
Do you:
I'd also recommend talking to your guidance counsellor about how to approach your search for scholarships. It's their job to help you get ready for post-secondary education and they're good at it.
Know what your resources are
You should start your search for scholarships, and indeed all money for schooling, close to home.
Does the company or organization you or your parents work for offer any scholarships? It's been my experience that some companies offer scholarships to employees or children of employees and choose not to advertise outside the company. I don't know where to recommend checking with companies, because each one is different, but you might want to check with your or your parent's boss or HR to see if they know anything about any scholarships.
Similarly, do you or your parents belong to a union or an employee organization? Some unions are reluctant to post information about scholarships anywhere except internally, since their scholarships are open only to members or children of members. Check with your or your parent's union rep or their office.
Are you or any members of your family veterans or children of veterans? Veteran organizations give out a good chunk of scholarships. Maybe your parents belong to a lodge or a club that has a scholarship for members or children of members.
Look into the activities you are involved with. Make a list of possible sources of money to go after, like work or a club.
Sometimes high schools offer awards or have specific scholarships associated with them. Generally speaking, the guidance office or the principal will have information on these programs.
Statistics to back up what I've just written
So to prove that I learned something from my professors and instructors, and let me back up what I've said in the last two sections with some facts.
Of the 7,363 individual scholarships listed in the 2004 ScholarshipsCanada.com Entrance Awards directory there are:
Prepare ahead of time
This is probably the most important advice I can give you, and you probably already know it: prepare ahead of time.
I've read some pretty sad e-mails from students looking for help because they were not prepared. One student from the Maritimes wrote to ScholarshipsCanada.com saying that she was having to choose between leaving the power connected and the phone working. She had no money and didn't know whether she was going to be able to make rent the following month. I did some investigating and found that her school could have given her an emergency bursary. She met the qualifications for it, but she had missed the deadline by two weeks.
Even if you aren't going to start school next year, I'd recommend starting to look now. Not to apply, necessarily, but to see what's out there in the way of scholarships, grants and bursaries. See what kind of deadlines and requirements exist. It's better to know about an essay that's required for a scholarship nine months before it's due rather than finding out about it a week before.
Types of scholarships
I'm briefly going to break down the scholarships into two main categories: Automatic Consideration and Need to Apply.
Automatic Consideration means that no application is necessary to be considered for the award. These awards are generally given out to high-ranking academic students upon entrance to a school or program, or for the highest grade in a course or program after completion. There might be other factors considered, like extracurricular activities, but basically, it means no more work than applying to the school.
For Need to Apply scholarships, on the other hand, you, um, need to apply.
Who offers scholarships
Who offers scholarships? Everyone from schools, companies, charities and governments to private individuals. In our database, the majority of scholarships offered are offered by the schools themselves. Some examples of companies or organizations that offer scholarships who are not schools are:
Start looking on the Internet
Where do you start looking after you've gone through your local resources? The Internet. But just doing a search on a search engine, no matter how Internet-savvy you are, is just going to frustrate you. What you need to do is to use a specific database of scholarships, organized in such a way to make searching effective. I would recommend ScholarshipsCanada.com.
You can start looking right away, with no idea where you want to go to school, but I would recommend at least having an idea. As I mentioned before, most of the scholarships in our database are for students attending specific schools; having an idea of where you might go will narrow down the field a bit.
The scholarships in a database tool like ScholarshipsCanada.com will most often not be a complete explanation of everything you have to do to get the scholarships. This is because of space issues, both in the print directory and online. So if you find a scholarship in ScholarshipsCanada.com that interests you, you'll have to use that as a lead and find out more about the scholarship either by contacting the organization who offers it or by looking at their Web site or print literature.
Follow every lead
If you do find a scholarship that leads you to another piece of literature or another Web site, check it out carefully. They may have posted a new scholarship that we haven't got to yet, or they may have changed the name or the requirements of a scholarship. Scholarships are like a trail that you follow. Explore all the forks in the path before you go home.
