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Hillary and Obama: Different campaigns, opposite tasks
WASHINGTON — Both are groundbreaking politicians. And Democrats.
Beyond that, if Hillary Rodham Clinton runs for president in 2016, the differences between her campaign and Barack Obama's in 2008 would be more striking than their similarities. Their strengths and weaknesses are in some ways polar opposites, and Clinton in 2016 would face a political landscape fundamentally different from the one Obama encountered in 2008.
Rival-turned-ally Clinton undoubtedly would have lessons to learn from Obama's 2008 tactics, including the power of social media and the use of technology in tracking voters. But if she decides to run, his campaign won't offer much of a template when it comes to strategy.
In some ways — she would be a candidate seeking a third term for her party while the incumbent president's popularity is sagging — her task could be more like that faced by the Republican contender in 2008, Arizona Sen. John McCain.
"You've got obviously a very different political dynamic," says Robert Gibbs, Obama's chief spokesman during the 2008 campaign and his first term in the White House. "You've got Hillary Clinton running to replace another Democratic president. You don't have the great foil of a Republican incumbent like George Bush that we had in the Obama campaign. And Hillary comes in as a completely known quantity. That's both a positive and a negative."
"You can't compare her with Obama," says Democratic consultant Donna Brazile, who managed Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000. "That was totally different."
Start with their résumés.
Age, for instance. Obama, 47 when he was inaugurated in 2009, was the fourth-youngest person elected president. At age 69 on Inauguration Day 2017, Clinton would be older than any newly elected president except Ronald Reagan.
And experience. When he was sworn in, Obama had served four years in the U.S. Senate and almost eight years in the Illinois Senate. In contrast, Clinton would start the race having spent four years as Obama's secretary of State and eight years as a U.S. senator from New York, not to mention eight years as a White House adviser to her husband, President Bill Clinton.
Obama was a political unknown until he delivered a stem-winder at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, becoming the party's nominee four years later. Hillary Clinton, a featured figure at five of the past six Democratic conventions, is so widely recognized that headline writers feel free to refer to her by first name only, like Cher and Oprah.
About this point before the 2008 campaign, in May 2006, 50% of those polled by Newsweek/Princeton Survey Research had never heard of Barack Obama. An additional 10% didn't know enough about him to say whether they had a favorable or unfavorable impression of him.
In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, how many of those surveyed didn't have an opinion of Hillary Clinton?
One percent.
Clinton's long record and Obama's short one didn't work to her advantage in their battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. She was the familiar favorite of the party establishment; he was a fresh face who promised to change the way politics worked in Washington.
Eight years later, her résumé has only gotten longer. After continued frustrations with government gridlock, however, voters' perspectives on that may have changed, says Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin, a chief strategist in her 2008 campaign.
"The environment in 2016 is likely to be a much better one for her than the one she faced in 2007 and 2008," Garin says. "People are more likely to put a premium on having enough experience to know how to get things done, how to make Washington work and work better. And they also want somebody who is going to be realistic about how things get done and how results get achieved. People appreciate that knowledge a little bit more than they did in 2008."
That said, history illustrates how difficult it is for one party to hold the White House for a third consecutive term. In the past century, that's happened only three times: In 1928 by Herbert Hoover, 1940 by Franklin Roosevelt and 1988 by George H.W. Bush.
In 2008, Obama was free to run as the candidate who had opposed the Iraq War from the start and would reverse the unpopular policies of Republican George W. Bush. The cascading financial crises in the fall of 2008 stoked the desire to change course.
In 2016, Clinton would have the trickier task of distinguishing herself from Obama without seeming disloyal or riling Democratic voters who still solidly supported him. The close-but-not-too-close calculation could be particularly problematic on foreign policy. After all, Clinton was Obama's top foreign policy adviser for four years. Now, crises are erupting in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and elsewhere.
Though there are significant differences in their situations, that was a line McCain also had to walk in the 2008 campaign. "It's always a balancing act," says Republican consultant Frank Donatelli, a top aide to McCain in 2008. "We always felt we needed to show loyalty to President Bush, but we also knew if we only got Bush loyalists, we weren't going to win."
"There are a lot of similarities with McCain's relationship to the second Bush and Hillary and Obama, in that Hillary wants some distance from Obama; he's not the shining star he was," says political scientist Steven Schier of Carleton College, co-author of Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics. "On the other hand, she is tied very closely to Obama in the same way Democrats tied McCain closely to Bush in 2008. It's a very delicate thing, and the McCain experience shows how difficult that can be."
Garin contends the situations aren't analogous. "The problem with Bush in 2008 is that people really disagreed with his policies on the economy and especially on Iraq and wanted somebody who would have a different direction," he says. "That's not really what's happening with Obama. There's disappointment in his effectiveness, his ability to make a difference, but it's not policy-oriented except with strong Republican voters."
In her new memoir, Hard Choices, Clinton delineates important differences with Obama and notes that the final decision on controversial policies was always his. He overruled her and other Cabinet members when they urged him to arm moderate Syrian rebels in 2011, she writes. Only in recent weeks has Obama agreed to a plan to vet and train the rebels.
She says she recommended taking a harder line against Russian President Vladimir Putin long before the Russian takeover of Crimea prompted the administration to do just that. She says she expressed concern about the administration's quick pivot against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring uprisings.
In an interview last month about her book, USA TODAY asked whether her world view was different from Obama's – less idealistic, more realistic? "I call myself an idealistic realist," she replied. "But I also know you can't just wish the world to be different."
Asked about income inequality, an issue igniting the left, Clinton cited approvingly the president's record – that is, the record of her husband, Bill Clinton. "I don't think it is foreordained" that inequality will widen in the modern economy, she said in the interview. "I go back and look at what my husband achieved." She cited economic strength, job creation and the number of Americans lifted from poverty. "It's not an accident," she said.
That response underscores the degree to which Hillary Clinton's prospective presidential campaign is hard to compare with any previous one. If she ran and won the nomination, she would not only be the first woman nominated by a major political party but also the first spouse of a president to be nominated.
"One of her central challenges will be charting a course that is different from both President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton," Gibbs says. "She's got to lay out what Hillary Clinton would be as president."
Neither 2008 nor any other presidential election seems to neatly parallel her challenge. "I see elements of 1988, elements of 1960, elements of 1968," Schier muses. "But none of them fit that well individually."
Brazile, who argues Clinton falls into "her own unique category," says that as a presidential contender, Clinton would need to convince voters who think they know her to look at her through fresh lenses and to believe she has a plan for their future.
"In many ways, she's really running against herself," she says. "And that could be the most formidable one."


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It is the mission of the Montgomery City-County Public Library to provide life-long learning opportunities to all of its library patrons. Proctoring exams is not a new task in public libraries however; it is becoming a larger one and one that consumes a lot of the work capacity of the staff in the MCCPL. As a result, we have developed a proctoring policy and application.
