By the late 1920s, a big winter storm could often shut the city down for a few days but with the help of a V-plow attached to a few trucks and more people per square mile clearing snow, commuters would eventually be "dug" out.
A snowy view looking down Maple Street near the corner of River Street circa 1920s.
However, when it came to county residents, a sizable winter storm could block traffic from going in and out of the villages for days if not weeks, no doubt leaving some to question if the advancement of motor vehicles was such a smart thing.
During a late winter storm in March of 1929, snowed-in residents living in several local villages banded together to shovel a path through the depths of snow in order for modern vehicles to pass through and onto the main thoroughfares.
"Stronach has been snowbound for some time but yesterday civic spirit rebelled, and today one can drive to and from the community at the head of Manistee Lake in his car at will.
"'Elbow Grease', when properly directed by a gang of enthusiastic men, can accomplish much. George Heur and Charles Wissner assembled 15 shovelers yesterday and then called on the Campeco Oil Company to send out one of its trucks with gasoline and kerosene. The company complied.
"Kaleva citizens, anxious as always to put friendly shoulders to the wheel in the interest of their village, gathered to the number of 30 or more men and boys Saturday morning to attempt shoveling out the county road from Kaleva to the place where the new snow plow broke down after the last big storm. Plank Hill beyond Tanner was the objection.
One of the primary reasons why many in the county wanted to be "dug" out was that a basketball tournament was taking place at Manistee High School on Friday (March 8) and with the tournament including teams from Bear Lake, Onekama, Norman Dickson, Brethren, Copemish, Mesick, Freesoil, and Buckley, it was considered big deal and big social event for many.
"But citizens of the village have missed greatly the open road and the many trips they were in the habit of making to Manistee and other places. Serious thinking might happen in the village before help could get in from outside. A basketball tournament loomed ahead with Kaleva's enthusiastic fans facing a stay-at-home instead of going to it in car loads as last year. So with the spirit of Kaleva that when it wants a thing it tries to go after it, shovelers gathered and went to work.
"Victor Bosso and George Venne each worked with a disc breaking up the packed snow and men and boys made heroic efforts to clear out a road. But the ranks gradually thinned as the less seasoned ones gave out and when the last ceased their efforts they were within sight of White Woods.
"Even if the task proves too great for success, at least Kaleva with its usual spirit tried to do its bit.
"The principal villages of Manistee County, some of which have been isolated as far as automobile traffic is concerned for several weeks, will be liberated some time this week, if plans of the county road commission are successful.
"M-22 was opened as far north as Werle's Corners last night, with a big V-plow pushed by two trucks. Today, the plow will probably reach Arcadia.
"It is the intention of Isaac Joupi, county superintendent of roads, to put the plows on the Eastlake and River roads just as soon as the equipment can be brought back to Manistee.
"Tomorrow, the plows will probably attempt to open the Copemish highway by way of the Big Four School northeast of Bear Lake which seems to be the least drifted route, so it is possible that people from that village may come to Manistee by automobile for the basketball tournament which starts Thursday afternoon.
With the work of shoveling paths through the snow in and out of the county's villages finally accomplished, all was right for traffic to get through and for fans to cheer on their home basketball team in Manistee. However on March 7, the area was hit by 60-mile gale force winds with power being cut off in the city. Needless to say, fans had to wait one more day for that basketball tournament.