Preparing an application
This is probably where I'm the weakest in giving advice. As I mentioned before, I have never applied for a scholarship myself, and this part of the process is one I rarely see.
BUT. From what I've learned by talking to administrators and students, and what I've applied from building résumés for jobs, (a similar process, in some ways), the most important thing is to be informed. Make sure you know everything about the award before you apply for it. Be sure they meet all the requirements. A lot of administrators who speak to me tell me that they are frustrated by the number of students who apply for awards but who do not in any way qualify for them. Or by those who may be eligible but who have forgotten some detail of their application package.
Like for a job application or a résumé, spelling, grammar and sentence structure are very important in any kind of scholarship application. Read what you write again and again. Could you say something more succinctly? If so, do it. I come from a journalistic background, so I kind of hate the elevated language a lot of people use when they are applying for jobs or scholarships. If it's done right, then it's pretty cool. But most people aren't good enough writers to do it well, and it comes off sounding awkward and weird. I'd try to keep it simple (though a couple of appropriate, elegant words are always nice). Plus, if you keep it simple, you get to say more. This is my opinion - it could depend on who your audience is.
Finally, try to think of an application letter for a scholarship the same way you would think of a letter you'd write when applying for a job. What makes you more deserving than anyone else for this award? Organize your thoughts. Take the time to figure out who will be reading the letter. If possible, address the letter to them directly. If appropriate, enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for the administrator to use to reply to you. Above all, BE POLITE. Thank them for their time in considering you for the award.


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June 29, 2017 1:37pm
Iowa City, Ia. – June 29, 2017 – AJ Capital Partners announced today that it has acquired the Sheraton Iowa City in Iowa City, Iowa from leading investment firm, Rockbridge. The hotel will undergo a comprehensive renovation to convert to a Graduate hotel by summer 2018. The nine-story, 234-room hotel is located on South Dubuque Street on downtown Iowa City's Ped Mall near the University of Iowa.
Located just a block from the University of Iowa campus, the hotel benefits from an indoor public walkway connecting the hotel with direct access to the city's Pedestrian Mall home to many restaurants, bars and retail shops. With over 13,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a fitness center, indoor pool and restaurant, hotel is an established destination for University visitors, business and leisure travelers, and locals alike.
Created for travelers who seek memory-making journeys, Graduate Hotels are part of a well-curated, thoughtfully crafted collection of hotels that reside in the most dynamic, university-anchored cities across the country. Every property celebrates and commemorates the optimistic energy of its community, while offering an extended retreat to places that often played host to the best days of our lives. Locations include Ann Arbor, Mi.; Athens, Ga.; Berkeley, Ca.; Charlottesville, Va.; Lincoln, Ne.; Madison, Wi.; Oxford, Ms.; Richmond, Va.; and Tempe, Az. Bloomington, In.; Minneapolis, Mn.; Seattle, Wa.; and New York City's Roosevelt Island as part of the Cornell Tech campus are slated to open in 2018 and 2019.
"It is with great pleasure that we announce the acquisition of the Sheraton Iowa City," says Tim Franzen, President of Graduate Hotels. "This acquisition exemplifies our strategy of investing in ideally located assets in multi-dimensional university-anchored markets. Our location on the Ped Mall, the focal point of downtown Iowa City, will offer locals, students and visitors direct access to the hotel. We look forward to expanding our footprint within the Big Ten Conference with Graduate Iowa City's opening next year."
The hotel will undergo a renovation, which will touch all guestrooms, restaurant, pool, meeting and event spaces and the hotel lobby. In addition, Graduate Hotels will introduce an innovative, locally-centric food and beverage program designed to foster interaction between hotel guests and locals.
For more information on Graduate Hotels, please visit www.graduatehotels.com.
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Formatting can help you analyze data by highlighting significant numbers or trends in the data. A conditional format applies formatting only when a cell's value meets a specified condition. For example, a conditional format can make negative numbers red and positive numbers green. Conditional formats are dynamic, so a cell's appearance will change to reflect its current value.
