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Bark Box Unboxing
My fiancé and I decided to get our dog, Riley, a bark box subscription for Christmas this year. When it arrived I was planning on setting it aside and having her open it on Christmas, but I couldn't wait for her to unbox it! Riley definitely couldn't wait either, she could smell the treats through the box! Some of the treats and toys were set aside to put in her stocking, but she loved everything she got in her box this month!
Riley patiently waited while we opened her Bark Box. She could definitely smell the treats and bone that were under all of her new toys! It took a lot for her to wait and pose for pictures, but she was very excited to see what came in the mail for her!
The box came with adorable wrapping and packaging. I will probably use the paper to wrap some of her Christmas gifts! It also came with a "Season Pass Lift Ticket" for one good dog, how cute!
This Bark Box was perfect for her! It came with adorable stuffies, a yummy bone, and two packages of treats...what more could a dog ask for!?
Riley's Bark Box:
Dynamo Beef Chew
Stella the Snow Bunny
Fish & Chips Treats (sold out and no longer in store)
Hugo's Hot Cocoa
Lamb Lung Toasters
As a dog mom, I loved that the treats and bone were made in the United States, contain high protein and little to no grain. Although the Lamb Lung toaster treats kind of grossed me out, she loves them and they are super healthy for dogs.
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|Robert W. Cabell is more than just our editor.
He jumped in and did the dircting and line-producing for one of our major shoots, bringing in about half of the crew and most of the hardware. He has also given us many levels of advice from his perspective of experience with the entertainment industry.
|Mark Gasper - Production Advisor, Director for our Sergio Aragonés Interview, Lighting and Camera Work throughout most of our shoots, pinch hitter extradoninaire.
|Marc Svensson - brought in his cameras and tripods for the November 2003 Shoot, allowing us to have a multicamera shoot, and essentially acting as co-line producer with Rachel Kadushin. He also co-hosted some of the interview panels with Ken Gale.
Rosenberg - Editor, Teacher, Event Producer; head of
guest relations for the Big Apple Conventions.
Allan has helped to give us all access at the Big Apple Conventions, along with convention promoter Mike Carbonaro. In addition, Allan has also lent us his DV camera and trippod on occasion, and edited our first trailer, which helped open doors to further production opportunities.
Donovan - Post Production Consultant
Dave, has always been one of the staunchest supporters of 'Nuff Said! and has consulted with us on budget needs for post produciton, and helped us with some of our post-production questions and needs.
|Robert L. Seigel, Attorney-at-Law,
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from The Malakoff News
Friday, July 26, 1957
According to their advertisement, appearing elsewhere in this issue of The News, Dodd's Lake, Malakoff's Fun Resort, has designated Monday's as "Family Swim Day," on which the "whole family" will be permitted to swim for the single admission price of $1.00.
The special Family Monday's, owner Melvin Dodd told The News this week, will be observed through the remainder of the current swimming season. The $1.00 family price, Mr. Dodd said, will include dad, mom, and ALL of the children in the family, regardless of their number. The family plan, he said, includes both the afternoon and evening hours.


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Despite it being one of the most encouraged plans for life after high school, college is a financial commitment that goes beyond four years of education. Read on
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You're probably wondering what college admissions recruiters and officers are thinking. Is it really all about grades to them, or are these recruiters hoping to find the esteemed multifaceted student that they could only dream of? Read on
Being inside the newsroom at CNN made me realize journalism is what I was born for. CNN's commitment to producing reliable and factual content is a true motivation, and I can't wait to work there. Read on
White created his brand Fly Familia after he got good feedback from showing off his designs around school and on social media. The young entrepreneur describes Fly Familia as "being an united family" because those who wear it have a similar taste in fashion and style. Read on
This week, I participated in a job shadow to experience what it's really like to be a (drum roll) graphic designer! Read on
The economic benefits, jobs and education associated with the booming film industry in Atlanta are all fantastic, but this question still stands: Where do young people fit into this new industry and how do we get involved? Read on


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I joined Castlefield's financial advice team in January 2017. As a holder of the Diploma in Financial Planning I enjoy the challenge of contributing to a very friendly and dynamic company.
Together with other colleagues I help to look after a portfolio of clients, producing financial reports and research. I'm also building my own group of clients, helping them to identify their aims and objectives and then framing a personal financial plan to meet their needs.
Outside work, I enjoy watching films, listening to music and I'm also a keen Portsmouth FC supporter, where I try and attend as many matches as I can.
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Jo Platt MP: For our towns in the North to thrive again we need social mobility backed by deeds, not just words
Published: Monday 9 July 2018
Under this Government our town economies are becoming more disconnected from our booming cities than ever before, says Jo Platt MP.
The Government has recently released report after report highlighting the burning injustices we are facing in society today. But despite the rhetoric from Whitehall, low social mobility is developing into a crisis in our towns.
Our economy is still not working for the many; and low income families across the country feel divorced from the decision-making process which affects their daily lives.
Firstly, we heard the Government's Budget which revealed that our country's productivity is flat-lining. This is the exact time our country needs economic stability as we leave the European Union, but beyond the quagmire of the Brexit negotiations, the Government is offering little to reassure our towns – who overwhelmingly voted Brexit – that things will get better once we leave the EU.
The Social Mobility Commission has released its State of the Nation report. It proved to be a damning indictment on this Government's record on social mobility, and showed a postcode lottery that dictates the type of start a child will get in life.
The Government then published its long awaited Industrial Strategy. Whilst the strategy identified the areas Government can make a substantial difference to our economy, it failed to invest in our small-scale, local infrastructure projects. These are the engines of the economy, but also the foundation of inclusive growth.
And then finally we received the Rail Strategy. It stated the importance of rail connectivity and quality to both our national and local economies to connect people, services, towns and goods across the country, but it did not seek to remedy the fundamental flaw in our transport network; connectivity between towns and cities. Under this Government our town economies are becoming more disconnected from our booming cities than ever before.
So the trickle-down method of investing in our major cities and hoping that this brings regional prosperity has failed. It has failed because the infrastructure needed to facilitate this is non-existent.
Take my constituency of Leigh. It is a town in between Manchester and Liverpool of 50,000 residents, yet it has no train station. There is no A-level provision within the constituency and no rail link to connect Leigh's young people with A-Level provision outside of the town. Combined with the fact that businesses and apprenticeship providers are understandably more interested in investing in nearby cities than disconnected towns, is it any wonder that towns like Leigh are facing a widening skills gap and increasing unemployment?
But the Government claim that they are more committed than ever to the Northern Powerhouse. It is true that there has been rightful investment into the North to tackle the regional economic disparities; HS2 for example is due to cut through the middle of my constituency. But without any rail capacity or any serious investment into local infrastructures, how are towns like Leigh ever going to benefit from these headline projects?
