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Arrhythmia Diagnosis
If a doctor hears an abnormal heartbeat, he or she many refer you to a specialist in electrophysiology, sometimes called EP. Cardiac electrophysiologists are doctors with advanced subspecialty training in diagnosing and treating problems with the heart's electrical system and rhythm. Key tests they perform include:
Echocardiogram. A device called a transducer is placed on the chest. The transducer then creates moving pictures of the heart by bouncing sound waves off the heart and listening for the echo.
Holter monitors. These devices that record the heart's electrical activity are usually worn at home for 24 to 48 hours to record a continuous electrocardiogram (ECG). In addition to wearing the device, the patient keeps a log of any symptoms he or she experiences that the doctor compares with the recording from the monitor.
Event recorder. Like a Holter monitor, this pager-sized device is worn continuously, but it is activated either on an intermittent schedule or by the person wearing it when he or she feel the heart begin to beat too fast or chaotically. Patients with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators may also use event monitors to check in with their doctor regularly and send data from the recorder to the doctor with a phone or internet connection.
Electrophysiology study (EPS). This test is performed in our cardiac electrophysiology clinic to predict if an individual is at high risk of a sudden heart attack. Small catheters are passed into the heart to record its electrical signals. Local anesthetics are used to numb areas in the groin or near the neck where a pin-hole incision is made to insert the catheter.
They may also use advanced diagnostic imaging tests, such as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of your heart, to plan your treatment.

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If you would like to enjoy a perfect retreat, without the hassle of a trip to the Hampton's, or want the convenience of a great location, this is it! As of July 10 2017, there is ferry service to NYC, from Glen Cove, making the trip to the city super convenient! We have added the conveniences many families need while away from home. Full size crib, High chair, pack and play, a gated playroom on the main living areas and much more. Area playgrounds, kid friendly activities and dining establishments are all nearby. Any time of year, Glen Cove and the surrounding areas of Locust Valley, Sea Cliff, Bayville and Oyster Bay have long been a hide away for the rich and famous who know how to live, but want to remain low profile, and close to the city-The original playground of the rich and famous! Countless Hollywood films were and still are made here (Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest", "Sabrina", and many many more,) The books"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and "The Gold Coast" by Nelson DeMille were written about the area.Our 4/5 bedroom home on large private property, boasting a sparkling 20x40 gunite pool (available during select summer months) the best of the good life! Gourmet chefs kitchen/fabulous family room. Master suite with walk in shower and over size tub...Formal dining room, expansive beautiful patio with BBQ surrounded by nature. Walk/bike to beaches, golf, tennis, and nature preserves. This special upscale community is home to some of New York's finest dining establishments, all nearby. As well as countless casual eateries and family style restaurants. Some of the most beautiful winding roads to drive, bike or walk anywhere. Commuter train or drive to NYC, under 1 hour. And now ferry service 2 minutes from our home to the city! Enjoy all of the best life has to offer, without spending long hours commuting to the Hampton's. Come and see why those who can live anywhere, choose to live here, on the Gold Coast of Long Island..........
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Nov. 16, 2007
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Bulldogs (4-7-5, 2-2-2 Ivy) close out the 2007 season by playing arch-rival Harvard on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Reese Stadium. Prior to the start of the game, Yale's four seniors - James Craig, Erik Geiger, Matt Perille and Dwayne Whylly - will be recognized for their contributions to Yale Soccer. During their careers, they have helped lead the Bulldogs to nearly 30 victories and the 2005 Ivy League championship.
Craig has helped anchor a Bulldog defense that has allowed only 18 goals this season. He made his first career start against Boston College and tallied his first career assist in a 2-2 tie with Central Connecticut.
Perille joined the team in the spring of 2005 and impressed head coach Brian Tompkins with his hard work. He has provided Yale with depth on defense.
Whylly was the winning goalkeeper in Yale's 2-0 victory over Princeton last Sunday. He traveled to Haiti in October with the Bahamas under-23 national team in October. As a junior he made three saves in the Bulldogs' win over 17th-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson, and as a freshman he was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week after posting a shutout against Penn.
Geiger, the team captain, has been Yale's starting goalkeeper for the last three years. This season, he is in the top four in the Ivy League in goals against average (1.10), saves (67) and shutouts (3). His top performance came against sixth-ranked Boston College when he made a career-high 12 saves in a scoreless tie. For his efforts, he was named the Ivy League Player of the Week. In his sophomore year, he earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition after posting shutouts of league foes Cornell, Columbia and Princeton.
The Crimson (11-3-2, 4-2 Ivy) is ranked 15th in this week's NSCAA national poll and should receive strong consideration for an at-large bid to the NCAA College Cup. Brown has already clinched the Ivy's automatic bid. Harvard has outscored its opponents 37-19. Andre Akpan, last year's Ivy Rookie of the Year, leads the league in goals (12) and points (31).
The Crimson stopped a three-game losing streak to Yale by winning last year's game 3-2 in Cambridge. Akpan had two goals for Harvard.
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HILLSIDE – Facing an unprecedented rise in demand, New Jersey Feeding America food banks are once again asking the public to help Check-Out Hunger. By making a simple donation of $1, $3, or $5 at the check-out counter shoppers can help their neighbors in need. Donations can also be made anytime online at www.checkouthungernj.org.
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey reports that need for nutritious food is up 30 percent at its partner agencies this year – soup kitchens, shelters, pantries, etc. That fact combined with a dramatic rise in unemployment places a great strain on the resources of area food banks.
Last year, Check-Out Hunger had its biggest year ever, in a down economy. Check-Out Hunger 2008 raised $1,289,564 for food banks across the state, an increase of almost 18% over 2007. Since 1992, millions of people have supported the program at food markets and online at www.checkouthungernj.org.
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Coker Face
December 16, 2009 / Posted by: Michael K
Nicole Kidman's make-up artist must have been going for the "Lindsay Lohan look" when they did her up for the Nine premiere last night. The Ice Queen will turn someone's dick into an icicle for this!
Actually, now that I think about it, that's probably not powder at all. Nicole just frosted over again.
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The Bureau of Labor and Statistics define a general contractor as a construction manager. As such, they "plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from start to finish." They manage the details associated with the project, which is why they are your best bet when you are concerned about limiting risks and liabilities.
One of the main functions of your general contractor's job is hiring subcontractors to carry out the work. This is a fundamental step in reducing the risks associated with your project. By soliciting and hiring the best subcontractors, your general contractor reduces exposure to risk. Ultimately, by enlisting the aid of a general contractor, you can safely assume that only qualified contractors are working on your construction development.
Outsourcing is an important business function; it's not simply a way of saving money. When general contractors outsource work, they've found an expert who can perform project work efficiently and within the project budget. Additionally, outsourcing project work helps your general contractor maintain dates associated with deliverables. The result is you get a project completed within the scope, budget, and timeframe that you originally committed to.
General contractors have a lot of tools in their arsenal to help them protect your project. Contracts and bonds are two of the most common ways construction managers protect your deliverables. With a contract, your general contractor can ensure that vendors and suppliers meet predetermined deadlines and quality standards. If they don't, then your contractor can take steps to remedy the problem.
