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WSMR partnership restores Trinity Site ranch house
In 2017 the historic McDonald ranch house at White Sands Missile Range received some overdue restorations and repair.
WSMR partnership restores Trinity Site ranch house In 2017 the historic McDonald ranch house at White Sands Missile Range received some overdue restorations and repair. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2018/04/05/wsmr-partnership-restores-trinity-site-ranch-house/491536002/
For the Sun-News Published 5:52 p.m. MT April 5, 2018
PHOTOS: Trinity Site
A family poses before the obelisk marking the site and date of the first atomic bomb explosion. The obelisk at Trinity Site is at the center of the half-mile wide and eight-foot-deep blast crater. Bud Russo/For the Sun-News
A volunteer at Trinity Site uses a Geiger counter to demonstrate low-level radiation in many common objects. Bud Russo/For the Sun-News
Remnants of a bomb casing designed to contain the atomic bomb explosion in case it fizzled. A test with 100 tons of TNT blew both ends off. It was not used for the atomic blast. Bud Russo/For the Sun-News
McDonald Ranch, at Trinity Site, where the plutonium device was assembled. Bud Russo/For the Sun-News
The first atomic explosion, July 16, 1945 at Trinity Site. U.S. Department of Energy
A timing control shelter, nearly six miles from bomb site, is where people, like Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, head of Los Alamos, observed the bomb detonation. The shelter no longer exists. U.S. Department of Energy
The "gadget "— the plutonium-based bomb —sits with a scientist at the top of the tower at Trinity Site. U.S. Department of Energy
Visitors to the Trinity Site will see the location where the world's first atomic bomb was detonated. Courtesy
An obelisk marking the historic site of an atomic bomb test east of San Antonio, N.M., is seen in April 2009. Diana Alba Soular
8-year-old Josiah Fidel, from Albuquerque, New Mexico plays in the dirt next to the obelisk commemorating the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Site at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as other visitors to the site take photographs on April 4th, 2015. The White Sands Missile Range opened the Trinity Site to the public for an open house commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic test which took place there on July 16th, 1945. Several thousand visitors came to see the site, take photographs and learn more about the event. Jett Loe / Sun-News
An obelisk marking Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was exploded Diana Alba Soular -- Sun-News
Cottonwood Gulch Expedition volunteers with Cornerstones crew.(Photo: Bill Godby)
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - In 2017 the historic McDonald ranch house at White Sands Missile Range received some overdue restorations and repair.
The McDonald ranch house is a contributing element of the Trinity Site National Historic Landmark, where the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place. The ranch house was utilized by the Manhattan Project scientists to assemble the plutonium hemispheres of the weapon in July 1945.
It was built by Franz Schmidt, a German immigrant, in 1913. George McDonald acquired the house in the 1930s. McDonald's brothers owned the nearby ranch utilized as Base Camp for the atomic test. Both ranches were occupied until approximately 1942, when all the ranchers were vacated to allow for the area to be utilized by the Alamogordo Bombing Range for target practice. Following the Manhattan Project, the ranch was abandoned, suffering major deterioration.
The McDonald Ranch House can be seen on Trinity Site tours Saturday, April 7. For Information, log on to www.wsmr.army.mil and click on Trinity Site tab.
More: Trinity Site: What you need to know before visiting
In 1982, Maj. Gen. Niles Fulwyler visited the ranch house and recognized its historic value. Fulwyler vowed to restore the ranch house, which was completed in 1984. In 1995, the 50th anniversary of the atomic test, efforts were made to again restore and repair a decade of weathering.
Since 1995 only minor work has been done due to a struggle for funding. In recognition, the White Sands Missile Range Garrison provided funding to proceed with necessary repairs. Project lead Bill Godby utilized the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units network, administered by the Fort Worth Corps of Engineers, to contract CESU member Cornerstones Community Partnerships of Santa Fe. Cornerstones historic restoration expert Jean Fulton took on the project with the assistance of Cornerstones training coordinator Nicole Kliebert.
The scope of the project included reconstruction of an entry ramp, built by the Manhattan Project, the porch, railings and banisters, windows, stucco repair and replacement, rock wall repair and implementing a site drainage plan.
Fulton spent many hours going through historic photos and previous restoration records to ensure historic accuracy for repairs, with particular attention to the stucco. She performed many tests to try and find a suitable color and texture to match.
Cornerstones, a nonprofit, is organized to provide workshops that incorporate interns and individual volunteers, working alongside experts, to perform cost-effective restorations and repair to historic structures in a learning environment. Both Fulton and Kliebert reached out to identify support for the project between 2016 and 2017. Partners included students from New Mexico State University Department of Engineering and Survey Technology, led by professor Sonya Cooper, providing the site drainage plan. Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions, an outdoor educational program in New Mexico, provided a single day of volunteer labor, 17 strong, to execute the drainage plan. Last, and perhaps most important to the project, were the dedicated team of interns and volunteers.
The ranch house is several hours north of the base cantonment and an hour from Socorro. Most of Fulton's crew stayed uprange three to four days at a time while completing the work, enduring multiple range evacuations for missile tests that began as early as 4 a.m. Weather during the project workshops, summer and fall, was extreme, often exceeding 100 degrees and included snow flurries, high winds and rain. Despite the challenges, spirits remained high and the work got done.
Bill Godby is an archaeologist for the White Sands Missile Range Conservation Branch and can be reached at william.c.godby.civ@mail.mil or 575-678-6003.
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I don't think they necessarily do. Something about the draft that we all know but probably don't acknowledge enough is that hitting on a draft pick is partly about getting to the player first. Like Leonard. Obviously the Colts liked him a lot, and maybe they believed in his speed even though he was injured at the combine, and maybe they valued his length more than other teams, but they probably weren't the only team high on him. They just happened to have two high second round picks, so their draft capital put them in position to take him where they did. It doesn't necessarily mean they saw something in him that other teams missed. I think the way teams value specific traits and metrics can vary, based on coaching schemes and other variables, but I don't think any team has unlocked the key to finding good players more effectively than other teams. I do think some teams have better draft strategy than others, and valuing picks has something to do with that.
I said 20%, because I'm not a zero percent kind of person. But I think Brissett winds up a Colt for all of 2019.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were being overly simplistic in their explanation. Because the 6th OL isn't necessarily equal to the 6th WR, so it's not necessarily a straight across comparison from position to position. There's still an overall grading system they use to stack their board. So you might have 10 players in the top tier of your ranking system, at various positions, and they're all above a certain line on your board. All but one of them might come off the board before your pick, but when you look at the board, that one player is standing out above the rest of the remaining players, and the pick kind of makes itself. All the grading and positional value has already been determined, all the team has to do is hand in the card.
I went back and watched. I don't think the horizontal board they showed reflected positional value. It was just traditional positions for offense, defense and special teams.
I don't remember what Ballard had to say about Moore, other than saying they liked him (which is obvious). It could be that they realized after the fact that Moore had offsetting traits, and that helped them evaluate their evaluations, but that they claimed him on waivers at the cut down is evidence that they at least had their eyes on him pre-draft. Like you said, though, whether they realized this before or after the fact, deconstructing the process to identify good prospects is critical. Especially when you're not picking in the top ten every year.
It was Adam Lefkoe with Rand Getlin, former NFL Network reporter. Getlin talked about how NFL Network at times acts as a shill for the NFL with their reporting, and how Rapoport was put in position to be their main mouthpiece. Getlin says he was supposed to be Rapoport's primary competition, but the network gave Rapoport favorable treatment and credited him with stories and scoops that other people, including Getlin worked on and scored. One of things he said about the network people is that they would instruct their reporters to use verbiage that was pro-NFL / pro-owners. As an example, Getlin would report 'Player X earned a $20m contract,' and he was told to never say the player earned their contract, but to say the team gave them said contract. Getlin came across as sincere, but hardheaded and stubborn and a little full of himself. But very believable. And the idea that Rapoport is more of a company man than a reporter wasn't a new idea to me, so maybe it was a case of some confirmation bias on my part. But I've heard/read other things over the years about Rapoport, along with my own impression of his reporting, that he's not all that reputable and reliable, and tends to sensationalize at times. All JMO, from rumors and impressions.
Dominik was with the Bucs from '97 to '08, and worked with Rich McKay. So if Dominik did this during his career, there's a good chance this is something they did together with Gruden during his Bucs tenure.
I think they're all combined to refer to a player's length, but they are different measurements. Add in vertical leap and broad jump (two areas where Moore also excelled), and you have a good idea of a player's radius, which is a composite of length and range. It's something Moncrief had to an elite degree. But that's an example of why the film work has to be the foundation. Moncrief had an elite radius, but sometimes played with T-rex arms, so he didn't get the most out of his radius (usually; he has some highlight reel catches, even with the Colts). The video showed a clip of Moore tipping a pass at the LOS, and other deflections. His ability to close on blitzes might also be a byproduct of his radius. I'm kind of enthralled by this at the moment. Thinking about Seattle's reported criteria that any CB has to fit specific criteria (height / arm length) to be drafted by them, and comparing it with the Colts' comments on outliers, it makes me wonder if this is an area where the Colts might be ahead of other teams on. For them to claim Moore like they did is intriguing to me.
It might. Both angles can be true. But I agree that this is probably being sensationalized.
BTW, both sides of this can be true. While it appears to be typical for some teams to send the scouts home and retrench to finalize the board, it could also be that Mayock and Gruden don't trust someone who has been in the room. Rapoport's initial tweet said the scouts are NOT expected to return before the draft, which may or may not be true. Speaking of Rapoport, I heard a podcast recently that shed some interesting light on how he sources and reports information. Long story short, I take what he says with a grain of salt anymore. There might be more spin than fact in some of his reports.
Mayock might know that certain people in their operation are giving information to NFL Network people. Some of them might have been giving him information at this time last year. It's not uncommon for new GMs to revamp their scouting staff right after the draft. I bet that's on the way for the Raiders. So while this kind of seems bizarre, it might not necessarily indicate that they intend to kick everyone out of the draft room every year.
I usually hear about wingspan with basketball players, not football players. In football it's usually arm length. The measure wingspan, but don't usually mention it unless it's exceptional. Moore is 5'9, Desir is 6'1, but Moore's wingspan is greater by a half inch.
I think if you could count every player that's on at least one team's draft board, the collective total would be over 300. Remember Ryan Grigson drafting Denzelle Good from Mars Hill, and everyone in the world said "Who?" No one knew who he was. It's possible the Colts were the only team in the league who had him on their draft board. So while it's theoretically possible that by the end of the 6th round, the Colts have no players remaining on their board, I think it's unlikely. Especially once you adjust for team fits, etc.
Yeah, we always hear talking heads discussing players who are rising and falling on boards, and that's probably a misnomer. What that probably means is that these people are starting to recognize that teams don't have players rated where the media thought they were rated.
SMH We can argue about some of them, but the ones I crossed out are easily behind RW. Easily.
Yeah, they gave the Pats a pass on not having a second pass rusher, primarily because of Belichick. But that's more of an organizational issue, while I think their focus was on roster composition. I agree about the importance coaching, though. I think coaching is more important in football than any other sport, and the fact that you practice three times a week and play once (compared to other sports, like NBA, which is the opposite) underscores the importance of the coaching staff getting the team prepared and pushing the right buttons on Sundays.
I completely agree. It's a lazy term at this point.
RW is a top five QB right now. He's criminally overrated in Seattle, but criminally underrated virtually everywhere else. He'd be in the HOF conversation if he retired right now. He's a great QB.
The bar for "franchise QB" has been lowered at this point. Most times that phrase is used, it just means a player capable of starting for a playoff contender, and/or young enough that the team isn't actively looking for a replacement. Dak and Trubisky check both boxes. As a comparison, Derek Carr is better than both IMO, but there are rumors the Raiders would look at replacing him. He's old enough that he probably won't get any better, he's not quite good enough to carry a team to the playoffs (outside of 2016), and his contract is flexible enough that they could move on from him if they really wanted. Add in that the current coach/GM combo didn't draft him and they pick in the top five this year, and it makes for a hot topic, even though it's kind of ridiculous that they'd seriously consider getting rid of him at this point. I think the Cowboys and Bears have their QB box checked, for now. They have good enough QBing to go deep in the playoffs. I wouldn't call either of them true franchise QBs, but that's a different topic.


