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Interview with Andrew Choi of St. Lenox
St. Lenox brought their unique blend of classical background, love of Pop music and telling stories and philosophical aesthetic to Nelsonville Music Festival, this year. Read on to learn more about lead singer and St. Lenox mastermind Andrew Choi's motivation, music and more in our interview, below:
Hold the Note: So I know it says "Brooklyn" on your Facebook info, but I know it also references Columbus, and Iowa…
Andy: So I lived in Iowa for many years. I lived in Sacramento for a year, too. I lived for a year in Toronto. But mostly Iowa, Columbus…and now New York. And a little bit of Cincinnati.
HTN: So you consider them all your home cities?
Andy: I do. They're all different. Iowa is really where…that's where I really grew up. I spent most of high school and my elementary school years there. I was in Missouri for a little bit, but that was up until first grade. I have some memories of that, but not much beyond that. And Ohio was where I started taking up music again.
HTN: Is anyone else in your band from this area?
Andy: Yeah, Nick Fed is from Cincinnati. He lived in Columbus for a while. That's how I first interacted with him. He expressed interest in playing in a band when I came back to Ohio to perform…and I said "if you're interested, that's like, 95% of what I need" (to make this band work).
We started discussing our theories on success, doing things yourself and doing things on a small (or no budget)…
Andy: Yeah, I'm looking at this last year…I got an excellent review from this guy in PopMatters. I literally just Tweeted him. I said "I know you just wrote this article about The Shags, I like what you wrote. I think you might be interested in my record". He gave me his email. I sent him the record. A few months later he listened to it and told me "I'm really loving this". And you know what? I didn't put any money into this. I just messaged someone and said I wanted them to spend a little time listening to (my music). And if you can do that, you can get peoples' attention.
HTN: And to me, it wasn't that hard for you to take a second and personalize that message to him.
Andy: No, it wasn't.
HTN: But that's one thing I think that really shines about your songwriting, is that you're paying attention. Just listening to your music, it felt like there was life in your ability to pay attention to things that were around you.
Andy: I go to open mics a lot. I like to hear people writing. It's surprising the extent to which people feel like they need to write a hit. They get these ideas that the hit sets some type of generic emotion, it has a belting chorus…I think the issue is, people don't believe they have personal experiences that are important and beautiful. And because of that…it's not like I looked at my life and went "Oh here are some interesting details that will go viral". It's more (for me) about "here are some things that are really important to me in my life. I'm gonna tell you about them. I can tell you about them in detail because they're personal experiences." I think the problem is, a lot of the ways people write music and music videos is, (it's like) they're actually talking down to people and calling them stupid. And you're (as the artist) saying I don't think you have the capacity to understand a story I want to tell you…But I think also, people are really afraid of expressing something that's personal to them. There's a safety in "there's this thing that I know works"-in using something because you know it works there. It's like a defense mechanism.
HTN: It can be very vulnerable to write about something that's so personal to you.
Andy: But then you perform it live in front of people. And this is why I got to open mic nights so much. You perform it live in front of people, and you can tell when you've gotten "that reaction". 'Cause you're telling your personal story, you can figure out how to make it accessible. That's what being a musician is about. But when you're able to take that experience and make it accessible, you can find that at an open mic and say "Ha! I have a song now".
I think people have limited ideas of what music can give to them. And I think especially on an emotional level, people think there are certain things music can do for them. Because of that, people aren't as adventurous about writing. They don't realize there's a bewildering amount of emotional space that you can give to (the listeners) by writing. My law school friends, some of them have this idea that the "peak" that you can have as a writer, is to write a song that goes viral, or becomes very popular. The thing is, that's an evaluation that's not even on an emotional level, or on a writer's level. It literally conforms. It's saying "this is what music is for".
HTN: It's interesting, because you have the added benefit of having a little philosophy background, don't you?
Andy: Yeah, sometimes I wonder if it's a benefit. (We both laugh)
HTN: You also are a classically trained violinist. You can hear it in some of your note progressions.
Andy: There's this conception of classical music where…they say classical, they mean it has strings in it. And when people say "jazzy", it has a saxophone. In classical music writing, there are melodic progressions that have to do with the way people write melody. That's not all of it. There's ways of writing notes. There's ways of writing chord progressions. There are ways of thinking about phrasing as a method. You can write classical music with a guitar and no strings. Classical music isn't about strings. There's so much in classical music that has to do with melody writing, chord progressions. I try to draw on those things to some extent. It's difficult because pop (music) is a very different animal. And you can't just sort of smoosh them together. You have to think about how you do them from a melody and chord perspective. The easy way to do that, to squish them together is to say "Here's a pop song. and I'll put in a string section". That's not classical music. There are certain bands that will have a violin in them. That's not classical music. But I'm glad you say that, because it's a writing (thing). (With) Mozart, could have taken any instrument to play, and it would still be classical. And I don't think people understand that. Jazz is a little different. People will say if it has a little sax in it…or if it's got seventh chords, people will say it's jazzy.
HTN: I really enjoy paying attention to what you were saying in your music. And there were times (while listening) where it would feel a little spoken word-y to me, and then it would go in and out of that. And it just feels refreshing and exciting.
Andy: I'm glad. I mean, I have no idea what I'm doing.
HTN: Who does?
This is gonna be a slight jump, but in your videos, I felt like I was hearing more of an electronic influence than what was here (at Nelsonville).
Andy: There's some songs I write as studio pieces. For me, writing it is really an exercise in crafting a piece. So I'll like the way a studio piece sounds. "Just Friends" is a piece I would consider a studio piece. I'm gonna try and figure out how to make that into something that works for me on stage.
"Nixon" I could probably turn into a live band format. It'll still have the instrumental bit. There's a lot of pieces where I'm thinking about it more as a studio piece or a live piece for certain music theory reasons. There are some tracks (I've written) where it's "chord progression, chord progression, every quarter note a chord progression change". And it's very difficult to have musicians play on top of that. And sometimes for reasons like that, there are pieces that don't make it to a live format. Sometimes in smaller settings, I'm freer to do a lot more where I just have a drummer with me (as opposed to a full band), because they (simply) drum on the beat. I have a set that's geared more toward an acoustic feel. Because I'm a writer, I'm going to write more pieces that work acoustically (now)…you get in these patterns, and in order to break out of a pattern sometimes you have to switch it up, and sometimes for me that means switching up the instrument.
The very first song I performed (at Nelsonville this year), that was a studio piece. But then I figured out how to make it more acoustic.
HTN: I always like to ask: If a stranger were to see you perform for the first time, what do you hope they would tell their friends about you and your music?