By requiring vendors and contractors to purchase bonds, your general contractor ensures that contractors are capable of delivering the work they've won. For instance, many general contractors require vendors and suppliers to purchase performance bonds that will compensate the organization if a vendor fails to perform the work outlined in the contract.
At Shaw-Lundquist, we are a second-generation, minority-owned construction company with 42 years of experience managing construction projects. As a general contractor, we work hard to minimize risks and liabilities associated with construction projects. Our industry knowledge help us recognize risk triggers, which allows them to respond with the appropriate risk mitigation plan before the project is subject to delays. If you are having trouble with your construction project, our experienced general contractor team can help you realign your project. Give us a call to get a better idea of how we can manage your construction project today.
My wife wants the kitchen re-done this upcoming spring and I am not sure whether to hire a contractor or do it myself. I didn't consider all of the tools that contractors have at their disposal and as you say in the article, they will hire the right subcontractors to help with the job. I will definitely have to think more about getting a good contractor to get the job done. http://countertopsandlaminatedspecialties.com
I am glad to learn that general contractors have a lot of tool in their arsenal to help them protect your project. Finding if the contractor has insurance would be a good move. Something else to consider doing would be to interview possible contractors to make sure you are comfortable communicating with the person you choose. http://www.apmdesignandconstruction.com.au/blue-mountains-builder-services.html
You made a good point about outsourcing being more than just a way to save money. I feel like it would be comforting to know that if my contractor wasn't equipped to handle a part of a job they would send it to someone else instead of trying to tackle it on their own and learn as they go. I would probably prefer to hire someone that had good references I could contact. http://sblcontractors.ca/services.html
It's good to know that a general contractor will handle the hiring of subcontractors to carry out additional work. I'm looking at having my home renovated, so I was quite relieved to learn that the duty of finding specialists won't rest on my shoulders. Would it be a good idea to ask a general contractor for references of subcontractors they'll use before deciding which general contractor to hire for my project? http://www.crivitzlumber.com/contractor-services
Many different companies and people involved in a construction project, but the general contractors are the important people who can handle and manage the whole construction job. Your blog highlight all the points and benefits of hiring a general contractor and define significant points about the necessity of general contractors. General contractor Woodland hills have their own hired employees who appoint as project manager or foreman with more number of laborers on different projects or utilize a variety of specialty subcontractors.
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This is Matsu from J-Hoppers Hida Takayama.
Takayama is one of the coldest areas in Japan so you could see Cherry Blossom until late April.
Normally to see Sakura in this area is 2 weeks behind compared to Kyoto ,Tokyo and Osaka.
Last week I went to see Garyu sakura at Hida Ichinomiya ( 10 minutes from Takayama)
There is 1000-year-old cherry tree in Garyu Park. "Garyu" means "lying dragon" because the shape of the tree's trunk and branches The tree, which is said to be over 1,100 years old, is designated as a national natural treasure.It is gorgeous!!
What are some of your favourite places to see cherry blossoms?
Aceess:1 minute from Hida Ichinomiya station
10 minutes from Takayama station
Duration:normally 20th~27th April every year
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Sarah Hyland co-hosted the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, held at The Shrine Auditorium on Sunday (August 10) in LA, with Tyler Posey.
The 'Modern Family' actress donned four looks throughout the night.
Look 1: She kick-started proceedings taking to the red carpet wearing a Marc Jacobs Resort 2015 shimmering black sequin frock with a sheer hem and plunging neckline, styled with a simple ponytail and Lorraine Schwartz black and brown diamond jewels.
Look 2: Donning one of her favourite designers, Emilio Pucci, Sarah looked beautiful wearing a strapless Fall 2014 aqua-blue fully-sequined frock styled with Bionda Castana 'Daphne Bis' black lace camo-print pumps and Lorraine Schwartz flower earrings and a white diamond ring.
Look 3: Perhaps my favourite of the bunch was this pale-pink Emilio Pucci short set accented with diamante detailing, which she styled with silver Nicholas Kirkwood sandals. From the colour, which makes her skin glow, to the magpie in me attracted to the embellishment, I would wear this in a heartbeat.
Look 4: In total contrast to her first look, her final look was a sweet colourful floral top from Tanya Taylor paired with a Bec & Bridge white skirt accented with a lace-up detail at the sides. I love her Lorraine Schwartz multi-coloured clustered earrings and ring, as well as that bright-pink lip shade.
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HOUSTON (AP) — A now-former parole officer in the Texas prison system has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for accepting bribes from a suspected heroin dealer.
Crystal M. Washington, also known as Crystal Bureau, worked at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice office in Houston before being arrested and fired.
Washington in December was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, plus conspiracy to commit extortion.
Prosecutors say Washington, who was sentenced Friday, accepted bribes from the drug-related parolee from 2009 and 2012. She also warned the parolee about a Houston police investigation.
Investigators say Washington also accepted bribe money from another parolee in May 2012.
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Omani Pipe Manufacturer Wins L&T Order
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Omani pipe manufacturer TMK Gulf International Pipe Industry (TMK GIPI) has won an order to supply Larsen & Toubro's (L&T) Hydrocarbon (Oman branch) with 1,400 tonnes of 3LPE coated line pipes for the Yibal GGP third stage depletion compression gas project.
The 3LPE coating system is a multi-layer coating structure comprising three coating materials of fusion bonded epoxy (FBE), copolymer adhesive and PE or PP top coats for steel pipe anti-corrosion.
Vladimir I Shcherbatykh, CEO, TMK GIPI, said: "We are truly delighted to have signed this contract with PDO/L&T. We earnestly look forward to the unrelenting patronage and trust that PDO/L&T has reposed in TMK-GIPI. ...
Steel pipe Manufacturer TMK IPSCO To ...
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TMK IPSCO plans to build a new facility in Northern Kentucky that will coat steel pipes for the growing oil and natural gas distribution segment, the company confirmed Tuesday.
The company could begin building the new $19.8 million development this summer, a company spokesman said. It would be the company's first steel coating facility.
The state of Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority granted preliminary approval last week to giving $650,000 in tax credits over 10 years. The company has a plant in Wilder at 100 Steel Plant Road, and the new facility would be adjacent to the existing one.
The new facility could employ up to 40 people at an average base wage of $10.88 an hour, a ...
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U.S. Steel Corp., the largest domestic producer of the metal, said it will close two of its mills that make tubes used by oil and natural gas companies as the U.S. Commerce Department reviews an anti-dumping case.
U.S. Steel will indefinitely idle unprofitable mills in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and Bellville, Texas, in early August, the Pittsburgh-based company reported. The two plants employ 260 workers, it said.
The Pennsylvania tube mill has annual capacity of 315,000 tons while the Texas plant can produce 100,000 tons a year. U.S. Steel's tubular division, comprising 10 mills in 2013, had capacity of 2.8 million tons a year in 2013, according to a company filing.
U.S. Steel, the ...
