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1. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustJohn T Smith Feb 17, 2012 4:25 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
I've never heard of Beyond Trust, but I have read a LOT of messages concerning trying to run PPro/Encore without Administrator rights
Bottom line... won't work... tell your boss to tell the boss of IT to send their "expert" to watch while you try to use the program with/without rights
Actually seeing the error message, or outright non-working components, may convince them
2. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustJim_Simon Feb 17, 2012 10:06 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
Seems to me the simple solution might be to take the edit rig off the network. Then IT won't have to worry about it.
3. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustMA MOHR Feb 19, 2012 9:30 AM (in response to Jim_Simon)
Simple yes... going to happen...not until I can prove without a doubt and provide the reason will that happen or will they give me admin rights. This is on a laptop rig thankfully not the main editor - which they do not get to touch.
So if anyone can provide the reason in detail (not just Adobe says so or - it won't work) it would be greatly appreciated.
4. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustBenjamin P. Grubin Feb 19, 2012 2:28 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
Hi Ma,
I actually work for BeyondTrust and can tell you all about it. The software is called PowerBroker Desktops, and it enables IT to remove admin rights from the users, but still allow certain applications to be "elevated" with precisely the privileges they need to work properly. Unfortunately, many applications are still designed with certain drivers, kernel extensions, files, or registry keys that are installed into privileged parts of the windows system. Once configured, though, PowerBroker is completely transparent to both the user and the elevated application, which for all intents and purposes is still running with admin rights.
There's no performance impact at all to the application or the user (since the only time the PowerBroker software is involved is when the application is starting), so it should have no impact at all on your editing rig, and still allow you to remain on the network (and joined to the domain) so that you can access all the relevant network resources.
If you have any questions about it, please feel free to drop me a line: firstname.lastname@example.com.
5. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustJim_Simon Feb 19, 2012 2:55 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
provide the reason
Just try burning a dual-layer disk in Encore without Admin rights.
It simply will not work.
6. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustJohn T Smith Feb 19, 2012 4:36 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
Oh, well... the first thing you need to do (maybe via IQ test?) is prove to IT that "you" are not an idiot like the other people they have to "protect" from themselves
I retired 19 days ago (just have to mention that!) but in my previous job I knew several people in IT
They did deal with a certain number of computer idiots, so had global rules in place because they just did not have time to exempt certain people
I still say you need to have your boss talk to their boss, and explain that you are being paid to do a job, and they are making it so you can't do that job
Of course, the risk there is that if IT has more "power" than your boss, and that means if you can't do your job, there IS no more job
7. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustMA MOHR Feb 19, 2012 4:52 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
Thanks all for the suggestions. This week ought to be pretty interesting. Jim and John, I hear waht you're saying. The thing is they keep trying to "fix" the problem with products like Beyond trust that Benjamin talked about. Thanks Benjamin for the insight. It will be interesting to see if it works with CS4 because I know that they are going to try it. I'll make sure some of this is passed on - minus the IT slams , and hopefully post what the final solution is going to be.
8. Re: CS4 and using Beyond Trustthe_wine_snob Feb 20, 2012 2:07 PM (in response to MA MOHR)
Please do update the thread. I had not heard of Beyond Trust, so could not help, but Benjamin certainly seems like a source for you.
Good luck,
9. Re: CS4 and using Beyond TrustMA MOHR Apr 5, 2012 7:17 AM (in response to MA MOHR)
Well I finally received "the solution". My IT departemtn granted me full admin rights because they could not figure out how to make this work without them. We were close but they decided they had spent too much time on this and had to cut the project loose. The one thing they do that is still screwing me up is that they redirect everything to a network located My Documents folder. They don't want to have anything being loaded into the local My Documents folder which Premiere Pro does for virus security reasons. I figured I'd give them a couple weeks to simmer down before I approach getting that changed too. At least I can use the software when I'm connected to our network. If anyone knows of a work around the MY Documents question feel free to chime in, otherwise thanks for all the help.
10. Re: CS4 and using Beyond Trustthe_wine_snob Apr 5, 2012 8:05 AM (in response to MA MOHR)
That My Documents aspect, has tripped up many folk, runnning on a network. I have not read of any "solution" to it, but to allow Premiere to "have its way." Maybe others have gotten a workaround from Adobe, but I've just not seen it.
Glad that things are getting better. Unless on has spent some of their IT time with graphics/NLE workstations, it's a whole different ballgame for them. Most IT folk are really good with other programs on a network, but then when they encounter a graphics/NLE workstation, they are out of their element, as there are some specific requirements. One client, the only graphics person in that corporation, always had issues with her IT department messing up her Adobe programs. They wanted to do everything on her machine, just like the other 1000 computers that they administered. She would sneak me into her office, sort of like Mission Impossible, and I would set up her Adobe programs. That would work fine for a while, until IT did any sort of update, and then they would undo all of the Adobe settings, and her computer would be useless, until I climbed down the rope from the vent, and "fixed" it for her. Her IT department knew the rest of the network well, but had never bothered to even look at her Adobe programs, for their unique requirements - just not something that they wanted to do, for just one machine.
Good luck, and maybe a bottle of 25 year old Single Malt Scotch to the IT guy?


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Sara Kate's Favorite Posts of 2010
Each December when it comes time to look back at the year and select the best posts, my first instinct is to stomp my feet and say "no fair!" - there are far too many great ones to fill one little round-up post.
For me, the point of this practice of picking favorites (see, it already sounds evil doesn't it?) is two-fold; one is to provide you, our readers, with a summary of some of the best of the best most informative, entertaining, and beautiful content we served up over the past 365 days of The Kitchn programming, and the other is a practice of gratitude for the people who make this site run every day.
I started this little publication on a whim five years ago. Today we have nineteen writers aside from myself contributing to The Kitchn, and it is they who make it a far better publication than it ever was when I was the only one on the ship. So for that reason, I give you nineteen of my favorite posts of 2010, one for each.
Some of my Favorite Posts from The Kitchn
- Before & After: Kitchen Breakfast Nook Makeover - Faith probably wrote close to a thousand pieces for us this year and as Managing Editor, she touches just about everything that appears on TheKitchn.com. I love this post because it illustrates Faith's generosity (not even I have shown my kitchen in such detail) and the way she always goes the extra mile to give detail, with spirit, to the readers. I wonder how many people were inspired to makeover their breakfast nook after this post ran.
- Frugal Tip: Cheese Odds and Ends at Whole Foods - Fresh from the offices of Gourmet Magazine earlier this year, Stephanie Barlow joined our team to bring us food news and tips. All of her work is wonderful, but this tip was a favorite. It not only gives anyone who shops at Whole Foods a great money-saving idea, but it gives any reader, no matter where they shop, a way to think about interacting with their grocer.
- How to Prepare Artichoke Hearts - Emma Christensen is one of our longest-running (nearly three years) writers. She's also one of several formally trained cook/writers, so it came as no surprise to me that she had a lot of fun during our Home Hacks month in February, when we served up dozens of posts answering common (and some not-so-common) how-to questions in the home kitchen. This is a beautifully produced, in-depth post that answers the question that keeps so many people from attempting to cook artichokes.
- Selmilier Mark Bitterman: 5 Simple Truths about Salt - Based in Portland, Oregon, Leela Cyd Ross does a wonderful job covering the food scene in that city, and beyond. She's lucky to have salt expert, Mark Bitterman, nearby so when she suggested an interview with him, we jumped. The photos and the story came together beautifully.
- Browned Butter Butterscotch Pie - I know I'm not the first person to select this post, but I couldn't resist. When it ran, I got several emails saying how amazing it was and even a call from my own mother, asking "who is Nealey Dozier?" She's our new recipe contributor from Atlanta and she's bringing show-stopping southern-influenced recipes and great photography to our site.
- A Stuffing Smackdown: The Quest for the Perfect Recipe - Megan Gordon is another new writer on the team. What I love about her work is she brings a great personal voice; very grounded and very spunky. This was a lovely personal essay about her family's quest for the best stuffing recipe. It inspired a great exchange in the comments.
- River Café Wine Dinner: My Tribute to Rose Gray - Mary Gorman-McAdams writes about wine for us every week, and has since 2008. Those posts are always entertaining and informative. But when Rose Gray, owner of London's River Café earlier this year, Mary had a tribute dinner at home and wrote about it for us, and that story stands out to me. The piece is written from the wine perspective, but also offers an incredibly warm tribute to a luminary of the food world many of us mourned.