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Demand Cools as Connoisseurs Lose Their Taste for India's Darjeeling Tea
by zenger.news September 10, 2020 February 24, 2021
KOLKATA, India—Darjeeling, the picturesque hill town in India's eastern state of West Bengal, is synonymous with tea, but connoisseurs might be losing their taste for it as tea from Nepal emerges as a formidable competitor.
"With Nepal's tea entering India, we have dug a grave for Darjeeling tea," said D.P. Maheshwari, managing director, and CEO at Jay Shree Tea & Industries Ltd., the second-largest tea producer in India. "If something is not done soon, the tea estates in Darjeeling might wind up."
Tea from Darjeeling is known for its distinct aroma, often called muscatel. The first tea shrubs were planted in the hilly area in the 1840s by employees of the British colonial government looking for an alternative to Chinese tea.
Since then, the tea's reputation has grown around the world.
As of this year, there are 87 tea gardens in Darjeeling, which typically produce about 8,500 tons of tea annually. Nearly 80 percent is exported to Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Much of the damage to Darjeeling tea occurred in 2017 when the tea gardens were closed for nearly 100 days because of political unrest in the area.
"The Darjeeling tea industry has been under stress since the 100-day closure in 2017 (due to a strike)," said Atul Asthana, managing director of Goodricke Group Ltd., a major tea exporter. "The market never recovered. The next year was a complete washout. In 2019 we thought we would recover, but production was down by 20 percent."
Hopes of a recovery this year were dashed by the coronavirus pandemic.
People pluck tea in Darjeeling, India in June 2005. (Courtesy: Dilip Dutta)
"Over the past few years, quality, as well as quantity, suffered," said Asthana. "Substitute markets have come up."
According to data from the Tea Board of India, from March to June this year, Darjeeling tea production was 2,500 tons, down by 21 percent compared with the same period last year.
With such low production, tea connoisseurs in international markets are unwilling to pay higher prices for Darjeeling, and demand for India's most expensive tea has been tepid at best.
"The cost of tea production has skyrocketed because of labor expenses," said Maheshwari. "The prices have not kept the pace with cost. On the contrary, last year, the prices were down. Almost every garden in Darjeeling incurred loss last year."
Sri Lanka, Kenya, and China are major competitors of India in the international tea markets. But in the past two to three years, tea from Nepal has emerged as a substitute for Darjeeling tea.
"In 2017, when we had a four-month lockdown, the international market changed their supply chain," said Ashthana. "Nepal emerged as a substitute for Darjeeling tea, which produced almost similar quality and had lower prices."
Tea from Nepal being sold as Darjeeling tea "is hurting Darjeeling tea in a big way," said Joydeep Phukan, secretary of the Tea Research Association.
A woman plucks tea in Darjeeling, India in June 2005. (Courtesy: Dilip Dutta)
Between 2004-05 and 2014-15, the tea planting area in Nepal increased from 15,900 hectares (about 39,000 acres) to 26,165 hectares. At the same time, tea production also grew from 12,606 metric tons (13,896 tons) to 23,187 metric tons, a growth rate of 84 percent. As of 2020, Nepal exports tea to more than 35 countries across the globe.
Tea growing areas of India and Nepal
Darjeeling tea gardens are pruned once every five years. The leaves are delicate and repeated pruning affects the tea quality, particularly the natural sweetness of the first flush. In the past three years, the bushes had to be pruned twice out of turn. The first flush (bloom) is critical to business because it earns Darjeeling's tea estates considerable revenue and kicks off the trading year.
"The whole Darjeeling plantation was ready for the first flush — the best quality — this year," said Phukan. "Operations had to be suspended. When gardens opened, the estates had to go for skiffing — the technical term for pruning — to clear overgrown bushes. The first flush quality period was lost."
Skiffing is also a delicate process and doing it out of turn can harm the plants.
"Pruning in warm weather leads to more shock to tea leaves compared to when it is done in cold weather," said Asthana. "In the cold weather, the starch reserves start going down to the roots. In the growing season, the scratch reserves are on their way up. And, pruning at that time means you are losing on starch reserves as well as foliage."
India's total tea production in 2019-20 was about 241,000 tons, valued at INR 5,457 crore ($769 million). In 2018-19, both volume and realization were marginally higher at 255,000 tons, valued at INR 5,507 crore ($788 million).
(Edited by Siddharthya Roy and Judy Isacoff.)
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So a little while ago I discovered a new little online store for yarn that is here in Australia, BelleMae Yarns. Yasmin is the lovely owner of this store and she stocks the Scheepjes yarns which I love. Looking through her online store I also discovered a new gradient yarn in the Lola's and I fell in love!
Of course that meant I had to buy yarn, so I purchased a Scheepjes Woolly Whirl as I hadn't tried them yet, as well as two Lola's – the Trio in Petrol and Rainbow in the Woods.
The package that arrived was beautiful! Hand wrapped with a personalised card in it too and a little gift inside. I get excited just seeing yarn arrive so you can imagine what it was like getting it all presented as a special gift just for me! Yasmin also has a facebook group that you can share what you have made with her yarns too.
So I decided to work with the Rainbow in the woods yarn first, and I am super pleased with how it worked out! I wasn't sure as I was making it as I am used to gradient yarns where all of the colour changes so that you get a gradual change from one colour to the next. In this one though only the one strand changed all the way through, so i wasn't sure until I took this photo and saw the rainbow appear.
When I started making this I wasn't sure what I wanted. I was thinking of a poncho, or scarf or cowl. I was thinking buttons. And I was thinking boho look. I started out by picking a stitch design that I liked and beginning a great big rectangle piece. What it ended up as would depend on how big it got and what I could transform it in to.
I ended up with this poncho that can be worn three ways – either as an asymmetrical one, a poncho or a scarf. And I LOVE it. So much so that I decided to share what I did as a free pattern now so that I could share it sooner. Eventually I will add it to my store and other online places too, but I have a back log of them to write up at the present moment.
I used a 3.5mm hook and a 300g Lola which is 1125m.
Begin with a chain of 243.
US Terms – this is what I have written it in.
To convert to UK terms the sc = dc = double crochet. The dc = tr = treble.
work 1 sc in the the 2nd chain from the hook, and 1sc in the next stitch too. ch4, skip 4, 1sc into each of the next two chains. Repeat the steps in bold until the end. turn.
ch2 and work 1dc into the 1st stitch. work 2dc, ch2, 2dc into each ch4 space. Repeat the steps in bold into each ch4 space. Finish with 1dc into the last sc. turn.
ch2 and work 1dc into the first stitch and ch2. work 2sc, ch4 into each ch2 space, At the last ch2 space work 2sc, ch2 and 1dc into the last stitch. turn.
ch2 and work 1dc, ch1 into the first stitch. Work 2dc into the first ch2 space. Work 2dc, ch2, 2dc into each chain 4 space. Repeat the steps in bold into each ch4 space. Finish with 2dc, ch1 in the last ch2 space and 1dc into the last dc. turn.
repeat rows 2-5 another 24 times to row 98.
This is where it then gets a bit tricky. Don't fasten off though as we're going to make this in all one piece.
First part you need to get clear in your head is that where your hook is now, is going to be the start of the neck hole and the seam that joins the piece together to make it look like a poncho. Note though that the part you need to make into a seam is longer than where you need to join it.
The second part you need to get clear in your head is where you are joining. If you look at my post from July last year for designing your own poncho you will see that the piece we have is the same as grid two. As you look at the grid, your hook is going to be at the top left corner. The top of the piece between where your hook is and where the blue line starts is going to be you neck hole. You need to clip the piece together, beginning with where you hook is and creating a neck hole to put your head through. You then need to clip the seam together – clothes pegs will work! Note that the part you'r clipping on is going to be bigger than the part it needs to join to, so you're going to need to form pleats like you would see in a pleated skirt.
Once you have the two parts clipped together, hold it up and maybe even try it on. It should have a single corner which will be at the front and then will be straight across your back.
If you have all of that in your head (maybe even practice with paper), you can start joining. You will need to work single crochet to seam the pieces together, some spots you will have 4 layers to work through to get through all parts.
Once you have the seam sorted, turn the poncho right side out so that the seam is in the inside.
Now you can create the border. I promise it all get easier again now!
Round 1: You are going to work the first round in sc. Work as evenly as possible on the section that is the side of your original piece. Try and keep to a count of multiples of 6 through out this section. When you get to the corner, work 3 sc and this should then place you on the row which is 2sc and ch4's. Work 4sc into each ch4 space and 1sc into each sc. ss to the 1st sc to finish the round.
Round 2: This one has a picot stitch in it. When I say picot, you are going to ch5 and then ss into the 5th ch from the hook. Begin with a ch3 (=1dc), then work 2dc into the same stitch. Make a picot and then make 3dc into the same stitch as the first three. The Skip 5, work 3dc, 1 picot, 3dc into the next stitch. Continue the bold steps all around. At the corner work 6dc, 1 picot, 6dc. Then continue on with the bold steps. Once you get back to the start, ss to the top of the 1st ch 3 and fasten off!
You're done and it should look something like this!
The image on the left shows the seam on the shoulder. It gives a lovely gathered effect and looks asymmetrical when you where it. The bottom right is worn more as a scarf and the top right is with the seam at the center back and looks more like a symmetrical poncho from the front.
So let me know how you go! I will aim to eventually publish this as a paid pattern which will include the UK terms written out too. When I do this post will be updated with the links to where you can get it.