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Barrett Offshore Tubes, part of Barrett Steel Group, has invested more than GBP 1 million at one of its sites as part of the company's commitment to the renewable energy market, particularly the offshore wind turbine industry. The investment, which has resulted in the creation of six jobs, includes a 12 meter capacity loading system and a tube laser at the Bradford-headquartered company's Scunthorpe site. Mr Robert Kirby commercial manager at Barrett Offshore Tubes said that "Barrett Offshore Tubes was launched in 2012 to provide a dedicated service to the offshore market for oil, gas and renewable energy sources. Barrett Offshore has already supplied to the Humber Gateway, an offshore wind ...


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Author Notes: Sometimes the original truly is best. This is the classic recipe without getting fancy with modifications. The key to making this a show stopper is to make every one of the few ingredients the best quality you can find. Oh, and if anyone ever tries to sell you on a "traditional" pasta with pesto that doesn't include potatoes and green beans, you can, with confidence, tell them they are wrong. —sumradagnoth
Serves: 6
Pesto alla Genovese
cups packed young (small) basil, leaves oly
clove garlic, whole
cup pine nuts
cup best quality extra-virgin olive oil, from Liguria
cup grated parmigiano-reggiano
large pinch of sea salt
- This would all traditionally be done with a stone mortar and pestle, but for the sake of convenience, we will use a food processor. Be sure to select very young, tender basil for the pesto, and remove the stems.
- Add the basil, garlic, pine nuts (which you can toast if you prefer a more pronounced flavor) and salt to the food processor and begin processing. Slowly add the oil in a thin stream until a thick paste forms. Be sure not to over-process the mixture.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and fold in the cheese.
- You can place this in a jar, covered with a bit of oil, and refrigerate until ready to use. Do not heat the pesto before using it or adding it to whatever recipe you desire.
large handful of haricot verts
new potatoes
pound trenette
cup pesto alla genovese
parmigiano-reggiano, for grating
- Bring a large pot of copiously salted water to boil. Let the pesto come to room temperature, if you had it in the refrigerator.
- Add potatoes to boiling water and cook until just tender. Remove potatoes and cut them in half or quarters, depending on their size.
- Add pasta to the water and cook until just al dente. Add the haricot verts to the same pasta water about 2 minutes before the pasta would be done.
- In a large serving bowl, add the pesto and a small ladle of the pasta cooking water. The pesto should be mixed with enough water to loosen it a good bit.
- Drain the pasta and haricot verts, add to the bowl with the pesto and the reserved potatoes. Toss well and serve with grated parmigiano-reggiano.


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Author: Aaron Czechowski, Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Client and Mobility
Soon after the initial release of the first Windows Technical Preview last year we posted instructions on how to deploy a Windows 10 in-place upgrade via task sequence, and received a lot of excellent feedback! Recently we shipped service packs for Configuration Manager to provide full product support for Windows 10, so with that we are also revising the sample content for in-place upgrade via task sequence. If this is new to you, go read the original post first as that will explain the scenario in further detail (then come back here and read on). But if you've done this a hundred times already, keep reading on what's changed, grab the new attachment below and enjoy.
Note: Throughout this post I'm just going to refer to "ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1" but note that this actually applies to both System Center 2012 R2 Configuration SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2.
What's changed
- ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 is the minimum version we support for Windows 10 in-place upgrade using this sample content.
- SetupComplete.ps1 now handles errors during client remediation. With the original PowerShell script if anything went wrong at that point the script would continue even though the client was potentially unhealthy. This caused the task sequence service to get into a weird state and never report back that it was stopped, so the overall process appeared to stop responding at 100%. Now the worst case is the task sequence won't resume but Windows setup won't wait indefinitely.
- Another associated issue that came up was that many customers had clients that were patched with an .MSP in a temporary directory. When running ccmsetup to remediate the client, as this path was not found, ccmsetup would fail. Ccmsetup in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 is able to handle a missing patch file and will continue.
- The Set-SchTask function (found in several of the scripts) now checks for the existence of the task before changing it. One of the client maintenance tasks does not exist in Windows 7 and some folks were having issues with the script failing on that action.
- The PreSetup step in the task sequence is now enabled for "Continue on Error" in case the client provisioning mode WMI method hiccups and causes the script to return an exit code of 1.
- The Upgrade Windows step now has a timeout configured by default of 180 minutes. If Setup has not completed in 3 hours then something has gone off the rails.
- The restart step immediately following the setup command line will now trigger after 30 seconds. If you want to adjust that keep in mind that the restart is intended to occur immediately once setup is done in the down-level OS. Any delay at this point may impact the success of the setup process.
- The task sequence conditions on the Post-Processing and Rollback groups are now based on Windows registry keys for setup success and rollback, instead of an arbitrary file marker.
We will continue to revise this content as needed in the future, although we are currently working hard on further enhancements to the integrated experience in Configuration Manager vNext. You can download a technical preview today to see what's coming with Windows 10 in-place upgrade in the next major release.
Finally, a quick pitch for two sessions from Microsoft Ignite 2015 to learn more about Windows 10 in-place upgrade:
- What's New with OSD in System Center Configuration Manager and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit by Aaron Czechowski (the second half is all about this scenario)
- Upgrading to Windows 10: In Depth by Aziz El Ouaqid (a must view for anyone doing Windows 10 upgrades)
Happy upgrading!
— Aaron Czechowski, Senior Program Manager
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Documentation Library for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Forums
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide
System Center Configuration Manager Support
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Yes, I am biased for accompanied chant.
It is what I grew up with – in the Rev. Carlo Rosinni vein. His is by far NOT the worst an organist can stumble onto. I have heard accompanied chant in many places. Much of it really is quite distracting, and even harsh sounding.
I have yet to meet Jeff Ostrowski, but we have been in touch for some years now. He provided me with a copy of "Nova Organi Harmonia". (http://jeff.ostrowski.cc/productions/nova/) It is a truly remarkable book, and is to a great extent mirrored in his "Chabanel Psalms" accompaniment. (http://chabanelpsalms.org/) While I occasionally use some of the Rosinni accompaniments, as well as a few of the LaPierre, the NOH has become my staple for accompaniment. My continuing to comment that it is strictly "modal" in its harmonic approach simply cannot present to you the beauty that it creates. In my ear it sounds like angel choirs singing along with me. Other historic examples of organ accompaniments have shown up on the internet recently, and I have down-loaded them to try them out. Frankly, the Rossini versions sound better in many cases. But they are still no match for the NOH.
The history of Gregorian chant, and our use of it, seems to me to be akin to the Jesuits – they're in, they're out, they make changes, they get away with it, and it all becomes history. It had fallen into almost complete disuse by the time St. Pope Pius X began moving to reform the Liturgy. It was at that point that most of the accompaniments we are speaking of began. I believe that these recent generations of organist/composers did their honest best to enhance the art form, especially for the use in parishes without experienced scholas. And further, that the NOH was the ultimate, the pinnacle of these generations' work. It is at least in this aspect that it deserves the title of "tradition" (yes, with a small 't').
