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Wicker Park, Chicago
View of Milwaukee Avenue and North Avenue in Wicker Park, with the skyline of downtown, Chicago in the background
View of Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park
Wicker Park is a neighborhood in the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois,[1] west of the Kennedy Expressway, east of Humboldt Park, and south of the Bloomingdale Trail, known for its hipster culture, art community, nightlife, and food scene.[2][3][4]
Wicker Park has seen real estate and commercial development, particularly along the CTA Blue Line subway.[5] It is home to many luxury boutique shops and several flagship stores including Adidas Originals, Champion, Arc'teryx, and Yeti. Within the 60622 zip code, Wicker Park is home to some of Chicago's most expensive real estate with median home prices over $550,000.[6][7]
Geography[edit]
The neighborhood is west of Pulaski Park, northwest of The Loop, north of East Village and Ukrainian Village, east of Humboldt Park, and south of Bucktown. The 4 acre Chicago Park District, Wicker Park, is an outdoor gathering place in the neighborhood.
The borders of the Wicker Park neighborhood are generally accepted to be the Bloomingdale Trail (also known as the 606) to the north (~coordinate 1800 North), although historically it has ranged as far north as Armitage (~coordinate 2000 N) at times,[8] Ashland Avenue to the east (~coordinate 1600 W), Division to the south (~coordinate 1200 N), and Western Avenue to the west (~coordinate 2400 W).
Wicker Park Historic District.
The Wicker Park Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago. Much of Wicker Park was also designated as a Chicago Landmark District.[9]
19th century[edit]
In late 1868, the Chicago Board of Public Works announced the desire to build a park "lying west of Milwaukee avenue and south of North avenue. The grounds are of considerable capacity and are laid out in a tasteful and attractive manner as a park."[10] Present at the meeting was alderman Charles Wicker, who, with his brother Joel, purchased 80 acres (32 ha) of land along Milwaukee Avenue in 1870 and laid out a subdivision with a mix of lot sizes surrounding a 4-acre (1.6 ha) park. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 spurred the first wave of development, as homeless Chicagoans looked to build new houses.
Before the end of the 19th century, Germans and Norwegians tended to live in the area's north and northwestern sections. Wicker Park became the abode of Chicago's wealthy Northern European immigrants. The district proved especially popular with merchants, who built large mansions along the neighborhood's choicest streets—particularly on Hoyne and Pierce, just southwest of North and Damen−known then as Robey. Hoyne was known then as "Beer Baron Row", as many of Chicago's wealthiest brewers built mansions there.[11][12]
Turn of the century[edit]
With the end of the 19th century the area was subsumed into the surrounding. Polish Downtown, being adjacent to Wicker Park (city park), which gave the neighborhood its name, also became known as the "Polish Gold Coast".[13] In the 1890s and 1900s, immigration from Poland and the completion of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Lines greatly boosted the population density of West Town, especially in areas east of Wicker Park. The area around Division, Milwaukee, and Ashland was once known as "Kostkaville",[14] and the intersection retains the names "Polonia Triangle − Polish Triangle" to the present day.
Wicker park sign in 1999
The provisional government of Poland met in Wicker Park during World War I. The near Northwest Side became home to many of the most opulent churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago, built in the Polish Cathedral style of Renaissance Revival and Baroque Revival architecture in the Eastern U.S.
1930s–1950s[edit]
Polish immigration into the area accelerated during and after World War II when as many as 150,000 Poles are estimated to have arrived between 1939 and 1959 as Displaced Persons (DPs). Like the Ukrainians in neighboring Ukrainian Village, they clustered in established ethnic enclaves like this one that offered shops, restaurants, and banks where people spoke their language. Division Street was referred to as Polish Broadway.[15] Poet John Guzlowski whose parents first came to the area as DPs commented on growing up in the area in the 1950s that "it felt like everyone was a Pole", a place where the local store owners, priests, cops, trash men, teachers, librarians all either spoke Polish or had family that did.[16]
Nelson Algren's literary output lionized the Division Street strip in his books such as The Man with the Golden Arm and Never Come Morning focusing on the stories of junkies, gamblers, hookers, and drunks in some areas of that neighborhood.[15] Writing about the area's Polish American underclass against the background of prevalent anti-immigrant xenophobia was taken by Poles as blatant Anti-Polonism[17] and resulted in the book Never Come Morning being banned for decades from the Chicago Public Library system over the massive outcry by Chicago Polonia.[17] Later controversies to commemorate Algren would bring these old wounds back to the surface, most recently when Polonia Triangle was to be renamed to honor the deceased author.[17]
Beginning in the 1960s, Wicker Park began to change radically. Construction of the Kennedy Expressway, completed in 1960, had displaced many residents and torn holes in the sustaining network of Polish-American churches, settlement houses, and neighborhood groups.[15] Additionally Puerto Ricans and other Latinos displaced by urban renewal in Old Town and Lincoln Park began moving in. In 1960 Latinos comprised less than 1 percent of West Town's population, but by 1970 that number was up to 39 percent.[15] Split from the Lincoln Park neighborhood by the Chicago River and then the Kennedy Expressway in the late 1950s and 60s, it contained the second largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in Chicago. It was the original home to the largest Latino gang at the time, the Latin Kings. The Young Lords, a human rights movement under the leadership of Jose Cha Cha Jimenez respectfully worked with the Latin Kings and held sit-ins with L.A.D.O. at the Wicker Park Welfare Office and large nonviolent marches to city hall with the Spanish Action Committee. Urban renewal projects were undertaken to combat "urban blight" in some parts of the neighborhood, but disinvestment continued at a rapid clip as downtown banks redlined West Town for much of the mid-20th century.[15]
Wicker Park was also promoted by the city's urban renewal plans, as a good "suburb within the city" because of its easy access to downtown, via Milwaukee and the elevated train (via Damen and Division stations). Chicago and Wicker Park reached a nadir in the 1970s, a decade when the city overall lost 11% of its population. During the 1970s, hundreds of cases of insurance-motivated arson were reported in Wicker Park, near St. Elizabeth Hospital. Many small factories near the area (many in woodworking) also closed or moved away. The city increased building code enforcement and raised taxes. The shift from manufacturing to the new city sponsored service economy also increased unemployment in the area and it was now in a downward decline. North Avenue between Western Avenue & Milwaukee Avenue became notorious for prostitution and drug dealers and gang crimes. The setting now became feasible for the neighborhood associations to organize land grab tours of real estate and speculators and developers saw a gold mine. The entire Puerto Rican Community along with other low income residents were displaced.
Milwaukee, North, and Damen in May 1988.
Efforts by community development groups like Northwest Community Organization (NCO) to stabilize the community through new affordable-housing construction in the 1980s coincided with the arrival of artists attracted by the neighborhood's easy access to the Loop, cheap loft space in the abandoned factories, and distinctly urban feel.
In 1989, the "Around the Coyote" festival was launched to help the hundreds of working artists and micro-galleries in the neighborhood to gain a level of local and international prominence. This 501(c)3 non-profit was established with the mission to "bring to the art community a professional organization that will help artists network and exhibit their art."[18] For decades, the festival centered on the Flatiron Arts Building and was typically held during the month of October, Chicago's Artist Month.[19] Since 2008 "Around the Coyote" moved downtown, officially marking an end of an era, in 2008 it was renamed Looptopia. The presence of local artists also declined in the area, many migrated to other art communities in Pilsen, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Jefferson Park, Rogers Park, and Uptown.[citation needed]
21st century[edit]
The Real World: Chicago residence on July 16, 2001, note the vandalism (red paint on the door)[20][21] and street-level brick that has been worn due to graffiti and its continued removal due to protests against perceived gentrification that the show promulgated.
The present day neighborhood is best known for its numerous commercial and entertainment establishments, and being a convenient place to live for downtown workers due to its proximity to public transportation and The Loop. In 2001, MTV's reality TV show The Real World: Chicago was also staged in Wicker Park, which caused protests due to perceived promotion of gentrification.[22] In the past two decades crime has decreased and many new homes have been built as well as older homes being restored, leading to increased business activity. The neighborhood is extremely trendy known for hosting emerging bands, high fashion boutiques, cutting-edge gourmet restaurants and bakeries, European-style cafes, upscale independent grocers, and artsy businesses.[23] [24]
Rooftop art gallery party near El tracks in 2007, Sears Tower visible in background
In a September 2012 Forbes article, Wicker Park was named the #4 hippest hipster neighborhood in the country.[25]
Wicker Park, along with other nearby West Town neighborhoods, has seen rising property values and increasing tax rates, increasing taxes levied by the city. In 2016 the city overall saw an average increase in taxes of 13%, when the city government raised the property tax rate and re-assessed housing values, however Wicker Park saw a 28.1% average increase.[26] Nearby developments including the Bloomingdale Trail (otherwise known as The 606) have fueled an increase in property values and helped spur other large scale developments.[27]
Panorama of the intersections of North, Damen, and Milwaukee Avenues in Wicker Park.
Education[edit]
Wicker Park residents are zoned to various schools in the Chicago Public Schools district.
A. N. Pritzker School, formerly the Wicker Park School, is a performing arts-magnets school in the neighborhood which serves elementary and middle school students. Additionally, Sabin Dual Language School and Lasalle II are also located in the neighborhood.[28]
Sabin Dual Language Magnet School is a dual language magnet school.[29]
Jonathan Burr Elementary School serves Kindergarten through 8th grade families.[30]
LaSalle II Magnet School is a magnet school modeled after LaSalle World Language Academy.[31]
Culture[edit]
Residents[edit]
Notable past and current residents include:
Nelson Algren, local author, lived on the 3rd floor of 1958 West Evergreen Avenue 1959–1975
Colt Cabana, professional wrestler
CM Punk, professional wrestler
Hannibal Buress, comedian
Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts, actors[32]
Notable past and current musicians who have/now live or work in Wicker Park include:
Liz Phair, singer-songwriter, penned her first album Exile in Guyville in Wicker Park
James Iha, guitarist of the band Smashing Pumpkins
Matt Skiba, singer/guitarist of The Alkaline Trio.
Also: Wilco, Tim Kinsella, Joan of Arc (band), Mike Kinsella, Naked Raygun, Tortoise, Pegboy, Veruca Salt, Urge Overkill, Eleventh Dream Day, Trenchmouth, The Jesus Lizard, and Stephanie O'Brien.
Media[edit]
In 2001 a season of MTV's The Real World, named The Real World: Chicago, was filmed in Wicker Park. A protest grew, as residents of the neighborhood felt the exposure may lead to a quicker gentrification of the neighborhood. While the protest began somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it soon intensified and there were 11 arrests by the time the cast of the show left the city.[33]
Wicker Park is the setting of the 2004 film of the same name. However, the filming of this movie was done on location in Montreal, Quebec. Another film of note, that used Wicker Park as its background, is High Fidelity (2000) directed by Stephen Frears and starring Evanston-born John Cusack.[34]
In 2015, a portion of the Spike Lee movie Chiraq was being filmed at Double Door on Milwaukee in Wicker Park, including rapper actor Nick Cannon.[35]
In 2016, the Chicago-based TV show Shameless filmed across Wicker Park.[36] The NBC Chicago franchise including Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med often film in Wicker Park.[37][38]
Milwaukee Avenue's Irazu Costa Rica Restaurant has been featured on PBS television's Check, Please!,[39] Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives when Guy Fieri sampled several dishes, and Food Network's The Secret Life of Milkshakes.[40] The burritos competed in ESPN's FiveThirtyEight's 2014 Burrito Bracket.[41]
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^ Odd S. Lovoll, A Century of Urban Life: The Norwegians in Chicago before 1930 (Northfield, MN: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1988)
^ A. E. Strand, A History of the Norwegians of Illinois (Chicago: J. Anderson, 1905)
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^ BRAUN, STEPHEN (4 June 1994). "The Ways and Means Chief of Kostkaville : Politics: It's all the little things that 'Danny' Rostenkowski does for the 5th District that make his neighborhood so loyal". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via LA Times.
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^ "City of Chicago – Chicago Artists Month". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
^ Kleine, Ted (2 August 2001). "Reality Bites". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^ Column, Jill Lewandowski (2002-01-16). "Wicker Park gets a dose of reality". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^ "A 'Real World' Protest". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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^ Belsha, Kalyn (April 22, 2011). "Could Wicker Parkers' app be the next big thing". Chicago Redeye. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
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^ Dardick, Hal (21 August 2016). "Chicago property tax bill double whammy: Increases plus an assessment hike". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ Ori, Ryan. "Affordable housing is vanishing as gentrification casts a shadow over The 606. City Council just voted to ban demolitions for 6 months". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL". A. N. Pritzker School. Retrieved on May 25, 2015.
^ "Sabin Dual Language Magnet School". www.sabin.cps.edu. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "About Burr". www.burrschool.org. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "About". LaSalle II Magnet School. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Swartz, Tracy. "Chicago stage veterans Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts welcome first child". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ Baty, Chris; Zimmerman, Karla (2006). Lonely Planet Chicago (City Guide). Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 1740597966.
^ McGuire, Judy (February 28, 2009). "Romance, Movie Style - Love on Location - High Fidelity". Time. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
^ "'Chiraq' filming draws the curious and the hopeful to Wicker Park". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16.
^ "'Shameless' Filming Wipes Out World Series Parking In Front of Wicker Bars". DNAinfo Chicago. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "'Chicago PD': Gawkers Brave Cold to Watch Filming in Wicker Park". DNAinfo Chicago. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Sirens, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire Filming in Wicker Park, Bucktown Today". www.wickerparkbucktown.info. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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^ "Irazu". Food Network. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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Several cities and regions have announced that they have "ended homelessness," as this goal has become a major part of policy and community-based responses to homelessness. Yet, there are different ways to define what "ending homelessness" actually means. It is almost never meant in its most literal form, which would mean having every resident in a community sleeping in his or her own, secure home, on any given night. While that is certainly the ideal, and the goal we can work towards, it is simply not realistic in practice. People may find themselves homeless, at least temporarily. We need a meaningful and useful definition of "ending homelessness" that recognizes that reality, while pushing us towards an ideal situation.
This is the difference between a Functional Zero end to homelessness and an Absolute Zero end to homelessness. To the public, the words "ending homelessness" likely bring to mind a vision of someday when no person will ever experience homelessness, which is the ideal Absolute Zero concept, that is arguably unlikely to fully achieve. The goal of a Functional Zero end to homelessness, simplified, is to achieve a point where there are enough services, housing and shelter beds for everyone who needs them, and anyone who experiences homelessness does so only briefly, is rehoused successfully, and is unlikely to return to homelessness again.


