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In recent years, the Jewish population of Israel has become the largest of any nation, reaching just under 6.6 million in 2018, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. Hebrew University demographer Sergio DellaPergola estimated the Jewish population of Israel at 6,336,400 as of 2016. The fabric of Jewish Israeli society is composed of immigrants, and descendants of immigrants, from every Jewish community in the world. The major sociocultural groups among Israeli Jews today may be sorted along religious lines (haredi [ultra-Orthodox], dati-leumi [national religious - Orthodox], masorti [traditional – non-Orthodox], and hiloni [secular]), with distinctions between large immigrant groups (e.g., Ethiopian, Russian, French, and native English-speakers) more noticeable among olim [immigrants] and their immediate descendants. The Jews in Israel show relatively high rates of involvement in religious life, with 25% reporting that they attend synagogue weekly, and another 39% reporting that they attend at least infrequently. Fifty-one percent describe themselves as observant of Jewish ritual to at least some extent, with a third of secular Israeli Jews keeping kosher in the home. Living in the historic Jewish homeland, together with Jews descended from every Jewish community around the world, engenders in Israeli Jews a vibrant sense of peoplehood. The WJC affiliate representing Israeli Jewry is World Jewish Congress-Israel, an autonomous Israeli non-profit organization. In addition, the WJC (Global) maintains a representative office to carry out activities, initiatives, and programs of the WJC.
Gad Ariely, Chairman, WJC-Israel Executive
and WJC Vice-President
World Jewish Congress-Israel
Telephone: +972 2 633 3000
Chairman of the WJC-Israel Executive: Gad Ariely, also WJC Vice-President
Director: Dr. Laurence Weinbaum
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المؤتمر اليهودي العالمي يرحب بتطبيع العلاقات بين إسرائيل والإمارات
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The history of Jews in the Land of Israel goes back to Biblical times. According to tradition, there was an Israelite presence in the Land as early as the 13th century BCE. Centuries of autonomous rule followed in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, at times independent and at other times living within the framework of larger empires. After more than a millennium, the majority Jewish presence in the Land came to an end after Rome destroyed the Second Temple, razed the Judean capital of Jerusalem, and began the major Diaspora. During the 18 centuries of Diaspora, the Jews who remained in the Land (toward the end concentrated in Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed) lived under the rule of a succession of empires. This began with Rome and then the Christian Byzantines, under whose rule the rabbis remaining in the Land of Israel compiled and redacted the Jerusalem Talmud (likely in the Galilee). The Byzantines were defeated in the 7th century by the Arab conquest, which brought 1,300 years of Muslim rule (interrupted by the Crusader kingdoms of the 11th and 12th centuries) to the Land of Israel. Six major Muslim empires ruled the area during that time, the last of them being the Ottoman Empire, which gained control in the 16th century, ruled for 400 years, and was defeated by the British in the World War I. This would bring an end to total Muslim rule in the Land of Israel and begin thirty years of British rule under the mandate of the League of Nations.
During the centuries of Muslim rule, the Jewish inhabitants of the land (as the descendants of the Judeans came to be called) were accorded the status of dhimmi, a special protected class of non-Muslim residents who were seen as members of the wider community, but of an inferior status and religion that did not provide them the same privileges enjoyed by Muslims. In the first few centuries of Muslim rule, Jewish communities expanded in coastal towns from Rafah to Caesarea where they were treated as a tolerated minority. Throughout the centuries, Jerusalem and the other holy cities maintained their status as pilgrimage sites for Jews around the world, and those who had the means would send their dead to be buried in the cemeteries directly outside Jerusalem's walls. Toward the end of Ottoman rule, romantic nationalism began to sweep across Europe, both exacerbating existing antisemitism and inspiring a minority of European Jews to envision a national renaissance for themselves in the Land of Israel. This manifested in the first two waves of aliyah to Ottoman Palestine at the end of the 19th century and up to the start of World War I. At the same time, twenty years before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Theodore Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress with the aim of establishing a legally recognized home for the Jewish people in Palestine. Jewish philanthropists, most famous among them the Baron de Rothschild, began to purchase plots of land in Ottoman Palestine to be worked by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who would study agriculture and Hebrew in preparation for their immigration. Three more major waves of immigration followed in the interwar years. All together, these five waves of Jewish immigration brought over four hundred thousand Jews to Palestine from Central and Eastern Europe, Yemen, and elsewhere.