What was the pipe organ used for when it became the instrument of the western Church? It was centuries before Buxtehude, Bach, Mozart, etc. The Office was only celebrated in Cathedrals and Monasteries – and that was the only place for hymnody. The Mass had only Propers and Ordinaries, most of which had already been established melodically for centuries. It is only logical to assume that it was used to aid the singing of whatever was being sung – almost assuredly Gregorian chant. What did they do, and how did they do it. And why don't we know anything about it.
Here is my logical, non-academic suggestion: Any organist given the task of accompanying chant already knew the chant in depth. In the earliest of times, the "grand staff" was still experimental, if it existed at all. I'm convinced that the organist improvised whatever was needed, given the chant, the voices, and the building. Then why did he not write it down?
I think the question is why should he have? He knew what he had done. It would take hours to write it out. And what would he do with it? He could certainly do it again, even making changes from the first time. He had no need of a printed copy. And there were no printing presses. And all of his fellow organists were doing the same thing, in the their own ways. And they weren't writing anything down either! Nor were they looking around for hand-written copies from other organists.
Now, I'm not saying that Gregorian chant was accompanied from the beginning. It wasn't even "Gregorian" from the beginning! All I'm suggesting is that it IS a tradition, going back earlier that the 1950s, and even earlier than the 1850s. And that it is NOT an abuse, either of the music or of the Liturgy. As my mother told me when I first started learning to play an instrument: Music is not just the black ink on the white paper. It's what we make of it when performing it.
It is our job to do the best we can to make beautiful music to the glory of God, and to the listeners to take away from their experience of worship whatever they are capable of or interesting in taking from it.
One last argument!
Much of our 'modern' Liturgy, we have been told, is from the earliest forms of the Liturgy. Modern 'liturgists' have been beating us over the head with that argument for 40 years. Everything done long before the Council of Trent was to be adopted (and adapted), and everything since that time was to be shunned. The whole of Liturgy and music has been evolving all along, as has our culture and civilization. Most of us here in this area of the blogosphere think/feel that the experimental Liturgies post Vat. II are, at least partly, failures. Are we to let some people now rule that true Gregorian chant must reflect only the earliest possible performance practices, and shun any and all development over the last 1,000 years? Is that what Jubilæum 2000 was all about?
Christus heri! Christus hodie! Christus semper!
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... which is a very good place to leave your money. It doesn't matter whether it is a professional framer or a soft finisher. They have your back. They make your work look like a million bucks!
We foster a lot of finishing jobs, particularly for needlepoint and we have seen some doozies, work by customers where we have offfered a free class so that we don't have to encounter repeat problems. Regardless, the piece comes back from the finisher and the flaws are drastically reduced. (We still push the customer to take a class since the flaws cannot be totally removed.)
My framer, Picture Yourself in Chelmsford center, has a beautiful array of moldings. I seem to be having a love affair with a particular one:
It's a bit rustic, but picked up a level by the rather distressed gold filet. Here is my current contribution to a local business that I love, "PARADISE LOST" by Plum Street Samplers, worked in silk on 40 count linen. My husband ran over on Saturday and picked it up for me. I'll have to call Bobbi and Ivana and tell them how much their work means to me.
Here it is in its entirety:
I am just wild about the flora and faua represented. Click on these pictures and you can enlarge them. I do have to share a major oops that I made. I started in the bottom center and worked up and then away. As I went higher, I turned the piece upside down...and also my chart. I was busy inscribing the "What is this that thou hast done" and the surrounding solid blue ribbon. Upon completion, I turned my piece right side up, and the charts (this is a many paged piece) also. Then I worked on the giraffe and was appalled to discover that the head of the giraffe was out to the left of the blue ribbon. When I actually focused on the scripture, I discovered that the word THIS had been forgotten. Apparently when I turn things upside down, it all becomes abstract Greek to me. If I had colored in my chart, I wouldn't have been so flummoxed. Ignorance is not bliss. Substantial ripping occurred.
I think I was so comfortable with the molding, as I had lived with a narrower gauge of it AND a filet of the same material on another piece:
Here is that piece, "Rainforest Revisited" by Needle Delights:
Be grateful that we have amazing framers and finishers and send them some love...or some more money! We need to keep them in business.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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4 Famous Ortega's Who Aren't Food Products
1. Amancio Ortega
This 76-year-old founder of the Inditex Group has most recently been made more famous by being named the third richest man in the world. You may not have heard of the Inditex Group, but you probably have heard of its flagship brand—Zara, the world's biggest fashion retailer.
2. Rafael Gómez Ortega,
Known as El Gallo (the rooster), this Ortega was a famous bullfighter who came from a family of famous bullfighters. His father Fernando Gómez García and his younger brothers Fernando and José were matadors. Rafael is remembered for many of his fighting techniques—including many moves with a cape that are still used today.
This Ortega is very popular with the teen and tween population. He's an American producer, director, and choreographer whose hits include the movie Hocus Pocus, the High School Musical trilogy and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert tour. He's also directed well-known TV shows such as Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Gilmore Girls and more. You can see more of his work on IMDb [LINK: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650905/]
4. Old Ortega Historic District in Jacksonville Florida
Jacksonville's third nationally recognized historic district was designed by prominent architect Henry J. Klutho. Historic Ortega is bordered by rivers, making it a sort of "inland island," as noted on the Metro Jacksonville website. http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-jun-old-ortega-historic-district This island is almost exclusively residential, except for a small section known as "Old Ortega" which has restaurants, boutiques, and a pharmacy with a lunch counter. Ortega is considered a small, friendly neighborhood with giant oaks, plentiful fruit trees, waterfront mansions and a series of parks. Many people consider Ortega to be one of the most beautiful residential areas in Northeast Florida.


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School district officials are exploring a far-reaching plan to get a career and technical education facility and to resolve most of the district's space needs in a possible November bond package.
At a meeting on Wednesday, school Superintendent Randy Reid offered ideas for bond committee members to consider.
His proposal includes changing South Keller Intermediate School to a career training center, and moving fifth- and sixth-grade students to the adjacent Indian Springs Middle School (with an addition and tweaking of the feeder pattern). The advantages of the site are its central location and room for additions, he said.
Reid also proposed sending all students living east of U.S. 377 to Keller High School, making it by far the district's largest school with a student population of about 3,300.
"The idea would be to expand and renovate Keller High," Reid said. "The building already has high needs, and we know we're going to need to spend some dollars there."
Reid said the bond package might also include an elementary school west of Interstate 35W near Basswood Boulevard on land the district already owns, a fifth- through eighth-grade campus and a second early learning center.
"We think it could all be done within a $140 million budget," Reid said. "Once all that is completed, I don't think we would need to build a new building for growth anytime soon."
A new intermediate/middle-school campus would help relieve crowding in all the fifth- through eighth-grade schools on the west side of the district, and the Keller Early Learning Center, which opened in 2010, already has space constraints.
Other feeder pattern adjustments could alleviate crowding at Timber Creek High School and shore up enrollment at Central High School, which would lose about 600 students who live east of 377.
Because of growth in the district's tax valuations, low interest rates and debt repayment, the district can raise $140 million without increasing the tax rate, already at the 50 cent cap for bond debt.
