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James A. Hawkins served eleven years as a U. S. Marine, and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. His Marine Corps Vietnam War novel, A Common Virtue (Naval Institute Press, 240 pp., $29.95), takes place during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
Paul Jackson, an eighteen-year old recon Marine sniper, is the lone survivor of a massacre on a hillside. This is the information we are given in the cover blurb. It goes on to say that the book "is about growing into manhood in a toxic America and a world gone mad."
That is the true subject of this first novel. I had expected and hoped for a Marine Corps adventure novel. The author seems filled with bitterness about America. The book begins with a brief author's note in which Hawkins mentions that Marines "returned to a thankless nation." Later he says that Marines served in a war "that even today America despises."
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This lodge was chosen because it was closer to the airport than other Windhoek locations.
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A superb location with a great view.
The staff stood out for their warmth and humour and helpfulness.
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Spent an evening there as it is reasonably close to the airport. Pleasant without being very luxurious. Very nice verandah and we had a lovely sunset.
NO real "wow" factor (certainly compared to the safari lodges that we stayed in later).
Good for last night
Good for the day before you fly home, there is a nice pool and the views across the hills are wonderful.
Although the staff were friendly, there seemed to be a bit confused at times. Although we didn't want to do any activities, we weren't offered any either.
We had a 5 course tasting dinner with wine - the wine was very nice, but the food was very disappointing, shame as it was our last night.
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River Crossing could be a great view and location, but it lacked atmosphere.
It was the only place that did not offer a welcome drink, an important touch after a long drive.
I did not feel that we really met anyone in charge and just seemed to exist on the periphery of a conference that was being held there on the day we left.
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As this guest house was located near the airport, it suited our purpose and was OK.Read more about the whole trip
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A brief but convenient stay near the airport
We only spent one night here on arrival in Namibia - it's location made it a perfect place as it's only a short drive from the airport - the room was beautiful and the setting very peaceful.
Breakfast was great the following morning and then unfortunately we had to head off to our next location
River Crossing Windhoek
Not the most pretty set of buildings, but the location is great.
An excellent one-night stop-over before continuing your holiday in Namibia.
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Just Sam (Greeley's Conquest – Katie Bird, by Dome) is slated to make the first start of his career on Saturday, August 16th at Evangeline Downs in a $22,000 Maiden Special Weight race. The bay gelding was bred in Kentucky by his owner, Dream Walkin' Farms, better known as country music star Toby Keith. Just Sam is 12/1 on the morning line in a field of 12 two-year-olds. We wish all the best to Just Sam and Dream Walkin' Farms as well as trainer Harlan Boutte and jockey Coby Bourque. Post time for the race is 9:27 PM EDT. View the complete entries for the race here:
Saint Greeley entered in Iowa Cradle Stakes on Sat., Aug. 2July 31, 2014
Saint Greeley (Greeley's Conquest – Saint Chi Chi, by Silver Deputy) looks to improve upon his 5th place finish last time out in the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes in this Saturday's Iowa Cradle Stakes at Prairie Meadows. This will be the third start for the chestnut gelding who broke his maiden first time out by an impressive 8 1/4 lengths. We wish all the best to Saint Greeley and his connections. Post time for the Iowa Cradle Stakes is 8:51 PM EDT. View the full entries for the race here:
Casiguapo entered in Amsterdam Stakes (Gr. 2) at Saratoga on Sat., July 26July 24, 2014
Multiple graded stakes placed Casiguapo (Sightseeing – Emerald Buddha, by Buddha) looks to knock down his first stakes victory this Saturday, July 26th at Saratoga in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes. The chestnut colt seems to have taken well to his return to the Saratoga dirt after posting a solid 4 furlong workout in 47.50 on July 19th over the same track where he ran second in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes last September. Casiguapo was bred in Kentucky by the University of Kentucky's Maine Chance Farm on a donated season and was last seen closing strong to get up for second in the Cherokee Run Stakes at Gulfstream Park on July 5th. Good luck to owner All American Horses LLC, trainer Mario Morales, and jockey Jose Lezcano. Post time for the 6 1/2 furlong contest is 4:57 PM EDT. View the full entries for the race here:
Greely Is Back (by Greeley's Conquest) to make first start on Sat., July 26 at Ellis ParkJuly 23, 2014
Greely Is Back (Greeley's Conquest – Kitty's Legend, by Souvenir Copy) is scheduled to make his first career start in a $28,500 Maiden Special Weight race at Ellis Park on Saturday, July 26th. The dark bay/brown colt was bred in Kentucky by his owner, Millard R. Seldin, who also owns Greeley's Conquest. Trained by Gary Thomas with Leandro Goncalves up, Greely Is Back currently sits at morning line odds of 5/1. We here at Endeavor Farm are anxious to see yet another first time starter for Greeley's Conquest and wish the colt and his connections the best of luck. Post time is 4:00 PM EDT. View the full entries for the race here:
Saint Greeley entered in Prairie Gold Juvenile S. on Sat., July 19thJuly 16, 2014
Saint Greeley (Greeley's Conquest – Saint Chi Chi, by Silver Deputy) is entered in the $75,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Saturday, July 19th. The chestnut gelding will attempt to knock down his second win in as many attempts after breaking his maiden first time out by an impressive 8 1/4 lengths in a $30,000 Maiden Special Weight race at Prairie Meadows on June 1st. Best of luck to the connections of Saint Greeley who is the 4/1 morning line second choice in a field of eight. The race goes off at 9:44 EDT. View the full entries here:
Killer Party entered Thur., July 10th at Prairie MeadowsJuly 7, 2014
Killer Party, a 2-year-old son of Desert Party, looks to make his first career start in a $30,000 Maiden Special Weight at Prairie Meadows on Thursday, July 10th. The bay colt is out of the Kris S. mare Killoe and was born and raised here at Endeavor Farm. We couldn't be happier to see Killer Party entered and wish his owner and breeder, Big Sugar Racing (Tim Harris), the best of luck in this five furlong test. Post time is 8:23 PM EDT. View the full entries for the race here:
Ice Cream Wagon (by Greeley's Conquest) entered Thur., July 10th at Lone Star ParkJuly 7, 2014
Be on the look out for Greeley's Conquest's next first-time starter, Ice Cream Wagon, who is entered in a Maiden Claiming $25,000-$20,000 on Thursday, July 10th at Lone Star Park. Out of the Cactus Ridge mare Ice Cream Cutie, Ice Cream Wagon was bred by his owner, Dream Walkin' Farms, who you may know better as country music star Toby Keith. Best of luck to Dream Walkin' Farms, trainer Paul Smith, and jockey Narciso Cruz. Post time is 8:03 EDT. View the full entries for the race here:


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1. Camera and pictures as positive reinforcement.
