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I think there is something you're overlooking here. Yes, perhaps the terrorists are from the not-so-poor levels of the societies, but they do have a strong feeling for their people that do live in such circumstances. Those poor people don't have the possibility to show the world how they really think about it, mostly being busy just trying to survive another day.
The main problem might not be just poverty, but rather the poverty that results from the unfair and disrespectful way of the western countries dealing with these people.
Disrespect for religion or culture is something that stings hard. Every culture and religion should at least be respected (some aspects could/should be debated in a normal fashion), and the people who have these religions or cultures should be given a fair place in the world.
Economic unfair trading should be banned immediately and debts of countries be nulified, it would be an important step in showing more respect for these peoples.
Don't you feel more respected when you get a normal slice of bread after a day of work instead of just some crumbs?
Terrorists are usually educated because to be a terrorist you need an ideology. Poverty is not linked to terrorism at all. If that were the case, terrorism would be much more prevalent in places like Africa where poverty has been ridiculously persistent.
Terrorism has largely ceased in the Western Hemisphere because the ideological economic debates have ceased, except in regard to Venezuela and Cuba. For instance, there is no evidence that Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, exports young men willing to die for their beliefs simply because they are impoverished or because the U.S. has repeatedly become involved in their domestic political affairs. The reason: there isn't a cogent anti-Western ideology in Haiti or a educated middle-class to spread one.
For example in the Middle East, the economic freedom arguments only lightly colors the debate about terrorism. This is just to distract from the real issue, which is religion; poverty is only used as an additional validator for terrorist violence, which when viewed through the lens of religion, culture and belief, seems much more difficult to end to us in the West.
However, I believe we can significantly decrease terrorism as we have in the Western Hemisphere, but we can only do so if we use restraint. First, we must resist the temptation to mask terrorism of our own through covert military and intelligent operations as we did in Central and South America.
Second, we must resist the temptation to pick fights. We cannot involve ourselves in the self-determinative and democratic processes that are going on around the world simply because we don't agree with the political views of their leaders. Additionally, we need to regain our objectivity in the Middle East and around the world. Without it, despots like Kim Jong-Il will continue to thumb their noses at what they see as enormous hypocrisy, if only because much of the world will agree with them.
If terrorism is an expression of political fanaticism, then economics should explain some of it, but not all of it. I don't think economic well-being can wholly eliminate fanaticism unless it is fanaticism for economic well-being.
There once was an emperor of Tang dynasty titled "Tang taizong "in china who governed hundreds of nations in the neighborhood of mainland and negotiated them quite well. When summerizing his achievements and experiences before he abandoned throne, he said:"to run a country with various religions and customs well, is to drain off conflicts among people". If every possible crimer has the opportunity to sooth his extreme emotion, terrorism would find less surviving ground.
Dr. Becker's post reminded me of a passage I read in T.E. Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) book Seven Pillars of Wisdom that I read over 30 years ago. I don't understand why he isn't considered an "expert" on our current problems considering what he went through. Anyhoo, here is the passage:
The Wahabis, followers on a fanatical Moslem heresy, had imposed their strict rules on easy and civilized Kasim. In Kasim there was but little coffee-hospitality, much prayer and fasting, no tobacco, no artistic dalliance with women, no silk clothes, no gold and silver head-ropes or ornaments. Everything was forcibly pious or forcibly puritanical.
It was a natural phenomenon, this periodic rise at intervals of little more than a century, of ascetic creeds in Central Arabia. Always the votaries found their neighbors' beliefs cluttered with inessential things, which became impious in the hot imagination of their preachers. Again and again they had arisen, had taken possession, soul and body, of the tribes, and had dashed themselves to pieces on the urban Semites, merchants and concupiscent men of the world. About their comfortable possessions the new creeds ebbed and flowed like the tides or the changing seasons, each movement with the seeds of early death in its excess of rightness.
The Wahabis rule Saudi Arabia today. No doubt their influence is enhanced by their wealth. Lawrence says their type of religion can't take hold in wealthy cities. Fundamentalist Islam depends on poverty to spread just as Televangilists, Psyschic Hotlines and various other American scam-artists rely on poverty here to thrive.
I think the main audience for terrorists are their own people. A middle east with equitable wealth distribution would rob them of their audience...
I think that the link between terrorism and little growth is largely because of the lack of opportunity. Terrorists(as much as we can tell from the info) tend to be somewhat well off and educated. Where many people can see a hope for improving their situation through education or training these "wall leaners" feel more oppressed because they have it. They are qualified for jobs in government and business but those jobs are not there, or are filled with people from very specific groups. I think this illustrates that personal fulfillment requires more than money, for these people are the very open to claims of oppression. Perhaps they see the perils of foreign investment and nondemocratic rule more closely than we do for it is precisely these middle and upper level positions which are most vulnerable and stagnant.
Poverty leads to religion, and religion leads to terrorism. So, one step removed.
What a totally biased and male-oriented conception of terrorism. Domestic violence is terrorism too!
You have to be clear what you mean by terrorism in order to talk about where it comes from. If we take terrorism to mean violence undertaken against a state by an opposition group, then we have to look at the grievance that lead to the opposition.
An ethnic nationalist group like the Basques or IRA feels marginalized in a plural society and blows up a building. Ethnic nationalism leads to terrorism. (Or was it marginalization?)
A marginalized economic underclass organizes and blows up a factory. Poverty leads to terrorism. (Or was it institutional racism)
A radical Shia cleric finds and recruits a depressed unemployed palistinian refugee whose little brother was killed in a helicopter attack in Gaza and she agrees to detonate a car bomb outside Baghdad... Its not so simple to make statements like "religion leads to terrorism" when you think about Arabs as actually having personalities and histories is it?
First, you've got to get the definition right. Terrorism is the use of force to commoditise trust in a target society for the achievement of some goal. Commoditisation of trust means exactly what it says; trust is destroyed through predatory action. In order to build trust back up you find ways of trading it so that you reach the point where you've got so much wealth of trust that it is immeasurable. Trust is the lifeblood of a society and if it goes, society degrades, meaning people trust eachother less, and it becomes easier to do whatever it is you want to do. Thus terrorism weakens societies by making it appear your neighbor will attack you.
Really, actions that are often defined with a terrorism label are other actions; criminals are not terrorists, they are criminals becuase we call them and consider them criminals. Warfare is not terrorism because we don't call it terrorism. Quite obviously, all these actions cause terror, and are terrorism because they commoditise the trust in a target society and infact have a goal. It isn't called terrorism because quite frankly, we have other terms to define these actions that are far more descriptive. Calling warfare terrorism ignores the reasoning for the war, actions done in war, and so on; it focuses only on a vastly small number of actions.