As the Jewish population of Palestine continued to grow under the British Mandate, conflict with the local Arab population intensified. In an attempt to appease the Arabs, the British closed Palestine to Jewish immigration just before and during the Holocaust, leading to Jewish resistance and clandestine attempts to bring Jews in from Europe. After World War II, the United Nations voted to partition the land into an Arab state and a Jewish one. The British withdrew from the Mandate, and on May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar, 5708), the establishment of the State of Israel was declared. The ongoing violence that had persisted between the Jews, the British, and the local Arabs erupted into full-scale war between Israel and the Arab states of the region, most of which had recently gained independence themselves. After the horrors of the Holocaust made obvious the need for a Jewish state, most of world Jewry, which had always considered the Land of Israel as its spiritual homeland, committed itself to working toward the establishment and, later, the wellbeing, of the State of Israel.
During the Holocaust, the British ruled in the Mandate of Palestine, and they continued to strictly enforce the immigration quota they had set in their 1939 White Paper, allowing only 75,000 Jews to enter Palestine over a period of five years. This was stiffly opposed by the Yishuv and by Zionists abroad. There were many covert attempts to bring Jews into Palestine by sea without the knowledge of the British. The immigrants who arrived this way were referred to as ma'apilim, who in the end numbered around 115,000. The British intercepted many of these ships, interning their passengers in detention facilities. Many ships sank in accidents or as a result of attack, leading to the deaths of hundreds of Jewish refugees.
The British restrictions on Jewish immigration into Palestine during the Holocaust no doubt cost hundreds of thousands of lives. At the same time, there was cooperation between the British and the Yishuv [Jewish community in pre-state Palestine] in some respects during World War II. As David Ben-Gurion, the Zionist leader who would become the State of Israel's first prime minister, famously said, "We will fight the White Paper as if there is no war, and we will fight the war as if there is no White Paper." The Jews of the Yishuv were not unaffected by the war itself. When Italy joined Germany and declared war on Britain, several air raids were carried out on Haifa and Tel Aviv. As Rommel and the Afrika Korps were making their way across Egypt, the Jews in Palestine were terrified that the Germans might succeed in conquering the country. After the war, researchers discovered German plans to slaughter the Jews of Palestine. It was during this time that the Haganah formed its special strike force, the Palmach, with the aid of the British. Moreover, toward the end of the war, the British allowed for the formation of a Jewish brigade from Palestine that would fight in Europe under the British military (an offer the Yishuv had extended for years, which the British only accepted in 1944). In the aftermath of the Holocaust, hundreds of thousands of survivors were held in displaced persons camps in Europe, and the British still would not allow them entry into Palestine. The underground Irgun and Lehi waged a fierce campaign to compel the British to leave the country. On November 29, 1947, after the British decided to withdraw, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to partition Palestine into two independent Jewish and Arab states was passed. However, only following the and the establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948 did free immigration begin. The newborn state was immediately invade by the neighboring Arab countries determined to abort the birth of a Jewish state.
According to the Israel Bureau of Statistics, as of 2018 the Jewish population of Israel stands at 6,738,500, which comprises 74.5% of the population of the state. Hebrew University demographer Sergio DellaPergola estimated the Jewish population of Israel at 6,336,400 as of 2016. Since the establishment of the state, 3.2 million Jews have made aliyah, the majority in two large waves: the first lasted from the establishment of the state until the mid-1950s, bringing nearly 700,000 Jews to Israel mainly from Muslim countries, and the second in the early 1990s brought nearly 900,000 Jews to Israel, mainly from the Former Soviet Union.
As the world's only Jewish state, where the majority Jewish population's interests are inseparable from the national interest, communal organization takes on a different form than anywhere else. In Israel, religious organizations formed by the ultra-Orthodox haredim take on a political nature in representing their specific communities' interests in the Knesset as formal parties. The subdivisions within the Jewish populace, however, do not require any structured liaison between themselves and the government since the government is democratically elected and directly represents the interests of the voters.
The population of Jews can be roughly divided into four subgroups based on religious affiliation: hilonim [secular Jews] make up 45% of the population, masortim—those who are not Orthodox-observant but identify as religious rather than secular—comprise 25%, datiim leumiim [national religious Orthodox] comprise 16% of the population, and the ultra-Orthodox haredim make up the remaining 14%.