I have therefore secured an adjournment debate on Friday which focuses on rail connectivity between towns and cities. This debate will focus on the importance of transport infrastructure to rejuvenate the fortunes of our towns, in conjunction with a bold vision to boost our local economies. This must start with how we equip our young people with the skills and knowledge to deliver the jobs of tomorrow.
Towns like Leigh were born in the boom of the first industrial revolution. My fear is that without the ladders of opportunity from government, they will be merely spectators in the so-called fourth industrial revolution that we are living through today.
My message to the Government is clear, we need a revolution in our approach to how we tackle social mobility which includes investment into local infrastructures, skills, apprenticeships and business growth. Unless we prioritise towns like Leigh, we will leave behind a forgotten generation of young people who were unable to access the employment and educational provisions provided in our nearby cities.


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Sweat Miracle Excessive Sweating Cure Review
Sweat Miracle Excessive Sweating Cure
The product in question here is the Sweat Miracle eBook. Sweat Miracle is a complete 150 page step-by-step guide designed to help sufferers of hyperhidrosis (also known as excessive sweating) treat their condition naturally without the use of any conventional medicine or treatment options. This hyperhidrosis treatment guide is designed by Miles Dawson a top nutrition specialist and health consultant. The therapy stipulated in the Sweat Miracle eBook has been tested and proven by its producer before he brought the treatment option to different groups of people who have hyperhidrosis. This hyperhidrosis treatment option has tons of advantages and requires just basic comprehension skills to understand.
The Sweat Miracle hyperhidrosis treatment guide has been thoroughly researched and verified by Dawson. It is basically a highly practical and holistic approach to treating the problem of hyperthyroidis. In the Sweat Miracle eBook hyperhidrosis sufferers are encouraged to use only natural treatments to eliminate their issues. It is important to highlight that all the information contained in this hyperhidrosis treatment program will work for all age groups. It is completely safe and natural. The guide is prepared by someone who experienced hyperhidrosis and did extensive research regarding the problem to eliminate it for all time.
The author of the product is Miles Dawson a medical researcher, nutrition specialist, health consultant and a former sufferer of chronic hyperhidrosis. Dawson conducted an extensive study on hyperhidrosis also known as excessive sweating for over 12 years and wrote the Sweat Miracle eBook. According to Dawson, hyperthyroidism does not need treatment like iontophoresis, operation, or nerve command medications. He believes there are many trouble-free holistic methods can help you cure the problem with no adverse effects. These organic options are stated in his eBook to help people living with hyperhidrosis eliminate their issues.
Dawson's eBook Sweat Miracle contains useful knowledge explaining the natural treatments designed to eliminate excessive sweating. We can trust these treatments because they have been tested and proven by Dawson. Following his investment in the study of a variety of holistic treatments for hyperthyroidism, Dawson was able to devise this revolutionary therapy accompanied by real-life situations that are safe and 100% natural. The layout of Dawson's guide is as a system that incorporates the use of a holistic approach for the elimination of over sweating.
The therapy has earned high recognition since its start off after delivering 100% safe outcomes. An essential part of the Sweat Miracle guide which makes it unique and different from other hyperhidrosis treatment options is that it is skillfully scrutinized. Dawson conducted 38,000 hours of nutritional research geared towards eliminating excessive sweating. If you are encountering any sign of hyperthyroidis, this treatment will help you relieve the external symptoms safely, and naturally with no adverse effects. Hyperhidrosis can be an embarrassing condition because people with the problem usually have a terrible odor. It is essential to indicate that most times there is always an underlying disorder that causes over sweating. Hence it is necessary to eliminate that problem before you adopt any treatment options.
What is The Actual Product About and What Does it Include?
The actual product is the Sweat Miracle eBook a complete 150 page guide about treating hyperhidrosis naturally. It is designed by Miles Dawson, a top nutrition specialist. The therapy illustrated in the Sweat Miracle eBook was tested by Dawson before he brought the option to different groups of people who have hyperhidrosis. It is a highly practical and holistic approach to treat the problem of hyperthyroidis. Dawson in his Sweat Miracle eBook encourages the use of natural treatments and all the information contained in his program work for all age groups. The instructions are prepared by someone who experienced hyperhidrosis and did research to eliminate the problem.
What Problem Can The Product Help Solve?
The Sweat Miracle eBook by Miles Dawson is designed to treat hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis is a condition where the sufferer experiences excessive sweating. The problem of excessive sweating can either be localized in specific areas of the body or even every part of the body. Skin problems like over sweating can be pretty frustrating because most people who have hyperhidrosis usually have issues with self-confidence. Occasionally, sufferers of the skin condition give out a pungent body odor which can be an embarrassing situation. It can also lead to social anxiety. The Sweat Miracle eBook is a step-by-step guide based on a holistic system to eliminate excessive sweating comprehensively.
What is The Format of The Product and What Do You Get?
The Sweat Miracle program is designed in an eBook format in a simple and clear language for beginners to use in treating their hyperhidrosis problem. If you have difficulty comprehending this eBook is for you. It is a straightforward holistic approach to assist people with over sweating. With this therapy, you can treat excessive sweating in 48 hours. With the product, you will be able to eliminate the actual cause of your hyperhidrosis holistically within 30 to 60 days. Also with this option you will be able to lose weight, look and feel healthy as well as appear younger. You will stay dry and eliminate bad body odor. You will have no use for antiperspirants and gain your self-confidence swiftly.
Who is The Product Intended for and is it Actionable?
The Sweat Miracle eBook is an organic-friendly treatment option intended for people who have hyperhidrosis or over sweating. It is prepared in a clear and straightforward way and can inevitably help people who have hyperhidrosis eliminate the problem comprehensively with no adverse effects. It is a 100% holistic approach. The program is actionable and practical for all people living with hyperhidrosis. It will offer you guidance and set you on the path to eliminate excessive sweating in a simple and clear language. The nature of the eBook or the program's simple approach makes the detailed holistic process easy to comprehend hence allowing sufferers to treat their problem swiftly with no fuss. The product is beginner friendly and doesn't require any level of technical skills to understand due to its simplicity.
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3 cups flour
2 tablespoons soft butter
1 large egg or 2 small egg yolks
1 cup water w. a few drops of vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
In a medium bowl place all of the ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon until it forms into a ball. Place the dough on a floured cutting board and kneed until all ingredients are combined and until dough peels off of the board and begins to blister. Form the dough into a ball and grease lightly. Let rest for 20-25 minutes.
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2 lbs kielbasa (we use a mixture of 3 Cleveland staples -Sausage Shoppe, Czuchraj Meats, State Road Meats-
2 lbs sauerkraut. Rinse the sauerkraut, drain and squeeze the excess water,,
Saute sourcraut in butter and onions and let cool.
