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More messages for Terry and Stuart
Having received so many messages for Terry Brown and Stuart Cash, the official website this afternoon publishes a further selection from supporters.
After an overwhelming response, we cannot print them all, but more importantly, we will ensure that all your letters will be sent to Terry and Stuart as soon as possible.
As our Chief Executive, Erik Samuelson, said today, Terry and Stuart captured our spirit in that they understood what AFC Wimbledon is all about as a club and that is very much reflected in your messages.
"The leap from Ryman League to Football League and the speed with which it was achieved, has parallels with Dave Bassett taking us from the old Division Four to Division One. When Terry and Stuart over we had been stuck in the Ryman Premier for a couple of years and were in danger of losing the momentum from when the club was formed. You turned that around and gave us some truly magical moments along the way. Games like the play-off final wins, the equaliser at Hampton and the win against Crawley, still send shivers down my spine when I think about them. It's what supporting a club like ours is all about. , said:John Fletcher, a Dons supporter for 35 years
"Your finest achievement was getting us out of the Conference and into the Football League. The Conference has so many ex-league clubs or those heavily subsidised, that it was nothing short of a miracle that promotion was attained after only two years, especially when you consider that clubs such as Luton are still there. Heartfelt thanks for all your hard work and success."
, when the news broke on Wednesday that Terry and Stuart had officially left the club.Wimbledon supporter Jonathan Ling was on holiday in New Jersey, USA
"While the ending isn't how any of us would have wanted it to be, I believe Terry and Stuart are now firmly established in the pantheon of great Dons managers. They took the Dons from the Ryman to the Football League, which is a truly astounding achievement at a club that doesn't have a great deal of money compared to others. Their dignity also stands out as key to this success - the fact that we have consistently been one of the best teams in the league in terms of fair play reflects on their unwillingness to sacrifice this for success. My personal favourite memory is seeing Jon Main nod in the equaliser against Hampton and Richmond - the joy was wonderful. And, of course, Manchester when Terry 'scored' a penalty after the play-off win!" He said:
"Terry and Stuart have a special place in my heart as I stopped following football after Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes. I always followed online and made the choice to go to the AFC Hornchurch play-off game. I have only known AFC Wimbledon with Terry and Stuart in charge and I would place them up there as one of my favourite Wimbledon management teams. Not only were they an excellent team they were charm personified off the pitch! They were a credit to our club."
, says that the start of Terry and Stuart's AFC Wimbledon success story recaptured his love for football. Brett Knell, a season ticket holder from Haywards Heath
"After the play-off win at Staines I couldn't hold back the tears as I wandered aimlessly around the pitch at the end of the game (I still have some of the grass from the centre circle in a zip-lock bag at home). I also shed a few tears on the walk back to my car after the draw at Hampton and although not quite a gibbering wreck, I certainly had rather damp cheeks during the post-match celebrations on the way home from Manchester. I didn't cry at the births of either of my children, nor at any point during my two weddings. It may not have been quite as so widely heralded as the outpouring of emotion from Andy Murray after he lost the Wimbledon final this year, but of all the things you achieved during your time at AFCW, this will probably be the thing I remember most fondly. Good luck with whatever you choose to do next."
"I just wanted to say thank you for everything you have done for AFC Wimbledon since your appointment. All the promotions were great, yes, but the one achievement above all that will stay with me forever is that despite not being a very emotional person, you were the catalysts for making me cry in public on three separate occasions.
, took the time to sum up his emotions after their departures. Kevin Borras, who reported on plenty of Terry and Stuart's successes when compiling match reports for the official website
I am sure everyone wishes you both success in whatever you do next – and maybe even a short rest before that!Thank- you both for having the grace to put the club before your careers.There is absolutely no shame in their departures.Terry and Stuart deserve massive plaudits for getting the club back into the league. Terry has worked his socks off and everyone loves him for it.Since the Plough Lane days, I have watched the club's progress, betrayal and resurrection, the latter like a phoenix from the flames., said: "Celia Blair, a Wimbledon supporter for over 30 years
News of Terry and Stuart's departures even sparked a letter from a Gillingham supporter, who recalled our stirring 4-3 win at Priestfield in January.
I want Terry and Stuart to know that what they have achieved is nothing short of remarkable and the team I saw beat Gillingham 4-3 down is worthy of being here. It's all down to those men and the board for choosing them. Well done Terry and Stuart and good luck with all your future endeavours." I'm not an afc wimbledon fan, but I support Gillingham and I am a football fan. Being a football fan means that seeing teams like wimbledon back in the Football League is an amazing thing to witness because it looked like the club was done. said: "Gills fan Rob
, wished to thank Terry and Stuart as he thought he has seen the last of Wimbledon in the Football League.John Stewart, aged 76
"Many thanks for all the efforts you have put into this small club, making it one to be taken seriously again, reminding us of past glories, and giving us a vision for the future of greater things yet to come. At my stage in life, I was sometimes doubtful that I would ever see the day of competing in the Football League again. Those days of "So near, yet so far" in trying to get out of the Ryman and Conference seemed to go on forever. And yet you took us to that glorious Manchester day and provided us with an ecstatic memorable day. An achievement which will never be forgotten despite what future managers may achieve. They will hopefully only build on the next step of what you both started. Every best wish in your future assignments."
says that Terry and Stuart are rest assured of their places in Dons folklore.Supporter Martin Allen-Smith
"Honesty, integrity, passion and honour are all qualities lacking in so many areas of football. With both of you, we had all these qualities in spades and Wimbledon fans everywhere will forever be grateful for all that you did for our wonderful club. Thank you and good luck in whatever you do in the future. You will always be among the select list of Dons legends who we will welcome back to the club with open arms forever."
Your determination and commitment has been admirable and although things have come to an end, your significant achievements have given many many people around the club and in the wider football world much pleasure, joy and satisfaction. said: "I am sure this is one of many thousands of messages you will be receiving - and fully deserve. You epitomise the determined, dignified and respectful approach that AFCW have tried to live and play by.Dons supporter Steve O'Donoghue
"Personally, my teenage son and I have enjoyed Wimbledon's successes under your management. The way you have run things has been a great example for him to observe as he watches and plays football and grows up. Thank you, good luck and good bye for the time being."


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The Incredible Lightness Of Being Ganymede
By Ben Zartman
"It's been almost six years," Danielle mused, looking at the calendar spread on her lap.
"Since what?" I said. A half-step behind my wife at the best of times, I had a good deal on my mind. Our newly completed boat, Ganymede, was on a hydraulic trailer on the way to Stockton, California, to be launched, and my head whirled with logistics.