Orthodoxy is the only officially recognized stream of Judaism in Israel. The Chief Rabbinate is the state body that regulates public religious life in the state including standards of kashrut, as well as personal status issues with implications in the private sphere (e.g., marriage, divorce, burial, and conversion). Its decisions have force of law in the areas in which it enjoys jurisdiction. The Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities each have a chief rabbi, who together supervise the Rabbinate. Yitzhak Yosef is the current Sephardi chief rabbi and David Lau is the Ashkenazi chief rabbi, both serving ten-year terms that began in 2013. The Orthodox enjoy a plethora of educational institutions and yeshivot dotted across the land
Progressive streams of Judaism exist in Israel, but their institutions do not receive state funding (aside from a few exceptions, which receive funding from the Ministry of Sport and Culture rather than the Ministry of Religions). The Masorti movement (Israel's equivalent of the Conservative or Neolog movement) supports over 70 congregations and minyanim [prayer quora] throughout the country, and a rabbinical school, alongside the Israeli Reform movement's 35 congregations and eight schools. The Reform movement's rabbinical seminary, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, operates a campus in Jerusalem that serves as the center of HUC-JIR's Israel experience for stateside students, including the Year-in-Israel Program, and prepares Israeli students for leadership in the Israel Rabbinical Program, M.A. Program in Pluralistic Jewish Education with the Melton Centre of Hebrew University, and the Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling's Mezorim Program. Likewise, the Masorti (Conservative) movement maintains the Schechter Institutes in Israel, including the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, the TALI Education Fund, and the Neve Schechter Center for Jewish Culture.
The rhythm of public life in Israel is determined by the Jewish calendar. Jewish festivals are the national holidays, and public celebrations take place in every city, town, and village with a Jewish community across the country. Most businesses and public transit lines close on Shabbat in Jewish areas, and the symbols of holiday festivities fill the streets each season, from the traditional booths that pop up on balconies and gardens across the country after Yom Kippur in advance of the Sukkot festival to bakeries stocking sufganiyot [doughnuts] for weeks leading up to Hannukah.
Jewish parents in Israel enjoy the benefit of having their tax dollars funding state-operated schools, which offer Jewish education in three major categories. The most widely attended variety of school is the mamlachti, or state, school. There, required subjects comprise three-quarters of the curriculum, including the subjects standard in secular schools around the world, in addition to Jewish studies (taught from a cultural, not religious perspective). The remaining portion of the curriculum leaves room for each individual school community to decide how to supplement the students' experience. Some schools, like those in the TALI network, have chosen to put extra emphasis on Jewish studies. The next category is referred to as mamlachti-dati [state-religious] schools, where secular subjects are covered, and Jewish studies are given special emphasis in the curriculum. The school, staff, and students are Torah observant (at least during school hours) and Orthodox religious life (including daily prayer and dress codes) permeates the environment. The haredi community, per the status quo agreement struck with Ben-Gurion at the time of the establishment of the state, have their own state-funded school system devoted to Torah study in which the government does not determine curriculum or involve itself in the hiring process. There is also the option to send students to private schools that the government has accredited but which teach the state curriculum according to their own philosophy. The Ministry of Education also determines the curriculum in the Israeli-Arab school system. Other religions maintain schools of their own. The variety ensures that parents can find the form of Jewish education most suited to their children, but also prevents much interaction between students in the different categories of schools.
With the highest number of museums in the world per capita, Israel offers an impressive variety of museums dedicated to the heritage of the Jewish people. Two of the most significant are Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Beit Hatfutsot was founded in 1978 by Nahum Goldman, then president of the World Jewish Congress. It tells the collective story of the Jewish people from antiquity to today and acts to strengthen the identity of Jewish visitors from around Israel and the Diaspora. Yad Vashem is the world's leading Holocaust research institute and serves as the museum and memorial of the Jewish people to the victims of the Shoah, working to commemorate and preserve their memories and to transmit them to future generations. In addition, Israel boasts countless museums preserving the memory of Jewish diaspora communities whose members' descendants make up the fabric of the Jewish population of Israel. Several examples include the German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum in Tefen, the Museum of North African Jewry in Jerusalem, the Memorial Museum of Hungarian-Speaking Jewry in Tzfat, and the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Museum in Or Yehuda. Alongside Yad Vashem are several museums throughout Israel dedicated to the study and memorialization of the Shoah. The oldest is Beit Lohamei Hagetaot [the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum], located in the Lohamei Hagetaot Kibbutz. It was the first museum of the Holocaust in the world, founded by survivors who wanted future generations to remember the resistance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Yad Mordechai Museum located in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai tells the story of European Jewry in the first half of the 20th century, also with a focus on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Lastly, The Massuah Institute for the Study of the Holocaust located in Tel Yitzhak offers programs in Holocaust education and memorialization, focusing on promoting discourse concerning the significance of the Holocaust in our society today.