Andy: I think the first thing I want people to come away with is that I'm a storyteller, telling interesting stories. I think of myself as writing music, as a songwriter. But in terms of the music-the instrumental chords and melodies-that's all in service of telling the story for me. I pick melodies because I think that they have a tendency to evoke emotions that have some correspondence to the story that I'm telling.
HTN: So the (lyrics) writing is first, for you?
Andy: Sometimes in the process of writing, I'll use a melody to sort of get there or to come up with ideas to write about. But I'm not going to actually present something until I'm like, "Here's an anecdote I can tell, that I can express in words". It's a matter of finding the right music to express the words. But yeah, I want people to think of me as a storyteller. I want people to think of me as a writer. I don't hate this, but one thing I dislike…sometimes I'll go perform, and someone will tell me I have a great voice. I should of course be happy when somebody likes that. But I think you're missing the point. Like this last record. The point of it, amongst others, was to provide an empathetic touchstone to be like "Oh, here's a starting point to where I can begin to understand the immigrant or first or second generation point of view". I'm giving you a place to start for that by telling you stories about my life, or my interaction with my parents, or my interactions growing up in the United States. That's the whole point of the record.
HTN: And randomness: How do you know Matthew Silver?
Andy: Matthew Silver and I…I don't know how long he'd been doing performance art before, but we know one another from open mic. He had done some open mic nights at a really great place called GoodBye Blue Monday. He had been doing performance art there. I was doing stuff in the underground music scene at the same time. I get that a lot of what he does is crazy, oddball stuff. But he's also an artist. I respect that. It's the reason why, when I was trying to come up with a video to do, I wanted something that had some aspect of the artist scene in New York. And I thought obviously I should ask him. It wasn't until after the video, where I'd said "Hey Matt, would you like to do this? I'll pay you some money. It'll be a really simple idea." Afterward, I was talking with my manager and he told me he has millions of hits on YouTube. We just knew each other from open mic. He's a great guy.
HTN: Any news stuff? Any musical news?
Andy: June 23rd, I'm supposed to release a double CD (both records). And there was another track I recorded in between the records that will be included on that. Combined with that, I'm releasing a visual album, which will be the first visually written, performed and directed visual album ever. It's the rest of the music videos for the rest of the record. I don't have huge expectations. I'm not a trained director. But I'm gonna send it out to some film festivals and if it appears anywhere, I can say "10 Hymns from American Gothic" played at "X". I can put film and music press alongside each other (PBT??). Visual albums will be coming out the wazoo in the next few years.
HTN: So does that mean each song has it's own video?
Andy: You could do it that way. I think plausibly another way is if you come up with a film that spans the record and has to interact with the music in some meaningful way. I think that's an important part of it. …I think I've created something that will be unique. It'll be something that expresses a lot of thoughts that I have, and that's all that it needs to be.


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Volume 5, Issue 6, November 2017, Page: 58-72
Assessment of Open Educational Resources in Tertiary Institutions: The Computerized Information Model
Wilson Nwankwo, Department of Computer science & Information Technology, Wellspring University, Benin City, Nigeria
Received: Jan. 11, 2018; Accepted: Jan. 19, 2018; Published: Jan. 31, 2018
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While policies are great vehicles towards planning and realization of developmental programmes, they do not translate to realities without sustained careful implementation and supervision. The Nigeria's National Policy on Open Educational Resources (OER) for Higher Education is one of such landmark educational policies made in the fall of 2017. Following the obligations created by the said policy on tertiary institutions and the need to achieve a relatively uniform high quality OER repository across board, this paper is articulated to address the challenges envisaged in the process of evaluating/assessing the conformance of the various repositories of Nigerian Universities to ideal benchmarks set by the policy. This paper proposes a computerized information model employing the popular object-oriented approach. It documents a business logic that includes measurable parameters and predicates made dynamic to match the criteria for any evaluation scheme. The result of analysis of user and system requirements produced specifications that were used to generate comprehensive logical attribute and method models. The models provided appropriate coverage on future requirements for implementing a versatile automated evaluation system for OER repositories in Nigeria.
Open educational Resources, Nigeria, Education, Policy on Education, NUC, OER
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Wilson Nwankwo, Assessment of Open Educational Resources in Tertiary Institutions: The Computerized Information Model, Communications. Vol. 5, No. 6, 2017, pp. 58-72. doi: 10.11648/j.com.20170506.11
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The number of consumers who demand financial products that can be contracted through the internet grows month by month. The banks seem to have taken note of this and more and more entities are offering fast online credits and other products through their digital platforms. The last to join this trend has been Liberbank, which has launched a line of instant loans of 4,500 million euros.
Fast online credits of up to € 15,000 for Liberbank customers
During the following months, families will have to scratch their pockets to face vacations, return to school and Christmas. To give you a hand, Liberbank offers its customers fast online credits of up to € 15,000 to be repaid in a maximum of 6 years. According to the entity, up to 722,000 users may contract this product through the Internet, from an ATM or in the same office. In addition, to obtain a fast online loan Green Day Online from, it will not be necessary to submit any documentation.
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Something old, something new, a wedding ring made by you at Canary Blue. When it comes to rings there isn't a great deal of choice in Cornwall. Not everyone wants the standard rings you can buy on the high street. Some want a standard ring you can buy on the high street but with more meaning than it just being one of many. At Canary Blue you and your partner can spend a day making your own. This is not as difficult as you may believe and we can guarantee you will have a fantastic time working alongside each other and Richard.
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Up to one month before your workshop booking, you have a design appointment with Richard when you spend time discussing the metals that you can use and the design you would like. As long as it isn't too complicated, you can add elements to your wedding band such as combining metals or creating different finishes. It is a complicated, specialist job for stones to be set into your ring, if this is something you would like to have done you will discuss what is possible in the initial design appointment.
On the workshop day, Richard explains the equipment and tools that you will be using and introduces you to your own workbench. From then on you are the jeweller and wholly responsible for making your wedding band but, don't worry, Richard won't let you mess up. Through his demonstration and clear instruction, by the end of the day your rings will look as good as any hand-made rings you could buy.
Your time in the workshop is not prescriptive – you are not in a lecture class, you are making your wedding rings under Richard's guidance. The workshop is booked for your sole use from 10.30am through until 5pm with lunch provided around 1pm.
At the end of the day your finished rings cannot unfortunately go home with you as we have to send them off for hallmarking. If you have asked for stones to be set, or for any engraving, this will also be done before you return to collect your rings a few days later.
If after your initial free appointment you would like to book a wedding ring workshop, the price for the day including Richard's guidance, lunch and photos of your experience is £100 per person (plus precious metal to make the rings).
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I pride myself on my photo editing. I consider it the icing on the cake of a successful image. It allows me to bring out the best in my images in a way that dropping off my film at Walgreens never could have! I imagine, if film were the standard, I'd be spending an awful lot of time in a dark room.