"This, to me, makes the most sense," said Beverly Dixon, a bond committee member and Keller parent. "It looks at the big picture, and I think it addresses a lot of needs."
Bob Apetz, a Fort Worth resident and bond committee member who served as a trustee for nine years, said that he first thought the plan might be too complex for one bond package but that as he listened to Reid's explanation, he began to see the advantages.
"I think it probably does the most good for the district right now," Apetz said.
Board member Karina Davis said she was impressed with the proposal. "It's doing the most we can with every penny," she said.
To call a November bond election, trustees need to approve a package by Aug. 18. Reid said he would like the bond advisory committee to complete its proposal by late June.


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Register to remove trees
Do you have unwanted fruit trees in your backyard? Does fallen fruit make a mess of your yard every year?
If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, it is time to get in touch with Berrigan Shire Council and register your interest in participating in a fruit tree removal program.
Queensland fruit fly is a huge problem in our towns and is a threat to our horticultural industry.
One of the worst breeding grounds for fruit fly is ripe fruit left lying on the ground.
If you no longer tend your fruit trees you are contributing to the problem and possibly causing your neighbour to lose their tomato crop.
''In all the work that has been done at council on the fruit fly problem, the most common issue we hear is complaints about neighbours letting fruit rot on the ground,'' Cr Matt Hannan said.
''We have heard from many residents who have given up on their vegie garden because of fruit fly-infested trees in their neighbours' yards,'' he said.
''A program has been launched in Victoria to remove unwanted fruit trees which is being funded by the state government, however, that is not the case in NSW.
''Berrigan Shire Council feels very strongly about this issue and is investigating ways to fund a fruit tree removal program, but we need to know the community interest in participating, hence the expression of interest form.''
The best way to protect backyard fruit and vegetables from Queensland fruit fly is to net with specific fruit fly netting.
Traps will not kill all fruit flies but are good indicators that fruit flies are around.
A form has been delivered to every urban household in Berrigan Shire, which can be returned to the shire office or any of the libraries, or interest can be registered online via the council website or social media pages.
For more information, phone Berrigan Shire Council on 5888 5100.


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On vacation (watering hole in Wisconsin) until August 12. I'll be back with tons more fun for you soon!
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On vacation (watering hole in Wisconsin) until August 12. I'll be back with tons more fun for you soon!
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I notice I sent out the last post with a few spelling and grammar errors. Guess it's just the laziness of summer settling in.
Be kind to yourself. Life is better when you're not perfect.
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"Summer's here. I'm for that. Got my rubber sandals. Got my straw hat. Drinking cold beer. Man, I'm glad that I'm here. It's my favorite time of the year and I'm glad that it's here." – James Taylor
With Carmegeddon hours away, you've either left town or you are barricaded inside with a stack from Red Box and a stocked pantry of comfort food. I'm in the "flee LA" camp and have been for a few weeks. Lots of time with family and all things summer is supposed to be – watermelon, swimming, sunshine, barefoot and laughter. Whether you are home or away, I hope your days are filled with your favorite things of summer.
And when you're ready to venture out, here's a few things you might want to do:
1) Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain ($)
Keep your eyes on the screen and the beautifully remastered 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz at the historical Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood (July 29). Settle in with a big popcorn cuz it's a double feature – Oz is playing in tandem with the 1986 live action puppet cult favorite Labyrinth + Kristin suggests: Got a road trip this summer and can't make the movie? Take along the 4-cd set The Children's Museum of LA Presents The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Centennial Edition. Richly voiced by Hollywood's own odd cast of characters including Phyllis Diller, Robert Guillame and Michelle Trachtenberg. Kristin 411: Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful, the star laden prequel to The Wizard of Oz, starts shooting this month in Michigan with a 2013 release.
2) Yes, Virginia, There is a Lake in Los Angeles ($$)
LA County Parks & Rec runs one of the best fishing lakes (okay, reservoir) in the region – Castaic Lake. Only 60 miles from downtown, this giant fishin' hole holds the World Record Catch of a Largemouth Bass (22lbs. 4oz.). Granted, it was 1932, but there's plenty of other fish in the Castaic "sea" and many are closing in on this record + Gear up at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Rancho Cucamonga. Even if you're not fishing, you've got to go to this store – a theme park for the outdoor enthusiasts.
Not-To-Miss Event: Sade/John Legend at Staples Center (Aug. 19 – 21). Sade is "king" and John Legend . . . well, if his name isn't ringing a bell, let a few of his tracks ring in your ears and you'll be hooked (Ordinary People, Save Room). Hot.
Enjoy your Summergeddon and don't forget to tell 'em "Kristin sent me."
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American Military History: Cuba during the Cold War
Discuss the role of Communism in Cuba during the Cold War and its impact on the world powers.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com August 22, 2018, 3:05 am ad1c9bdddf
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The Soviets backed Cuba since, without her help, Castro could not survive. This means that the USSR has a strong presence right on America's border (so to speak). This is the main issue.
Once Castro was firmly in the soviet orbit, military advisers, weapons and troops (about 25,000) appeared in Cuba. Also, nuclear missiles were exported to Cuba. This was intolerable to the US. The US through there would be nuclear war. Khrushchev's rhetoric seemed to confirm that. However, what JFK did was promise Moscow that US missiles would be pulled out of Turkey (NATO member and a country that borders the USSR) if Russian missiles were taken from Cuba. This was agreed, and the world stepped back from the brink.
Another significant role for Castro was as a conduit of Soviet assistance to rebel groups in Latin America. This ...
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PLANT! GROW! EAT! (TreeHugger Art)
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Since we've been following the many stories of gardeners being threatened with legal action and jail time for nothing more than growing food, it has been inspiring to see the attention and passion TreeHugger readers and others across the country have expressed for this topic. To build off of our and Option-G's GROW! image we posted a couple weeks ago, we've expanded on that image to create this three-part series on the joy of gardening: Plant! Grow! Eat!
This is the latest piece in the TreeHugger/Option-G print series; check out the full collection at Option-G where they're available for sale.


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Through our Breakfasts for Better Days® initiative, we're providing 12 million servings of cereal and snacks in Australia and one billion servings of cereal and snacks globally – more than half of which are breakfasts – to children and families in need around the world by the end of 2016. To learn more about Kellogg corporate responsibility initiatives and the work Kelloggs does to support local communities across Australia visit www.kelloggs.com.au
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It is, without question, [adult swim]'s answer to South Park. It is controversial by design---but better animated than most of [as]' roster.
Aaron McGruder created The Boondocks while in college, and after the strip appeared in a college newspaper, then the now-defunct The Source, a nationally published hip-hop magazine, McGruder put the series in newspapers. In 2005, he transitioned to television, landing the adventures of Huey & Riley Freeman and their grandfather, Robert, on [adult swim]. Tonight, after a lengthy hiatus, the series begins its final season.
McGruder, however, is no longer associated with the cartoon. He's working on a new project for [as], which should be ready to go, probably before the end of the year.