- How To Make a Quick, Vegetarian, One-Bowl Meal - Emily Ho, another contributor from the early days, writes from Los Angeles with a vegetarian, farmers' market bent, usually including some aspect of Asian cooking. I always learn something from Emily. This post offers a formula, not a recipe, for creating dinner in a bowl without meat. This is the kind of post that we hope encourages readers who are just beginning to cook to really jump in and not fear the process. This post got me really excited because Emily offered something so simple, yet so essential for new cooks (and new vegetarians!)
- The World of Woks - Kristen Lubbe writes wonderful pieces about kitchen design, products, and roundups. This story on woks is so clean and serves as a go-to post on woks. Lots of great suggestions in the comments, expanding on Kristen's list.
- After-Dinner Tipples: Digestifs - Nora Maynard always serves up something impeccably photographed and expertly-written. She combines her two crafts (writing and cocktail-ing) on TheKitchn.com each week. This was one of my favorites. The photo is stylish without being styled, and the text is sophisticated yet accessible. Nora is often responsible for getting me to think "now why haven't I been drinking such-and-such thing?"
- 10 Things To Cook That Will Make Your House Smell Amazing - Elizabeth Passarella always brings a homey, cozy feeling to everything she writes. I loved this round-up for the way it really tethered together everything we're about at The Kitchn and Apartment Therapy: being at home, using our kitchens, and finding pleasure in it all.
- Recipe: Coconut Ice Cream with Shiso Sugar - Rebekah Peppler, a trained pastry chef, always gets my sweet-tooth excited with her posts. This one I find particularly appealing, from the recipe concept to the photography.
- Strange Symbiosis: The Fig and the Wasp - Anjali Prasertong scours food news for us each week, bringing stories about stories. What's nice about this aspect of the blog is that readers converse with each other in the comments. It's like a mini-book group for food stories. I loved this story and the extra information Anjali brought to it.
- A Twist and a Surprise: Armenian String Cheese - Nora Singley is our resident cheese maven. She always has something to teach, even if it's just about a common cheddar or Parmesan. Often, she introduces unknown cheeses. This post felt like a combination of both approaches. No matter which cheese she profiles, I always want to try it.
- Kitchen Tour: American Academy in Rome - Jill Slater started doing kitchen tours for us as an extension of her work with House Tours on Apartment Therapy. This one really stood out to me: she got herself into the American Academy in Rome, a place I'd heard of but never visited. Through Jill's tour, I felt like I was right there.
- The No-Mixer One-Bowl Cake Recipe - Sarah Rae Trover always has some witty idea, some twist on the regular and this post is no exception. She cuts to the chase, but manages to make me giggle along the way. Plus, the post is über-useful.
- On Not Freaking Out - Dana Velden writes the Weekend Meditation, which is usually a narrative piece about some contemplative aspect of cooking and eating. Reading it is always an important part of my week. This is one I need to read over and over.
- Kitchen Tour: Dawn's "One Girl" Kitchen - Liz Vidyarthi covers kitchen tours for us in NYC. I loved both the story and the photography in this one.
- 5 Ways to Find More Counter Space - Regina Yunghans seems to be on a tear to help people use their kitchens more, and so her posts get my seal of approval. That's what we're all about, after all. This post is short and sweet, and got the readers talking. What she did was genius; she went through the Kitchen Tours in our archive and pulled out all the great ideas for expanding counter-space within them.
(Images: See linked posts for full image credits.)

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Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, I am a farmer,
I wish to gather environmental fungi species in order to culture and introduce into plant systems to activate the natural defense mechanism of trees.
Some examples: Diplodia sp. Phytium sp, Fusarium sp, Aspergillus sp, Lasiodiplodi sp,Libertela sp, Trichoderma sp, Seytalidium sp and Thielaviopsis sp.
Given my 'backyard' situation, is there a simple method of collection and propagation I can use for my experiment.
Many thanks.


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ATLANTA, Ga. (April 2, 2008) - The Bucs rallied late after falling behind early in the game against 14th ranked Georgia Tech, but the rally would fall short as ETSU fell to the Yellow Jackets at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday night, 5-4.
ETSU (6-21, 6-9) out hit Georgia Tech 10-5 as the Bucs pitching combined to strike out ten batters. The Bucs stranded nine runners in the game including two in the ninth.
The Yellow Jackets took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third on a two-run double to right. In the bottom of the fourth, Georgia Tech scored again on a RBI double to right center to make the score 3-0 Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech would score two more runs in the inning on a very strange play were the Bucs would commit three errors as the Yellow Jacket batter would score on the same play.
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According to Russell Holly of Geek.com, Google is gearing up to make a huge announcement tomorrow at I/O, completely out of left field. While we won't see a new Nexus phone unveiled just hours from now, Holly is citing sources already at the developer conference that say we will see a "Google Edition" of the Samsung Galaxy S4 running stock Android.
Hardware wise, the Galaxy S4 is an absolute beast of a phone. A high-end processor, 5-inch full HD display, and fantastic camera are just a few of the hardware elements that make the S4 one of the best Android powered smartphones money can buy. Unfortunately, Samsung's custom version of Android isn't for everyone. The Google Edition of the Galaxy S4 would remedy that, not only giving consumers a chance to buy a non-Nexus stock Android device, but one with a removable battery and expandable storage as well.
How the Google Edition of the S4 would be sold, whether through Google Play or Samsung directly, is still a mystery. But supposedly it will work on T-Mobile.
As far as rumors go, this one is pretty out there. It's strange that we haven't heard anything about the Google Edition Galaxy S4 before now, some 12 hours until it's supposed to be unveiled, but Holly and Geek.com have been on-point with Google related rumors in the past. There may be good reason to get excited for this one. Not long now until we know for sure.


text: Handmade goods have cultural significance in almost every subculture and financial class. While the upper echelon may delight in the exclusivity of an object, crafting culture permeates the trendy shops of modern-day, millennial Brooklyn, and led the grassroots, ultra-feminist Riot Grrrl movement of the early 1990s. From punk musicians to polished socialites, an appreciation for handcrafted, one-of-a-kind wares is a common thread that connects us to our humanity. This work reminds us that our fingers can do so much more than just operate machines. It connects us to our cultures, our ancestors, our neighbors, and even strangers from faraway places, just through placing a single object between our palms.


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WATERBURY, VT – The National Weather Service is predicting several inches of snow for all of Vermont starting Thursday night and continuing into Saturday. At this point, NWS says northern sections can expect 5-8 inches and those in southern Vermont could see 8-14 inches.
NWS says the snow should be light and fluffy – a good old fashioned Vermont snowfall. The new snow cover is surely a welcome development for skiers and other winter outdoor enthusiasts; but there are always some things to remember when it snows. Drive safe, check on your neighbors, and otherwise keep yourself from the health hazards that present themselves in even the tamest of storms.
Health and safety
Residents should use caution when digging out. Excessive snow shoveling can cause a range of health problems, from back injuries to heart attack, if not done in moderation. Vermonters should not over exert themselves and should take frequent breaks from shoveling.
Vermonters who are able to help elderly neighbors and others who need assistance in removing snow are encouraged to do so. Residents are also asked to check on the welfare of elderly neighbors and those with special needs during the storm.
The elderly and those with special needs should contact their local power company and local community officials prior to the storm to alert them of those needs in the event of a power outage.
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It is critical as snow piles up to ensure all outside heating vents are clear of snow. A blocked vent can lead to carbon monoxide (CO) buildup in the home and CO poisoning. Prolonged carbon monoxide exposure can be fatal, so it is imperative that vents be cleared as a blocked vent can create the danger of CO poisoning. The initial symptoms of CO poisoning are similar to flu, but without the fever and may include headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, and dizziness. If you suspect that you are experiencing CO poisoning, get fresh air immediately. Leave the home immediately and call your local fire department for assistance from a safe location.
If power is lost and you run a generator, it is important that the generator is outdoors; an improperly operated generator can lead to CO poisoning; check your owner's manual before operating a generator.
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Classic Contrast: Kitchens and Bathrooms in Black & White
One of the reasons we focus an entire month on bathrooms and kitchens is to inspire ideas on how to bring your own personality into rooms that are often thought of last. One easy way to bring the drama is to focus on that contrasting pair of colors: black and white.