Other than the bare hull, which they purchased from Cape George Marine Works, Ben built every bit of the boat himself, on a shoestring budget, teaching himself as he went along.
"Since we left Capella, and moved ashore. It seems like forever, but when I look at all we've done, I wonder how we fit it in."
I thought back over the years that had passed since we last slid shut the companionway hatch of Capella, the 27-foot Irwin sloop that had taken us from Florida, all the way south to Cartagena, Colombia, then as far north as Downeast Maine. Though not designed for blue water and sparsely fitted out, she'd done well as a first cruising boat. In the two years she'd been our modest home we'd done some unforgettable cruising and accrued a lifetime's worth of friends and memories. But the discovery that Danielle was pregnant had shelved our plans for a Bahamian trip and we put the boat up for sale instead.
Danielle was right, it did seem a long time, but every nook and cranny of it was packed with activity. Our main concern — our one lofty goal while we lived far from the ocean at Danielle's father's house in central California — was to get back to sea. It was a simple plan, really: have the baby, save up for a sturdy fiberglass hull, deck it over and finish it, and be ready to sail when Antigone, as we'd decided to call the new arrival, was weaned and potty trained and perhaps even knew how to swim.
Other than the bare hull, which they purchased from Cape George Marine Works, Ben built every bit of the boat himself, on a shoestring budget, teaching himself as he went along.
But the simplest plans are often fraught with the greatest complications. The money from Capella's sale was to have jump-started our savings toward the next boat. But Capella wouldn't sell. In the end I flew to Fall River, Massachusetts, where she waited at a broker's, and sailed her to Maine to give her to an old friend. I had half a mind, as Capella slipped quietly east along Maine coast, to call it off and keep her, but she really was too small for three.
But once Capella was gone, we were not only further from another boat, savings-wise, we didn't even know what boat to get. We wanted a kit boat, a bare hull to finish how we pleased. A new boat was out of the question and an affordable fixer-upper would require almost as much work as building our own from a hull. Besides, this would be our one chance to make something uniquely ours. While cruising on Capella I'd designed in my head the Perfect Cruising Boat, fitted out with all the coolest stuff: gaff-headed sail, synthetic rope rigging, sculling oar socket for going short distances though calms, even those most nautical of all marine accessories, belaying pins!
There were any number of kit hulls for sale, but none seemed just right. The Bristol Channel cutter 28 was too small; the Falmouth 34 and Heard 35 too big. It wasn't until Antigone was almost two that we found the Cape George 31. Short ends, full keel, lots of ballast, and, most surprising, reasonably priced. Perfect! We scraped together a deposit for Cape George Marine Works. But then, no sooner was the hull under construction, than Danielle turned up in a family way for the second time.
"No problem," I stuttered. "It'll be cozy with four, and Antigone needs a playmate anyway." We were just in the drawing stage, and sketching another bunk into the aft cabin only made things symmetrical. Emily arrived several months after the hull did, and while Danielle spent her days hip-deep in diapers and teething biscuits, I gave every hour I could snatch to grinding fiberglass and then slapping on more to grind off later. Some evenings I'd go to my job waiting tables at the Mountain Room Restaurant in Yosemite National Park with clumps of hair fused together by resin drips.
I was fortunate to have that job. Not only did it allow me most mornings free to work on the boat, it gave me time, especially in the off-season, to make money in other ways, as we needed every penny to pour into Ganymede. Before moving off Capella I'd begun to write magazine articles; sales were sporadic but helpful. We also attempted building dinghies, but found after building 15 that we couldn't sell enough to make a living. However the business license gave me access to wholesale pricing on the fiberglass and marine supplies that went into Ganymede, and I gained expertise in fiberglass building techniques.
The boat took every penny we could earn, even in the busy season when I'd make heaps of overtime pay on top of catering weddings at the restaurant in the morning and waiting tables at night. Those were exhausting times. Often nothing would get done on the boat for a week while I worked eight shifts in three days, snatching some sleep between them in the back of my Subaru.
Home sweet home! The Zartman family, down below in Ganymede at long last.
While cutting no corners to make Ganymede's structure as strong and seaworthy as possible, we saved money every way we could. All the carpentry, instead of being teak and mahogany and other expensive unpronounceable woods, was done in Douglas fir and redwood, which were cheaper. Most of the metal fittings — chain plates, mast tangs, tiller head, mooring bits — I made myself from plate, rod, bar, and tubing stock. For ballast, because lead prices had soared to astronomical heights just then, I obtained a truckload of spent bullets from a rifle range for a trifling sum, and melted them down. It was still an expensive project, but when three years were gone and Ganymede was ready to launch, we'd spent less than one-fourth on her construction than what it would've cost to buy a new Cape George cutter.
But before the launching came this stunning bit of timing: Danielle was pregnant again. There before us was the endless round of doctor visits, maternity clothes, blood tests, and a thousand and one things that culminated late one night in a tiny, wrinkled creature nuzzling gently at her mother's breast. We called her Damaris, and while I worked like a mad man on the inside of the boat I wondered where we would put her.
Damaris, complete with head-to-toe ink stains from raiding
her sister's art box, has become a water baby.
"She'll sleep with us for a couple of years," said Danielle calmly. "After that she can sleep on the settee."
It was too late to do much redesigning of the interior. Most of it was finished, and we'd already done as much to maximize space inside as possible. Back aft I'd built a flush cockpit, and where the inboard engine normally would go was a tidy cabin with two seven-foot bunks and plenty of room for the storage of clothes, water, and lamp oil. There were all the necessities: galley with gimbaled stove and oven, a tiny head, nav station, heating stove, settee and dining table, bookshelf, and double berth forward with storage underneath. But there was no room, anywhere, for another bunk or berth. "We're in for it either way," I told Danielle. "We'll just go with what we have."
Danielle shut the calendar with a sigh as we pulled into the boatyard parking lot. There were still too many variables to be able to make any sort of concrete plan. We wanted to sail away before winter rather than try to survive another slow restaurant off-season, but hadn't managed to put much money aside. There was no telling whether we five could cruise on our target $500 a month, plus my writing income. There was nothing for it but to press ahead and hope for the best. We were at the boatyard early for what turned out to be a launching anticlimax. None of the boatyard staff seemed to appreciate the momentousness of this event, and calmly, competently put the boat in the water and stepped the mast with a crane in spite of my best efforts to get underfoot. In no time, Ganymede was in her slip, with mast stepped and guyed, and I was left to spend an afternoon splicing rigging in the broiling August sun — an otherwise happily frazzled man.