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Pritchett-Corning, K. R., H. E. Peery, J. P. Crossland, H. M. Wyatt, M. Stuart, and C. E. Mothersill. 2015. Use of neonatal fostering to remove Helicobacter spp. from deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). J. Amer. Assoc. Lab. Anim. Sci., 54:439-444.
Crossland, J. P., M. J. Dewey, S. C. Barlow, P. B. Vrana, M. R. Felder, and G. J. Szalai. 2014. Caring for Peromyscus spp. in research environments. Lab Anim., 43:162-166.
Kenney-Hunt, J., A. Lewandowski, T. C. Glenn, J. L. Glenn, O. V. Tsyusko, R. J. O'Neill, J. Brown, C. M. Ramsdell, Q. Nguyen, T. Phan, K. R. Shorter, M. J. Dewey, G. Szalai, P. B. Vrana, M. R. Felder. 2014. A genetic map of Peromyscus with chromosomal assignment of linkage groups (a Peromyscus genetic map). Mamm. Genome, Apr;25(3-4):160-179. doi: 10.1007/s00335-014-9500-8.
Shorter, K. R., V. Anderson, P. Cakora, A. Owen, K. Lo, J. Crossland, A. C. H. South, M. R. Felder, and P. B. Vrana. 2014. Pleiotropic effects of a methyl donor diet in a novel animal model. PLOS One, 9(8):e104942. (pdf)
Shorter, K. R., A. Owen, V. Anderson, A. C. Hall-South, S. Hayford, P. Cakora, J. P. Crossland, V. R. Georgi, A. Perkins, S. J. Kelly, M. R. Felder, and P. B. Vrana. 2014. Natural genetic variation underlying differences in Peromyscus repetitive and social/aggressive behaviors. Behav. Genet., 44:126-135. (pdf)
Wiedmeyer, C. E., J. P. Crossland, M. Veres, M. J. Dewey, M. R. Felder, S. C. Barlow, P. B. Vrana, G. Szalai. 2014. Hematologic and serum biochemical values of 4 species of Peromyscus mice and their hybrids. J. Amer. Assoc. Lab. Anim. Sci., 53:336-343. (pdf)
Jašarevic, E., D. H. Bailey, J. P. Crossland, W. D. Dawson, G. Szalai, M. R. Ellersieck, C. S. Rosenfeld, and D. C. Geary. 2013. Evolution of monogamy, paternal investment, and female life history in Peromyscus. J. Comp. Psychol., 127:91-102 (pdf)
Veres, M., S. Payne, P. Fernandes, J. P. Crossland, and G. Szalai. 2013. Improved technique for induction and monitoring of audiogenic seizure in deer mice. Lab Animal, 42:166-169.
Vrana P. B., K. R. Shorter, G. Szalai, M. R. Felder, J. P. Crossland, M. Veres, J. E. Allen, C. D. Wiley, A. R. Duselis, M. J. Dewey, W. D. Dawson. 2013. Peromyscus (deer mice) as developmental models. WIREs Dev Biol., doi: 10.1002/wdev.132.
Shorter, K. R., J. P. Crossland, D. Webb, G. Szalai, M. R. Felder, and P. B. Vrana. 2012. Peromyscus as a Mammalian Epigenetic Model. Genetics Res. Int., 2012(179159):11 pgs. (pdf)
Veres, M., A. R. Duselis, A. Graft, W. Pryor, J. Crossland, P. B. Vrana, G. Szalai. 2012. The biology and methodology of assisted reproduction in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Theriogenology, 77:311-319. (pdf)
Duselis, A. R. and P. B. Vrana. 2010. Aberrant growth and pattern formation in Peromyscus hybrid placental development. Biol. Reprod., (pdf)
Kalcounis-Rueppell, M. C., R. Petric, J. R. Briggs, C. Carney, M. M. Marshall, J. T. Willse, O. Rueppell, D. O. Ribble, and J. P. Crossland. 2010. Differences in ultrasonic vocalizations between wild and laboratory California mice (Peromyscus californicus). PLoS One, 5:e9705. (pdf)
Mlynarski, E. E., C. Obergfell, M. J. Dewey, and R. J. O'Neill. 2010. A unique late-replicating XY to autosome translocation in Peromyscus melanophrys. Chromosome Res., 18:179-189. (pdf)
Weber, J. N., M. B Peters, O. V. Tsyusko, C. R. Linnen, C. Hagen, N. A. Schable, T. D. Tuberville, A. M. McKee, S. L. Lance, K. L. Jones, H. S. Fisher, M. J. Dewey, H. E. Hoekstra, T. C. Glenn. 2010. Five hundred microsatellite loci for Peromyscus. Conserv. Genet., 11:1243-1246 (pdf)
Yang, G., M. Veres, G. Szalai, A. Zhang, L. X. Xu, and X. He. 2010. Biotransport phenomena in freezing mammalian oocytes. Ann. Biomed. Eng.
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Labinskyy, N., P. Mukhopadhyay, J. Toth, G. Szalai, M. Veres, G. Losonczy, J. T. Pinto, P. Pacher, P. Ballabh, A. Podlutsky, S. N. Austad, A. Csiszar, and Z. Ungvari. 2009. Longevity is associated with increased vascular resistance to high glucose-induced oxidative stress and inflammatory gene expression in Peromyscus leucopus. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol., 296:H946-956. (pdf)
Glenn, J. L. W., C-F. Chen, A. Lewandowski, C-H. Cheng, C. M. Ramsdell, R. Bullard-Dillard, J. Chen, M. J. Dewey, and T. C. Glenn. 2008. Expressed sequence tags from Peromyscus testis and placenta tissue: analysis, annotation, and utility for mapping. BMC Genomics, 9:300. (pdf)
Mlynarski, E. E., C. J. Obergfell, W. Rens, P. C. M. O'Brien, C. M. Ramsdell, M. J. Dewey, M. J. O'Neill, and R. J. O'Neill. 2008. Peromyscus maniculatus – Mus musculus chromosome homology map derived from reciprocal cross species chromosome painting. Cytogenet. Genome Res., 121:288-292.
Ramsdell, C. M., A. A. Lewandowski, J. L. W. Glenn, P. B. Vrana, R. J. O'Neill, and M. J. Dewey. 2008. Comparative genome mapping of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) reveals greater similarity to rat (Rattus norvegicus) than to the lab mouse (Mus musculus). BMC Evol. Biol., 8:1-14. (pdf)
Ramsdell, C. M., E. L. Thames, J. L. Weston, and M. J. Dewey. 2006. Development of a deer mouse whole-genome radiation hybrid panel and comparative mapping of Mus chromosome 11 loci. Mammal. Genome, 17:37-48. (pdf)
Mullen, L. M., R. J. Hirschmann, K. L. Prince, T. C. Glenn, M. J. Dewey, and H. E. Hoekstra. 2006. Sixty polymorphic Microsatellite markers for the oldfield mouse developed in Peromyscus polionotus and Peromyscus maniculatus. Mol. Ecol. Notes, 6:36-40.
Hoekstra, H.E., Hirschmann, R.J., Bundey, R.J., Insel, P. and J.P. Crossland. 2006. A single amino acid mutation contributes to adaptive color pattern in beach mice. Science, 313:101-104. (pdf)
Crossland, J. and A. Lewandowski. 2006. Peromyscus - A fascinating laboratory animal model. Techtalk, 11:1-2. (pdf)
Dawson, W. D. 2005. Peromyscine biogeography, Mexican topography and Pleistocene climatology. In: Contriguciones Mastozoologicas en Homenaje A Bernardo Villa. Eds. Sanchez-Cordero y R. A. Medellin. 13:145-156. (pdf) See image of book here: http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/imagenes/novedades/nov/cntri.jpg )
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The Toppenish School District has gained national attention after announcing that it is arming administrators to protect kids when classes start again the fall.
Cerna says ever since the policy was announced earlier this week his phone has been ringing off the hook. The story has been picked up by The Associated Press and run by Fox News, the Washington Times and others.
Eleven Toppenish School District administrators have volunteered to carry firearms when school starts in the fall, according to Cerna.
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Andy and Beverly Bishop are 40 year C&MA missionaries whose work the Lord used to help found CAMA Services. From Africa to Asia to Eastern Europe, the Bishops served near most of the conflicts and disasters in the 1970's and 80's including a tour in Russia directing CoMission activities in the 90's. (More...)
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If in any given year there is no altar server who qualifies for an award under the preceding requirements, the Foundation shall make the distribution to the Church for use in the Church's discretion in providing supplies, equipment, robes or activities for its altar servers.
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AUSTIN – The Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Texas, according to a jobs report published by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The rate is a .3 percent increase from April 2016 but down nearly a half-percent from the month prior.
The downward dip in unemployment results from an influx of 30,400 jobs to the Texas economy during the month of April.


This side project came out of my interest to develop my management skills. I've been manager for over 8 years now and even though my aspiration as a child was not to become a manager, I grew to like it. The job actually meets a lot of my skills, talents and interests. I have always been interested in human behaviour and psychology. I have also always liked to organise things and get sh*t done.
As I was developing my skills as manager, I kept coming across different niches of coaching and NLP and the benefits that both industries can make on not only the work but also personal life. So between 2015 and 2016, I got trained in both. I am certified Personal performance coach and Master in Neuro-Linguistic programming. Last year I've trained as Cognitive Behavioural practitioner.
You may be wondering why I started this side project when I'm perfectly happy in my full time job. This is a good and logical question. We all have aspirations about what we want to be when we grow up - well my aspiration was to be an entrepreneur (like my dad). It's seemed pretty cool and freeing job, and I like to get creative.
Then, in 2016, after sudden loss of my dad, I got serious about working with managers and business owners like my dad, who deal with daily stress, task overload and constant lack of time. I am determined to provide you with actionable tips and tools on keeping tap on your stress levels and how you can maintain sanity whilst juggling daily tasks.
According to recent study, 39% of adults in the UK report they feel too stressed daily and 85% of adults experience stress regularly. Stress affects us all and may lead into further serious consequences on your health and well-being.
My aim is to research 'so-called' the most effective tools for managers to do their work effectively while maintaining their sanity and stress levels low - then apply them in practice and report my findings in case studies easily accessible on this website. This is where my full time managerial role comes in handy, it allows me to try out tools and techniques in practice, on the job.