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Caratteristiche tecniche
Di ruolo esterno destro, può giocare anche a sinistra o da trequartista. È un giocatore imprevedibile, dotato di dribbling e di buona visione di gioco. Sotto la guida di Davide Nicola al  è stato impiegato nel ruolo di mezzala. È anche un buon battitore di punizioni e rigori. Sebbene sia un sinistro naturale, il suo preciso destro gli consente le esecuzioni dei calci da fermo con entrambi i piedi.

Carriera

Club

Milan e cessione al Torino
È arrivato al  dalla società dilettantistica dell'Audax Travacò all'età di 11 anni. Ha esordito tra i professionisti all'età di 17 anni, nella partita di Coppa Italia contro il Novara, disputata il 13 gennaio 2010. Ha poi fatto la sua seconda apparizione due settimane dopo, nei quarti di finale contro l'Udinese, persi dal Milan per 0-1. Nell'estate del 2011 è stato ceduto in compartecipazione al Torino, in uno scambio con Gianmario Comi. Con la squadra granata ha giocato 12 partite in Serie B nella stagione 2011-2012 e 4 partite in Serie A l'anno seguente. Il 23 gennaio 2013 è passato in prestito alla , in Serie B, chiudendo la stagione con 20 presenze.

Empoli
Nell'estate del 2013 è stato ceduto in prestito dal Torino all'Empoli, in Serie B; il 23 novembre seguente ha segnato il suo primo gol in carriera, realizzando il definitivo 3-1 nella partita contro lo Spezia. Ha chiuso la stagione con 5 gol in 39 presenze, contribuendo alla promozione in Serie A dei toscani. L'estate successiva, dopo il rinnovo della comproprietà tra Milan e Torino, si è trasferito nuovamente in prestito all'Empoli, con cui ha giocato in Serie A. Ha realizzato la sua prima rete in massima serie il 7 dicembre 2014, siglando il gol del momentaneo vantaggio nella trasferta di Napoli terminata sul punteggio di 2-2. Successivamente, il 20 gennaio 2015, ha segnato il suo primo gol in Coppa Italia contro la  nella partita valida per gli ottavi di finale (poi persa ai tempi supplementari).

Eibar e Carpi
Il 25 giugno seguente, data ultima per la risoluzione delle comproprietà, il Milan si è aggiudicato il giocatore alle buste per circa . Il 16 agosto 2015 è stato acquistato in prestito dall', società spagnola della Primera División con la quale esordisce il 19 settembre nella partita interna persa 0-2 contro l' entrando al 71'.

Il 1º febbraio 2016 è passato al  in prestito con diritto di riscatto. Il 28 febbraio 2016 ha segnato il suo primo gol con gli emiliani realizzando da undici metri il momentaneo pareggio con l'. Sua è anche la doppietta contro l' nell'ultima di campionato che basta al Carpi per vincere, ma non per salvarsi. Il 28 giugno ha annunciato, tramite il proprio profilo Instagram, l'addio al club biancorosso, in quanto non è stato riscattato.

Bologna
L'8 luglio seguente il  ha comunicato il suo acquisto a titolo definitivo dal Milan. L'11 settembre 2016, nella gara interna di Serie A contro il Cagliari, mette a segno il suo primo gol con la nuova maglia. Il 4 novembre 2017, In una gara casalinga contro il Crotone, realizza una doppietta con due calci di punizione, entrambi tirati dai 25 metri, il primo segnato calciando col piede sinistro dalla zona di destra e il secondo col piede destro dalla zona di sinistra. Termina la stagione 2017-2018 con 10 gol e 10 assist.