That marked the beginning of a summer of driving to Stockton every Saturday night from the restaurant to stay on the boat until Tuesday morning. November 2 had been set as a tentative sailing date, and nothing makes time pass like having a deadline approach for which you are in no way prepared. We knew from experience that actually leaving has less to do with whether you're ready than with the weight of all the external factors that impinge on departure. Those factors were the onset of winter, our eagerness to get to sea, and my shakedown cruise crew's narrow time window.
The children being too young for offshore sailing in southern California waters, the plan was that three friends and I would sail down around the Baja peninsula and north into Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Danielle would drive to meet us with the girls and we could cruise those sheltered waters to give the children and ourselves a chance to get used to Ganymede before tackling longer passages.
The voyage was all one could ask of a shakedown. Ganymede weathered winds from mere whispers to a shrieking near-gales, and with some trial and error we found a workable sail combination for every condition. I was also keen to see how the interior would fare: whether four grown people would be able to cram into it for any length of time. But when we arrived in Cabo San Lucas 13 days after leaving Half Moon Bay and were still friends, I no longer feared that the boat was too small.
We stayed in Cabo only one night before heading north into the Sea of Cortez, sailing when possible, motoring through calms and hunkering wherever the north wind blew. The push ended at Conception Bay. Though not quite halfway to where we'd planned, it had become evident that the weather would only grudgingly allow further progress, and the nights were getting chilly.
I'd been away almost a month, and I wasn't used to being away from Danielle and the girls for so long. So leaving my crew with the boat, I took an all-night bus to San Diego where my little family waited at a relative's house. It was a long drive back down the peninsula, but Danielle and I had as much to catch up on as though we'd been apart for a year. Damaris had begun to stand up, and could almost take a step; Emily had barely eaten while I was gone; Antigone had spent hours sitting in the parked car pretending they were on their way to meet me. We spent a week in Conception Bay finding places to stow all the things Danielle had brought and letting the girls settle into life afloat. There were beaches to explore, shells to gather, and limpid water to swim in. We let them slowly get used to sleeping in their little cabin before sailing south.
Two months after leaving Conception, having daysailed in leisurely fashion down the peninsula to Los Frailes, midway from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas, the girls got their first taste of overnight seafaring. This was the big test, to see whether Danielle and I could handle the boat and girls while sailing offshore for a few days. The sailing, it turned out, would have been a challenge for a seasoned crew; boats were damaged during the gale that saw Ganymede scurrying under bare poles and later storm canvas; torrents of rain pelted us, but inside the cabin all was peace. No one got seasick or toppled over, nothing came adrift. In the warm glow of the gimbaled lamp I could see through the companionway, three little heads snuggled into the big berth forward, surrounding the sleeping form of their mother.
Three days and nights after leaving Los Frailes, Ganymede fetched the lee of Isabella Island and we gratefully dropped the hook into glass-clear water. The boat was a mess. Every sail had been used and needed stowing; down below things were in a jumble. But here we were in port, in spite of frightful weather. We'd done it; our planned cruise southward along the continent went from an idea to a reality. Even the budget had not proven unreasonable.
These days, as we press toward Panama, I sometimes look at the girls playing in the cockpit under Danielle's watchful eye. It's different than before, traveling with three small children, and one of them learning to walk — more different than we could've imagined. But the world seems wider than it did when it was just two of us, vaster and more wonderful because every new discovery is seen by three other small pairs of eyes. Yes, we've been gone from the sea for six long years. But now that we're back, those landlocked times are a quickly fading memory, and we can honestly say that all we've gained made it worth every minute.
To read more from the Zartmans, check upcoming issues of BoatUS Magazine. We'll learn exactly how they're instilling a love of boating in their little girls, tips that might be useful for our own children and grandchildren; and we'll hear from Ben how he keeps onboard systems utterly simple aboard Ganymede, and how you can too.
— Published: August/September 2010
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A Young Couple Chases A Dream
When Ben Zartman was in his early 20s, he spent lots of time hiking and camping in the mountains of California's Yosemite National Park, paying for his hobby by working for a window-cleaning company. At a local restaurant, he met a waitress, Danielle Powers, just out of high school. The couple found that they shared a deep love of the outdoors, of their families, and both dreamed of a life of exploration. Within a year, they got jobs crewing on a catamaran in Florida and a taste of all the possibilities offered by the boating life.
"One day," said Danielle, "we saw a little boat for sale on Ebay. No one bid on it. A couple of weeks later, we found it at a flea market and bought it."
"For 13 months, we lived aboard while we did the refit," said Ben, of the 1967 Irwin 27 named Capella. "It was an itchy life. We took out almost every screw, put on a new rig, and re-did the deck. We worked on the boat every spare minute." To earn money, Danielle waitressed while Ben worked at Ace Hardware.
"Someone stopped by one day while I was sewing," said Danielle. "She asked if I was making a sail. No, I said, it's my wedding dress!"
With their life savings in the boat — purchase and refit totaled $3,700 — Danielle and Ben took their maiden voyage on March 25, 2001, from Fort Meyers, Florida, to Isla Mujeres, Mexico — wedding dress swaying in the main cabin. After arriving in the Yucatan, their families flew in for the wedding.
Capella, named for the star, had only a handheld GPS and VHF, kerosene lights, and battery-operated short-wave receiver for time ticks, but no electricity or self-steering. Navigation was by sextant. "We only turned on the GPS if we got scared," said Ben, "to check ourselves." They cruised the western Caribbean — exploring the ancient ruins of Mexico, the reefs of Belize, the rich culture of Guatemala, the Bay Islands of Honduras, and lived among the native tribes of the San Blas Islands of Panama. Eventually they reached their southernmost landfall, the walled city of Cartegena, Colombia.
In Punta Sal, Honduras, their dinghy was stolen — a huge loss to a couple on a $300-a-month budget; they anchored off Roatan for four weeks while a generous fisherman built them another for cost. "Everyday we'd swim ashore holding dry clothes over our heads in Tupperware," said Ben. "Later we'd swim back to Capella with groceries over our heads."
When their money ran low, and Ben and Danielle, by then 25 and 21, sailed north. They docked in Newport, Rhode Island, and put Capella up for sale. It was time to head home to California, to work, and to a new chapter about to unfold.