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Central African Republic
Facts & Figures
President: Catherine Samba-Panza (interim; 2014)
Prime Minister: Mahamat Kamoun (2014)
Total area: 240,533 sq mi (622,980 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 5,277,959 (growth rate: 2.13%); birth rate: 35.45/1000; infant mortality rate: 92.86/1000; life expectancy: 51.35
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Bangui, 740,000
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
- Central African Republic Main Page
- Coup by Muslim Rebels Sinks Country into Civil War
Situated about 500 mi (805 km) north of the equator, the Central African Republic is a landlocked nation bordered by Cameroon, Chad, the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo. The Ubangi and the Shari are the largest of many rivers.
From the 16th to 19th century, the people of this region were ravaged by slave traders. The Banda, Baya, Ngbandi, and Azande make up the largest ethnic groups.
The French occupied the region in 1894. As the colony of Ubangi-Shari, what is now the Central African Republic was united with Chad in 1905. In 1910 it was joined with Gabon and the Middle Congo to become French Equatorial Africa. After World War II a rebellion in 1946 forced the French to grant self-government. In 1958 the territory voted to become an autonomous republic within the French Community, and on Aug. 13, 1960, President David Dacko proclaimed the republic's independence from France. Dacko moved the country politically into Beijing's orbit, but he was overthrown in a coup on Dec. 31, 1965, by Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, army chief of staff.
On Dec. 4, 1976, the Central African Republic became the Central African Empire. Marshal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who had ruled the republic since he took power in 1965, was declared Emperor Bokassa I. Brutality and excess characterized his regime. He was overthrown in a coup on Sept. 20, 1979. Former president David Dacko returned to power and changed the country's name back to the Central African Republic. An army coup on Sept. 1, 1981, deposed President Dacko again.
In 1991, President André Kolingba, under pressure, announced a move toward parliamentary democracy. In elections held in Aug. 1993, Prime Minister Ange-Félix Patassé defeated Kolingba. Part of Patassé's popularity rested on his pledge to pay the back salaries of the military and civil servants.
A 1994 economic upturn was too small to effectively improve the catastrophic financial condition of the nation. Patassé was unable to pay the salaries due to government workers, and the military revolted in 1996. At Patassé's request, French troops suppressed the uprising. In 1998 the United Nations sent an all-African peacekeeping force to the country. In elections held in Sept. 1999, amid widespread charges of massive fraud, Patassé easily defeated Kolingba. Patassé survived a coup attempt in May 2001, but two years later, in March 2003, he was overthrown by Gen. François Bozizé. After two years of military rule, presidential elections were held, and Bozizé won in what international monitors called a free and fair election.
Prime Minister Elie Dote and his government resigned in January 2008, a day before Parliament was set to debate a censure motion against him. Faustin Archange Touadéra was named as his successor.
The trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice-president of Congo, began at the International Criminal Court in November 2010. He is accused of ordering his militia to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, including rape, murder, and torture, in the Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003 during civil unrest that followed the attempted coup against Patassé.
Coup by Muslim Rebels Sinks Country into Civil War
In presidential elections in early 2011, incumbent François Bozizé (National Convergence Kwa Na Kwa) won reelection with 64.4% of the vote. In March 2013, Bozizé was ousted by rebels from the northern part of the country. The rebels, who are mostly Muslim and collectively known as Seleka, have been engaged in battles with government troops and said they overthrew Bozizé because he failed to follow through on earlier peace deals. Bozizé's presidency was marred by allegations of corruption and cronyism—hardly a surprise in one of the world's poorest and most unstable countries. Michel Djotodia, the coup leader, assumed power, suspended the constitution, and dissolved parliament. In mid-April he created a transitional national council that named him interim president. He was sworn in as head of state in August and promised to hold free and fair elections within 18 months. The African Union suspended the country in response to the coup, and refused to recognize Djotodia as president.
Djotodia was not able to stem the violence in the country, and CAR spiralled into chaos. Seleka rebels terrorized civilians, and Christian opponents formed their own militias to retaliate and defend themselves and were equally as brutal to Muslims. About 1 million people, in a country of 5 million, fled their homes. Many of those fleeing were farmers and herders, and officials feared that their absence would lead to famine. In October, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the country had experienced "total breakdown of law and order," and he authorized the deployment of a peacekeeping force. In December, the African Union said it would increase the size of its force there from 3,500 troops to 6,000. France deployed 1,600 soldiers to CAR, a former colony of France. Many feared that CAR was on the brink of experiencing a genocide. In April 2014, the UN authorized a force of 12,000 peace-keeping troops. They were deployed to CAR in September.
At the urging of regional leaders, Djotodia resigned in January 2014 for his failure to stem the escalating violence between Christians and Muslims that left the country in tatters. In January, the 135-member national transitional council elected Catherine Samba-Panza, an insurance broker and the mayor of the capital, Bangui, as interim president. She will serve for one year until elections are held in January 2015. She will not run in the elections. The council named André Nzapayeke as prime minister. Both the interim president and prime minister are Christians.
A cease-fire was signed in July 2014 by the rival Muslim and Christian militias, but it collapsed just two weeks later. In August, Mahamat Kamoun was appointed prime minister. The country's first Muslim prime minister, Kamoun previously worked for Djotodia. He must put together a transitional government.
See also Encyclopedia: Central African Republic .
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Chicago, Illinois –The Auxiliary of the Northwest (Copernicus) Regional Center of the Chicago Department of Senior Services announces that it is the recipient of a $6,500 grant for its computer learning center for older adults from the Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust. The money received from the grant has been devoted to the purchase of 12 new computers, which in addition to a newly remodeled and expanded space, has created a state-of-the-art center for teaching adults age 50 and older about computers.
In addition, the Auxiliary raised over $9,800 last November which supplemented the grant award from the foundation.
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DARPA picks 40 robot hopefuls for $2m race
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A wiser and more methodical DARPA has released a final list of competitors that will vie for a spot in the second running of the $2m Grand Challenge.
Out of 118 applicants, DARPA has picked 40 teams to battle in a qualification event that will determine which teams actually race come October. The $2m prize and unique nature of the Grand Challenge, which requires robot cars to steer themselves across a 150 mile, obstacle laden desert course, has clearly generated plenty of interest. With any luck, this year's event will end with more impressive results than the 2003 contest that saw no vehicle go more than a few miles.
"It is truly remarkable how much progress the Grand Challenge teams have made in a relatively short period of time," said program manager Ron Kurjanowicz. "The (qualification event) will be very exciting and we will see autonomous vehicle performance that was not possible a year ago. The teams' creative sparks are flying and they are making impressive progress toward DARPA's goal of developing technologies that will save the lives of our men and women in uniform on the battlefield."
In 2003, DARPA struggled to deal with a flood of applicants looking to cash in on a then $1m prize. It pushed through a number of last minute rule changes and stumbled through an awkward qualification process only to watch as robot cars and even one motorcycle ran into walls and stuck to barbed wire and boulders.
This time around, DARPA has doubled the prize and set very specific deadlines for teams. The 40 teams picked have already submitted technical information on their proposed vehicles and passed on-site inspections. In September, they'll compete in a more rigorous series of tests before receiving the go ahead to race from California through Nevada within 10 hours.