Napoli
L'11 giugno 2018 viene acquistato a titolo definitivo dal  per 25 milioni di euro. Realizza il suo primo gol con la maglia del Napoli il 23 settembre nella vittoria degli azzurri per 1-3 sul campo del . Il 3 ottobre fa il suo debutto in assoluto in Champions League, subentrando al sessantottesimo minuto nella partita vinta in casa contro il  per 1-0. Durante la gara in trasferta contro l' del 20 ottobre 2018 subisce un infortunio, a causa del quale rimane lontano dal campo per circa due mesi. Il primo gol in casa, nonché secondo in campionato, giunge il 2 febbraio 2019 nella partita vinta per 3-0 contro la . Il 21 febbraio seguente segna il suo primo gol in carriera nelle competizioni UEFA per club nella partita vinta per 2-0 al San Paolo contro lo .

Torino
Il 2 settembre 2019, durante gli ultimi minuti di calciomercato, Verdi viene acquistato in prestito con obbligo di riscatto dal  per un totale di 23 milioni di euro (3 per il prestito, 20 per l'obbligo di riscatto) più eventuali 2 milioni di euro di bonus: si tratta del più grande esborso economico che il Torino abbia mai fatto per l'acquisto di un giocatore. Riesordisce con la maglia granata il 16 settembre in occasione della sconfitta casalinga col Lecce (1-2). Segna il primo gol in A col Torino l'8 febbraio 2020, siglando il momentaneo vantaggio nella partita casalinga con la Sampdoria, persa per 3-1.

A Torino Verdi non riesce a rendere, finendo pure ai margini della rosa sotto la guida di Ivan Jurić nella stagione 2021-2022.

Prestiti a Salernitana e Verona
Il 28 gennaio 2022 passa alla , a titolo temporaneo dal . Debutta con i campani il 7 febbraio nel pareggio per 2-2 contro lo , in cui realizza una doppietta finalizzando due calci di punizione. Sua è anche la rete del 2-1 nello scontro salvezza con il  all'Arechi. A fine stagione, dopo aver totalizzato 15 presenze e 5 gol, torna al Torino.

Il 1º settembre 2022 viene ceduto in prestito al ; segna la prima rete con i veneti il 13 novembre, portando momentaneamente in vantaggio il Verona nella sfida contro lo Spezia, persa poi per 2-1.

Nazionale
Ha giocato alcune partite amichevoli con la nazionale Under-19. Ha esordito con la nazionale Under 21 il 4 giugno 2014, nell'amichevole vinta 4-0 contro il Montenegro. Ha preso parte all'Europeo Under-21 2015 in Repubblica Ceca, sotto la guida del CT Luigi Di Biagio.

Il 28 marzo 2017 esordisce in nazionale maggiore nell'amichevole vinta 2-1 contro l'Olanda, subentrando al 91º a Verratti. Viene nuovamente convocato in nazionale maggiore dal C.T. Gian Piero Ventura in occasione dell'amichevole contro il San Marino del 31 maggio 2017.

Statistiche

Presenze e reti nei club
Statistiche aggiornate al 13 marzo 2022.

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Milan: 2009-2010

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Milan: 2010-2011

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I learned a whole lot about how not to separate people into "we" and "them" designations a couple of years ago at dog school.
I'd gone to Leader Dogs for the Blind in January 2007 to get Harper, my fifth guide dog. I expected to find a bunch of blind people, people who couldn't see me. If I got lost or did something really boneheaded, they'd have to hear my stories about it, not see it firsthand.
Then it began to happen. First, I was out on a training exercise with a guy who had, I thought, "a little bit" of vision. During the trip, my dog did a big No. 2 on the snowy ground. My partner, a university professor, began saying things like "18 inches out and 30 degrees to the right." I followed his directions and picked up everything, as I was supposed to do.
Then, in the middle of a community doggy bathroom-going exercise, Harper apparently locked eyes with another dog and, quick as a flash, bolted from my grasp, cutting my hand with his leash. One of my not-so-blind counterparts said I needed to have better control of my dog.
These incidents left me a little bitter. My world of blind people had changed. These people were NOT LIKE ME - they could see! And I didn't like it one bit!
The clincher came when we decided to collect everyone's addresses. I would have gone from room to room, writing them all down in Braille, then sending them out on e-mail or on audiotape after the class was finished. But my not-so-blind colleague typed them all on the school's computer and printed them for everyone. Now, if I wanted to deal with print, I could've stayed at work, I hissed inwardly. Weren't there any braille readers around this place?
Over time, I began to learn what it really was like for some of these people. My professor friend wept as he told me how he can't trust his eyes anymore, how they don't tell him all the information he needs, or else the information is skewed. In a while, he said, he'd be completely blind, unable to read or write or see where he was going.
A fellow student, who had enough sight to be pretty happy in my opinion, told me she became legally blind because her husband abused her. She looked forward to getting a dog to help her negotiate the subways without fear.
I felt more than a little sheepish. Ouch! How could I have been so narrow-minded? It's that age-old lesson about walking in other people's shoes.
By the way, Leader Dog has made it a point to make dogs available for people I call "partially sighted," and I think that's a good thing. A well-trained dog is great at telling us about stairs that sneak up on us, toys on the sidewalk, downed tree limbs. Why shouldn't that help be given to as many people as need it?
Reporter Cheryl Wade may be reached at cwade@mdn.net or (989) 839-4272.


JJ, TJ, and Derek Watt are putting together some of the world's fastest, quickest, and most daring athletes for a brand new TV competition!
It's being kept a big surprise, so we can't tell you much, but the new primetime show is building a course that is unlike anything you've ever seen. It's a mix of parkour, chase, and extreme sports and the winner will win a cash prize. The show will air on a major network later this year, so come check it out before the world gets to see it… but come prepared to have your mind blown!
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Die Hangweide ist ein der Gemeinde Kernen im Remstal im baden-württembergischen Rems-Murr-Kreis zugehöriger Wohnplatz.

Lage
Die Hangweide liegt südwestlich des Teilortes Rommelshausen direkt am Beibach, einem linken Zufluss der Rems.

Geschichte
Ursprünglich befand sich auf dem Gelände eine Ölmühle und ein See. Die Gebäude der Ölmühle wurden ab 1946 als Gärtnerei genutzt. Die Ölmühle wurde 1970 mitsamt der Betriebsgebäude abgerissen.

Die Gebäude der Hangweide wurden bereits 1937 als Behinderteneinrichtung von der Diakonie Stetten genutzt.

1954 wurde ein Architekturwettbewerb für die Neugestaltung des Areals durchgeführt. Daraufhin entstanden 1958 acht neue "Pflegehäuser", ein Gemeinschaftshaus und Mitarbeiterhäuser.

Bis 2017 wurde das Gelände als Behinderteneinrichtung genutzt. 2019 wurde das Gelände an die Gemeinde verkauft, um es als Wohngebiet zu nutzen. Im Jahr 2020 wurde ein Projekt zur Bebauung und für ein Zukunftskonzept in einem städtebaulichen Wettbewerb ermittelt. Das Areal Hangweide ist ein offizielles Projekt der IBA'27. Im Mai 2022 wurde dafür mit dem Abriss der Gebäude und der Räumung des Geländes begonnen.

Literatur
 Gudrun Silberzahn-Jandt: ... und da gab's noch ein Tor, das geschlossen war, Diakonie Stetten, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1282-4

Weblinks

 Projektgemeinschaft Hangweide
 Hangweide Projektseite
 Dokumentation auf YouTube: Die Hangweide – Geschichte und Geschichten aus Kernen Teil 1, Teil 2, Teil 3

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Rems-Murr-Kreis
Geographie (Kernen im Remstal)