Kids love pictures – looking at them, taking them, being in them. Photographs of pets and children can be an ice breaker with a new student. You can reward a great job by letting the child take a picture of his work, and allowing the child to bring pictures from home to show the therapist can be especially rewarding – which bring us to number 2!
2. Photos as a conversation starter.
Portable, interesting, and universal, bringing in a few photos of family and pets can be a great starting point for a speech group activity! Having a "show and tell" provides an opportunity to practice social skills as well as language use! Turn taking, adding details, and pronoun use are just a few ways a photo can get our students talking! On his blog, speech-language pathologist Erik Raj recently posted an entry in his blog titled "Using Your Cell Phone Photos as Speech Therapy Story Starters", check it out for more ideas!
3. Photos as data collection.
Because digital cameras are so easily accessible, including cell phone cameras, it is both inexpensive and convenient to take photographs of student work. This can be a way to be greener, and use less paper. Use a dry erase board for writing practice, snap a quick picture, and erase! Photos can record writing samples that may be completed during a push-in classroom session, when student work may be handed in to a teacher. Also, taking a picture can support a school-based therapist's memory when a prized piece of artwork is brought home before the note is written!
4. An illustrated exercise program.
Snap some pictures of your student performing their therapy exercises for an individualized way for the family and staff to carry over and record practice. Stay tuned for our upcoming entry about how to easily create a professional looking exercise routine! This could apply to physical, speech, or occupational therapy exercises!
5. To support independence in daily living skills.
OTs are trained in activity analysis. Using this skill, break down self-care, meal preparation, and classroom routines into their component parts, photograph each, and you have a versatile teaching tool! The student can practice sequencing (a great speech skill!), or may be able to complete tasks with faded prompting or assistance. Imagine a laminated visual for dish washing, with an environment-specific photograph of each step, or vocational tasks broken down and attached to a keychain!
6. To complete visual-motor tasks.
Take pictures of each step of a building toy activity. Print, laminate, and place on a keyring. Having the visual of each step is effective in many ways. It allows for a decrease in the amount of auditory input and verbal cues needed, which can be beneficial for students with auditory sensitivities, as well as students with behavioral difficulties, including opposition to adult instruction. It also creates a concrete and predictable end to the task, which would benefit students who find the task difficult or undesirable, or those who benefit from routine and knowing the next task.
7. To educate staff and teachers about therapy interventions.
As therapists, we use many strategies and tools in therapy sessions. But sometimes we don't see the carry-over across other settings. This may be for a variety of reasons, but, just like our students, adults can benefit from visuals! Take a picture of the correct use of the pencil grasp, half-kneel positioning, or oral motor exercise, and write a short description of the purpose and goal of the image. For example, for a photograph of the child holding the grasp, the back might say "We are trialing a pencil weight so that the tremors in Student's hand are decreased. We hope that this make it less taxing on Student and his writing becomes more legible."
8. A low-tech communication aid.
For students who may be non-verbal, or may use AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices, communication may become a challenge to the occupational or physical therapist. Student participation in therapy sessions may also be impacted, as a feeling of helplessness may arise from being unable to express wants or needs. For students who are beginning to use AAC or may not have specific options related to OT and PT, photographs of items and activities in the therapy room can be transformed into a customized visual board.
9. Goal-setting!
As therapists, we are always talking about goal setting. How can photos help us set and reach goals? Aside from the activities I have discussed so far, we can use photos set goals for ourselves and our students. A picture of a student's best writing can be a reminder of expectations in the classroom. A photo of the child achieving a milestone – like tying his shoes independently for the first time – can keep him motivated when frustrated! As therapists, we can best help our clients by having a clear picture of our own professional goals. Using photos can help us visualize where we want to be (and I'm not talking about pictures of tropical beaches!) Pinterest is a great example of creating a professional vision board – follow our Pinterest boards here to help you create your own goal board!
10. Photos to learn about self-regulation.
The ALERT program uses engine level terminology to describe states of self-regulation, and included in the manual are cartoon pictures of the different engine levels. But photographs can more engaging and appealing to our students, particularly those on the autism spectrum. Sorting through your own photographs may turn up great examples of states of self-regulation, but there are other great choices available. Websites such as https://www.flickr.com/ and http://www.apimages.com/ have many images that can be viewed online for free. And using photographs of the student's own expressions and self-regulation states can be a terrific visual illustration for a five-point scale!
11. Self-regulation and sensory learning – a bonus use!
There are so many terrific ways to use photographs with self-regulation, I included one more! A great way to create a portable vision board – print out a variety of photographs, generally "people-free". Landscapes, buildings, cars, nature, animals are all great choices. Then allow the child to choose a picture that helps them feel "calm and alert". (For more details about creating this visual, including a quick and easy way for students to choose a photo, check out this post at the Organizing OT.) Then help the child find a way to use this photograph to remind himself of his self-regulation levels and need for sensory breaks or strategies!


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IRNA – A 36-member trade delegation from Mazandaran headed by deputy governor of Mazandaran for coordination, economic and human resources affairs departed Iran for Italy on Monday.
The trip is a response to Marche governor general's tour to Iran on July 11 during which some MoUs were signed.