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My heart dropped when Remi told us, due to swell at the Duoro river mouth, we would spend at least another 48 hours tacking around outside of Porto. I thought we would be extremely bored and things might start to get funky amongst the crew but boy was I wrong! The journey so far had been pretty rough through the Bay of Biscay with high winds and swell for almost a week, but we were out the other side and had a beautiful day becalmed followed by some nice chilled sailing the rest of the way to Porto. It was too easy, a perfect time to reach port for a nice glass of Porto and a hot shower but then I had almost forgotten perfect timing and easy are not often in Tres Hombres vocabulary (dubbed Tres Hombrish). I was crazy to think it could be dull on board that magical beast. In reality the two following days turned out to be some of the most exciting and educational sailing I have done so far.
We were tacking regularly, usually one or two per watch. Its perfect to keep warm and keeps the crew from falling asleep during night watch. On any other day the goal is to harness the elements to propel the boat to our destination at the maximum speed possible without breaking anything. But this is thrown out the porthole when you don't want to go anywhere. Sometimes autopilot took over the brain and yells we're heard from Duarte in the chart house, "Laura! You're going too fast!". It was a new way of thinking. No one teaches you how to sail terribly at sailing school!
After tacking away from the coast we hove to and drifted back. This manoeuvre has plenty of applications but is usually for heavy weather when you need to get some rest. We braced around the topsail so it was working in reverse, kept the rest in the normal direction and threw the helm hard into the wind so the boat is working against itself and drifts. The trick is to get the right amount of sails to counter balance each other.
Then we were treated to one of the best sleeps on board so far. The boat pauses itself and moves gently with the waves. Luckily too since we were in for a pretty hectic watch next.
Within the first hour after change of watch we were treated to a hail storm with pellets of ice hurled at the deck the size of marbles then once that had calmed down the beginnings of a wet willy (water spout or tiny tornado over water which starts to suck the water up) was spotted off the starboard beam. Our cool calm collected captain could be seen by the cook sipping his cuppa coffee regarding the scene and decided it was the right time to quit drifting and get back to sailing. For the rest of the watch we were sailing from squall to squall constantly keeping a keen eye on the clouds because when they approached it often meant a sharp wind change, sometimes 40 or 50 degrees in an instant. We had a couple of intentional tacks and one accidental but we got through it all with no incident.
After these days of intensive sail training we were ready for anything. I was so proud of what came next. In normal Tres Hombres style plans changed again and we were going back where we came from under a northerly heading, aiming for the small town of Baiona, Galicia. We sailed into the anchorage in a small bay, it was delightful to have the full crew on deck for once and it ran like a well oiled machine. I will never forget the feeling, every person on board in position ready for commands sharp as anything and completely silent as we passed the mountains and rocky islands, the lights of town looking like warm little safe havens. What a buzz to get to shore and have a beer with such a wonderful crew. So proud of these crazy cats. Everyday brings us many magic moments and this roller coaster has only just begun!
Till the next time
Laura, Deckhand
So here we are, back in Amsterdam, with an empty cargo hold, preparing for the next trip. Six months have passed since we first left Den Helder on that grey November day. I still remember the steady sound of the tugboat, like a frantic clock rushing us. Soon the time would not matter that much, […]
The 28th of April I woke up the Fo'c'sle at 5 o'clock in the morning. Good Morning everyone: time to pump up some anchor! Half an hour later the anchor was up and with a very small wind we moved up and down in the bay of Douarnenez. We stopped over here because we were […]


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Anders Wall scholarship to medical student who inspires others to do research
Puja Shahrouki (b.1992) from Gothenburg, Sweden, has been awarded the Anders Wall scholarship for scientific research. The scholarship of SEK 150,000 will be awarded at a ceremony in Stockholm on March 10.
Puja Shahrouki is currently in his last year of the medical program at the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg while doing research. Puja Shahrouki has published his research on both cancer and cardiac disease. He is the co-founder and former Chairman of the association "Students in Research" which aims to interest more students to try research early on in their education, an initiative Puja has now taken to a national level. The association arranges regular inspiring lectures and are responsible for a list of research supervisors for students in different areas among other things.
Since a child, he has been curious and liked to discover new things. He used to write his ideas in a secret book. It could be ten ideas in a day, many of which were related to medicine.
- The ideas of the book have actually inspired me in recent years, says Puja. That's the great thing about children, that they have such an open and inquisitive mind. That's why you should be given the chance to try research as early as possible. With that, I think more people would discover the allure. We would have more research talents finishing their PhDs earlier and possibly more young professors.
On his own initiative during high school, Puja got the chance to follow a cardiothoracic surgeon in London for two weeks. It was a critical opportunity.
- The very first time I shadowed a doctor's visit as an outsider, I was touched by the trusting atmosphere between doctor and patient. That was when I knew for sure I wanted to be a doctor. I want to be able to both help people directly in my clinical work and in the longer term through my research.
Puja has conducted parts of his clinical training at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University and Oxford University. His current research is on a protein that may have implications for the development of cardiac hypertrophy, a serious consequence of heart attacks that weakens the heart. If the research succeeds to demonstrate a connection, it could result in new treatment modalities.


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Students at University of California and California State University campuses would be asked to voluntarily state if they are gay, bisexual or transgender.
The questions would be posed because of a little-known state law aimed at learning whether those students are getting enough services, such as counseling. The Los Angeles Times says there are concerns about privacy.
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ASHBURN, Va., May 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reach Messaging Inc. (Pink Sheets:RCMH), a leading developer of industry specific mobile phone application and platform technology, today announced that The Cafaro Company has signed an agreement to use the Company's "Mall Buddy 2.0" platform in its 12 retail mall locations located throughout the United States.
Cafaro Company is the largest privately owned shopping center development and management company in the United States. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, Cafaro owns retail shopping centers and malls throughout the east coast, southeast, midwest and the Pacific northwest.
Reach Messaging's "Mall Buddy 2.0" Platform is a free mobile app that consumers can download and use when shopping at participating retail malls. The app includes features such as "Reward Zone" gift card integration as well as other coupons and specials offered by stores in and around the mall, friend finder to locate other users in the area, one touch access to mall security and directions the mall. As outlined in the agreement, Reach Messaging will get a percentage of revenue generated by advertising sales to retail stores in and around the malls.
"We are very excited to announce our first multi-mall deal and proud that it is with such a large and well-established company such as Cafaro. We have just recently released a new improved 2.0 version of our Mall Buddy application and believe that it will be very successful throughout Cafaro's 12 retail malls. Mall Buddy 2.0 greatly enhances the consumer's experience by giving them access to the best coupons and specials for them right on their phone as well as providing them the ability to locate friends, contact mall security and several other fun and useful features," commented Shane Gau, CEO of Reach Messaging.