Having said that, I certainly don't know everything and there's always something to learn. It's one of my favorite aspects of this art form...I'll be learning for the rest of my life.
I've often struggled with my night photographs. Most of them are quite noisy by nature and the best time of year to photograph the Milky Way in my area is in July and August, which coincides with the worst heat, humidity, haze, and frequent thunderstorms of the year. So if I even get to capture it, I consider myself lucky. My standard processing has been to tweak white balance, contrast, blacks, shadows, and of course, noise control. I've been mildly satisfied and figured I wasn't getting that amazing color in the core of the Milky Way due to the conditions I'm shooting in. While I was viewing somebody's web site, they had a different approach and so I decided to give it a try and re-processed one of my Milky Way shots I did this summer. The difference is incredible. My jaw dropped. I finally saw what I wanted to see when looking at my image.
Here is the original processed image. It's a composite with the lighthouse coming from another image. That aside, my Milky Way just looks blue...too blue. No amount of "ooh...ahhh...that's awesome" on Facebook made me any happier about this image. It has to speak to me before it speaks to the public. It is, after all, my creation.
It's nice...but not as nice as I wanted. First, I'll show you the new and improved version, and then I'll let you know how I did it. The pixels are there, the color is there, you just have to know how to convince it to come out and say hello!
For me at least, this truly looks like outer space, almost a fantasy. That's the way I feel when I look at the Milky Way. I feel like such a small part of something truly amazing and I want to bring that feeling out in my images.
Here's what I did to accomplish this.
First, I brought the exposure up more than I thought was reasonable. I don't usually push it but this time I did.
Then I cranked my saturation and vibrance to 100%. Don't freak out...this is only temporary, a means to an end. Yes, it looks heinous at this point. Just expect that.
When I do this, it allows me to make a better adjustment to the white balance. That's the area I was struggling with before with the resulting "too blue" image. I make the saturation and vibrance "extreme" to make certain that when I adjust white balance, it's as close to neutral as possible. This eliminates the "too blue or too magenta" result.
This is what it looks like. Don't say I didn't warn you...Yuck!
When I cranked the saturation and vibrance, I was able to see if the image was becoming too blue or too yellow with the temp slider. I was also able to see if it was becoming too green or too magenta with the tint slider. Once I get a decent mix of these colors, I bring the vibrance and saturation back down to zero. In this case, I had to make my temp +66 and my tint -30. Every image will be different.
Then it looks like this.
As you can see, the colors are much more neutral and the overly blue look has been tamed. After this, it's a simple adjustment of the exposure, making it darker again, blacks, shadows, and a bit of the dehaze slider to get the image above that I was much happier with.
As you can see, proper editing is crucial, not only to getting the most out of the pixels you capture, but also in allowing you to portray the feeling in your images that you intend.
This is what my friend, Kenny McKeithan, and I will be teaching at our Photoshop and Lightroom class the weekend of September 23, 24, 25th. From organizing, to editing, to final output, we'll cover it all.
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You may have heard about people getting speeding tickets not based on the reading of a radar gun or other instrument subject to empirical verification but solely on the basis of an armed government worker's "training," his estimation – that is is, his opinion – about how fast the alleged offender was traveling. In some jurisdictions, this is considered acceptable evidence in court – sufficient to convict.
Now comes the Drug Whisperer. A whole army of them.
These are armed government workers such as Cobb County, Georgia's TT Carroll – who have received similar "training" and been anointed Certified Drug Recognition Experts, ready to go to war on drugs – even if there aren't any around.
Carroll and other "trained experts" have arrested numerous motorists on the basis of the mere assertion that they are On Dope.
Nothing more.
Certainly not on the basis of empirical evidence that they actually are On Dope, such as a blood or urine test. That's too much of an inconvenience – and probably too factual, as well.
Instead, the DRE's "trained" opinion that the person he has waylaid – often on the pretext of a minor traffic offense, such as driving slightly on the shoulder or touching a yellow line, probably with the DRE cop car riding their bumper – is a Doper. The victims are arrested, caged and charged – and must then prove themselves innocent of the charges.
Many of them subsequently have. At least five of Carroll's victims were found – empirically – to have nothing in their systems whatsoever. But that took months (the state's crime lab isn't speedy) and the charges don't get dropped before the court date unless the DA feels so inclined.
The presumption of guilt applies.
Carroll – and 250 other "trained" government workers in Georgia alone – use scientific techniques such as "observing the subject's attitude" – the attitude indicating Dope Fiend or not isn't described – followed by a roadside gymnastics performance similar to the one used to suss out "drunk" drivers. Common clumsiness – aggravated by nervousness – becomes a "tell" that the "subject" is a Doper. As does refusal to perform the test.
He must be High.
The Drug Whisperer then proceeds to an evaluation of muscle tone. If your arms feel "rigid," you're on dope. If they are "flaccid," you're also on dope!
Whatever your arms feel like, you're on dope.
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It was implicit in the research nature of the work that simple new facilities should be discovered which, when implemented, should be useful in a wide range of applications, preferably including some unforseen ones. It has turned out that the properties of a computer drawing are entirely different from a paper drawing not only because of the accuracy, ease of drawing, and speed of erasing provided by the computer, but also primarily because of the ability to move drawing parts around on a computer drawing without the need to erase them. Had a working system not been developed, our thinking would have been too strongly influenced by a lifetime of drawing on paper to discover many of the useful services that the computer can provide.
this idea, the idea that the computer is a new medium, that we have to come up with new ways to interact with our machines, that old patterns of thought are not enough, is a very old one. in this case 1963 to be precise.


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Greetings Hoops Fans, this is Dave Horning for Hoops on Lane Fan Podcast, with a preview of the upcoming game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Butler Bulldogs to be played on Sunday, November 26 at 3:00pm Columbus Time and televised on ESPN2 – the final game for both teams in the Phil Knight 80th Birthday Classic – the PK80 Tournament – being played in Portland Oregon.
This is not a game that Buckeye New Coach Chris Holtmann is looking forward to playing. Last year, Chris Holtmann coached the Butler Bulldogs to a second place finish in the Big East Conference and a berth in the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the Sweet 16 before losing to eventual NCAA Champion North Carolina. When Coach Holtmann accepted Ohio State's offer to replace Thad Matta, Butler hired former Butler player LaVall Jordan to be its new head coach.
Speaking after Ohio State's victory over Stanford, when asked about playing against Butler, Buckeye Coach Holtmann said "You know, It's not ideal. It's not ideal." ""Our coaching staff has a lot of affection for those players and certainly for that community. It's certainly not ideal, not how we would have drawn it up."