Chop kielbasa lightly in a Cuisinart to achieve desired texture.
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Android Apps – As a person, you buy an Android Smartphone. Yet it's probably going to be an Android because they represent more than 80% of the current Smartphone advertising. You open the case, press "On" and press the telephone interface with the web. Right now, you have recently established the most complex machine to observe your schedule.
Today, the users of the Security Conference have given a bug with Google. Because they rush to know how different Play Store Android apps can ignore your authorities. And even between your cell phones. Provide access, to separate you from the perspectives. To track you in an unexpected way of the apps you set. Through sharing the consent agreement between and through the field.
We have come to be used for the likelihood of app stores, therefore. It should be populated by the Curate app without any men's purpose. Google and Apple both have power applications to honor the consent to use your contact list, message, record, camera or area. Yet there are alternative approaches in those applications that you do not know about that information to the channel.
Due to the Android apps, analysts of the International Institute of Computer Science have found 1,300 applications at any rate from a pool of 88,000. There are 50 different ways that you did not agree on the permissions screen. That is used to keep the home client close to the information that can be done.
According to a test displayed in PrivacyCon 2019. We are discussing with Samsung and any such application of Disney which has been downloaded several times. They use SDKs taken from the Chinese Inquiry Mammoth Baidu and Salmonadis. An exam firm that can start your information with an application and then on the next (and on your server). Analysts have noticed that some applications using Baidu SDK can try to get this information carefully for their use.
Also Read: Where spent more money: App vs Play Store
As indicated by security experts, app designers are working to get familiar with you and your telephone usage to abuse the loopholes in Android security that you agreed.
In short, words, if your telephone was your home, then the authority will be the rooms in your home. In this way, you can welcome a jack of all trades in your house. They will be happy to go to those rooms where they have to work.
As maybe, you will need to make sure they avoid your rooms and your exams. Or again your safe with gold coins that you swim in some cases.
Similarly, when you welcome an application on your telephone, you need the right authorization for the job that needs to be done and not much.
Android Q will fix many of these issues
According to analysts, Android Q is fixing a part of these issues, which shows that they had given Google advice about vulnerabilities in September last. However, it can not help the Android era of many current eras, which will not get Android Q update. (More than 60 percent were running on almost all three-year-old Android N.)
Google has compensated experts for searches and has guaranteed to address issues in Android Q, which should focus on security.
In spite of this, the organization has a big responsibility that he stares at his face because he can not ignore it because many customers can live long in the trending segment of the Play Store so that a large number of customers can be affected.
Regarding ensuring your information, some of us have put aside the effort to remove its amount. That has been eaten by technical organizations, even though there are only a few straightforward advances, which only you. The same can be able to do and they do not cost anything in any way.
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Architect designs high-rise building using the Cree LCT System
Architect designs high-rise building using the Cree LCT System
The international roll-out of the Cree LCT building system is supported by the unique cloud technology of the BIMobject platform, which allows one to explore the Cree LCT building system by examining every element of our buildings in detail. Over the time, architects have downloaded our Cree components to create a preliminary design for a pilot project. Recently, Francisco José Martínez Bernal, a Spanish architect, developed a project for his Architecture Degree Master´s Thesis, using the Cree LCT system.
His project is composed by three major volumes, from which two of them arise as the high body of the project. We had an interview with Francisco on how he came across the Cree LCT System and how easy it was from him to create a high-rise building design with a hybrid construction system. Read excerpts from the interview below:
Cree by Rhomberg: How did you find about Cree by Rhomberg?
Francisco José Martínez Bernal: For a whole year, I took an interest in systems using prefabricated timber modules, such as Kielsteg elements. In my search for new systems like that one, I came across the LCT One, where the Cree LCT System proved to be a more mature and functional arrangement for highly complex structures. Two years later, I used the same system in my degree thesis. A high-end Project.
Cree: Why was Cree the best solution for the final Project?
Francisco: The project required a system capable of efficiently dealing with constructions at height. Furthermore, it had to combine concrete and timber, since the original idea was to use the first and second floors as a concrete foundation for a tower made from wood. The best option was to prefabricate the different building elements. The project itself had to be supported in front of a jury, in terms of its structure and the elements used. This meant that the concept of prefabricated timber and the concept of tower had to work together in order to achieve the best results. The Cree LCT System has proven to be a suitable system when it came to find an easy and direct manner to raise such building in site, by using not only the combination of the two main materials of the building, but also an effective prefabricated system for constructions at height.
Cree: How efficient was it for you working with the Cree components?
Francisco: It was intuitive and fast. The components offered an excellent spatial vision of the project's construction. I understood them immediately and, together with the Revit tool, their 3D perception felt like playing a game. As an anecdote, at a certain point of the project I had to redo the whole model of the building, and it was thanks to this system that I managed to rebuild it completely in less than two months, even with a level of detail of 1:20.
Cree: In your opinion, what were the biggest advantages of using the Cree LCT System and the Cree components?
Francisco: Without a doubt, the fact that I could easily and quickly explain how the project was built, as well as its different components. For me, that was crucial. I needed an innovative system that allowed for immediate explanations. I reckon the main advantage of this system is how easily it can be built, its quick execution and how it can be explained to other professionals.
Cree: How easy was the implementation of BIM components to the BIM methodology?
Francisco: Implementing the components into the methodology was as easy as downloading them and updating the name of a few settings. They instantly became part of the building's database. BimObject had a lot to do with this: its interface allowed me to explore the different types of components while visualizing them. Other systems that include their own BIM library in their website are not as intuitive, for instance Knauf or Pladur.
Cree: Do you know about our Cree planning manual? How helpful was the planning manual for you? And, was there anything you missed?
Francisco: I do. I found the manual on BimObject website while looking for information about the components and their construction. The manual came in particularly handy when looking for the components, since these are included in the "Structural Frame" category even though they are actually walls and columns. The model of the components and their placement is linked to a host and to a particular position within the model. If this is not explained before, it can be a bit confusing. I didn't miss anything in the manual itself: I started with the basics, and then I kept exploring on my own.
Cree: Do you know about the Cree Webinars – did you participate?
Francisco: I was not aware of it. Now that I've looked into it in detail, I'm ready to participate. I find it very interesting, and I absolutely agree with the main concept. [See Cree Inspired Webinar Series]
Cree: Do you know colleagues and / or offices that work with the Cree LCT system?
Francisco: One of the most interesting aspects of my degree thesis was developing it in a system that was unknown to most of my professors. It differentiated it from the others. In fact, it was me who introduced Cree to the persons that I presented the project to. If there is any studio in Spain that uses this system, I would love to know about it and work with them.
Cree: From your point of view, how important will resource-effective wood concrete hybrid construction be in the future?