Black and white is eternally classic; it's a color palette that goes with nearly every style and nearly any size room. The best part of combining these two colors is that it's virtually impossible to get it wrong. There are no color palettes to try and coordinate and plenty of patterns work well together when there are only two colors in play. If you still haven't found the right inspiration for your kitchen or bathroom, take a look at the examples we rounded up:
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2) Kim's temporary bathroom redo via Desire to Inspire
3) A Black & White Sweedish Home via Desire to Inspire
4) Stockholm-based Erik Andersson Architects via Desire to Inspire
5) Sherry & Dana's "The New Modern" Home
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7) A (Temporary) Graphic Black and White Kitchen
8) Kitchen Tour: Tracy's Glamorous Black and White Remodel
Are you a fan of black and white? Or do you need color? Let us know what you think about this classic color combination for kitchens and bathrooms.
Images: Elle Decor; Kim from Desire to Inspire; Desire to Inspire; Erik Andersson Architects; Bethany Nauert; Elle Interior Norway; Sally Kuchar; Suki / Varpunen; found via {Black.White.Yellow}; Tracy of Shutterbean


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The study, conducted by the Manufacturing Performance Institute, finds that this is a critical point in time for U.S. manufacturing, and manufacturers must assess whether they have the workforce, business systems, equipment and strategies in place to successfully compete in the future. While external factors, like the economic downturn present challenges, manufacturers can remain competitive by focusing on six strategies assessed by the NGM Study as a blueprint for success (see end of release).
Specifically, the study found:
- Nearly six out of 10 U.S. manufacturers could have a new leader in the next five years — a five percent increase over 2009. This presents an opportunity for manufacturers to solidify leadership and direction for years to come if they develop their next generation of leaders now.
- Sustainability is increasingly important to manufacturers, with 59.2 percent of manufacturers reporting that sustainability is important or highly important to their future, up from 35.1 percent in 2009. Many of these manufacturers are responding to customer demands for greener products, while others recognize cost-control opportunities such as reduced energy consumption and the re-use of materials.
- Most manufacturers have systems and equipment in place to support the current requirements of the six NGM strategies, but few describe their equipment as "state-of-the-art." For example, only 18 percent have state-of-the-art equipment to support world-class innovation, and just 14 percent have state-of-the-art equipment to support world-class process improvements.
- Few manufacturers have both talent and workforce development programs to drive world-class performance. Due to an aging workforce and gap in skilled labor, more professional training and development is needed to prepare manufacturers for the next generation.
- Small companies need assistance in implementing NGM strategies. Smaller manufacturers are less likely than larger companies to be at or near world-class performance in the six NGM strategies and are less likely to have best practices in place.
"The manufacturing industry is widely recognized as a critical component of America's economic recovery, but it is important that we provide small manufacturers with the tools to continue to be competitive in the global market," said ASMC Executive Director Carrie Hines. "The NGM study results provide a road map for the continued growth and success of U.S. small manufacturers."
A majority of manufacturers surveyed said they look for outside help in a range of areas, such as regulatory compliance and business development, to achieve success. In addition, a majority say that their organizations have been positively impacted by the American Small Manufacturers Coalition and the state-level Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers that constitute its membership. ASMC and MEP centers nationwide help manufacturers develop and implement strategies in these six areas through customized training and consultation services.
The study, first conducted in 2009, surveyed more than 800 U.S. manufacturers nationwide. More information can be found at www.smallmanufacturers.org/2011NGMStudy.
The Six Next Generation Strategies
Customer-focused innovation: Develop, make, and market new products and services that meet customers' needs at a pace faster than the competition.
Engaged people/human capital acquisition, development and retention: Secure a competitive performance advantage by having superior systems in place to recruit, hire, develop, and retain talent.
Superior processes/improvement focus: Record annual productivity and quality gains that exceed the competition through a companywide commitment to continuous improvement.
Supply-chain management and collaboration: Develop and manage supply chains and partnerships that provide flexibility, response time, and delivery performance that exceeds the competition.
Sustainability: Design and implement waste and energy-use reductions at a level that provides superior cost performance and recognizable customer value.
Global engagement: Secure business advantages by having people, partnerships, and systems in place capable of engaging global markets and talents better than the competition.
About the American Small Manufacturers Coalition
The American Small Manufacturers Coalition (ASMC) is a trade association of manufacturing extension agents who work to improve the innovation and productivity of America's manufacturing community. ASMC advocates for legislative and programmatic resources that allow its small manufacturing clients to better compete in the global marketplace. For more information, visit www.smallmanufacturers.org/.
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NAM aidsmap reported that a large, two-part San Francisco study indicated that "fourth-generation" laboratory and rapid HIV tests were more effective than other commonly used HIV tests in diagnosing acute infections, when individuals were more likely to infect others. The study found that HIV antibody tests missed most acute -- recent -- HIV infections and also missed established HIV infections. The study included 21,234 tests that identified 761 HIV infections (3.6-percent prevalence) and 58 acute infections (0.3-percent prevalence).
The study reviewed a range of HIV tests used from 2003 to 2008 to test high-prevalence groups in San Francisco. Clinics supplemented antibody lab or rapid tests with HIV RNA testing (viral load testing), the most accurate method for acute HIV infections. Seeking an alternative to expensive HIV RNA testing, researchers used a variety of methods to retest stored blood plasma samples from the 58 individuals with acute infections.
Key measures included sensitivity (percentage of correct positive results when HIV is present) and specificity (the percentage of correct negative results when HIV is not present). First-generation antibody tests had 92.3-percent sensitivity, missing some established and most acute infections. Third-generation laboratory antibody tests had 96.2-percent sensitivity, but the rapid version was less sensitive. The OraQuick test had "poor results" when individuals used saliva rather than fingerstick blood samples. OraQuick results based on saliva samples missed all acute HIV infections and one of 20 established HIV infections. Fourth-generation laboratory tests had 99.1-percent sensitivity for all infections and 87.3-percent sensitivity for acute infections. Fourth-generation rapid tests had overall 96.6-percent sensitivity, with 54.4-percent sensitivity for acute infections.
The full article, "Performance of Rapid Point-of-Care and Laboratory Tests for Acute and Established HIV Infection in San Francisco," was published online in the journal PLOS One (2013; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080629).
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Nov. 24 - Poor Dickens! His opening words in "A Tale of Two Cities" are likely to be commandeered by innumerable writers trying to sum up the 20th century.
For wasn't this, indeed, the best of centuries and the worst of centuries?
It was clearly both. But, arguably, the best outweighed the worst. Humanity did progress apace, harvesting the myriad fruits of the knowledge explosion. It also tried, fitfully, to devise institutions to prevent future germination of the dark fruits that blighted the century: genocides, world wars, the Great Depression, environmental recklessness.
During the 20th's triumphant and tragic course, the human race not only learned to fly (not just balloon) above the surface of the planet, but left Earth entirely for mankind's epic first ventures into the universe. In little more than half a century, flight speed rocketed from 6.8 miles per hour at Kitty Hawk to 17,500 m.p.h. at Cape Canaveral.
Humans literally took off for the first time in history. And the liftoff acceleration was mirrored in many earthbound fields. We sped toward a global civilization - linked by a floodtide of inventions, experiments in peacekeeping and global rule-making,
surging trade, and rapid communications.
Life was quantifiably better for a larger portion of the planet's people than ever.
By mid-century, French phi-lospher Raymond Aron glimpsed what he called "the dawn of universal history." That meant all of mankind at last starting to write on - and read off - the same page.
By century's end, the dawn of universal history had edged toward noon. (But not without casting heavy shadows.) The human race - with all its distinct ethnic tongues, foods, costumes, customs, and prejudices - moved perceptibly closer to one address. Call it www.earth.
Jeans, Zines, cuisines
Humanity became webbed together in ways that would have startled that cultural export-import maven, Marco Polo. The main link was joint experiences - of World Cups; sitcoms dubbed in scores of languages; citizens born to those tongues but learning the worldtongue, biz-English; living room wars; jeans, zines, cuisines; ethnopop fusion; blockbuster traveling art shows; chain-linked economic booms and busts; Japanese cars built in Europe; German carmakers following German rocket scientists to Alabama; Mona Lisa printed on Asian handkerchiefs; and Beethoven's Ninth everywhere.
Much of this could be parodied, or even sneered at. But who's to argue that hearing the Ode to Joy for the first time in Beijing is any less moving a discovery than hearing koto music for the first time in Omaha. Nobody criticizes the 19th century equivalent: French Impressionists discovering Chinese brush painting, or Puccini galvanized by Asian music.