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Rabbi Deborah Waxman, PhD, president of Reconstructionist Judaism, recently released a statement about rebranding. Instead of calling the rabbinical college and umbrella congregational movement the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, the header now is "Reconstructing Judaism." The tag line below it reads, "Deeply rooted. Boldly relevant."
Why do this? Well, in Rabbi Waxman's statement, this sentence jumped out: "A critical path forward is shifting from a focus on 'being' Jewish – important but insufficient for providing substance and structure – to a focus on 'doing' Jewish."
This is of central importance as we reshape 21st-century Jewish life. If you're modifying Jewish by saying Reconstructionist, or Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, etc., you define your Jewish identity as a state of being. That is, "this is who I am." It is akin to saying "I have brown eyes" or "I have freckles."
However, in an era when people aren't participating in group or congregational activities as often, it's useful to go back to our tradition itself. We practise Judaism. Judaism doesn't rely on a theological belief system as do some evangelical Christians. Or, as my husband jokes, when somebody needs a 10th body for a minyan, no one asks what you believe. There's no extended questioning or exam. In that moment, we're defined by what we do – the person showed up when needed, ready to "do Jewish" in a Jewish space.
If you're wondering why anyone should care about this, it's because Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founding thinker of Reconstructionism, significantly affected North American Judaism as a whole. His concept of Jewish peoplehood affected every form of 20th- and 21st-century Judaism. Kaplan, while raised Orthodox, was a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative movement) until he retired. His son-in-law founded the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. So, even if you don't consider yourself a Reconstructionist, many aspects of how North American Jews understand their belonging to the Jewish people stem from Kaplan's mid-20th century work, which was conceived of as "radical" at the time.
Around the same time that I read about rebranding Judaism, I had a strange "blast" from the past. I was contacted by someone who had once been a dear close friend. How close? I'd lived with her for a year on a kibbutz in Israel. I ate dinner with her the night I got engaged. She stood up for me under the chuppah at my wedding – we were friends for 15 years. We often saw each other on a weekly basis, if not more often. This person was an essential part of my life.
As an aside, I'll stop to say it's just not in my nature to ditch a longtime friend or, as some say, ghosting. I wouldn't disappear or ignore someone on purpose. I take to heart the part of Pirkei Avot (Sayings of Our Fathers) 1:6 – "Find yourself a mentor, acquire for yourself a friend." While learning opportunities are a lifelong interest, I also understood the rabbis' interpretation of "acquiring" a friend. You have to invest and work on friendship. It takes time and effort. You have to show interest and concern about friends, and try to "pay them" that attention so that they will like you back.
What happened with my dear friend? In 2003, she was going through some life changes, as was I. We had a disagreement. Instead of discussing it and resolving things, or even fighting, she just dumped me. She wouldn't respond to me at all. For many years, it tore me apart. I missed her terribly, but, what's more, I felt as though if I'd just done something differently or been a better friend, this wouldn't have happened.
I sought her forgiveness several times. I tried to contact her on holidays and wish her well. I even emailed her brother to make sure she was healthy and OK, because the absolute silence and rejection seemed so unlike the previous 15 years of our friendship. In short, I tried hard to be her friend, to invest in repairing any wrongs, long after she'd left the partnership.
This was a painful life lesson. I eventually learned that no matter how hard I tried to fix things, friendships take two people. I couldn't do it on my own.
At first, I was thrilled to hear from this person again. I showed my husband the note I'd received, and I responded eagerly. My husband was more dispassionate and worried about me. He showed me something I'd overlooked. While clearly she'd laboured over the note's wording, it didn't look like it was personally sent to me. It might have been sent to multiple people she'd wronged over the years. While a group teshuvah (apology) is sometimes necessary, it's not the personal reconnection and friendship I'd craved.
My old friend is professionally affiliated with Jewish Reconstructionism. The rebranding of Reconstructing Judaism pushed me to reflect. One of her online statements says she embraces rachamim (compassion), gemilut hasadim (acts of lovingkindness) and ethical living – but there's sometimes a distance between what we "believe in" and what we do. I'm impressed that Reconstructing Judaism has taken a strong, active step. They're doing Jewish in an era when North America Judaism needs this leadership.
Corporations rebrand all the time. It boosts sales and changes their public images. It might be time that Judaism does the same. As for me, I've had an internal emotional rollercoaster – the loss of a long friendship perhaps made me a more cautious, distant person when it came to building new connections. I don't throw myself into friendships with the joie de vivre that I did as a teenager. In my rush to respond, my note to this old friend was still wary, with clichés. "Life is long. It's good to have friends."
Relearning this Jewish notion of acquiring friendship helped me put this episode in perspective. I wish I'd included it in my note. Could we learn together, invest in each other, do right by people, and create a rooted and relevant future? If that's what she's up for, I hope she writes back.
Joanne Seiff writes regularly for CBC Manitoba and various Jewish publications. She is the author of three books, including From the Outside In: Jewish Post Columns 2015-2016, a collection of essays available for digital download or as a paperback from Amazon. See more about her at joanneseiff.blogspot.com.
Posted on March 2, 2018 March 1, 2018 Author Joanne SeiffCategories Op-EdTags friendship, Judaism, Reconstructionist
Resolution on full inclusion
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, during its annual meeting, on March 28, overwhelmingly approved an expansive resolution affirming the full inclusion, equality and welcoming of all transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals.
The resolution commits the RRA to work for "full inclusion, acceptance, appreciation, celebration and welcome of people of all gender identities in Jewish life and in society at large." The document also "strongly advocates for the full equality of transgender, non-binary and gender non-confirming people and for equal protections for people of all gender identities under the law, at all levels of government, in North America and Israel."
In keeping with the ethos of Reconstructionist Judaism, the resolution's passage followed a democratic and deliberative process. Over the past year, representatives from Reconstructionist congregations, as well as the board of governors of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, approved similar resolutions. All of the central organizational bodies representing Reconstructionists have now raised their collective moral voice.
The RRA vote comes about a year and a half after the Union for Reform Judaism passed its Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People. The RRA is pleased to join the ranks of a growing number of Jewish religious and cultural institutions formally affirming transgender inclusion and establishing new policy guidelines.
The resolution aims to be a blueprint for action. Already, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College has graduated rabbis who identify as transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming. Individually, congregations have been taking steps toward the full inclusion of people of all gender identities. Congregation Bet Haverim in Atlanta, for example, is in the process of creating a fully inclusive chevra kadisha (burial society) that will ensure that Jews of all genders will have access to respectful and traditional rites throughout their entire lifecycle. Other congregations have been experimenting with methods of calling people up to Torah using non-binary and gender-neutral language.
Under the March resolution, efforts will be made to aggregate and share these innovations among the approximately 100 congregations and 350 rabbis of the Reconstructionist movement. In addition, the movement's website for ritual resources, ritualwell.org, will be expanding its existing resources giving expression to all-gender-inclusive values.