Now that the definition is correct, lets get another thing right. There is a very clear difference between terrorism, violent warfare, nonviolent warfare (protest, economic warfare, political warfare, democracy), and thugery that I think you, as a judge, have a far better understanding of than I do so long as you keep that first definition of terrorism clear.
With that said, why do people turn to terrorism? All terrorism is a action one society does to another society; you don't want to commoditise the trust of your own society becuase that is counterproductive. So there needs to be a hate of a certain society there first. This is the primary way of telling who the terrorists are; you figure out who they are targeting.
Who are the Bombs in Iraq targeting? Who are the bombs in Israel, Palestine, and so on targeting? Then you think, who has a reason to do that? By fallowing this logic we find that the Bombs going off in Iraq are located in markets, muslim temples, and so on are probably US made. Shrapnel hits everyone; children, women, men, regardless of religion, age, color, birthplace, societal standing, and so on. Who benefits from a segmented society that doesn't trust itself? The USA does; if you blow up some bombs in an area known for religous hatred and begin telling people some religous insergents did it, then you start up groups of angry people who then go blow up churches. Before you know it, nobody can trust anything; most importantly, they won't organize and when you're in an occupation vastly outnumbered with little or no way of expanding your troop size, especially coming from a country with a history of terrorism (although, I don't use that as proof but rather, a point that they'd be skilled enough to do it) it makes sense. Now then, look for cases of that very thing happening; there are many stories of bombs being placed on random trucks at checkpoints, being planted by american soldiers on foot, and so on. Weither or not these are true I do not know, but what I do know that bombs are going off, they're killing people of all religions even though the likes of CNN like to use the term "muslim neighborhood" I'm smarter than to think baghdad is one big muslim neighborhood. There are an auful lot of them and the bomb placement and target makes sense unless we're dealing with some really dumb terrorists. I'm pretty sure when you make a bomb and place it you want to make sure you aren't killing your own people.
In that case, terrorism is done by the very rich against the very poor. If you've listened to or read any Noam Chomsky he can fill you in on American Terrorism.
As far as religous terrorism goes, especially the strapping a bomb to your chest kind, you need to look at the mentality of the people doing it. Most of them, in the middle east, are children who has their parents killed by Americans, or Israeli's who have nothing to lose. More importantly, these children are raised by fanatical clerics who practice predatory religion. To them, these people are nothing more than tools that can be used to strike back against an enemy they do not like.
When was the last time you saw a prominent religous leader of any kind blowing themselves up for the cause? I'm sure the religous leaders don't get it, and think they're sending these kids off to the holy land, but it takes a very special and unique kind of mentality to strap a bomb to a 3 year old.
Therefor, these people will train these kids as tools primarily by training them in the art of ignorance; ignoring economic oppertunity, ignoring fact and logic, and ignoring love itself. To these kids, 60 virgins and Allah's love is a lot better than their perception of a fully screwed up world, and strapping a bomb to themselves and killing some people does some good in the world.
Alternativally, we've seen people in our own society who turn into terrorists as well. Predatory Christian religion itself is an extremly loosely organized non-violent terrorist organization which indoctrinates people and often tells them if they don't do what they say they are going to hell. Some of them are violent, especially the racist ones, and form outside organizations such as the KKK, Focus on the Family, and so on to deal with percieved threats. These people are middle, sometimes even upper middle class. They don't strap bombs onto their chests becuase they percieve a very different way to achieve the goal.
So, does poverty play a role in creating terrorists? No, it conclusivly does not. Desperation caused by poverty DOES have a role in creating terrorists, as well as placement. More importantly, fanaticism is what creats the suicidal terrorists, whereas rich people waging "low intensity warfare" for profit are what does most of the non-suicidal terrorism. Unless, of course, you find out they created the desperation and fanaticism in the first place. I could probably make a case that it is infact the world elite who are responsable for most of it because most of the terrorism that's gone on throughout human history certianly hasn't, cumulativly, been based on sex, age, race, creed, religion, hair or eye color, and so on, but it has been waged by the rich against the poor.
Quite frankly, the reason the bomb-strapping terrorism is rare isn't due to any other factor accept the single factor that after you blow yourself to smiterines, that's it. You get a christian church of suicide bombers who believe god will send them to heaven for blowing up some blacks and I'll give you a very short-term revolution. Literally, they blow themselves out of existance and therefor, after the explosion, are no longer a threat.
As for the other "terrorists" you may have mentioned, desperation plays a GARGANTUAN role in crime, protesting, participation by the people in government, and war. I'd go so far as to call it the number 1 reason for it going on. Crime happens in all of the classes; in the lower class people need bread, in the middle class people participate in predatory actions to sustain themselves but most crime is egologically or psychologically based, and in the upper class and elites who wage war against the classes to get what it is they want which, often, is total domination. I'v often listened to the really crazy, foaming at the mouth so to speak conspiracy theorists who talk of lucifer and the illumanatti and so on. I don't agree with these people on many logical grounds (they obviously want to believe what they want to believe) but I do wonder how an investment banker, or an elite banker, sleeps at night knowing they're money goes into destroying the world. These are not stupid people because they are in a position of immense power and privelage and in order to keep that top spot, they have to be intuitive.
Protesting is triggered by desperation because protestors are protesting because they believe there is no other way to change government but do not want a civil war. Really, protesting is the last step before rioting and civil war and our youth, who do protest, have thankfully found modest success using technology to organize and change government.
The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is that the freedom fighter has tried every viable alternative but violence, whereas the terrorist uses violence first to achieve their own ends. This reflects the goal; if the goal is fundementally predatory you want to use the most effective means first and terrorism is arguebly the most effective means. If the goal is fundementally freeing (even if flawed) then the person will not attempt to dominate through violence first, but will only dominate once provoked. If peaceful means are not productive, it is then you get war. If you leave people with no other alternative but violence, they will use violence. It's that plain and simple.
"Poverty is not linked to terrorism at all."
Might be useful to distinguish between the motivations for terrorism and the response to terrorist acts, the incidence of terrorism.
It is likely not provable that poverty causes individuals and groups to conceive of, undertake and condone terrorist acts. (all definitions of terrorism apply). At minimum, poverty may be a necessary but not sufficient explanation.
However, what about the links between poverty and weak and/or dysfunctional states, which by definition are less able to effectively combat terrorism, not only within their borders, but committed abroad by groups based within their borders? ...Ineffectiveness both in terms of application of police force and support of the population in providing intelligence and signing off on illiberal tactics. What is the relationship between poverty and legitimate, cabable governments?