The Boondocks has always been built around Huey & Riley (both voiced by actress Regina King), serving as avatars for McGruder's viewpoints on society in general, especially as it relates to African Americans. John Witherspoon (ex-The Wayans Brothers) voices Grandpa Robert. I'd like to post an episode here, but because of language and other concerns, we'll settle for the intro:
While filmmaker-turned-network executive Reginald Hudlin was credited as an executive producer, he actually left the show before it hit the air to take the President's job at BET. Go figure.
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Recently, Ive posted some reviews of older kits. In both cases, a few comments were posted that its a waste of time to review older kits. So, I thought I would just provide a few comments about why, and how, I choose to post reviews.
A few years ago, I stumbled across this forum when looking for a kit review. I had never built armor kits, at that time, so reviews were needed. After spending time in the forum, I eventually liked what was available and became a paying member.
Seeing all the resources available on this site, I decided that I would like to contribute something as a way of saying thank-you to everyone for all the help I had been, and continue to be, given. Even though I had never done so before, I thought that I would contribute some in-box kit reviews.
My first step was what kit(s) to review? I made a list of the kits I had accumulated in my stash. After all, you cant review a kit if you dont have it. I compared that list with all the reviews available on Armorama. That gave me an initial starting list to work from. I update this list every time I add a new kit.
My belief is that I should not have to go to any other site to get a kit review. I should be able to find everything I need on this site.
Now, what kit to write a review on? I have an easy way to choose. If the kit Im planning to start, usually related to a Campaign Build, doesnt have a review posted on the site, then Ill put one together. I always check on Scalemates to see how many reviews are available. How many are in English. How many are video reviews. So, yes, I know what is out there. But, bottom line, if there is no review on Armorama, then I put one together.
Based on these criteria, the age of the kit doesnt matter. It only matters if there is, or is not, a review on the site.
Im not a big fan of video reviews. I do watch them. But, they dont give me the information I want in a review. So, I decided to write my reviews in the format I would like to be reading. So, therefore, I take the instructions and write a short summary for each step and add information to give background on the different options that are available.
Therefore, even if there is a video review of the kit on the site, Ill still add my written review to the database. That way the user can choose the format they prefer.
So, when someone complains why I reviewed a 20 year old kit, here is your answer. I didnt write it for you. I wrote it for the person looking for a review of the kit that will bring them to this site, and hopefully, they will then join (if not a member) after having a chance to see what we have to offer.
Everything in my stash, about 25 kits as of now, was purchased in the last two years. So, even these older kits are readily available.
I dont get paid to write reviews. No one gives me these kits. I do this on my own time, with kits I purchase, as a way to give back to my fellow members, and just maybe get someone new to join. To date, Ive had 10 reviews posted, with number 11in the next few days.
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About Erik
BioI have had the pleasure of teaching English to grades 9-12 at Mohawk Trail Regional High School in the Berkshires of Massachusetts for 16 years. This past May I received a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts, where my dissertation focused on the importance of teaching literacy across content areas. Outside of school, my passions are my wife and two boys, and baseball.


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FORT WORTH, TX --The deaths of two more North Texans have been blamed on the West Nile virus.
Tarrant County officials Monday reported the deaths of a Fort Worth man and a North Richland Hills woman, both of whom were in their 80s and had underlying medical conditions.
That brings to four the number of dead in Tarrant County, to 16 the number of West Nile-related fatalities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and to 22 the number of dead in Texas.
Tarrant County officials are performing ground spraying to kill mosquitoes that carry the virus, while Dallas County is performing aerial spraying. Dallas County has reported 10 West Nile deaths.


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Kimbra is a singer/songwriter from New Zealand who has been gaining a lot of attention lately on the merit of her spellbinding voice and uniquely passionate music. Much like Carina Round, Kimbra is part of a new wave of individuals bringing a left-field quirkiness and some boundless enthusiasm to pop music, and it's about time.
Check out the amazing "Settle Down" below>
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We share common goals with African Virtual University and The Centre for Global Citzenship at Kingston University.
There are several other open content projects that are a source of educational material or have similar goals. Examples include:
- Bookboon.com
- Community College Open Textbook Collaborative
- Connexions
- Dynamic Textbook Project (science books)
- John Artz's information systems books (some incomplete)
- maketextbooksaffordable.org
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- One laptop per child
- Onlinecourses.com a collection of open online college courses
- Onlineuniversities.com (a blog)
- OpenLearn gives free access to course material from The Open University
- Open Textbook Library is part of the Open Textbook Network operated by several universities.
- Public Diplomacy
- Saylor Foundation
- SmartStudy
- Sofia
- Stanford Law School Afghanistan Legal Education Project
- Textbook Revolution
- textbooksfree.org
- Wiki books
A comprehensive list of Open Educational Resources is maintained by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning's Open Educational Resources Community.


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Join our fiction book group for a discussion of Loving Frank Stone by Nancy Horan. In this ambitious debut novel, fact and fiction blend together brilliantly. Drawing on years of research, Horan weaves little-known facts into a compelling narrative.
Please join the science book group as they discuss A Matter of Degrees by Gino Segre. The book choice for the following month will be Here's Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos.
This month, the group will be discussing Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler. The next month, the group will be reading The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje.
A self-help book written originally for widows, once Who Am I Without Him? was complete, it became obvious that the book is a valuable tool for anyone who's struggling. Join us for Reading followed by a book signing.


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Enterprise mixing means opportunity From pick-your-own strawberries to educational programs for kids, there is something for everyone on the Vollmer Farm in Bunn, N.C.
Along with his wife Betty, his son Russ and daughter-in-law Mary, John Vollmer has transformed his primarily tobacco farm into a diversified mix of fruits, vegetables, farm market, farm tour and petting zoo.
He will be sharing his growing pains and successes first thing on Wednesday morning, Dec. 13, the last day of the Southeast Vegetable and Fruit EXPO and AgTech 2000, in Greensboro, N.C..
Vollmer will spend a few minutes describing his operation. Then he will take questions from fellow farmers who want to learn from someone who has taken a lot of chances. Many of those chances are paying off. But, Vollmer emphasizes that it has taken 20 years to make the transition from tobacco to vegetables. And, he's still adding new enterprises.
Along with lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, collards, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, pumpkins and popcorn, Vollmer is also growing both conventional and organic strawberries.
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From Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA:
My 2 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last year at the age of 18 months. We pretty much let her eat what she wants and adjust her Humalog accordingly. Lately, she has become very upset when she wants candy or an extra treat and it is not time to eat. I offer her "free food", but she becomes hysterical if I do not give her what she wants. So, I end up giving in with the attitude she doesn't understand this yet. I feel totally out of control with her diet. I want to bake cookies with her and let her have special treats, but, even more, I want her to stay healthy. I need some advice on how to feed a 2 year old and what to say to her when she wants something she can't have.
It is really important to avoid "food wars" with your preschooler. All children need to listen to their own internal sensations of fullness and hunger. So, when you have done your job as a parent by offering healthy, well-balanced meals and snacks, your job is over. It is then your child's job to eat (or not). Pleading, begging and bargaining over food is never successful.