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Tom wants you to format a workbook that compares the sales of the X310 and X410 models during that time. The workbook has a documentation sheet, a Model comparison sheet comparing the total unit sold for each model in the eight sales regions, and a Monthly Sales sheet reporting the number of units sold per month.
In the Model comparison sheet, Tom wants you to highlight the sales regions that showed the greatest sales increases from 2008 to 2009.
In the Model comparison sheet, Tom wants you to highlight the sales regions that showed the greatest sales increases from 2008 to 2009.
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The file on the left side is an instruction file. Click on Download File to open the file. Once opened, print a copy to get started. This particular assignment requires a data file to start. After printing the instruction file, go to the Data Files tab and open "X410" workbook to start.
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Registrations are now open for season two of the Million Dollar Fish competition in the Northern Territory! The competition will see 101 prize tagged barramundi up for grabs in popular fishing spots across the NT; 100 worth $10,000 and one worth $1 million! This season, the competition also includes $96,000 worth of sponsor prizes and will run from 1 October 2016 - 28 February 2017.
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Oil and gas production in the United States is in full swing. The U.S. Energy Information Administration states that domestic energy production is hitting levels not seen in decades. Natural gas production is on the rise thanks to abundant supplies that are now being tapped into effectively due to advancements in drilling technology, such as hydraulic fracturing. As far as oil is concerned, in its monthly short-term energy outlook, the EIA found that in July oil production hit its highest level in 27 years.
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Wattenberg leads the way
The Wattenberg is a large natural gas field located in Colorado's Denver Basin. This field achieved a record 169,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day last quarter, which represented a nearly 60% increase in year-over-year production there. This was due to Anadarko's focus on higher-margin liquids production, thanks to the continued success of the company's horizontal drilling program.
In all, Anadarko delivered record average daily production, of 848,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Adjusted earnings per share rose to $1.32, representing 25% growth year over year.
Thanks to booming production of oil and gas across the United States, a number of exploration and production companies are doing well. Rising production and profitability are a recurring theme, although Anadarko stands out as an above-average performer.
For instance, peer in the space Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) had a solid quarter as well. Its adjusted earnings per share rose 16% in the most recent quarter, driven by successful results in its own core assets.
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For these reasons, ConocoPhillips sold considerable interests in Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Nigeria last year. Its divestments totaled $7 billion, which the company said would be reinvested back into U.S. oil fields.
Moreover, Devon Energy's operations are almost entirely comprised of U.S.-based assets. It holds considerable positions in the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford shale.
By contrast, Anadarko is ramping up its efforts in Algeria as well as Ghana, which may be a risky bet. But these efforts are paying off. Anadarko achieved oil production milestones at its El Merk development in Algeria. Production there eclipsed 150,000 barrels per day recently. At the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, cumulative oil production reached 100 million barrels last quarter.
Clearly, Anadarko isn't afraid to keep operating in international markets, and the results are working in the company's favor.
Going forward, management expects strong performance to continue. The company increased the midpoint of its 2014 sales volume guidance by 5 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Anadarko earnings show the strength of its assets
Anadarko has a diverse asset portfolio, which produced record results last quarter. Production and earnings soared, thanks to continued success at its Wattenberg field, as well as its promising international operations in Algeria and Ghana.
In turn, the company is rewarding shareholders. After Anadarko released its quarterly earnings, the company announced a 50% dividend increase. Management is clearly committed to sharing its success with investors, and that's a great sign.
Anadarko has a high-quality portfolio of diverse assets, and its recent earnings proved that it is a company taking full advantage of booming oil and gas production.


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Leaders of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are divided over an investigative report that failed to assign personal blame for deceptions that turned the orchestra's acquisition of a collection of rare string instruments into an embarrassment. They also differ over just how damaging the episode will be.
A report prepared by three board members and issued last week said that a committee of trustees, staff members and musicians was wrong, during the negotiations for the collection, not to have told the full board that some appraisers had valued it at far less than the donor said it was worth -- and that there were doubts about some of the instruments' authenticity.