So, fighting poverty might not only be a strategy (if flawed) to minimize terrorist recruiting and motivation, but also part of strategy to strengthen governments and thus assist in the fight against terrorism.
Just a thought.
If one controls for poverty, the distinction you might actually find is between repressive regimes (there is probably less terrorism in that society because the state holds the power and guards it well), and states which have no power (Afghanistan prior to 9/11 in which internal and external terrorist activities flourished. Excluding both those extremes, what is the role of poverty as a source of internal conflict in countries with fledgling democracy or developing democratic institutions. I don't have to be a liberal to answer this question. If people can't advance, they take action and develop a culture that explains their poverty based on "repression" by economic elites. If they are poor, they also rely on religion and religious leaders to explain their life and situation. Neither seem to me to be the fertile spawning grounds of grounds of rational, democratic institutions.
In short, the discussion fails to distinguish between poor countries with repressive regimes (who can prevent terrorism, or sponsor external terrorism) and poor countries without a state infra structure and doesn't address at all the role of poverty in states which do not fall between these extremes.
An author named Michael Cunninghman wrote a book, Specimen Days, that is to be available in the near future (next week?). The book may have insight into terrorism.
The spelling is "Cunningham" (not Cunninghman)
Here in Spain we really know that poverty is not a cause of terrorism. The independentist terrorism in Basque Country was not a consequence of poverty, as Basque Country has always been one of the top rich regions all over Spain, and many of the founders of the ETA were well educated people, coming from the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, the ETA influence has led Basque Country into recession and nowdays its wealth is only guaranteed because the money transfers and fiscal benefits provided by Central Spanish Government. Some thing is true however: now, terrorists recruit the young activists (here called "the cubs") from the lower stratus of the Basque society, because is easier to make fanatics of them. But the reason is never economic, but ethnic in a nazi-like way.
Besides Judge Posner's insight on why liberals like to blame poverty on a variety of societal problems including terrorism, I think it is important to recognize or study how class affects political views in general.
What Becker and Posner seem to be challenging is the cause and effect hypothesis of terrorism, ie poverty causes terrorism. I think that is a worthwhile, but current studies are in the preliminary stages and it is far too early to judge its results. Obviously the biggest problem is that Poverty is a "first" cause, meaning that Poverty may not directly cause terrorist activity (ie i am poor so i'll blow buildings up) but that it can lead to other destablizing forces which in turn can cause extremism and terrorism.
Despite Prof. Becker and Judge Posner's declaration, the debate on poverty's relationship with terrorism is far from over.
As a follow up, one area of study that may worthwhile is to look at economic disparities within these societies as well. Simply looking at per capita GNP doesn't do much in terms of examining how some countries which may in fact be rather wealthy overall may still breed class contempt which may in turn lead to extremist philosophy and terrorism.
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From a social science experimental perspective, analyzing whether poverty causes terrorism - or, for that matter, whether any event that cannot be directly controlled by an experimenter causes another event (Do earthquakes cause sustained increases in cortisol? Do genes cause variation on IQ?) - presents some significant problems of inference. In order to make cause-effect inferences about poverty and terrorism - or about any two events - three conditions must hold (a) correlation: there must be a correlation between poverty and terrorism; (b) temporal precedence: poverty must precede the terrorism; and (c) nonspurious: the relation between poverty and terrorism must not be accounted for by a third variable (i.e., religion).
Condition a - a relationship between poverty and terrorism - could, in theory, be demonstrated. Becker alludes to such a relationship when he suggests that spikes in economic growth (which could be assumed to decrease poverty) are related to declines in terrorism. Condition b - temporal precedence - could be met, if, for example, changes in economic policy produced poverty (or affluence), which, in turn, led to increases in terrorism (or decreases in terrorism). This seems possible, even plausible, though I have no evidence to support it. Condition c - nonspurious - would require that an experimenter *randomly assign* people (or, I suppose, countries, or any other unit of study) to poverty or non-poverty conditions. This condition cannot in practice be met, because an experimenter cannot randomly assign people to poverty or non-poverty conditions. Consequently, the question at hand cannot be decisively resolved through experimentation, and so whether poverty causes terrorism (or vice versa) or whether some third variable (religion) causes poverty, which causes terrorism, cannot be resolved.
Keep it up Corey, Logicnazi (interesting moniker), Palooka, TheWinfieldEffect, and others. The discussion on this blog is usually pretty darn good.
Step back a bit and ask, "What is terrorism about?" and then we can approach the question, "How is terrorism related to poverty?"
What does terrorism seek to achieve? It varies by situation. The drivinf force behind the Islamofacists in Iraq are egotistical goals similar to the facist goals expressed in Mein Kampf. They imagine a world where they are heros with power, wealth, and respect. Since they are disconnected (intentionally) from those they seek to have as subjects, their ideas of method are also disconnected. They exist in a realm of imagination and propaganda.
Cultures where the linkage between social reward and productivity are weak are the very same cultures that breed this dysfunction. Young males seek esteem and power. How are they to achieve it in cultures where work does not bring prosperity? Alternatively, cultures with a strong work-prosperity linkage are seen as intrinsically just. Those societies shun destructive behaviors while provided reward for constructive acts. They tend to have distribusted wealth (and more of it) than the idiosyncratic cultures of the ME.
It would be strange if the 9/11 terrorists did not come from SA and Egypt.
Remember, people are far more alike than different. The human drive that is most fundamental is also most common.
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Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo ("Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo" in English) is a 1981 German film based on the autobiographical recordings of a young heroin addict and prostitute in West Berlin. It was one of the most successful German films of that year, going on to become a worldwide cult hit, but one that stirred up a lot of (I think justifiable) controversy.
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Actress Natja Brunckhorst and David Bowie
I saw this film when it came out, when I was a teenager myself, and I can recall thinking that a) Natja Brunckhorst was super hot and that b) doing some drugs with such a cute girl and going to a David Bowie concert (he's seen in the film performing and provided the soundtrack music) seemed like a really good time to me. I can certainly understand why why German youth advocates were concerned at the time by the way impressionable young girls saw Christiane F. as a role model.
Thirty-some years after it was released, the film still has that undiminished heroin chic quality going for it. This comment was left on YouTube just one week ago:
Amazing film. Amazing book. She was so beautiful. So clever. Such a shame she ruined her life. But she's a hero. And maybe I'm the only one who thinks this, but it looks to me kinda attractive,you know. I mean,seventies, Berlin, David Bowie, freedom,it all looks so great! Today it's awful.. Like everything.
You see what I mean?
