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Bondone ist eine italienische Gemeinde (comune) im Trentino in der Region Trentino-Südtirol und hat  Einwohner (Stand ).

Geografie
Der Ort liegt hoch über dem Idrosee auf  etwas abgeschieden in den Bergen. Vom See führt die kurvenreiche Strada provinciale SP69 herauf, die hier auch ihr Ende hat. Der Ortsteil Baitoni liegt am Fuße des Bergmassivs an der Nordostspitze des Idrosees. Hier mündet der Hauptzufluss des Sees, der Chiese, der im Mündungsgebiet die Grenze zur Provinz Brescia bildet.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Castello San Giovanni: zwischen Baitone und Bondone auf einer Felsspitze gelegene, erstmals im 11. Jahrhundert erwähnte Burg. Einst im Besitz der Fürstbischöfe von Trient und deren Vasallen der Grafen von Lodron, wurde die Burg in den 1950er Jahren restauriert.
 Historischer Ortskern: Bondone ist seit 2018 Mitglied der Vereinigung I borghi più belli d'Italia (Die schönsten Orte Italiens).

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Ort im Trentino
Gemeinde im Trentino
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Easy and luscious mini eggnog cheesecakes, flavored for the season. Served in individual portions making this a perfect party dessert.
Do you watch Last Resort? It's one of those new shows we decided to give a chance and we're pretty much hooked. Only this week, for the first time, I kept expecting Scott Speedman's character to morph into a creepy hyrbid werewolf creature or for Felicity to come strolling up on the beach. I guess the good thing is that he plays different roles, unlike so many other actors that basically play the same role in every show or movie they're ever in. Nice range but still strange. I think I like him best in Last Resort though.
Before we get carried away here… these cheesecakes should absolutely be on your holiday party menu. Mini eggnog cheesecakes, topped off with homemade sweetened whipped cream, a dusting of nutmeg and served on top of a drizzle of tart cranberry puree. It's a simple but luscious treat that you won't want to share.
I think mini desserts are my new favorite thing. Add them to the same category as cupcakes and cookies. Betcha can't eat just one. I do love a full pie but there's just something great about individual servings. No slicing required. You can prep the dessert table and have your guests serve themselves. You shouldn't be slaving away at your own party anyway. Sit back and enjoy with a glass of spiked eggnog or cider, and of course one of these mini eggnog cheesecakes. Tis the season.
Easy and luscious mini cheesecakes, flavored for the season. Served in individual portions making this a perfect party dessert.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease the cavities of a 12 cup mini cheesecake pan .
In a food processor or large bowl, combine crust ingredients. Divide evenly between prepared cheesecake cavities. Firmly press down to create and even crust. Bake for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile in a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together sugar and cream cheese. Add eggnog, flour, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Mix until well blended. Add egg, mixing only until just combined. Fill cavities 3/4 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until centers are only slightly jiggly. Remove to a wire rack to cool for 1 hour. Transfer to refrigerator to chill 4 hours or overnight.
Serve with fresh sweetened cranberry puree, sweetened whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.


Every state wants to attract businesses. Whether it is an existing business, or a brand new startup, politicians are always courting business people to move to their jurisdiction. While there are usually many states (or cities within states) vying for a new business, it used to be uncommon for states to directly attack one another in these quests. However, that is all starting to change, as evidenced by a current battle between Texas and California.
The Los Angeles Times recently reported on the ongoing battle between California and Texas over businesses. This battle has been going on, in a one-sided fashion, for more than a decade. It began with recently-indicted Texas Governor Rick Perry publicly pushing California businesses to move to Texas. And, his public statements along with pro-business government programs have been effective. One out of five businesses that relocated to Texas in 2011 and 2012 were previously California Businesses.
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Starting a new business can be difficult. Deciding exactly what you want your business to do, where you want it to be located, and how you want it to be organized all take a lot of planning. But even once you purchase or lease a location and open up your doors, the hard work is not done. You still need to figure out a way to get the word out about your new business, and convince potential customers that they should give your company a shot. While it used to be as easy as taking out an advertisement in the phone book, things have changed in the internet age.
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Starting a new business requires help from a lot of sources. You need excellent employees, the advice of an experienced and licensed Sacramento small business attorney, and investors. Throughout the down economy, that third requirement was sometimes hard to meet for small business people. Fortunately, those times are changing.
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Q: preconditioned matrix with golden ratio, golden ratio conjugate, and 1 as eigenvalues I have a symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrix $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ and a full-rank matrix $B\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$.
I need to show that the pre-conditioned matrix $\begin{bmatrix}
   A       & 0 \\
    0       & BA^{-1}B^T
\end{bmatrix}^{-1}\begin{bmatrix}
   A       & B^T \\
    B      & 0
\end{bmatrix}$
has only three eigenvalues, $1, (1\pm\sqrt{5})/2,$ and I need to find their multiplicity.
I do not understand why this problem is interesting or how it was created. Why does the golden ratio appear at all here? I also do not know how to get such specific eigenvalues from such a seemingly-general matrix.