"We believe this app represents the future of advertising and shopping for both consumers and retailers at malls and retail centers. While this our first multi-mall deal, Reach Messaging is actively pursuing other opportunities and we plan to bring our Mall Buddy app to several retail malls and shopping outlets throughout the world," continued Gau.
About Reach Messaging, Inc.
Reach Messaging Holdings Inc. helps companies extend their brands through customized mobile applications and Bots used on instant messaging (IM) platforms. Since 2007, Reach Messaging has been in the Bot development business for America Online (AOL), which operates on the AOL Instant Messenger (AOLIM). The Company is transitioning to the mobile applications market and is currently developing a variety of apps for social media platforms including Facebook and all of the major mobile devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Digital Signage.
For more information, please visit www.reachmessaging.com.
About The Cafaro Company
The nation's largest privately held shopping center developer, the Cafaro organization owns and oversees more than 30 million square feet of commercial real estate in 11 states. Founded by the late William M. Cafaro in the 1940's, the firm is now in its seventh decade as a family owned and managed business.
For more information, please visit www.cafarocompany.com.
CONTACT: Shane Gau Reach Messaging, Inc. 571-213-6147
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This Video Of Little Boy From Hyderabad Fighting Off Attacking Dogs In Going Viral, Shows What Is Bravery Perfectly! [MUST WATCH]
Yesterday, we saw a new-born baby walking fast right after being born going viral on social media, people went to call him as the Indian Usain Bolt and some even praised the boy hilariously as the new 4G edition.
And today, a video of a five-year-old little boy who has shown immense courage in the face of danger is going viral for all good reasons.
Yes, bravery comes in all shapes and sizes and often we hear big feats achieved by small children and it eventually leads us to wonder about the courage, valor and bravery that they must have shown in the face of danger.
Proving the same thing, a five-year-old boy single-handedly let down an attack by a pack of dogs in Hyderabad on Saturday night.
A CCTV camera has captured the moment at a nearby house bore the testimony to the little boy's immense courage who tried to save himself from three dangerous dogs.
Many of us get scared of a barking dog and if there is a pack of menacing dogs advancing upon us then there would be hardly anyone who would not like to turn tail and run helter-skelter. However, the little boy did not run away but took on the pack of dogs fearlessly.
Watch The Video Here:
In the video, we can see a pack of dogs that are sleeping on the road wakeup as the children approaches and try to attack the children.
The small girl gets scared and runs away funnily while the small boy stands on his ground like Baahubali and tries to defend himself.
He raises his hands in to make a threatening gesture and manages to force the dogs' retreat. But as soon as his back is turned another dog tries to attack from a different direction and forces him to stop.
Art of facing your fear head-on
- Don't run
- Stand and fight
This kid proves the same with his bravery and stands as the Superhero!
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Hipology | Old To The New – Ryan Proctor's Beats, Rhymes & Hip-Hop Nostalgia.
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Looking at the cover of the latest project from multi-talented London-based producer Marc Mac you'll see a huge amount of visual references squeezed into a colourful collage. Afrika Bambaataa. Stax Records. J Dilla. Chopper bikes. Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing". Goose jackets. And so the list continues.
According to Mac, "Hipology" is more than just the catchy title of this new Visioneers album, it's also a "montage of elements, events, music and fashion that make up an individual's personal interpretation of Hip-Hop culture", all those moments throughout our personal history that make us living, breathing cultural scrapbooks each with our own stories to tell about how Hip-Hop has influenced different facets of our lives.
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Weekend Shooting "Three-fer"
Last week as I was looking over the calendar with the upcoming shoots marked on it, I saw that I might be able to actually shoot three different matches, at three different locations, all over the course of two days. On Saturday over at the Kitsap Rifle & Revolver club in Bremerton was their monthly Fun Steel match. I try to make every one of those I possibly can, as they are always a whole lot of fun. Sunday morning at CWSA in Coupeville was going to be not only our first Rimfire Hanging Plate match of the year, it would also be the first time to use one of the five recently excavated pistol bays. The Hanging plate matches start at 9am and are usually over before noon. The Gig Harbor Sportsman's Club in gig Harbor, roughly a ferry ride and then an hour and a half South of here, shoots a pistol clay pigeon match on Sunday afternoons starting at 4pm. Hmmmm...... Yup, if I don't waste any time I can make all three with time to spare!
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Kitsap Rifle & Revolver Club Fun Steel Match
John D. at KRRC always puts on a great match, mixing six stages of steel challenge like layouts, a falling plate stage, and a few sadistically designed stages of his own design. KeeWee had to work on Saturday, so bright (?) and early Saturday morning Wayne F. and I jumped into my van and headed over to Kitsap. From Whidbey Island to anywhere else requires either a ferry ride or a bridge. Unfortunately the bridge is on the wrong end of the island, so a ferry ride it was going to be. I could take the Keystone ferry to Port Townsend and then it's only an hour's drive to the KRRC range, or I could take the Clinton ferry to Mukilteo, then drive to Edmonds and take another ferry to Kingston. Once in Kingston it's perhaps 20 minutes to the match. However, the Keystone ferry is often cancelled on the early morning runs due to fog, or wind/rough conditions. If you go to Keystone to catch that ferry, and the run is cancelled you don't have enough time to take the other route and get to the match in time, so to be sure I got there, we took the two ferry route. Even so, that doesn't get you there with much time to spare, but at least you know you'll make it.
Lou G. and Tony C. decided to try the Keystone route, and the run wasn't cancelled, so they got there just fine, too. Rob and Dan from Gig Harbor whom I met last month at the KRRC showed up too, and this time brought along reinforcements, Bryce and Rebecca! There were 23 shooters and a total of 30 entries, so it was a good turnout.
The stages were all challenging, with John coming up with new wrinkles to psych everyone out. On one stage he had a small white plate overlapping the stop plate. You don't want to hit the stop plate before you have hit the other plates, and with them so close together some shooters chose to shoot a slower and safer order rather than risk the consequences.
On another stage, John had a small plate on the extreme left and almost on the ground, a second plate on the extreme right up at eye level, and the stop plate in the middle. Only three plates meant a double-tap on each of the outside plates, then the stop plate in the middle last. The outside plates were small enough and far enough out that getting the second shot of the double on the plate wasn't easy! Lots of folks missed.
As the match progressed the weather kept getting warmer and warmer, and by mid-afternoon it must have been 75 to 80 degrees! For those of us acclimatized for 50 degrees and rain this time of year it was getting downright hot! Our squad was lucky in that our last two stages were back in the trees, so it wasn't quite so hot.