Many of the teams picked for this year's race also competed in 2003. The best known teams of this lot include the Red Team from Carnegie Mellon University and CalTech's group. The complete list has a number of university squads, a high school team and many private companies. A Canadian team will also be having a go at the Grand Challenge for the first time.
Here's hoping the robot grunts have learned as much as DARPA. ®
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Herbie Stubberfield who attends All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School was presented today with a very special Sarah Thewlis Good Citizen Award. He was given this by the head teacher Mrs Hart Dyke and upon receiving a wonderful plaque along with some very kind words from Herbie's teachers and friends he was asked to choose a charity of his choice. Herbie chose the Diamond Riding Centre and £500.00 will be donated to them. It was a very touching moment as Herbie's best friend at All Saints, James Feltham, has cerebral palsy and rides at the Diamond every Saturday.
Both boys have become firm friends since starting school in 2007 and James' mum said "I couldn't think of a nicer person to whom this award should be presented. Herbie has many qualities but above all he is kind, considerate and always extremely polite to everybody. What an honour it is to know such a lovely child and me and my family cannot thank him enough for choosing a charity which is very close to our hearts".
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One part of our town was located on a hill. It was called Arooftsoo (uphill). The other part, located on the descent, was called Aroptsoo (downhill). The market square, on the town's center, was in the upper part. It was a spacious square area, which contained mostly Jewish stores and the Catholic Church. All the national ceremonies of the non- Jewish population took place there. (See map in the section Volozhin Childhood)
The Christians celebrated their holidays in the city streets. The Polish Independence Day, May 3rd, was very impressive and I don't have enough words to express our sense of jealousy when we saw the joy and happiness on the faces of the celebrants.
Close to the Market Square, on its northern side, were located the Etz Hayim Yeshiva, the Hebrew Tarbut School, and the main Synagogue. The public Christian school, the government offices, and military barracks were located on the its southern side
The market place was filled every Thursday. with harnessed horse carts in which the farmers brought their peasant products, fruits, and hand made fabrics to sell.
The farmers were White- Russians (Orthodox), primitive in their way of life and education. Their garments were unique. The women had long wide skirts, one on top of another. Obviously the nicest was the outside one. They banded their hair with colorful kerchiefs. The men wore embroidered shirts (known in Israel as Russian shirts) and trousers tucked in high boots.
They spent the market day earnings buying holiday clothes and other necessities. They ate their meals on the carts. The main nutrition was pork fat, bread, milk, and potatoes, accompanied with strong vodka.
During market day there were many drunkards who could hardly stay on their feet. Most of them kept quarrelling and cursing. Many times these exchanges ended in fights.
White Russians lived also in the suburbs; most of them in Ponizhe on the eastern side of the town. They were influenced by the city atmosphere and were more educated. The bureaucracy was composed of local and western Poles.
Most of the houses were single floor buildings constructed from wood. The houses were surrounded by vegetable gardens. Many houses had cowsheds in the yard and the cow's milk was consumed by the owners. The vegetables were stored in caves, kept fresh by the cool temperature. There were also a few two-story houses near the market. There were some buildings with a room in the attic. In one of them dwelled the musician Mr. Ratner, with his wife. He organized a string orchestra in the Tarbut School and the firemen's wind orchestra. In the other house lived my family. The nicest buildings in town were the Government and Military buildings. They once belonged to Graf Tishkevitsh, whose estate included Volozhin.
There was no running water in town. Water was carried in buckets from wells. A pair of buckets attached on a rod, which was carried on the shoulders, and brought home. The water was kept in barrels, which stood near the entrance during summer. In winter the barrels were placed in the kitchen, to prevent freezing. There was no bathroom, no bathtub, and no shower inside the house, so people bathed in the municipal public bath house. Once my father tried something unusual--he ordered a bathtub made of tin and we filled it with hot water from the stove. This procedure was very tiresome and long. That is why a few family members bathed in the same water, first the women, later the men. Finally we decided that it wasn't worthwhile and for the time being, we continued to visit the public bath-house.
Market Square South-West corner in the nineteen thirties
Berkovitsh's (author parents) house the fourth from left
The stoves were built from bricks. One stove Aristocrat was covered with china, and was used to heat the appartment. The second, a simpler one, was in the kitchen and was used for cooking and baking. The housewife, even though she dedicated much time to raise the family and contribute to the income, found time to bake during the end of the week. A special homemade bake was the Bonda kind of bread made of chopped potatoes with flour and yeast. They baked the Bondas in special baking boxes, and to prevent sticking, they used to spread big yellow leaves at the bottom.
My Mother Keyla Berkovitsh, the loving wife
and mother, the beautiful, energetic,
hard working housewife of our family
Some families baked regular bread. The ingredients they baked with were eggs, flour, milk, butter and sometimes jam. We never knew chocolate or cream cakes. The jams were made by the housewife herself. In the forest fruit seasons, the female farmers came with buckets full of raspberries and black berries, which they picked in the forests.
In those times the housewives stood near the stoves in front of the Mednitzes (wide, flat brass bowls specially made to fry jams). Those bowls had a stand (Dreifus) ,and they stirred the fruit mixed with sugar.
We didn't know about refrigirators or ice coolers. It was necessary to cook daily. Truly our mothers' lives were tough. We, their sons and daughters, often wonder about their diligence and work ability.
Electricity was introduced only in 1925. Before it, the houses were lit by kerosene lamps, and the main streets were lit by kerosene lanterns. Hand lights were made with candles and only few had battery-operated lights.
The city had a large public park; a large part of it contained fruit trees. A small shallow creek ran through the city, it was called Volozhinka. The townspeople enjoyed dipping and swimming in it. The bushes around it were used as changing rooms. On the side of the main street was a nice lake which was frozen in winter; its surface was used for ice skating. People skied also on the surrounding hills. Sleds were used at the crossroads of the streets that connected the upper and the lower part. It filled the Jewish youth with joyous occupation. It was a small low sled for two riders with their feet outside from both sides of the sled. The feet guided the sled like oars of a boat. A third person pushed the sled down.
The main street was called Vilna; it started from the center in the direction of Vilna, the nearest big city. The streets were covered with irregular unpolished cobblestones and walking or riding on them was difficult. The sidewalks were made from wood. The building owners themselves kept the sidewalks and the adjacent roads clean. The public places, like the market, were cleaned by workers. The shopkeepers who sat in their open stores got warm by the fire top - a pot full with burning coals.
Few buses and cars appeared; and then only in the thirties. Before that, the horse cart was the only means of transport. The train station was 17 km away, and people went there by horse carts. Any ride to the near cities and villages was by cart, because there was no train or bus service.
The climate was almost northern. Rain fell also in summer. Fall rains were heavy. In winter snow fell frequently. Deep snow covered the earth. People wore warm leather boots to keep their bodies warm.
Commerce was the main source of Jewish income. Most shops were owned by Jews. The trade in linen was important economically. Flax grew in the fields near Volozhin. The businessmen sent it as raw material to the big cities.
Cultural life in this time was scarce, despite the thirst for knowledge. Youth education usually ended in elementary school; only a few went to Vilna to continue their studies, because tuition and life in the city were expensive, far beyond the possibilities of many.