When Coach Holtmann left Butler, he brought his assistant coaches and Top 100 Recruit Kyle Young with him.
Still, when si.com ranked all 351 Division 1 Basketball teams in the preseason, they ranked Butler at Number 37 – ahead of Missouri, Oklahama and Wisconsin, and far ahead of Ohio State who was ranked Number 77. The Las Vegas oddsmakers have Butler as a slight favorite in Sunday's game – by 1.5 points.
The Butler Bulldogs will feature two returning starters from last year's team plus their leading scorer and top player, Kelan Martin, who was technically their 6th man last year. The Bulldogs will feature two forwards and three guards in their starting lineup.
Number 30 Kelan Martin is a 6-7 Senior Forward and a Preseason First Team All Big East selection. Watch for Number 30 – the Bulldogs leading scorer – but he has made only 9 of 41 3-point shots so far this year – let's hope he doesn't heat up against Ohio State on Sunday.
Other Starters from last year's team include:
Number 4 – 6-8 Senior Forward Tyler Wideman, and
Number 3 – 6-1 Sophomoe Guard Kamar Baldwin
Number 22 – 6-6 Sophomore Guard Sean McDermott has started every game this year, while the following two players have shared starts:
Number 5 – 6-2 Junior Guard Paul Jorgensen, and
Number 2 – 6-2 Freshman Guard Aaron Thompson
Also, look for their only Center, Number 51 – 6-10 Junior Nate Fowler to play
As for the Buckeyes, I'm unsure who will be starting – but the following three have started all games so far this year:
Number 1 – 6-4 Senior Jae'Sean Tate at Small Forward,
Number 33 – 6-7 Power Forward Keita Bates Diop, and
Number 3 – 6-1 Junior Point Guard CJ Jackson,
and then, at Center, either
Number 0 6-9 Sophomore Micah Potter or Number 34 6-9 Freshman Kaleb Wesson,
and at Shooting Guard, either
Number 2 6-5 Freshman Mussa Jallow or Number 13 6-2 Graduate Student Andrew Dakich who played well in Friday's victory over Stanford.
The following Buckeyes will also see a lot of playing time:
Number 15 6-2 Senior Shooting Guard Kam Williams,
Number 25 6-8 Freshman Forward Kyle Young, and
Number 24 6-6 Sophomore Forward Andre Wesson.
Let's hope Coach Holtmann's knowledge of his former Butler Bulldog players will give Ohio State the edge on Sunday.
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Look who's back in the forest?! Beautiful amanita muscaria mushrooms are popping up everywhere at the moment. We were also blessed with a meeting with Pip an orphaned 7 week old swamp wallaby who is living with our friend Anne, a local wildlife carer. Isn't she beautiful? Her eyes are so dreamy and she has a gentle, inquisitive nature.
I'm also sharing a photo sent to me by our friend Carolyn, who is a local librarian - look at the little early morning reader she recently discovered - I love the expression on his face.
I always feel inspired in this season and it's been very productive. We've been very busy with custom orders for medicine dolls and we are so grateful for your interest and support. In just over 3 weeks I will be flying to California to share dollmaking at Spirit Weavers Gathering and I've been busy creating dolls to share with our Northern sisters. I will share photos very soon of new dolls that will be available for to everyone this week. Wherever you are I hope you are getting to meet the local creatures and finding some time to smell the mushrooms too.


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An Insider's Guide to Visiting Prague/
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Because I studied abroad in Prague, every few weeks I'll get an email from a friend who is visiting the city and wondering if I have any recommendations of things to do while in Prague....
.... and yes, duh, of course I do!
Prague is the best city on earth. Truly. I've backpacked through two continents, and Prague is still my favorite city ever.
However, the spots travelers typically go in Prague are very touristy, and don't do the city justice.
If you stick to the classic Old Town Square -> Charles Bridge -> Prague Castle -> Wenceslas Square route, you're basically visiting Disneyland. All of those attractions are beautiful... but infested with tourists.
That being said.... go to those sites. They're still captivating. Do see the Astronomical Clock and The Charles Bridge... but do get it all out of the way in one morning. Then, go see the rest of the city.
Without further ado, here are...
My favorite things to do and see in Prague:
1. Vyšehrad
I don't understand why Vyšehrad isn't the most popular attraction in Prague. Vyšehrad is a park located about 1.5 miles south of Old Town Square. It contains some historic buildings and churches, and is enclosed by an ancient fortification system.
The area played a crucial part in Prague's history, and is one oldest parts of the city. Vyšehrad was settled in the mid-10th century, and was even the seat of the first king of Bohemia. The area is endlessly charming. I suggest walking around the entire fortification wall, stopping in the church and cemetery, and even visiting some of the museums. However, whatever you do, you cannot miss my favorite view of Prague from this part of the park. Once you see it you'll understand why I'm confused that Vyšehrad isn't the most popular part of Prague.
Getting there: Take the tram to "Výtoň" and walk up "Vratislavova" street to the front entrance of the park. While you're there, have a beer at the Hospůdka Na Hradbách beer garden (another great view of the city). There is also a Czech restaurant, U Kroka, on Vratislavova street. If you're trying to have an authentic Czech meal once in Prague, U Kroka is good choice.
2. Queen Anne's Summer Palace
Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526) commissioned a beautiful summer palace for his wife, Anna Jagiellon. The palace is an example of Renaissance architecture. The palace was later used by Rudolf II, who created an observatory on the first floor. Czech astronomers Tycho de Brahe and Johanes Kepler spent time in this observatory.
Getting there: The palace is a short (and beautiful) walk from Prague Castle. Ride the tram to the "Královský letohrádek" stop, see the summer palace, and then walk through the gardens to Prague Castle.
3. The Clementinum Library
I wouldn't consider this a hidden gem, as many publications have hailed The Clementinum library as the "most beautiful library in the world," or "straight out of Beauty and the Beast."
As it turns out, they're all correct, and it would be a shame to fly to Prague and miss this library. It is very close to Prague Castle, and can be visited in the same trip.
Ps: Don't expect to be able to walk into the library. There is a rope at the door and you can only look in.
4. The "Deer Gutter" Moat
This is one of my favorite, less-visited spots near Prague Castle. Surrounding the castle is a deep moat (not filled with water) that is basically a giant park. I affectionately call it the "Deer Gutter" because the kings of yesteryear would have stags dropped into the moat so they could practice hunting (don't think about it too much).
Walking through the gutter is peaceful and beautiful. Great spot for reading books or having a picnic lunch.
Getting there: The moat has a unique entrance, and can be accessed by scaffolding (yes, scaffolding) on the side of the hill by Chotkova Street. The scaffolding starts around here. Take the tram to "Malostranská" and walk.