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Written by Ana-Lucia on July 17th, 2015 .
Recently Directions Magazine caught up with Steve Coast, founder of OpenStreetMap and Head of OSM at Telenav, to discuss why OSM "became the preferred mapping platform and primary data source for a growing list of companies around the world" (for the entire article, please click here).
Founded in London in 2004 by Steve Coast, OSM is a global crowdsourcing project that aims at creating a free world map. Today OSM is counting more than 2 Mio. registered users, of which more than 45,000 are contributing on a regular basis. But is OSM able to take on commercial map data providers yet? Let's have a closer look at its benefits and drawbacks.
First of all, the map data is very detailed and rich. Whatever is relevant to the people living in a certain area is included in the map. And this does not only apply to the street network, but goes far beyond this, including hiking trails, parking sites, ATMs, etc. Then, as mentioned above, OSM is a global project and thus provides map data from all over the world, with both localized and translated city and street names. Granted, the richness of the data is greatest in Western industrial nations but the coverage in less tapped parts of the world is still as good as or even better than what many sources of proprietary map data have to offer.
At this point it is important to mention that a high degree of detail and accuracy is only one side of the coin. The map's maintenance represents the even bigger challenge to commercial mapping companies. It's not enough to collect the data once, but you rather have to keep it up-to-date, which is extremely cost-intensive. Our environment is constantly changing: New buildings and roads are being constructed and street courses are modified. The OSM contributors know their vicinity very well and as soon as something has been altered, those highly committed volunteers will adapt the map accordingly. A huge number of continuous edits guarantees that the map data stays fresh.
Last but not least, there are almost no limitations when using OSM map data. It is free and open and can be customized to a very high degree, allowing users to create their own map – not only in terms of style but also content (i.e. showing only what is relevant in a particular use case).
The attentive reader will have noticed by now: We are very confident that OpenStreetMap will increasingly become the map of choice. We have already chosen OSM as a bedrock of our Mobile SDK and Web API. For further information and to get a first impression of how our technology puts OSM's strengths to full use, please go to http://www.scoutgps.com/developer.
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Janet Trussell (5 de agosto de 1962) es una deportista estadounidense que compitió en judo. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Panamericano de Judo de 1986 en la categoría de –52 kg.