The orchestra ultimately purchased the 30 violins, violas and cellos early last year for $17 million from a pet-care magnate, Herbert Axelrod, after he and the orchestra had announced its value as $50 million; the difference could have been a tax deduction for Mr. Axelrod. The committee had told the board the instruments were probably worth about $26 million, not revealing the low-end evaluation of $15.3 million.
Both the chairman of the orchestra, Dr. Victor Parsonnet, and its president and chief executive, Simon Woods, said in interviews this week that there was no reason to assign individual blame or hold anyone accountable for the events. But Bill Baroni, one of the authors of the internal investigative report and a member of the New Jersey State Assembly, was sharply critical of the conduct of some current and former symphony executives.
Mr. Woods, who was hired in April, after the acquisition of the collection, said, "There's not going to be any kind of personal witch hunt," adding, "We're focused on getting things right so the organization functions better in the future."Continue reading the main story
His predecessor, Larry Tamburri, helped lead the effort to acquire the instruments and was singled out by several of the report's authors for failing to properly investigate rumors that Mr. Axelrod was under investigation by federal authorities over other instrument transfers.
"Larry did not do anything, and did not even tell the instrument committee," said Mr. Baroni, who, like the other authors of the report, is a member of the symphony board but was not involved in the purchase. Mr. Tamburri telephoned an official at the Smithsonian Institution, to which Mr. Axelrod had also made a donation of instruments publicly valued at $50 million, and was told that the talk of an investigation was merely a rumor, Mr. Baroni said.
"That's the kind of important piece of information that at least you need to bring to the board and instrument committee," he said. He said Mr. Tamburri would probably have been fired if he were still there.
Mr. Tamburri, who left New Jersey to become the president of the Pittsburgh Symphony, has repeatedly refused requests to comment on his role, issuing only a brief statement that praised the report, noting that it found flaws in the process but concluded that the acquisition was a good idea.
Mr. Baroni also noted that the orchestra's general manager, Susan Stucker, a member of the instrument committee, was present with two violin experts at a six-hour meeting in August 2002 at the Newark Museum at which one of the experts made an independent evaluation of the collection. The report said that "few, if any" notes were taken, and the expert phoned in his evaluation after spending only 10 minutes with each instrument.
"It's a profound lack of due diligence when you don't take notes," Mr. Baroni said.
Ms. Stucker did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
Dr. Parsonnet, who was a member of the instrument committee -- and with Mr. Tamburri, a driving force in the acquisition -- disagreed that Mr. Tamburri deserved particular blame, adding that Ms. Stucker had his full confidence.
"I certainly wouldn't want to blame anyone," he said. "I'm an amateur at this. I'm a heart surgeon. I'm not a violin collector."
Dr. Parsonnet, a prominent figure in New Jersey philanthropic and cultural circles, was a social acquaintance of Mr. Axelrod's. He acknowledged that the instrument committee felt pressured by Mr. Axelrod -- and he left open the possibility that his relationship with him may have played a role in the acquisition. "It may have contributed, but I'm not sure," he said, adding: "I have no guilt. I know I could have done things better with better experience."
The orchestra's primary response has been to hire a consultant to review the way its board operates. Her report is due next month, Mr. Woods said.
No outside agency has conducted a review of the symphony's handling of the acquisition. But its internal review drew some skepticism from the staff of the Senate Finance Committee in Washington, which is looking into whether donors to nonprofit organizations are using inflated gift values as tax dodges. The panel has sought information about Mr. Axelrod's gifts to both the symphony and the Smithsonian Institution.
One of the key issues in the committee's eyes is whether the orchestra did anything to help Mr. Axelrod claim an improper tax deduction.
The symphony's internal report said the orchestra had protected itself from a criminal investigation by making the "wise decision" not to formally acknowledge a gift from Mr. Axelrod. But in a letter to Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who is chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Woods noted that Mr. Axelrod never requested the Internal Revenue Service form that would have recorded the gift.