Very pleasant memories are bound with the Matza baking. The baking took place in private homes, which were evacuated during the days between Purim and Passover. In one room was prepared the dough. In the big room of the apartment, girls sat on two sides of a long table and used to round the dough and cut it into Matzot. The Matzot were baked cooperatively. The work was done precisely and the Matzot were tasty. A part of the Matzot was prepared to make Matze-Mell (Flour) mostly for kneydlakh (dumplings). These Mazot were crushed with a pestle in the Stupe, a wooden recepticle of conic shape. The ones who were lazy were threatened by not having Kneidleich.
Volozhin Jews were united in times of mourning and trouble. As I said before, the houses were built of wood. The roofs were made from wood tiles. Some roofs were of straw. When a fire broke out (a most difficult and frequent disaster) it spread quickly. Its location and extinguishing was difficult. It required quick action of many people. Our city people always acted with devotion to save human life and property.
When a person died, almost all the town inhabitants participated at the funeral. Crying and wailing, they accompanied the dead. As much as mourning was everywhere, so was also the joy. A wedding in the town was a source of joy for everyone. The wedding started generally in the big room of the bride's parents. The bride would sit in a chair, on her head a white veil, and on both her sides stood women who were relatives and friends. The groom, who waited at his parents' house, went to the bride's place accompanied by his nearest men. There they greeted him with Mazal Tov. After that, the bride and groom walked at the head of the crowd, accompanied by musicians (Kleizmers) to the chupa ceremony. At the end of the ceremony, the couple went to the party house. At the entrance, two women raised trays above their heads. On each tray were candles and large cakes. Inside the house, tables were set with all kinds of homemade delicacies. Food and delicacies were also distributed among the kids who gathered around the house. On Saturday, the bride went to the Synagogue. In the evening there was a dance ball; most of the young people participated in it. They danced until dawn. For seven days (Seven Blessing) the participants continued to celebrate among the family.
The feeling of a common destiny and mutual assistance was one of the most admired qualities which our parents possessed. Their descendants desire to imprint those superb qualities among their children.
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The Minsk-Vilna trail passed over a wooden bridge constructed over the stream. The creek continued to flow southwardly between Ponizhe on its left and the Military sports stadium on its right side, then through the Kelvitsh hamlet until it emptied into the Yislotsh River, fifteen kilometers from town.
Every year the shtetl's inhabitants used to say the Tashlikh prayer on its borders
The dwellers of Volozhin and hamlets in its vicinity used to wash their laundry in its water. There, peasants used to beat the flax crop from their fields.
On its northeast side extended a large meadow covered with opulent grass, called Veehon (Drive away place in Russian), to which the town dwellers' cows were driven each morning for pasture.
The stream was shallow. There was no danger of drowning. Each summer, town youngsters would cut pieces of sod from the Weehon meadow grass and throw them in the stream. The barrier blocked the flow, creating a small swimming pool to the great joy of the Shtetl's children.
Near the sources at Hordinovo were some sections deep enough for adult bathing. The high wild shrubs on its shore served as places to change clothes. A young woman, Dvora Perski, drowned in such a place in the late twenties.
An additional water environment, a small lake, the so-called Sazhelk-pond was situated near Vilna Street
The town authorities renovated parts of the Volozhinka and the Sazhelke borders during the late thirties. They framed some segments of the creek in regular, one-meter wide channels, leveled its elevated sides, and removed the wild vegetation on the western border, replanting it with cultivated grass.
The authorities arranged also the Sazhelke. They framed the water pond in rectangular borders. It became suitable to serve as an ice-skating rink in winter and as a pleasure-walking place and a place for rowboat cruising in summer.
The Volozhinka and the Sazhelkepond were quiet for the most part of the year, with cool calm water in summer and autumn, and covered with ice in winter. Nevertheless, it was completely different in springtime. Generally, on the eve of Passover, when the earth defrosted, large quantities of snow melted and flowed from the surrounding hills into the Volozhinka dale. The waters flooded the valley, creating a large lake in the Veehon-meadow. The quiet stream, usually passable by foot, became a large, deep, and dangerous torrent.
Pleasure walk on the Sazhelke borders Volozhin 1936
|Mr. Yani Garber, the first Volozhin Judenrat head, the first victim shot on the first mass slaughter October 1941, walking on the Sazhelke borders with his son Dania (the pianist) his sister in law Etia Perlman and her daughter Sonitshka. Behind them, Yani's mother in law Malka Perlman -Itskhakin (Rabbi Itsele's G. Granddaughter) with her son Yossif Perlman
The three mass slaughters on the Volozhinka borders -Translator's note
The Nazis created the Volozhin Ghetto on the western shore during the summer of 1941. They accomplished the first mass slaughter at the Sport Stadium on the same shore to the south in the autumn of the same year.
The Volozhin Jews spent the winter of 1941 in relatively quiet conditions, enclosed in the Ghetto, where from they could see the last snow-thawing flood of their life.
Some days after that flood, when the roads became passable, an SS team did a reconnaissance tour in Volozhin. They looked for a place for the Great Execution. They found it near the ancient Jewish Cemetery, on the Volozhinka's rivulet. The main mass slaughter of 2,000 Volozhin Jews took place on the Volozhinka western shore a month after the spring flood, on May 10, 1942.
In the third (last) mass slaughter, the Nazis executed the remaining 300 Jews from the second great shtetl near the Veehon, on the east shore of the Volozhinka streambed, in August 1942
The Volozhinka stream carried away with its waters a large amount of innocent Jewish blood and ash.
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In most industries, double-digit growth would be something to celebrate. But in the champagne business, it's cause for quiet unease. Rising wealth, particularly in Russia and China, has led to new markets for a product with an inherently limited supply. (Under French law, all champagne must be made from grapes grown within 84,000 acres of the Champagne region.) While sales of Mot Hennessy were up 13 percent worldwide last year, the figure for Asia was 25 percent.
To address the anticipated shortage, champagne producers have lobbied to expand the growing districts of Champagne. But that could take years, as it requires permission from the notoriously bureaucratic Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, the French government agency that protects the identity of wine regions. Another option is to wring more grapes out of the farmers who grow them. Some 20,000 individuals own land in Champagne, in plots that range in size from a single acre to 50.
Many farmers don't want to sell more grapes, though, because they're now producing their own sparkling wines. Known in the business as grower champagnes, these wines are made in tiny quantities—100,000 bottles at most—and are catching on at top U.S. restaurants like Napa Valley's French Laundry, Chicago's Charlie Trotter's, and New York's Gramercy Tavern. Below, some notable grower champagnes (all available in major U.S. wineshops or at Wine-Searcher.com).
Pierre Larmandier practices "biodynamic" viticulture, an über-organic style of growing that eschews chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The 2002 Cramant ($75) consists entirely of chardonnay grapes from Cramant, a village given grand cru status as one of France's best regions.
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The Champagne region is divided into four areas, and Lassaigne's property is in the desirable southern Montgueux section, close to the Burgundy border. The family's Les Vignes de Montgueux ($45) is served at such restaurants as El Bulli, outside Barcelona, Spain.