Free of gravity, little else
A more pertinent question at century's end is this: were humans freer than at the start?
Of gravity, yes.
Of terra incognita, yes.
Of colonialism, mostly.
Of racism, somewhat.
Of ideological blinders, the jury is out. Many ideologies were discredited and discarded, but new ones were fashioned. Those ranged from primitive cult of personality Kim-ism in North Korea to various fundamentalisms that rejected the modern world, to the lethal lure of Japan's Om cult, to the PC litany: Don't think; we're in charge of that.
And what about other historic ballast holding men and women down - the societal equivalent of gravity: War, cruelty, hunger, addiction, hubris, apathy, greed? Steps forward. Steps backward.
Martin Luther King's visionary cry "Free at last" saluted not astronauts but the human spirit and universal brother/sisterhood. On that score, freer at last - not free - is clearly a more realistic appraisal of this jampacked century.
The century and millennium end with major net progress. But it's a matter of progress in progress rather than progress fully accomplished.
Netting out progress
Decolonization left us nearly free of imposed empires for the first time in well over two millennia, but not yet free of other forms of despotism. It helped erode racism by getting rid of white rule over nonwhite subjects. But it still took further battles, like the epic struggle against apartheid in South Africa, to push brotherhood among humans beyond gospel, slogan, or UN declaration.
The hero status of Nelson Mandela, the wide appeal of Louie Armstrong, Jesse Owens, Arthur Ashe, Stevie Wonder, Jessye Norman, and Michael Jordan, as well as the globally top-rated TV shows of Bill Cosby provided role models galore.
The once (and future) Asian economic miracle effectively undermined another pervasive racism. But the goal of color/ethnic blindness still lay uphill, as anti-Muslim stereotypes replaced earlier forms of antisemitism. Europe and America wrestled with immigration pressures that fueled new and old prejudices.
Nevertheless, democracy spread. So did women's rights, literacy, high-yield farming, family planning, and the information explosion. But so, also, did cutting of rainforests, spreading of deserts, drying of the Aral Sea and other waterways, inching up of ocean levels, and inefficient burning of fossil fuels. (The last phenomenon worriedly watched, as researchers sought evidence of whether it was the main cause of climate and sea level change.)
Urge to merge ... nations
Nations experimented with new institutions for economic and political cooperation. Western Europe amalgamated in the wake of its second lethal world war. The European Union, a looser, less homogenized version of a united states, invited its east European siblings to join after the long cold war against the last big empire - Stalin's - ended.
Other, looser conglomerating took place even as empires faded and alliances shifted. Regional trade groups in North America, the big states of South America, and Pacific Asia joined the European trade area as zones of reduced commercial barriers. Some economists feared zone trade wars between the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and Asia. But cooperation appeared to be gaining ground.
The big wars, big depression, and genocidal outbreaks of the century spawned a series of earnest but mostly toothless world and regional political bodies, plus courts, trade referees, peacekeeping forces, election monitors, and ordinary traffic light-style global machinery.
Cranking world machinery
The post-World War I League of Nations didn't last, so nations went back to the drawing board to create the United Nations, revive a sometimes useful but scarcely visible World Court, vote a score of peacekeeping experiments, and set up ad hoc war crimes tribunals. Peacekeeping worked when the warring parties were exhausted or big powers twisted their arms. But preventing wars before they started was still an imperfect art.
Several rounds of reducing trade barriers led to a permanent World Trade Organization to provide a home for future bargaining and a referee for disputes. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund, plus regional development banks attempted to perform globally some of the business cycle taming and development funding that national banks did within countries.
Much of that machinery was born out of lessons from the Great Depression. That global tragedy, sandwiched between world wars, hammered home the costs of tit-for-tat trade protectionism, rigid central banks, rampant deflation, and the panicky tightening of credit. Franklin Roosevelt described the overall cause in his famous "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" speech in 1933.
The post-World War II spate of institution-building did much to make the world more orderly. (Test yourself on this selection of acronyms: UN, IMF, UNHCR, UNICEF, NATO, OAS, CIS, OAU, ASEAN, OECD, FAO, IAEA, UPU, WHO, EU, NAFTA, OPEC.)* But it stopped short of developing an international antitrust system or other machinery to help keep the playing field level for competing global businesses and workers.
Little noticed UN-spawned agencies helped coordinate global air traffic safety, satellite communications, postal systems, weather reporting, health programs, nuclear surveillance, child welfare, environment monitoring, and preservation of historic monuments.
Frozen peas and cell phones
Longevity stretched for homo sapiens and rebounded for some endangered species, but not for others. Trade expanded hugely, spreading prosperity - and rising expectations. Invention vastly changed the whole surface of daily life (but not life's quality or meaning) - from washing machines to horseless carriages, to frozen peas, movies, TV in every home or village, cell phones, and the world wide webbing of nearly everything.
All represented advances at home and work. One result: the work week shortened, home chores became more efficient, and the concept of servants at home and assembly line drones in the workplace shrank in the developed world and came under pressure in parts of the emerging world.
But then trade competition from developing Asia and Latin America sent some trends into reverse. The trickle of women in the workplace early in the century became a torrent. Some servant-surrogates reappeared as au pairs, nannies, and maintenance services for upper end households, and day care centers for lower end.
Once again, the net effect was progress. Saturday work shrank. Leisure increased. But the net advance came without the triumphalist belief in capital-P progress proclaimed so confidently at 19th century's end.
There was good reason for such lack of crowing. The 20th century's more modest claims of progress were plumb-weighted by the knowledge that each generation had to learn lessons about the misuse of innovations and the awful toll such misuse could cause. It was, in Biblical terms, a reminder of eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Gaining the benefits of the good fruit required an active denial of any repetition of the evil fruit.
Tragic 'coercive utopias'
As earlier noted, the 20th century provided a grim lesson book recording the unbearable costs of what Zbigniew Brzezinski caustically dubbed "coercive utopias." Those anti-utopias took George Orwell's "1984" universal dictatorship a chilling order of magnitude further - into concentration camps, world wars, brainwashing, killing fields, cultural revolutions, ethnic cleansing, and multifarious Big Brotherisms that mocked real brotherhood.
By century's end these pointless exercises in mass mind control and end-justifies-whatever-means propaganda had killed between 167 million and 175 million individual human beings. Looking back, it's hard for today's generation to believe that so many humans believed in the cruel ideological certainties force-fed by Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and a slew of lesser despotic pied pipers.
One lesson: teach children (and adults) to see through propaganda. That means parsing the half-truths of demagogic politicians, irresponsible ad agencies, and script-sensationalizers, as well as the outright lies of mind-capturing despots.
A second lesson: keep the dark byproducts of scientific innovation out of the hands of malign dictators.
Threat of NBC weapons
Look no further than the search for NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) weapons in Iraq for a condensed version of this lesson.
Throughout the 20th century, discoveries about the nature of the physical macrocosm and microcosm radically changed our understanding of physics, biology, and chemistry.
But - despite the intellectual and practical benefits flowing from the theoretical leaps of Einstein, Bohr, Watson, Crick, and the many fathers of the computer, artificial intelligence, rocketry, and chemical theory - there was a dark underside to each.
The new physics promised limitless power generation and controlled-fission canal blasting . But it also wrought Hiroshima and disputes over disposal of hazardous waste.
The new biology promised designer animals and food plants, with built-in herbicides, insecticides, and frost and drought resistance. It promised genetic Maginot lines against disease. But it also brought controversy over the ethics of cloning and risks to ecological balance in nature.
"Better living through chemistry" was abundantly evident in shelter, clothes, transport, farms, even golf clubs and tennis racquets. But chlorofluorocarbons threatened the atmosphere and other chlorine compounds and assorted agricultural chemicals still cause problems for the planet's surface and its wealth of useful organisms.
'Mein Kampf' to docudrama
An analogous downside exists even for the glamorous innovations that made possible the information and entertainment revolutions of the century: radio, TV, recordings, and the internet.
As earlier noted, most of these advances knit mankind together through the broadcast of common experiences. But, just as Socrates complained that the invention of writing would damage memory (oral history and epic tales), so each new advance in communication held risks as well as extraordinary benefits. Movable type put books in the hands of the ordinary man and woman, made possible the enlightenment and the industrial revolution. But it also allowed the spread of "Mein Kampf" and degrading pornography.