There are thirteen youth movements in Israel that receive funding from the Ministry of Education, several of which were founded nearly a century ago in Jewish communities across Europe and were involved in the founding of the State of Israel. They are intended to provide an informal educational atmosphere where Israeli youth are taught core principles that prepare them for responsible citizenship in Israeli society, including identification with the values of the Declaration of Independence, human rights, involvement in civil society, and respect for the other. The youth movements range in theme, with some organized around political ideologies (such as HaNoar HaOved V'halomed, Hashomer Hatzair, and Betar) and others around religious practice (for example Bnei Akiva, the religious-Zionist youth movement founded in 1929). There are also haredi youth movements such as Ezra (founded by haredi Zionists in 1919 in Germany) and youth movements organized around non-Jewish ethnic and religious identities including for Muslim, Orthodox Christian, Druze, and Arab youth. The Masorti movement also has a youth movement called Noam, which stands for Noar Masorti [Masorti youth] and the Reform stream in Israel has a youth movement called Telem, now considered the Israel branch of Netzer Olami—World Union for Progressive Judaism's youth movement—and a partner of NFTY, the North American Reform movement's youth movement.
In the Jewish State, all Hebrew media might be considered "Jewish media." The major print media publications with the widest readership are Yediot Ahronot and Yisrael Hayom, followed by Haaretz and Ma'ariv, with Globes and The Marker focusing on economic matters. There are several main television and radio news stations that appeal to the broad public, with the haredi communities producing news publications and radio shows for their internal consumption. The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and the Times of Israel also serve Israel's English-speaking community and allow readers from around the world to stay up to date on current events in Israel. There are newspaper in a number of other languages spoken by immigrants, especially Russian. However, over time many of these publications have closed down as the Israeli-born progeny of immigrants integrate into the Israeli mainstream.
Israel is replete with sites of extraordinary historical and religious significance for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Its topography is astonishingly varied, given its small area. Tour guides in Israel are certified through a rigorous program that equips them to educate visitors on the history of the Land of Israel from the perspectives of the three monotheistic faiths, as well as on Zionism, architecture, archeology, and botany. Israel is a land of contrasts—a country at the forefront of technological innovation with a modern infrastructure that exists alongside material evidence of ancient cultures.


Worldwide Aldo is the go-to shop for women, from budget conscious to uber-trendy, to find up-to-date styles at great prices. Aldo on Robson Street may have a prestigious postal code but it has the same great style and prices as the others around the city.
On November 21, Aldo partnered with newcomer Verlico and Elizabeth Manuntag aka 'The Style Saver' fashion blogger, to host an invite only shopping event that showcased the latest Aldo holiday collection. On hand were an especially helpful and happy staff to cater to invitee's every whim including shooting 'casual' candid's with various handheld devices.
A festive table complete with sugary snacks, chocolate and macaroons, non-alcoholic beverages (as a majority of Aldo staff are under 21 years old), a prop accessorized photo wall and a three look mini-fashion show sponsored by Turnabout Consignment which included a 'Girls Night Out', a 'Casual Date Night' and a 'Office Holiday Party' themes.
Nothing gets a group of fashion bloggers and keen shoppers moving and grooving than dance music and an additional 15% off all currently offered sale items. At the register the most popular items were blinged out knit toques in grey, large statement necklaces with rhinestones and chains, and knit turbans in jewel tones which will photograph fantastically in cold weather selfies.
In attendance were a handful of Vancouver's top style/fashion bloggers such as Joshua Langston of The Social Life, Jessica Luxe of JessicaLuxe, Samantha Sito of Obsessive Trend Invitation, lifestyle journalist and television host Natalie Langston, and local personality Skye Lintott of Real Housewives of Vancouver and entrepreneur who will be launching MySkyeBerryPie.com online healthy lifestyle magazine February 14, 2015.
Britta couldn't leave without bringing this beauty home with her!
One of Elizabeth of The Style Savers' styled holiday looks on Kate Mazurok: this also makes a cute date night outfit!
Another one of Elizabeth of The Style Savers' style looks on Ariel Marie, perfect for a workplace holiday party!
The gorgeous Gatsby-inspired headband and embellished beanie were must-haves!
Thanks to Kuna Photography for many of the amazing photos!
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"A lot of people don't really know the difference between gammon and ham, or how it's made. Well, to be honest, there isn't a great deal of difference, really, as once gammon is cooked, it becomes ham."
Gammon is sold in supermarkets and by your local butcher raw, and requires cooking before you can eat it, whereas ham is ready to eat immediately, but both are made in a very similar way.
Both gammon and ham are cuts from the hind legs of a pig, and are either salted, brined, or smoked. Salting preserves food by drawing the moisture out, therefore allowing the meat to mature safely and to develop flavour. Brining works in a similar way, but actually works to keep meat as moist as possible for longer, rather than drying it out. Finally, there are a number of different smoking techniques, such as cold smoking to add flavour before cooking, and hot smoking which adds flavour and cooks simultaneously.