A Republican staff member of the Finance Committee questioned how praiseworthy that course of action was. "It's not a case where a charity made a deliberate effort not to" document the gift, he said. "They were just not asked to do it." The staff member said that public comment had to come from its chairman, Senator Grassley, a member of whose staff said he was not available to answer questions.
After his deal with the New Jersey Symphony, Mr. Axelrod became caught up in a separate tax fraud investigation unrelated to any instrument deals. He fled to Cuba and then Europe, was arrested in Germany and extradited. Earlier this month, he agreed in a plea bargain not to claim a deduction for the gift.
Dr. Parsonnet said he was worried about long-term damage to the orchestra's image -- the very thing it was trying to burnish with the acquisition of the instruments. "Most people tell me they think it won't hurt," he said. "They think it will go away."
Mr. Woods said that giving to the orchestra's annual fund from individuals, corporations and foundations for the fiscal year ending next June was 28 percent ahead of where it was this time last year.
Mr. Baroni was less optimistic. At a neighborhood Christmas party on Sunday evening he was chatting with a donor to the orchestra, he said. "I feel I've been cheated," she told him.
And at a Christmas concert that same day by the Trenton Symphony Orchestra, a Santa Claus came onstage to offer the orchestra its Christmas present, a set of Stradivarius violins, Mr. Baroni recounted. The conductor replied: "No thanks. We're very happy with the instruments we have."Continue reading the main story


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Sorry for the dead air over the last few months. Things got a bit hectic at my job and I couldn't seem to find the free time to post. On the plus side, things are starting to calm down. We've shipped some more software and I'm finally catching up with some side projects.
One project which I started at the March CocoaHead Hackday is GoldCards. It's an iOS reference tool for Hearthstone.
While I want this to be a Universal (iPhone and iPad) app in time I think I'm going to finish up a few more loose ends and release it as an iPhone-only app for now.
Another big side project is CocoaLove, an iOS-focused conference coming to Philly. I'm on the planning committee (sponsorship and AV to be specific). I'd also like to help build a simple conference app with the schedule and what not. Shouldn't be too hard considering my history with such things.
In addition to all that I'm also trying to catch up with some web tech, Ember and Node to be precise. There are a few things on my idea board that could utilize such skills so I'm taking some time reading books and going through Code School examples to catch up.


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Most areas of the world do not boast climates conducive to growing everything we'd like to eat year-round. Most backyards do not boast enough space to justify or accommodate a full-sized greenhouse. Thus, one staple of an Urban Homesteader's garden space is some type of cloche.
Cloche means 'little bell' in French (originally, cloches were little bell-shaped domes that fit over individual plants) and its main objective in the garden is to make the area inside warmer than the area outside, thus warming the soil. It also must offer access to light for the plants inside. It can be just about any size; from a 2 liter soda bottle with the bottom cut off, to a plastic frame over a seed flat, to a 3′ deep and wide box, to a 50X15′ section of Re-may stretched over bent PVC pipes. As long as it is some sort of structure, has light-porous material (windows, clear plastic, Re-may cloth) and can be opened and closed (or lifted off) with relative ease, you've got yourself a cloche.
A cold frame is an adaptation of the cloche, and offers a bit more protection as its box-like structure keeps out drafts and its placement is a bit more permanent. Here's the box-style cold frame I built for my backyard entirely out of reclaimed materials. It's made of plywood that angles down on the sides so that the back is about a foot high and the front about 8 inches. I attached an old window with 2 hinges to the back side of the box (the angling is to aid water run-off on top and allow for a little more captured sun in the back of the box.) Super simple, quick-build. I've even mounded the sides with sod clumps from the garden area I've dug up. This will help insulate the box and hold in more warm air.
The only problem with a cold frame like this (especially under the perpetual cloud cover of the Pacific Northwest) is the sun exposure is drastically limited due to the solid sides. That's where a box cold frame like this comes in handy:
Another cloche option looks like this one in this food bank-supplying community garden. Just a wooden frame with 4-mil plastic stretched and stapled over top. It's about 3 feet high and easily moved around. If you try this, just be sure to get at least the 4-mil plastic, 6-mil is even better, but anything less than that will tear too easily.