The articles of the MoUs consisted of exchanging tourists in health field, participating and investing in tourism infrastructural plans, holding Mazandaran's handicraft exhibition in Marche province, developing agricultural and industrial cooperation with the focus on small and medium sized industries, including livestock and poultry.
Facilitating customs regulations and preferential tariffs, issuance of visas and permits for joint venture investment by the two provinces' tradesmen are among the other areas of cooperation enshrined in the MoUs.
Sari signed sisterhood agreement with Marche.
Marche is located in the Central area of Italy, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the Republic of San Marino to the north, Tuscany to the west, Umbria to the southwest, Abruzzo and Lazio to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east.


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Put that Smarthphone down, and listen
Rabbi Ori Cohen on Media and the Torah Life
I have a friend.
The friend has a son.
The son is mentally challenged.
He used to go out and work.
He would put on tefillin.
He would go to shul.
Once he went to Uman.
One day he went out and bought a smartphone.
Now he doesn't go out to work.
He doesn't put on tefillin.
He doesn't go to shul.
He lies in bed all day,
Eyes glued to his smartphone.
This post, the first of several, is addressed to anyone who has observed anything similar, also to those who haven't noticed yet. I am writing this in the Nine Days; it seems an appropriate subject for study during this time. And afterward. As Rabbi Ori Cohen writes, "The complete consolation will only come when from this darkness a great light will appear, when something new is born that would not have been possible without this darkness."
A few years ago, Rabbi Cohen was driving in his car when he heard a broadcast advising parents, in all seriousness, to avoid the next tragedy by placing their smartphone on the back seat next to their toddler. Apparently someone thought that it would be easier for a parent to remember their smartphone than to remember not to leave their child to die in a locked car.
The shock Rabbi Cohen experienced on hearing this announcement brought it home to him that in confronting the "culture of the screen," as Rabbi Cohen calls it, we are dealing with a threat to life. This realization eventually resulted in a book entitled Kelim BeYad Keleinu (Tools in the Hands of our Tools).
I saw this book a few months ago in "Dabri Shir", the religious bookstore in Jerusalem's Central Bus Station. At last, I thought, a religious book on the influence of the media. So I bought it and have managed to get through it (my reading speed in Hebrew is not great), and I'd like to summarize its findings for other Anglos, adding a little input of my own.
The book is actually based partly on English sources, notably the work of Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan. But Rabbi Cohen adds a Torah perspective, which both highlights the urgency of the problem and suggests ways of approaching it. You've probably heard a lot of it before. But there are things that can't be said too often, and they're the basis for any constructive thinking on the subject.
In his first chapter, "Knowing the Sickness", Rabbi Cohen writes:
My goal on first reading is to shock the reader, even make him despair a bit….because on this subject any premature consolation is dangerous. It is important to stay with the despair. Any action to change reality has to come from a clear and unvarnished view of it.
Paradoxically, Rabbi Cohen notes, in "despair" is hope! "This is an emergency affecting our very self-definition as humans. The consciousness of it should trigger our survival instinct, awaken strengths in us which we do not have in everyday life." As Jews, "we have bitachon, confidence, that an answer will come."
Perhaps this is one reason why we say that Mashiach is born on Tisha b'Av.
It's from the depth of destruction and despair that the new light breaks forth, because destruction and despair can cause us to discard self-deception, let go of false solutions and turn to the true Source of hope and counsel.
Summarizes findings from researchers in Israel as well as abroad, Rabbi Cohen tells us that as a result of the exposure of youth to the abominations available on the smartphone, violence among youth is rising even in "elite" neighborhoods. A youth may be a good student, a leader in youth groups, an officer in a combat unit, and yet be superficial, violent and callous in his personal relations, without real friends, indifferent even to his family, and materialistic in outlook.
Family members are alienated, cut off from one another. "Before our eyes another kind of human being is taking shape." A recent study in the US showed a 40% decline in empathy among college students over the course of a decade.
Rabbi Cohen quotes Neil Postman, an American thinker who devoted several books to the problem of the media, as speaking of a "social holocaust." (And he didn't even live to see the smartphone, just the internet.)
The religious-nationalist thinker Rabbi Shlomo Aviner put it this way:
The smartphone is the number one enemy of the human race. The smartphone deprives man of his most important quality – the ability to think. He loses touch with his environment, loses intimacy with his wife and even with himself.
From the hareidi author Koby Levy comes the following:
When I became a baal teshuvah thirty years ago, the hareidi world was completely different. The concept of "lite" didn't exist there… When the age of cellular uncleanness arrived, the "hareidi lite" became a frequent sight… The "hareidi lite" (and his wife, of course) treats prayer, modesty, Shabbat, Torah study, and guarding of the eyes – in short, EVERYTHING – with contempt. He disguises himself as a hareidi for social convenience, but it's just not where he's at…The hareidi "lite" does everything – travels abroad, eats semi-kosher, and of course dives deeply into the sites of cellular uncleanness…"Don't preach to me, the world is modern, we need to be open to what's going on outside the ghetto."
Rabbi Cohen asks: "The hareidi community was able to erect high walls against the enlightenment, Zionism, modernity – why have the walls come tumbling down before the new media?!"
The content spewed over cellphones, made so readily available without any social controls whatever, is certainly a large part of the problem. ("Why do so many people not filter their internet"? Rabbi Cohen asks.) But the content is not the only problem. The deepest damage is rooted in the nature of the medium itself, regardless of what content it transmits. Rabbi Cohen explores this in his second chapter, which bears the title of the book: "Tools in the Hands of Our Tools."
The medium is not a neutral channel; it shapes us.
The Canadian thinker Marshall McLuhan, in his 1964 book Understanding Media, coined the slogan "The medium is the message." McLuhan's line of thought was continued by Neil Postman in his books. Rabbi Cohen points out that this insight was actually present already in the Gemara: "The words which are written thou art not at liberty to say by heart, and the words transmitted orally thou art not at liberty to recite from writing". (Gittin 60b)
He writes: "The saying of information, the writing of information, the visual presentation of information, the photographing of information, and the singing of information – these are different ways of transmitting content, and each form of transmission sets its seal on the information." The content will come out different in each. E.g., smoke signals are not complicated enough to convey ideas about the nature of the universe!