The real Christiane F.
Christiane F. released a few records under the name Sentimentale Jugend, in partnership with her then-boyfriend, Alexander Hacke (of Einstürzende Neubauten) in the early 1980s. (Here's their cover of "Satisfaction.")
The couple also appeared in the 1983 German film Decoder, along with Neubaten's F.M. Enheit, William Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge (you can read about the film at The End of Being) (I suppose this is as good a place as any to tell you that I once answered the phone at a German friend's apartment. I had to take a message and when the caller said "Tell her Christiane F. called" I just HAD to ask if she was THE Christiane F. and she said yeah and seemed really annoyed with me!)
Although she has been able to support herself from author's royalties for many years, Christiane F.'s life has been anything but easy, She's been on and off drugs since her teens and at one point a few years ago, she lost custody of her young son. In 2011 she was caught up in a drugs sweep when police searched her bag at the Berlin train station, Moritzplatz, a known haven for junkies, but no narcotics were found on her person. As you might expect, every couple of years the German media check in with her to "see how she is doing."
Below, Sentimentale Jugend, live (with Christiane F. on guitar) in Berlin, 1981.


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In early hole vs. Bucs, Cards fall out of tie for first
PITTSBURGH -- It's familiar territory that they had hoped to dodge, but once again, the Cardinals will scoot into September with a division deficit to erase.
This time the hole is only one game, a plenty manageable roadblock for a team that trailed the National League Central leader by 8 1/2 and 9 1/2 games, respectively, entering the final month of the last two seasons. That climb, however, will continue to become steeper if the Cardinals cannot find a way to pick apart the Pirates.View Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- It's familiar territory that they had hoped to dodge, but once again, the Cardinals will scoot into September with a division deficit to erase.
This time the hole is only one game, a plenty manageable roadblock for a team that trailed the National League Central leader by 8 1/2 and 9 1/2 games, respectively, entering the final month of the last two seasons. That climb, however, will continue to become steeper if the Cardinals cannot find a way to pick apart the Pirates.View Full Game Coverage
Pittsburgh continued its dominance over St. Louis at PNC Park on Saturday night, this time pounding Lance Lynn for seven early runs in an eventual 7-1 win with the second-largest crowd in the ballpark's history (39,514) looking on. The win ensures the Pirates not only of winning this series, but also of winning the season series.
With four head-to-head matchups remaining, the Cardinals have lost 10 of 15 to the division's new darling. Seven of those losses have come in Pittsburgh.
"We haven't had much success here. I don't know the reason why," Carlos Beltran said. "They've just been pitching [well]. Every time we come here, it seems like every starter that we face, seems like he has a good game plan."
Fending off the Pirates is one September task for St. Louis. The other would be getting Lynn back on track. The right-hander wrapped up August 1-4 with a 5.84 ERA and big-inning issues at the forefront of his struggles.
Pittsburgh scored its first two runs off Lynn with two out in the second. A.J. Burnett struck first with an RBI single to right. Beltran's decision to throw to third eliminated the possibility for a play at the plate. Jose Tabata snuck a single into right to tack on another run. It marked the 12th time in the 15 meetings that the Pirates dented the scoreboard first.
"I should have come out of the inning with nothing," Lynn said. "That's my fault. I have to make a better pitch to the pitcher there. That one is on me."
Lynn also shouldered the blame for what happened next. After the Cardinals answered with Beltran's RBI single in the third, Lynn allowed the inning to implode.
Jon Jay couldn't run down Pedro Alvarez's deep drive to center, allowing the Pirates third baseman to ignite the inning with a leadoff double. Marlon Byrd pushed him home with a single, after which Garrett Jones drew a walk. Russell Martin then crushed a 2-1 fastball out to right-center to put Pittsburgh ahead, 6-1.
"That's unacceptable," Lynn said. "This one is on me. They fought back to give me a one-run game and I turn around and give them five. That's not very good."
"[It] gives you a net to work with," added Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. "Big swing from [Burnett] to just get things going. And then [a] big swing for Russell."
It was the 18th home run the Pirates have hit off Cardinals pitching this season. The Cards, in contrast, have just three, all of which came during a home game in April.
A pair of two-out hits capped the five-run frame, making this the second time in Lynn's last three starts that he has allowed that many runs in one inning. His night was done after the fourth, forcing the bullpen to endure a hefty workload for the second straight night.
"We have to get our starters to go deeper, no question," manager Mike Matheny said. "That's where it all starts. We need our starters to have a good solid outing, give us a chance. The success through our season has really hinged on what our starters have been able to do."
Lynn's inability to avoid successions of hits continues to be a concerning trend at a time when the Cardinals are seeking that rotation stability. Lynn has allowed at minimum a three-run inning in 12 separate starts this season. That includes four of the last five.
He said he doesn't see a mechanical issue as the root of the problem but offered that perhaps the best solution to getting out of those jams would be "to will it more instead of just hoping it happens."
Meanwhile, St. Louis' offense again can find no traction against Pittsburgh pitching. A night after being shut out, the Cardinals scored just once off Burnett, who pitched an efficient seven innings. That's the only run they have scored since Tuesday.
It's more of the same, too, for the Cardinals at this ballpark. The offense has scored 23 runs in its two PNC Park wins this year. In the seven losses, the Cards have tallied eight total.
"There's no doubt that we have to play better against them," Beltran said. "It's a little bit of everything. They're pitching [well]. [Francisco] Liriano has won three times against us. Burnett, every time we face him it's just a battle. They have good pitchers. We have a good lineup. But we're not playing [well] against them."
The Cardinals are over the halfway point in this 17-game stretch against the Braves, Reds and Pirates. They've won five of nine, yet find themselves in the exact same division spot that they had entering this key stretch.
A win is needed on Sunday for the Cardinals to leave town with a share of the division lead.
"We lost the first two games, but we have some games left to play and we're down one," said Allen Craig, who tallied two of the team's six hits. "We have a lot more big games to play."
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(March 2, 2009) - The ETSU women's soccer players and coaches took time from their busy schedules last week to volunteer by hosting its annual women's soccer clinic at the Girls Inc. location in downtown Johnson City.
During the clinic the Bucs showed the 50 girls in attendance a variety of soccer skills, which included dribbling, heading and technical moves in addition to playing mini games.
"From the moment we arrived the girls were crowding around our players wanting to talk to them about soccer, academics and life building skills," said head coach Heather Henson. "It was so rewarding for our players and coaches to go to Girls Inc. and put on this clinic. Every time our team has gone there we have had a great reception from both the employees and girls in attendance. Our team looks forward to going back in the future and working with this great group of people."