Francisco: We cannot deny that the population will grow exponentially in the next years, and it is a fact that most of the new buildings still use the same construction methods as 50 years ago, particularly in Spain. There is an evident need to find more efficient and environmental-friendly construction systems which can offer smarter solutions. As Michael Green said in his TED talks, we must build skyscrapers made from timber. In the future, we will not be able to rely on steel and concrete alone. For me, hybrid constructions are a much-needed step, for everyone.
Cree: Lastly, as an architect, what prompted you to design in modular, why timber, why hybrid and how do you view the benefits of it when compared to conventional construction (such as concrete/steel)?
Francisco: I have always been interested in construction at height as a path to a more responsible architecture. This is a very demanding system, so I decided to research on more efficient and innovative methods to design and build. This is the reason why, during my studies, I focused on planification and construction systems that allowed for a faster execution and a better control of the whole process. It awakened my interest in the BIM methodology and the prefabricated modular construction. Since these offer a higher control of the process, they are the tool to achieve optimal results in architectural designs. In addition, I consider timber as the building solution for the future for environmental reasons, but it has some obvious lacks. For instance, the advantages of a concrete core against horizontal winds in high buildings, compared to wood cores.
However, there are multiple benefits of including timber in the process. On one hand, its light weight requires less aggressive foundations and facilitates transportation and implementation in site; and on the other hand, it is possible to perform more effective interventions if any restorations or readjustments are needed. Needless to say, its ecological footprint compared to concrete and steel is minimal.
To sum up, I believe the world needs models of construction like Cree's. It's the logical evolution of architecture.
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Hello and welcome to a lesson where we will be having a look at a different way of approaching a 12/8 feel. We will be applying a 2 over 3 feel in the right hand giving a fresh feel and sound to this classic feel.
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Hi everyone and welcome to my first blog here on the Istanbul Mehmet site!
I am currently on a long European tour with Chris de Burgh and I want to talk a little bit about how I prepare for a tour, the equipment I use and just a bit of general insight. This tour is quite different to what I have done in the past and has presented a big challenge from the get go. Read more
Half Time Shuffle With 6-Stroke Fills
Hello and welcome to a lesson where we will be combining the half time shuffle with some 6-stroke roll fill ideas.
Half Time Shuffle Breakdown
Hello and welcome to a fun lesson breaking down a half time shuffle. There are loads of variations but for today we are going take one version and break it down so that we can master this iconic and fun groove
Boi de Zabumba
The Boi de Zabumba" (Zabumba's Ox), also known as the Guimarães Accent or Baixada Accent, had its origin in the municipality of Guimarães, in the coast of the state of Maranhão, northeast Brazil. This rhythm, also called accent, is characterized by the presence of zabumbas (bass, mid and high drums), as well as other percussion instruments: pandeirinho or repinicadores (kind of very little drum) and maracás (kind of shaker). Read more
Hihat Accents Part 5
Hello and welcome to the fifth part of our hihat accent series. This time we are playing16th note bass drum patterns with and offbeat hihat.
Hihat Accents Part 4
Hello and welcome to the fourth part of our hihat accent series. This time we are adding in 16th note bass drum patterns.
Hihat Accents Part 3
Hello and welcome to the third part of our hihat accent series. This time we are playing 7/4! We are going to combine the feel from the previous two lessons into a great hihat accent exercise.
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Hello! It is with great pleasure that I have decided to start some articles here in this Blog at the invitation of Istanbul Mehmet Cymbals. I am a Brazilian drummer who also plays percussion. In my texts, I intend to explore some rhythms of my Country, which are originally performed at Brazilian Folklore festivities. Read more
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If indeed, as the late great scholar of kabbalah, Gershom Scholem, once quipped that "the 'Jewishness' in religiosity of any particular period is not measured by dogmatic criteria that are unrelated to actual historical circumstances, but solely by what sincere Jews do, in fact, believe, or—at least—consider to be legitimate possibilities", then the Zvi Ish-Shalom's new book Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah may be one such possibility for the future of American Judaism. Scholem's comment emerged from his analysis of Sabbetai Zvi and the Sabbatean heresy. Although this Zvi is not that Zvi, I think the Kedumah Experience is carved out of precisely this creative and generative space to create a deep luminosity for American Jewish seekers for the future.
It is no coincidence that the founder of Jewish renewal, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z"l sought to keep his distance from the negative and generative space of Sabbeteanism. I agree with Shaul Magid (see Tikkun, XX) that: "Reb Zalman's willingness to reread these sources outside their interpretive tradition that may be one of Jewish Renewal's most important and lasting contributions to Judaism". Magid is right in pointing to the fact that: "the theology Zalman suggests is more constructive than restorative; it attempts to "purify" monotheism rather than abandon it. He abandons what some view as the negative dimensions or consequences of classical monotheism and replaces them with more universalist and tolerant spiritual alternatives while retaining monotheism's basic superstructure." By contrast, what is truly radical about the Kedumah theology proposed by Ish-Shalom, is his willingness to abandon and withdraw altogether from "monotheism's basic superstructure". Whereas "Reb Zalman argues that communities need ritual but in order to have this new Torah Jews need a radically new metaphysical template that can serve as the engine for ritual devotion," (Magid) Ish-Shalom is arguing for a Primordial Torah template the precedes the very metaphysical foundations of exoteric Torah, so as to serve as the engine for ritual exercises untethered to any remnant of a monotheistic community.
Once upon time, one could encounter a Jewish mystical seeker with the fusion of scholar-rabbi like Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi and like Zvi Ish-Shalom— but nowadays such a rabbi is rapidly disappearing. But even before this moment of decline, there was never really given much thought in American Judaism to the Torah before the Torah. In reading Zvi Ish-Shalom's The Kedumah Experience I felt transported into the most ancient ripples of a mystical path once known through the Primordial Torah of Judaism called Kedumah which can mean both "before" and "primordial." Given that Ish-Shalom occupies the World Wisdom Chair at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, I was intrigued as to why this book was not taught there—after all, what better place in America to expound on the negative and generative space of Jewish mysticism than Naropa University? Seeking the space of emptiness that precedes All (sometimes known in Kabbalah as the tehiru), Ish-Shalom chose to explore his thesis outside the walls of the academy, hosting thirty students for "eleven night-time meetings in an old stone house in the Goss/Gove neighborhood [of Boulder], just a few blocks from Naropa University, where I teach." (xv) Ish-Shalom explains the intended audience of these excerpted transcriptions in book form is for "both members of our Kedumah community as well as for the broader public." (xv)
Trained in classics at McGill University along with a Ph.D. in Jewish mysticism from Brandeis, Ish-Shalom biography both transcends and includes academe. Aside from teaching jewish mysticism, he is a practitioner and sometimes instructor of Rolfing, yoga, tai chi, and the Diamond Approach. Ish-Shalom is ordained as a rabbi by the late Tosher Rebbe of Broisbriand, Quebec in the Hasidic lineage of Ish –Shalom's great-grandfather and namesake, the rabbinic scion R. Zvi Hirsch Friedman who was the author of the influential classic Zvi Chemed. So how then did Ish-Shalom arrive in this unique spiritual space between worlds? Born in Israel and growing up in the Orthodox community in Brooklyn, New York, his initial learning trajectory took him through traditional yeshivot, which at some point which in some way contributed to the basic ideas included in Kedumah. Ish-Shalom's willingness to be earnest in his own process of "self-inquiry"—a process he refers to as drash— is inspiring insofar as he takes the reader into the inner journey through the embodied struggle to be authentic through and beyond a tradition that may be authentic in principle but often inauthentic in practice.