The quality of a society can be told by the medium of communication it uses. "A society built around the book will necessarily be deeper and more educated, while a society that expresses messages through pictures on cave walls will be primitive and superficial."
Here comes the first bit of input I would like to add to the discussion. Rabbi Cohen, apparently following McLuhan and Postman, misses something about primitive society, or "oral culture." Primitive societies did not communicate mainly through paintings; those are just the things that have left traces. Primitive cultures communicated mainly through the spoken word, also "body language."
These things aren't "media"; they're the person him/herself. Furthermore, because they couldn't write things down, they had to rely on memory. And in order to strengthen memory, they developed techniques, sometimes elaborate ones, some of which survive in POETRY (that antiquated relic will be mentioned again). Information memorized and transmitted orally is different from information stored on tablets, sheets of paper or hard drives. It is part of the person, it is known "by heart."
Oral communication has its advantages and its drawbacks. It mixes verbal transmission with "body language" (arguably the language of the animal soul!). As a result it is hard to lie in oral communication – unless of course the person wants to be lied to (wants flattery or submission, or signals that he or she is not ready to hear what you want to tell them). This may well be the source of legends about blind seers or poets – those unable to ready body language have a better chance of seeing the truth! But at least, in oral communication, people generally knew who they were talking to. And because they relied on verbal communication, many primitive societies laid great stress on keeping one's word.
Back to Rabbi Cohen. He points out, and this is critical, that the medium of communication "is not peripheral to personality, it touches on the core point of us as humans, defined as medaber (speaking)." (Recall the fourfold division of being: inanimate, vegetable, animate, and speaking.) Unlike other technological developments (e.g. the hammer which extends our muscular strength), communications media are not just extensions of human faculties.
While inventions that extend our physical capacities change our environment, changes in communications media affect our "control center." "The way a person expresses his inner world shapes that inner world." While external conveniences may remain tools in our hands, with communications media we are likely to become "the tools of our tools."
Rational thought itself is dependent on words.
"Intelligence develops within a certain communicative environment. The deeper and more complex the speech a child hears, the more his intelligence will develop. If he hears only superficial chatter he will develop a superficial personality."
Rabbi Cohen's third chapter is named "The Loss of Childhood" and describes a process wherein:
the developmental stages that need to appear between the ages of 7 and 17 gradually disappear, and the child becomes a miniature adult whose world is similar to that of the grownups in language, dress and style. Of course, when there is no difference between the child and the adult, this means that the adult is also diminished, so that the loss of childhood is also the loss of adulthood — in other words, the loss of the human image.
Rabbi Cohen describes the symptoms of this disappearance extensively and then proceeds to give a "history" of childhood.
Childhood, Rabbi Cohen states following Postman, is essentially a social construct. In Greek and Roman civilization the boundaries between childhood and adulthood were not yet clearly defined, and still less so in the "darkness" of the Middle Ages. Postman relates this to the disappearance of literacy, which, he believes, had just begun to define childhood in the ancient world.
It was literacy, Postman believed, that really drove the definition of childhood. The existence of a code that had to be laboriously learned for the child to gain access to the knowledge of the adult world, forced adults to form a space in which the child could be protected during the learning process. And this in turn forced adults to become responsible, caring, nurturing. From this necessity, civilization was born.
For the Jewish people, of course, the book and education were central early on, and this was part of the basis for the difference between the Jews and other peoples. With the invention of the printing press, literacy became widespread, and with it all the institutions and attitudes necessary for education. Postman viewed the invention and spread of the printing press as a great and beneficial revolution that has shaped our definition of humanness.
Here, again, a little input from me. Postman's depiction of the "Gutenberg revolution" skips over the first great "media" revolution, the invention of writing, which, among other things, is so central to Judaism.
According to historians, writing, which has done so much to transform humanity, wasn't invented with any lofty purpose. It was invented as a tool of commerce and government. This happened at a time when human populations had increased to the point where the small, intimate, tribal societies in which people had lived were, in large areas of the world, no longer possible, and the city and state were born.
The city and state generated quantities of information that exceeded the storage capacity of the human brain, plus the intimate social ties that had made oral transmission possible were disturbed. Writing was needed to keep track. The development of literature – the setting-down of thoughts rather than just inventories and administrative orders – followed only after writing had been around for some time.
This was the first great media revolution. To understand it, a good book to read is Eric A. Havelock's Preface to Plato. Havelock portrays Plato's hostility toward poetry as a consequence of the transition from a society dependent on oral traditions to one that ran on the written word.
But it was really Judaism that picked up the invention of writing and made it into a tool for spiritual advancement. Or, to put it another way, it was through Judaism that the Divine purpose of that invention was revealed.
From the spiritual standpoint, writing has several advantages over oral speech. First, it fixes the word, makes it objective, so that it confronts us and thus becomes an aid to introspection. Second, it separates the word from body language, the language of the "animal soul." Writing is permanent and thus connects us to eternity. It can unite minds scattered in time and space. So it is not surprising that G-d not only spoke to us but also caused His speech to be written down and commanded us to study it!
At the same time, however, the sages who shaped Judaism during the time of the Second Temple took care to preserve some aspects of oral culture. They emphasized that Judaism can't be learned just from books; you need a teacher, who not only knows the texts but also exemplifies the values embodied in them. And you need friends with whom you can talk about what you are studying.
Rabbi Cohen, after describing all the multifarious ramifications of the "Gutenberg revolution," concludes: "To a considerable extent it is possible to say that because of the printing press the nations of the world became closer to the Jewish people…whose children at the age of three enroll in the "cheder," lick honey from the letters of the aleph-beit, and whose service to G-d revolves around the written word….Suddenly the nations seemed close to us, intelligence and wisdom appeared in them too." Hence the culture of the Enlightenment, which proved so fatally attractive to so many Jews.