And just about the cheapest of all larger cloches: the bed-long bent PVC and row cover design. Coils of black PVC pipe were cut into about 2 1/2 foot long sections, bent over and stuck in the ground on each end and heavy-duty plastic (or Re-may cloth) was stretched over and weighted on both sides by bricks (you could also use stakes or make some large wire staples) or some other heavy objects. The plastic is good for really heating up the soil and letting the sun through, but the Re-may is a better option for letting in rain water. I made this cloche for about $5 in all; pipe, plastic and bricks.
Cloches are something you can really get creative with: upturned flower pots make great overnight cloches if a frost is threatening, simply remove them from the plant once the temperature warms up the next day so the plant can get some light; cutting off the bottom of a milk or soda bottle (keep or remove the cap depending on the temperature) makes for a great individual plant cloche too; or even an upside down dish drainer with a small length of plastic stretched over top can make for a windowsill or small lettuce or herb bed cloche.
It's also a good idea to have an efficient watering system in place with cloches; either drip line running underneath a long covered bed, or regular hand watering, because the warmer temperatures inside the cloche cause a bit more transpiration (water evaporating off of the plants and soil) and can heat up and dry out your plants faster than when uncovered.


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Brussels, 26 November 2010
The European Asylum Support Office starts its activities
The first meeting of the Management Board of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will take place in Malta on 25 and 26 November. On that occasion, the first Executive Director will be selected, and regulations on the internal functioning of the Agency and the first priorities will be discussed.
How is the EASO going to work?
The EASO is established in the form of a regulatory agency. The EASO founding Regulation provides that the Office will be fully operational by 19 June 2011.
The planning and monitoring authority of the office is its Management Board. It consists of one member from each EU country, of two members from the Commission and of a non-voting member from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The term of office of management board members is three years, renewable.
The management board appoints the executive director from candidates selected via an open competition. The executive director is responsible for managing and acting as the legal representative of the office. The term of office of the executive director is five years, renewable once for not more than three years. The first Executive Director will be formally appointed early 2011 by the EASO Management Board after a hearing before the European Parliament.
The EASO may set up working parties composed of experts in the field of asylum.
A consultative forum is to be established for cooperation between the EASO and relevant civil society organisations and other competent bodies working on asylum policy at local, regional, national, European or international level.
The budget foreseen for the period 2010 – 2013 is around €40 million.
What is the mandate of the EASO?
The Regulation establishing the EASO contributes to the creation of a Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The mandate of the EASO is to strengthen Member States' practical cooperation on asylum, to support Member States whose asylum systems are under particular pressure and to enhance the implementation of the CEAS.
How will asylum support teams be helpful?
Upon request for assistance by Member States under particular pressure, the EASO may coordinate the deployment of one or more asylum support teams to their territories for an appropriate period of time. These teams are to provide technical assistance such as interpreting services, information on countries of origin and know-how on managing asylum cases.
The EASO will not only establish an asylum intervention pool made up of experts, from which the teams are drawn up, but will also draw up a list of interpreters. EU countries are to contribute to this pool with experts from their national pools and assist in the identification of interpreters. An operating plan is to be established.
The Common European Asylum System: What is the state of play?
The launch of the EASO is a major step towards the establishment of a Common European Asylum System (CEAS) by 2012 (a deadline set by the Stockholm Programme). But it is only one element of a broader package, aiming at setting up a common area of protection and solidarity based on a common asylum procedure and a uniform status for those granted international protection.
The first generation of the CEAS instruments were adopted between 2000 and 2005. The EU is engaging in improving its asylum acquis with a second generation of legislation.
In order to complete the ongoing construction of the CEAS, six legislative proposals have to be negotiated. The objective of the current EU Presidency is to accelerate negotiations on four instruments (revision of the Dublin and EURODAC Regulations, the extension of the Long term Residence Status Directive and the Qualification Directive), with clear commitment to continue negotiations on the remaining two others (the Reception Conditions Directive and the Asylum Procedures Directive).