The rubber hits the road for Ish-Shalom precisely on this issue in his chapter on Free Speech (75-98), where by contrast he shines in his ability to navigate what for an Ex-Orthodox seeker is dangerous territory—how does the contemporary navigate the thicket of Hasidic literature, winnowing the wheat from the chaff? In Kedumah Ish-Shalom redefines 'emunah (often mistranslated as "faith") authentically as "trust" in the whole quest for spiritual freedom (84) and seeing "that reality is inherently good and benevolent and will hold us as we move through the pain of our contractions" (90). Ish-Shalom shows us how being present to precisely those moments of vulnerability in our spiritual journeys have the capacity for deeper self-transformation by "sensing into our body-soul and coming to know—and trust—its wisdom from within." (91). He suggests that we reconsider the power of dialogical meditations which can open us more fully to speaking "with each other—through inquiry—as a spiritual practice" (86). As a sensitive teacher, Ish-Shalom's sense of humor emerges with some great jokes that opens the reader to the need to reconsider the Jewish side of Freud and his divergent schools of talk therapy and psychodynamics as an important part of the process leading to spiritual freedom.
The Kedumah Experience is not merely a theoretical work. In it, he alludes to a series of exercises, which are not explicitly divulged, thus at once frustrating and tantalizing us as readers into wanting more. The book includes student responses to these exercises which are mixed, some quite salient, others seemingly banal. Reading Kadumah, I felt at times like I was reading a Judaized the modern Sufi master, Idries Shah (1924-1996), insofar as he forgoes explicit dissemination of the exercises that constitute the current Kedumah Experience. It is probable that many in the Jewish world will likely react to Ish-Shalom the way that the Sufi world reacted to Idries Shah—namely, that these apparently controversial teachings position him to be a charlatan to some, and an authentic spiritual-teacher to others.
Ish-Shalom's footnotes to The Kedumah Experience are a testimony to his vast depth and breadth of encyclopedical knowledge, not just Jewish mysticism but also rabbinic Judaism. This is a rare fusion that Ish-Shalom brings to the "reset" the table of American Jewish spirituality. Whereas in sixteenth century Safed, mystic and legalist, Joseph Karo (d. 1575), sought to reset the table of medieval Judaism by providing his own early modern roadmap via a legal codex called the Shulkhan Arukh, aka, "The Set Table" Ish-Shalom, similar but also different than Schachter-Shalomi is "rebooting" the entire system.
As American Judaism continues to undergo a spiritual renaissance of sorts, it behooves us to pay attention to works like The Kedumah Experience even if we ultimately decide it is not for us. In some way, Ish-Shalom is resetting the table much like the Sabbetaens before him and the openly heretical impulse in this work cannot be overlooked, even though Ish-Shalom is most sensitive to upholding the ethical within the mystical quest. For example, this potentially damaging detour beyond tradition and normative religion is addressed by Ish-Shalom in his chapter on Erotic Awakening. While American Jewry is still recovering from the alleged abuses of recent Jewish gurus from Reb Shlomo Carlebach to the more maligned Mordecai Gafni— Ish-Shalom is unstinting in his courage to seek some middle ground whereby Eros still functions as a source of spiritual growth despite its inherent danger to be abused. Yet he fully understands that mysticism without ethics is a dead-end, and cautions his students that this process of awakening is filled with mine fields.
The Kedumah Experience book is filled with remarkably insightful and deeply sensitive translations of obscure mystical concepts and practices, especially when it comes to the renowned baroque-like moments of Jewish mysticism that sprouted in sixteenth century Safed. We have before us a book within a book. There is the body of the text which contains the following chapter headings: The Primordial Torah which is described as the First Turning of Torah recognized by the rabbinic imagination. Ish-Shalom then explores Intimate Knowing (27-48) reflecting more deeply on the nature of da'at (knowledge)— that pesky divine sphere in kabbalah that continues to elude practitioners and academics of necessity. From Erotic Awakening, Ish-Shalom delves into the need for Free Speech and redresses the deep misunderstanding of 'emunah (faith) as an act of playing on this need for trust amidst our predisposition to be distrustful (99).In Being True Ish-Shalom articulates the practical implications of "the three orienting postures which correspond to the three triadic centers of consciousness: the belly-center, the heart-center, and the head-center." The Now pushes further into the territory of living with the reality of truth and stripping away the "superimpositions" that Advaita Vedanta calls adyaropa, but is ever present in the teachings of R. Shneur Zalman of Lyadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, who articulates a similar perspective. This all has ramifications for the teachings on Starlight including a novel notion that "we are all the Messiah in drag." It feels like Ish-Shalom is pointing back to the necessity of channeling the Sabbatean impulse here without really spelling out the practice.
I frequently winced as Ish-Shalom relied on the awkward translations of mystical texts by Orthodox rabbi, Aryeh Kaplan. Perhaps Ish-Shalom sees himself continuing the unfinished work of Kaplan who did not benefit from critical manuscripts and the fruits of the academe but remains a pioneer in bringing Jewish esotericism into the lived experience of meditation practitioners in the 1980s, along with Rabbis Allen Lew, Jonathan Omer-Man, Avram David and others during the Bay Area renaissance of Jewish meditation in the 1990s.