But, I would note, the reading culture of the "Gutenberg revolution" did not pick up the remnants of orality which the Jewish tradition had incorporated! The written word was not backed up by a cultivation of mutual responsibility and trust. A German idiom coined shortly after the invention of the printing press may be translated: "That's such a lie it could have been printed." Whereas "all Israel are guarantors of one another," there were and are no bonds among authors, between authors and readers, or among readers.
The Western culture of the book posed many dangers to Jewish readers from the point of content, as is well known. Is it possible that the culture of the book as a product detached from social bonds has also insidiously worked its way into the Torah world, even where the content is "kosher"? Something to think about. In any case, the lack of cohesiveness in the Western print culture has so far made it difficult for that culture to put up much resistance against the culture of the screen.
In Chapter Four, "The Electric Revolution," Rabbi Cohen begins to discuss the genesis of the "culture of the screen" whose ultimate expression is the smartphone. This discussion will be the subject of my next post.


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- "Anti-tank recon vehicle."
- — Merchant of Menace store caption
The K966 Scout is a South Korean anti-armor vehicle featured in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.
- "A licensed copy of the Allied M1025, the S. Korean version is armed with a TOW missile launcher in place of a machine gun."
- — Merchant of Menace store description
A licensed copy of the AN M1025 Scout, the South Korean K966 is a light armored personnel carrier. Like its other SKU brother the K1025, the K966 is painted blue with the SK flag on the side, which makes it identifiable from the Allied M1025. It is capable of carrying five soldiers (including the driver and gunner), and is equipped with a TOW missile launcher, making it one of the most versatile vehicles in the game.
It can be unlocked in the Merchant of Menace by completing 'First Principles'.
Its specifications are exactly the same as the M1025 and K1025. It has the same medium armour, average speed and average mobility and the same carrying capacity of 5 people. The only difference being that it has a much more powerful weapon; a TOW missile launcher which is effective against armoured targets, but not as effective against infantry as the machine gun.
Real lifeEdit
The K966 Scout, along with the K1025, is based on the AM General HMMWV, commonly known as the Humvee. The Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea, does not use the Humvee or any copy of it in its armed forces, despite a close, long-standing alliance with the United States. Thus, while nearly every vehicle in "Playground of Destruction" has a real-life equivalent, the K966 Scout does not.


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Who doesn't like watching movies? And when it comes to online movie streaming there are only a few good sites available out there. If you are a movies lover, and uses internet too then you should always use online movie websites to watch movies online. Gone the days when people used to visit theatre for watching movies, and these days they prefer watching them at home. If you don't know about streaming movies online, then you should try using some movie sites to stream movies online. Along with websites there are some movie apps available too which you can use for Android, iOS and Windows Phone to watch movies on mobile.
It is not a good idea to download movies if you want to watch them at home, instead you can stream them. One of the biggest advantage of streaming movies online is that you don't have to spend time and internet bandwidth in downloading a movie. Just visit the streaming websites, search for the movie you want to watch and you are good to go. Moreover there are sites like SolarMovie out there which allows you to watch movies online without sign up or registration. It means watching movies online is a lot more easy with movie websites like SolarMovie.
SolarMovie was a good movie streaming site before, but the original site is no more live and there are some clones of this website have come up. If you came across similar site with SolarMovie name, then don't use it as they may harm your computer. So, to keep you all on safer side, we thought to mention about some similar sites like SolarMovie so you can watch movies online on them. Do note that these movie websites are almost similar to SolarMovies so you will get the same movie streaming experience in them too.
Top Best Free Movie Streaming Sites Like SolarMovie | SolarMovies Alternatives
123moviess is the best alternative of solarmovies. You can use this website to watch unlimited movies and videos for free and there is no registration needed. There is a search box available on this website which you can use to look for your movies or TV shows. You can watch movies without survey on this website for free and there is no hidden fees like some other websites.
This website have got a very clean and easy to use interface, so you will not face any problems in searching for and watching movies on it. The site is ad free which make this site most unique. This site is updating day by day so if you cant find your movie or tv series then you can contact them.
If you have never visited this website before, then you should start using it for online movie streaming for free. This website is not just sites like SolarMovie 2018, but it also provides upcoming events, latest shows, live broadcast and many more information related to movies.
You can watch movies without survey on this website for free and there is no hidden fees like some other websites. According to us this website is perfect alternative to SolarMovie.
Hulu is one of the best online streaming in current time. This website is more popular in USA, UK and other regions nearby, and if you are looking for some best sites like SolarMovie 2018, then you can consider it a great choice.
Do note that this website is not free and you will have to pay about $5.99 per month to watch movies and TV shows online on it. Though you can enjoy free trail for a month by signing up on the website. So you may consider using it if you want some quality websites to watch movies online without any worries.
MovieWatcher is another movie streaming site and it have got a very good collection of movies and TV series. You can watch movies in 720p and 1080p format on this best sites like SolarMovie. This website have got a very clean and easy to use interface, so you will not face any problems in searching for and watching movies on it.
The best thing about this website is that you don't even have to sign up before using it, just look for movie you want to watch and start streaming it right away. If you are looking for free sites like SolarMovie, then this is the best website you can have at present.
Vumoo is not just another new sites like SolarMovie, but it is very popular and big website. You can use this website to watch unlimited movies and videos for free and there is no registration needed. All of the movies are available in more than 20 categories so you can find them easily.
There is also a search box available so you can use it look for specific movies. Moreover this is among top working sites like SolarMovie, and you can use Vumoo to watch TV shows online. It shows you the quality of movie right on the home page, so you can choose according to your needs.
If you are an online movie watcher, then you might have heard about YIFY movies before. YIFY is known as one of the best website to download free movies without registration. Though you can sign up on this website to keep a list of your history and to create playlist, but this website also works as working sites like SolarMovie.
On this website you can find HD movies to watch and download in the smallest size so don't worry about the internet bandwidth anymore while streaming movies online.
As the name suggests, this website provides you new movies online streaming options along with downloading them. The best thing about New Movies Online is that this website is available in many languages so it doesn't matter where you are from, you can always use this website watch movies online.