Gammon and ham are both absolutely delicious cuts of pork, which are incredibly versatile and can be enjoyed in a number of recipes – it's no wonder we've been eating gammon and ham for thousands of years!


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Q: TypeError: number is not a function when invoking a function I have to write a single function that must be invoked by either
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I write this piece of code
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And I get the 'TypeError: number is not a function'. Why?

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A: You can only call the function in this manner.
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Recognized as one of the most important creations of acclaimed architect Paul Rudolph and the Sarasota School of Architecture, the Walker Guest House, built on Sanibel in 1952, recently went on MLS real estate listings as part of a 1.74-acre beachfront property.
Ted Benjamin and Jim Hall, of VIP Realty - Sanibel, are co-listers on the property, owned by the Walker family since the 1950s and currently listed at $6,795,000.
Walt and Elaine Walker commissioned the house from Rudolph, his first undertaking upon leaving partnership with another SSA icon, Ralph Twitchell. Both late architects still reign as champions in the annals of architecture, having relocated to Florida in the mid-1900s and studied the style of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College in Lakeland.
Renowned architect Paul Rudolph designed the Walker Guest House to invite the outdoors in.
The Walker property includes 1.74 acres on the Gulf of Mexico.
The SSA style of architecture, aka Sarasota Modern, gained traction for its organic characteristics of blending with the environment and using techniques to cool building interiors in the South Florida climate pre-air-conditioning.
A beach cottage, the 576-square-foot (24-by-24) Walker Guest House features walls of glass and eight large screened windows shuttered by a pulley system that turns wooden flaps into shading panels when raised horizontally overhead. Guests can lower the panels to various levels with steel cables and ropes when desiring privacy or protection from the sun.
"In this tiny beach cottage, Rudolph perfected the principles of space and construction he explored while practicing in Florida during his early years," Joyce Owens, a Fort Myers architect and past president of AIA Florida, who has studied and lectured on Rudolph's Florida work for many years, said. "It's a simple, elegant reinterpretation of primitive structure becoming a small modern home - remarkably functional yet surprisingly charming."
Rudolph later described the one-bedroom cottage as his favorite among his vast body of international work. He called it the "spider in the sand" for its simple lines and leggy look when the shutters are raised. The cottage is also known as the "Cannonball House," for the red, steel, cannonball-shaped weights that are part of the panel-raising mechanisms.
The structure was replicated in 2015, initially for display at The Ringling museum complex in Sarasota, now having traveled to Palm Springs, California.
"There's not another property anywhere like the Walker Guest House," Benjamin said. "Besides its architectural history and prestige, the story of the Walker family itself adds to the property's allure. And in modern times, it has served as inspiration for the new 'tiny home' trend."
Walt Walker visited Sanibel from a home in Minneapolis, where his family's Walker Art Center is located. His taste for the arts and conservationist ethic drove him to seek an earth-friendly work of art for his family's first island home. Rudolph's work was a natural fit, and the Walkers wintered in the cottage for nearly 20 years, until they built a second larger home adjacent to the cottage.
Whereas the Walker Guest House sits along West Gulf Drive, the 1970s stilted pod house is set back from the road, perched upon a ridge with three bedrooms, open living space, and a loft that overlook the Gulf. The house also holds a two-car garage and 3-1/2 baths. Old growth hardwood and palm trees shade the property; native sea grapes spread from the home's seaward face to its front-yard sands.
Walker, who donated the Walker Preserve to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and often volunteered at local conservation organizations, passed away in 2001. His wife, Elaine, died in 2018, and their children have since set the sales process in motion.
"The family is mainly interested in finding a buyer who will be as emotionally invested in the property as the Walkers have been," Hall said. "The guest house in particular should be committed to preservation. The family feels there a peaceful, spiritual vibe that they hope the new owners will honor."
Simply but colorfully appointed with period furnishings, down to the circa 1950s Norge stove, the Walker Guest House is a collector's piece. It holds one bedroom and a bath and an open-plan dining and living space, all tucked into natural vegetation.
"It is a floating pavilion with transparent walls and an external structure so thin it nearly disappears," Owens said. "When the flaps or panels, supported on this external structure, are raised it becomes a shady pavilion abundant with the sounds and smells of the sea and naturally cooled by gulf breezes. When the flaps are lowered, the interior feels safe, snug, and intimate."


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Interview with Robert-Jonathan Koeyers – It's Nice in Here
Reel 2 Real on December 10, 2022 0Likes Shaan Singh
Mr. Koeyers, it was a great pleasure to watch your short, It's Nice in Here. Thank you for your time. I did want to start off with a rather abrupt question: what inspires you? And, what drove you to create this short feature?