Médoc is the essence of Bordeaux wines. It has been portrayed with the image of majesty and power but is this true for the whole of Médoc? Médoc is located on the left of the Gironde estuary hence the name Left Bank Bordeaux, where the water helps to modulate the climate, extending the growing season. The grape varieties grown and the different types of soils here also make an impact on the final wine. We went on a road and boat trip to check out the water, the soils and the grapes to see what are the differences within these specific appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) which translates as controlled designation of origin in English.
There are 8 Médoc appellations, which include the 2 sub-regional appellations (Médoc and Haut-Médoc) and the 6 communal appellations (Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Moulis, Listrac, Margaux). Beginning from the north of the peninsula is the Médoc AOC, it is the largest AOC with 5742 hectares of vines which account for 35% of Médoc's vineyards. The allowed varieties include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenère. The large areas compose of many different soils and this diversity allows for many contrasting expressions. On one hand, some might feel that the Médoc AOC is too large but the possibility to find treasures at great prices is exciting for wine buyers. For wine drinkers, Médoc AOC presents good value and the chance of discovery. If you like something strong, you can choose a wine with a higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, if one prefers softer fruit, then a higher proportion of Merlot should do the trick. We visited a few estates and the 2012 Château La Cardonne exhibited juicy flavours like blackcurrant and plum and a fine tannin structure while Château Tour Castillon 2014 showcased ripe black fruits with oak nuances. We also went on a boat trip from Château Tour Castillon along the estuary of the Gironde where we witnessed the narrowing of the river as we travelled south towards Margaux.
The second largest AOC is Haut-Médoc with 28.5% of Médoc's vineyards. This AOC criss-cross from the middle to the south of the peninsula, with gravel soils in combination with limestone, clay and sand. Although the region is not homogeneous as a whole, Haut-Médoc wines are generally balance in nature and not overpowering, it is like looking through a window into what the best of Médoc could offer. We visited Château d'Agassac, a Cru Bourgeois estate. We enjoyed a lovely lunch at their restaurant La table d'Agassac and tasted the 2014 which is well structured with cherry, plum and blackcurrant notes, a classic Haut-Médoc wine. Haut-Médoc AOC also boasts five famous Grand Cru Classés (classified growths) as well as small Cru Artisans estates.
Within the 6 smaller communal appellations, Saint-Estèphe is the northern most of all. Traditionally, it is powerful in nature and some might find it a bit austere when young. However, some estates have worked on the grape maturity as well as blending with more Merlot to create a more supple style. We visited two contrasting estates in the region and the prestigious Second Growth Château Montrose is extremely well managed and their 2012 is tightly structured with black cherry, blackcurrant and pungent spices, a wine for long term cellaring. On the other hand, Château Petit Bocq was a small 20 hectares family estate, where they only make one wine and blend all their barrels into the final product. Their 2012 is floral and pure, with juicy ripe fruit that is supple while fresh at the same time. This AOC could offer truly unique wines so go choose the styles that you enjoy drinking.
Pauillac AOC is arguably the most famous AOC of the Médoc as three First Growths (Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Latour and Château Mouton Rothschild) reside here. The wine of Pauillac is of power and longevity and the high proportion of classified growth is a testament to this. This AOC is very close to the river and the gravelly soils help to ripen Cabernet Sauvignon for maximum expression. Château Lynch Bages is a classic example of Pauillac and their 2011 presented a large tannin framework which would require ageing for it to develop complexity and smooth texture.
Saint-Julien AOC is smaller and more homogeneous, providing wines of great consistency and quality. If one has to choose only one wine to experience what Médoc has to offer, Saint-Julien would be the perfect choice. We were very fortunate to have the opportunity to stay at the beautiful Château Beychevelle. This Fourth Growth offers 13 exquisite rooms and I would highly recommend you to book ahead if you want to experience the grandeur of this Château. Château Beychevelle's Grand Vin and Second wine both presented great drinkability with the Grand Vin showcasing more depth and plush texture which rewards those with patience while not penalizing those who like to enjoy their wine early.
Listrac AOC and Moulis AOC are the smallest AOC in The Médoc. They are further away from the river which brings unique microclimates for these two AOCs. There is less humidity and thus less rot risk but at the same time less warmth for growth. The highest elevation in the Medoc is located in the vineyard of Château Fonreaud in Listrac AOC where the limestone plateau reaches an elevation of 43 metres and this unique location produces wines with long term ageing potential. Moulis AOC are generally considered more fine in texture while Listrac AOC can be firmer and could require more ageing to open up. However, with advances in grape growing and winemaking techniques, wines from these 2 AOCs could become more approachable. Château Chemin Royal of Moulis AOC employs more Merlot in their blend to produce a softer wine with more fresh fruit while their family Château Fonreaud in Listrac AOC make firmer more vigorous wines for the long term. Château Fonreaud also produce a barrel fermented Bordeaux white wine called Les Cygne which is fragrant and aromatic while retaining great freshness on the palate. Château Saransot Dupré in Listrac also make a fine white wine but I am most impressed with their red wine which utilize a higher percentage of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot to suit their limestone and clay soil and produce a rich, ripe and spicy wine that is well structured but not overpowering.
Margaux AOC is at the southern part of The Médoc and it has more vineyards planted than the other communal AOC. Margaux is typically regarded as perfume and elegant but it can also display underlying power. I would personally argue that there is no one fix style of Margaux but many faces of it. The location of the estate in combination with the grape varieties used influence the final wine tremendously. Château Siran is the oldest family in Margaux and I would recommend you to book a visit to experience the long history. Château Siran fits into the perfume style of Margaux with exotic perfume as displayed by their 2014 and the wines ageability is confirmed through tasting a 1983 which showcased wet leaves, soy sauce, Pu-erh black tea and a fresh smooth finish! The owner of Château Boyd Cantenac sees wine as a movie instead of a still picture. His 2013 is filled with notes of coffee and plum and the wine has a strong presence in the mouth which represent another face of Margaux. Our journey ends at Château Margaux, the Premier Cru Classé which combines the elegance and depth so perfectly in which their 2004 is showing complex spices and earthy tones on the nose while the palate is still young and concentrated which requires time to evolve.
The Médoc is indeed the essence of Bordeaux wines and there are regions be it large or small for everybody to explore. Go find the style that you enjoy and pair them with fine food and great company. Huge cheers to the diversity of Médoc wines!
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Finding a ladybug is a good omen and a sign that you're on the right path. This Charity By Design Ladybug II Expandable Wire Bangle, in RAFAELIAN SILVER Finish, benefits Give Kids The World. It's a wearable reminder that sometimes, you have to just trust the universe. Let go of the things you're holding on to. Release your worries — live in the moment. You are guided.
ALEX AND ANI will donate 20% of the purchase price*, with a maximum donation of $50,000 between January 2019 and June 2019, to Give Kids the World Village, a 84-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that creates magical moments for children with critical illnesses and their families. *Purchase price includes sales to ALEX AND ANI retail and web customers, and authorized retailers. No portion of the purchase price is tax deductible.


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Police: robberies and car break ins on the rise city wide
Examiner Staff
Jun. 9, 2015 12:00 a.m.
Crime in San Francisco — especially robberies and car break-ins — rose in the first fourth months of the year, according to the police department's latest numbers.
"We find ourselves in reactive mode more than proactive mode," said Cpt. David Lazar, who commands the Central police district which patrols the Chinatown and North Beach areas, and has seen the some of the highest rates of property crimes in The City.
Major violent crimes citywide rose by 19 percent compared to the same period last year and major property crimes by 16 percent, according to the police.
Specifically, the type of violent crime that rose the most was robbery, increasing by 30 percent across The City from 973 to 1,268 incidents in the first quarter of the year. Car break-ins marked the highest rate of increase for property crimes with a 38 percent jump from 5,456 to 7,553. Homicides are up 280 percent as of the end of April, with 18 compared to 5 at the end of April last year.
Arson also rose from 75 to 105 so far this year.
The district with the most violent crime in this period was Southern. Covering mostly South of Market and parts of the Financial District, the Southern police district saw robberies rise 52 percent from 157 in the first part of 2014 to 239 during the same time in 2015.
That Southern district also had the highest number of car break ins, seeing an 87 percent increase from the previous year with 1,908 so far this year compared to 1,290 last year.
"There's been a bit of an increase, yes," said Capt. Jerome DeFilippo about car break-ins. "We're addressing it."
The auto break-ins are most often a crime of opportunity, he said. While police tell people not to leave things of value in sight, most of the reports he sees indicate that something was left in sight in a car. "Hide your valuables."
The Southern district, DeFilipo said, has seen a big rise in robberies for many reasons, but the main one is that it has some of The City's major transit lines, nightclubs and lots of pedestrians with cell phones walking along Market Street.
There are a lot of snatch-and-grabs classified as robberies. "You don't need to be on that phone 24-7," he noted.
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Like their predecessors, the Torpedoboot (Design 1914), the 30 boats of the Torpedoboot Design 1915 were specially designed to operate in the shallow waters at the Coast of Flanders. With the lessons form the first operation of the Torpedoboot 1914, the new design was improved in several respects. A26-A55 were enlarged over 50% and to keep the required speed, they were equipped with a steam turbine instead of a expansion engine.
There was a radical change in armament. The main armamment - the torpedoes - were reduced to only one tube left, but therefore the ships were equipped with two 8,8 cm guns to defend themselves against British torpedo boat destroyers.
The Torpedoboot 1915 was build to be used as a minesweeper as well, a duty that got their main task in the later years of the war. When being used as minesweepers, the torpedo tube was removed to save weight for the mine sweeping equipment.
Seven of those boats were dismantled and transported to Antwerp to be put together again, one of the boats - the A51 - was even transported to Pola by train to be used in the Mediterranean.
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We are located on East Side of Rotorua, to serve the area around the eastern suberbs.
We have aligned our club with Mokoia Community Association so we can better serve our local community.
The Club has many active members and does projects in the community that range from catering with our portable BBQ trailer at many community events to helping out on street appeals for various charities.
Our main project for the summer is helping to man the pit gates and main gates at the 20 or so races at the Paradise Valley Stock Car club and the big New Zealand Invitational Stock Car Club events.