If you are looking for movie sites like SolarMovie, then you can try using this website and you won't be disappointed. The layout of this site is good and easy to navigate that's why we thought to list this free movie streaming sites like SolarMovie here.
Well, if you are in need of sites like SolarMovie free then you can't find better place than this. Another good feature of this website is that you can also look for movies on the basis of IMDb ratings, genre and everything else.
Yes Movies is a movies streaming as well as movie search engine website to look for movies and TV shows. There are a lot more options and features available in it which you can find out by visiting it. So use this sites like SolarMovie to watch movies online.
There are many people out there who likes watching cartoon movies, so for them Cartoons On is the best website. In SolarMovie there are only few cartoon movies available so many people are also searching for SolarMovie alternative websites.
By using this alternative to SolarMovie you will be able to watch your favourite TV shows, cartoon movies and anime shows for free. You can look for them by Sudio, Characters, Shows, Series or simply using search box. We can't find better website than this to watch cartoons online into HD quality on several devices.
zMovie is a must visit SolarMovie alternative sites if you want to stream movies and TV shows online without downloading. There is also a TOR Browser version of this website also available which you can use if this website is blocked in your country.
Moreover this website also shows you IMDB rating for each and every movie, so you can check for their popularity. There are different sections on this website like New Release, Recently Added, Quality Movies and Coming Soon for movies recommendations.
Rainierland is not just a movie streaming site but you can also enjoy latest TV shows online streaming on it. This website was launched recently so it may not have many movies, but it definitely have some latest movies to watch online for free. It also fits perfectly in category of sites like SolarMovie for TV shows.
There is a search box available on this website which you can use to look for your movies or TV shows. According to us you should try this websites like SolarMovie for online streaming.
Final Words
SolarMovie is definitely an amazing place to watch movies online, but you can also consider using sites like SolarMovie 2018 for online streaming. There are many things which are not available in SolarMovie, so in that case also you can use above mentioned free movie streaming sites like SolarMovie. Do note that there are many websites like SolarMovie to watch movies online available out there but according to us above sites are best among them.
If you are facing any problems in using above mentioned websites like SolarMovie for online streaming, then let us know about it via comments. Moreover if you know or have used any other SolarMovie alternatives websites, then do let us know about them also so we can add those websites to this list of sites like SolarMovies.


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Cedarville, OhioThe Cedarville University Piano Ensemble will perform a concert of works by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The concert begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Dixon Ministry Center on the Cedarville campus. Rachmaninoff`s "Pieces for One Piano, Four Hands" and "Pieces for Two Pianos, Four Hands" will be on the program. In addition, the concert will include the area premier of the "Russian Rhapsody." The ensemble is directed by Dr. John Mortensen, a Cedarville resident and associate professor of piano at Cedarville University. Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information, call the department of music at 937-766-7728. -30-


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Sewer Back-Up Liability
Water from the sanitary sewer or the storm sewer system can be the source of sewer back-up. Listed below are the most frequent causes:
● Blocked sewers due to grease from residences or restaurants
● Insufficient capacity to drain storm water during extremely heavy rainfalls
● Inadequate slope in the system
● Overloading of the sanitary system by having sumps and weeping tiles discharging into them instead of into the storm sewers
● Blocked or restricted sewers due to tree roots or build-up of silt or other debris
● Failure of joints
● Blocked catch basins
● Breakage or collapse of pipes due to age or natural forces
● Damage to pipes or blockages while lines are being worked on
Sewer Back-Up Coverage for Property Owners
Insurance coverage is usually available for sewer back-up under homeowner or commercial policies. However, coverage may be subject to a deductible or restricted terms. For example, coverage may be removed after frequent claims, or it may not be available in communities with ongoing problems.
Property owners should avail of their insurance coverage before trying to recover damages from the municipality. If claims are paid under the property owner's policy, their insurer will often attempt to recover money from the municipality after paying a claim to the property owner.
However, there are ways to prevent sewer back-up liability:
● Implement an appropriate bylaw outlining which materials can be put in the sewer system, including grease from restaurants
● Regularly inspect and flush lines
● Utilize in-line camera equipment to check lines during routine maintenance and after blockages occur
● Clean catch basins on a regular basis (preferably every spring to remove sand).
● Alarm pumps at lift stations to provide for early detection of malfunctioning equipment.
● Establish policies and procedures for dealing with call-outs and complaints.
● Procedures should include instructions to be given immediately to the caller as to what they can do to prevent further damage, who will respond and when.
● Inform property owners regularly as to what their responsibilities are and what to do to help prevent occurrences and resultant damage and of the municipality's responsibilities
● Monitor restaurant owners for grease dumping
● Install grease traps and clean-outs and enforce your bylaw relating to acceptable substances
● Notify the property owners in the affected area to allow them an opportunity to mitigate their damages
● Encourage property owners to install backflow prevention devices to reduce risk
● Create a brochure for Public Works staff to give to property owners in the event of a loss. This should give information on contacting their own insurer, facts about negligence and nuisance, how to mitigate damages, the procedure for making claims against the municipality, etc.
Nuisance Claims
While a municipality cannot be held liable for actions based on nuisance with respect to the operation of a public utility, there are circumstances where municipal liability is a concern. These circumstances include negligence during repair or maintenance, failure to maintain the system, failure to enforce a bylaw and more.
In Canada, provincial Municipal Government Acts provide that a municipality cannot be held liable for actions based on nuisance with respect to the operation of a public utility. This includes the operation of water and sewage (waste water) systems. Municipalities can, however, be held liable in the following circumstances (please note that this list is not exhaustive):
● Failure to adequately maintain the system or produce documentation to prove the system was adequately maintained
● Negligence during repair or maintenance operations
● Failure to appropriately respond to a notification of a problem or to rectify recurring problems
● Failure to enforce a bylaw with respect to allowable uses of the system
● Interrupted drainage patterns due to municipal operations such as snow removal or construction activities
● Failure to properly locate water lines when requested to do so by contractors


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Back in March I posted about how I keep our home at a reasonable level of cleanliness. While a picked up house does look cleaner, you do still have to clean at some point. Eventually the toilets become a bit nasty and most of your furniture will build up a dust barrier that could protect it from nuclear fallout.