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His time of 14:34.97 broke David Curd's 1988 record of 15:00.94.
"Ryan ran a great 5000m," coach Bill Taylor said. "He is going to drop his time significantly once we get through this toughest training phase."
Five other school records were set at the meet. Sara Stephens broke her own 400m school record with a time of 57.36, while relay records in the women's 4x800, women's DMR, Men's 4x200m, and men's 4x1500m were set.
" Sara looked terrific in the 400m," Taylor said. "She basically ran a perfect race and did it from the outside lane, which is very tough to do. That was a very fun race to watch. Amanda ran another very solid race and Louisa is putting together a series of great races."
Amanda Twigg also had another great middle distance race, running a new PR of 4:43.08 for 1500m, while Louisa Van Batavia led the way in the 5,000m with a time of 18:35.34. Brittany Duerk threw the javelin 113-9 in her first meet for Lipscomb.
Andrew Jones posted a season best in the men's 800m, running 1:56.58, while Paul Wright broke the 2-minute barrier for the first time with a 1:59.81. Bobby Bassett went 49.20 for 400m. Alex Jerkins posted his second best throw of the season in the shot put with a mark of 48-00.75.
"This was a tough meet for us," Taylor said. "It was one of the toughest weeks of training for the season and the first week back from spring break. We had some solid performances, but I felt like we weren't sharp at all.
It was very windy too, which definitely had an effect, especially in the relays. Almost all of the relays got spread out after the first leg, so most people from most teams were running completely alone and into that big backstretch wind."
Taylor is also seeing progress with the field events. Brittany Duerk, who plays for the Lady Bisons basketball team, made her first appearance in a meet throwing the javelin.
"Our field events are getting better too," Taylor said. "Brittany just joined us from the women's basketball team and had a nice throw in the javelin. Robby (assistant coach Robby Cherry) told me she actually had a much longer throw that they didn't mark because of minimum measurement rules. So I think she is going to do very well in the future.
"Alex Jerkins has put together two very solid meets in a row with the shot. He's getting consistent at that next level. "All in all a very encouraging weekend given where we are in the season and training."
Next Up: April 3 Florida Relays and April 4 Austin Peay Invite
Lipscomb Results :
100m – Xavier Conley 11.04, Mike Knox 11.53
200m – Xavier Conley 23.28
400m – Bobby Bassett 49.20, Mike Knox 50.22, Steven Mason 53.64
800m – Andrew Jones 1:56.58, Paul Wright 1:59.81, Aaron Todd 2:00.79, Steven Mason 2:02.35
1500m – Isaiah Greer 4:00.49, Jeff Hoover 4:09.04, Aaron Todd 4:18.26, Paul Wright 4:19.84
5000m – Ryan Chastain 14:34.97, Jeff Musick 15:52.22, Ashton Fisher 15:53.86, Hunter Hethcoat 16:10.40, Jared Carlson 16:11.76, Tim Muller 16:15.00, Ben Wright 16:18.98, Cormac Carolan 16:19.95, Trace Carlson 16:55.20, Jonathan Williams 17:01.78
400H – Logan Ray 58.76
4x200m Relay – Mike Knox, Steven Mason, Burton Elrod, Xavier Conley 1:31.65
4x800m Relay – Hunter Hethcoat, Paul Wright, Jonathan Williams, Jeff Hoover 8:13.43
4x1500m Relay – A) Cormac Carolan, Ashton Fisher, Aaron Todd, Hunter Hethcoat 16:49.22, B) Trace Carlson, Jared Carlson, Tim Muller, Jeff Musick 17:18.78
DMR – B) Mike Yang, Paul Wright, Ashton Fisher, Tim Muller 10:56.66 A) Isaiah Greer, Bobby Bassett, Andrew Jones, Ryan Chastain DNF
LJ – Xavier Conley 21-3.5
TJ – Logan Ray 43-9
SP – Alex Jerkins 48-00.75, Walter Hough 35-7.75, Burton Elrod 33-11.25
Discus – Alex Jerkins 126-10, Burton Elrod 114-7, Walter Hough 107-00
Javelin – Alex Jerkins 133-4
Decathlon – Burton Elrod 5474 pts
100m – Sara Stephens 12.55, Anika Piorkowski 13.15, Valerie Winkler 13.80
400m – Sara Stephens 57.36, Anika Piorkowski 1:02.06, Valerie Winkler 1:03.86
1500m – Amanda Twigg 4:43.08, Priya Pappu 4:57.61, Shelby Marvel 5:05.86, Laura Stewart 5:30.73
5000m – Louisa Van Batavia 18:35.34, Caitlin Anderson 19:00.59, Catherine Beals 19:04.32, Ashley Lehman 19:07.28, Meredith McFarlin 19:13.16, Jenny Randolph 19:43.03
4x800 Relay – Ashley Lehman, Catherine Beals, Laura Stewart, Valerie Winkler 10:21.33
4x1500m Relay – Shelby Marvel, Meredith McFarlin, Caitlin Anderson, Louisa Van Batavia 20:19.46
DMR – A) Priya Pappu, Anika Piorkowski, Sara Stephens, Amanda Twigg 12:41.06, B) Jenny Randolph, Valerie Winkler, Ashley Lehman, Catherine Beals 13:26.51
SP – Taylor Mason 30-8.5, Jessi Marshall 26-6.5
Discus – Jessi Marshall 70-4, Taylor Mason 67-2
Javelin – Brittany Duerk 113-9, Taylor Mason 93-2, Jessi Marshall 82-1


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There will be an annual review and increase in rent from the date of the signing of the lease. This process is based on the indexation of the cost of construction in France. An average is calculated using the figures from the previous year. This rate is applied throughout France.
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This is either included in monthly maintenance fees or has to be paid in total in November. It is calculated on a pro rata basis, so you only pay for the months during which you occupied the apartment within the year. The money is paid directly to the city of Lyon or to the real-estate agency.
Local household tax (taxe d'habitation)
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Whether you buy a television in France or bring one from your home country, you must buy a license which lasts one year and costs around 150 euros.
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The one-time connection fee will appear on the first month's bill (about 30 euros). From this point on, an estimate of consumption is evaluated and charged each month; reconciliation based on real figures is done each year.
If water charges are not included in monthly maintenance fees, a contract needs to be opened with the water company. Billing process similar to electricity and gas.
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If the apartment is fitted with a gas boiler, a yearly contract must be taken out for its maintenance. This will cost around 180-230 euros.