But just how different is this primordial path of Torah compared to other laudable experiments in post-denominational American Judaism? And what does it add? The difference is that from the outset Kedumah tries to let go of all existing conceptual frameworks of traditional Jewish metaphysics. Ish-Shalom articulates as much in the Appendix: Kedumah and Judaism that Torah Kedumah no longer needs to be tethered to the "three central principles: 1) the acceptance of Jewish law (halakhah) as religiously binding, 2) the authority of sacred texts, and 3) allegiance to Jewish tribal identity." In some way this is a constructive critique of neo-Hasidism and Jewish Renewal insofar as it is an authentic contemporary expression of Torah lineage while forgoing both rabbinic and classical kabbalistic principles. In particular Ish-Shalom critiques neo-Hasidic and Renewal's continued adherence to ethnic and tribal identity—a critique very few have been willing to voice. Kedumah is unapologetically willing to move beyond the metaphysical underpinnings of both Green and Schachter-Shalomi. He builds upon Schachter-Shalomi's Buddhist analogy, whereby Torah is always perceived according to the turning moment of its time. Every generational zeitgeist or yana offers its own moment of wisdom for that age. Just as the Wheel of Dharma is spinning in paradigmatic turns, so too, Judaism, from its ancient biblical First Turning before 70 CE, to its rabbinic and medieval Second Turning post-70CE, to its current Third Turning that constitutes the spiritual person and pathless path pointing to that which precedes the beginning – Kedumah. Ish-Shalom argues for a path that is at once primordial yet primed for future downloading now. He provides charts that allow for a more visual way of identifying the steps along the journey, including a comparative summary of the roots and the branches of this approach called, "The Five Journeys and Their Correlates in Kedumah and in Classical Kabbalah"
But how does the Kedumah journey begin if it is described as a pathless path? Is it possible to attain the primordial level of Torah before the beginning of Genesis? By mapping out a non-coercive path, Ish-Shalom provides spiritual ways towards the truth that can only be found by the individual seeker. Moreover, what are the criterion to extrapolate the wisdom of practice from other paths? For example, in the book there is the recurring voice of nondual master, Nissargadata Maharaj (b. 1897), who posited that the purpose of advanced spirituality is to simply know who you are. As I read Ish-Shalom's extrapolations of Nissargadata Maharaj's many talks about becoming aware of one's original nature, I could almost feel him searching for a direct way in which one could practice this truth. How do we get to the place whose beginning eschews any beginning? In asking this question, I am reflecting specifically on the intended audience of this book and the context of sharing these teachings outside of Naropa or ish-Shalom's small circles of students. Will the broader public of American spiritual seekers, neo-Hasidic, Renewal or otherwise, find and digest this honeycomb of teachings? In attempting to "transcend and include" the Orthodox Judaism of his twenties, Ish-Shalom invites like-minded seekers to follow him into the deeper recesses of one of his own personal (unnamed) masters of Kedumah, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
Navigating a post-ethnic America that is rapidly losing its democratic compass, it is not always a given that such revolutions will lead to personal spiritual awakening as in the case of Ish-Shalom. And if, as Scholem once said, Judaism is "solely by what sincere Jews do," then there is nothing as sincerely generative as this opening to a new vision of Primordial Torah, that promises to expand the horizons of those who chose to take it as a personal road map to the future.


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Do you ever just find yourself in the chaos of a busy week feeling like the F bomb has become your new found favorite vocabulary word? I think the phrase WTF pretty much captures our week this week.
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The UK Prime Minister remains committed to resolving the Brexit impasse before European Union elections, which are due to be held in three weeks' time. Anything which removes some of the uncertainty facing British business can only be good news. The risk to the Pound of further delay has been illustrated in last week's disappointing performance and also in growth forecasts from the influential EY Item Club. Brexit isn't the only issue facing MP's; this week's local elections are likely to be a distraction. The prospect of heavy losses for the Conservative Party could reignite the debate over Theresa May's leadership role and cause more Pound uncertainty.
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Hello! I've been thinking about my next trip to Spain. Beach, good food, good wine … hmmm… I can't wait. Every time I go to Spain to visit my family, I go to a chocolate shop. Oh boy, I would buy everything in that shop. Since I was thinking about it, I got inspired by… Continue reading Rocas de Chocolate (Chocolate Rocks)
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Hola!! The holidays are just around the corner, I can't believe it! Time flies. I am going to Spain soon to spend the holidays with my family. I love being home to eat my grandma's food (and my mom's…) Today I made something that I believe you are all familiar with, biscotti. Although, I made them… Continue reading Chocolate- Dipped Walnut Carquiñolis (Biscotti)
Sweet Spanish Squash Triangle
Hola!!! Today I made a traditional Spanish dessert. Making this recipe again in the United States transported me back to my childhood and my Àvia's kitchen in Spain. My Àvia is my grandmother whom I love very much and who, over the years, has taught me and inspired in me the passion that I have… Continue reading Sweet Spanish Squash Triangle
Melindros (served with Hot Chocolate)
Melindros are very popular in Spain, they are similar to a cookie but with a cake-like texture. The tradition is to dip the melindro into hot chocolate. In Spain, the texture of hot chocolate is much thicker, more like a pudding and its spooned, not sipped. The recipe for these melindros is very easy. By themselves,… Continue reading Melindros (served with Hot Chocolate)
Orange Marmalade
Hola!! For today, I made an orange marmalade. I love oranges! And it's orange season! As a kid growing up in Spain, I would have a fresh squeezed orange juice every day. (Thanks mom!) Here in the US, I don't do it as often, but makes for a nice treat. Oranges are so healthy, and… Continue reading Orange Marmalade


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How did this evolve and how did Mystic Accord come into existence? Can you make conscious the unconscious pacts you may have made? What would you see if you looked past the veil?Read more →
Q. My question is about relationships with others after you know your Twin Flame, even if you are not yet able to be together physically, as is the case with me and my Twin Flame. Early on, he told me he had a desire to be faithful to me, as I have to him. I'm single, so I can be faithful to him, but he is married, so has to divide his faithfulness.…Read more →
Spiritual marriage is one of the Spirit ~ our spirits are the life force that flows through us. It is our essence which is not limited by form.Read more →
Americans love the idea of marriage, and the U.S. leads Western post-industrial countries in the numbers of couples walking down the aisle every year.Read more →
Holding on to anger stunts us. So what do we do it? What sort of benefit does it bring? And how can we let it go?Read more →
For the first time in 27 years, I'm not married or involved. For the first time in my life, I enjoy being by myself. I wish I'd tried it before I remarried.
Living alone gives freedom — you don't have to worry about your cooking, your fashion, or where you throw your hat. Cohabitation, however, has its pluses.
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Delaware Valley Friends School SeaPerch/SeaGlide Team Brings Home Four Trophies
On Saturday, March 10, 2018, a team of students grades 9-12 from Delaware Valley Friends School competed in the 13th Annual Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch/SeaGlide 2018 Challenge. DV students have been participating in this event since 2013. This year's event took place on the campus of Temple University, with High School teams from 25 schools from throughout the region participating in SeaPerch, and 14 school teams participating in SeaGlide. The …
DV Family Featured in Main Line Parent Education Guide
We're excited to share that the Scolari Family, parents Lisa and Steve, and daughter Christine, are featured in this month's Main Line Parent familyfocus.org Online Education Guide. READ THE ARTICLE HERE-->
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Christine, now a 17-year-old senior, felt the difference from her first open house visit.