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Trojans Sweep Dolphins
Everett (2-0-0, 2-0-0) 1 3 4
Shoreline (0-2-0, 0-2-0) 0 0 0
1st - 11:53 - Giavanna Tift (Everett)
2nd - 67:38 - Jaylin Baah-Yeboah (Everett)
2nd - 77:41 - Mayu Nagaike (Everett)
2nd - 86:07 - Elizabeth Erickson (Everett)
G: 4 Players (#3, #6, #9, #14) - 1
A: Emily Newt-Fears - 2
Sh: Elizabeth Erickson - 4
Sv: Emma Allison - 3
Sh: Izabella Murray - 4
Sv: Xeinndria Chandran - 7
The Trojans swept the Dolphins in the three game season series on Wednesday afternoon on the road after a 4-0 shutout. In three games this season, the Trojans have outscored the Dolphins 13-1, and have dominated offensive possession.
Everett took an early lead in the 11th minute with a goal from Giavanna Tift, her second of the season on an assist from Emily Newt-Fears. But the remainder of the first half was very evenly played. Both keepers were tested having to make 4 saves apiece. The Shoreline offense was able to get off 5 shots, while the Trojan offense created 6 opportunities.
Moments before the first half would come to an end, Shorline midfielder, Izabella Murray picked up a red card, forcing the Dolphins to play the remainder of the game with 10 players on the field.
The second half picked up offensively for the Trojans, taking advantage of the Shoreline playing down a player. Jaylin Baah-Yeboah scored her 8th goal of the season (leads the team) in the 67th minute on another assist from Emily Newt-Fears who now leads the team in assists with 4 on the year. This was her second game of the year in which she tallied two assists.
The win was all but secured in the 77th minute on a goal from sophomore Mayu Nagaike with her 4th goal on the season. Then in the final moments of the game, freshman defender Elizabeth Erickson scored her first career goal as a Trojan as icing on the cake.
With the win the Trojans improved their North region record to 5-9-0, and move within one point of Skagit Valley College in the North Region Standings. Everett will play Skagit Valley College in the final game of the year on sophomore day, this Saturday at 12:00pm. With a win the Trojans could move ahead of Skagit Valley in the standings and finish in 4th place, just one placing out of a playoff spot.
In 2017, first year head coach Rafael Marins lead the Trojans to a 4-8-3 North Region record and finished 4th in the North. 2018 has proven to be much more competitive in the region, so an improvement to a 6-9-0 record will build great momentum heading into the off-season and preparing for the 2019 campaign.