Each of the 20th century communication breakthroughs provided widespread benefits - and analogous downsides. The most recent example is the internet, where misinformation (even disinformation) and porn flow seamlessly alongside rivers of useful information.
Then there's that marvelous invention, TV, where infotainment, political attack ads, and docudrama threaten to outflank and outpull legitimate news, history, and entertainment.
None of this downside has the killing power of NBC weapons. But it endangers the educated citizenry needed to run the democracies that have spread around the globe.
The French say high school graduates know everything, but nothing else. That ironic description could easily fit today's media addicts, pelted with both facts and non-facts, events and pseudo-events, but lacking perspective to sort one from the other.
Lessons for 21st century
Looking over the high-velocity changes in the 20th century, it's clear that huge amounts of useful progress occurred. As already argued, that progress outweighed the shameful negatives. Lessons were learned, and institutions created, to try to prevent a recurrence of the negatives.
Moving through a continuum (not across a bridge) to the 21st century, the human race faces the question of how to keep the lessons of the 20th century's tragedies fresh in memory as it builds on the cornucopia of beneficial innovations. Perhaps the biggest challenge will come in a field growing at the end of the 20th. That's the famous mouth-twister, "sustainable development (SD)."
In simplest terms SD means researching new industrial processes and individual daily routines that will allow both (1) better living standards for billions of deprived people and (2) protecting the planetary environment. That involves creating economic growth worldwide with industrial processes that create zero or near-zero net pollution.
That's the big new struggle. To work, it will need to grow alongside:
* Keeping the trend toward lower birth rates on track.
* Maintaining vigilant control of the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
* Realistic strengthening of the world peacekeeping system.
* Continued lowering of trade barriers - allowing industry to thrive worldwide and prevent mass migrations of the unemployed and poor.
* A regularized war crimes prosecution system to ward off atrocities that lead to revenge warfare and the desire to acquire NBC weapons.
* Realistic, family-reinforced anti-drug education that is tough on the siren-song of propagandists and pushers.
* Carefully controlled research on designer food crops that will shrink pollution from herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizer runoff.
* Encouraged spread of democracy through vote-monitoring where needed, and through education in demagoguery detection.
None of it an easy job, as one century's inhabitants hand the baton to those who will inhabit the next. Not easy. But doable, given enough vision, spiritual confidence, and determination.
United Nations, International Monetary Fund, UN High Commission for Refugees, UN Children's Fund, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization of American States, Commonwealth of Independent States, Organization of African Unity, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency, Universal Postal Union, World Health Organization, European Union, North American Free Trade Association, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.


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If you missed the Riviera meet because of the threat of rain, it's a shame. With the exception of the quick thundershower that moved through the area at roughly 1:30 in the afternoon, it was a sunny (and hot) day. Over 130 cars representing nearly every year of production were present, as well as several members of the Oldsmobile Toronado Club, which were invited to partake in the festivities. And, it should be said, all in attendance were having a blast. If there was one thing I learned about the ROA, there's a strong bond among them all, no matter the model year. In fact, if there was any ribbing , it was all in good fun and with high spirit. Full coverage will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Hemmings Motor News soon.
Several members are planning on attending the All-GM Nationals at Carlisle starting Friday, so there's still a chance to see a few Rivieras before they disperse from Harrisburg.
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1976 Olds Toronado
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2I\^ Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and Southwestern Ohio \\7/\R Vol. 42, No. 48 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1964 — 15 KISLEV, 5725 39 Devoted to American and Jewish tdeels Auxiliary Goal Is 1000 New Members Mrs. Josepti D. Schecter, president of the Heritage House Auxiliary, tias arlnounced that December Is membership enroll¬ ment month for the Auxiliary. Mrs. Jack Silbersteln is chairman of the membership recruitment committee, with Mrs. Abe Wol¬ man, Mrs. Joseph Cohen and Mrs. A. H. Kanter serving as vice chairmen. Every Jewish woman in the community who is not already a member of the Auxiliary will be contacted during December, by a large group of worl<ers; they will be given an opportunity to join Heritage House Auxiliary, which has annual dues of $2 per raeml)er. The goal of the membership enroll¬ ment campaign is 1,000 new mem- Catholic Church To Issue Strengthened Statement On Jews Rome (JTA) — A retitled and thoroughly revised version of the long-pending Catholic Church state¬ ment on relations with the Jewish people, making the statement re¬ garding the Jews "even stronger" than the one proposed to the Ecu¬ menical Council in 1962, was being prepared this week for distribu¬ tion to the 2.400 prelates at the Council early next week. That disclosure was made at the United States bishops' press panel by a member of the Secretarial for Christian Unity which, under Aug- (Oqntinn0d on pag:e 4) bers. Mrs. Schecter, president, stated: "Since Heritage House, the Colum¬ bus Jewish Home for the Aged, opened its doors on November 15, 1961. it has won for itself a place in the heart of the entire com¬ munity, providing the opportunity and stimulus for cohtinudng life, with pride and dignity, for our old¬ er people. It provides a wide vari¬ ety of medical and social services depending upon the individual needs of its residents. "Important in most of these serv¬ ices is the role of the volunteer, through Heritage House Auxiliary, who provides assistance to the staff in the areas of occupational ther¬ apy, physical therapy, friendly vis¬ iting, clerical assistance, and rec¬ reational and social activities for the residents. "Heritage House belongs to the entire community, and the Auxili¬ ary merits the support of every woman interested in serving this important community agency. Join, and l)ecome a part of Heritage House Auxiliary." Memorial Service To Be Held At Agudas Achim For Kennedy In observance of the yahrzeit of the assassination of the late Presi¬ dent John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Agu¬ das Achim Congregation will con¬ duct a memorial service on Fri¬ day evening, Nov. 20. at 8:15 p.m. in conjunction with the late fanrily worship. Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein will lead the tribute to our martyred President, and Cantor Philip H. Geilman will chant the traditional "Mole" prayer in behalf of his soul. Members and friends of Agudas Achim are asked to participate in this public memorial service. Israel Files Complaint With U.N. Following Syrian Attack United NaUons, N.Y., (JTA) — After a weekend of terror on Israel's northern border, during which Syrian mortar and machinegun fire aimed at Israeli settlements killed three Is¬ raelis and wounded 11, five of these seriously, while Israel jet pianos replied by knocking out at least two Syrian tanks and other gun posts, Israel this week filed a complaint with the Security Council, charging Syria with: "1. Repeated acts of aggression committed by Syrian armed forces again.st citizens and territory of Israel in violation of the General Armistice Agreement, culminating in the Syrian attack on November 13. 