Inspire each boy to engage fully in a transformational liberal education.
UCC delivers a rigorous academic program that inspires curiosity, develops critical thinking, fosters cultural agility and prepares boys to be socially conscious and responsible citizens. Our program includes the renowned Richard Wernham and Julia West Centre for Learning which provides exceptional support tailored to each student's strengths and learning style.
Building on our leadership in boys' learning and International Baccalaureate education, we will complete implementation of the IB Middle Years Programme, becoming North America's first boys' IB Continuum World School. It is our firm intention to be regarded as a model of best practice in the delivery of IB programming.
A UCC education will be enhanced with opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and the introduction of a Design Thinking and Digital Innovation Program offered with three streams: Digital Media, Coding and Programming, and Innovative Product Design. Through this program, boys will develop knowledge and skills in design thinking, collaborative work practices and project management, and will gain the experience necessary to continue their study in these three areas at the Diploma level. The program will build students' capacity to embrace ambiguity, learn from failure, empathize with others, be resilient and think big.
Our boys' UCC journeys are enriched by opportunities beyond our classrooms. We place significant emphasis on the value of co-curricular programming and encourage all boys to find meaningful ways to pursue new challenges, whether through sports, arts or clubs. We will continue to provide wide-ranging experiences that challenge and appeal to all our boys, allowing them to find their own success and a sense of personal accomplishment. We will work to ensure our approach and programs continue to meet our students' needs.


There's the ocean. And there are the waves.
Fans of Japanese animation can be forgiven for their constant on-again, off-again speculation whether "semiretired" master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki will ever direct another film. (As of November anyway, the 75-year-old says he's got a "project proposal" for a new feature he wants to make.) After all, Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli is responsible for some of the most beloved animated features on the international scene (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo). Though it's not directed by Miyazaki and it's not technically new, the 1993 film Ocean Waves comes from the fine folks at Studio Ghibli and is just now being released for the first time in America—meaning dedicated anime fans would do well to pay attention.
The film, based on the novel I Can Hear the Sea by Saeko Himuro, was originally conceived as a TV movie and was produced on a much stricter budget than the typical Studio Ghibli feature. Though it lacks the technical flourishes of films like Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away, it's a lovely and graceful slice of modern life.
Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki ("Ranma 1/2," "Kimagure Orange Road"), the film takes viewers to Kochi, the capital city of Kochi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Though it boasts a rather dense population of some 340,000 people, it's considered a rural town—particularly in comparison to ultra-urban Tokyo. It's at the local high school in Kochi that we meet Taku Morisaki (Nobuo Tobita), a junior who's spending his summer earning much-needed cash working as a dishwasher, and his best friend Yutaka Matsuno (Toshihiko Seki). Yutaka has summoned Taku to school to take a gander at the new transfer student who will be joining them in the fall. Her name is Rikako Muto (Yoko Sakamoto). It's known that she used to live in Tokyo, and it's generally agreed that she's quite beautiful.
Once the school year starts, Taku and Yutaka engage in a friendly rivalry for Rikako's affections. Not that she notices. The girl, thought of by most at the school as haughty, has few friends. She excels at sports and is soon climbing to the top of the school's academic list. Taku and Yutaka are lucky to get a word out of the girl. It eventually becomes clear that the big-city-bred girl's parents are divorced and she's been forced to relocate to Podunk Kochi against her will. (She thinks, for example, all the locals sound like they belong in a samurai film.) Despite her standoffish attitude, Taku and Yutaka remain intrigued by the mysterious gal.
Things eventually come to a head during the school's senior trip. Having been denied a junior trip due to slipping grades, the senior class is rewarded with a big trip to Hawaii. Taku spends most of his time lounging around the hotel, but he has a strange encounter with Rikako in which she manipulates him into loaning her a tidy sum of money. This leads, some months later, to a fateful trip to Tokyo in which the unhappy student tries to reunite with her estranged father.
Little more than a low-key love triangle among teenagers, Ocean Waves doesn't seem nearly as ambitious as other Studio Ghibli outings. Most of the Ghibli films that have made it big on American shores have been elaborate fantasies. Ocean Waves is much more in line with the Japanese company's earthbound domestic hits, such as Only Yesterday, Whisper of the Heart, My Neighbors the Yamadas, From Up On Poppy Hill and When Marnie Was There.
Still, the film is notable for a couple of things. Firstly is its lack of emotional histrionics. Lots of anime stories (particularly of the serialized variety) can assign some extravagant emotional states to teenage characters (usually leading to high-flying sword fights and literal explosions). Ocean Waves, in contrast, is all bottled-up feelings and runaway doubt. Actions are misinterpreted, signals are misunderstood, and the behavior of other people is just plain confusing. Real life teenagers are terrible at love, and Ocean Waves taps perfectly into that well of confusion and inexperience.
Ocean Waves also stands out from a visual perspective. Though the occasionally "flat" animation style isn't anywhere near the artistic achievement of, say, Princess Mononoke, this is clearly a Ghibli film in its exacting attention to detail. Look at the riot of signs at the Obiyamachi Shopping Arcade or the tidy display of flyers taped to random bus stops or the way a set of hinges attaches a metal gate to a concrete block wall. These seemingly inconsequential details impart an overwhelmingly realistic, lived-in quality. Obviously the Ghibli animators are sourcing these images from reality. But it's the kind of nitty-gritty technical precision (an inexplicably beautiful tangle of telephone wires above a street scene, for example) that puts even minor Ghibli at the forefront of modern animation.
To be perfectly honest, Ocean Waves is little more than a footnote in the history of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli. An intentionally small-scale, intimate coming-of-age tale, Ocean Waves isn't going to resonate as anyone's favorite anime. But its uncluttered observation is sure to strike a chord in some audience members who still remember (or are currently experiencing) the unmistakable, alternating feelings of confusion and fascination that accompany teenage romance.


Boyle performed design-build services to renovate the Hospital's patient tower, built in 1974. The design achieved current building codes and Department of Health requirements and integrated Planetree principles (Planetree is a model of care that includes the patient's family in recovery).
The renovations converted multi-patient rooms into single rooms with modern technology integrated headwalls and footwalls and private baths. New spaces also featured a unit welcome/gathering area; family care and meeting room; an enlarged, open concept nurse station with high visibility to visitors and patient rooms; a semi-private physician charting area; corridor integrated nurse charting alcoves; a medicine dispensing room; new HVAC units; new electrical, data, nurse call and plumbing systems; a new generator; and nature-inspired, hospitality-style finishes and art.
The Trexler Tower 5th Floor renovations began in April 2014 and were completed in October 2014. The project renovated a 10,000 SF, 18-room medical-surgical patient care floor with double-use rooms into an 18-bed, single-use medical-surgical floor. Two of the patient rooms were updated to provide full ADA and bariatric patient care.
The work involved demolition of an entire floor, asbestos abatement and utility relocation (medical gas, HVAC, plumbing and electric). System upgrades included two new rooftop air handling units and new exterior duct work to feed floors 5, 6 and 7; emergency power distributed throughout the floors; and a new emergency generator to serve the Trexler Tower.


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As part of Joo's birthday present, I'd bought tickets for the Black Eyed Peas in Wellington. The only problem was that we were in Christchurch on the South Island.
So we flew from Christchurch into Wellington for the gig and would fly back to Christchurch the following day, for our flight to Sydney.
After checking in at Base Wellington, we grabbed some food and then headed over to the Events Centre.
The queue was pretty big and we had to stand outside in the freezing cold for an hour before they let us in.
The support act were a Maori hiphop duo, who seemed to go down well with everyone in there except me and Joo. We didn't have a clue who they were and still haven't managed to find out.
The place was packed and we'd managed to get about 5 rows from the front and a had a great view of the stage. This seemed to annoy a group of about 10 girls, who were stood behind us and were 'vertically challenged' to say the least.
When the Black Eyed Peas came on stage, all 10 of them pushed us both forward into everyone in front of us. We were not amused by this and told them so.
They then seemed to be barging everyone around us and a few of them started fights with other girls in front of us. We've both been to a few concerts but this was by far the most rowdy crowd we'd ever seen - Glasto wasn't this bad!
The Peas put on a great show, it was just a shame about the few spoiling it for the rest.
We did try and get some pictures from the concert, but the lights they were using seemed to make them all blurred.
Our Air New Zealand plane to Wellington from Christchurch.