I like a clean house as much as the next guy (or girl) but I do NOT like to spend one whole day cleaning! I really prefer the do-a-little-bit-each-day method. That way the house is always recently cleaned and doesn't ruin an entire day each week.
I just figured out a schedule of which rooms to clean each day. When we lived in smaller houses or apartments, I had a schedule where all the rooms got cleaned each week. With a bigger place, I decided which rooms needed cleaning every week (bathrooms, kitchen, hallway, family room, etc) and which could be done every other week (laundry room, living room, bedrooms). Then I just divvy them up and make a schedule.Right now we only clean three days a week and do 3-4 rooms each of the days. I also have an emergency schedule of how to clean the whole house in a week (4 days).
When I didn't have so many helpers (or just weren't quite as helpful), I did fewer rooms each day and cleaned every weekday.
I mentioned in my last cleaning post that I enlisted the boys to help as soon as they were old enough. There are some chores that they do 365 days a year (making beds, putting laundry away…) But some we do on a rotating schedule. Some chores change every 3 months. These include which parts of the bathrooms and kitchen each of them is responsible for. It is posted right next to the cleaning schedule. (see picture above)
Other chores rotate weekly. These include doing the dishes, helping with cooking & taking out the garbage, or setting the table. Also in the weekly rotation is dusting, glass, and vacuuming. I write these on a chalkboard and write the boys names under the appropriate chore and list what week in the schedule we are in (week 1 or 2).
Now I confess that the boys do not do as thorough of a job as I would but it's not bad. But every 3-4 months I take a week or two and do heavy duty cleaning. I only do a room or two a day, but they get really clean! Closets and cupboards are cleaned out, things are put back to where they really belong or to a new place altogether, sometimes windows are cleaned, occasionally the carpets are shampooed. These weeks always result in a very full garbage can and a rather large pile of stuff for the Goodwill.
Wow! When I go back and read this it sounds really complicated. But when I'm doing it in real life it seems really simple and goes smoothly (most of the time).
Happy Cleaning! And remember "cleanliness is NOT next to godliness" it is next to happiness and sanity. ;o) Just kidding!


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BEACON's annual sponsored walk will take place this year during Refugee Week on Wednesday 19th June 2019. Step out in solidarity and join us for a day of activism and exercise!
Start: 9.30am, Centenary Square, Bradford (to start walking at 10am)
End: 4.30pm (approx), Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Length: 11 miles (approx)
Route: Please click here for an outline of the route. Participants are welcome to join the walk at any point.
Why?: The walk aims to show solidarity with and highlight the injustices faced by asylum seekers and to raise vital funds for BEACON's work. This year, we're supporting the award-winning 'Lift The Ban' campaign, which calls to end the ban on the right to work for asylum seekers. The impact on asylum seekers of not being able to work is devastating – denying them of dignity and purpose and de-skilling them of any expertise and skills they may have brought with them to the UK. We're calling for an end to this cruel policy, along with 197 other Lift the Ban coalition members. Step out in solidarity and join us for a day of activism and exercise!
How to register: Please email email@example.com to register to take part in the walk.
Other ways you can offer support: If you don't wish to walk but want to show your support, there are other ways you can help – waving the walkers off from Centenary Square, welcoming the walkers at Kirkstall Abbey or offering lifts back to Bradford! Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are able to help.
Make a donation: You can visit our online fundraising page here. Cash and cheques payable to BEACON also welcome. Paper sponsorship forms can be downloaded here.
Contact: For further information, to offer support or to register to take part in the walk, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call us on 0330 113 7644.
Share on Facebook: To share the event on Facebook, click here.
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Signet Recording
Why record with Signet
Some leading Southdown Breeders have joined the Signet recording scheme so that they can take a more scientific approach to selecting top performing stock, improving their flocks and the breed. The scheme also allows performance information to be made available to commercial and pedigree flocks.
How does the recording scheme work
The Signet recording scheme collects genetic and performance data (eg parentage, 8 week weights, 21 week weights, eye muscle depth, lambing percentage etc) and uses this to calculate an Estimated Breeding Value (EBV) for a range of traits. The calculation "levels the playing field" by minimising differences in performance due to management and highlighting genetic potential. A key measure for commercial flocks is the Terminal Sire Index, this is a composite score based on 21 week weight, muscle and fat depth.
To find out more about the Signet recording scheme visit www.signetfbc.co.uk


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As he challenges classification, Y/PROJECT designer Glenn Martens favors drastic volumes, clean lines, surface over decoration, and functionalism. His studied, meticulous approach transmutes both sartorial and sociopolitical influences from different subcultures and historical periods. From layered tops to geometric bottoms, the Y/PROJECT clothing and accessories at odd92 exemplify some of the artist's most inspired designs.
Y/PROJECT clothing approaches fashion and the world around it with the eye of an historian and the hand of an architect. Each piece deliberately transforms the past into the present and back again, delivering contemporary fashion that refuses to restrict itself to convention.
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CES 2019 Recap: 5 Trends, Markets & Industries that Drive Τouch Sensor Growth
CES, the Consumer Electronics Show is the global stage for innovation. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people gather to see what thousands of exhibitors showcase. CES is a window of what the future will look like.
We were among the 182+ thousand visitors of CES 2019. We travelled from Greece all the way to Las Vegas with one mission: define the trends and industries that drive the touch sensor industry.
Without further ado, we present to you the driving forces of the touch industry with an interesting, clever or quirky example for each one.
Flexible Touchscreens
In November the hype around flexible smartphone hit its peak. Samsung was teasing a flex smartphone, when out of seemingly nowhere Royole beat it to the punch, announcing world's first flexible smartphone. CES proves that the flex touchscreen hype is still here.