5. The National Gallery
Art fans, this one is for you. There is a massive (and I mean MASSIVE) modern art museum just north of the city. The National Gallery may not look like much from the outside (it was built in the aptly-described 'Functionalism' style), but it includes works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Auguste Renoir, and Vincent van Gogh, among others.
However, the star of the show is Alfons Mucha's Slav Epic. This series of paintings are located on the first floor and are completely worth the trip to the museum on their own.
Getting there: Take the tram to the "Exhibition Palace" stop
6. Troja Chateau
I think this one speaks for itself. This candy-colored palace is stunning and absolutely worth the trip north of the city. Take the 112 or the 236 bus to the "Zoo" stop.
7. The Prague Zoo
And, while you're in the neighborhood, you might as well check out the Prague Zoo, which is right next to the Troja Chateau. Yes, it's pretty much just your typical zoo.... but it has a chairlift system that goes above the park for an aerial view of the animals.
7. A hockey game
Does the name Jaromír Jágr mean anything to you? No? Then maybe that's just a Pittsburgh thing.
Either way, the Czech Republic has hockey in their blood, and I recommend getting into the action at a HC Sparta Praha, HC Slavia Praha, or HC Kobra Praha game while in Prague.
See if anyone is playing a home game while you're in town. You can book tickets online.
The cheering sections can be pretty insane... we saw an actual drum line.
8. The Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace
This palace reminds of old, dusty books filled with secrets.
Most tourists walk right by the Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace without even knowing it's there. Located just next to the Charles Bridge, it's easy to find the time to explore this gem. The rooms are delightful examples of various types of Czech architecture, including High Baroque, Rococo and Second Rococo. There are also temporary contemporary art exhibitions throughout the building.
9. Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora is a city an hour east of Prague, but if you're into human bones and walking through claustrophobic silver mines ..... look no further.
This town is decidedly creepy AF, but the trip was probably one of my most memorable days of my entire study abroad experience. If you're going, don't miss:
- České muzeum stříbra Kutná Hora (Bohemian Museum of Silver) (GO ON THE MINE TOUR!)
- Sedlec Ossuary (bone church)
- St. Barbara's Church (pretty)
10. Pivovar Klášter
This brewery is an hour north of Prague, but a total must-visit for anyone beer-obsessed. Located on the site of an old Cistercian monastery, beer has been brewed here since 1570. Tours are very cool and end with a beer tasting. Also, there is apparently treasure hidden in the depths of the brewery... but you'll have to go looking for that yourself.
11. Meetfactory
If you don't know who David Černý is... at least google him before you arrive in the CZR. He is basically Prague's Banksy. If you're ever walking around and think, "Wow, that's a strange sculpture," odds are, it's a piece of Černý artwork.
Why does this matter? The Meetfactory is Černý's "contemporary art centre." There are consistently events and concerts held there... and they are generally all very cool. Follow their schedule online and see what is happening when you're in town.
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KFC is going to introduce a new vegetarian option of the tasty treat. They said the option will bring "great taste of KFC to new and existing customers who are changing their dining habits".
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KFC said: "Development of the recipe is still in its very early stages, and so the options we're exploring in our kitchen are still top secret. Once we've perfected the recipe we aim to test with customers this year, and if all goes well, we hope to launch a new vegetarian option in 2019."
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Please excuse my leave of absence....
Anyway, big happy news is that Porter turned one today. It is absolutely crazy. How did a year pass already? He is such a funny little guy. I love how he always greets his dad with the biggest smile when he gets home from work. It doesn't matter how long it takes Josh to pay attention to him; he keeps the smile on until he gets it! I love the way he laughs and plays with Dallin. No one cracks Porter up like Dallin does. He is Dallin's number one fan and supporter. I also love when he steals Dallin's binky and stuffed puppy and walks around with them as if he owns them! I love the sound he always makes. He loves to move his fingers across his lips and make that one sound (you all know what I'm talking about!) His little temper cracks me up... he is such a firecracker (making his nickname "Pistol" very fitting!) He gets fired up when I'm changing his diaper, taking his clothes off, putting his clothes on, putting him in the car seat, etc etc! He gets mad so quickly and just screams. Thank goodness, he recovers almost as quickly! Anyway, he is such a joy to have around. Kids to me are the epitome of great joy for hard work. They require so much but there is nothing that compares to those precious moments they give us when we remember that is all worth it!! Happy Birthday, Porter P!!!
9 comments:
- Rachel said...
Happy Birthday, Porter! And welcome back, Gay! I cannot believe he is 1 already! Weren't we just pregnant together? So crazy. It's amazing how s-l-o-w time passes when you are pregnant. It sure speeds up fast once you have the baby!
- September 20, 2007 at 3:45 PM
- Melanie said...
Hooray, you're back! Happy Birthday to your cutest little Porter...and sorry to hear about the camera.
- September 20, 2007 at 8:02 PM
- Cami said...
Happy Birthday PO!!! Give the little man a big hug and kiss from us! What a little stud muffin. I'm so mad we didn't get to hang out with you guys when you came up! Yosh is in big trouble with me! Ha Ha...Well we miss you guys! Yosh and Sam will have to talk about Brazil! That would be awesome! Talk to you soon!
- September 20, 2007 at 9:59 PM
- kelie said...
Phew, glad to hear from you. I was starting to worry and was close to callng the local PD to have them stop by your house and check up on you. I can cross that off my To-do list now. Now all that remains on my list is to lose 15 lbs and win the lottery. That shouldn't take long! :)
- September 21, 2007 at 5:48 AM
- Laura said...
happy birthday little Pistol! I loved how he attacked his cake double handed. that was great. now you just need to suck it up and buy that camera battery. I am sure you will find the old one as soon as the new one comes
- September 21, 2007 at 10:23 AM
- JAK-Nielsens said...
Happy B-Day Porter! He is such the cutie. Sorry about the camera, hopefully you have a good friend who will sacrifice and let you borrow theirs.
- September 21, 2007 at 3:35 PM
- English Garden said...
Yeah, Happy Birthday, September is the best month. Glad to know all is well.
- September 21, 2007 at 10:25 PM
- Greenwood said...
happy happy birthday porter P!!!
- September 24, 2007 at 12:59 PM
- Jon & Gina said...
I love the cake, and glad to see you blogging again! Happy Birthday Porter!
- September 24, 2007 at 9:59 PM


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When consolidation began in the beer industry a decade ago, it was supposed to be a big win for shareholders of big beer companies. Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) and Molson Coors (NYSE:TAP) now dominate overall volume in the beer industry both domestically and globally, and in theory they should be able to use their scale and distribution power to grow sales and expand margins.