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MR-808 mechanic drum robot live at CYNETART 2012
January 11, 2013
Science Fiction Children & Moritz Simon Geist live at CYNETART Dresden Hellerau 2012
The MR-808 is the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s - in the real world! The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 – with robots playing the drum sounds by Moritz Simon Geist.
Instruments used:
MR-808 - mechanic sound robot (all drums, miced)
A mechanic relay controlled via arduino (bass sound)
Gameboy - Arduinoboy hardware (8 bit chiptune sound)
Everything was programmed in Ableton, only equing and compression has been applied.
Glitch Robot
Published on Mar 23, 2015
"Glitch Robot" is a robotic music instrument dedicated to glitch sounds. Sounds from the in-between of error and prediction, little sounds that are amplified, small sounds made big. The installation uses old hard disks, metallic tongues, relays and other mechanic devices to create sound textures that are used in electronic music - with robots!
Dates of release: Sept. 2014.
Crew: Moritz Simon Geist (Concept + Realization), Sebastian Piatza, Claudia Lill.
Moritz Simon Geist - Robotic Electronic Music
Published on Mar 24, 2018
The future of electronic music - with robots
Showcase from Moritz Simon Geist, key figure in the field of R.E.M., Robotic Electronic Music.
Moritz is a musicologist, robotics engineer, and self-proclaimed mad scientist of DIY robotic noisery!
Making techno with music robots
Published on Sep 10, 2018
New sounds from the future! This video of Robotic Electronic Music (R.E.M) was shot using only music robots, mechanics and physical sound devices. Everything you hear and see comes from robots. No syntheziser, samplers or CGI added! We want to show a futuristic way of creating music - without synthezisers, but with robots in the real world!


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The Rise Of A New Intellectual Property Category, Ripe For Trolling: Publicity Rights
from the free-speech-isn't-free-when-a-celebrity's-involved dept
Gardner does a good job highlighting folks on all sides of the publicity rights debate, starting with a lawyer who's made quite a career out of it, who admits to trolling the internet for anyone using a client's name on their website in a way that he might claim they're getting an unfair commercial advantage. That same lawyer, at the end of the article, admits that there's probably a big First Amendment "slippery slope" problem, but he doesn't seem too bothered by it.
But those First Amendment issues are pretty big. As publicity rights claims have become more popular, they're constantly being stretched and expanded:
Most especially, practitioners believe this area has grown hot because of a lack of acknowledged boundaries. A combination of generous laws, ambitious plaintiffs and no consistent bright-line defenses against claims means that attorneys are free to take rights conferred, find jurisdictions where the protections are most generous, and make a claim.And when something is impeded only by a lawyer's imagination, serious problems come up, leading to all sorts of wacky lawsuits:
"The sky's the limit," says Indiana University law professor Marshall Leaffer. "Over the years, we've seen publicity rights claims being made on someone's voice, on a golfer's swing, even on a sports car identified with a particular racer. A person's likeness covers a lot. Rights of publicity claims are seemingly impeded only by a lawyer's imagination."
Over the years, there have been a number of famous envelope-pushing cases: In a 1985 case, Woody Allen sued over a look-alike in a commercial; Bette Midler later sued over a sound-alike in a commercial; Vanna White brought a VCR manufacturer to court in 1991 after it depicted in a commercial a futuristic Wheel of Fortune host as a robot in a blond wig; in 1993 the actors who played Norm and Cliff in Cheers sued Paramount Pictures for licensing look-alike robots at airport bars around the world; in 2001, the estate of the Three Stooges won a suit filed against a celebrity lithographer for depicting them as "art" on T-shirts; and in 2007, Major League Baseball lost a suit against a provider of fantasy sports games over the use of names and statistics of its ballplayers.Of course, a big part of the problem is judges willing to decide these cases with questionably weak First Amendment reviews, such as the recent ruling by a judge in Tennessee saying that a film about a public figure "isn't necessarily protected under the First Amendment."
In recent months, the group No Doubt sued video game publisher Activision because it was troubled that game-players could make lead singer Gwen Stefani's avatar do obnoxious theatrics--like singing about sleeping with prostitutes. The rapper 50 Cent sued Taco Bell over an unlicensed promotion where the fast-food chain asked him to change his name for one day to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent--the cost of its menu items. And, perhaps most infamously, Lindsay Lohan sued E-Trade over a Super Bowl commercial that depicted a "milkaholic" baby named Lindsay, who the actress claimed had been based on news of her troubles with the law.
And, of course, you can't forget the lawyers who are clearly in this to make a quick buck:
Just as important, in many states such as California, defendants often must pay attorney fees to the plaintiff if a claim is successful.There's a ton more in the article, including how some are using publicity rights claims to effectively "hide" other types of cases (defamation, trademark, etc.) that have much more solid legal boundaries, where those actual claims wouldn't succeed, but with this wide open field...
"That's pretty delicious," says Neville Johnson, an entertainment lawyer in Beverly Hills.... "The more you fight us, the more you'll have to dig into your pocketbook. This certainly represents a growth area for our firm."
If you're interested in these issues, and believe in the First Amendment, Gardner's full article is well worth reading. It's certainly another area of so-called "intellectual property" stepping in and interfering with the basics of free expression.


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I did wonder whether "sculptured objects" might include PWs, and you have just provided the answer
I have just added a comment on that thread, since these two have now been linked..........incorrectly, IMHO Sorry Bernard. ...
I then checked David Encill's site here. David has an excellent reputation for accuracy, so, when I saw that he had listed "Vases, bowls, dishes, ashtrays and paperweights" under the heading Flair Range, it was nice to have confirmation. Unfortunately David doesn't cite sources on that web page.
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Good Morning Gentle Readers,
I suspect that California will eventually conform to federal law. It is probably best to wait until the eleventh hour to file your Ca tax return if you're in this boat. More on that here.
Two bills are pending in the Legislature that would extend and modify California mortgage forgiveness debt relief to conform more to the federal law: AB 1779 and SBX6 14. (SBX8 32, a bill passed by the Legislature on March 16, 2010, would have extended California mortgage forgiveness debt relief; however, that bill was vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger on March 25, 2010.)
Please note that the Governator did not veto the bill because he is against mortgage debt cancellation tax relief.
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Their subtle rings appeared to be a quiet way of announcing their marriage at the Oscars on Sunday. And adding fuel to the fire, jeweler Jamie Wolf confirmed today that she designed Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied's "wedding rings," she shares in a release.
Wolf created two diamond rings for Portman, made to fit on either side of her engagement ring, and a platinum band for Millepied. Both baubles are eco-friendly, made with recycled metals and conflict-free diamonds.