1964. "2. Threats by official spokes¬ men of the Syrian Government against the territorial integrity and political independence of Israel, in violation of the United Nations Charter," The Israel complaint followed one filed on behalf of Syria by its Am¬ bassador here. Rafik A-sha. who accused Israel of "aggression." Both complaints, addressed to Ad¬ lai E. Stevenson, chairman of the United States delegation and this month's president of the Security Council, requested "urgent" meet¬ ings of the U-man body. The letter to Mr. Stevenson, re¬ questing the meeting of the Ck)un cil, was an extension of a lengthy letter addressed to the American by Ambassador Michael S. Comay, Israel's permanent representative here, which detailed the events that jor U.J.F.C. Leadership Posts Filled Several major leadership positions have been filled for the 1965 United Jewish P\tnd and Council Campaign. An announcement was made this week by Mrs. Raymond Kahn, chairman of the Women's Division, that her co-chairman for the year will be Mrs. R. Milton Friedman. This key position in the Women's Division will be .strengthened by Mrs, Fried- man'fS background of community service and leadership. Ethel Friedman has served on the Temple Israel Sisterhood board as hospitality chairman and Oneg Shabbat chairman. She has served the UJFC as co-chairman of the Pacesetters and Keynoters Divi¬ sions. Also announced this week were the associate chairmen of the Ad¬ vanced Gifts Division'. Mr. Edward Schlezinger, General Campaign chairman, and Mr. William Glick, Advanced Gifts chairman, have ap¬ pointed the following as associate chairmen: Messrs. Abe Wolman, Marvin Glassman, Isadore Topper, Sol Zell and Leon Schottenstein. Abe Wolman has been active in Jewish community life for many years. He is a member of the UJFC board of trustees, a member of the board of the Columbus Jew¬ ish Welfare Foundation, a member of the allocations committee, a member of the study committee on Jewish education, a member of the UJFC allocations committee and an associate chairman of Advance Gifts for 1964. Mr. Wolman is a past president of B'nai B'rith, a past chairman of Bonds for Israel Leon Scholtenstoln Isadore Topper Abe A. Wolman and a sponsor of Charity Newsies. Marvin Glassman is presently president of the Jewish Family Sei-vice of Columbus. He also sei-ves on the executive committee of the Jewish Onter, the board of the Hillel Foundation and the, ad¬ mission committee of Heritage House. He is a past recipient ot the Tharese Stern Kahn ¦ Memorial Leadership Award. Isadore Topper is a past board memit>er of Temple Israel. He has also served as president of the Col¬ lege of Law Alumni Association for OSU and as chaiiTnan of the Com¬ munity Relations Committee of the UJFC. Mr. Topper is also a mem¬ ber of the UJFC board of trustees, UJFC insurance committee and has served as associate chairman of the Advanced Gifts Division for 1964. Nationally, he is a member of the American Jewish Ommittee and A.D.L; Sol Zell is a past president of the Temple Israel Brotherhood and a member of the board of that con¬ gregation. He has participated in all divisions of the UJFC campaign- and most recently served for sev¬ eral years as chairman of the Ti-ades and Professions Division. He now serves as a board member of the Jewish Onter and of Herit¬ age House. Leon Schottenstein is presently serving as president of the Colum¬ bus Torah Academy, He and his family have long been active in this endeavor. He is also a mem¬ ber of the Board of Trustees of the UJFC, a member of the study com¬ mittee on Jewish education and a meniber of the study committee on fiscal control. He has also served a.s a member of the UJFC alloca¬ tions committee and a member of the budget committee. transpired on the Syrian-Israeli border last Friday. Planes Sent Up As Last Resort After Syria Refuses to Hall Fire According to Mr. Comay. the Syrians opened fire suddenly, in broad daylight, along an Israeli border track northeast of Kibbutz Dan. Two tanks joined the Syrian attack and, in order to extricate the Israel patrol, Israel returned the fire. .Then, according to Mr. Omay, "fortified Syrian army positions on the hilltops of Tel el-Hamra opened artillery and heavy mortar bomb- bardment of the Israel village of Shear 'Vashuv and Kibbutz Dan. which are respectively 1700 and 500 meters on the Israel side of the border. Other Syrian fortified gun emplacements on the high ground further back from these hilltops joined in the bombardment. Fire was returned in an effort to silence the Syrian guns." It was only after Israel com¬ plained to military observers repre¬ senting the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, and the UN military observers had twice requested Syria to cease fire, which Syria ignored, that Israel sent its planes into the air against the Syrian posts. (A report from Syria claimed that seven Syrians were killed and 36 wounded by Israel's counter-attack.) Mr. Comay made it dear that "the employment of Israel's planes was a last resort, as an emergency defense measure" and "must be understood in relation to the nature of the terrain.". He pointed out that the terrain is such that there is no other way for Israel to de¬ fend itself under the circumstances existent on Friday. Accuses Syria of Flouting Promises to U.N. to Stop Attacks Mr. Comay also noted that Maj. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of staff of UNTSO, has of lak; taken up with the Syrian authorities the issue of their shooting at Israelis, and had obtained from them promises that such attacks would cease. "The solemn Syrian assurances," he stated; were "flouted and vio¬ lated." He also noted the falsity of a claim by the Syrians that the (Gontlait^d on page 4) 3RD BRANDEIS BOOK SALE WILL BEGIN SUNDAY, NOV. 29 Sunday. Nov. 29. at 10 a.m. wHl mark the opening of the third an¬ nual book sale, "New Books For Old," .sponsored by the Columbus chapter. Brandeis University Na¬ tional Women's Committee, at the Jewish Center. Mrs. Albert Blank, and Mrs. Mel¬ vin Furman, co-chairmen for the book bazaar, are still accepting books for the sale, and will pickup any books donated, as well as ac¬ cepting them the day the sale starts, or at any time during the progress of the sale that week. Income tax deductions are given for all books donated. If you are cleaning your house, and want to get rid of some old books which have been cluttering, your base¬ ment or attic, call Mrs. Blank at 252-5551, Mrs. Furman at 235-8059. or Mrs. Harry Schwartz at 231-6385 ro have your books picked up. Pa- oer backs will also be accepted. Children's books, encyclopedias and classics, will be especially wel¬ comed. An invitation is extended to the' community to come to the Center during the week of November 29, •.o brtywse. AU proceeds of the sale are sent •.o Brandeis University, where they are used to purchase new books for the library which is completely iupported and maintained by the 73.000 women in 120 chapters of the Mational Women's Committee throughout the country, the largest •'Friends of a Library" movement in history. Mrs. R. Milton Friedman Marvin Glassman Sol Zell Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Society 5, <>, 7 Synagogues 8 Shopping G^iidc 8 SpoHs 9, 10 Real Estate 10 Teen Scene 12 Entertainment ¦; 14 GHAPa DEDICATION AT TIFERETH ISRAEL ON DECEMBER 4 & 5 On the Sabbath of Chanukah, Dec. 4 and 5, Congregation Tifereth Israel will dedicate the small cha¬ pel which is used for daily minya- nim and small weddings. Tribute will be given to Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Katz for their part in making the chapel a reality at these two services. Rabbi Simon Greenberg, vice- chancellor of the Jewish Theologi¬ cal Seminary of America will honor the congregation by occupying the pulpit with Rabbi Nathan Zelizer for this notable event. Chanukah. which means dedica¬ tion, was chosen for the dedica¬ tion ceremonies in recognition ot the rededication of the Temple in 165 B.C.E., when the Jews recap¬ tured Jerusalem. The Temple, which had been used for pagan purposes, was cleansed and the Eternal Light rekindled. Rabbi Greenberg, noted lecturer and professor of Homiletics, will deliver the sermons at the Friday night services and at the Saturday morning services. ISRAEL BURIES DEAD; KIBBUTZ SETTLERS REPAIR DAMAGES Jerusalem (JTA) — While Is¬ rael's Cabinet was in .session here, receiving detailed reports about the weekend's attacks by Syria and Israel's air reply to those attacks, funeral sci-vices were held for some of Israel's casualities, while the severely bombed Israeli set¬ tlements in the North were already beginning to rebuild their shattered kibbutzim. Friday's heavy fighting of more than two-and-a-half hours, w'hich ended only after the Israeli jets smashed some of the Syrian gun posts and tanks, w.is continued in the air. Four .Syrian MIG-21 planes had gone up over Israel's northern tK)rdoi- near Lake Tiberias. Israeli Mirage jets drove them away, and one Syrian .MIG 21 was reported hit by fire from one of the Israeli planes. In Friday's Air Force operation against tho Syrians, an Israeli de¬ fense foix'cs spokesman said Israel used four different types of planes, Voutours, Mystfres, Supermysteres and Mirages. The three Isi'aeli dead were George Lazar, whose family had come heix' from Hungary during the exodus of many Hungarians following the 1956 revolt in that country: Yehuda Porat. whose or¬ igin was Persia: and Major Louis Branstein, who.se mother and sister still live in England. Lazar was the fourth member of his family killed: three children of the Lazar family had Ixvn murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Dflegates of settlers from Dan and Shear Yashuv, the kibbutzim hardest hit in Friday's attack, met here with Deputy Minister of De¬ fense Shimon Peres, who promised [continu.d on pog* 4)
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2I\^ Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and Southwestern Ohio \\7/\R
Vol. 42, No. 48
39 Devoted to American and Jewish tdeels
Auxiliary Goal Is 1000 New Members
Mrs. Josepti D. Schecter, president of the Heritage House Auxiliary, tias arlnounced that December Is membership enroll¬ ment month for the Auxiliary. Mrs. Jack Silbersteln is chairman of the membership recruitment committee, with Mrs. Abe Wol¬ man, Mrs. Joseph Cohen and Mrs. A. H. Kanter serving as vice chairmen.
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Friday, July 07, 2006
Beetle Juice
OK, I had to, and you know it. So stop cringeing.
During my first attempt to dye the wool with the lac extract, I made what is surely a typical newbie mistake and left the ties on too tight and, well, I think we can all see the results here:
I liked the colour and was sort of sad that I really had to redye it, but I sucked it up and, well ...
Holy crap. That's more like it. I'm going to try to repeat this effect. Often.
That's very close to the true colour and I'm delighted with it. If Lee Ann is equally enchanted, she's got first dibs on it, otherwise it'll be for sale in a day or two. I'm thinking I may well dye up some more tomorrow, too.