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Pedestrian seriously injured after collision involving a car in Southcote
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The junction of Southcote Lane and Burghfield Road in Southcote. Credit: Google Maps
A woman has been seriously injured after being involved in a collision with a car in Southcote.
At around 12.47pm on Tuesday, August 28, ambulance crews were called to Southcote Lane in Reading, Berkshire.
A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said: "We received an emergency 999 call from a member of the public reporting a collision between a car and a pedestrian on the junction of Southcote Lane with Burghfield Road.
"We sent an ambulance and a paramedic team leader in a rapid response vehicle to the incident.
"The pedestrian was a female in her early 30s who had sustained serious but not immediately life-threatening injuries.
"After initial treatment at the scene she was then taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital."
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Officers from Thames Valley Police were also on the scene dealing with the incident.
The police closed Southcote Lane between its junctions with Burghfield Road and Ashampstead Road, while emergency crews were on the scene.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "We are urging anyone with any information about the road traffic collision, especially if you have footage of the incident to contact police by calling 101 and quoting reference number 526 (28/8)."
The road reopened around 3pm.
You can see how the incident played out below:
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OKHA, the queer + black book club.
Illustration by Ania Siniuk
Ania Siniuk· July 5, 2019 ·4 min read
words by Khloe Bailey Obazee
Ania Siniuk
OKHA, the queer + black book club. It's more than just a book club first of all.
I am Khloe, born in East London and bred as a Nigerian. I started OKHA a few months ago along with Sade. She runs Shamelessly Sade and was born in Brazil before coming to the UK, to join the 'South London massive'.
Sade and I would relax and talk endlessly about the books we'd read; why we liked them, what was great about them, what was crap about them… She would give me recommendations and I would do the same. The back-and-forth; the sharing of tales and stories told by people we respected and valued, was fulfilling. She would tell me about a book that she had always loved because her mother gave it to her – and that alone meant the story meant something much more. It resonates beyond the words on the page. The story of how the book came to be with her – that part was as important as how the tale itself made her feel. When it came to books, I always preferred a book from the library or from a friend's shelf; till today, my friend Olamide looks at my bookshelf accusingly, certain many of her books are there. I wouldn't let my friend Finesse rest because I know for sure I borrowed her 'The Women of Decadence' and she never returned it (she still denies this is the case). However, my secret Santa gift last year was the book I know she lost, and my friend Kemi? Well, she just heads straight to the bookstore to get 'her own personal copy'.
I had a few things I was working on, namely building a platform for storytelling called PRIM, which would give us access to all the storytellers of colour in the world, in once place. Sade would often call me up on the fact that, in my ideas on black people, while I often include African and Caribbean, I was missing her out. She is Afro-Latinx from Brazil, speaks Portuguese and loves her culture. I realised that 'we' meant a few things.
When Sade and I sat down and decided it was time to actually start a book club, the focus was more than sharing stories told by others, but to create a space where we could share our stories.
For a long time we have been trying to provide a space where we can speak with passion about the humans of this world who boldly speak on our existence in sometimes sombre tones or with humour or rage. It's poetic and rhythmic, it's often the story you really needed. They have inspired and they continue to inform much that shapes our daily lives – our writers, poets, novelists – you name it. The pen to paper and finger to keyboard is everything we breathe: it's the story of us.
Black. This meant focusing on works by people of black ancestry only – African, Caribbean and Afro-Latinx. This has become something key for me personally, as I only want to read works by people I can share something significant with – the trait of blackness. The hope is that, at some point, I will be full with blackness: its multi-faceted, varied, nuanced and its calming presence. The history, culture and energy will fill me up until I am overflowing with knowing all that my ancestors and contemporaries feel to share with me.
Sweet joy. Pain. Humour. Friendship. Lesbionic prowess. Sex. More joy. Faith. Beauty. Anger. More Anger. Blessings. Generosity. Empathy. Forgiveness. Being Queer. Having a community. Sharing their story. As much or as little as they feel necessary.
Queer. We wanted to create a space for queer people to come together. There is a plethora of book clubs that are not specifically designed with queer people in mind, but this space is a community of us who are trans, non-binary, asexual, pan, bi. Queer can differ slightly in meaning to people, and this space is for all these definitions.
Book Club. Because it's an excellent medium for sharing and consuming stories since time began; it has developed from carvings to feather pens to markings in the skin, but the essence remains the same – timeless and inextinguishable. It can be an immersive space, where you come to share thoughts on a book but also engage with work from someone in our community – be it written or visual artistry – so long as it would connect with the story or theme of the session. It's just another form of storytelling for us to take on.
This is what OKHA embodies. This is the shared trait both of the stories we focus on and the people who come along. We want to make OKHA a full experience, where you can be immersed in something familiar or unfamiliar, where you provide a lesson and learn plenty. Sade said to me,
"This is community-building outside the club – we need to make sure people can really gain something in this space".
We have a number of offerings that support getting together in the club and party environment, and we need to provide community spaces that equally empower and enrich but where we can really talk and engage with one another.
For our next session on July 5th, the read is 'Bone' by Yrsa Daley-Ward, whose work is just incredible. The most important part of this session is the focus on people of black ancestry from South and Latin America. We wanted to provide a space where we exhibit work from our Afro-Latinx fam but also where we can have an open dialogue about the greatness, the sadness, the culture and erasure impacts of Afro-Latinx people. Bring it to the forefront so we can all be aware and also show another part of the black community that exists. If you've got some time and want to add another element to your Pride celebrations, then be sure to join us.
OKHA reads so far:
Tomi Adeyemi, The Children of Blood and Bone
Dean Atta, I Am Nobody's Nigger
Yrsa Daley-Ward, Bone
Find out more about the book club and upcoming events @prim.black
Ania Siniuk is an illustrator from Maryland mainly focusing on female empowerment, mental health awareness, fashion, and beauty.She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelors in Illustration with extended studies in Fashion.Her work primarily consists of bright colours, strong patterns, and graphic figures. She chooses to mostly draw woman because she wants to showcase the beauty and strength of her own gender. insta @ania_sini website www.aniasiniuk.com
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Shvat: Filling the Bucket
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
The spiritual significance of the month of Shvat.
The astral sign (mazal) of Shvat (or Shevat), the fifth month of the Hebrew year, is the bucket, corresponding to the sign of Aquarius. A bucket is just an ordinary container made to hold water, but in Judaism water has enormous spiritual symbolism. Along with earth, air and fire, it is one of "the four elements." Let us look at them one by one.
Fire: A flame rises by its nature. It can be used either creatively or destructively. Similarly, passion was created to inspire us to rise upward towards our source, but when corrupted, the yearning for goodness turns to fury, which consumes and destroys everything it touches.
Earth: By nature it is stable. Its resilience and permanence is the spiritual source of humility and tolerance, but when corrupted it translates into passivity at best, and despair at worst.
Air: It is in constant motion. It provides us with life giving oxygen. We tend to associate life with movement. In its highest state it symbolizes the kind of inner tension that keeps us moving beyond the living death of complacency. In its negative state it keeps us moving so fast that we never commit to anything or anyone.
Water: It too gives life. In fact the Hebrew word for physical is "gashmi" which literally means "rainy." By its nature it flows downward. Because of these two factors, the Torah is considered the spiritual parallel to water. It gives us life in the most basic sense. It is from its teachings that basic moral concepts (integrity, self-transcendence, justice,) have become the mainstay of the world's moral lexicon.
The mission of the Jewish people is to serve as a spiritual bucket, pouring out spiritual "water" by making the Torah's teaching accessible to the entire world.
In nature, water is inaccessible unless we have the means of getting it to where it is needed. Today we have reservoirs and elaborate irrigation and plumbing systems. When we peel away the layers of technology that we have grown accustomed to, we see that the most basic means of making water accessible is a bucket.
The mission of the Jewish people is to serve as a spiritual bucket, pouring out spiritual "water" by making the Torah's teaching accessible to the entire world -- through the example we set and the concepts we teach. In order to do this, we have to constantly refill ourselves with the Torah's life force, and articulate it as we go about living our lives.
SHVAT'S HISTORY
The first of Shvat is the day that Moses began to elucidate the Torah he had taught the Jews in the desert. Moses was a living bucket pouring forth wisdom that will keep us going forever.
We are arguably the only people who have heroes who are teachers, rather than conquerors or fighters. From Moses to Rabbi Akiva, who taught Torah publicly during the Roman occupation at the risk of his life, to contemporary Torah sages who put in 18-hour days when they are deep in their eighties or even older, we have always idealized people who appreciate the Torah's waters enough to dedicate significant parts of their lives to being the human equivalent of a bucket.