The full resolution can be found at jewishrecon.org.
Posted on May 5, 2017 May 3, 2017 Author Reconstructionist Rabbinical AssociationCategories WorldTags equality, inclusion, Judaism, Reconstructionist, transgender
Unique rabbinical road
Sandra Lawson is studying at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. (photo from Sandra Lawson)
Sandra Lawson, an African-American lesbian who converted to Judaism after being raised in a secular home, is now studying to be a rabbi at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Penn.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Lawson's dad was in the military, so the family moved around a lot, though mainly stayed in the Midwest. Her dad was a military recruiter and career counselor.
"My dad was raised a Christian, but I really had no religious upbringing when I was a child," Lawson told the Independent. "I knew about Jesus, and we would occasionally get invited to church, but there really was no religion in our house.
"On my mom's side, we had a back story of an ancestor who was Jewish. Like folklore, it really meant very little to me until I started on this Jewish path myself."
This path began when Lawson was an undergraduate student and needed another class to graduate. The only course available at the time was one on the Hebrew Bible, which Christians refer to as the Old Testament. The teacher was a Christian academic from Kenya.
"When I got to the class, the teacher told everyone they needed to get a Bible for the class," said Lawson. "But, he said to not get a King James version, as, he said, it's a bad translation.
"This class opened my mind a little bit to the Bible as a piece of literature. He made the Bible acceptable for me. It wasn't a book to be feared. Years later, I have a Jewish girlfriend and her sister invites me for Shabbat dinner. I thought, I like this. It's really cool. I shared with my girlfriend at the time that an early ancestor was Jewish, but that I know nothing about Judaism."
From that first Shabbat dinner, Lawson went to her girlfriend's family home every Friday night.
"They weren't Orthodox," said Lawson. "They were just a modern family that would stop everything for Shabbat. It was really cool. I loved the ritual. I loved how open the family was. I loved how they accepted and treated me."
Around this time, Lawson met Rabbi Joshua Lesser of the Reconstructionist Congregation Bet Haverim in Atlanta. Lesser hired Lawson as his personal trainer and, over the course of the two or three years she worked in that capacity, their friendship evolved and he invited her to his shul.
"I was hesitant," admitted Lawson. "I shared with him the story of my great-grandfather. Eventually, I did go and I fell in love with the community – not necessarily Judaism, at the time – but I loved the community. That's how I got interested.
"I started going to services regularly. The community has straight people, gay people and kids but, mostly, it is a space where I felt like I could be myself – something I'd never experienced before in a religious community."
Lawson went on to learn more about Judaism and, in 2003, she told Lesser she was thinking about converting. In the conversion classes she took, the teacher helped her see a broader view of Judaism.
"I loved the class," said Lawson. "I loved learning about the Jewish calendar and reading the Bible again, as a piece of literature. I loved learning about Jewish history."
After about a year of studies, the class was over. And, on Oct. 13, 2006 – the day before her 35th birthday – she converted to Judaism.
Lesser asked Lawson to be a congregational representative on the board for the gay members of the synagogue. A year later, when gay marriage was a hot topic in the presidential election debate, Lawson took her stance a bit further.
"It was sort of funny, because I didn't know anyone in my gay life who was even thinking about trying to change marriage laws," she said. "We were all just happy that we could be legally gay. Josh [Lesser] asked if I wanted to join the gay and lesbian task force, as they were coming to Atlanta to do some training. I was like, sure. And he's like, the good thing about it is, they need more diversity. They need more black and brown voices on these issues."
Lawson later joined a clergy-based group working on the issue. This group, according to Lawson, was all over the map as far as sexual orientation and most everything. But, what they did agree on was that the state had no business legislating what you did behind your own closed doors.
"The more I started to do volunteer work, the more I realized I wanted to have a more powerful effect, more ability to effect change … that I would need the title of rabbi … and here we are today, as I work on becoming one," said Lawson.
"Obviously, I'm different. There aren't a lot of rabbis that look like me. I think being on the edge of the fringes of Judaism allows me to be more flexible or more creative in the things I do."
One of the required classes that Lawson took last year was on entrepreneurship and thinking outside of the box. During that time, she was approached by the Jewish owner of a local vegan café she went to often, asking if she would be willing to lead services at the café on Friday evenings.
"I went back to class and told my teacher about it," said Lawson. "I wrote it up as a grant … so I had the grant to lead services at this Lansdale café (outside Philadelphia)."
They have been running services at the café for months now. Every Friday, Lawson shows up with two vegan challot and grape juice. Arnold (the café owner) sets up the place and invites friends and customers to stay for the service.
"Every time, we've had at least a minyan," said Lawson. "It's been a lot of fun. People can show up as they are, with their sandals, their shorts. We sing. We do a little Torah and welcome the Shabbat.
"People come because they want to see what's happening in the café … I think it was last week, Arnold had a flautist there, and people came to hear this guy play the flute. Also, I think, in May, there was a couple there who were not Jewish, but they had been taking a Christian class on Judaism. The class was finished, they saw this service and came to learn more about Judaism."
Next on Lawson's mind is leading services outside. "I don't know how I'm going to pull it off yet," she said. "Right now, I'm in this stage of trying to get a lot of buzz around different ways that people can do Shabbat.
"My dream, I don't know when it will happen, is to have a Shabbat morning service in the future, in a park. I'm someone who, I see God in nature a lot. To be running in the woods, when the sun is coming up, is the best way for me to pray in the morning. I know a lot of people could connect their Judaism to nature. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but I hope to."
Lawson is set to graduate rabbinical school in 2018.
Rebeca Kuropatwa is a Winnipeg freelance writer.
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Teton Range was a dynamic training ground for American alpinists. The creation of the Climbers Ranch pulled climbers out of the crowded tourist campgrounds and created a competitive scene similar to that found in Yosemite's Camp 4. Ranch Manager Rick Liu was a major motivator, constantly showing us young alpinists photos of virgin faces and potential new routes. He encouraged us to quit repeating the old classics, as was our habit in Yosemite. He told us to go out and put in our own routes. So we did. We climbed in the "good style" of the day: ground up, on-sight, without bolts.
Everything changed in the late 1980s. Trad zones like Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Tetons were ignored by the climbing mags, as they raved about the virtues of being superhip by climbing higher-rated micro routes with no commitment or danger. Why spend all that effort to hike into the lonely mountains when you might get stormed off? Why not park below the sport crag and make the scene dressed in your most revealing lycra, climbing a higher-rated route with a fraction of the effort and none of the danger or uncertainty of an alpine climb? It was a no-brainer.
Eventually, this sport-climbing mentality corrupted the ethics of an entire generation of climbers—and the rock as well. Big-wall sport climbers routinely bolt existing routes, "free" climbing manufactured holds and peg scars on their way to fame. Is the "free" ascent of El Cap's Nose route the "greatest free climb of all time" or media hype? How can the media even call the Jardine Traverse free climbing?
Some of us climbed full-time back in the late 1970s and early '80s: spring and fall in Yosemite, the Tetons in summer, construction in winter. It was good, a simple life filled with the simple joy of achieving simple goals. But that was long ago, and this simpleton somehow morphed over the years into a sword-swinging psycho.