We all had a great time, and all too soon hte match was over. It's a Kitsap Fun Steel tradition that as soon as the plates have been put back into storage, everyone heads to the 19th hole, a local pub, for lunch and refreshments. While we're eating we sort out the scoring. I didn't write down the final results, but Tony and Rob both had really got days, if I remember correctly. Wayne, a first year shooter, turned in some very respectable scores for his first 6 stage steel match. I did OK in rimfire and ceenterfire open, although the new extractor I had just installed in the Taurus Econo Race Gun wasn't always extracting like it should. (I wonder if I cleaned it once in a while if that would help?) .
When the results are posted, I'll add a link in this post for anyone who's interested.
As soon as we finished eating, it was time to get back on the road. I decided to take the Port Townsend ferry back to Whidbey, as it would save me from having to pay for two separate ferry fares. We only had an hour and a half wait at the Port Townsend ferry dock, and they we were on our way across the Strait of Juan De Fuca back to Whidbey. After reaching Whidbey it was a little over twenty minutes, and I was home.
It had been a long day, but lots of fun!
..... end of Part 1 - Part Two Tomorrow
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- A bank worker killed himself by taking a massive overdose of caffeine pills, an inquest ruled yesterday. Tests on Edward Fisher's body showed he had 120 times more caffeine in his body than an average coffee or tea drinker. The Barclays support analyst, 24 – who days earlier told his mum he had stopped taking medication to treat psychiatric problems – killed himself after a family meal, the inquest heard. He was taken to Macclesfield Hospital in Cheshire but died the following day last August. A pathologist's report said the level of caffeine found in the blood of coffee and tea drinkers was around 3mg per litre of blood but Edward's was 367mg.
- ✦ Phony Postal Inspector Busted For Swiping Pot Shipments
- On the hunt for illegal narcotics being shipped via Express Mail, a Michigan man allegedly repeatedly entered a sorting facility, claimed to be a postal inspector, and walked out with dozens of parcels, many of which contained marijuana, investigators charge. According to a criminal complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Calvin Coolidge Wiggins, 31, said, "You got me" when questioned Saturday morning by federal agents who had arrested him outside the Priority Mail Center in Romulus. Wiggins is pictured at right. Wiggins, an investigator reported, admitted that he "previously had been involved in mailing Marijuana via USPS Express Mail and was tired of having the parcels seized." So he allegedly sought to seize the parcels of other drug traffickers.
- ✦ Ron Paul wins first caucus, mainstream media calls it for Romney
- Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul won his first caucus over the weekend, but the mainstream media by-and-large reported Mitt Romney the victor instead. Voters in the US Virgin Islands hit the polls on Saturday to nominate an opponent for Barack Obama, and although Texas Congressman Ron Paul garnered more popular votes than any of his rivals, mainstream media outlets were quick to call the contest in favor of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. While more votes were cast for Ron Paul, Romney walked away with the most delegates this weekend. For The Associated Press and others, that was enough to call the contest in favor of the conservative founder of Bain Capital.
- ✦ 90 students in Iraq stoned to death for having 'Emo hair and tight clothes'
- Youngsters in Iraq are being stoned to death for having haircuts and wearing clothes that emulate the 'emo' style popular among western teenagers. At least 14 youths have been killed in the capital Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shia militants. Militants in Shia neighbourhoods, where the stonings have taken place, circulated lists yesterday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress. The killings have taken place since Iraq's interior ministry drew attention to the 'emo' subculture last month, labelling it 'Satanism' and ordering the community police force to stamp it out. Fans of the 'emo' trend – short for emotional – wear tight jeans and have distinctive long, black or spiky haircuts.
- ✦ Fukushima residents report various illnesses [Video]
- A debate is raging in Japan over the extent of the radiation contamination in the wake of last year's nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
- ✦ Cocktail of Popular Drugs May Cloud Brain
- Many people are unaware that dozens of painkillers, antihistamines and psychiatric medications — from drugstore staples to popular antidepressants — can adversely affect brain function, mostly in the elderly. Regular use of multiple medications that have this effect has been linked to cognitive impairment and memory loss. Called anticholinergics, the drugs block the action of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, sometimes as a direct action, but often as a side effect. Acetylcholine is a chemical messenger with a range of functions in the body, memory production and cognitive function among them.
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Though in life I become distraught, to me, The Lord God has taught,
Through all of my years and days, that He works in miraculous ways,
When the times may appear bleak, as I find myself emotionally weak,
My tendency is to be concerned, ignoring all from Christ I've learned.
I learned to rest and be assured, through all things, in Christ my Lord,
Who holds me in His mighty hand, through times I do not understand,
Taking me through that darker time, not of my choice, but His design,
While using my life just as He wills, as a greater, purpose God fulfills.
Concerns to worry we can't afford, our focus must be upon The Lord,
Remembering the dark times past, all concerns to Him I need to cast,
Casting to my Savior my every care, as all concerns with God I share,
Or else undue concerns entangle us, this when we forget Christ Jesus.
Hard times, dark as they may be, are small steps, on towards eternity,
Steps, in which The Lord Jesus, is molding each and every one of us,
As God shapes us to be like Christ, through all current trials in our life,
Purifying us through our life's fires, to become what The Lord desires.
So when times get hard, I recall, Jesus Christ, is still the Lord over all,
As the same God, Who created me, during all times, helps me to see,
His hand is in every step I take, knowing that my Lord will not forsake,
My side, as God helps me to stand, firmly in times I don't understand.
(Copyright ©03/2012 Bob Gotti)


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Christianity can be very confusing. There are such varied opinions and approaches. It all just seems so complicated. But Jesus, the faith's founder, declared it to be simple. He is on record saying that even children can understand spiritual things.
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Kit and Clowder Advent gift 1----Prisma Color Pencils and reverse double zfold card.
Starform stickers over red foil from Pop Ups Etc, on designer paper and real red cardstock
Tim Holtz Treeline die (Sizzix 661064) glitter paper, watermarked snowfall over distress ink from the Simon Says Stamp exclusive--stencil Falling Snow. Merry Christmas sentiment is embossed on acrylic, (or the card) and is from the Stampers Anonymous Christmas Time CMS141 set.
And this die--which has given me SO much trouble cut like butter and stayed in the die so I could adhere it! It's We Wish You Elegant Script by Memory Box (99555)
here are four cards I did with that Tree Line Die
This one details the "Falling Snow" stenciled with Aleen's Snow
It's so pretty, but the photograph isn't!