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I must admit, this is the first episode of "Raising Hope" I have seen. The Chance family is a mix between the Conners ("Rosanne") and the Bundys ("Married With Children") — can you imagine? The Chances are a slightly dysfunctional and flawed middle class family, with some silly and endearing characters. How can you go wrong with Cloris Leachman and Martha Plimpton in the cast?
In this episode, "The Old Girl," Sabrina is excited to show off her new friend Rachel (Hillary Duff) to the family. But when Jimmy, Virginia, and Burt see Rachel's picture on Sabrina's phone, they are shocked that it is Jimmy's ex-girlfriend who broke his heart (or so he thought). As the show progresses, we find out that Rachel didn't break up with him, but it was his parents that were the culprits behind the break-up.
In the opening scene, Hope is shown getting some gauze rapped around her arm. It turns out she had been bit by a cow at a petting zoo, and the owner (a butcher) gave the family 500 lbs. of beef so there wouldn't be a lawsuit. Virginia tells everyone there will be beef-ghetti for dinner and beef cobbler for dessert! Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman) sits at the table and says "I haven't pooped in a week." I found that amusing, didn't you?
Sabrina announces she has met a girl at the gym (as we know, she wants a BFF) and shows the family a photo of her on her phone. Jimmy, Virginia and Burt all scream, and Burt throws the phone out the window. Pretty funny! Sabrina retrieves her phone and wants to know what the heck is wrong with everyone! Jimmy tells her that Rachel is his ex-girlfriend, and that she broke his heart — that's a problem. Especially since Sabrina invited Rachel over for dinner!
She shows up, and is surprised that Jimmy is Sabrina's husband, but shocked that Lance and Sally (Burt and Virginia) are in a picture on the wall. Yes, Rachel tells Jimmy that they are the reason they broke up, and now finds out they are his parents! Story coming!
Jimmy proceeds to tell the story of how he met Rachel, which was when he was thinking about going to college. They met on campus, and he won her over. Burt and Virginia explain that they were concerned about Jimmy having a long distance relationship, and that he always tried for girls who were "out of his league," and that he "always ends up getting hurt." Jimmy tells his parents it will work, and goes to visit Rachel at college every weekend. Ah yes, to be young and in love! I can see this happening, can't you?
Flashback: Burt and Virginia decide they are not going to let this relationship continue, and create an elaborate scheme to break them up — and I mean elaborate! They tell Jimmy that his Uncle Jonas died, and someone has to take care of Maw Maw while they are dealing with his death. He is upset, and decides to send Rachel gifts and letters everyday (only to be intercepted by his parents so she would never get them!).
Of course Uncle Jonas didn't die, his parents just tell him this so they can go to the college and pretend to be students (Lance and Sally), Toga outfits and all! When they arrive, they see Rachel talking to a boy (Richard), and get their hopes up that Rachel likes him, and is cheating on Jimmy! This was not the case. Richard is a student and in her acapella singing group. Okay, you guessed it, Burt and Virginia join the group and try to get Rachel and Richard to like each other. I have to say, that scene was pretty funny. I do like a show that makes me laugh!
After a lot of craziness, Rachel thinks that Sally (Virginia) and Jimmy are dating. She tells Sally that she can have him. The scheme has worked! Virginia sends a break-up letter (forged, pretending it's from Rachel) to Jimmy, and of course, it breaks his heart.
Back to Real Time: When the story is finally over, Rachel leaves the house stating that Jimmy's parents are "clinically insane!" Sabrina is sad her BFF is gone, and I knew she was going to sing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone," as Jimmy did when he received the break-up letter. She did, and I laughed.
I enjoyed my first episode of "Raising Hope." I love Martha Plimpton and Cloris Leachman, and the rest of the cast fits together well. Lucas Neff, Garrett Dillahurt and Shannon Woodward are all good in their roles … and they are funny. I will watch again to see what zaniness is next for the Chance family.
Are you watching "Raising Hope"? What'd you think of this episode?
I didn't watch the show, but enjoyed reading Ms. Stand's synopsis……I pictured several of the scenes in my head, so now I feel like I saw it! Keep them coming!
I love the show and it wash husband's first time watching it too.