In 1998, my modem, hectic hell called life totally melted down. It seemed like a good time to leave town before I went down in a gun battle with police. The Tetons were an appealing destination, and my probation officer agreed to give me a travel permit as long as I continued my weekly anger-management classes. I hadn't spent any real time in the Tetons in 15 years and was somewhat apprehensive that I might find my home range cruelly twisted by modem "progress." I was pleasantly surprised to find that this geographically secluded alpine arena was still an uncorrupted gem.
The massive south buttress of Mt. Moran has a 1,500-foot face located above a remote and trailless chunk of paradise and swamp called Leigh Canyon. Between South Buttress Central, a mediocre route with two quality pitches and 40 feet of hard 5.10, and the South Buttress Right, a moderate classic with 80 feet of 5.10a and a spot of 5.11, lies 700 feet of virgin wall.
On this section of wall in June, 1998, I worked out the line of South Buttress Drifter (V 5.10c) over a period of three days. I had never placed a bolt in the Tetons up to this point and was proud of it. I had, however, backed off a 3,000-foot virgin face on the west side of Moran because, when confronted by a multipitch slab with but one bolt in the kit, I felt underequipped. On Drifter, I created an all-free route up the south face with just three bolts. This circuitous route wanders across slabs and through complex roof bands. With bolts, I could have face climbed direct linkages and avoided long traverses, but instead I chose to follow the natural line. I originally thought my proud route was 5.11a, but when I repeated it a month later with John Kelley, we down-rated it to 5.10c. The 4th pitch, a steep 5.11 endurance solo-first-ascent effort, well-protected with 12 to 14 pieces of gear, was only 5.10 when John cruised it with five pieces of gear.
I bypassed the other crux, a reachy problem above a bolt, by climbing an unlikely hanging arête. Drifter is a lot harder at 5.10 than South Buttress Right (5.11) or South Buttress Central (5.10+), because it has a lot more 5.10 climbing, some runouts and some 5.10 that cannot be aided. It's comparable in quality and effort to the Black Canyon's Scenic Cruise.
I returned to Moran in late September, 1998, intent on another, even bigger route. I was feeling really disconnected from our phony dysfunctional American society and just wanted to stock my camp up in the mountains and work on my route—alone.
People ask me this all the time, and I'm getting really sick of it.
"No. I'm not OK," I yelled.
The government had taken control of my house and possessions, and I was living out of my car. I got a cell phone, so my last customers could contact me as my business collapsed. Should I bring my cell phone on the route? The weather had been stormy; I could get weather reports. I left it behind.
I spent seven days and 14 nights in rainy weather on Whirl of Hate (VI 5.10 A4). It was quality: runout face climbing up big slabbers, some nailing out a big roof, more 5.10 face, some easy aid, days on end climbing alone. There was no place I'd rather have been, and I didn't want to go back to civilization anyway.
It was good until about October 6, when a big snowstorm rolled in with high winds. My sunny south face turned into the ice planet. I was one pitch of friction from the top of the wall and out of food. I spent three hungry days trapped in my leaking portaledge buffeted by high winds and pummeled by falling ice. I was gripped that my ledgefly would tear, leaving me exposed to the storm. Retreat was impossible, as my ropes and the rock that I had to rappel and pendulum down were all covered in thick ice.
It was a very dark side as I shivered in my sodden pit. I remember spending a whole day debating whether or not I should just untie and jump.
The sun returned, and I gaped in wonder at the changes below. In two days, the foliage in Leigh Canyon went green to red, and now elk were bugling with need. My stomach was also bugling, so I hoofed it to Leigh Lake and my food cache at my canoe, happy to have a simple goal, even if it was in the wrong direction. But I had rapped off with my bag, and I was crestfallen to have missed my main goal: the top of the wall.
In July, 2000, just before I went to Baffin Island, John Kelley and I returned to Mt. Moran for another project, the Kelley-Beyer route (VI 5.12 A0).
Just right of Drifter's fourth pitch, John led a blank comer with ledge-fall potential off the 5.10 crux. Above, I led a 5.11 bulge up into an arch. The arch looked too blank to free, so I banged in a good knifeblade and top-stepped to preview my options. The blade blew, and I took a 20-footer, landing on my back on a slab. I locked eyes with John and saw apprehension. It was the moment of truth. I started laughing like a psycho, and the moment passed.
I abandoned the arch. I could have traversed left to easier ground and an all-free pitch, but didn't—it was too close to Drifter. Instead, I traversed right to a spectacular arête. I drilled two aid bolts to reach the free climbing. While drilling a hole in ledge-fall danger, I started wigging out. The 5/32-inch bathook I was drilling off of kept popping out of its shallow hole. That bolt was a shakefest, but I finally got it in and collapsed gratefully onto it. While contemplating the difficult climbing above and registering the growing impatience of my partner, a young rope gun who would cruise this crux, I lowered off and let John run with it.
Higher up the route is our ambitious goal: a big, blank, high-angle slab. It was John's lead, and he pulled a 5.11 crux right off my one-bolt belay. An overhanging comer was protected by sketchy wires on screamers and one bolt went in free onsight at continuous, contortionist 5.11, with a spot of 5.12.
The roof above went easily, and John was on the Great Slab. After drilling one bolt, he traversed right on fragile 5.10 crystals right above the very sharp edge of the roof below. After this super scary traverse, he finished the pitch on continuous 5.11/5.11+ with 20- to 25-foot runouts between bolts. This pitch is probably the hardest bold lead in the range. South Buttress Central crosses the Great Slab a bit higher and we traversed off and rappelled down Drifter because we were down to our last two bolts.
A few days later we were back, and I led a dangerous 5.10a pitch protected by sketchy aluminum heads and two bolts. John flashed the roof (5.11) at the top of the Great Slab and then avoided an easy shattered chimney with a clean 5.11 bulge. We bivied at the top of the face and then continued 4,000 to 5,000 feet up the South Ridge on generally easy (5.6-5.8) soloing and some four to five roped pitches (one directly out of a notch at 5.9/5.10) to the summit of Mt. Moran. We rushed down the CMC route (which is some 3,000 feet of scrambling) in the hopes of getting to our bivy gear before dark. We didn't make it and spent a memorable night in the rain without it.
While some people will slam us for not freeclimbing every pitch in "redpoint style," I would counter that we are alpinists and not sport climbers. We were climbing a big alpine route onsight and think that it's OK to rest on our bolts to change our drill bits before the next runout. Our route, done ground-up, onsight over two attempts with hangs on bolts, a yo-yo lead, and two bolts of aid is not perfect style or an "all-free ascent" — but such a sport climbing goal is tainted. "Red point" ascents allow rap bolts, pre-placed protection, and custom-length pre-placed draws, all taints not available to alpinists.
While these three routes are not typical of most Teton climbs, I hope they illustrate the type of opportunities still available to alpinists in the Tetons. I know that once American climbers return to the adventure of this style of climbing and become comfortable with putting in their own routes in their own home range, they, too, will seek adventure in the Greater Ranges as have so many Teton climbers before them.
New Routes (all three routes are located on the south face of Mt. Moran [12, 605']): South Buttress Drifter (V 5.10c), three days, July, 1998, Jim Beyer, solo. Whirl of Hate (VI 5.10 A4 to high point), seven days/14 bivies, October, 1998, Jim Beyer, solo. The Kelley-Beyer route (VI 5.12a A0), six days/six nights over two attempts, July, 2000, John Kelley, Jim Beyer.
Jim Beyer, 45, is a divorced father of two. His daughter, Lena, is 4, and his stepson, Michael Walsh, is 11. He works in Durango, Colorado, as a semi-retired builder and landlord. He started serious climbing in 1974 in Yosemite. Although he climbs all manner of natural terrain proficiently, he is most gifted soloing extreme techno aid climbs.