It was 2016 when multiple things coincided all at once; I was looking for a story that I could make my thesis film about, I had recently done an ancestry test in the process of unpacking my Blackness for the first time, and I was glued to my television screen after having just heard of more horrific instances of unarmed Black men being shot and killed by police officers. Bit by bit, the foundation of the film started revealing itself to me and with this framework in place, I started looking for the rest of the story in my own memories and experiences, and that of the people I met along the way. Although it might sound hectic, I actually really enjoy piecing together all these loose ideas and bits of inspiration, until I've assembled them into a rich and poetic tapestry of emotions.
The mind is a labyrinth of infinite possibilities, but it does give our sense of individuality with each memory and experience we have. I do understand your perspective about such stark brutalities; it's a scary world out there yet important to take note of.
I happened to notice from your Instagram that you are a massive fan of animation and bring to light different characters (or people) for each post you've made over the years. Do you mind elaborating on this a bit? (My personal favorite is the post titled "Kiana.")
Back in 2016, when I was in my final year of art school, I was looking at all the work I had been making and at all the characters I had designed, and came to realize that none of them looked like me. I was astonished by how my white environment had come to influence my art without me noticing, so I made it a point to focus on just drawing and designing Black people, and also tell stories with us at the center of it, because for most of my life I hadn't. So, hopefully my Instagram will one day come to represent the characters I conjured up, the people I met, and my journey of having Blackness be my norm.
Yeah, no that sounds great. Build your journey as wise folks have said. You know, perspective is always an essential to ask in any situation, and I find it substantially moving in this short. The exploration of police brutality, friendship, and intuition are all prevalent between both main characters. Were you attached to Imani, or David, or both of their stances in this scenario? (If I may, I think they both are well-developed, as one carries that innocent nature while the other carries lassitude and confusion.)
Throughout every part of the process, we always started off with Imani first; from writing the script, to designing the characters, to scoring the film. In a way, she served as our baseline, through whom we wanted to explore the world, the story, and Crimson. We could approach every narrative decision and design choice with great care and familiarity, whereas David's perspective felt a lot more foreign and difficult to get right. How would he see the world? What does it look like when you're trying to justify your actions? How do you live with yourself?
We knew that we weren't interested in a reductive rendition of him; a donut-eating police officer who hates Black people to his very core, because it's so easy for people to not see him as human and therefore distance themselves from his actions. But by portraying him as a family man, we are also showing that it's not necessarily a deep-rooted individual type of racism that makes him do something so abhorrent, but that it's his implicit biases, the lack of training, and other systemic problems within the police force that are also at play.
Yeah, I believe we have this poor habit of judging others because there is such hatred/injustice integrated into our society in that we fail to recognize police officers' duties. They are human like us, they breathe like us, and they live like us. And David is dealing with his struggles too; not everything is a golden beam of light for him. And after anyone partakes in such a disaster, the question is, as you mentioned, how do you properly move on? Great points, Mr. Koeyers.
So, it says online that you reside in Rotterdam, along with having studied animation from the Willem de Kooning Academy. Does the city's history or architecture have any bearings on your work or imagination?
Rotterdam has come to mean a lot to me in recent years, especially coming from a small residential town in the north of the Netherlands. Perhaps it's not so much the history or architecture of Rotterdam that draws me in, but definitely the people that make the city what it is. Rotterdam allowed me to see myself in other people and hear my native language being spoken every day I walk out the door. It felt like the city gave me the courage and, in a strange way, also the permission to center my stories around people that look like me. So, I'm a part of Rotterdam as much as it is a part of me.
That's awesome, really cool. I hope to travel the world more in the future. Speaking of the world, the #BLM movement created such a significant change in the attitude around the world when it initiated during the height of the pandemic. How would you say it impacted this film and the characters?
As we were in the process of making this film, we heard of so many more Black people losing their lives in fatal police shootings. We were animating a scene in which a conservative political commentator speculates about the facts and creates his own narrative, or a scene in which only a small snippet of CCTV footage gets released, while watching these very things unfold in real life. That made it all the more painful in a way. The fact that we had based a large part of the story on people that came before George Floyd, Elijah McClain, and Ahmaud Arbery, showed us how never-ending and cyclical these shootings are.
Yeah, superb points. I had an interview with another film director last year (Mr. A'ndre Davis and his drama work, Attacked from All Angles), and one of the things that I had asked if there was a specific topic ranging from gun violence to systematic barriers that he wanted audiences to understand. Per Mr. Davis's words, he wanted to address the aspect of accountability. Thus, is David's position revolving around that, as he's now riding a guilt-driven consciousness in the wake of his actions? Should we implore more to do so as well?