And this is Memory Box SUPER detailed Swirling Snowflakes---cut from gliter paper on Night of Navy cardstock. This is a very special card I made for a very special friend.
This one is by Hannah Lynn--an Advent Gift this Christmas called Hot Cocoa Fairy.. She is finished with Marvy heat puffed snowflakes, wink of stella, glaze pens and glitter pens, and mounted on blue shimmer paper. The graphic is colored in Prismacolor Pencils.


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New home sales jump 12.4 percent in July
Monthly sales rate trends a whopping 31.3 percent over July 2015.
Sales of new single-family houses in July 2016 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 654,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 12.4 percent (±12.7%)* above the revised June rate of 582,000 and is 31.3 percent (±19.9%) above the July 2015 estimate of 498,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in July 2016 was $294,600; the average sales price was $355,800. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 233,000. This represents a supply of 4.3 months at the current sales rate.
New residential sales data for August 2016 will be released on Monday, September 26, 2016.


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I really like wall hangings for holiday decorations. They're fairly easy to make and you can tailor them for most holidays. When I saw a cute wall hanging on pinterest I was inspired to make my own for Wep Ronpet. I ended up using chipboard for this because I acquired a whole bunch of it. If you end up using a different material (like wood) you will have to adjust the tutorial accordingly (wood works best with screw eyes for this project as opposed to eyelets).
- 3 chipboard pieces, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
- 10 1/16 scrapbooking eyelets
- ruler
- pencil
- paint
- paintbrush
- ribbon
- beading wire, 26 gauge
- needlenose pliers
- jewelery wire cutters
- eyelet setter
- decoupage sealant
- scissors
1. Measure 1 3/4 inch on both sides of the chipboard and mark. Repeat on the bottom. I made a mark too close to the edge, so I used a pen to mark where I felt it would be better placed.
2. Insert eyelets and use the eyelet setter per directions. TIP: Some great online instructions for using an eyelet setter can be found here.
Repeat the first two steps on the second chipboard. Only make holes on the top of the third one.
3. Decorate the panels. After the paint dries apply a coat of decoupage sealant.
I decorated the panels with the hieroglyphs for the Wep Ronpet holiday (thanks to the wonderful head of Per Djeba for helping me with this) followed by a picture of Harsomtus, only I didn't have space for the headdress (next time I'll plan better). For some reason I couldn't center anything to save my life.
4. Take the beading wire and cut out 2 pieces, roughly3-5 inches. Take the second panel and make a loop with the wire between the bottom top panel and the top second panel. Twist the ends together and trim the excess. Repeat this process between the second and third panel. TIP: Beading also works instead of ribbons, or jazz it up with both. Just remember to string the beads before tying up the ends, and if adding ribbon as well leave space to tie it.
5. Tie ribbons on the loops made.
6. Thread some ribbon through the top holes. Tie a knot at each end in the back.
There are many ways to get creative with this, such as using beads and beading wire in lieu of ribbon. Show off your banner in the comments.


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Sharing our cute little tortoise made with paper plate and green paper. We cut out the tortoise and below and stuck it. Later little miss painted the shell with finger paint! all done. Enjoy our conversation after our Mr Tortoise was ready to rock :)
We were making a paper plate tortoise.
After finishing, missy and tortoise had a lovely converstion..wish i would have recorded it! Missy was spaking such fluently and with full accent! Proud of you babu..way to go! Here is a excerpt of the converstion, nothing exaggerated here :)
Saachi: Hello tortoise, how are you today?
Tortoise: I am very well Saachi, how are you today?
Saachi: I am fine. Where do you live?
Tortoise:I live in a pond.
Saachi: Is it?
Tortoise: yeh, and where do you live Saachi?
Saachi: Here. (in my home, i said)
Saachi: Where are your parents?
Tortoise: They live with me here in the pond, and where are your parents?
Saachi:I dont have parents. (opps, I explained her mummy papa are called parents)
Tortoise: Where is your dad?
Saachi: He is in office.
Tortoise: and where is your mom.
Saachi : She is here.
Tortoise: And do you love your mom and dad?
Saachi: Yes I lov-e them.....
Tortoise: Which is your favourite song?
Saachi: A, B, C D..
Tortoise: Is it, I thouht you like "Guess how much I love you " :). It was nice talking to you saachi, now its time for me to go.
Saachi: Ok Tortoise, I loved talking to you. Take care. Talk to you later. Bye.


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Aug 13, 2012 9:50 PM GMT
Honestly I'm really tired of being such a slut. Even when I travel I go on hookup sites and meet up with guys...and when I'm alone I can end up having more than 10 orgasams a day. Then I feel tired and it also causes memory loss...yes that happens to ME I've noticed it it's obvious not saying it happens to you. I want to reduce my sex drive somehow I've heard some people only have a few orgasams during the week......wow that would be nice.


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Critical IntelHow Did Golems Go From Jewish Mysticism to D&D Icons?Critical Intel - RSS 2.0
They come with feet of clay, swinging monstrous arms thicker than a man's waist. They're destruction engines. Rock made flesh - the golem. From D&D scenarios to Minecraft and even in Pokémon, the rock monsters are perhaps the most well-known boss mook in gaming history. But their influence goes beyond that too, almost every rock elemental you fight or summon looks and behaves like the golem.
But before golems were a final-wave baddie, they were a creature from Jewish folklore. Animated from clay and sent to do their master's bidding, these golems were, some claim, the first depiction of a robot in human folklore. And like his metallic progeny, while the Golem can be a helpful force he can quickly turn into a rampaging menace, killing everything in his wake.
So what's the Golem's story? To hear the classic tale, let's step back to 16th century Prague, a world of magic and repression, when the Jewish people needed supernatural aid.
It was the late 1500s, and Prague's Jewish ghetto was in trouble. Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II had falsely accused them of killing Christian children and using their blood in rituals - a common lie during that time - and sent soldiers into the ghetto to drive the residents out.
In desperation, the community's rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel went down to the banks of the Vltava River and sculpted a hulking man out of mud. Using kabalistic rituals known only to a few, he inscribed the Hebrew word emet or "truth" on the creature's forehead, bringing it to life. The risen golem patrolled the streets, defending the people from anti-Semitic mobs. He could turn invisible and summon the dead to his aid. But one day the Golem went mad and began a murderous rampage. To protect the people, Rabbi Leow smeared mud on the creature's forehead, changing the word emet to met, or dead. The creature fell lifeless on the spot, its animation gone. Rabbi Leow stored its body in the attic of Prague's Old-New Synagogue, ready to resuscitate the monster should Prague's Jews ever be under threat again.