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Yalqut Shamouni
by Mahmud Ali Abdal Chabir October 7, 2005 September 10, 2017 Leave a CommentYalqut ShamouniChristianity, Jesus
Last Updated on September 10, 2017
An article posted on a Christian website entitled Jesus in the Rabbinic Traditions is a good example of the level to which religious studies has sunk in recent years, as carried out on the Internet. The author, one Sam Shamoun, who presents himself as one who has the knowledge to instruct us in his chosen subject, is found to be incredibly ignorant of the most basic understanding concerning his supposed area of expertise. Mr Shamoun is also fond of using the most vulgar language when addressing Muslims. I shall try not to return the favor, but cannot guarantee perfect success.
Today's new brand of "Internet scholarship" would seem to demand very little independent thinking from researchers. There exists online a seeming embarrassment of riches in all areas of study. At the click of a mouse, we are all "authorities" on the subject of our choice. This leads to a dangerous phenomenon – the easy acceptance of anything we download, with little or no checking of sources. Many assume that those who publish material on the Internet must know what they are talking about, and are masters of their material, especially when that material supports the conclusions these "researchers" cherish.
But this is a perilous method of conducting a search for truth, especially when sources include the Talmud and other Jewish traditions. I have seen sources falsely invented outright, while the author depends on his readers' ignorance of such arcane subject matter. Yet some go even further – they invent books (the "Archko Volume" is an extreme example), or add to books passages that coveniently contain statements or attestations which are otherwise deficient in known sources (the utterly impossible addition to Josephus is a historical example), or fake their authorship.
It is not my purpose here to refute the Talmud Jesus(P) stories – they are actually there, though usually given far too much historical credence. If these "commentators" truly knew the Talmud, they would also know that it is not to be used as a collection of historical facts; the idea that anyone would consider that the Talmud stories about Jesus(P) are based on eye-witness or first-hand accounts, or even the New Testament, is ludicrous. Passages which refute the New Testament accounts are glided over without comment, such as the 40-day period between Jesus'(P) arrest and execution and the fact that Jesus(P) is stoned to death and only hung after he has died.1
How could the Talmud declare "Mary Megaddala" the mother of Jesus(P)2 if the rabbis had even the New Testament before them? Are we to adjust our knowledge of Mary to include her occupation as a woman?s hairdresser on the word of the Talmud?3 The Jewish traditions were, before they were set into writing, oral traditions, and as any student of midrash and haggada knows, subject to great flights of fancy. The gross anachronisms in many of the tales in the Talmud bring them even further from first-hand history.
Mr. Shamoun also employs sources whose dates he obediently passes on to us via the Christian authors he cites. Mr. Shamoun himself notes the religion of the authors, thus blatantly acting against the best rule for sound scholarship: "Never learn from the enemies of your subject". Open-minded Christian scholars are one thing, but "Bible-Thumpers" are another! His sources are all second and third-hand, and are obviously unchecked by himself. Mr. Shamoun seems to have a deep aversion to tracking down the original documents and texts he freely and uncritically cites.
If a Jewish text mentions that Jesus(P) was supposed to be, or claimed to be God, that information was certainly obtained by Jews via Christians and Christian traditions and dogma, which had had centuries to develop, and not directly through any historical events, nor as we have seen, even from the New Testament, which Jews would certainly not waste their time studying, unless arming themselves for polemical disputes. There is absolutely no reliable independent historical evidence to be found concerning Jesus in Jewish tradition, as it is all late material, set down long after the Christians themselves had already decided to make Jesus(P) into their God.
Many Christian apologists, for example, like to take the reference to Jesus(P) in Tacitus as independent proof of his existence, when in fact, with its late date, it merely supplies proof that Christians existed, along with their beliefs and dogma, which were hardly a secret – not that I am denying Jesus(P) existence!
For example, Mr. Shamoun writes:
Christian Author Michael Green quotes a rabbi named Eliezar, writing about AD 160, who writes:
"God saw that a man, son of a woman, was to come forward in the future, who would attempt to make himself God and lead the whole world astray. And if he says he is God he is a liar. And he will lead men astray, and say that he will depart and will return at the end of days." (Green, Who is this Jesus? [Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992], p. 60- cited in We Believe Series-Basics of Christianity, Jesus Knowing Our Savior, author Max Anders [Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995], p. 136)
"Rabbi Eliezer ha-Kappar said: God gave strength to his (Balaam's) voice so that it went from one end of the world to the other, because he looked forth and beheld the nations that bow down to the sun and moon and stars, and to wood and stone, and he looked forth and saw that there was a man, born of a woman, who should rise up and seek to make himself God, and to cause the whole world to go astray. Therefore God gave power to the voice of Balaam that all the peoples of the world might hear, and thus he spake: Give heed that ye go not astray after that man, for is written, 'God is not a man that he should lie.' And if he says that he is God, he is a liar; and he will deceive and say that he departed and cometh again at the end. He saith and he shall not perform. See what is written: And he took up his parable and said, 'Alas, when God doeth this.' Balaam said, Alas, who shall live- of what nation which heareth that man who hath made himself God." (Yalkut Shimeon, [S alonica] sec. 725 on wayissa mishalo [Num. 23. 7], according to Midrash Y'lamm'denue)"
The sections of this passage referring to Jesus(P) certainly read like late accretions to the Balaam material.
Note that Mr. Shamoun (or his source for the source?) believes that this Balaam story was told in the year 160 by Rabbi Eleazar ha-Kappar, as mentioned in Yalqut Shim'oni, and "according to Midrash Yelammedenu", whatever "according to" is supposed to mean. Yalqut Shim'oni dates from the 13th century, though as its name "yalqut" (gleaning, or selection) indicates, is a collection of earlier midrashim.
As for the Midrash Yelammedenu (completed 8th?-9th? c.), I checked my own copy (Amsterdam, 1733) and find only the mention (and not ascribed to Eleazar ha-Kappar) that the Blessed Holy One caused Balaam's voice to go from one end of the world to the other so that the Gentile Nations would hear, connecting this with a verse in Proverbs (27:14) which states that if a person blesses his friends with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse upon himself. There is no mention of or allusion to Jesus(P) in Midrash Yelammedenu. The passage in the Yalqut seems to be a late medieval expansion on Yelammedenu.
I would welcome conflicting evidence. Unlike Mr. Shamoun, I welcome corrections, as I find that I may learn that way! Perhaps Mr. Shamoun (that is, the book he copied) meant "based on" Yelammedenu.
Individual haggadot may exist in many forms and lines of transmission. Whether the attribution to Eleazar ha-Kappar in the Yalqut is correct or not I could not say. Eleazar ha-Kappar is recorded to have referred to Balaam, in another context, in the Avoth d'Rabbi Nathan (XXIX:4). Maybe the ascription of the present story is by association. Who knows?
Just because a certain Rabbi is mentioned, he did not necessarily play a role of any sort. If we took the mention of the rabbis of the Jewish Jesus stories literally, Jesus(P) would end up living anywhere from the second century BCE to the third century CE!
To underline this point, immediately following the quote from Yalqut Shim'oni, the Shamoun article has:
Another rabbi, writing a hundred years after Eliezer, states:
"Rabbi Abahu said, If a man says 'I am God,' he lies; if he says, 'I am the Son of man' he shall rue it; 'I will go up to heaven,' (to this applies Num. xxiii 19) he saith, but shall not perform it." (Jerusalem Talmud Taanith-65b)"
Here we have essentially the same commentary on Numbers 23:19, featuring strikingly similar wording, attributed to two different Rabbis – Eliezer ha-Kappar in Yalqut Shim'oni, and Abahu (late 3rd-early 4th c.) in the much earlier (late 4th c.) Talmud Yerushalmi. One is tempted to assign priority to R. Abahu, who was known for his disputations with Christians, explaining the later Eliezer ha-Kappar ascription by his mention of Balaam in the Avoth d'Rabbi Nathan – yet another example of the dangers inherent in approaching Talmud and Midrash as reliable historical texts.
In fact, Balaam is mentioned elsewhere in Yelammedenu4 as flying through the air with the King of Midian, and being caused to fall by the Name of God which was displayed on the forehead of the High Priest, a story which has a connection with the Toledoth Yeschu, as well as to the pseudo-Clementines, with reference to Peter and Simon Magus.