The Tarlant family has been farming in the Champagne region since 1687 and currently produces about 12,000 cases a year. Brut Zero ($45) is made with both white and black grapes—equal parts chardonnay, pinot meunier, and pinot noir.
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To make a blanc de noirs, or white champagne from black grapes like pinot noir, Bedel quickly drains the juice from the skins. Like Larmandier, she works biodynamically. Entre Ciel et Terre ($65) is made from chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier.
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WORCESTER — Susan Stoops is one of the smartest curators in America. Every time you go to the Worcester Art Museum, where Stoops has been in charge of contemporary art since 1999, you see the single large gallery reserved for contemporary projects given over to a solo or group show so elegantly conceived, and so surprising, that you assume she must be backed by a talented team with unlimited resources.
She isn't, of course. Stoops has been at the museum during a period when money has been scarce and leadership in transition. But time and again, she has put her hands in the loamy earth and pulled out wonders.
Her shows, most of which draw on the museum's permanent collection, remind us what curators can achieve with a bit of imagination and intelligence. Not incidentally, they — and WAM's impressive galleries for postwar international art from the permanent collection — reveal Worcester's contemporary collection as very rich terrain.
"You Are Here," a group show of 13 international artists, eight of them women, is one of Stoops's best efforts. It's one of those theme-based group shows that sounds woolly and slightly soporific in description — "reimagining the body and its boundaries," "locating the body through spaces, materials, sensations, and information that exist in relation to it (and to us)" — but that is actually captivating, because it trusts the works themselves to set the brain fizzing.
And they do. The exhibition contains sculptures, photographs, paintings, and prints that hang on the wall, sit on the floor, or are suspended from the ceiling. Without any kind of extra pleading or fake explaining, these various works, elegantly spaced out, trigger thoughts and sensations that relate to childhood, memory, and physical scale, and resound with one another.
Each work relates to the body, operating as a kind of substitute or synecdoche, the way metonyms do in poetry (a "hired hand," for instance, instead of a "worker"). But because we are dealing with things, not words, there is a strange and unpredictable interplay between poetic allusion and actual, physical object.
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Nearby, in a lovely inversion of scale, is a vastly oversize shirt with vertical slashes by Amanda Ross-Ho, a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist. One sign of Stoops's talent — not unlike that of a good dinner-party host — is her ability to make less-than-riveting work seem more interesting by putting it in the right company.
Ross-Ho's work, for instance, is sometimes conceptually forced and over-elaborate. In this context, however, its scale stands in perfect counterpoint to the LeDray, and to a nearby work by Jim Lambie. Lambie has cut the shape of a hugely magnified eyelash out of powder-coated aluminum, and called it "Blue Monday."
Gillian Wearing, a brilliant artist from Britain who is absorbed in the dynamics of constraint and liberation made possible by masks, performs another surprising shift in scale. She has created an oversize necklace that, instead of a pendant or jewel, has a life-size mask of her own face. It's a brilliant conceit that sets off a domino-run of associations: the idea of one's "self" as one's own adornment; one's own death mask suspended in front of one's heart; ornament as camouflage, and perhaps even as crime (a mask helps you get away with things) . . .
Inversions and ironies are a leitmotif throughout the show. Several works substitute abstract imagery for specific people. The effect, on the one hand, is to draw attention to the limited nature of conventional likenesses, and on the other, to transform abstraction into exactly what it is not: a humanly specific representation.
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, for instance, has three large colored prints representing filtered DNA components of three members of the family of Byron Kim. Visually unimpressive, the works nonetheless suggest that, for better or for worse, the usually hidden features of a person's DNA might identify a person more surely than the color of his or her eyes, or the way they are placed in relation to his nose.
Kim, a fellow artist and friend of Manglano-Ovalle, has an abstracted portrait of his own on display: It's a vertically oriented painting representing his son Emmett (whose DNA is pictured in one of Manglano-Ovalle's prints). Kim's painting is exactly the height of his (then 10-year-old) son, but Emmett's features have been converted into horizontal bands of color.
Here, portraiture is a kind of private code, a deliberate veiling of that most intimate of subjects, one's own child. (For me, the boy's name triggered an instant, and contrasting, association with Sally Mann's famous 1987 photograph of her own son, "The Last Time Emmett Modeled Nude.")
All these unexpected inversions and shifts in scale suggest the Looking Glass world of Lewis Carroll's Alice. And so it's perhaps no surprise that most of the work in "You Are Here" suggests that you are not in fact here but somewhere else — very possibly back in your own childhood.
Annette Lemieux, for instance, has given minimalism one of her characteristically personal twists by re-creating a section of the roof of her childhood home. Its size is commensurate with her own (adult) body, arms extended.
Milagros de la Torre, meanwhile, has three photographs from her 1996 series "The Lost Steps." Small and beautiful black-and-white shots of objects that emerge slowly from a netherworld of grays, these photographs actually show disturbing evidence collected by police: a crowbar used to force entry, a skirt worn by a pregnant woman who was thrown by her lover from the eighth floor of a hotel, and a handgun used in murder.
De la Torre grew up in Peru. Her father was the chief of Lima's antidrug military police force during a dangerously chaotic period in that city. It is disturbing enough that the objects she photographs stand in for criminals and their victims (displaced portraiture as a function of crime). But just as disturbing is the way they operate as stand-ins for de la Torre's own childhood, when she lived, according to the wall label, "with constant uncertainty about when violence would erupt into her family's domestic life."
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Claire Barclay's hoop covered in fur suggests playground entertainments. Tory Fair's mirror made from resin suggests not so much a young girl's infatuation with her own image as an imaginative portal to elsewhere. And Gary Schneider's photogram of his own hand suggests both early cave painting (the "childhood of man") and kids' finger painting.
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Few imperial stouts that pass this side of the Rockies get past me and when I spotted this bottle at my local brew shop I knew I had to try it. I've reviewed a few others like it but this beer had a unique flavor twist that I didn't realize it had until I tried it. Today's beer review is from Denver's Great Divide Brewing Company and is their Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout, a big brew weighing in at 9.5% ABV.
From what I gathered from the bottle and their web site, Great Divide brews this version of Yeti for a summer-time release. So I know this beer had aged about 6 months already. I assumed that this beer was a chocolate infused version of their regular Oak Aged Yeti. I was partially correct, it does have added cocoa nibs and an attempt to tone down the hops a bit.
I assumed this would be just a bit more chocolaty than their regular Yeti. What I didn't see until I tasted it, that Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti added cayenne pepper into it as well. This would prove to be a different experience than I was expecting.
Appearance: As I did expect, Chocolate Yeti poured extremely dark, near black. It had very faint ruby edges that you could only see if you held it up to a bright light. The pour yielded a huge brown head that I had to stop from overflowing the edge of my snifter glass. The lacing was also excellent on the glass. It looked great.
Aroma: OK here is where things started getting interesting. I had already set my expectations very high with this beer. I expected to get a huge nose full of chocolate in this beer and in a way I did. It had an ample nose of chocolate, plus some definite coffee tones, but there was something else in it that seemed odd.