They are not always famous. My octogenarian neighbor is a heroine in the ongoing narrative of our history. Leah Horowitz came to the United States just after World War I. She attended public school, miraculously emerging with a sense of pride in her identity at a time when most American Jews would do anything to be more American and less Jewish. When she married and began life in Canarsie, south Brooklyn, her home was kosher and Shabbos was kept without compromise. But it still wasn't enough. Her bucket was empty and she knew it.
Her turning point was the day her husband, Zelig, came home and told her that there was a fundraising appeal in shul. A visiting rabbi told the congregation that the time had come to build a yeshiva in Brooklyn (at that time the only full day Jewish schools were in Manhattan). Their children needed Torah as much as they needed food and clothing. The young couple sat together in their tiny kitchen. They calculated how much they could take out of his $40 salary and still remain solvent. The most that they could give was $5.00.
She looked at her husband's face as he put the lone bill in an envelope to give the Yeshiva's representative when he would return next month. She had never seen him defeated before. Not when their neighbors moved on to more spacious homes in the suburbs, and not when he faced friends who found jobs that paid more but required coming in on Saturday.
"I have an idea!" Leah exclaimed. "Just wait. You'll give a donation that means something."
She got to work. She put up hand printed signs wherever Jewish women congregated: "Gala Melave Malka. Entertainment, Food and Drinks Galore. A Good Time for One and All" followed by her name and address. Her sisters-in-law contributed their favorite dishes and her friend Blanche sang to the accompaniment of the living room player piano. Leah borrowed folding chairs from her non-Jewish neighbors.
The evening's take was close to $50. Two nights later, Zelig brought the cash to the Yeshivah's representative. It was a moment that had great meaning for both men. For Zelig, it was living proof that he could be part of something greater than himself. For the fundraiser it was the beginning of the realization of a dream in which Torah would not be suffocated in the New World.
The rabbi told Zelig, "Your money will pay the first salary of the Yeshivah's spiritual supervisor. We have our eye on a young man of great promise, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg."
In the course of the next 50 years, Rabbi Scheinberg has emerged as one of the generation's great scholars, halachic experts, and spiritual leaders.
The 15th of Shvat (Tu B'Shvat) is referred to in the Mishna as the new year of the trees. It does not have the status of a holiday; it is a day that Jews celebrate by way of custom. A Jewish custom comes from a very special place, the Jewish soul. In a certain sense, it is our art form.
How do we celebrate Tu B'Shvat and what does the celebration tell us about ourselves as a people?
The observance of the day is just eating fruit. If at all possible, the fruits should include the seven species for which the Land of Israel is praised: wheat, barely, figs, pomegranates, grapes, olives and date-honey. Add as many other fruits as you can (using dry fruits to make eating more varieties possible) with the aim of reaching a total of 15 fruits in all.
In the 16th century, the great Kabbalist, the Arizal, and his disciples created a short "seder" that explores the inner meaning of the day. To catch a glance at the kabbalist side of Tu B'Shvat we must look at three of its motifs: trees, fruit, and the significance of the day of the month that the "new year" comes out on.
"A man is as a tree of the field," the Torah tells us when commanding the Jews not to cut down fruit trees. In what sense is a human comparable to a tree? Like a tree, our roots are the source of our continued life. When a human cuts himself off from his roots, which for a Jew would be the Torah and its commandments, there is an inevitable consequence. As much as he may want connection, he has lost the knowledge of how to make an enduring connection to our Source. Every mitzvah that we do revives the hidden yearning for spiritual life that always lies dormant within us.
The Mishna tells us that this is the day that the sap begins to rise. It is a day of renaissance and hope.
The message of the fruits -- which add flavor, variety, fragrance and color to our lives -- is that the journey itself is meant to be joyous.
While two of the species (wheat and barley) provide necessary basics in our diet, fruits were given to us for sheer pleasure. Wheat and barley, which are basic staples, are compared to Jewish law, "halachah" in Hebrew, which literally means "the way we walk." Humans have a sense of destiny, and the directives of Jewish law tell us which roads won't take us to where we want to go and which roads will.
The message of the fruits -- which are not staples but add flavor, variety, fragrance and color to our lives -- is that the journey itself is meant to be joyous. Moving forward, getting beyond routine and habitual observance, gives us enormous pleasure. When we respond to the myriad choices that we see in front of us every day with awareness and consistently choose life in the highest sense, we find ourselves discovering different "flavors" from the sweetness of giving to the piquant pleasure of self-discipline. When we serve God with this kind of joy and awareness, we are so to speak "eating the fruits" that He planted for us.
Tu B'Shvat takes place in the middle of the month when the moon is at its fullest. It symbolizes wholeness, unity between the divine Giver and the earthly recipient.
May it be a day of wonder and renewal for us all. May we draw on its power and let it fill us so much that we can't help but pour it out, so that our waters nurture everyone who is walking the path along with us.
Article 5 of 12 in the series Hebrew Months
Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
Consummate educator and internationally acclaimed speaker, Rebbetzin Tzipora Heller has been a full-time lecturer at Neve Yerushalayim College in Jerusalem since 1980, impacting the lives of thousands of women worldwide. She is the author of six popular books, including Here You Are, Battle Plans, and This Way Up. She recently launched a daily video program based on the timeless Jewish wisdom of "Duties of the Heart." Learn how to channel your emotions to experience every day with purpose, meaning, and joy at: dutiesoftheheart.com
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(12) Joey, January 9, 2019 3:46 PM
"The message of the fruits -- which are not staples but add flavor, variety, fragrance and color to our lives -- is that the journey itself is meant to be joyous."
This reminds me of the teaching that, when God judges a person, one will be required to explain every fruit that they never tried. While some things are forbidden (think Adam and Eve's "Forbidden Fruit"), we are meant to experience everything that God allows in order to experience the fullness of His bounty (and, as this article notes, share it with others).
(11) leah, January 8, 2019 3:06 PM
(10) A Seif, January 7, 2019 12:09 PM
Thanks for always haveing relevant and informative articles! I Googled Rosh Chodesh shvat and was lead to this and it enhances our Rosh Chodesh tremendously! Read it to my fam and now we're working of elevating the physical for the remainder of the month! Continue the good work!!
(9) simcha becker, January 13, 2014 4:10 PM
Thank you for such a wholesome article -
Tu Be'shvat is so spiritually alive!
(8) Bracha, January 7, 2014 5:17 AM
This is so inspiring
This article is amazing, thank you so much. I never heard anything so deep or inspiring about Tu B'shvat. I loved the story about your incredible neighbor. Also, I am a water element so I especially appreciated the part about the water, and it was so beautifully written. :)
(7) Leah, January 25, 2012 1:54 AM
One could say a very famous pasage about Leah Horowitz: "I have tried, therefore I have succeeded."
(6) ruth housman, January 24, 2012 2:28 PM
A word about the author's first name: beautiful and relevant
I hear, in your first name, SIP and POUR, in English as I do deeply listen to the aural connects across all languages, and so how beautiful that you would be writing about what waters us all, and what reigns for us all, as in a story, about trees, the trees of life, and how we are all surely, dancers, and I hear within your words too, an echoic significance that goes back to our shema, that all is ONE. Thank you again. I was deeply moved by your wonderful words.
to fill the bucket: the Water Carrier
Thank you for a beautiful piece of writing, about a sacred holiday, about trees, as to see this deeply surely we are all branches from the tree of life. I have gone out on a limb, constantly, in writing, everywhere, about words themselves, and how we can use them, for good, and for bad, and how important it is to choose the positive in this reach, towards what is going to change the world. Small change adds up, and goodness, wherever it is gifted, is a gift that blesses both receiver and petitioner. We are in Aquarius. There was music about this a long time ago, and surely it all does deeply connect. To study Jewish mysticism is to see this, an all encompassing beauty of connectivity, wherever one looks.. Mayim: Water. We who are thirsty are often so thirsty for knowledge itself, and to share that knowledge, is surely to Share the Road. All signs on the road we travel are relevant to our own lives. Paper comes from trees, and so we write, our parchment being also the Tree of Life, and the leaves that fall, are also for leaves of books, and for what departs, as in Fall all goes under. The seasons of our lives are also deeply metaphoric. The burning bush. Autumn. I see it. I see the great awesome poetry of this. Thank you for a beautiful piece of writing about the great VAT, that holds water, and how we nourish each other, because we cannot live, without MAYIM, in all its iterations. As this is deeply a journey of soul.
(4) Anonymous, January 5, 2011 2:18 PM
A wonderful article about a bountiful day to celebrate. As I learn more and more, there is usually some celebration of something special most of the time. The glorifying of Hashem through these days and celebrations brings me closer to where and what I want to be. Thank you so much and thank Hashem for Mrs. Leah Horowitz who, no matter what, was able to give in abundance to help create a new yeshiva for the children. Wonderful! Brura
(3) Anonymous, December 9, 2010 2:43 PM