Therefore, the earliest source for this Balaam story would seem to be the 13th century, and is based on the teachings of Christianity, not any historical memory of Jesus(P) per se. I am quite prepared to be corrected in this, but it would take, of course, some research, which we are all, apparently, not equally prepared to perform.
It is well known that Jesus(P) could never have claimed to be Very God, as Jews are monotheists. Therefore, recourse to the New or Old Testaments would be fruitless, necessitating a perversion of plain meaning to support such a conclusion. How handy it would be if we could "discover" another book, written by a contemporary of Jesus(P), wherein the author could document such a claim by Jesus(P) first-hand! Such material would be eagerly swallowed, with no thought of independent confirmation as to the veracity of the statement, nor of even the existence of the wonderfully useful book. Such is the "new scholarship", which appeals to lazy minds which do not desire to be troubled with original research. "Why bother?", our scholar imagines, "Someone else has already done the research, and he is so much smarter than I am. Why, he even wrote a book on the subject!"
Mr. Shamoun's article is merely a gleaning of notices by others, a veritable "YALQUT SHAMOUNI"5 But the brave new Internet scholars forget that when one cites or quotes anything in an article of his own compilation, his name is thereby attached to it, and he is to be held responsible for the material he has quoted. This is why dispassionate scholars, men of intelligence, check their sources. An author who relies on others for confirmation is merely playing "the scholarship game", with no concern for truth, just as long as his own cherished opinions may be seen in black and white.
This is precisely the trap into which Mr. Shamoun has stumbled. In "his" article on Rabbinic views of Jesus(P), he quotes a book purportedly written by the 1st century Judaean Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, a figure of monumental importance in Judaism, the man who escaped (as tradition has it) the Roman siege of Jerusalem in a coffin, to establish the Rabbinical Academy at Yavneh, responsible for the collation of laws leading to the Mishna, as well as for the survival of Judaism following the Destruction of the Temple.
Mr. Shamoun (or rather, his all-knowing source) says:
"In his book, Biography of Jesus the Nazarene, Yochanan Ben Zakkai, a disciple of the famous Rabbi Hillel, wrote:
"The king and the Jewish rabbis had condemned Jesus to death because he blasphemed when he claimed that he was the Son of God… and God."
Then he added:
"When Christ was on his way to death the Jews shouted in front of him, 'May You destroy Your enemies, O Lord!'" (cited in Faris al-Qayrawani's Was Christ Really Crucified?, p. 49)
Compare the preceding statements on the deity of Christ and his ascension with the following NT passages: Mark 14:61-62; John 10:27-39, 14:1-3, 16:28, 20:17; Acts 1:9-11, 7:55-56."
Note how thrilled Mr. Shamoun is with this book supposedly written by Yochanan ben Zakkai, as he proceeds to associate it and other pastes with no fewer than seven New Testament passages! Yes, the "ben Zakkai" book is clearly a bonanza for him
Too bad it does not exist. Well, it does, but it is certainly not the work of Yochanan ben Zakkai!
Now, I am quite sure Mr. Shamoun does not intend to deceive us here, though I could not say the same for Mr. Qayrawani with any certitude. In the case of Mr. Shamoun, he stepped into what he thought was a pleasant lake for a wade, and promptly got sucked away over his head. He presumed to discuss Judaism. He should not do that. Anyone who could for a fraction of a second imagine that Yochanan ben Zakkai wrote a book called "Biography of Jesus the Nazarene" clearly has no concept of the canvas of Jewish history or its leading characters, and has no business fraudulently implying otherwise.
But please allow me to solve the mystery:
The book referred to is the late medieval "Toledoth Yeschu ha-Notzri" in the recension published by Johann Jacob Huldrich (Leiden, 1705). This is the second publication of the Toledoth Yeschu, after the Wagenseil edition (Altdorf, 1681), and is a different recension.
In the Huldrich recension, Jesus(P) claims to be God and the Son of God, and it is declared, as Jesus(P) is led to his punishment, "So may all thine enemies perish, O Lord!"
The various recensions of the Toledoth Yeschu are a "mix-and-match" of ingredients. The most complete study of all the motifs can be found in the work of Gunter Schlichting6. This is the best study since the ground-breaking work of Samuel Krauss.
To actually ascribe authorship of the Toledoth Yeschu to a man like Yochanan ben Zakkai is nothing short of a travesty. Oh yes, the Huldrich recension of Toledoth Yeschu is a wonderful source book for the life of Jesus(P), written by the people who should know best, the Jews, who were first-hand witnesses. Would you like to hear a few more excerpts from the Huldrich recension? No problem!