I at first attributed it to the oak and thought the wood had imparted a strange spice to it but I then realized it was more than just an alcohol whiff, there was some other kind of heat going on in this beer - the cayenne pepper. As the beer warmed, this pepper smell became more and more apparent. It almost distracted me completely from the chocolate.
There was a hint of vanilla from the wood but it was almost completely masked by the chocolate and pepper.
Mouthfeel: Chocolate Yeti had a full bodied feel, somewhat creamy and the usual tongue coating that most imperial stouts give. The beer had a slight drying effect and a bit of heat on the finish. This imperial stout seemed to attack the middle of the tongue with the pepper, more than what I would normally expect from a spice.
Taste: Initially when this beer was cold, Chocolate Yeti had a nice big chocolate and roasted malt flavor. But the cayenne pepper spice kicked in almost immediately after and dominated the rest of the sip. There was some coffee notes also. As the beer warmed, so did the heat from the cayenne pepper. A bit of vanilla later came out from the oak as well.
My lips actually felt like they had a slight burn going on, not from the alcohol but from the pepper. The pepper seemed to dominate this beer more so than the chocolate. It was not was I was expecting. Chocolate and pepper just didn't seem like a good mix to me. I was growing more hesitant to keep drinking this as the beer warmed.
I felt that this beer had to be paired with some food as just solo wasn't cutting it for me. I had some fresh baked banana bread available and I tried some of that and alternated a bite with a sip. The banana bread took some of the bite off the cayenne pepper and made the experience more enjoyable.
By itself, the cayenne pepper was a major distraction for me. I was wanting a full rich molasses, chocolate and coffee experience. I got some of that but ended up giving my full attention to the spicy heat.
Overall: I've got very mixed feelings about this beer. Apparently my expectations were quickly changed once I started tasting this beer. If I had brewed this beer myself, I definitely would not have added cayenne pepper to this beer. I might have considered adding spice to a lighter styled Belgian beer perhaps but not an imperial stout.
When the beer is very cold, it seems to mask the cayenne a bit but watch out when it warms up. Whoa. Normally, imperials stouts get better as they warm, but this beer did not for me. While I was able to finish the entire 22oz bottle (with a little help from a family member who also complained of the pepper heat), I just didn't enjoy this bottle as much as the other Yeti's from Great Divide.
If the brewery labeled this as a Chocolate beer I simply didn't want or expect to get spicy hot peppers in the mix as well. I guess I should read the label a bit more closely next time. While it wasn't as hot as a chili beer, it was decidedly too hot spiced for my liking. Perhaps I got a bottle with a bit too much pepper in it?
I'm giving this beer a Yellow caution light. If you are expecting Chocolate Yeti to be like a Nestle's Quick - you're dead wrong. If you were expecting some bitter chocolate and coffee, yes you do get that, but expect a little south of the border in this beer as well.
Sorry Great Divide. I normally like your Yeti's but this one is not on my repeat buy list. Now I see why they make this in summer. Did anyone else have this same experience as I? Was this too peppery for you as well? I wanted more chocolate but just didn't get it.
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Established in 1976, Walter Phillips Gallery bears the name of a distinguished printmaker and painter who, from the 1930s to the 1950s, played a seminal role in the development of the visual arts program in the Banff School of Fine Arts. It quickly evolved into a small but dynamic gallery and became known for a contemporary art program that championed curatorial innovation with a commitment to emerging forms of art including video and performance. See our past exhibitions here.?
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We have just got home from a nice meal where we celebrated our wonderful news after the scan. Here's what I wore, I actually felt good today and that has been the complete opposite of what I have been feeling the past few weeks.
All smiles!
I straightened my hair with my GHD's. The cut looks different as I had it cut just before I went to Tunisia. My hair has been growing super fast thanks to the pregnancy, so I didn't feel guilty chopping off a much needed 3 inches.
I rocked black eyeliner on the rims of my eye and also used silver on my lid which is something I never do but should do more often.
- Bourjois 10hr sleep effect foundation mixed with Mac face and body.
- Benefit Erase Paste
- Mac Studio finish concealer
- Benefit Hoola
My skin has been going a bit mental due to the hormones, I have been getting spots mainly on my cheek area, they are fading but keep doing unexpected and uninvited return visits. The Clinique 3 step system I recently switched back to is doing a good job eliminating them and keeping my skin clear and smooth as it's oilier than normal.
On my eyes I am wearing:
- 'Bullit' (silver) e/s from Bee luscious garden girl palette on the lid.
- Mac 'Satin Taupe' and 'Brun' e/s on the crease.
- Shu Uemera painting liner in black on upper lash line with Urban Decay 'Zero' 24/7 pencil smudged over the top and on the waterline.
- Dior Extase mascara.
- Ardell 'Demi Wispies' false lashes.
- Mac 'Brun' & 'Cork' e/s lightly on brows.
On my lips:
- L'oreal 'Cappuccino' lipliner
- Mac 'Innocence Beware' lipstick
Here's the obligatory shot of the eyes closed! :)
Here's the outfit I wore, just something casual with a slight smart twist. You may realise I am looking thinner than usual, that's because I lost 3kg (half a stone) due to the morning (all day) sickness during the past few weeks. I have started eating properly the past few days and I think things are almost back to normal.
At times I think I am massive and sometimes I think I'm tiny, it all depends on the time of day and what I am wearing. There's a tiny pooch that is popping out and it just looks like I am bloated. :) My twaistline is disappearing and I am already thinking about workout routines for after the birth. Currently I weigh 57kg and am 164cm tall which is all normal.


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HIV in the Classroom: A Spotlight Series
When it comes to HIV, many advocates will agree that education is of the utmost importance, especially basic education about how the virus is transmitted and how people can protect themselves. But what about questions that HIV poses as a larger phenomenon? Where are people tackling questions like: "How can the Catholic Church respond to the HIV epidemic?" "How can we move education about HIV onto an online setting?" and "How can we get HIV activist history to be a part of American History in public schools?"
HIV in the Classroom is a series of articles that highlights educators and activists who are working with college-age (and younger!) students to illuminate the many aspects of life and society on which HIV has an impact -- politics, history, society, the arts, religion and more.
Social Work Students Discuss Matching Medicine With Compassion
Social worker and longtime HIV activist Terri Wilder didn't take an "HIV and Social Work" class at either her undergraduate or graduate institutions -- because such a course wasn't offered. Now, Wilder teaches the class she never got to take, to a group of budding social workers as a professor at Fordham University. We caught up with four students from Wilder's "HIV and Social Work" graduate course -- Ashley, Tina, Megan and Justin -- and asked them about why they took the class, how social work fits into the field of HIV treatment and care, and how the course is helping them become better professionals.