What a great article. I especially loved that story about your neighbor's melava malka! Very inspiring!
(2) Batsheva, January 27, 2009 10:50 AM
Moved by Leah Horowitz's story
I found Leah Horowitz's story very inspiring. So often we feel that our individual contribution isn't sufficient. Mrs. Horowitz realized early on that it takes many drops in the bucket, until the bucket ends up filled. We can all learn from her. Viva the parlor meeting!
(1) Jeffrey Wallach, LCSW-R, January 29, 2006 12:00 AM
Thank you for the story about Mrs. Leah Horowitz.
I enjoyed the story within the story about Mrs. Leah Horowitz. You mentioned that she lived in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. I grew up there and remember it as a vibrant Jewish neighborhood. It is no longer so as most of the Jewish community moved away. Many people I speak to never knew how it once was. Thank you for reminding me,and telling others that dedicated, generous, humble, observant Jews once lived there. A few still do, but not nearly as muchg as before. I would like to hear more about her if you have any information.
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Aphelion - The point in an object's orbit when it is the furthest from the Sun.
Apogee - The point in an object's orbit when it is the furthest from the Earth.
1' = 60" (arcseconds) or 1" is 1/60th of an arc minute (1/3600 of a degree).
*Great circles in the sky include the horizon, the celestial equator (a projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky), the ecliptic (apparent path of the Sun, Moon and planets across the sky) and the meridian.
Jupiter when closest = 50"
Mars when closest = 25"
Asterism - A special grouping of stars that are part of a constellation. These stars form recognizable figures in the sky. An example would be the Big Dipper. It is made up of stars in the constellation of Ursa Major also known as the Great Bear, but there are more stars in that constellation that are not part of the Big Dipper.
Asteroid - One of the many thousand chunks of rock or iron that orbit the Sun, less than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) across, also known by the older term, minor planet. Most asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter, where they formed; but some cross the orbit of Earth. See Name That Space Rock chart.
Astronomical unit (AU) - This is a standard unit of measure to represent the distances of objects within our solar system from the Sun. One AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun ... 93 million miles or 149,597,870 kilometers.
Azimuth - This marks the horizontal position on the great circle of the celestial sphere. Exact North = 0°, exact East = 90°, exact South = 180°, exact West = 270°, exact North = 360° (or 0°).
Bolide - A very bright meteor which fragments or explodes. Sounds of the explosion can be heard if the observe is close enough.
Celestial Equator - A great circle that is a projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky. It always intercepts horizon at exact east and exact west point. Its meridian altitude, 90 degrees, is the observer's latitude. We see one-half of its circle at a time (12 hours worth).
Celestial Pole - Either of two diametrically opposite points at which the extensions of the earth's axis intersect the celestial sphere ... north to a point about 1û from Alpha Ursa Minoris (Polaris), and south to a point about 1û from Sigma Octantis (a fairly dim star sometimes called Polaris Australe). Often referred to as the north pole or south pole. The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the celestial pole above our planetary pole to describe a great circle in the sky over long periods of time. In 4500 BCE, Thuban, a star in the tail of Draco, marked the celestial north pole. This pole has, over time, shifted to Polaris and in about 12,000 years will shift to Vega!
Celestial Sphere - An imaginary sphere of extremely large size around the Earth on which the stars appear to be placed.
Comet - A small, frozen mass of rock, dust and gas revolving around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. As it nears the sun it usually brightens and develops a gaseous halo, or coma, and a tail of gas and dust. Comet tails point away from the Sun. See Name That Space Rock chart.
Conjunction - A time when two or more bodies appear close together in the sky. Astrologers consider this to be the strongest and most influential relationship (aspect) celestial bodies can have.
Culmination - The position of a heavenly body when at highest apparent altitude. To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon.
Declination - This is the the number of degrees an object is north or south of the celestial equator. A declination of +20° means the celestial object is located 20° north of the celestial equator. The south polar cap is at a declination of –90°, the equator is at declination 0°, and the north polar cap is at a declination of +90°. Declination is to a celestial globe as latitude is to a terrestrial globe, a vertical positioning of an object.
1º is about the width of the little finger.
10º one width of your fist.
Of course these are rough measurements. Enjoy using them, while navigating the heavens!
Earthshine - Also known as the Moon's "ashen glow" or "the old Moon in the New Moon's arms" is actually sunlight reflected from the day side of our own planet onto the Moon's surface. (Earth's clouds do most of the reflecting.) An earthshine Moon is a brightly glowing slender Crescent Moon joined with the pale grayish glow of the nearly full "dark" side of the Moon. Earthshine is best seen the third day after the New Moon and during the months of April and May.
Eclipse - The hiding or blocking of one celestial object by another.
Ecliptic Pole/Center - The ecliptic plane passes through the 12 zodiacal constellations. The ecliptic's axis currently extends north to the north ecliptic pole, a point in the constellation Draco, and south to a point in the contellation Dorado we call the south ecliptic pole. The ecliptic pole unlike the celestial pole does not change.
Elongation (Greatest) - The apparent greatest angular separation (visual distance) of an object from the Sun as seen from the Earth. The inferior planets, Mercury and Venus, are best viewed at their greatest elongation, Mercury between 18º-28º and Venus between 45º-47º. Image At their "greatest eastern elongation" they appear east of the Sun at night, above the sunset (western) horizon. At their "greatest western elongation" they appear west of the Sun in the morning, above the sunrise (eastern) horizon. Image After greatest elongation Mercury and Venus sink back toward the horizon. Note: Altitude refers to degress above the horizon, while elongation refers to degrees from the Sun.
Fireball - A meteor which is brighter than any planet or star.
Globular Cluster - A spherical cluster of hundreds of thousands to millions of very old stars. The orbits of most globular clusters are very elliptical and oriented in random directions.
Inferior Conjunction - The configuration of an inferior planet (Mercury, Venus) when it lies between the Sun and Earth. Image During this time the planet lost in the solar glare, is switching horizons from the sunset evening horizon to the sunrise morning horizon. Astrologers consider a conjunction to be the strongest and most influential relationship (aspect) celestial bodies can have.
Inferior Planet - A planet that orbits the sun inside of Earth's orbit ... Mercury and Venus, also known as an inner planet. See superior planet.
Light Year - The distance between stars and galaxies in the universe is so vast it would be unwieldy to describe it in miles - like measuring the distance from New York to Tokyo in inches! Instead, scientists use light-years to measure distances in space. This sounds like a unit of time, but a light-year is actually a distance: the distance that light travels in one year. But how far exactly is a light-year? A ray of light travels 186,000 miles per second. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, and 365 days in a year. Multiply these together to get 31,500,000 seconds in a year. Multiply that times 186,000 miles per second and you get 5,850,000,000,000 miles - about 6 trillion miles.
Local Time - Represents the time of the reader, and the local time given on this website should be no more than about 30 minutes off for most of the people in the world.
Magnitude (apparent magnitude) - The degree of brightness of a celestial body as seen from the Earth designated on a numerical scale, on which the brightest star has magnitude –1.4 and the faintest visible star has magnitude 6.0 to 6.5, with the scale rule such that a decrease of one unit represents an increase in apparent brightness by a factor of 2.512. Negative magnitudes are reserved for the most brilliant objects: the Full Moon is –12.7; the Sun is –26.7. 25 Brightest Stars Note: Over the entire celestial sphere there are 8,479 stars within the 6.5 magnitude limit.
Meridian - This is an imaginary great circle on the sky that goes through the celestial north and south poles, the zenith (highest point overhead), and the nadir (the point opposite the zenith below the observer). It separates the daytime motions of the Sun into "a.m.'' and "p.m.'' marking the noon position of the Sun. It also marks the midnight point of the heavens, when "p.m." changes into "a.m.". The azimuth of an object on the meridian in the northern sky = 0° and the azimuth of an object on the meridian in the southern sky = 180°.
Meteor - Popularly called a "shooting star" or a "falling star," a meteor is actually an object usually ranging from the size of a dust particle to a rock that enters Earth's atmosphere, and is heated by the friction of air resistance. Most meteors originate from comets. It's best to see meteors in the predawn sky because the Earth circles the Sun, dawn side first. The dawn side of Earth is similar to the windshield of a car, which slams into wind, rain, snow and even bugs first. See Name That Space Rock chart.
Meteorite - A meteor that is large enough to survive its passage through the atmosphere and hit the ground as a mass of metal or stone. Asteroids are the source of most meteorites. See Name That Space Rock chart.
Meteor Shower - A shower of meteors occurs when Earth's orbit intersects the orbit of a comet or its debris and produces a number of shooting stars over a specific period of time.
Meteor Storm - This is a rare event that occurs when Earth encounters closely grouped meteors within the orbit of a comet or its debris. Such events can see meteor rates exceeding 1000 per minute.
Milky Way - The spiral galaxy containing our solar system. Visible from Earth as a broad band of faint light in the night sky. Monthly Milky Way The archer of the constellation Sagittarius points the direction to its center, the galactic center, the heart of our galaxy. A new Milky Way map was created June 3, 2008.