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Бронислав Адольфович Кежун (8 сентября 1914, Петроград — 23 апреля 1984, Ленинград) — советский поэт и переводчик, журналист, военный корреспондент.

Краткие биографические данные
Родился 8 сентября 1914 года в Петрограде, в рабочей польской семье. В 1931 году поступил в школу ФЗУ «Юный пролетарий» в Ленинграде. В 1934 году после окончания ФЗУ работал помощником паровозного машиниста, затем поступил учиться в Вечерний рабочий литературный университет им. А. М. Горького в Москве.

Начал писать стихи ещё в школе (печатались в журнале «Пионер» и газете «Пионерская правда»). В 1935 году издательством «Советский писатель» была издана первая книга стихов «Родина», затем сборник «Стихи» и «Дороги в мир».

Член Союза писателей СССР с 1939 года.

В годы Великой Отечественной войны служил военным корреспондентом в газетах Карельского, Третьего Украинского и Второго Дальневосточного фронтов. Войну закончил на Дальнем Востоке. В сборниках поэта отражены его фронтовые пути, проходящие на суровом Севере, на Дунае, на озере Балатон, в горах Австрии и в маньчжурских долинах, на Южном Сахалине, Карельском, Третьем Украинском, Втором Дальневосточном фронтах. В Беломорске вышли его стихотворные сборники: «Рассказы северных гор» (1942), «Красноармейские стихи» (1943), «Рассказ о русском богатыре» (1943) года.

Творчество

Автор многочисленных сборников стихов, поэм, пародий (в частности, цикл «Колючая антология»), фельетонов и эпиграмм. Как отметил Всеволод Рождественский в предисловии к сборнику Б. Кежуна «Пути-дороги дальние» «…поэту свойственно чувство юмора, мягкой иронии. Помимо своих основных тем, он разрабатывает довольно редкий жанр литературной пародии, создает целую галерею сатирических портретов в духе дружеского шаржа… Содержание сборников Б. Кежуна многообразно…среди всего этого тематического многообразия наиболее значительной и широкой является…военная тема, особенно близкая автору и в прошлом и в настоящем.»

Переводил стихи украинских, белорусских, эстонских, литовских поэтов, а также поэтов Болгарии, Польши, Сербии, Чехословакии.

На стихи Б. Кежуна писали музыку В. Сорокин, Д. Прицкер, Е. Овчинников и другие композиторы. В Ленинградской области, на берегу Ладожского озера на мемориале «Разорванное кольцо», посвящённом «Дороге жизни» и входящем в Зелёный пояс Славы, выбиты строки Б. Кежуна:

Потомок, знай: в суровые года,

Верны народу, долгу и Отчизне,

Через торосы ладожского льда

Отсюда мы вели дорогу Жизни,

Чтоб жизнь не умирала никогда.

В 1985 году вышел последний сборник «Партизанская слава», подготовленный Б. Кежуном и завершенный после смерти поэта его женой, ветераном войны Е. Д. Кежун. Сборник посвящён памяти воинов Великой Отечественной войны и является первой антологией советской партизанской поэзии и лучших произведений о партизанах, созданных поэтами в послевоенное время.