Making AIDS Activist History a Part of U.S. History
Do you think the general U.S. population just "got used to AIDS?" No, of course not. "It wasn't a passive process, and they weren't nice about it," recalls filmmaker Jim Hubbard; "This country had to be forced to deal with the crisis." And activist groups like ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) were at the forefront of America's earliest education about AIDS. Fast forward a few decades, and Hubbard -- director of the gripping 2012 documentary United in Anger: A History of ACT UP -- along with renowned author and academic Sarah Schulman, are the two people behind the ACT UP Oral History Project. Since 2001, Schulman and Hubbard have been preserving the history of the influential AIDS activist group, and working to push this rich chronicle into its rightful place in mainstream U.S. history -- as a justice movement as significant, and vital to explore, as the feminist movement, the African-American civil rights movement and the LGBT rights movement.
What Would a Good Catholic Do? Bioethicist Helps Students Wrestle With Theology and HIV
While many in the HIV community have have had mixed-to-negative experiences with the Catholic Church as an institution, Doyle is invested in showing the positive points Catholic theology can bring to a conversation around treating those living with HIV. In his course, "Theological Ethics and HIV," Professor Doyle asks his students to articulate the reach and scope of the HIV epidemic; identify current political and religious responses to the epidemic; and wrestle with the epidemic's moral implications for faith communities.
Teaching in Response to the Terror of HIV's Early Years
Before Dr. Kimberley Hagen co-founded the Center for AIDS Research at Emory University in Atlanta -- back when there barely was any HIV research, or HIV education, or anything but fear and ignorance surrounding HIV and those affected by it -- she was a frontline community educator during the darkest days of the epidemic. Now she's an assistant professor of behavioral science and health education at the Rollins School of Public Health -- and she teaches a massive open online course called "AIDS" with more than 10,000 students enrolled. How did her long career begin? She was looking for a poster for her kitchen.
HIV Education From the Dark 1980s to the Digital Masses
Dr. Kimberley Hagen has taught HIV education to undergraduates and medical professionals since the mid-1980s, before many people were even discussing HIV. Now she's bringing that conversation out of the classroom and onto the Web. Through the brand-new world of massive open online courses (MOOCs), Dr. Hagen is bringing the course "AIDS" to Coursera, currently one of the largest purveyors of MOOCs. In this interview, Hagenbreaks down her online course and discusses the challenges of teaching sensitive material in an online setting.
HIV and Education Twitter Chat: Best Of
Here at TheBody.com, we love interacting with our readership. On Thursday, March 28, 2013, we got together with dozens of our Twitter followers for TheBody.com's inaugural Twitter chat. The theme was "HIV & Education," and we think everyone walked away having learned something new! We attracted followers from several countries and continents to share their thoughts and get involved in this knowledge exchange. Read some of the best responses to our questions in this recap slideshow.
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Police Offer Comforts 1-MO Baby Whose Parents Overdosed
The touching, but heartbreaking, moment a police officer comforts a one-month-old baby whose parents had both overdosed has gone viral.
The photo was shared by Alabama Officer Michelle Burton's husband Brian, who posted the picture on Facebook with a sweet message, praising his wife for her compassion.
According to AL.com, police were called to the child's property after neighbours reported the sound of crying; when the response team arrived they found the mother was unconscious as a result of drug use.
Sadly, the 30-year-old father had already died.
"Last night my wife Michelle Burton told me she would be late getting off work because of [a] call she was on, where the parents of 4 small children had both overdosed," Mr Burton, who is a sergeant in the the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, wrote.
"Michelle said the father was dead and the mother critical.
"She spent the rest of the night taking care of these babies. She got home at 4 this morning
"I've never seen her more beautiful than in this picture.
"What an incredible woman."
The baby girl and her three siblings, aged seven, three and two, were placed in protective custody, but until social workers had organised foster homes, Mrs Burton made sure they were looked after.
"If anyone knows me, that's what I love to do," the eight-year vet told WBRC. "Everyone calls me 'mamma' here at the precinct.
"I took all of my equipment off and got the baby and just held her because I know babies like to be held.
"She slept and slept until she couldn't sleep anymore."
While the mother remains in critical condition, South Precinct Lieutenant David Rockett said that "at least one of the parents survived.
"If there's a silver lining, it's that."


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Hepatitis B vaccine
The hepatitis B vaccine protects against hepatitis B, a serious disease that damages the liver. This vaccine is one of the recommended childhood immunizations, but many adults also need to be vaccinated.
Alternative Names
Vaccine - hepatitis B; Immunization - hepatitis B
The hepatitis B vaccine is made from the inactivated (dead) hepatitis B virus. After you get a hepatitis B vaccine, your body learns to attack the hepatitis B virus if you are exposed to it. This means you are very unlikely to get sick with hepatitis B.
Because no vaccine is 100% effective, it is still possible to get hepatitis B, even after you have been completely vaccinated.
The hepatitis B vaccine is given to children as a series of three injections (shots).
- The first shot is given to infants before leaving the hospital. If the baby's mother carries the hepatitis B virus, the baby receives the first vaccine shortly after birth.
- The second shot is given between 1 and 2 months of age.
- The third shot is given at 6 months of age.
Infants who do not get the first shot until 4 to 8 weeks will get the second shot at 4 months and the third shot at 6 to 16 months. Either way, the second and third shots are given along with other routine childhood immunizations.
Adolescents who have not been vaccinated should begin the three-shot hepatitis B vaccine series at the earliest possible date.
Adults or children who have not already received the vaccine should get the vaccine series if they:
- Are health care workers
- Are household contacts or sexual partners of persons known to be infected with hepatitis B
- Are men who have sex with other men
- Are on dialysis
- Have end-stage kidney disease, chronic liver disease, or HIV infection
- Have multiple sexual partners
- Use recreational, injectable drugs
- Will be having an organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, or chemotherapy
Adults can receive the hepatitis B vaccine only, or a vaccine called Twinrix that protects against both hepatitis A and B. Either series is given in 3 doses.
Most infants who receive the hepatitis B vaccine have no side effects. Others may have minor problems, such as soreness and redness at the injection site or a mild fever. Serious problems are rare and are mainly due to allergic reactions to a part of the vaccine.
If the child is ill with something more serious than a cold, the hepatitis B vaccine may be delayed.
Children who have had a severe allergic reaction to baker's yeast should not receive this vaccine.
A child who has a severe allergic reaction after receiving the vaccine should not get another hepatitis B vaccine.
- You are not sure whether your child should get this vaccine
- Moderate or serious side effects appear after receiving the vaccine
- You have any questions or concerns
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended adult immunization schedule -- United States, 2012. MMWR 2012;61(4).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged0 through 18 years -- United States, 2012, MMWR 2012;61(05):1-4.


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This year has proven to be quite a challenge for the IRS. Thanks to last-minute tax changes from lawmakers on Jan.1, the agency had to scurry to update its forms and systems so taxpayers could accurately file their returns on time. It was a long process; in fact, it wasn't until the first week of March that electronic filing was in place for all taxpayers.
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But there's no time for the IRS to take a breather, it now must process the avalanche of returns, and it could be a while before you get your refund.
Generally speaking, 9 out of 10 refunds are issued within 21 days of receiving the tax return, according to the IRS . Generally, there are two reasons for a longer processing time: an error made when preparing your taxes or if your return is pulled for review. It could also take longer if your return contains Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation, or if you claimed the Earned Income Credit (EIC) but didn't complete the due diligence Form 8867 Paid Preparer's Earned Income Credit Checklist.