The extension of the long term residents directive to beneficiaries of international protection (COM (2007) 298 amending Directive 2003/109/EC)
This proposal is designed to extend the legal system for Non-EU Member Country nationals with long-term resident status to include persons with international protection. The Commission has proposed that such persons, who initially were not covered by Directive 2003/109/EC, may be granted the rights under long-term resident status after a period of five years' legal residence. The beneficiaries targeted are refugees under the terms of the Geneva Convention and persons enjoying subsidiary protection within the meaning of Directive 2004/83/EC.
Good progress has been achieved and a final compromise could be reached very soon between the European Parliament and the Council.
The Dublin II Regulation
With regards to Dublin II Regulation, a recast proposal was presented in December 2008 with the aim of increasing efficiency of asylum cases and offering better guarantees and legal protection to asylum seekers (IP/08/1875).
A number of issues still need to be resolved. This is notably the definition of family members, provisions on detention in relation with the Dublin procedure and the suspensive character of appeals against transfer decisions. The Commission is in favour of a common exceptional mechanism for the temporary suspension of transfers of asylum seekers to the first country of entry in the EU territory. This 'mécanisme d'urgence' would allow the EU to deal with exceptional situations where certain Member States would suffer from a heavy burden they simply cannot cope with on their own.
The EURODAC Regulation
EURODAC (the system collecting asylum seekers fingerprints) was the first instrument adopted in the field of asylum. It is a European flagship biometric IT system in support of asylum policy and for the proper implementation of the Dublin regulation. With its new proposal of 11th October 2010, the Commission aims at allowing for a rapid agreement by the co-legislators on the EURODAC Regulation, and thereby facilitate progress on the whole asylum package as well as the timely set up of the IT Agency (that should also be responsible for the management of EURODAC).
The Qualification Directive
The Commission submitted its proposal for the recast of the Qualification Directive in October 2009 (IP/09/1552). This proposal clarifies certain legal concepts, such as "actors of protection", "internal protection" or "membership of a particular social group", in order to enable national authorities to apply the criteria more robustly and to identify more quickly persons in need of protection. Furthermore, the proposal aims to approximate the rights granted to refugees and to beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. The amendments concern the duration of residence permits, access to social welfare, health care and the labour market. This would entail a reduction of the costs and administrative burdens linked to the management of different protection statuses.
What other tool is there to help Member States implement the asylum acquis?
The European Refugee Fund (ERF)
The ERF is another tool supporting the efforts of Member States to apply fair and effective asylum procedures and to promote good practices in the field of asylum so as to protect the rights of persons requiring international protection. The ERF can provide all Member States (except Denmark; UK and Ireland have opted in) with financial assistance in a wide range of cases: structures and training to ensure access to asylum procedures for asylum seekers, legal assistance, material aid and medical or psychological care, social assistance, the provision of support services such as translation, training for the national staff, measures promoting the integration of beneficiaries of international protection into Member States' societies. Furthermore, the ERF also provides assistance to Member States which may face particular pressure.
The Temporary Protection Directive
The Temporary Protection Directive was adopted in 2001. It foresees the triggering of an emergency procedure in the event of a mass influx or imminent mass influx of displaced persons, the existence of which is established by an EU decision on a proposal from the Commission, in particular if there is also a risk that the asylum system will be unable to process this influx without adverse effects for its efficient operation. The temporary protection mechanism established by the Directive has not been used yet.
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Ross Roosevelt Davis of Mapleton, Utah, age 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of September 28, 2017, on the birthday of his beloved wife, Mary Lyn Carter Davis, who preceded him in death in 2005. Ross was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lorenzo Roosevelt Davis and Winona LaVon Davis on January 28, 1933. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; Park City, Utah; Long Beach; Templeton; and Mapleton, Utah. He was sealed to Lyn in the St. George LDS Temple on July 16, 1954.