But the reality in the big beer business has been very different from the theory. Market share for big beer brands is declining and pricing power is not what it once was. And big beer stocks are underperforming the market by a wide margin right now.
Big beer loses its luster
Overall, beer volume is falling slightly in the U.S., exemplified by a 1% drop in volume in 2017 to 196.3 million barrels, according to the Brewers Association. However, craft beer volume rose 5%, so big beer brands are losing share at a rapid rate, and conditions aren't improving in 2018.
According to IRI Group scan data, brewers with over 1 million barrels in capacity had a 2.5% drop in volume in the first half of 2018 and those with 100,000 to 1 million barrels of capacity dropped 1.5%. On the other hand, brewers with 10,000 to 100,000 barrels in capacity had a 5.4% increase in volume and those with 10,000 barrels or less in capacity jumped 30.8%. These are the small brewpubs and microbreweries popping up all over the country.
According to the Brewers Association, the number of brewpubs, microbreweries, and regional brewers jumped from 2,898 in 2013 to 5,424 in 2016. It's like small brewers are inflicting the equivalent of a thousand cuts on the big beer industry and there's very little that companies like AB InBev and Molson Coors can do about it.
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The growth of craft beers isn't lost on big brewers. AB InBev has bought 10 craft brewers and is now hoping to grow those businesses organically, offsetting some of the lost volume in traditional brands. Molson Coors recently acquired the Trou du Diable brewery in Canada and the Clearly Kombucha brand in the U.S., expanding beyond beer. Kombucha is fermented sweetened tea.
Both companies are willing to invest in acquiring smaller competitors to make up for their own lost business. But chasing acquisitions is rarely a great way to generate value when your core business is in structural decline. And you can see above that acquiring craft brewers hasn't helped their stock price.
Tastes are changing
It's hard to see big beer companies making a strong recovery from where they are today given the trends in craft breweries. Consumers want a local product and are willing to pay a premium for it, making the price advantage big beer has all but obsolete.
This isn't to say that big beer will cease to make money, but the business is challenging, and given the uncertainty, these aren't stocks I would jump into today.


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The state's highest court ruled Thursday that a notorious criminal will face a single trial for the murders of a 12-year-old Orange County girl and four women in Los Angeles County, including a secretary whose body was found in El Segundo and a nurse at an Inglewood hospital.
The California Supreme Court ruling sets aside a decision by an appeals court that ordered two trials on the charges against Rodney Alcala, 64.
Alcala has spent more than 20years on Death Row in connection with the killing of 12-year-old Huntington Beach resident Robin Samsoe, and during that time his convictions were overturned twice. He was brought back to Orange County in October 2003 for his pending third trial.
Meanwhile, he was indicted in 2005 on murder charges stemming from the 1978 deaths of Charlotte Lamb, 32, of Santa Monica, and Jill Parenteau, 21, of Burbank.
Lamb was found strangled in the laundry room of an apartment in the 600 block of Illinois Court in El Segundo on June 24, 1978. The manager found her nude, except for a few pieces of jewelry and one shoe, according to Daily Breeze reports.
Alcala had already been charged separately with the Dec. 16, 1977, bludgeoning and rape of Georgia Wixted, 28, of Malibu.
Wixted, a nurse at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, was found naked in her home with a hammer near her body. Blood found at the crime scene linked Alcala to her murder in 2003 and charges against him for her death were filed in Los Angeles then.
The fourth victim of the alleged serial killer, according to prosecutors, was Jill Barcomb, 18, who was slain not long after moving to California from New York in 1977.
In 2006, Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno ruled that all five cases could be combined and tried in Orange County.
In arguing for a consolidated trial, Gina Satriano of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office cited a section of the Penal Code that allows "for judicial and witness economy" as long as there is "no denial of due process."
Defense attorney George Peters contended that in light of the two reversals in the Samsoe case, prosecutors were trying to ensure another conviction by inflaming the jury with evidence of the other cases.
Alcala is due in court again on Aug. 8.
Alcala's youngest alleged victim disappeared near the Huntington Beach Pier on June 20, 1979, while on the way to ballet class on a friend's bicycle.
Her badly mutilated body was found in the Angeles National Forest 12 days later.
Alcala was convicted of murdering the child in 1980 and sent to Death Row. But the California Supreme Court ruled that evidence of his prior attacks on young girls was improperly admitted at trial.
Alcala had served time for attacking an 8-year-old girl with a pipe in 1968, and completed another term for an attack on a 14-year-old girl.
He was convicted again in 1986 of the Samsoe slaying and re-sentenced to death, but a state appeals court panel ruled the second jury should not have been allowed to consider testimony of the Forest Service firefighter who found the girl's remains.
The appellate court noted that an earring containing Lamb's DNA and an earring allegedly taken from the 12-year-old's ear were found in a pouch in a locker that Alcala allegedly tried to hide from authorities. The justices also wrote that a jewelry box belonging to Parenteau had been rifled.
Wixted's body was found in her home with a nylon stocking wrapped around her neck and massive head injuries from a hammer that may also have been used to mutilate her genitals.
The defense has argued that the cases are strikingly different – Robin was a young girl while the others were women who were violently sexually assaulted.
While Alcala's defense centers on mistaken identity, the appellate justices previously noted similarities in all five cases.
All of the victims suffered severe strangulation and blunt force trauma injuries, according to the evidence.


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I am a former Pentecostal evangelist who renounced his beliefs for atheism in 1994. I have decided to write a blog where I share my thoughts and ideas about Christianity in general and the biblical God.
Friday, August 13, 2010
I am not angry at God!
When I met my current wife I was still in the ministry and I had met her through another friend from my church, she was his sister. We started a nice, simple, romantic relationship with no sex involved. Later into the relationship I left my church and began visiting her church but faced alot of discrimination on the part of her pastor who did not believe in the charismatic aspects of the Pentecostals. His church believed that the age of miracles had passed and that they were only used to establish the early church but that once that was accomplished they were no longer needed. He kept me from the pulpit and never let me preach and the one time that he did was when the church was going out to visit another church. He left me to preach to the youth group of the church and left about two elders behind, I preached and prayed for them and we all had a good time. But this discrimination was slowly dwindling my faith as well, it even spilled out into the relationship because at the same time I was in a battle with my wife's meddling mother who was always interrupting every aspect of our relationship. Before all of this I had already read the bible in its entirety and had a million questions on my mind as to why the God of the O.T. was so evil and vicious.