When it comes to high carbohydrate foods, Humalog can be used to cover what the child eats. This has been a wonderful way of avoiding the concept of forbidden foods. However, no child needs to eat candy or cookies. Moreover, all parents say "no" to their children's requests about sweets sometimes, and tolerate their child's temper tantrums after being disappointed. Children must learn that "no" means "no" and that temper tantrums are not strategies that are tolerated.
You may wish to meet with your team dietitian, team social worker, or team psychologist to discuss your child's food behaviors. Also, you may find the following references worth reading: 1) Disciplining a Child With Diabetes in October, 1999 Diabetes Forecast, and 2) Sweet Kids: How to Balance Diabetes Control & Good Nutrition with Family Peace by Betty Brackenridge & Richard Rubin, published by the American Diabetes Association.
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V2112 Multipurpose 12″ Loudspeaker
The NEW Harbinger VâRi V2112 multipurpose loudspeaker is designed with 600 watts of Class-D amplification, bringing more power, exceptional sound and a striking new look to your party or event. Used as a main or monitor, it's the most versatile and affordable powered loudspeaker Harbinger has ever built. The 2-way system features a built-in 3-channel mixer, 2-band EQ, limiter with clip, and pole mount. Plus, with its XLR Balanced Line Out, you can hook up multiple speakers, perfect for vocals, presenters and anyone who needs articulation and detail.
• 600 watts Class-D power for venue-filling sound
• Limiter with clip indicator protects your system from overload
• 3-channel mixer with a variety of input/output options
• 2-band EQ dials up the ideal sound for any function
• Line Out for linking multiple speakers
• Integrated handles are balanced for easy transport
• Rugged steel grille protects speakers from abuse
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Monday, May 15, 2017
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide 2
Uri replies to Salman in his weekly column, 17/5/14:
Dear Salman,
I was profoundly moved by this letter. It took me days to find the courage to answer. I try to do so as sincerely as possible.
I also vividly remember our conversation in Paris, and wrote about it in the second part of my memoirs, which will appear in the course of this year. It may be interesting for the readers to compare our two descriptions of the same conversation. About the scene near Hulayqat I have written in the first part, which has already appeared in Hebrew.
When I was wounded in the 1948 war, I decided that it would be my life's mission to work for peace between our two peoples. I hope that I have been true to that promise.
Making peace after such a long and bitter conflict is both a moral and a political endeavor. There is often a contradiction between the two aspects.
I respect the few people in Israel who, like Tikva, completely devote themselves to the moral side of the refugees' tragedy, whatever the consequence for the chances of peace. My own moral outlook tells me that peace must be the first aim, before and above everything else.
The war of 1948 was a terrible human tragedy. Both sides believed that it was an existential battle. that their very life was hanging in the balance. It is often forgotten that ethnic cleansing (not a familiar expression in those days) was practiced by both sides. Our side occupied large territories, creating a huge refugee problem, while the Palestinian side succeeded in occupying only small Jewish areas, like the Old City of Jerusalem and the Etzion settlement bloc south of Bethlehem. But not a single Jew remained there.
The war, like the later Bosnian war, was an ethnic war, in which both sides tried to conquer as large a part of the country as possible - EMPTY of the other population.
As an eyewitness and participant, I can testify to the fact that the origins of the refugee problem are extremely complex. During the first seven months of the war, the attacks on the Arab villages were an absolute military necessity. At that time, we were the weaker side. After a number of very cruel battles, the wheel turned and I believe that a deliberate policy of expulsion was adopted by the Zionist leadership.
But the real question is: Why were the 750,000 refugees not allowed home after the end of the hostilities?
One has to remember the situation. It was three years after the smokestacks of Auschwitz and the other camps had gone cold. Hundreds of thousands of wretched survivors crowded the refugee camps in Europe and had nowhere to go but to the new Israel. They were brought here and hastily put into the homes of the Palestinian refugees.
All this did not obliterate our moral obligation to put an end to the terrible tragedy of the Palestinian refugees. In 1953 I published in my magazine, Haolem Hazeh, a detailed plan for for the solution of the refugee problem. It included (a) an apology to the refugees and the acknowledgment in principle of the right to return, (b) the return and resettlement of a substantial number, (c) generous compensation to all the rest. Since the Israeli government refused to consider the possibility of the return of a single individual, the plan was not even discussed.
Why do I not stand on a hilltop and cry out for the return of all refugees?
Peace is made between consenting parties. There is absolutely no chance that the vast majority of Israelis would freely agree to the return of all the refugees and their descendants, who amount to six or seven million people - the same number as Israel's Jewish citizens. This would be the end of the 'Jewish state' and the beginning of a 'bi-national state', to which 99% of Israelis strenuously object. It can be imposed only by a crushing military defeat, which is currently impossible because of Israel's infinite military superiority, including nuclear arms.
I can stand on the hilltops and shout - but it would not bring peace (and a solution) one step closer.
To my mind, waiting for a solution in a hundred years, while the conflict and the misery continue, is not really moral.
Dear Salman, I have listened attentively to your presentation.
You say that Israel could easily absorb all the refugees by putting them into the Negev, which is almost empty. That is quite true.
The vast majority of Israelis would reject that, because they are fiercely resolved to have a large Jewish majority in Israel. But I also ask myself: What is the logic of that?
When I met with Yassar Arafat in Beirut during the war of 1982, I also visited several Palestinian refugee camps. I asked many refugees whether they wanted to return to Israel. Most said that they wanted to return to their villages (which were eradicated long ago) but not anywhere else in Israel.
What is the sense of putting them into the harsh conditions of the desert in a Zionist-dominated and Hebrew-speaking country, far from their original homes? Would they want that?
Arafat and his successors limit their aim to a 'just and AGREED solution', giving the Israeli government a veto right. That means, in practice, at most the return of a symbolic number.
My latest proposal is for the Israeli president to apolpgize and express the profound regret of the Israeli people for its part in the creation and prolongation of the tragedy.
The Israeli government must recognize the moral right of the refugees to return.
Israel should organize the return of 50,000 refugees every year for 10 years. (I am almost alone in Israel in demanding this number. Most peace groups would reduce that to 100,000 altogether.)
All the other refugees should receive compensation on the lines of the compensation paid by Germany to the Jewish victims. (no comparison, of course.)
With the foundation of the State of Palestine, they would receive Palestinian passports and be able to settle there, in their country.
In the not too distant future, when the two states, Israel and Palestine, shall be finally living side by side, with open borders and with their capitals in Jerusalem, perhaps within a region-wide framework, the problem will lose it sting.
It hurts me to write this letter. For me, the refugees are no abstract 'problem', but human beings with human faces. But I will not lie to you.
I would be honored to live next door to you (even in the Negev Desert).
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- Grappler said...
"Hundreds of thousands of wretched survivors crowded the refugee camps in Europe and had nowhere to go but to the new Israel."
At the risk of boring the reader, I will, once again, draw their attention to the testimony of Alfred Lilienthal in "What Price Israel". So as to shorten the post I'll cut some less controversial sentences.