Wolf, one of Millepied's dancer pals, designed Portman's engagement ring, as well. "Ben was exceptionally thoughtful and dedicated and patient to make sure we had everything right," she said shortly after the actress debuted the sparkler last year.
That ring, made of recycled platinum and featuring an antique diamond surrounded by certified conflict-free stones, was designed to fit in with Portman's earth-friendly lifestyle. Said Wolf, "We wanted everything about the ring to speak to things that are important to Natalie."


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Blogger and inventor Alex Wetmore has a problem with his tandem. It's the same problem I have, namely that the disc brakes tend to drag because they're not designed to run on a long tandem frame. My solution is to complain about it. His was to re-machine a part for the Travel Agent brake adapter to fix the problem.
My solution certainly takes less effort.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A flurry of activity in the second half produced a total of seven goals as MIT held off a late rally in a 5-3 victory over Endicott College in a non-conference field hockey game on Thursday night. Senior Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.) led the way with one goal and three assists for the Engineers, who improved to 8-2 on the year. Sophomore Alyssa Clark (Gorham, Maine) paced the Gulls (6-3) with a goal and an assist.
MIT provided the only goal of the first half which occurred after 2:23 elapsed. Junior Maddy Wharton (Swarthmore, Pa.) initiated the charge with a long pass downfield which was corralled by McShane along the far side. She drew senior goalie Taylor Teixeira (Exeter, N.H.) off her line and found sophomore Caitlin Mackey (San Diego, Calif.) who put it into the cage. The majority of the frame was played in the midfield, although the Engineers recorded an 11-3 advantage in shots and a 6-5 edge in penalty corners.
The Mackey-McShane connection returned 45 seconds into the second stanza as a quick restart by freshman Laila Shehata (Bethesda, Md.) just outside the arc led to the goal. Four minutes later on a penalty corner, Wharton unleashed a shot that was stopped by Teixeira; however, the rebound made its way to Mackey who found McShane for the marker. MIT almost registered its fourth goal of the night when sophomore Elizabeth Dethy (Morristown, N.J.) sent a shot to a seemingly open net at the near post but Teixeira kicked the ball away at the last moment.
The Engineers continued to attack, registering four shots on net as Teixeira turned away three attempts and junior Robin Hunt (Hampton, N.H.) earned a defensive save, but it was Endicott that found the back of the net in the 54th minute. On the Gulls' third penalty corner of the half, Clark set up junior Stacie Teevens (Westborough, Mass.) to end the shutout. Minutes later MIT received a green card which resulted in a player advantage and timeout by the visitors. Following the break, Clark buried a feed from sophomore Meghan Leary (Hampton Falls, N.H.) to narrow the gap to 3-2 with 14 minutes left to play.
The Cardinal and Gray responded with Barker redirecting a pass from Dethy at the near post three minutes later. The effort was matched by Endicott in the 61st minute on an unassisted tally by sophomore Kathryn Walker (Middlebury, Conn.) following a penalty corner. The Gulls maintained the pressure as senior Taylor Matties (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) put a dangerous shot on net that was kicked away by freshman goalie Evie Kyritsis (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) and then cleared out by Wharton with 7:28 remaining. Endicott earned a penalty corner in the 66th minute and almost registered the equalizer on a strike by Matties a minute later but it was off the mark.
MIT countered with pressure of its own during the final minute of action. Dethy put two shots on net but the first was stopped by Teixeira and the second resulted in a defensive save for senior Cassie DeSimone (Reading, Mass.). The Engineers received a penalty corner with 30 seconds to go and converted with 10 ticks left on a tip by junior Molly Duffy (New Providence, N.J.) that was set up by McShane.
In net, sophomore Jenna Klein (Parma, Ohio) totaled four saves in 61 minutes of action as Kyritsis closed out the game with one save. Teixeira finished the night with 10 saves for the Gulls.
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Herzog '77 Stresses Intellectual Curiosityby John Dykstra '13 • March 14, 2012 Share:
The essence of a liberal arts education is intellectual curiosity.
Lawyer David Herzog '77 discussed Tuesday afternoon how his liberal arts education helped him win a $27 million court case. Herzog defended the surviving victims of a 2004 propane explosion in Martinsville, IN. The explosion fatally wounded Steve Fredrick and permanently injured his wife Courtney, his then two year old son Sam, and another two year old girl.
"You can do whatever you want to do," Herzog said. "Take the learning that you require here at Wabash, stretch it, and report the way of thinking, the intellectual curiosity that you develop here at Wabash, and do whatever you want. Whatever your chosen profession is, make it fun. Whatever your life's work is, make it fun. Learn all your lives and you are going to be well equipped coming out of Wabash College."
Former Professor of Ancient History Dr. Jack Charles influenced Herzog's intellectual curiosity. Charles filled-in as a language professor when the College lacked Spanish professors.
"The administration approached Dr. Charles and asked him, 'Dr. Charles, can you teach Spanish? We are out of Spanish professors,'" Herzog said. "Dr. Charles said, 'No, I do not know it, but I can stay a day ahead of the class, so I guess I'll do it.' That's the kind of intellectual curiosity that Wabash fosters. And it is that kind of intellectual curiosity that will serve you well in your career, whatever it happens to be. It's that what you take with you when you leave Wabash."
Herzog exercised his intellectual curiosity in the Martinsville propane explosion case. For instance, he expanded his knowledge on gas control valves and post-traumatic stress syndrome to defend his clients.
"I learned enough about gas control valves that I could talk to fluently about them to a jury," Herzog said. "This gas valve is the only moving part in the gas system."
"Post-traumatic stress syndrome causes people to re-experience the horrific event that caused the post-traumatic stress anytime they experience stimuli that remind them of the event. I had to learn that.
To do this job required me to stretch, and I'm so grateful that I did it, because I am a much better lawyer now, understanding as I do what it is like to pursue a claim toward damages for personal injuries."
The jury concluded the propane explosion was a comparative fault. The propane company was 65% at fault for installing a faulty gas valve and not explaining gas hazards to their clients. The home owners were 35% responsible.
Herzog originally argued for $34 million in personal damages to his clients. He argued that the victims should receive a dollar per second that they have been affected by the explosion. That included the loss of Steve Fredrick, permanent injuries, and the pain endured during skin graft treatments. The jury settled on $27 million.
Senior Kyle Bender was taken in by how Herzog connected his liberal arts education with the court case.
"The opportunity to have such a notable and accomplished attorney as David Herzog '77 back on campus was benefit to students and faculty alike," Bender said. "His talk was entertaining, informative, and straight forward. What I like most was that he connected the process of how he handled the suit back to his days at Wabash - as an intellectually curious young student who learned about a variety of things that he didn't have prior knowledge of. By staying one day ahead of the class.