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David Brainerd was born in 1718 and was raised in Haddam, Connecticut (Piper Kindle Location 8). It was not long after his birth that his suffering would begin. His father died when he was 9 and his mother died when he was 14 (Piper Kindle Locations 15-16). The passing of his parents likely contributed to his frequent struggle with depression. On this thought, Anderson writes, "The early death of his parents, combined with a naturally melancholy personality, caused him to be morose and to fixate on the brevity of life, so that his religious life was characterized by prolonged depressions punctuated by ecstatic experiences of God." Brainerd himself says from the beginning of his diary, "I was, I think, from my youth something sober and inclined rather to melancholy than the other extreme" (57). Brainerd's struggles did not keep him from excelling in his education, however. He enrolled in Yale in 1739, the same year he began to experience symptoms of tuberculosis (Anderson). Piper says that, while Brainerd lived on a farm he had inherited, "During the year on the farm he had made a commitment to God to enter the ministry. But still he was not converted. He read the Bible through twice that year and began to see more clearly that all his religion was legalistic and simply based on his own efforts" (Kindle Locations 28-30). Brainerd was in school and studying to be a minister, but was still unconverted himself.
It was July 12th, 1739 that Brainer was born again (Piper Kindle Locations 47-48). He was 21 years old and a freshman at Yale. Previously, Brainerd had struggle to embrace many doctrines of God, including original sin and God's sovereignty (Piper Kindle Locations 30-31). Then suddenly, after having been in prayer, God's glory broke through the darkness and deadness of Brainerd's soul. Brainerd describes the event in his diary:
[A]s I was walking in a dark thick grove, unspeakable glory seemed to open to the view and apprehension of my soul. I do not mean any external brightness, for I saw no such thing. Nor do I intend any imagination of a body of light somewhere in the third heavens, or anything of that nature; but it was a new inward apprehension or view that I had of God, such as I never had before, nor anything which had the least resemblance of it.
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David Brainerd did not receive a vision of God that was visible to his eyes, but rather received the spiritual sight of faith that beheld God in all His glory. He continued his testimony, "I stood still wondered, and admired! I knew that I never had seen before anything comparable to it for excellency and beauty; it was widely different from all the conceptions that I ever had of God" (Brainerd 69). The evidence of his changed nature is evident in his new and vastly different view of God that he had. Brainerd wrote regarding his new view of the sovereignty of God, "My soul rejoiced with joy unspeakable to see such a God, such a glorious Divine being; and I was inwardly pleased and satisfied that He should be God over all for ever and ever" (69). Thus, Brainerd was a new creation, as Paul writes, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (English Standard Version, 1 Cor. 5:17).
Brainerd continued at Yale for some time, but was eventually expelled. Many of the students had concerns regarding the spiritual health of the school (Piper 54-55). This increased when George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards preached at the school. Edwards was expected to silence the concerns of the students when he spoke, but rather "argued that the work going on in the awakening of those days, and specifically among the students, was a real spiritual work in spite of the excesses" (Piper Kindle Locations 59-60). Brainerd was significantly influenced by this fire of the Great Awakening, but did not exercise proper self-control and wisdom in his conduct. During a conversation with other students regarding the faculty of Yale, Brainerd made the remark that one of the members had "no more grace than a chair" (Anderson). This remark followed an announcement the school had made stating, "If any student of this College shall directly or indirectly say, that the Rector, either of the Trustees or tutors are hypocrites, carnal or unconverted men, he shall for the first offence make a public confession in the hall, and for the second offence be expelled" (Piper Kindle Locations 61-62). Brainerd was strictly instructed to make a public confession that included an apology for his remark, but he refused to do so (Pettit 36). Because of his association with those who had opposed the faculty, called the New Lights, and because of his refusal to make a confession, Brainerd was expelled from Yale (Barlow).
Brainerd's expulsion from Yale redirected his life and placed him on a journey that would make him one of the most memorable missionaries to ever live. There was a new law in Connecticut that passed stating no one could become a pastor who "had not graduated from Harvard, Yale or a European University" (Piper Kindle Location 74). Brainerd was kept from becoming what he had studied to be, but he continued to preach as an itinerant minister where he could (Anderson). Doing so allowed him to acquaint himself with Jonathan Dickson, a Presbyterian minister who encouraged Brainerd to become a missionary (Anderson). Brainerd agreed and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1744 (Anderson). He then went to the Housatonic Indians in Massachusetts in 1743 and remained there for a year (Piper Kindle Locations 86-87). He then traveled to Pennsylvania and evangelized the Indians along the Delaware River (Piper Kindle Locations 88-89). After spending a year there, he left for the Indians at Crossweeksung, New Jersey, where he saw mass conversions to Christ (Piper Kindle Locations 91-92). Eventually, all of Brainerd's illnesses, especially his tuberculosis, took a toll on his life in the wilderness. Anderson writes, "In April 1747, seriously weakened by tuberculosis, he left New Jersey for the home of his friend Jonathan Edwards in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he died in October."
Brainerd's diary is a testimony of a man who was fully committed to the glory of God. He was zealous for God's name to be hallowed among the Indians. Piper records the passion Brainerd had for God's glory, "O I longed to fill the remaining moments all for God! Though my body was so feeble, and wearied with preaching and much private conversation, yet I wanted to sit up all night to do something for God" (Kindle Locations 250-251). He would pray that God would "send forth His blessed Spirit with His Word, and set up His kingdom among the poor Indians in the wilderness" (Brainerd 319). This zeal for the glory of God often expressed itself in his desire to grow in personal holiness. Brainerd wrote in his journal, "Felt an abasing sense of my own impurity and unholiness and felt my soul melt and mourn that I had abused and grieved a very gracious God who was still kind to me, notwithstanding all my unworthiness" (179). Elsewhere he writes in his journal, "My soul was exceedingly grieved for sin, and prized, and longed after holiness" (Brainerd 180). In this way Brainerd's zeal for God to be glorified found the person he knew needed the most grace: himself.
Brainerd spent whole days in fasting and prayer. He wrote, "Spent this day in secret fasting, and prayer, from morning till night" (Barlow). Such devotion was not rare for Brainerd, but a regular habit of his. He wrote on another day, "This morning I spent about two hours in secret duties and was enabled more than ordinarily to agonize for immortal souls. Though it was early in the morning and the sun scarcely shined at all, yet my body was quite wet with sweat" Barlow). McKenna shares the story of Brainerd praying for the Indians in the snow, and says, "When he had finished, there was a circle of melted snow from his body heat." Brainerd's diary is filled with account after account of prayers for himself and others, recognizing his dependence on God for everything. Just his prayer life alone is enough to demonstrate how much his understanding of God's sovereignty had developed. He knew that without the gracious work of the Holy Spirit, there could be no fruit from his labors. Brainerd said of this, "I have learned by experience that He only can open the ear, engage the attention, and incline the heart of poor benighted, prejudiced pagans to receive instruction" (207).
Another thing one can draw from Brainerd's life is how his imperfections are a testimony of the sustaining grace of God in his life. Brainerd's expulsion from Yale shows the providential hand of God at work, even through Brainerd's lack of sanctification in his speech. For Brainerd, his dreams and aspirations were crushed, but God was at work. Brainerd was deeply hurt by his expulsion, and he tried repeatedly to be accepted again into Yale, but no fruit followed (Piper Kindle Location 69). Even though many people tried to help Brainerd, Yale was resolute that he should never be accepted into the school again (Kindle Location 70). Piper writes, "Instead of a quiet six years in the pastorate or lecture hall followed by death and little historical significance at all, God meant to drive him into the wilderness that he might suffer for his sake and make an incalculable impact on the history of missions" (Kindle Locations 70-72). In this way, Brainerd's life shows how even the sins God's people commit, including those in ministry, can be used in a way to bring glory to His name. This is by no means to say God is guilty of the sin or that the sin is justified, but it demonstrates the sovereign Shepherd's care of His sheep and His grace towards them. Such a testimony is a great encouragement for those in ministry who know very well how easy it can be to falter and to wander from God's will.
Another testimony of the sustaining grace of God in Brainerd's life is how his depression did not overcome him, but was kept in check by many outpourings of the Spirit of God that encouraged Brainerd. Piper writes, "Often his distress was owing to the hatred of his own remaining sinfulness" (Kindle Locations 138-139). Brainerd struggled to keep his consciousness of his remaining sin from leading him to near despair. He writes, "Scarce ever felt myself so unfit to exist, as now . . . None knows, but those that feel it, what the soul endures that is sensibly shut out from the presence of God: Alas, 'tis more bitter than death" (Piper Kindle Locations 141-143). Brainerd would be so afflicted with depression that it even prevented him from doing his work of evangelism, so that he would withdraw himself and be alone (Piper Kindle Locations 150-152). Even with this depression, Piper writes, "After his conversion there seemed to be a rock of electing love under him that would catch him, so that in his darkest times he could still affirm the truth and goodness of God, even though he couldn't sense it for a season" (Kindle Locations 136-138).
Just as with his depression, Brainerd's poor health did not destroy his faith, but rather magnified the power of God in his life. Piper writes of Brainerd's last days, "In the last couple of months of his life the suffering was incredible" (Kindle Location 125). He then quotes Brainerd, "In the greatest distress that ever I endured having an uncommon kind of hiccough; which either strangled me or threw me into a straining to vomit" (Piper Kindle Locations 125-126). When a week was missed in his journal entries due to increasing progression of his tuberculosis, Brainerd writes, "Was scarcely able to do anything at all in the week past . . . Oh, that I might never live to be a burden to God's creation" (336). Brainerd was continually concerned that he would be productive in his service to God and not be selfish. Dying in Edwards' home, the man's passion for the glory of God was manifested most clearly. Edwards writes:
He told me it was impossible for any to conceive of the distress he felt in his breast. He manifested much concern lest he should dishonor God by impatience under his extreme agony; which was such that he said the thought of enduring it one minute longer was almost insupportable. He desired that others would be much in lifting up their hearts continually to God for him that God would support him and give him patience. (Brainerd 376)
Brainerd died with a heart that longed for God to be glorified.
Brainerd's life has been an inspiration for many of God's children towards a life dedicated to the glory of God regardless of hardships. Jonathan Edwards was so greatly moved by the life of David Brainerd that he published his diary. Writing on how God sometimes uses individuals to especially shine forth His glory, Edwards writes, "God has remarkably distinguished them with wonderful success of their instructions and labors. Such an instance we have in the excellent person whose life is published in [this diary]" (Brainerd 44). Piper quotes Edwards:
I would conclude my observations on the merciful circumstances of Mr. Brainerd's death without acknowledging with thankfulness the gracious dispensation of Providence to me and my family in so ordering that he… should be cast hither to my house, in his last sickness, and should die here: So that we had opportunity for much acquaintance and conversation with him, and to show him kindness in such circumstances, and to see his dying behavior, to hear his dying speeches, to receive his dying counsels, and to have the benefit of his dying prayers.
Piper Kindle Locations 282-285
It is especially telling of how much Brainerd meant to Edwards when one considers how much it cost Edwards to host Brainerd. Piper writes, "[Edwards' daughter] Jerusha had tended Brainerd as a nurse for the last 19 weeks of his life, and four months after he died she died of the same affliction. So Edwards really meant what he said" (Kindle Locations 287-288).
John Wesley along with many missionaries were also greatly inspired by Brainerd. Wesley wrote, "Let every preacher read carefully over the 'Life of Brainerd'" (Piper Kindle Locations 100-101). Piper writes that William Carey even regarded Brainerd's diary as a "sacred text" (Kindle Location 104). One of Edward's followers, a missionary, once wrote, "I need, greatly need something more than humane [human or natural] to support me. I read my Bible and Mr. Brainerd's Life, the only books I brought with me, and from them have a little support" (Piper Kindle Locations 107-109). Many ministers have often been encouraged by reading of Brainerd's struggles and seeing God's sustaining grace at work through them. Barlow rightly says, "Brainerd's centuries-spanning influence for revival is positive proof God can and will use any vessel, no matter how fragile and frail."
One preacher of whom it can be said that Brainerd's life had some of the greatest influence is Leonard Ravenhill. This Methodist pastor and evangelist was deeply convicted by Brainerd's prayer life. In Ravenhill's biography, Tomlinson writes:
This book [Life of David Brainerd] was a life-changing influence for Ravenhill. It was a spiritual jolt to him. He saw Brainerd's prayer life as nothing short of incredible. He knew no one who prayed like Brainerd had two hundred years earlier. When he read about the young missionary's life, he broke down crying: "I've always been told these kinds of things were finished with the closing of the New Testament era. But if Brainerd could have a prayer life like that, then by God's grace, so can I.
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Ravenhill was quite serious about this decision. He would go on to write Revival Praying and Meat for Men, the latter including the following statement by Ravenhill, "Even now, two hundred years after Brainerd, men are still stirred and challenged by his life." He goes on in the spirit of Brainerd's prayer life, "There is no field more unexplored in Christian experience and possibility than this limitless field of prayer. Prayer means care for souls. Prayer means pain. Prayer means privacy, for often the battle is waged alone" (Ravenhill). The fire of Brainerd's prayers still lights up men and women of God today to burn for His glory.
Two things cannot be overlooked when reading of Brainerd: his endless weaknesses and God's endless grace. There are many who have never suffered as he did, but it can be said that many have never encountered God in the same ways he did. Brainerd never recovered from his illnesses, nor did his depression fully leave him and never return. He had to endure this suffering to the end, but he was not alone. He received grace just as the Apostle Paul did, "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness,'" and he often echoed Paul's words, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (1 Cor. 12:9-10).
God was seen in the life of David Brainerd. This is why Edwards was thankful for Brainerd having died in his home, even though it cost him the life of his daughter. This is why Wesley desired that the young preachers would read of his life. This is why so many missionaries have gained strength to press on in their efforts to win the lost. This is why Leonard Ravenhill's prayer life was radically changed after reading of Brainerd's. All these saints saw God through the life of Brainerd, they saw His grace holding him up and all His great worth and preciousness being Brainerd's magnificent obsession. God is worth living, suffering, and dying for. Brainerd knew this, and when God's people see God in his life, they are also willing to live, suffer, and die for this great God who lived, suffered, and died for them. In this way, it is seen that God is the one who deserves all the glory for Brainerd's life, and that is the message he longed for people to receive.
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McKenna. "David Brainerd: Pioneering a Legacy in Missions." BethanyGU.edu, 19 Mar. 2019, https://bethanygu.edu/blog/stories/david-brainerd/.
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Planning Commission Approves Safe Parking Site For People Living In Vehicles
Bay City News Service|on August 29, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved plans for a temporary vehicle triage center that would provide a safe parking space for people who live in their vehicles.
According to the plan, the center would be located at 2340 San Jose Ave., the future site of Balboa Upper Yards, a 138-unit affordable housing complex. Construction on the complex, however, won't start until October 2020, so the space would only serve as a temporary spot.
The pilot program would provide space for 33 vehicles, allow people to park long-term and camp in their vehicles overnight, and offer amenities like restrooms, showers, laundry facilities, a kitchen and eating areas. Residents would be allowed to stay for up to 90 days, and after that their stay could be extended at the director's discretion.
The space would also be equipped with security and office space to provide onsite services for those living in their vehicles.
Supervisor Ahsha Safai, who introduced the legislation, spoke at Thursday's planning commission meeting.
With a 17 percent increase in homelessness over the last two years in the city, according to the 2019 Point-in-Time count, Safai said the time to provide a safe parking space for people living out of their vehicles is now.
"If you drive anywhere in the Bay Area, you will see RVs and vehicles all over the place," he said. "This is a growing phenomenon of our housing crisis."
Although the center would allow camping, the goal, Safai said, is to ultimately get people living in their vehicles into permanent housing.
"One of the challenges of getting people out of their vehicles is this is their only asset and they feel very reluctant to let that asset go. So if we have a space where they can store and then transition them into more permanent housing options, this provides that gateway," he said.
"Given this crisis, given the growing number of people living in their vehicles, not just RVs but vans and cars as well, we felt like this would be an appropriate time now more than ever," he said.
According to Safai, community meetings with residents and stakeholders has already begun and after hearing feedback, Safai said he'll work with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to mitigate concerns that more vehicle camping will start to take place in the neighborhood once the center opens.
With the planning commission's vote, the Board of Supervisors will decide sometime next month whether to approve the triage center. If approved, the center could be open as early as November.
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I had heard so much hype about Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, and it's been on my TBR for a while. I also heard a lot of talk about the amazing ending, and I am a huge sucker for a story with a twist! I'd say that the book lives up to the hype—it's fast paced and engrossing with characters who you're never entirely sure if you should trust. And while I loved the ending, I can definitely see how it's likely a divisive one for many.
Single mom and part-time administrative assistant Louise meets a man in a bar one night. The two hit it off and share a steamy kiss, but the brief tryst ends there. When Louise meets her new boss David the following work day, she is mortified to realize that he's the man from the bar. Adding insult to injury, David is taking a tour of his new workplace with his gorgeous wife, Adele.
The situation becomes even more awkward when Louise and Adele run into each other in town and wind up becoming friends. As Louise and Adele form a friendship, the secrets of Adele and David's marriage start to come to light. Louise becomes caught up not only with Adele as her friend, but also with David as his lover.
Louise finds her allegiance torn between Adele and David. Soon, she is no longer sure who to believe. As each of the relationships become more and more entangled with conflicting emotions and stories, Louise must ultimately decide where the truth is hidden—and who's been lying to her.
As I mentioned, I think the ending is a divisive one. I enjoyed it because it came out of nowhere for me and I love books that surprise me like that. However, that's the very thing that some readers might dislike quite a bit. I found the ending multi-layered and mind-blowing—bookception, if you will! That being said, it definitely requires a strong suspension of disbelief and that element won't work for everyone.
I look forward to reading Sarah Pinborough's next book and recommend Behind Her Eyes.
Just saw this one tonight at a thrift store & I should have bought it! Love your review! I may be heading back to get it in the morning.
I really enjoyed it! The ending is very polarizing—some hated it, but I thought it was awesome!