Sometimes it feels like our film calls for poetic justice, and we have toyed with the idea of showing David locked up behind bars at the end of the film, forced to live with the fact that he shot and killed a young Black boy. But in a every version of our film, that ending never felt honest. Unfortunately, we often don't see police officers being held accountable for their actions.
So, we opted for an open ending which creates a space for the viewer to piece together their own narrative from all the little fragments and bits of possible leads that are sprinkled through the film. What do they mean and what do they all amount to? Whenever we look through David's eyes, we see a world in which he has not yet been able to take accountability, but in that space that we open up at the end of the film, I hope the viewer can imagine an ending in which he might.
Your mentioning of the "poetic justice" almost made me feel vibes of Jordan Peele's original idea for his brilliant Get Out work (the original ending was for the black protagonist to be locked up in jail after getting out of the main setting after killing off its dastardly white folks). But, indeed, the ending does leave that air open for analysis and for us to sympathize more with David's position.
Are there any particular films/directors that have inspired your journey into dissecting the human condition?
Oh, absolutely! I've been inspired by so many different filmmakers for so many different reasons. Obviously, Kurosawa's Rashomon has served as a great source of inspiration when it comes to structuring a story. More contemporary references include George Washington for its excellent narration and tone of voice, Moonlight for its intimacy and gorgeous photography, and The Tree of Life for its stellar structure and intuitive way of editing. Each of these films feel so small, yet colossal at the same time. To me, that feels like something that is so undeniably human.
All excellent works; I'm a huge fan of Kurosawa's legacy. Is there anything else you'd like to express to the viewer regarding It's Nice in Here?
We didn't make a film that set out to give any answers, but were more interested in raising questions and exploring the after effects of police shootings; not only how they affect the people that were present during the incident, but also how these stories travel and take on a life of their own. By having the viewer take part and actively piece together the fragments of the story, we hope to create a sense of contemplation and introspection in an increasingly polarizing world. We show our characters being soft and sensitive, while simultaneously being perceived as threats. That duality is something I am all too familiar with, but ultimately by working on this film and by learning to love the skin in which I live, I've come to realize that, despite what I've grown up believing about myself, it's nice in here.
Well put sir. Thank you so much for your time Mr. Koeyers, and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
Thank you so much, Shaan! That really means a lot to me. And thanks for the lovely and beautifully-worded review on your site.
No problem, take care!
It's Nice in Here, an animated short, was directed and written by Robert-Jonathan Koeyers.
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Falsterbo Fyr () ligger på stedet for det ældste kendte fyr i Skandinavien. Nordøst for fyret ligger byen Skanør-Falsterbo, sydøst for fyrtårnet findes noget af det fineste sandstrand i Sverige og omkring fyrtårnet ligger Falsterbo Golfklubs golfbane. Mod syd ligger det 785 ha store Måkläppens naturreservat.

Historie
Søruten forbi Falsterbo-halvøen har altid været farlig på grund af de bevægende sandbanker skjult i havet. Det første fyr blev tændt af tyske munke allerede i det 13. århundrede. På det tidspunkt var Falsterbo et vigtigt handelscentrum i Danmark. Fyret var placeret på det daværende yderste punkt. Da handelen blev mindre vigtig i det 16. århundrede var der perioder uden fyrtårn ved Falsterbo. Dette forårsagede store tab af skibe ud for kysten ved Falsterbo.

I 1630'erne blev den åbne ild erstattet med et vippefyr. En jernkurv fuld af brændende kul blev hejst op og ned balancerende på en stang. Dermed bevægede lyset sig og blev lettere at opdage. Det brændende kul var intenst rødt og kunne ikke forveksles med en stjerne eller en skibslanterne. Resterne af fyrstedet er stadig synligt som en lille klippeknold af aske og kul som kaldes for "Kulbakken" (). Mod slutningen af det 18. århundrede blev vippefyret flyttet til stedet hvor det nuværende fyrtårn står, tættere på den nye kystlinje.

Fyrtårnet blev bygget i årene 1793–96, og "lyset" bestod af brændende kul på toppen. I 1842–43 blev de øverste riflede dele udskiftet med den nuværende lanterne. Kul blev erstattet med olie. Olien var meget brandfarlig og fyrbøderne måtte vægte lampen hele natten. For at lyset skulle glimte periodisk, blev en skærm flyttet rundt om lanternen af tunge lodder. Omkring 1850 opførtes et fyrbøderhus ved siden af fyret. I slutningen af det 19. århundrede blev endnu et hus bygget til fyrbøderens assistenter. Selv da olien blev erstattet med paraffin og senere gas, skulle skærmen stadigvæk flyttes rundt. Da elektrisk lys blev installeret i 1935 blev skærmen fjernet samt en stor del af personalet. Kun én fyrbøder forblev tilbage. I 1972 blev fyret automatiseret, og den sidste fyrbøder pensioneret.