The end of World War II — if end it did — created in Europe that epitome of distress, the Displaced Person. These refugees ... were of all faiths: about 500,000 Catholics, 100,000 Protestants, and 226,000 Jews. Of these last, some 100,000 were in the assembly camps of Germany, Austria and Italy; 50,000 undetained in the United Kingdom; 12,000 in Sweden; 10,500 in Switzerland;...
On August 31, 1945, President Truman wrote Britain's Prime Minister Clement Attlee that the issuance of 100,000 certificates of immigration to Palestine would help to alleviate the refugee situation. ... the British Government declared it would not accept the view "that Jews should be driven out of Europe or that they should not be permitted to live again in these countries without discrimination, contributing their ability and talent toward rebuilding the prosperity of Europe." The Prime Minister invited a joint inquiry into these matters by representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom. President Truman favorably received this proposal. But Zionists called it "a fresh betrayal" to which they would never submit.
The ... Committee ... was set up on December 10, 1945, with six American and six British members. ... ... Representatives of Jewish organizations as well as those who expressed the Christian and the Arab viewpoints were heard.... The full Committee held further sessions in Egypt, at which the Jewish Agency ... and organized Arab groups were heard. ... These exhaustive deliberations were completed in Switzerland and a report, unanimously signed at Lausanne, ...
The principal recommendation ... called for the immediate issuance of entrance certificates into Palestine for 100,000 Jews "who had been the victims of Nazi and Fascist persecution." Had these 100,000 admissions actually been granted, the overwhelming majority of Jewish Displaced Persons whose situation required immediate action would have been saved and the revolting D. P. Centers could soon have been closed. The report went on to state that "Jew shall not dominate Arab and Arab shall not dominate Jew in Palestine, which shall be neither a Jewish State nor an Arab State. . . . Palestine is a Holy Land, sacred to Christian, to Jew and to Moslem alike, and because it is a Holy Land, Palestine is not, and can never become a land which any race or religion can justly claim as its very own." (35)
But a Palestine which guarded "the rights and interests of Moslems, Jews and Christians alike," to quote the Committee, was never acceptable to Zionists. To the leaders of political Zionism, nationalist politics were immeasurably more important than humanitarian concerns. For, indeed, Zionism has never been refugeeism and refugeeism never Zionism.
The Anglo-American Committee had found that Palestine alone could never meet Jewish emigration needs and that the United States and British Government, in association with other countries, must endeavor to find new homes for displaced persons. And this, more than anything, doomed the Committee, so far as Zionism was concerned.
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the stranger and the soldier are the same person. 'he looked at me like i was the one who should run' to me is the british exercising control over the irish people.
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Why Does Dante Consider Sodomy Worse Than Homicide & Suicide?
September 2004By Anne Barbeau Gardiner
Anne Barbeau Gardiner is Professor Emerita of English at John Jay College of the City University of New York. She is author, most recently, of Ancient Faith and Modern Freedom in John Dryden's The Hind and the Panther (Catholic University of America Press).
Dante's Divine Comedy, the most sublime religious poem the Christian West has produced in two thousand years, provides us to this day with profound insights into human nature. In the Inferno Dante provides us with a vivid, unforgettable image of what Christians have always believed about sodomites. He places them in the seventh circle of Hell, the fiery circle of the violent, far below the lustful heterosexuals of the second circle. Why this big separation? The answer is extremely important and revealing. Dante wants us to understand that homosexuals do not suffer in life from a deficiency of the will, as lustful heterosexuals do in failing to control their natural urges. Rather, they engage in a willful defiance of Nature. Indeed, Dante presents them as violent against Nature.
It is Dante's geography that contains the central meaning of his great poem. So first, let us see the sinners who are found above the sodomites in his Inferno that is to say, those punished for lesser offenses. The realm of the damned begins in the second circle of Hell (the first circle is Limbo a place of rest where virtuous pagans remain unpunished, but are deprived of the vision of God). In the second circle, Dante discovers pairs of lustful heterosexuals who are tossed around like birds caught in a storm. From this circle down to the fifth one, he meets intemperate sinners, one after the other. They all yielded to their natural passions instead of exercising restraint, and so they are all punished by natural things: air, water, mud. The life they chose was below the dignity and calling of a human being, but they are in the circles of incontinence, not violence, because what they did was not malicious. Their penalty represents what they chose: They subjected their higher nature to their lower urges. And they died without repenting. So the whirlwind of passion into which lustful heterosexuals threw themselves in life now whips and drives them forever through the air in Hell; the swill into which the gluttons and drunkards sank envelops them without end; a pointless rage still drives the misers and spendthrifts to butt against each other, while the wrathful and sullen bear their grudges eternally in a muddy swamp. Dante, however, sees no devils and no hellfire afflicting these weak sinners, only natural torments.
After the circles of the incontinent, Dante comes to a wall surrounding the deeper circles of Hell, and this wall is guarded by devils. The sodomites are well below this wall. The point of Dante's geography is that those who fall below the fifth circle did not just yield to natural passion, but were willfully rebellious against God's order, like the fallen angels who are watching on the walls. After Dante passes the gate of Dis, the first whom he meets among the damned are those who insisted that there was nothing beyond the grave. Ironically, they asserted that everything ends with death, yet here they are in the sixth circle, each consciously fixed in his fiery grave. This sixth circle provides a transition to the lower circles. For to go further down into serious sin, it is necessary to delude oneself into believing that no eternal punishment awaits the unrepentant sinner after death.
Dante finds the sodomites at the bottom of the seventh circle, a circle that contains three rings. Again, his geography is very revealing. In the top ring of the seventh circle are those who killed for gain, whether in empire-building or in robbing travelers on the highway. Appropriately enough, mass murderers such as Alexander are up to their eyebrows in boiling blood, while common robbers are only ankle deep. Below them in the second ring are those who committed suicide because they lost money, reputation, or status. They are below the homicides, because they willfully violated the law of self-preservation, an even more basic law of Nature than love of neighbor. Since they set a lower value on their life than on worldly additions to it, they are now deprived of their human form and reduced to thorny trees oppressed by nightmarish Harpies.
But Dante places sodomy in the bottom-most ring of the seventh circle, below homicide and suicide, suggesting that this sin is an even worse form of violence. The implication here is that sodomy involves an even more thoroughgoing hostility to Nature than defying the laws of self-preservation or love of neighbor; that it is a culmination of violence in being destructive to neighbor, violating self-love, and at the same time undermining family and community. Note that the suicides in the first ring damned themselves alone, while the sodomites damned themselves with others. Therefore, sodomites must run in a band forever on the burning plain. The burning sands on which they run represent their sterility. With this detail Dante shows that the intimacies of sodomy lead to a lack of posterity and put an end to one's family line. The sodomites, as represented by Dante's friend Brunetto Latini, chose continuity through fame, not through children. Brunetto points out that the men in his company were all famous scholars and literary celebrities who raised themselves in the eyes of the world by their talents while they dragged one another down into Hell. Thus, they sum up the previous rings: They were violent both to others and themselves in that they destroyed their own souls and that of one another, and they were violent to family life by their choice of sterility.
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