Many knew Ross as Dr. Davis, their physician/surgeon in Long Beach, Templeton, and finally Avenal State Prison where he served as Chief Medical Officer for seventeen years. In addition to his medical career, Ross was highly accomplished as a private pilot, experimental aircraft builder, architect, scuba diver, coin collector, pianist, hunter, woodworker, artist (oils), sculptor, snow skier, auto mechanic, farmer, and that just scratches the surface. Ross was honored to serve his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He met Howard Hughes, Eleanor Roosevelt, and assisted with surgeries on Charles Manson and Billie Jean King. He knew Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and was invited to Washington D.C. to interview for Attorney General of the United States.
Ross loved to fly. It was one of the great joys of his life. He flew Cessnas, Pipers, Mooneys, Bonanzas, and whatever else he could arrange, exchange, or trade for so he always had the right aircraft for the purpose at hand. He flew for business, he flew for fun, and he flew his family around on vacations to places near and far. But it wasn't always that way. By the time he completed medical school, internship, and residency, and was ready to begin his family medical practice, he and Lyn already had five young children. They rented an apartment in back of his parents' home and packed the whole family in a 1957 VW Beetle to save money for the future he dreamed of providing for his young family.
Ross loved medicine. He loved everything about it. Determined to be the first in his family to earn a college degree, he went on to fight for acceptance to and graduate medical school at a time when the competition was fierce and there was no family history in that field. In the early years, he worked long hours at Pacific or Memorial Hospitals in the Emergency Room, then walked across the street to his medical office which was designed and built by his father, Lorenzo, a general contractor. He cared about his patients and treated them like family, often not charging those in need. In the evening, his "house calls" took him to the homes of those too sick to come to the office. His medical skills were even called upon to help save the life of his wife, Lyn, when stricken with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, stage IIIC, at the age of thirty-seven years, facing a survival rate under five percent. She lived to be seventy-one, and for every bonus year of her life, Ross made sure she had the best medical care available on Earth until her body finally could not endure any longer.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ross was called upon to serve in many capacities, including as a bishop (pastor of a local congregation), high councilor, and many teaching and Boy Scouting positions. He was innovative, thoughtful, and compassionate with those whom he served.
In November 2016, Ross suffered a massive, debilitating stroke while at home alone. He had just enjoyed Thanksgiving Day with family in good health, then sometime on Saturday afternoon or evening, the stroke left him unable to call for help. He endured many months of rehab, nursing and hospice care, fighting to recover, but the damage was done. Ross is survived by his five children: Stevan Ross (Leuri) Davis of Provo, Utah; Bradley Garth (Ruth) Davis of Bakersfield, California; Craig Alan (Whitney) Davis of Pleasant Grove, Utah; Kimberly (Don) Lovelace of Springville, Utah; and Dana Denise Griffith of Templeton, California; as well as dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Lyn, his parents, his oldest brother Marvin Davis, his son-in-law Doyle Griffith, and his grandson, Eric Ross Davis.
The family thanks the caring health professionals at Utah Valley Hospital, Orchard Park Rehab, and Beehive Homes of Orem, for their loving and patient care.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Ross Roosevelt Davis was held in the chapel of Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary located at 495 South State Street in Orem, Utah, on Monday, October 2, 2017, at 6 p.m.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 9, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Funeral Services at Dancing Deer Farms -- 2975 Vineyard Drive, Templeton, CA. A Burial and Graveside Ceremony will follow immediately at Paso Robles District Cemetery, Paso Robles, CA at 1:30 p.m. immediately following the Funeral Service. The family and invited guests will then return to Dancing Deer Farms for a Family Meal and Memories at about 3 p.m. The public is invited to the Funeral Service and Graveside Ceremony.
Arrangements under the direction of Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home, Paso Robles, CA.


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Bengaluru: JUNE 12TH Karnataka police's special investigation team on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man who is suspected to have shot dead journalist Gauri Lankesh outside her home in Bengaluru in September last year. The accused, Parashuram Wagmore, is a member of the right-wing group Sri Rama Sene. He was produced before a magistrate and sent to police custody for 14 days. The SIT also arrested his alleged accomplice Sunil Agasara.
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