I have never bowed down nor backed down to anyone and have always been defiant, I don't take kindly to dictatorships nor authorities that would try to impose themselves on my way of life. I personally feel that everyone can live a happy and fruitful life as long as what we do does not harm anyone nor anything, I am pro-choice because I believe that a woman has the right to do with her body as she wishes. I am for gay marriage because I don't think anyone has a right to tell you who you should love and go to bed with as long as they are both of legal age and not a relative. I hate drugs but hey if that is what you want to do with you life then have at it, everyone chooses and makes his own path in this life and no one has the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't do. In some cases I do shun drug use, for instance when it leads the user to commit crimes in order to support his/her drug habit, in those cases they are harming thier fellow man and society as a whole.
When I began to rebel against God and began to shun my personal beliefs my main motives were because I did not like what I read in the scriptures when I read the book in its entirety, and I was literally ashamed of the history of the church whose beliefs I at that time espoused wholeheartedly. Then I began reading books on comparative religion and realized that Christianity is nothing more than a conglomeration of plagiarized pre-christian myths. The first thing I did was to burn my bible as a sign of rebellion and to cut myself off from God and Christianity. I admit that I was angry at God when I first left the religion but those motives changes when I officially declared myself an atheist, this happened about three years after I left the church. I still had "the fear of the Lord" to deal with and it took me that long to get pass that.
It's been fifteen years since then and I now have lost all the remnants of religious belief and fear purged from me. I see religion for what it one of many myths that have existed throughout many cultures and since the dawn of mankind. I am not angry at God but rather at his followers who have since the foundation of the church tried to impede the progress of man on many fronts. The growth of scientific discovery was stunted due to the death penalty imposed by the church to any and all who opposed their teachings and beliefs. The church was not founded by God or the Holy Spirit but rather by the blood of the many lives they have taken through many years of tyranny and terror that they imposed upon the societies that they have encountered. I fight against Christianity when its followers try to force themselves on our society as a whole through the influencing of politics, politicians and legislators. They try to make their dogma state and federal laws in our country through their own brand of dirty politics. God does not exist therefore I am not angry at him and to fight against him would be to fight against nothing.
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Thank you for that honest answer. It helps Me understand you better. I had said from the outset there was an underlying emotional/ personal experience that was negative. At the outset though my advice would be to deal with the bitterness and resenment but your emotions can affect your reason just like mine can. You really have to ask the question how much of reason. Is I I fluenced by your emoition. I'm content with the idea, that you are an athiest because that is what logic has lead you to belive. I'm not okay when people have had a bad personal experience and then have that influence how they processes information.
I can't argue with the fact that the.church has done some pretty evil things in the name of God. But it wasn't always like that. For example, in ancient Romans would throw unwanted babies in street or under a beige to die. It was the Christians that would pick them up and love them. It was because of Christianity fought for the abolostion of the slave trade in britian. It was because of Christianity that mother tersa does what she does. It's why people like Billy Graham are respected by all leaders and government faiths it's why Martin Luther king jr , caught against racism, it why in Vancouver they work to free women the slave trade. It's why I work as a pastor and give food to the homless . Christianity is the reason why I stand for human rights. I stand for womens rights and mens rights. And children rights. It's because of Christianity that I believe a white mans rights should never surpress a black mans rights and it's because of Christianity that I beleive a woman has the right to what she wants with her body it should not interfer with someone elses. Dude this is a free country. I can't speak for everyone who goes to church but people choose to submit themselves to Christianity out of thier own free will. That's not tyrany . As a pastor I give advicse for how people are to live all the time, but I force them to do it, or get angry when they don't
I think you struggle with resentment because a reasonable answer would say that as we failed we have strived to conttribute. Yet you never mention any of that in your blog. I can only conclude then this is more a heart issue for you than a head. You bit mention at one time you angry with god and now you aren't . I think you still are it s just that you've been away so long from that thing that you can be adverse to it at a distance. I think if you encountered the similar set of events now you would feel angry and that anger would be intensiveied by your own personal past
Dan thanks for your reply. I feel that I started out angry but that has gone out of me now. If Christianity did not have such an influence in my life and society I don't think I would even bother with it. It's true that some believers have gone above and beyond by putting those beliefs into practice in their lives and touching the lives of others. But as in all things there are good apples and bad apples in every bunch.ReplyDelete
During the crusades it was known that the Muslims treated christians who lived amongst them fairly with some restrictions, the same cannot be said for Christians. You cannot deny that Christianity was established through the use of tyranny and terror. My ideas about God are more on a secular and intellectual level.
God is no longer in my heart nor do I feel a need for him. I just don't like it when religion tries to dictate to society as a whole what is right and what is wrong basing themselves on their beliefs. Every man has the option to choose his own path and as long as that path is not harming others or the societies you live in then it's fine with me. Oh by the way I am reading the book you recommended me and I am on page 25 and am having serious problems with it. As soon as I am done I will post my review of that book.


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NEW DELHI (Bloomberg) -- Jaguar Land Rover reported record global sales last year, driven by growth in the Asia Pacific and China region.
Jaguar Land Rover's total worldwide sales rose 19 percent last year to 425,006 vehicles.
Jaguar brand sales jumped 42 percent to 76,668 vehicles, the most since 2005, while Land Rover increased 15 percent for an annual record of 348,338 vehicles, the company said in a statement on Sunday.
Sales in Asia Pacific and the China region jumped 30 percent during 2013, North America rose 21 percent, the U.K. grew 14 percent, mainland Europe 6 percent and other overseas markets increased 23 percent, according to the statement.
Jaguar Land Rover, which Mumbai-based Tata Motors bought from Ford Motor Co. in 2008 for $2.5 billion, accounted for 72 percent of group revenue and 88 percent of operating profit for the year ended March 31.
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The Aroma of Avraham
Parashat Lekh L'kha, Genesis 12:1 - 17:27
Dr. Vered Hillel, Israel
Hashem said to Avram, "Lekh L'kha — You go out of your country and your relatives and your father's household to the land that I will show you." (Genesis 12:1)
With this call, Avraham burst into history with surprising suddenness. For ten generations Hashem had been silent. He had not spoken to a human since Noah and, as at creation, the message was one of hope and blessing to humanity. Avraham's immediate response to this call marks the beginning of his journey, through which he became the father of many nations through whom the nations of the world are blessed. There was no one like Avraham. He was a man of exemplary virtue.
So intriguing was Avraham that Rabbi Yochanan, a Tannaitic sage, inquires as to what he can be compared. Commenting on the phrase שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ (shemen turak shemekha) "finest oils (perfume) is your name" in Song of Songs 1:3, R. Yochanan explains that Abraham resembles a flask of spikenard, an oil scented from leaves, which was tucked away in a corner and its scent was not spreading. When someone came and moved it from that place, its scent began to spread. Hashem's call and Avraham's response were similar. He states, "It is as if Hashem said 'Avraham you have many good works, you have many mitzvoth; spread yourself (like fine fragrance) in the world and your name will become great in the world. You go out.' What is written after it? 'I will make you a great nation' (Gen. 12:2)" (Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1.2 ג).