Royole has doubled down on flexible touchscreens, showcasing an entire line of flexible electronics. Highlights include:
-A flexible QWERTY keyboard. It works on every flat surface and connects to your tablet/smartphone/laptop via bluetooth. Once you're done typing, you simply double click a button and it rolls, so you can easily carry it around.
-A selfie stick, with touch sensor controls on its base. You can use them to control a dedicated camera app, making your selfie game stronger than ever.
-A smart speaker with a flexible touchscreen. It features both Alexa and Siri, allowing you to control your smart home devices. It also has a camera, so you can take the occasional photo, or take video calls on the device.
-A purse with an integrated flexible touch screen. Now you can take your high fashion flexing to a whole new level.
The flexible form factor finally unleashes touchscreens from flat-only surfaces to every conceivable one. Designers and engineers will have more freedom than ever and will be able to implement touch screens in products we have seen them never before.
High (tech) fashion. Courtesy of gettyimages.
Industrial HMI
Touch sensors have been slowly gaining momentum as primary means of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) in industrial devices for some time now. If CES 2019 is an indication of the future, we can safely predict that this trend will become much stronger in the near future.
Many industrial devices featured touch sensors as part of their primary HMI, like a sewing machine, but the device that created the most buzz is Wilkinson Baking's BreadBot.
BreadBot is a fully automated bread making machine. It will dish out different kinds of loaves, at a rate of 10 per hour. Its main HMI means is a touchscreen that shows various information about each loaf (such as type or freshness) and lets you control pretty much every aspect of the production.
The sturdiness and robustness of the touchscreen will be the key to the overall user experience of the device.
Wilkinson Baking says it can give retailers up to 1900% increase in profit, by eliminating the costly established process. However, owning one won't be cheap. Industry experts estimate you'll have to spend about $100,000 for a 5 years lease. That's a lot of dough.
Smart Home Market
One of the biggest chunks of CES was the smart home market. Some of the biggest players, like Samsung and LG included smart home appliances in their keynotes. Other devices included washing machines, alarm clocks and even…smart toilets!
Our favorite smart home device with a touchscreen looks simple on paper, but that's what makes it highly functional. It's KitchenAid's Smart Display.
Maybe KitchenAid Smart Display will help you become the cook you've always wanted to be. Source digitaltrends.com
It's a bulky looking device with thick bezels, a 10'' touch screen and 4 loud speakers on its sides.
It seeks to solve a problem most of us have faced. Ever found a recipe online, but were afraid of damaging your tablet if you brought it to the kitchen to execute it? Then the Smart Display is for you.
If you're like me, creative in the kitchen (read: extremely messy), then you'll appreciate this next feature of the Smart Display. It's IPX5 rated. This means that you can simply rinse the device with faucet water, as it's able to withstand that! So, if things get dirty, you'll be able to easily clean it. We love touch screens that survive in harsh environments!
The icing on the cake is that it also supports Google Assistant integrations. So, while cooking you can execute practical tasks, like setting timers or playing music and controlling the smart devices in your home.
"Hey Google, show me a recipe with SmartBot bread." Who knows, this might be a phrase we'll use in the future!
Automotive HMI
Many have expressed the opinion that CES is slowly turning into a motor show. CES 2019 wasn't lacking in automotive announcements. Major ones include self-driving cars and LiveWire, the much anticipated Harley Davidson's electric motorcycle .
But for us, the one that stood out was the new Mercedes CLA. Ola Kallenius touted the new model as "the best compilation of our [Mercedes'] gadgets". And it certainly looks like it lives up to the title.
The new CLA dashboard is full of touchscreens. Source motorauthority.com.
Touchscreens dominate the car's interior. A pair of 7.5 inch touchscreens (upgradable to 10 inches if more screen real estate is what you like) act like both the dashboard and the multimedia hub of the car.
Touch controls don't stop there. You can also find touch buttons on the steering wheel and a touchpad between the front seats.
The whole multimedia system is tied together with the Mercedes MBUX infotainment system. It offers extra cool features like compatibility with smart watches, so it can collect health data and monitor the driver's physical parameters (e.g. heart rate). If the algorithm behind it deems it appropriate, then it automatically chooses the energizing package, toggling specific settings on the air conditioning, the ambient lights, stereo and even massaging!
To keep your hands less occupied with things beyond driving, MBUX also features voice recognition and voice commands.
Indeed, the CLA's interior has all the traits of a high end gadget.
Looks like Laptops won the Laptop vs 2-in-1 (laptops with detachable keyboards) war. At Least that's the idea we got from CES.
While most of the laptops presented in this year's CES looked like last year's, there were some exceptions that turned heads, coming mainly from Asus (the models Studiobook, ZenBook S13, Chromebook Flip and Rog Mothership) and Alienware (models M17 and Area-51M).
Most of these models had a touchscreen. Which means that even though the 2-in-1 design might be forgotten, touchscreens in a laptop is something that customers have come to expect.
Our favorite touchscreen laptop was no other than the Dell XPS 13. Its brilliant, almost bezel-less InfinityEdge display comes at 13.3 inches and supports 4K resolution. This, coupled with the newly positioned camera makes it one of the most beautiful laptops out there.
The challenge that occurs as laptop sizes go up is that implementing touch screens might require different materials than those used in smartphones, such as metal mesh.
Tiny bezels, brilliant screen and a properly placed camera. What's not to love about the Dell XPS 13, 2019? Source: mashable.com
Wrap Up
CES 2019, before closing its doors on the 11th of January gave as a window to the future of technology. In a few years, many of these technologies might be the new norm.
Fieldscale was there and tried to predict the trends and industries that will drive the touch screen industry for 2019. We concluded that they include:
- Flexible touchscreens
- Industrial HMI
- Smart Home Market
- Automotive HMI
- Laptops
Whether or not our predictions come true remains to be seen. What's certain is that the touchscreen industry is moving faster than ever. More and more products integrate touch screens and touch sensors. So, touch sensor companies should double down their efforts in 2019, if they aspire to gain market share and grow exponentially.