New Moon - This phase occurs when the Moon lies between the Sun and Earth. The side facing the Sun is sunlit, while the side facing the Earth is not lit by the Sun. This alignment leaves the Moon dark and invisible to us. The New Moon phase is also called the "dark of the Moon" when the Sun and Moon are exactly conjunct.
This is the time when our soul goes into deep meditation and aligns with the inspiration of the Nirmanakayas. A new cycle begins and what is conceived at this time occurs deep within our being. A potential is enlivened and the seed is formed.
The New Moon transits about the same time as the Sun ... it rises and sets with the Sun.
Waxing Crescent - This phase occurs when the visible Moon is partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight ... the illuminated part is increasing.
What was conceived at the New Moon begins its process of waxing or gestating. The Sun provides the increasing light of awareness and fuel for the process. Obstacles from the past might arise to impede this growth in consciousness. The work to overcome these obstacles begins now.
The waxing Moon transits less than 6 hours after the Sun. It rises in the east after sunrise and before noon. It is seen in the southern sky after 12 noon and in the western night sky just after sunset appearing higher in the sky with each successive evening. It sets before midnight.
First Quarter - This phase occurs when one-half of the Moon is illuminated by direct sunlight ... the illuminated part is increasing. The Moon squares the Sun.
This Moon signals the balance between light and dark ... moving toward the light. During this time a continued awareness of that which was conceived at the New Moon is gained. Ideally any obstacles impeding this awareness are overcome at this time. This must happen if the energy released with the coming Full Moon is to be utilized.
The First Quarter Moon transits 6 hours after the Sun. It rises in the east at about noon, appears in the southern sky at sunset and sets in the west 6 hours after the Sun around the midnight hour.
the illuminated part is increasing.
Illumination and growth are offered during this Moon phase, only if the obstacles from the past are cleared away. Patterns set at the First Quarter Moon, whether characterized by a growing consciousness or restricted by old entanglements, will continue to develop throughout this phase.
The waxing Gibbous Moon transits more than 6 but less than 12 hours after the Sun. It rises in the east after 12 noon and before sunset. It is seen in the southern sky after sunset and before midnight and sets after midnight and before sunrise.
Full Moon - This occurs when the visible Moon is fully illuminated by direct sunlight. At the Full Moon the Sun and Moon are in opposition.
The light of the Sun reveals the fullness of what was conceived at the New Moon or "dark of the Moon." The seed, potential of that conception, now comes to fruition and is birthed into the full light of our conscious minds. If a positive attitude toward growth has been developed and the restrictions of the past have been released during the waxing Moon, then the Full Moon can bring fulfillment. If a negative attitude has dominated during this period of increasing light, then the Full Moon might bring serious mental conflicts, possibly affecting the physical body.
The Full Moon transits 12 hours after the Sun. It rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, appears in the southern sky around the midnight hour and sets in the west at sunrise.
Waning Gibbous - This phase occurs when the Moon is partly but more than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight ... the illuminated part is decreasing.
Ideally this phase brings illumination to the influences of the entire lunar cycle. If not, dis-ease results.
The Waning Gibbous Moon transits more than 12 and less than 18 hours after the Sun. With each successive night after the Full Moon, the waning Moon rises in the east about 48 minutes later until it is rising in the early morning hours. (Some prefer using 1 hour rather than 48 minutes in approximating the moonrise.) It appears in the southern sky before sunrise and sets in the afternoon.
Last Quarter - This phase occurs when one-half of the Moon appears illuminated by direct sunlight ... the illuminated part is decreasing. The Moon squares the Sun.
This Moon can bring a crisis in consciousness. This cycle's experiences have culminated and one must now prepare for rebirth.
The Last Quarter Moon transits 6 hours before the Sun. This Moon rises in the east in the early morning hours, appears in the southern sky at sunrise and sets in the west 6 hours before the Sun.
Waning Crescent - occurs when the Moon is partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight while the illuminated part is decreasing.
This is a time for conscious growth as the Moon dissipates its collected solar potential. Enlightenment at a deep level brings clarification of conscious values. Rebirth can occur.
The Waning Crescent Moon transits less than 6 hours before the Sun. It rises less than 6 hours before the Sun, appears in the southern sky less than 6 hours before noon and sets less than 6 hours before the Sun.
Nadir - This is the point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the zenith, the highest point above the observer. The nadir is the lowest point on this sphere, located directly below the observer.
Nova - A star which suddenly flares up to many times its original brightness before fading again.
Occultation - The passage of one object in front of a smaller one, temporarily obscuring all or part of the background object from view.
Open Star Cluster - A system containing a few dozen to a few thousand stars that formed from the same stellar nursery. List of Open Clusters Also see Star Cluster in this glossary.
Opposition - The moment when a planet appears exactly opposite the Sun in the sky. At this time the Earth lies directly between the Sun and the planet and all three celestial bodies form a straight line. It is the best time to observe a planet because it is seen in the night sky from sunset until sunrise and it is in a close proximity to Earth, appearing bigger and brighter. Note: This orbital lineup can only occur with an outer superior planet, one that is farther from the Sun than Earth.
Perigee - The point in an object's orbit when it is the closest to the Earth.
Perihelion - The point in an object's orbit when it is the closest to the Sun.
Prograde (Direct) Motion - The normal forward eastward movement of a planet around the zodiac. See Retrograde Motion below to understand the opposite westward motion of a planet. A planet is stationary direct when it is switching from retrograde motion to prograde motion.
During quadrature the shadow of Saturn's globe is cast well off to its eastern or western side, giving the planet and its rings a greater depth in appearance. The shadow of Jupiter at quadrature eclipses its moons. Jupiter's closest moons, Io and Europa stay hidden longer, within the shadow and behind the planet's disk. Ganymede can be seen entering and leaving the shadow. Callisto, the most distant moon, may miss the shadow.
Radiant - The point from which meteors appear to eminate in the sky. The apparent source of shooting stars.
Retrograde Motion - Every so often, each planet ceases its normal forward eastward movement around the zodiac (called direct or prograde motion) and appears to move backwards westward (called retrograde motion) for a time. For the outer planets (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) this occurs whenever the Earth passes up the other planet as they both orbit the Sun, similar to how a slower car appears to move backwards when you pass it at higher speed on the highway. For the inner planets (Venus, Mercury) it occurs when they orbitally pass up the Earth. After a time, the planet stops this reverse motion and resumes its normal, direct motion, again. Image: Outer Planet ... Image: Inner Planet ... Interactive Image A planet is stationary retrograde when it is switching from prograde motion to retrograde motion. The region between the direct and retrograde stations is called the retrograde zone.
Royal Stars - 4 of the 25 brightest stars, Aldebaran (14th), Regulus (21st), Antares (15th), Fomalhaut (18th). According to Persian astrologers (3000 BC), "four Royal Stars" were pointing to the four directions of space, marked by the equinoxes and solstices.
Note: The Persian position for Regulus (south) and Fomalhaut (north) has caused confusion. Modern usage has flipped these positions due to their seasonal/directional associations.
Saber's Beads - Very young and old Lunar crescents- prolifically within 24 hours of New Moon- exhibit the phenomenon known as Saber's Beads. Image The rare necklace of staggered brightness peaks seen along very thin crescents is reminiscent of the beautiful "string-of-pearls" effect seen near 2nd and 3rd contacts during a total solar eclipse. American musician and astronomer Stephen Saber, namesake of the phenomenon, offers more information on Saber's Beads and spotting extreme crescents at his website.
Solar System - This is the description given to the system dominated by the Sun and including the planets, minor planets, comets, planetary satellites and interplanetary debris that travel in orbits around the Sun.
Sunspot - Cooler region on the Sun's surface that is a region of intense magnetic fields and is associated with solar activity. Because a sunspot is 1000 to 1500 K cooler, it is dimmer than the surrounding surface. The number of sunspots is greater when the Sun is more active.
Superior Conjunction - The configuration of an inferior planet (Mercury, Venus) when it lies on the far side of the Sun. Image During this time the planet lost in the solar glare, is switching horizons from the sunrise morning horizon to the sunset evening horizon. Astrologers consider a conjunction to be the strongest and most influential relationship (aspect) celestial bodies can have.
Superior Planet - A planet that orbits the sun outside of Earth's orbit ... Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, also known as an outer planet. See inferior planet.
Syzygy - Pronounced (siz-i-jee). Describes a situation in which three or more astronomical bodies, in a gravitational system, are aligned in a roughly straight line. People most commonly use this term to talk about the relationship among the Sun, Moon, and Earth at a New Moon or Full Moon; syzygy affects the tides on Earth. Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations. It is also used to describe situations when all the planets are on the same side of the Sun, although they are not necessarily found along a straight line.
Zenith - This is the point in the sky directly above the observer. It is the highest point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the nadir, the lowest point on this sphere.