The other wool that I've been messing with is finally dry enough to skein, so I've also got one of these puppies up for sale if anyone's interested:
550 or so yards of fingering weight superwash merino, hand dyed in blues from cornflower to cobalt.
I'm going to have another link up on my sidebar, starting Sunday I would think, so keep checking there for hand-dyed and eventually handspun wool for sale. I don't want to turn this blog into nothing but a sales tool so I'll just quietly post things there, shall I? (And document the entire painful dyeing, skeining and fucking-up process here, never fear.)
And now off to rebuild my daughter's entire bedroom, find some sort of food in the house, clean everything while screaming at the top of my lungs (birthday party tomorrow) and head out to work in about 45 minutes.
Wish me luck.
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holy crap.. its gorgeous! Great job with the bug dye.. it is obviously worth all that trouble for such a beautiful color.
I think I might be interested in the blue, which is lovely - how much, and how much to ship to the UK? I can't get Blogger to let me log on so that you can get me email address, so try missomurphy (at) gmail (dot) com Oh, and do you take PayPal? Thanks, Helen
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Thanks for adding some beauty to a day that has not been good. (lots of pain today that all my various and sundry medications are unable to fix)
Thanks for adding some beauty to a day that has not been good. (lots of pain today that all my various and sundry medications are unable to fix)
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March 05, 2008, 10:47:32 PM »
Ok Im 29 years old. I graduated with a BS in Marketing in May of 06 from FSU and have a UGPA of 2.98. They cut it down from 3.01. Since then Ive worked for a year and a half and flirted with the possibility of LS. My UGPA, in my opinion, is horrible and does not reflect my intelligence. During my junior semester at FSU I got approved for a medical withdraw. The next semester I returned to school with my health problem unresolved. I went through what seemed like a never-ending battery of tests and procedures for the next year and a half. Subsequently, my insurance company ( MegaLife) denied my claims because my problem was congenital leaving me with an unresolved medical problem and $30,000 dollars in unpaid medical bills to boot. Needless to say I was under a great deal of stress which impacted my academic performance. I realize that LSs will be sympathetic to my situation. But I dont want to rely on that. So now I am going back to FSU, in the summer, to pursue a 2nd BS and a minor (a total of 33hrs) to show I can academically compete. What do you guys/girls think about my decision? What are your opinions? I want to enroll in LS in fall of 09. I will be 31. Im taking the LSAT in June.
I will apply to FSU, UF, UM, FIU, NOVA, and a couple dream schools.
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March 06, 2008, 07:34:00 PM »
Whoa, complicated question. I think you will get a lot more response if you post this in one of the other areas. The nontrad board tends to be pretty quiet.
I guess my questions/ observations are:
1.Will a second bachelor's be calculated with your first? I doubt it, but I have no evidence to support my doubt.
2. Why not get a Master's?
3. A really high LSAT, coupled with a fantastic application and an addendum explaining the issues which impacted your GPA, could get you in quite a few places. I did not prepare correctly, and am paying the price. Don't mess around, take a class. You don't need to take the LSAT so early, make sure you are really well prepared or don't take it.
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March 06, 2008, 07:52:01 PM »
What else have you done with your life since graduation will be very important to any ad comm, so I've been told (including by my admissions consultant, a former T10 dean of admissions.) I graduated with a 3.01 (brought down to a 2.85 by LSAC) and have a comparable "excuse" (became a single parent during UG, worked 40 hours a week and graduated a triple major.) I wrote an addendum which very simply explains those facts. I agree with the above post that it may be of more benefit to pursue a graduate degree - I think that after your first UG degree is finished, that's the one LSAC uses for its UGPA.
Ace your LSAT, write a kick-ass personal statement and make sure your resume plays to your strengths. If you know what area of law you want to pursue, look for schools with that specialty and indicate that you are applying for specifically that reason - shows maturity.
Good luck!
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March 06, 2008, 08:03:48 PM »
First, consider yourself lucky that you still came in around a 3.0 as this will give you more options than if you were at say a 2.75, 2.5 etc. Second, I think you should reconsider your plan to go back to get a second bachelors degree and instead focus on getting a very good LSAT score and a solid year of good work experience and perhaps a few masters level courses at night (not necessary at all). Working for a non-profit organization and taking on leadership roles in the community for a year will get you more points than hanging out on campus with undergrads for 12 more months. All of the schools that you listed admit applicants with GPAs in your range, even FSU, UM and UF, and especially Nova and FIU. Even if you end up with say a 155 LSAT score, I would advise that you target part time programs at schools ranked 50-100 in US News. I have around a 3.0, a 154-156 LSAT score, and have been admitted to a number of part time programs in that range. The key for me was that I have solid work experience, good essays and a story to tell. Go out and spend this year gathering unique experiences to add to your story, study hard for the LSAT, and know that even if you end up with a mid 150s, you can likely still get into a Loyola Chicago, UNLV, FIU, NOVA, etc, etc., part time program (you might have a 25% chance at each, and if you apply to 10 will get in some) and then just transfer to the day program, and even with those numbers you still have a shot at FSU and UF, especially if you have a story to tell. Of course, I would mention your medical challenges as a part of your life struggles and how it is related to your academic performance, but also realize that if you get a high LSAT score you will be just fine. Most importantly, don't let that medical problem assume more power than it needs to at this point in your life.
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March 06, 2008, 08:08:36 PM »
Quote from: MBW on March 06, 2008, 07:52:01 PM
Ace your LSAT
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March 07, 2008, 03:16:12 AM »
Quote from: archival on March 06, 2008, 08:08:36 PM
Quote from: MBW on March 06, 2008, 07:52:01 PM
Ace your LSAT
A second bachelor's will not be included. A masters is not included in the calculation, and is a tremendous waste of time and resources if the purposes is solely for law school admissions.
Look on the weights of the LSAT v. GPA. In certain cases the LSAT is 60% or higher, and the UGPA is under 40%.
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Dear Dr. Dick I am at the end of my rope. I am a white male, 47, 50lbs over what my Doctor would like me to weight. I am per-diabetic, with blood pressure and cholesterol just a little higher than my Doctor would like. I have been married for going on 13 years, and have a 7-year-old special needs son. And my sex life sucks.
My wife who I love dearly has chronic pain that leaves her muscles aching all the time, so the last time she and I had sex was the night we conceived our son. I have tried to take care of my needs though masturbation, but to be honest I am getting very bored with the whole idea of jerking off. Even using my hand I have trouble sometimes getting a hard on. I have managed to have an orgasm while my dick is soft, it just takes care of the itch, and it does not really satisfy me like fucking or a good slow hand job while fully hard.
I have tried using a cock ring, but I think I am doing something wrong because I don't stay hard while using one and none of my partners has used one so I have no one to ask. I also have the problem of finding the time when I can be alone. Without my wife finding out what I am doing, because she does not approve of me watching porno, or jerking off. The last time she caught me, she did not speak to me for over two weeks.
I am trying to find a family counselor for my wife and I, but I'm having problems with finding one covered by our Insurance and one that can make appointments that will fit in with my wife's work schedule.
I have been exploring my BI side with men I meet on the web. I am fussy because I want to be safe, and they have to have somewhere we can meet. Most married BI guys have the same problems I do, nowhere to go to have a little fun. There are no bathhouses in our area. And on top of all those problems I can only get a hard on if I use one of the ED drugs. Which my Medical Insurance will not pay for so my Doctor has been giving my free samples that he gets.
So of the five or six times a year I get to have sex, maybe one of them I will get to fuck someone. While I like being a bottom, there are times I just want to fuck someone. There are times I just want to pack up my bags and leave to find the sex life I want, but I do love my wife and son, and I don't think leaving will make anything better.
So here I sit, I have run out of ideas, my counselor has run out of ideas. Having sifted thought most of your web site with no luck I hope that maybe you can shed some new light on this disaster of a sex life.
Do you know the phrase, "sinking to the lowest common denominator?" Well that's what you are doing, my friend. You have precisely the sex life you permit yourself to have. You've boxed yourself into a corner by allowing others, particularly your wife, to dictate what you can and cannot do with your sexual energy. So there you are high and dry, as they say.
I appreciate the fact that your wife may have medical issues that might prevent her from joining you in the vigorous sex life you desire. But if that's where you leave the discussion then you are getting precisely what you deserve.