We live in a world of numbers. We count everything. In this week's parsha, Emor, we are introduced to a mitzvah that that is fulfilled by counting. The requirement is to start counting from the second day of Pesach, and to count 49 days – seven weeks – up to Shavuot, which falls on Day 50. The mitzvah is very specific. We are instructed to count each day individually and to mention the count in terms of both days and weeks. What is the purpose of this mitzvah? How does we counting each day, one after the other, from Pesach to Shavuot impact on us?
Rav Yaakov Zvi Mecklenberg explains that this process of counting day by day is for our own personal growth. Each day of counting is a progression of self examination, introspection and growth. If done right — each day we should emerge as better people. The verse which introduces the mitzvah actually hints to its meaning. "U'sefartem lachem", it says, "And you shall count for you". It is enough for the Torah to tell us to count. Why does it add these two superfluous words "for you." Rav Mecklenberg says the clue to the meaning of these words is in another verse in the Torah. When G-d tells Abraham to bravely leave his home in Canaan and journey to the land of Israel, He tells him, "Lecha Lecha" – "Go for you" (Genesis 12:1) G-d is making clear to Abraham that the journey is for him. It's an opportunity for him to fulfill his own G-d-given destiny. Similarly, we count the omer for ourselves, to fulfil our own G-d given destiny — emerging after each and every count as better people.
But how do we do this? How does the simple act of counting make us better human beings? Rav Mecklenberg explains how the word, u'sefartem, "to count", can also mean to assess or to probe, and that u'sefartem shares its root letters with the word, sapir, meaning "sapphire". The omer count is about doing a deep assessment of ourselves, and in so doing polishing our flaws and rough edges to reveal the sparkling sapphire – our true, transcendent selves – that lie beneath.
The Torah instructs us to count 49 days- "seven complete weeks". The Hebrew word commonly used for "complete" is shalem, yet the word used here is from the root tamim. Tamim means complete but it can also mean "pure" – alluding to the fact that the counting isn't just about the physical completeness of a set of numbers, but the spiritual and moral completeness of a human being.
So now we understand the immense potential for personal development in each of these days. But where does this journey lead us? What are we anticipating? What is it that we are counting towards?
Shavuot – the 50th day – marks the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. By counting towards this milestone in our history we are expressing, says the Sefer HaChinuch, our deep longing for the Torah. Counting towards something expresses longing and anticipation. It is the acknowledgment that Torah was the very purpose of our liberation from slavery in Egypt, and indeed the very purpose of creation itself. This, explains the Sefer HaChinuch, is why we begin counting from the second day of Pesach – to connect these two foundational events in the birth of the Jewish People. The first day of Pesach is about fully celebrating the Exodus from our enslavement in Egypt. But from the very second day, we turn our attention to its ultimate goal — the receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.
So each day, is a day of personal introspection and growth — leading to the ultimate goal of receiving the Torah and all its riches. The Dubno Maggid unlocks a further understanding of why we count. He explains how the mitzvah goes to the heart of our relationship with time. We struggle with time. Days come and go. Weeks, months, even years, disappear as if they never happened. Yesterday and the day before disappears as if it never was. The Book of Psalms says, "For even a thousand years are in your eyes like yesterday that has already passed … in the morning it blossoms and is rejuvenated and by evening it is cut down and withers" (psalm 90:4-6). Even a thousand years can feel like nothing once it has passed. And as we all look back on our lives the days, weeks, months and years seem as if they never were. How do we hold on to the time that has passed? In another verse the Book of Psalms puts it, "Man is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow" (144:4). The Midrash comments that this passing shadow "is not like the shadow of a wall, nor the shadow of a tree, but the shadow of a bird as it flies" (Midrash Vayechi). One moment it is the there, the next a fragile memory. During our limited stay on this earth how do we stop life slipping through our fingers? How do we hold on to it?
Counting the omer, the Dubno Magid explains, is that focus that allows us to hold onto time. If we live life purely for material physical pleasure, for personal immediate gratification — we are indeed locked in a losing battle with time. Every physical pleasure is gone and irretrievable the moment it is over. Our only hope is for the pleasures that lie in the future – and one day, those too will be behind us.
The counting of the omer reminds us that if we live life less concerned with our immediate desires and more attuned to doing good, living in accordance with a higher purpose, making the world a better place – the life defined by the Torah – then we are building something enduring, something that has the ability transcends time. We know that every good deed we do, every mitzvah we perform, is counted as an eternal merit that we not only carry with us in this world, but take with us to the next world. These mitzvah experiences are not lost with the passage of time. On the contrary, they build and accumulate, and become greater by the day. They become eternal and through them we become eternal.
Counting the omer embodies this idea of cumulative growth. Each day is a separate mitzvah. We say a separate blessing. And each day builds on the days which preceded it. The verse describes the count as "seven complete weeks" – each day builds on those that came before, until a week is formed; and then each week builds on the previous week. The process of counting the omer is to accumulate time. All the pieces need to be there. And they build into something greater than the sum of their parts.
Physical life is fleeting. It can be experienced in the moment, but only in that moment. Like the shadow of the bird flying overhead, it's glimpsed, then it's gone. The past doesn't exist, the future has not yet been born, and we only have that tiny window in the present moment to hang onto. But the Torah with its mitzvot is our gateway to something more; something eternal that we can hold on to forever, and – step by step, mitzvah by mitzvah, day by day – transform into something completely transcendent.