When Avraham chose to respond to Hashem's call to go out from his country, extended family, and nuclear family (12:1), his fragrance began to spread. But, what is Avraham's fragrance? It includes his belief, which Hashem reckoned to him as צְדָקָה (tzedakah, righteousness, justice, charity; Gen. 15:6), and the things he did: welcomed strangers, extended hospitality, rescued his nephew Lot, prayed, waited for a child, and when commanded was willing to sacrifice him. Adjectives describing Avraham's character are rare in the Tanakh, but his noble attributes are implicit in the narrative accounts. This week's parasha reveals several of Avraham's characteristics through his relationship with Lot.
We are told that Avraham returned from Egypt with great affluence. He was rich in cattle, silver, and gold (13:1), all of which were media of exchange in commerce, and afforded a pastoral nomad a measure of security and protection. Lot also had flocks and herds and tents, which indicate that he was an independent unit within the clan, whose limited affluence posed a threat to the family harmony and cohesion. Avraham demonstrated his magnanimous and peace-loving character when, despite his being the elder of the two men and the uncle, he choose not to enforce his rights of seniority or priority. Instead he selflessly offered Lot the first choice of grazing land and watering spots. In contrast, Lot displayed his selfishness by not deferring to Avraham (Gen. 13:5–13).
Avraham's willingness to give way to Lot demonstrates the principle developed later in Judaism that we only truly own that which we are willing to give away. The principle is true universally, as the world belongs to Hashem. He made it, therefore, he owns it (Ps. 24:1). It is also true in a particular sense in that Hashem gave the Land of Israel as an inheritance and with it the command that, "The land must not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine , you are but strangers and my tenants" (Lev. 25:23). The principle is expressed in the commands to share the produce of the Land with the poor, release slaves and debts every seven years, and return land to its original owners every fifty years. We are guardians of property and not owners. It is only when Avraham was willing to give part of the land away that Hashem tells him the whole land would be his (Gen. 13:14 –18). Avraham demonstrates that we truly only own what we are willing to give away.
The story of Avraham's rescue of Lot (14:1–23) provides another glimpse into some of Avraham's veiled characteristics. Upon hearing of the capture of his nephew Lot, Avraham immediately mustered an army and set out in pursuit in order to rescue his nephew. He attacked, accomplished his goal, and took considerable plunder. On his way home he was met and blessed by Melchizedek (vss. 18–20) and then paid Melchizedek a tithe from the plunder, but Avraham refused to take anything in return.
In Egypt Avraham appeared to be fearful and evasive, but in the Land of promise he was decisive and courageous. He exhibited skill and heroism in battle. He was a military hero, but was not glorified as such. Notice that Avraham did not initiate the war, he was drawn into it through self-sacrificing loyalty to his nephew, who earlier was estranged from him, but needed his help. The lack of detailed information about the war, e.g. nothing about the size of the opposing army, weapons used, number of casualties or details about the plunder, emphasizes Avraham's virtues of loyalty to family, the redemption of captives, disdain of material reward, and faith in the power of Hashem despite the odds.
None of us can be Avraham, but we can take him as a role model. We can emulate his actions and his characteristics by being magnanimous and peace-loving, and loyal to family and community, by not imposing our rights of seniority or priority, by being undaunted by material reward and trusting in the power of Hashem despite the odds, and by recognizing that we only truly own that which we are willing to give away. May we all be a שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק, a sweet smelling fragrance, throughout the world, for "God . . . makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place. For we are a sweet aroma of Messiah to God" (2 Cor. 2:14–15).


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Radiology Therapist and Technician Schools
Learn how to become a radiology technician or therapist; the former has a diagnostic role performing medical imaging tasks for physicians, and the latter has a dispensing role, ensuring that cancer patients get the appropriate radiological treatment as prescribed by a doctor. Keep reading to learn about each of these careers and the professional credentials, programs and courses that prepare graduates for employment. Schools offering Cardiovascular Sonography degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
Aspiring radiology technicians or therapists require formal postsecondary education and have several options from which to choose. Take a look at this article, which discusses job responsibilities, programs levels, examples of programs, and coursework, in order to make an informed decision.
What Do Radiology Therapists and Technicians Do?
Radiology technicians are responsible for operating diagnostic machinery, like X-ray machines, and helping physicians interpret the results; radiation therapists are responsible for carrying out an oncologist-prescribed course of treatment for patients by delivering specific radiological doses to cancer-affected regions of the body. Along with those responsibilities, a radiation technician or therapist will be responsible for communicating with patients, explaining procedures and tests and keeping thorough patient records.
What Education Would I Need?
Generally speaking, radiology degrees are 2-year associate's degrees. There are 1-year or shorter programs offered for students who already have a related degree or certification, and radiology is also a specialization within both types of doctoral programs, the Ph.D. and the M.D. Some schools also offer the radiology therapist degree as a sequel to the radiology technician degree. In any case, to be able to practice as either a technician or therapist, you would need to successfully pass the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) examination.
Which Schools Offer Associate's Degree Programs in Radiology?
Radiology associate's degree programs are commonly available at numerous colleges and universities. The following are a selection of them:
- Indiana University Northwest houses an Associate of Science in Radiography degree program
- Pennsylvania College of Technology delivers an Associate of Applied Science in Radiography degree program
- Baker College has an Associate of Applied Science in Radiologic Technology degree program
Which Schools Offer Doctoral Degree Programs in Radiology?
You can find doctorate programs in radiology at a wide range of universities, such as the ones below:
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio provides a Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences degree program
- University of Massachusetts Lowell has a Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences degree program
- University of Oklahoma hosts a Ph.D. in Medical Radiological Physics degree program
What Kinds of Classes Will I Take?
If you're pursuing radiology as an original degree (as opposed to an additional certification following another degree), then you would need to complete whatever institutionally required core classes exist before beginning specific studies in radiology. Along with standard writing and history courses, some typical prerequisites include physics, biochemistry, college math and oral communications.
The degree-specific requirements include classes on using and maintaining the equipment, the theoretical scientific foundations of the equipment and safe usage of the equipment, as well as classes in human anatomy, biological systems and pathology. The radiological therapy degree would have more classes in radiation and physiology. A significant portion of either degree program will be spent in internships and other supervised clinical settings.
An associate's degree program in radiology will give you the fundamental knowledge and experience you need to start working in the field, and can be found at most colleges. For an enhanced education at the graduate level, Ph.D. programs in radiology can bolster your understanding of the subject and allow you to pursue more research-oriented or advanced positions.
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