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Q: How to start in Windows development? I've been a Unix-based web programmer for years (Perl and PHP).  I'm also competent with C and C++ (and bash and that sort of sysadmin sort of stuff) in terms of the language itself.  I've never had a problem learning a new language (I mucked around with Java a few years ago and whilst I could write it I just didn't like it as a language).
What I don't have any experience with is the vast array of frameworks that exist for writing graphical Windows applications.
I have a few ideas for Windows-based applications that I want to work through.  I could do this is Perl/TCL/TK but I want something more "native" for a variety of reasons.
Through my current company I have access to Microsoft tools (and the licences to use them for "development") so I've decided to teach myself something new.
So, I've got Visual Studio 2008 installed.  I fired it up, cliked "New Project" and then got absolutely confused by the variety of types of new project I could start.
Can someone please help me understand not only the fundemental differences but also any advice on what sort of things each type lends itself to?
Assuming I'm going down the C++ route (I know the language hence not choosing C# - unless this is actually more advisable...) I could use:

*

*Windows Forms

*MFC Application

*Win32

I also know that away from Microsoft I could use wxWidgets.  wxWidgets does appeal to me (cross platform, etc) but how does this compare to the various Microsoft options above?  I also know Qt exists.

A: It depends on how 'close to the metal' you want to be. Choose .Net/C#/Windows Forms/WPF if you want to quickly write Windows-only applications. Choose C++/MFC if you are determined to learn a platform that is not easy to use and has wards from 15 years of legacy code, but gives you infinite control over every little detail (to be clear: MFC is Windows-only, too).
MFC is a wrapper around the C win32 api, plus some extra goodies that package standard functionality. It helps a lot to know how the win32 api works. To learn this, I recommend 'Programming Windows' by Charles Petzold (called 'the Petzold' by oldtimers). You can also choose to start with MFC. Have a look at the many samples and tutorials that are included with Visual Studio and on sites like codeproject.com.
.Net / C# is a lot easier to use. It abstracts away a lot of the Win32 api, but it's still a wrapper - so for some things you'll need to 'drop down a level', like you used to have with Visual Basic. IMHO (and I'll probably get modded down for this), C# is the new Visual Basic except that it's not so ugly as a language and that it's statically typed. To be fair, it has some advantages too, like not requiring the strange VB runtime (but it does require .Net, so...)

A: C# is the language of choice for Windows development, for me. I came from the same kind of background as you, and I found C# incredibly refreshing. I really love this language, and .NET is now my platform of choice. Plus, it's easy to keep in touch with your Unix roots via Mono development. Really, .NET is a great platform and you should explore it.
Also, when it comes to Visual Studio, you have to remember that the different projects basically only specify what kind of libraries are included, by default, and the build process. If you want to stay with a Unix style Makefile, you could do windows development with Mono.
Alex

A: Windows Forms is by far the nicest of those.  However, using windows forms from C++ will just confuse you more if you don't already know what you're doing, because then you're really using C++/CLI, which might just as well be a completely different language.  Better off going C# if you want to go that route.
MFC is probably closest to what you're familiar with.  But, again, Windows Forms is so much nicer.

A: I really would choose C# instead of C++.  For Windows client apps, it can't be beat. For C/C++ dude like you, the syntax learning curve will be short.  The difficulty will be learning the .NET framework, but that's the cost you'll have to incur one way or the other.
Once you select C#, just pick either Windows Forms or WPF Application.  Both are client-side application types.  If you pick WPF Application, you'll also have to learn XAML, which is a fairly new, but massively powerful, concept.

A: I've tried doing some C++ programming in .Net (Windows Forms). And while it was possible it was certainly not a pleasurable experience, mostly because you have some extra keywords and such which differ from standarad C++. But if you're willing to learn some more C++ it's an option.
Myself I have started working on a project using C# which works really well. It's easy to learn to if you have a background in C++.
I wouldn't for the world touch the Win32 API ever again. It's really terrible!

A: If you're just interested in writing graphical windows applications, just stick with "Windows Form Application". It will start you out with a blank windows form and a class that contains your main() method.
The "Console Application" project is probably the simplest, it just creates one class file for you with a main() and that's it.
The "Class Library" project has scaffolding and default build settings for creating a DLL.
There generally aren't any fundamental differences between the different kinds of projects. All they do is set up some default includes for you and generate some scaffolding code (e.g., a blank windows form) to get you started.
I do recommend learning C#. If you know Java it won't be too much of a leap for you.  The initial version of C# was actually designed to be exactly like Java, but they have diverged a bit over the years.

A: I think what I would suggest has a lot more to do with your objective.  If you are looking to build your own application and want to get it to market quickly, and it has to be Windows, then I would go with C# WF as others have suggested.
If you are looking to make yourself more employable then I would go with C#/ASP.Net.   This way you are learning C# but are also learning more about web developent, in general, and ASP.Net in particular.  I think you will find that Windows Forms is a lot easier, comparatively, and not really be worth spending a lot of time on.
So if I were you I would build my application so that the majority of it is seperated from the interface.  I would first learn how to make that code interact in ASP.Net, and then I would try it in Windows Forms.  If you can do that you will learn a lot of really important skills for .Net framework development.

A: IMHO, wxWidgets is better than any of those. For example, I know of many people that converted their projects from MFC to wx. wxWidgets has all the MFC has (in early wx versions, a lot of classes were clones of MFC classes), and a lot more. It is not just a GUI library, but you have wrappers for all kinds of common tasks, like reading/writing XML files, Windows Registry, manipulation of various graphic types and image data, classes for conversion between character sets, etc. There are also a lot of add-on classes at wxCode website that can enhance your applications easily.
wxWidgets is also cross-platform, has full Unicode support, and only advances further. If you decide to give it a try, make sure you try wxFormBuilder for easy, WYSIWYG builder of user interface (dialogs, windows, ...).

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