I realize you've committed yourself to your wife through thick and thin, in sickness and in health. But in the absence of a marital sex life, you've discovered new and uncharted areas of your own sexuality. This volatile combination will either be destructive or regenerative.
I have one real simple premise that I live by. And that is, each of us has a right to a happy, healthy, integrated sex life. If there is something that is getting in the way of achieving that, whatever it might be, it is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately.
As far as relationships go, particularly a marriage, I am of the mind that we ought, first and foremost, work to honor our commitments of fidelity and mutual support. Are there ways that these two moral principles — a right to a healthy sex life and one's marital commitments — can coexist when one's relationship excludes the possibility of happy sexual expression? Yes, I believe there are. And many couples achieve this balance, because they have an overriding love and concern for one anther.
Now the facts — not all loving relationship, including many marriages, have a sexual component. Many, for one reason or another, simply don't. In fact, most long-term relationships are not sexual in nature. However, a partner in loving relationship who is unable to provide sexual satisfaction to his/her partner should give the languishing partner permission to find sexual fulfillment outside the relationship. I hasten to add that these are often very difficult negotiations to hammer out. But to do less than try to make these accommodations is, I believe, a form of sexual abuse.
If what you report about your wife's revulsion to even you sexually pleasuring yourself is accurate, then you have a very hard row to hoe. Trying to negotiate a satisfactory solution to your dilemma is all the more difficult when one of the partners is opposed to even discussing the issue. This is where a good counselor will come in handy. (If you would like to consult me, see the Therapy Available tab under the About Dr Dick page in the header of my site.) If your therapist is not up to helping you bring this issue to the fore, then you'd better look elsewhere for the help you need. If this issue is left unattended you will continue to sink to the lowest common denominator. You will continue to be unhappy as you skulk around looking for stray cock in unsavory places. And I have a sense that you are not being totally upfront with me about your extracurricular activities. Simply put, you do yourself and your marriage a greater injustice with this kind of reckless behavior than risking the dissolution of your marriage by engaging your wife in an honest search for a healthy solution to your problems.
That being said, I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and guess that you've already made up your mind about the direction you intend to go. I suspect that you will continue to explore your nascent bisexuality through these furtive liaisons with men you've been meeting. I also assume that, divorce is not an option, at least not in an up-front sort of way. The sad thing here is your wife is unable to join you in coming up with a viable solution to the problem at hand, because she is being kept in the dark about your dalliances.
I am not suggesting that you deny your sexual needs just to appease or pacify your wife. Nor do I condone deceiving your wife about your true self. These options will only create a divide between you and your wife that will never be bridged.
If you ever hope to escape the corner you've painted yourself into, you'll have to buck up and be honest with your wife. Looks like you have your work cut out for you, my friend.
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The report stated the detective found a digital scale, $400 cash, and a miniscule amount of marijuana -- less than half an ounce -- and arrested Guyton, who admitted the drugs were his. Guyton was booked on charges of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, and held on $5,000 bond. In addition, he was charged with selling in a so-called drug-free zone. The law establishing such zones was designed to prevent drug dealers from setting up shop near schools, where they could prey upon children. Later, it was expanded to include day care centers and public housing projects. Anyone caught with drugs in one of the zones would receive an additional sentence of two years in prison. A person convicted of selling drugs near a school or housing project would draw a three-year mandatory minimum sentence, on top of his or her sentence for the underlying charges. Similar laws have been passed in other states, but Connecticut's is considered among the toughest in the nation. Critics say the law disproportionately affects black and Latino offenders living in larger cities, such as Hartford, New Haven and even Danbury, where the zones cover nearly every street corner. In their eyes, wide racial disparities in incarceration in Connecticut are an unintended by-product of the law. The state incarcerates Latinos at a higher rate than every state except Pennsylvania and Idaho, according to report by the Sentencing Project, a research organization that advocates for drug-law reform. "One thing we know for sure is that there's a dramatic over-representation of African Americans and Latinos in our prison system. We know that blacks and whites use drugs at the same rate," said Mike Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning at Connecticut's Office of Policy and Management. "We know that if an African American or Latino gets arrested for a drug violation, they're much more likely to be sent to prison than a white person." On the other hand, he said, suburban communities like Ridgefield and New Milford, that tend to be more spread out and racially homogeneous, have fewer places where the zones overlap. "I think almost everybody agrees that the effect of this law is to exacerbate racial disparities in the criminal justice system," he said. The Sentencing Project found that 65 percent of those convicted of offenses in drug-free zones are black. A recently tabled bill would have shrunk the zones to 300 feet, a proposal the organization said would affect 15 percent of all drug offenses in the state and save taxpayers millions in incarceration costs. But, Danbury Police Chief Alan Baker said the enhanced penalties have helped curb drug dealing in the state's seventh-largest city by keeping dealers off the streets longer. Most offenders, he said, would think twice before peddling drugs near schools. Lawlor, a longtime proponent of repealing the law, said the point of the law was to create a deterrent to selling drugs near a school, and now that whole point has been defeated, because every point is near a school in Hartford or New Haven." Given the law's broad scope, he said, a drug dealer in Danbury would hardly be dissuaded from operating near a school since the penalty for getting caught would be the same if he were elsewhere. The state Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee wrote in a recent study: "Mandatory minimum sentencing laws were intended to deter offenders and thereby reduce crime (and curb drug use). Criminal justice research and sentencing experts have found and Connecticut criminal justice administrators agree, however, that mandatory minimum sentencing laws achieve few of their stated substantive objectives and do not work. However, mandatory minimum penalties are an effective and efficient prosecutorial tool to negotiate pleas and sentences and, as a result, very few offenders are actually convicted of offenses subject to mandatory minimum penalties." Guyton had no previous criminal record, but under state law he could face an additional five years in prison if convicted. Yet, cases like his usually result in plea bargains in which the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a lighter sentence, said Angelica Papastavros, a public defender in Danbury. After years of defending people accused of drug offenses in New Haven, Papastavros said she believe the law is unjust and should be amended. "I think the law targets individuals that live in the cities and in urban areas, and the laws need to be applied even-handedly." - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom


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Every now and then I get a question in e-mail and I usually just reply and leave it at that. I figured since I'm spending the time to answer the questions, I might as well wrap them up and share them with others. And, yeah, this is a good place to tie that unicorn mask into my blog.
Recently I received the question below from someone that is at a consulting firm doing mainly SQL development work:
The question I have is I really want to learn more and dive deeper into SQL and I do not feel that I am getting that where I am at. I am looking for any suggestions you may have for me to break into a program/role where I can learn from a DBA or how to become a DBA. I have the base knowledge but I want to learn more on the administration side. Any help or suggestions you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
The most traditional way to get the DBA experience is to move back into a role outside of consulting where you get to manage an environment. This can provide that deep DBA knowledge that you are looking to gain. You'll likely need to find an employer that is looking for a DBA that can work across both DBA and SQL Developer skillsets, where you can emphasize the second as a reason to overlook some of the missing knowledge in the former. Unfortunately, this is a good way for a consultant to go batty since one of the main reasons for going into consulting is to get around and see new environments.
As an alternative to that, I would look at two strategies. First, identify information and skills that DBAs know and are good at. For instance, disaster recovery and performance tuning. Then just learn all that you can about the topics. Speak on them. Write about them. Talk to others on the topics. Basically, form your processes to accomplish them and get others to validate. Then use your peers to guide you along best practices. This will build the basis of knowledge that you'll need as a DBA.
The second strategy is to try and apply that knowledge. Push your firm to adopt an OLTP practice. With this, you they can attract other DBAs that you can learn from and provide engagements that will be important to being a DBA. As a consultant, this is really where the fun DBA work often is. Most of us don't like to be on-call – but we enjoy leveraging our knowledge and skills to build the right environment and make the performance scream. Help your company move toward engagements that emphasize the upside of the DBA skillset. Some of these will be assessments where you evaluate the configuration and utilization of environments. You can check the HA/DR plans to validate that they work as intended. Offer performance and index analysis services to leverage your experience with other clients with new clients.
The concern may be that you don't know enough to help in all cases. When we go to clients, their DBAs often have well thought out reasons for the way things are – our goal there is to challenge the assumptions but not the intellect. There will be differences in opinions at times. But this is where you can bring value. With consulting it is often easier to build a network of professionals with vast expanses of knowledge and experiences. We can leverage that for our clients and bring in the information and view points that the client's own DBAs may not have considered. In the end, we will make the DBA and environment better, and learn, for ourselves, a bit more about how to engage future clients.
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