"The first minute I was there, I was like, 'I want to go to this school,''' she said. "It kind of felt like home, even the first week …
New DVFS Makerspace Request for Resources
We are very excited about the "makerspace," which will be a place where learners can be tinkerers, inventors and designers using a wide range of tools and resources with the support of our inventive educators. Our "makerspace" will be located in the southern half of the Media Center and its renovation is nearly complete. While we will outfit the space with a number of purchased tools and items, we are hoping to use repurposed items as well. We, …
Middle School Mission to Mars
Middle School science classes are embarking on an amazing journey. A journey to another world. A mission to Mars.
The journey will require extensive planning, experimentation, adjustments along the way, and teamwork among classmates to design and build rockets capable of leaving Earth's gravity, traveling to and landing safely on Mars, and bringing the resources needed to sustain human life on the alien world.
The Mission to Mars in the …
DVFS Apple iBook: A Story of Transformation
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A Story of Transformation
View the Apple iBook that Delaware Valley Friends School created as part of the application to become an Apple Distinguished School. This interactive iBook tells the story of how technology is being used to transform lives and help students with learning differences succeed in school and in life.
Delaware Valley Friends School Recognized by Rep. Ryan Costello on Floor of US House of Representatives
On January 7, 2016, Congressman Ryan Costello (representing the 6th District of Pennsylvania), congratulated Delaware Valley Friends School on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, on the occasion of our designation as an Apple Distinguished School. #DVFSchool#RepRyanCostello #AppleDistinguishedSchoolAn official recognition ceremony was held at DVFS on the morning of January 19th, when we received the award plaque and
The Hour of Code™
We live in a world surrounded by technology, and computer science is foundational for nearly every industry today. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. That's why students in Steve Cooney's 9th grade Conceptual Physics classes are participating in The Hour of Code™ event, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 7-13). …
DVFS is an Apple Distinguished School
Delaware Valley Friends School has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence.
The selection of Delaware Valley Friends School as an Apple Distinguished School highlights our success as an innovative and compelling learning environment that engages students and provides tangible evidence of academic accomplishment. The school's Apple 1:1 laptop program, established in 1993, has continued…
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Smoked Matzo Ball SoupRecipe By: Courtesy of Rooster Soup Co.
Total Time: 2 hours
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Smoked Schmaltz
- 1 cup wood chips, for smoking
- ½ cup chicken fat (schmaltz)
- ¼ cup smoked schmaltz or canola oil
- 2 tbsp garlic, chopped
- 4 cups yellow onion, diced
- 2 cups celery, diced
- 1 tsp ground fenugreek
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 1 tsp fresh turmeric, grated
- 2 tsp kosher salt
Matzo Balls
- 1½ cups matzo meal
- 1¼ tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp kosher salt
- 1¼ cup chives, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 5 large eggs
- ¼ cup smoked schmaltz or canola oil
- Generous pinch salt
Directions Yield: Serves 6
Smoke Schmaltz
- In small bowl with water, submerge wood chips. Let chips soak 30 minutes, then drain. Pile chips onto one side of shallow aluminum pan.
- In separate metal bowl, add schmaltz, then set on other side of aluminum pan.
- Place pan on barbecue. Position so that wood chips are over burner and schmaltz is over an unlit area.
- Set burner to medium-high heat. Close barbecue lid.
- Allow schmaltz to smoke for 30 minutes, then remove from heat. Let cool to room temperature.
Make Broth
- In soup pot over medium-high heat, warm smoked schmaltz. Add garlic and onions, then reduce to low heat. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add celery. Cook until celery just begins to soften, about 5 minutes. Mix in fenugreek and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add chicken stock. Bring to boil, then reduce heat, allowing soup to simmer until celery is very tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Add turmeric and season with salt.
- Keep broth on low heat until matzo balls are ready.
Make Matzo Ball Dough
- In large mixing bowl, whisk together matzo meal, baking powder and salt. Add chopped herbs and whisk again to combine. Add eggs and smoked schmaltz.
- Mix dough by hand until it forms a uniform paste, making sure to work through any clumps of dry ingredients.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator to rest, at least 30 minutes.
Cook Matzo Balls
- Using small ice cream scoop or spoon, form chilled dough into 12 balls.
- In medium pot, bring 4 quarts of water to boil. Season with generous pinch of salt.
- Reduce heat to maintain rolling boil and drop balls, one at a time, into broth.
- Poach matzo balls, covered, for 26 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Serve Soup
- Ladle broth into soup bowls. Add 2 matzo balls to each bowl and serve.


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This episode takes us to Baguio, Philippines, where I talk to fiction writer and poet, Monica Macansantos. We talk about her writing process, her travels, her education, influences, and publishing process as we catch her at the brink of getting her novel published. Please keep an eye out on this fabulous Filipina writer!
Monica Macansantos was a James A. Michener Fellow in Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her MFA in Fiction and Poetry. She also holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the Victoria University of Wellington, International Institute of Modern Letters. Her fiction has appeared in failbetter.com, Women's Studies Quarterly, The Masters Review Anthology, Day One, and TAYO Literary Magazine, among other places, while her nonfiction and journalism have appeared in Aotearotica, Takahe, New Naratif, SBS Life, and VICE, among other places. Her essay,"Becoming A Writer: The Silences We Write Against", was named a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2016. Her novella, "Leaving Auckland" (serialized in three parts on failbetter), was a Top 25 Finalist in the Summer 2016 Glimmer Train Fiction Open, while her story, "Stopover", earned an Honorable Mention in the Winter 2013 Glimmer Train Fiction Open. She has been awarded residencies at Hedgebrook (2014) and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (2012 & 2019). She is currently Branches Nonfiction Editor of Rambutan Literary and is also working on her first novel. She is represented by Kerry D'Agostino of Curtis Brown, Ltd. in New York City.


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This week on Outlander, Claire gains antagonists and allies at Castle Leoch. Plus, she finally gets out of that poor dress, and into the complex world of 18th century clan politics, and we learn more about Jamie.
Spoilers ahead!
Castle Leoch picks up right where episode 101 left off, and finds our gang of Scots (+1 sassenach) arriving at the castle. Claire is met with varying degrees of suspicion from the castle's inhabitants.
The first thing our healer does is insist on properly treating Jamie's wound. Mrs. FitzGibbons, the housekeeper, seems impressed by this, and provides Claire the supplies she needs. Mrs. Fitz seems to take to Claire after first being put off by her state of dishabille. Mrs. Fitz: Ally.