Here are a few paraphrases and summations:
In the reign of "King Herod the Proselyte"[meaning Herod the Great, who was not a proselyte, died 4 BCE], the beautiful Miriam was betrothed to Rabbi Pappos ben Yehuda [died ca. 150 CE], who kept Mary locked up in a house, but she escaped through a window and ran away to Bethlehem with her exciting boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks, Joseph Pandera. We all know what happened next. Then…
Yeschu grew up and went to school at the academy of Joshua ben Perachia (early 1st c. BCE). One day, Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanos [d. 2nd c.CE], Rabbi Akiva [d. 135 CE] and Rabbi Joshua ben Levi [d. 220 CE] overheard Yeschu talking. They went together to the school of Joshuah ben Perachia and there cut off Jesus' hair in a circle (medieval monk style). Jesus, ashamed, went back to Mary his mother and bit her breast, as in 2 Alphabet of Ben Sira, where Ben Sira is born with the power of speech, and when presented with his mother's milk says "I don't want that. Give me meat!!!" and proceeds to bite his mother's breast. [Translation of 2 Alph Ben Sira is my own]
King Herod wrote [more than a quarter century after his death] letters to many towns, including Worms, in Germany[!] asking for advice concerning what to do with Yeschu, etc…
How about it, Mr. Shamoun….any New Testament parallels spring to mind yet?
Now I certainly do not expect Mr. Shamoun to thank me for saving him from any further embarrassment at attributing the Toledoth Yeschu to Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai! In fact, he will probably let it remain on his website as it stands.
No, Mr. Shamoun will never admit his error. Perhaps he will be happy with attacking me personally, for holding pseudo-scholars with vulgar tongues in contempt, and will offer other personal comments. I recently wrote to him under my given family name, as I often do in various circumstances, depending on the subject matter. He has surely already made the connection. I come from a Jewish family, and have been a Muslim for 34 years, alhamdulillah. This "cultural/religious" bond affords me a unique perspective, and I am grateful for it.
It will be instructive to observe his response, if any, to this statement I have just made. In any case, All?h is my only guide.
Or perhaps I do not give him enough credit. Maybe he truly repents of his shoddy methods. If he wishes to repent, I will be happy to provide assistance.
Mr. Shamoun, place your hands on your television screen and repeat after me:
"I am a sinner. I truly repent of my poor methods of so-called "research", allowing others to do the work I should have done myself, while never checking their sources. With contrite heart I place my life and soul in the hands of the Lord of Knowledge, and ask Him to find me a good encyclopedia, or at least a library card, so I may never again make a fool of myself by uncritically following any author who calls himself a Christian. Amen!"
However, just in case, let me offer some words of advice:
Never fear correction, even if it comes from someone you instinctively detest with a purple passion, because you will always gain from more knowledge.
Always check sources when you are dealing with a subject about which you know absolutely nothing.
Get rid of that ben Zakkai reference right now, it's for your own good! On the other hand, allowing it to remain will serve as a signpost and a warning to all readers: "I know nothing!".
And Allah knows best!
Cite this article as: Mahmud Ali Abdal Chabir, "Yalqut Shamouni," in Bismika Allahuma, October 7, 2005, last accessed July 19, 2019, https://www.bismikaallahuma.org/christianity/yalqut-shamouni/
b. Sanhedrin 43a [⤺]
Tosaphoth Chagiga 4b; Tosaphoth Shabbath 104b [⤺]
Professor Shamoun has the meaningless word "Tosah" for Tosaphoth, but what difference does that make for him? He surely does not know the difference between the Tosaphoth, which are 13th century French glosses on the Gemara (mostly recorded in the Talmud by Eliezar of Touques) and the Tosephta, tannaitic additions to the Mishna. [⤺]
Parshat Roshei ha-Mattot [⤺]
We might observe here that one meaning of "leqet" is, fittingly, "the poor man's share of the crop"! [⤺]
Gunter Schlichting, Ein Judischer Leben Jesu. Die vershollene Toledot-Jesu-Fassung"Tam u-Mu'ad", Tubingen: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1982 (Hebrew text with German notes). [⤺]
Eliezer ben Hurcanus
Eliezer ben Hyrcanos
Eliezer ha-Kappar
Joshua ben Perachia
Mahmud Ali Abdal Chabir
Mishnah rabbis
Rabbi Akiva
Rabbinical Academy
Religion_Belief
Sam Shamoun
Samuel Krauss
Tanhuma
The Qur'anic Etymologies Of "Nazarene" And "Gospel" And Their Historical Implications
"I AM What I AM": A Bible Commentary
Talking Ants In The Qur'an?