Избранная библиография
Сборники стихов:
 «Дороги в мир» (1939)
 «Красноармейские стихи» (1943)
 Песня о доме (1947)
 «Дальние дороги» (1950)
 «Волга-Дон» (1951)
 «Стихотворения» (1954, 1972)
 «Зигзаги вдоль бумаги» (1957)
 «Самое смешное» (1957)
 «Веселая азбука от А до Я: пародии» (1960)
 «Заветные огни» (1962)
 «Веселая книга» (1964)
 «Доброе солнце: лирика и сатира» (1964)
 «Стихи о Ленинграде» (1967)
 «Пути-дороги дальние» (1970)
 «Знаки на бересте» (1970)
 «Поэты и портреты: литературные пародии» (1974)
 «Дыхание земли: стихи и поэмы» (1977)
 «Подвигу твоему, Ленинград. Альбом» (1978)
 «Вечный огонь: Стихотворения и поэма» (1984)
 «Письма к друзьям: стихи последних лет» (1984)

Литературные пародии и эпиграммы автора входили в сборники «Антологий сатиры и юмора России XX века».

Литература
Хренков Д., Заметки о поэзии, «Москва», 1960, № 6.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Эпиграммы Бронислава Кежуна
 Память народа

Фронтовые корреспонденты Великой Отечественной войны
Сатирики СССР
Пародисты СССР
Члены Союза писателей СССР
Участники советско-японской войны (СССР)

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As the rumors and heavy allegations start flying high, Mississippi burning and mudslinging is piling up. Generally where there is smoke, there is fire and damage is being done. In this case the allegations are tied to Auburn quarterback and Heisman trophy candidate Cam Newton, and his father Cecil Newton (a Deacon of five Atlanta based churches) for possibly accepting funds, in order for Cam to attend College in Mississippi.
Newton is a freak athlete, with height weight and a ton of speed in a six-foot six, two-hundred fifty-three pound frame. He is a triple crown of scoring, he has thrown, run and caught touchdown passes for the War Eagles, in 2010. Auburn is ranked #2 in the BCS polls, because of the play and leadership of Cam Newton, and they still have a shot at the National Championship.
Cam originally signed with University of Florida Gators out of High School and played behind Tim Tebow. Newton was arrested for possession of stolen property, charged on Friday, November 21, 2008. The crimes he was charged with were felony counts of burglary, larceny, and obstruction of justice. The allegations were that Newton stole a laptop from another student (worth $1,700) and threw it out of his dorm window. There were accusations that he hid the stolen laptop after being caught, which led to the further charge of obstruction of justice by impeding the original investigation, and tossing the laptop. Newton was suspended from the team. The charges against Newton were eventually dropped when he agreed to go through a court-approved pretrial diversion program. Newton ended up transferring to Blinn College in Texas for the 2009 season.
There are lots of actors in this soon to be block buster Soap Opera, coming to a theatre near you. The lead, Kenny Rogers former Mississippi St. football player and owner of Elite Football Preparation, a company that aids High School and Junior College players find colleges in order to extend their careers, as well as Training, Summer Camps and Prep work for troubled youth. Best supporting actor's former teammate John Bond a Mississippi State recruiter, Cam Newton, Cecil Newton and the Mississippi State Bag Man.
The plot of the story, Mississippi State really wanted Cam Newton. Newton's Camp asking for upward of $200,000 was OK and Mississippi State was willing to pay it until, Newton camp decided to go elsewhere because they were out bid by another institution?
This is the tip of the iceberg of College Football, booster money flows heavy, summer jobs are plentiful, car dealerships help with used and new wheels, apartments are that of a second year banking Vice President. What Mississippi State needs to worry about, is the NCAA and IRS will soon be making a visit. Get ready to open the doors for what they are accusing Auburn of, might bite them. Once the doors are opened and opened wide, they (the NCAA) normally find a lot of things that are not legal, not only in Football, but it opens the door for all collegiate sports at the Universities Institution.
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Q: Pointer reference and dereference I have the following code:
#include <iostream>

char ch[] = "abcd";

int main() {
    std::cout << (long)(int*)(ch+0) << ' '
         << (long)(int*)(ch+1) << ' '
         << (long)(int*)(ch+2) << ' '
         << (long)(int*)(ch+3) << std::endl;

    std::cout << *(int*)(ch+0) << ' '
         << *(int*)(ch+1) << ' '
         << *(int*)(ch+2) << ' '
         << *(int*)(ch+3) << std::endl;
    std::cout << int('abcd') << ' '
         << int('bcd') << ' '
         << int('cd') << ' '
         << int('d') << std::endl;
}

My question is why the pointer of 'd' is 100 ? I think it should be:
int('d') << 24; //plus some trash on stack after ch

And the question is why the second and the third line of the stdout are different ?

6295640 6295641 6295642 6295643
1684234849 6579042 25699 100
1633837924 6447972 25444 100

Thanks.

A: int('d') is character 'd' converted to int and its decimal value is 100. You can take a look at ASCII table.
Besides this you use pointer arithmetic that is not correct, because every read of ch + x when x > 0 will read past the end of array.

so why the last number of the second row is 100 ? it should be 100 <<
  24 plus some trash

Possibly you read 100,0,0,0 (though any garbage is possible on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place) and it is read as 100 because of endiannes. The same as why "3rd entry is : (int)('d'*256 + 'c') = 25699 and not 'c'*256 + 'd'.
And if someone was interested why (int)(ch+2) = (int)('d'*256 + 'c') = 25699
C++ Standard n3337 § 2.14.3/1

(...)An ordinary character literal that contains a single c-char has
  type char, with value equal to the numerical value of the encoding of
  the c-char in the execution character set. An ordinary character
  literal that contains more than one c-char is a multicharacter
  literal. A multicharacter literal has type int and
  implementation-defined value.(...)

A: The code is not warning-free
warning: multi-character character constant [-Wmultichar]

output is:
6296232 6296233 6296234 6296235
1684234849 6579042 25699 100
1633837924 6447972 25444 100

Explanation:
for 1st line, presuming pointer ch has value 6296232, it has pointer values for ch, ch+1, ch+2, ch+3 printed
for 2nd line, presuming one int is 4 bytes on 32 bit machine,
1st entry is : (int)('d'*256*256*256 + 'c'*256*256 + 'b'*256 + 'a') = 1684234849
2nd entry is : (int)('d'*256*256 + 'c'*256 + 'b') = 6579042
3rd entry is : (int)('d'*256 + 'c') = 25699
4th entry is : (int)('d') = 100 (ASCII value of 'd)

for 3rd line, presuming one int is 4 bytes on 32 bit machine,
1st entry is : (int)('d' + 'c'*256 + 'b'*256*256 + 'a'*256*256*256) = 1633837924
2nd entry is : (int)('d' + 'c'*256 + 'b'*256*256) = 6447972
3rd entry is : (int)('d' + 'c'*256) = 25444
4th entry is : (int)('d') = 100 (ASCII value of 'd)

A: Well, you are invoking undefined behavior, what do you expect is a sane answer ? ;)

The second row is invoking undefined behavior:
std::cout << *(int*)(ch+0)

is alright, because there are indeed sizeof(int) bytes worth of data at ch+0, however:
*(int*)(ch+2)

and
*(int*)(ch+3)

involve reading past the end of the array whenever sizeof(int) 4 bytes or more (and most compilers/platforms use 4 bytes).
So, why do you expect garbage after the array ? Why is it not acceptable to have bytes with a value of 0 ?
It's undefined behavior, thus anything is, by definition, acceptable. Including 0.
And thus you are reading (100, 0, 0, 0) as an integer, which is displayed as 100.