Claire meets the laird, Colum MacKenzie, who essentially interrogates her. She sticks to her story, though, which is as close to the truth as possible - she was traveling to distant relatives in France, got set upon by bandits, wandered through the forest, and was attacked by Black Jack Randall. Colum tries to poke holes in the story but it pretty much holds up. He also offers to send her to Inverness in 5 days' time, hitching a ride with a visiting tinker. Advantage - Claire.
Colum tries a different tactic at dinner that evening: Getting Claire drunk. He plies her with wine, including his own strong Rhenish, and continues the interrogation (this time with the benefit of Dougal's and Rupert's eyes on her). Claire really digs into the wine, too.
Claire seems slightly less confident here, more on defense than offense I think, but sticks to her story. When she asks about "Mr. McTavish" (Jamie), we see a moment of tension between Colum and Dougal. (With Claire sitting awkwardly in the middle.)
The brothers' balance of power is a bit precarious, then. So Claire's big slip-up has nothing to do with her interrogation - she incorrectly identifies Colum's son as Dougal's, and that seems to strike a nerve. (This was one of those cringe-worthy moments I can't watch - like watching The Office. I have to look away.) Her keen observation obviously does not put her on the good side of Dougal or Colum. Claire attempts to extricate her foot from her mouth and excuses herself much more gracefully than I would have under the circumstances.
Later in the episode, we see that Dougal is having Claire followed. Dougal suspects Claire of being an English spy, and tells her so to her face. Dougal is an antagonist, then. But Colum? He seems not to throw in as an antagonist or an ally - he's a man who reserves judgement - until the end of the episode. By then, through Dougal's influence or just based on his own observations, Colum decides not to allow Claire to leave with the tinker until he can find out more about her. He's choosing to keep his sassenachs closer. Colum: Antagonist.
By the way - Claire gets the date from a letter in Colum's study: She traveled from 1945 to 1743.
Fortunately, Claire does manage to find a couple more allies by the end of the episode.
Claire gains a friend on the form of Geillis Duncan, who seems something of an enigma herself. They bond over their shared interest in medicinal herbs, though Geilie knows a few darker purposes for some plants, and has a nice little business in the village offering people (women, in particular) such "cures." Geillis accompanies Claire to Hall, which appears to be a forum for the laird's tenants to bring disputes forward for him to resolve. Geillis translates the Gaelic for Claire (and for us) as Colum, with Dougal at his right hand, deals with his tenants. We'll say Geillis is an ally, though she does seem a bit odd. (But then again, everyone thinks Claire is odd, too.)
The big infodumps of the episode give us a closer look at Jamie, Claire's riding companion from the first episode. As Claire tends his wounds after their arrival at Leoch, she uncovers some terrible scars on his back.
She inquires, so he tells her the story...
Jamie was flogged four years prior - twice in the space of a week - at a place called Fort William. We see via flashback the circumstances that led to his imprisonment and eventual flogging for escape: Black Jack and his troops avail themselves of the food and supplies at Jamie's place, as good English soldiers do in the Highlands. Unfortunately, Black Jack considers Jamie's sister as another of the spoils, and when Jamie takes issue with that, Black Jack whips him in front of her to get her to provide Randall other "entertainment." Jamie insists that she shouldn't, even if they kill him, then is knocked out. We find out that Jamie's sister then goes with Randall, while they cart Jamie away to Fort William. Jamie later tries to escape Fort William with some food, and so he is flogged once for escape, and once for theft.
Let's take a moment to appreciate Tobias Menzies. Black Jack's eyes are somehow deader than Frank's, his bearing more malicious.
Speaking of Frank...As Claire finishes bandaging Jamie up, he brings up Claire's husband, which brings about Claire's first moment of grief for Frank. Up until now, she's mostly been caught up in cavorting about the countryside on horseback, trying to figure out how to escape, tending wounds, etc. Here, she's finally warm and dry and away from the prying eyes of Dougal MacKenzie and assorted unwashed Highlanders. She admits that her husband isn't alive (but not "dead" to her, either), and Jamie kindly consoles her. And then they have one of those almost-kissing moments, where they're both looking at each others' lips, and he totally wants to kiss her, you guys.
Even though she's been crying over her "not alive" husband. The moment passes and they awkwardly recover, but not before Jamie promises to protect her. (You get the sense that he's taking this promise seriously.) Thus I declare Jamie: Ally.
On another occasion, Claire visits him to re-dress his bandage. She approaches him at the stables, and the heart of my teenage self goes pitter-patter as he's training a horse, you guys. And talking Gaelic to the mare, and he's all manly but sensitive and good with horses and I think my teenage self just swooned.
(I also had a weird flashback to that live-action Tarzan movie with Brendan Fraser [and Leslie Mann!] where he's running around with horses in a paddock, and all the women are at the fence staring and appreciating and their husbands are like, "What is it with women and horses?" Did anyone see that movie besides me??)
But I digress...Claire has brought medical supplies and lunch, and while she is eating the smallest bites of food humanly possible, he tells her more about himself.
Jamie tells her he's an outlaw with a price on his head. It seems a silly move if Claire is working for the English; perhaps he's testing her, like everyone else is, but the exchange has a more earnest feel about it. He tells her he's choosing to trust her. And, as we find out at Hall, Jamie isn't really too friendly with his uncles, particularly Dougal.
Jamie offers to take the punishment for a girl, Leoghaire (pronounced "L'heer" or "L'heery"), who has been accused of loose behavior. (I love Geillis' little eyebrow raise when she hears the charge.) Jamie chooses fists as the method of punishment, and one of Dougal's men, Angus, imparts increasingly fierce blows to Jamie's torso and head. You get the sense that Dougal's trying to wipe the smirk off of Jamie's face, going even further than first blood to knock Jamie down a peg (or onto the floor).
And so, Claire must remain at Castle Leoch, ostensibly to serve as the castle healer, but really to stay under the watchful eye of Colum and Dougal MacKenzie. Her hopes of returning to the stones, and to Frank, are dashed for the moment. Next week - What happens when Claire reveals her true story to Mrs. Fitz? (Nothing good, from the looks of it.) Can she find her way out of Leoch, and back to the stones?
(Note Claire's "gentleman!?" face in the upper left.)
Memorable Quotes:
"Is there ever a good reason for rape?" - Claire
"[Angus] likes women with a smell of the barnyard about them." - Rupert
"Then I'll remember to bathe regularly." - Claire
"Oh, aye, he wouldna know what to do with that." - Rupert
"Oh aye, chickens are very poor company." - Jamie
Historical Sidenote:
Letitia tosses Claire a "bannock" which is a "heavy, flat cake of unleavened barley or oatmeal dough" - known also as a scone. It was a common food in Scotland since the 1500s. They were typically cooked on a large, flat, rounded piece of sandstone or on a griddle. [Bannock on Wikipedia]
Obligatory Picture of Scotland:
(albeit with a slightly CG'd castle)