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Sezon 2000/2001 Pucharu Świata w narciarstwie alpejskim rozpoczął się 28 października 2000 w austriackim Sölden, a zakończył 11 marca 2001 w szwedzkiej miejscowości Åre. Była to 35. edycja pucharowej rywalizacji. Rozegrano 34 konkurencje dla kobiet (8 zjazdów, 8 slalomów gigantów, 8 supergigantów, 9 slalomów specjalnych oraz 1 kombinację) i 33 konkurencje dla mężczyzn (9 zjazdów, 9 slalomów gigantów, 5 supergigantów, 9 slalomów specjalnych oraz 1 kombinację).

Puchar Narodów (łącznie) zdobyła reprezentacja Austrii, wyprzedzając Szwajcarię i Francję.

Puchar Świata w narciarstwie alpejskim kobiet

Wśród kobiet najlepszą zawodniczką okazała się Chorwatka Janica Kostelić, która zdobyła 1256 punktów, wyprzedzając Austriaczkę Renate Götschl i Francuzkę Régine Cavagnoud.

W poszczególnych klasyfikacjach tryumfowały:
  Isolde Kostner – zjazd
  Janica Kostelić – slalom
  Sonja Nef – slalom gigant
  Régine Cavagnoud – supergigant
  Janica Kostelić – kombinacja

Puchar Świata w narciarstwie alpejskim mężczyzn

Wśród mężczyzn najlepszym zawodnikiem okazał się Austriak Hermann Maier, który zdobył 1618 punktów, wyprzedzając swojego rodaka Stephana Eberhartera oraz Norwega Lasse Kjusa.

W poszczególnych klasyfikacjach tryumfowali:
  Hermann Maier – zjazd
  Benjamin Raich – slalom
  Hermann Maier – slalom gigant
  Hermann Maier – supergigant
  Lasse Kjus – kombinacja

Puchar Narodów (kobiety + mężczyźni)
 1.  – 14055 pkt
 2.  – 5826 pkt
 3.  – 4721 pkt
 4.  – 3995 pkt
 5.  – 3399 pkt

Puchar Świata w narciarstwie alpejskim 2000/2001


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Things you didnt know
You're Going to Want this "Kids Book" About Stirling Moss For Yourself
By Aaron Miller Published On 04/25/2014
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By Aaron Miller @aaron_m_miller Published On 04/25/2014
What you're looking at is easily the best-researched children's book of all time. You're going to want this on your coffee table: it's called The Greatest Race, and it's the 100% true story of Sir Stirling Moss's 1955 win in the legendary Mille Miglia race. It's currently on Kickstarter, but it's almost definitely going to happen.
This Sexy Beast Is Back In Production; Clearly There Is A God
It charts the journey of Moss's famous Mercedes 300SLR, number 722 (which signifies the time in the morning when it began) around Italy, but the book goes deeper than that. Way deeper.
Dwight Knowlton
Just look at these notes. The author actually got in touch with Sir Stirling and not only convinced him to sign off on the book, but to discuss his memories of the race. The result is an impressively thorough and true-to-life story.
Even that wasn't enough though, because the author is determined to make this the absolute best kids book ever. He contacted the people who run the archives at Mercedes and told them what he had planned. They sent him just about everything they had on the 1955 Mille Miglia, including specs on the car and rarely seen images so his drawings can be as accurate as possible.
In other words: this drawing is legit. Moss hit a bridge at 170 mph, caught some air, and landed about 150 feet down the road, never missing a beat.
The most beautiful Mercedes in the world
Moss's win represents the only time a Brit won the race, and cemented his legacy as one of the very best drivers of the 1950s.
The book is still in its Kickstarter phase, which means if you support it at a high enough level you can get a copy that's signed by Moss himself. Just look at the rest of these photos and you'll get an idea as to how important this book really is going to be.
Aaron Miller is the Rides editor for Supercompressor. He's a student of motorsports history, and would've read this book 1000 times as a child.


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Children deserve some unsupervised time!
Wondering if you can let your kids walk to the park or wait in the car for a few minutes—legally? This list should help. At Let Grow, we believe that parents are the best judges of what their kids are ready for, when. But the sad fact is, some loving and responsible parents have found themselves in legal trouble when a busybody or law enforcement official perceived their actions as unacceptable.
You'll see that, last counted, 19 states have specific laws about when it is legal to leave a child in a car. Five states have laws that specify what age a child can be home alone, and 10 states have "guidelines." For states that don't have these, the child neglect laws are the next most relevant sources of information. You can find those here.
DISCLAIMER: This list is not a legal document, and Let Grow does not take responsibility for the content. Be mindful that some localities have rules and guidelines even when the state does not. When in doubt, consult your local authorities to confirm the laws where you live. What's more, laws change, as do judicial interpretations of them, and this list may not be updated immediately.
And as you'll see, there are two lists. Please consult both! The first one provides pretty much what you need at a glance. The state list below it has a few elaborations. Once in a while, they contradict each other, because...that's the way it is. Both lists were compiled by fantastic interns from Reason.
Utah adopted the Free-Range Parenting Law unanimously in March, 2018. Read about it here. And here is the actual neglect statute, starting at line 309.