You can check the status of your refund by going to Where's My Refund, or you can use the IRS mobile app IRS2Go. To track the return, you will need your Social Security number, filing status and the amount of your expected refund. If you electronically filed your tax return you can begin getting status updates after 24 hours from submission. This portal is updated every 24 hours and does not contain information on prior year tax returns or amended income tax returns-- it can only contains information on your 2012 tax return.
According to the IRS, the Where's My Refund? button has a new feature this year that tracks your return and refund in three stages: (1) Return Received, (2) Refund Approved and (3) Refund Sent. You will get personalized refund information based on the processing of your tax return. The tool will provide an actual refund date as soon as the IRS processes your tax return and approves your refund.
Direct deposit of tax refunds is still the fastest way to get your money and you can choose to split the refund into a two bank accounts. A direct deposit is about five days faster than a mailed check.
Not everyone will get their expected return. Uncle Sam will withhold refunds for people who owe back taxes, back child support or student loan payments. The refund will be taken and applied to that debt.
If you are in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the IRS will not take your refund unless you owe for back taxes or you have not filed all of your previous income tax returns. The IRS will send your refund to the Chapter 13 Trustee unless it elects to offset a pre-petition refund.
Be wary of tax professionals who claim a faster refund if you hire them to file for you. In fact here's what the IRS says about that:
"Reminder Any claims by Providers concerning faster refunds by virtue of electronic filing must be consistent with the language in official IRS publications. Per the advertising standards in Publication 3112, IRS e-file Application and Participation, and Publication 1345, Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income Tax Returns, providers must not use improper or misleading advertising in relation to IRS e-file, including the time frames for refunds or other financial products. This reminder serves as the IRS's request to the tax preparation community to follow these messaging guidelines. The IRS will monitor Industry practice during filing season, but anticipates and expects voluntary compliance from its partners in support of this important effort to help taxpayers understand their refund status."


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BrewDog -- a reply to critics
I accept two points of criticism: I should have looked at the BrewDog website and I should have thought more carefully before rushing in to print. It's clear from the contributions to this debate that I'm not the only one who has occasional rushes of blood to the head. I'm also disappointed that this issue has generated so much activity whereas there has been hardly any response to the news that the Burton museum has been saved. Have we got our priorities right -- is a £30 bottle of beer more important than a national brewing centre?
Where yeast is concerned, I have studied the work carried out at the Swiss Hurlimann brewery where Samichlaus was first produced. The beer was made to test the tolerance of brewer's yeast and the brewery found that a normal culture could not produce alcohol above 14%. I have visited the Sam Adams Boston brewery and tasted a Triple Bock that, from memory, was around 18% -- that was finished with a champagne yeast. Those of you who scoff at my suggestion that wine or champagne yeast may have been used by BrewDog may care to keep this experience in mind. Doghead Stout, which was around 22%, was also finished with a wine yeast. I have also studied the way in which the Ice Bocks of Bavaria are made.
I have now looked at the BrewDog site and seen the piece about the strong beer. It raises more questions than answers about how this extremely high level of alcohol was achieved. I will attempt to visit the brewery next year -- it's a long and daunting journey from southern England and Fraserburgh does not have a railway station but I will attempt to work something out.
Having just returned from the BBC Food Show where I conducted eight tutored tastings to large, receptive and friendly audiences, I am once again disappointed by the tone of some of the contributions to this debate. We all love beer -- that's the starting point. Lets be good, bibulous friends. Criticise by all means but let's keep the venom out of it.


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Looking at the tank and the treads on the sandscrawler, it looks like there won't be four separate sets of treads. I assume the sandcrawler will pretty much ride on top of the tank. Is that going to change? Due to the weight, are you sure the tank motors will be able to turn with this much payload on top of it?
That sounds like it will work great. So are the little wheels on the faceplace going to turn?
I too would have some concerns on the weight issues... Less on the motor though and more on the transmission of the tank, as they are known to strip gears pretty easily if you put too much weight on them. I had some problems taping my RC runs years ago when I was young by strapping a camcorder to my truck... WEight could be a problem to consider...I at the very least wouldn't run it on too rough a surface for a bit.
Can You imagine a to scale AT-AT?! That's totally awesome!
How tall would a 3 3/4" scale AT-AT be? Are we talking 6' or 7' tall?
I could NOT afford to own FIVE of them like in the movie!
Wouldn't it be awesome if your custom could do this? Sandcrawler Racer. I saw this video link over in RS and couldn't resist.Great Custom!
Quote from: DARKLORD on August 27, 2007, 06:01 PMI could NOT afford to own FIVE of them like in the movie! THAT would be AWESOME!
Your right it is huge! What's your budget on this guy?
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Ever since we got married, my mother-in-law has been randomly gifting us with little food surprises. We never know what we are going to get…it can be anything from canned corned beef (if you are Filipino, you will understand this fixation) to fresh market produce, to marinated sardines bottled by our godmother. Every time a new package arrives we excitedly inspect it to see what we have, and start making plans for how we will use it. I like to pretend I'm an Iron Chef and mum-in-law's gift is the surprise ingredient. And the surprise ingredient for this post is…prawns!
The day the prawns arrived on our laps both C and I debated about what would be their fate. C-food lover had lots of ideas, but in the end we both turned to a bottle that he had bought from our last market outing. Now, I know my last post was nice and healthy, so I must warn those unfamiliar with my, um, bad habits, to turn away now if they are looking for something light/lite. What was in the bottle? Why, a secret ingredient of our own…aligue or taba ng talangka. In English: crab fat.
The marriage of prawns and aligue is incredible…so rich and dangerous…like seafood in the fast lane, seafood that you don't take home to mama. I sauté the aligue in lots of garlic, and cut the fatty-ness with a lot of calamansi (a local citrus fruit). I like to keep the prawn's head on to heighten the flavor of the whole dish, and also because I like the way they look with their heads.
Prawns with Aligue
- 500-600 grams prawns
- 1 8-oz. bottle of aligue or taba ng talangka
- 4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
- Juice of 4-6 pieces calamansi (or juice of 1 lemon)
- Olive oil
– Heat olive oil in a pan. Sauté garlic until lightly toasted.
– Add aligue and sauté for about 5 minutes. Add calamansi or lemon and stir.
– Add prawns and cook until bright red-orange in color.
Very simple, and boy does this hit the spot…perhaps too hard for some. I served this with hot, steamed rice and kangkong (water spinach) sautéed with garlic and Sichuan peppercorns. I think it would do great with pasta too. Serve with some calamansi or lemon on the side. Don't count calories. Enjoy!We will be leaving for mum-in-law's egg farm (yes, eggs, yey!) and I won't be back until after Easter. I have planned lots of napping, reading, and grilled seafood. Can't wait! Happy Easter!


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"Nobody Is Touching MMG": Gunplay Responds To Footage Of Getting Jumped By 50's Security At BET Awards & More [Audio]
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