It was the perfect message for liberal arts students and showed us that our broad-based learning skills can truly be applicable in the real world under a variety of circumstances - including $27 million lawsuits."


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Sex, Drugs & The Monster :: Michael Brandon Documents His Life
In the realm of adult male films, Michael Brandon deserves the moniker of "living legend." What, though, is the cost for such status?
Brandon attempts to answer that (along with other questions) in his upcoming feature film documentary Born This Way: The Journey of Michael Brandon, directed by C.J. Goodman for OPH Films, telling his life's journey over the past 25 years.
The in-progress documentary, featuring a series of interviews and reenactments, tells how Michael Phillips (Brandon's real name) became Michael Brandon and the ups and downs his stardom have taken him. Interviews include not only one-on-one with Brandon, but also with a number of interviews from business associates, friends, ex-partners, and family. These include porn film director Chi Chi LaRue, adult film stars Ricky Sinz and Steven Richards, and his ex-wife.
As an actress, BeBe was introduced to film with a lead role in the independent film "Under One Sun" with her character dealing with religious, racial and gender issues. Additionally, she appeared in the campy musical "Devious, Inc" (Australian Film Festival, San Francisco Short Film Fest) also adding additional vocals to the musical soundtrack. Both of these performances led to her selection for a lead role in Aisha Media's next short film series, "Con-tin.u.um" to be released in 2012.


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Shabbat and the Counting of the Omer
April 25, 2014
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, April 25, 2014.
Shabbat and the Counting of the Omer
Years ago, I got an odd telephone call from the secretary of one of our local churches. (If someone calls the JCC with a call about Judaism, the caller is usually referred to me.) "My Pastor asked me to call," she told me, "Where do you purchase sheaves?"
"Sheaves?" I answered.
"Yes... Sheaves," she said. "You know – for the waving of the sheaves. My pastor said you would know."
She was referring of course to the description of "the waving of the sheaves" in Leviticus, - a Temple practice from before the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. This would have been familiar to the Jesus who was, of course, Jewish and which they wanted to reenact in church:
And from the day on which you bring the sheaf of the waving – the day after the Sabbath – you shall count off seven weeks. - Leviticus 23:15
I had to explain to her that we don't really wave sheaves any more. We "wave the sheaves" symbolically by simply counting off the days from the second day of Passover – seven weeks, 49 times – until the holiday of Shavuot (weeks) 50 days later. That's why this second holiday is called "The Feast of Weeks." We call this symbolic countdown "the counting of the Omer" (Omer = sheaf... but it's also a measure of grain). I have no idea where one could get actual sheaves at Passover time.
However... if you read the Leviticus quote closely, it's still a little confusing. It seems to say that you have to start the counting on the Sunday (or rather Saturday night - the Day after the Shabbat) immediately following Passover. Therefore, Shavuot would always be on a Sunday! Shavuot this year, however, will be on June 4... a Wednesday (Erev Shavuot on Tuesday Night, not Saturday night). ???????????
The answer is... the Rabbis felt that in this case, "Shabbat" didn't mean Friday night it meant "Day of Rest" which was the day immediately after the first night of Passover itself – this year on a Tuesday night. That's why we begin counting the Omer at the second Seder.
The Karaites – that group that broke away from Judaism in the 8th Century felt differently. Claiming that the Torah must be understood literally, they agreed that we should always start counting the omer on a Saturday night, and Shavuot will always be on a Saturday night/Sunday day.
So... if you're a Karaite (and you know who you are… although I don't think there are any in Milwaukee), this Friday night (Shabbat) will be eighth day of the Omer. For the rest of us, however, this Friday night will be the 12th night of the Omer.
Shabbat Shalom.


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Overall impression: I've always been leery of waterfront restaurants because all too often they don't offer much else beyond a view. Blue Moon Fish Company is a big exception, because even after 17 years, it's not only an Intracoastal beauty, but it offers good food to match.
Ambience: Out front, the awkward, narrow space between the road and the front door shows just how committed the builder was to taking advantage of the view. The building sits like a three-story wall between the road and the water. Don't think about sitting inside, because the patio is magically comfortable even in sweltering summer. There are 120 seats outside and 60 inside, which is decorated like a high-end yacht with hints of art deco. If you arrive by boat, there is 200 feet of dockage.
Starters: Start with anything from the raw bar. We had excellent Bon Secours oysters ($4 each), served with chili-malt mignonette. The seafood tower ($68) includes oysters, shrimp, clams, ceviche, tuna poki and lobster cocktail. Many folks come to Blue Moon for steamed mussels ($15), which are served in a white-wine-and-lemon-butter sauce with pancetta, rosemary and tomato. Diver sea scallops ($16) have a gorgeous, pan-roasted golden sear glazed with sweet-chili garlic and served with shaved-heart-of-palm salad. There are several salads, including baby spinach ($11) with caramelized onions, herb vinaigrette and an interesting take on croutons in small goat-cheese fritters.
Entree excellence: Blue Moon specializes in what may best be described as Florida-style seafood. Where else would you find such perfectly sauteed Key West yellowtail snapper ($38), served with Maine lobster Mac & Peas and lime-herb butter? Macadamia-crusted Chilean sea bass ($43) is the kind of dish that usually fails when a chef decides to turn the sauce into a dessert. Not so here, where it gets sweet-cilantro-chili sauce. Lump crab and corn-roasted grouper ($36) is also excellent, served with wild-mushroom-and-asparagus risotto. Dijon-rubbed rack of lamb ($39), grilled filet mignon ($37) and a chicken breast ($29) are among the nonseafood offerings.
Sweet! Desserts have a delicious, kidlike quality: Icky, sticky caramel tart with chunky monkey ice cream ($12) and caramel cheesecake with Oreo crust, bruleed bananas and candied pecans.
Service: Like the food, the attentive service isn't what I expected from a restaurant set on water. Servers are friendly and knowledgeable.
Dining deal: At lunchtime Monday to Saturday, seniors and anyone else who loves a good deal come for the two-for-one lunches. From 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays, well drinks, house wines and signature cocktails are half price, and small-plate appetizers are priced between $9 and $11.
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Cuisine: Seafood
Cost: Expensive-very expensive
Hours: Dinner daily; lunch Monday-Saturday; brunch buffet Sunday
Reservations: Suggested
Credit cards: All major
Bar: Full service
Sound level: Conversational
Outside smoking: No
For kids: Highchairs, boosters, menu
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Parking: Free valet or meters