Why 100 and not 100 << 24 you ask ?
Well, this is a matter of Endianness. If your platform is little-endian, then (100, 0, 0, 0) is interpreted as 100 and if it is big-endian then (100, 0, 0, 0) is interpreted as 100 << 24.
You seem to be on a little-endian platform: all x86 and x86_64 CPUs such as Intel/AMD are little-endian.

Note: in std::cout << (long)(int*)(ch+0) the cast to long is unnecessary, ostream can display void const* and there is an implicit conversion from T* to void* so you would get the address without long.

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For those just looking to support your basic DSLR setup, the 701HDV + Tripod over at B&H is a pretty sweet lightweight setup. Over at Amazon, this same setup runs you about $269. Sure the Amazon package comes with a useless monopod - not worth it. With the current rebates offered over at B&H you can get this very professional fluid head setup for around $184. Yeah, that's a pretty nice price you won't even find over at eBay. Olivia touched a bit on the 190XDB Aluminum tripod in the middle of this video (below).
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I just bought the 701HDV a couple of days ago, but after watching a video about the 501HDV I'm a bit confused wither i should keep it or sell it and get the 501HDV. I'm using a Canon 60D and a 055XPROB legs. Those friction knobs looks pretty handy! I haven't used a 501HDV myself, so i need some help, please.
It's a pretty good price indeed. Only $40-50 over those 717AH with sticks combination, although those usually come with a spreader. Do you know if there's a spreader you can use with this one?
@Adam - It certainly does not look like it's damaged. I guess the do come too short. I'm not sure if it can be removed.
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My husband did a lot for me today, breakfast, hugs, and all. Even took us all to a walk by a lake.
The problem is that you believe it's your special day. It's not. It's a gimmick. So you now have expectations. Expectations It should be amaizing , and end up feeling like you do make the cut. And all resentfully. Well really it wasn't about you. It was about some company that wanted to make more money out of people and just came up with it.
I know , I sound jaded but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Today I will have a normal mom day. And if I get blessed with anything great if not not bothered.
I'm a single mom. And I would have to organise it all myself. This year I just decided I am own boss. Right? I don't have to cause this kinda stress for my self. And cancelled it. No mother's or children where harmed in the process of this decition. I considered it kindness towards myself.
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I absolutely dread this holiday every year. I am so glad I'm not the only one. Thank you for the validation.


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Michelle Menzies (born April 28, 1972 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian former pair skater. With partner Jean-Michel Bombardier, she won the gold medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1995 and 1996.

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1972 births
Canadian female pair skaters
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Q: SQL Server pattern matching..regular expression? I am trying to search for P.O Box in an address field.
Is this the best solution ?
SELECT *
FROM [Address] WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE
Addressline1   LIKE ('%p.o%box%')   OR
Addressline1   LIKE ('%p.o.box%')   OR
Addressline1   LIKE ('%po%box%')    OR
Addressline1   LIKE ('%p o%box%')

Should I use regular expression ?
Thanks
Jothish

A: The LIKE keyword has just a bit of RegEx-like capability; see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179859.aspx (just click 'Other Versions' to get corresponding page for SQL Server 2005).
You can use the underscore '_' as a "single-character wildcard", e.g. "LIKE '%P_O_Box%'" means "the letter 'P' followed by any 1 character followed by 'O' followed by any 1 character followed by 'Box'".
You can use square-brackets '[]' to look for a range or set of characters, e.g. '%P[. ]O[. ]Box%', meaning "'P' followed by a space or a period (and nothing else), followed by 'O', followed by a space or period, followed by 'Box'".
Side-note: You don't need the parenthesis around the comparison-strings.
But ultimately, as billinkc suggested, you should standardize the data in this field if at all possible.


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Research assistant Laura Coughlin, seated, Dr. Andrew Koh, and Dr. Tiffany Simms-Waldrep use an anaerobic chamber as part of a study investigating how the gut's bacteria defense system fights off Candida albicans infection.
In the study, published online in Nature Medicine, scientists identified how a certain transcription factor – a protein that that turns genes on and off – works in partnership with a naturally occurring antibiotic to kill infection-causing fungi called Candida albicans.
These particular fungi, best known as a cause of yeast infections and oral thrush, can be lethal if they overgrow and invade the bloodstream from the gut. At high risk for this type of infection are stem cell transplant and leukemia patients whose immune systems are suppressed during treatment. Up to 25 percent of cancer patients develop bloodstream infections from bacteria or fungi.
"For a cancer patient with a Candida bloodstream infection, the fatality rate is about 30 percent. Candida is the No. 1 fungal pathogen," said senior author Dr. Andrew Koh, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology, and a member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern.
Certain antibiotics do fight invasive Candida infection, but they are not always effective and antibiotic resistance increasingly has become an issue. Dr. Koh's research team aimed to uncover how the body's natural immune defense system might be enhanced to fight a Candida infection.
About half of the population carries Candida in the gut, where the yeast is usually harmless. When the organism overgrows, it may leave the gut and cause infection. Commensal bacteria, the resident bacteria of the gut, normally defend against disease by inhibiting growth of potentially pathogenic organisms.
By studying how mice infected with Candida responded in different scenarios, the researchers discovered how to enhance the body's natural ability to eradicate infection, in this case Candida.
Specifically, the researchers found that enhancing the transcription factor HIF-1α with L-mimosine led to increased production of the natural antibiotic peptide LL-37, which in turn killed the fungi. L-mimosine is a natural product derived from seeds of the koa haole tree that is not approved as a drug but is known to boost HIF-1α activity. The study also suggested that certain gut bacteria – Cloistridial Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes – may be important in producing short-chain fatty acids that help fight infection.
More study is needed to pinpoint the optimal method of inducing the body's gut defense system, whether through use of an agent like L-mimosine or by administering short-chain fatty acids such as vinegar.
Study lead author Di Fan formerly worked in Dr. Koh's lab. Other contributing authors were Laura Coughlin, research assistant in Pediatrics; Jiwoong Kim and Minsoo Kim, computational biologists in Clinical Sciences; Dr. Xiaowei Zhan, Assistant Professor of Clinical Science and in the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense; Dr. Tiffany Simms-Waldrip, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and member of the Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program; Dr. Yang Xie, Associate Professor of Clinical Science; and Dr. Lora Hooper, Professor of Immunology, Microbiology, and in the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense. Dr. Hooper, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, holds the Jonathan W. Uhr, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Immunology and is Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research, in Honor of Dr. Bill S. Vowel.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Roberta I. and Norman L. Pollock Fund, and a Global Probiotics Council Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics.
UT Southwestern's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center includes 13 major cancer care programs with a focus on treating the whole patient with innovative treatments, while fostering groundbreaking basic research that has the potential to improve patient care and prevention of cancer worldwide. In addition, the Center's education and training programs support and develop the next generation of cancer researchers and clinicians.
The Simmons Cancer Center is among only 30 U.S. cancer research centers to be named a National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating Site, a prestigious new designation by the NCI, and the only cancer center in North Texas to be so designated. The designation and associated funding is designed to bolster the cancer center's clinical cancer research for adults and to provide patients access to cancer research trials sponsored by the NCI, where promising new drugs often are tested.


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Q: How to observe adding class to div In my div I want to observe his class, so when this class passed is added to my div, I execute some js function.
Initial div :

after adding a new class :

my function to execute :
function fill() {
        jQuery('#check').show();
        jQuery('#check-val').hide();
    }

A: You could also use a mutation observer on that div to detect when a class is added. Notice the usage of mutation observers..  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver
    var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
       mutations.forEach(function(mutation) {
         if (mutation.attributeName === "class") {
            if ($(mutation.target).hasClass('passed')){
                    alert("passed class was added");
                    fill();
           }
         }
     });
  });

observer.observe(document.getElementById('1'), {
  attributes: true
});

Here is a jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/e37am2hq/