Legend has it, when German soldiers broke into the Synagogue during World War II, the Golem rose again and tore the Nazis apart with its gigantic hands.
Or maybe that's just what they tell the tourists. After all, the golem is something a cottage industry in Prague.
While this sounds like a classic fairy tale, golems are a part of the belief system in the mystical Kabbalah sect of Judaism. In Kabbalah, it's believed that a spiritually powerful practitioner or Rabbi can call on God's creative power through combining letters in the Hebrew alphabet into potent words, often understood as shem or one of the names of God.
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According to mystical texts from the Middle Ages and Early Modern Judaism, there are several ways to create a golem. A studied and righteous man could recite word combinations that begin with the first eleven letters of the Hebrew alphabet, giving life to the inanimate - a ritual reflecting the Kabbalah belief that God created the world out of words, numbers and sounds. Alternately, a practitioner could spread dust on the ground and write the letters ADM (man) in them, then chant combinations until the golem emerged from the dust. A particularly dramatic ritual involved dancing around the clay figure in an ecstatic trance. However, the most famous method involved either inscribing a shem on the golem's forehead, or writing the inscription on a piece of paper and placing it in its mouth. Destroying the golem involved either reciting the animating chant backwards, fouling the inscription, or pulling the shem from the creature's mouth. Words made the golem, and words could unmake it as well.
But while the golem was animated matter, it wasn't alive as such. Lacking a soul, it was mute, understood commands literally and had nearly no independent thought. Golems were not people or even a creature - they were machinery, something deactivated rather than killed. This distinction was important in early golem stories, which drove home that while mankind can create much like God does, we lack the ability to give our creations the divine spark of life. This is made explicit in the Talmud, where it's specified that when God made Adam out of clay, the first man existed for twelve hours before God game him a soul - in other words, men were once golems as well.
Thus, the golem legend was a metaphor for man's imperfect creative ability and the limits of his power. The act of making a golem was a metaphorical reenactment of God creating humanity, but also emphasized that even a righteous, wise and powerful man could not create a soul. Indeed, in most stories even this simulacrum of creation proves dangerous. Take the Rabbi Eliyau of Chelm, for instance, who was said to have created a golem in the 16th century. According to an 18th century account, Rabbi Eliyau created a golem as a laborer, but when he saw the creature growing larger each day, he feared that it might destroy the universe. Eliyau destroyed the golem by removing the Holy Name from its forehead, but the struggle left the rabbi with facial scars. In a similar story, a golem created for household chores grows so tall that his master cannot reach the magic amulet to deactivate it. Thinking quickly, he asked the golem to reach down and remove his boots - but when the master hurriedly changed the inscription, the creature toppled over dead and crushed him. In these stories, creation unleashes forces that the golem-makers cannot control, and they're punished for their hubris.
By contrast, the stories where golems are fashioned as protectors and avengers tend to configure them as metaphors for violence. While the Golem of Prague guards the Jewish quarter, for example, in many versions of the story it later attacks the synagogue. From this perspective these are warning tales, suggesting that even justifiable violence conducted in self-defense can corrupt or damage society. The creature, once unleashed, may deal with the threat, but it's ultimately a stupid thing that cannot tell friend from foe, and its maker must deactivate it before it wreaks havoc. This speaks to how force is sometimes necessary but also senseless and unreasoning, and once released it can itself pose a threat to the community.
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It's time again for the Boston Film Festival, which returns to AMC Boston Common Sept. 21-24.
The 33rd edition of the festival will feature not only films, including a few world premieres, but also notable attendees, including producer-director James Keach ("Glen Campbell . . . I'll Be Me"), MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and actors Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips"), John Bradley ("Game of Thrones"), Anne Heche ("Wag the Dog"), and Mike Vogel ("The Help"). The festival's diverse lineup includes five documentaries: "Augie," "In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America," "What Haunts Us," "Heal," and "The Bullish Farmer"; and the NBC series "The Brave," which stars Heche and Vogel.
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Welcome to the In the Corners podcast with Matthew Harding and Bobby Metcalf. In this episode, aired on Monday, December 18, 2017, the guys discuss the weekend across the ECHL and other topics, including:
- A schedule for the upcoming events at The Sin Bin
- Metcalf only having an hour to fill out his ECHL All-Star Classic & why The Sin Bin should have a ballot
- A wild week for the Quad City Mallards, where they fired their President/General Manager and lose a huge offensive piece
- Was the reason Justin Kovacs left the Mallards for Europe because the league was lax on Ryan Rupert's suspension
- Players leaving the ECHL mid-season for Europe: a need for more cash or a player safety issue?
- The need for more people in the ECHL's Player Safety Department
- Wichita's abysmal 1-4 road trip
- ECHL awards at Christmas
- Top stories from 2017
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Murray applauds positive Pardew's mentality
Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray paid tribute to manager Alan Pardew's attacking mentality after their win over Manchester City, and claimed he had improved the atmosphere in the squad.
The victory at Selhurst Park continued good runs for both Murray and Pardew with the 31-year-old forward scoring his fifth goal in as many games in the Premier League, while the manager made it 22 points from 11 matches since joining Palace mid-season.
Since Pardew moved from Newcastle United to London, only Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have picked up points at a better rate than Palace's two per game.
One of Pardew's first moves at Selhurst Park was to recall Murray from his loan spell at Reading and the striker has responded with a goal every 89 minutes - better than any other player in the Premier League.
Murray opened the scoring in the 34th minute, while he also earned the free-kick, which saw Jason Puncheon curl a free-kick over the wall and into the bottom corner three minutes into the second half.
The Maryport-born forward is enjoying his football and he credits Pardew for that.
"I think ever since the gaffer's come in he's been uplifting results and the boys have reacted to that," Murray told Palace's website.
"We're a happy group at the minute.
"He's just made it more attacking, obviously the two wide boys and 'Punch' [Puncheon] can get on the ball and sort of express themselves and I benefit off the back of that."
Murray conceded, however, that his goal could have been flagged offside, with Scott Dann arguably the wrong side of his marker in the lead-up.
"That was my first look over my left shoulder just to check [the assistant referee] hadn't flagged and luckily it didn't go up and it got counted," he said.
The win - Palace's third in a row - saw Pardew's team strengthen their hold on 11th spot in the Premier League table with 39 points, two clear of 12th-placed Everton.
When Pardew replaced Neil Warnock at Selhurst Park in January, Palace were 18th and had not won in eight league fixtures.
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