Fyrtårnet er 25 meter højt og 12 meter bredt. I dag har det ikke har nogen betydning som sømærke, og derfor er lyset ikke særlig stærkt (ca. 4000 candela). Det var helt slukket i årene 1990–93. Lysintervallet gentages med fire sekunder tændt, et sekund slukket osv. Fyrtårnet erklæredes byggnadsminne den 17. august 1993.

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Die Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV) wird in der Intelligenzdiagnostik eingesetzt, um die kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit von Kindergarten-, Vorschul- und Schulkindern in einer Altersspanne von 2 Jahren und 6 Monaten bis 7 Jahre und 7 Monate zu messen. Die deutsche Version ist eine aktuelle Adaptation der amerikanischen Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - IV. Das Originalverfahren Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) von David Wechsler ist einer der letzten Wechsler-Tests und wurde 1967 publiziert. Die WPPSI-IV zählt ebenso wie die anderen Wechsler-Tests (im deutschsprachigen Raum aktuell die WISC-V für Kinder und Jugendliche (vormals unter Lizenz als HAWIK-IV) und der WIE für Erwachsene) weltweit zu den am meisten eingesetzten Testverfahren überhaupt. Der Test wurde von 2015 bis 2017 an 895 Kindern in Deutschland normiert.

Geschichte

Prinzip der Wechsler-Tests
Kein Intelligenztest kann alle Bereiche der kognitiven Funktionen gleichzeitig in bedeutsamer und praktisch handhabbarer Weise erfassen. Wechsler hat daher eine Form der Messung ausgewählt, die diejenigen Bereiche abdecken soll, die sich als wichtige Aspekte der kognitiven Funktionen erwiesen haben. Dabei wählte er eine hinreichend große Anzahl von Untertests aus, um in einer angemessenen Zeitspanne klinisch relevante Informationen über das kognitive Niveau eines Menschen zu erhalten. Wechsler war davon überzeugt, dass andere Faktoren wie schulische Leistungen, Exekutivfunktionen und motorische Fertigkeiten in enger Beziehung mit der Intelligenztestleistung stehen, jedoch am besten mit Testverfahren zu erfassen sind, die speziell für die Beurteilung dieser Fragestellungen entwickelt wurden.

Letztendlich reflektieren die Leistungen bei einer Messung kognitiver Fähigkeiten nur einen Teil dessen, was Intelligenz beinhaltet. David Wechsler glaubte, dass kognitive Faktoren nur einen Ausschnitt der Intelligenz umfassen. Zu den Eigenschaften, die für ihn ebenfalls zu intelligentem Verhalten beitragen, zählen Planung und Zielbewusstsein, Begeisterungsfähigkeit, Feldabhängigkeit/-Unabhängigkeit, Impulsivität, Ängstlichkeit und Ausdauer. Diese Eigenschaften können die Leistung eines Kindes bei einer Testung ebenso beeinflussen wie im täglichen Leben (Wechsler, 1975).

Aufbau des Tests

Die Testbatterie besteht aus 14 Untertests:
 Passiver Wortschatz: Das Kind sieht sich vier Bilder an und soll auf das Bild zeigen, das der Testleiter benennt.
 Mosaik-Test: Mit Hilfe von ein- oder zweifarbigen Würfeln soll das Kind unterschiedlich komplexe Mustervorlagen (Modell oder Bildvorlage) innerhalb einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne nachbauen.
 Allgemeines Wissen: Das Kind beantwortet Fragen über allgemein bekannte Ereignisse, Sachverhalte, Orte und Persönlichkeiten.
 Figuren legen: Dem Kind werden Teile eines Puzzles vorgelegt. Das Kind setzt sie innerhalb einer festgelegten Zeit zusammen.
 Aktiver Wortschatz: Das Kind benennt Bilder, die ihm zuvor in einem Buch gezeigt werden.
 Matrizen-Test: Das Kind betrachtet eine unvollständige Matrix und wählt das fehlende Teil aus vier bzw. fünf Antwortmöglichkeiten.
 Wortschatz-Test: Das Kind gibt Definitionen für die vom Testleiter vorgegebenen Worte.
 Bildkonzepte: Das Kind soll aus zwei Bildreihen jeweils ein Bild auswählen, um daraus eine Gruppe mit einer gemeinsamen Eigenschaft zu bilden.
 Symbol-Suche: Das Kind vergleicht in einer begrenzten Zeit eine Gruppe von abstrakten Symbolen mit einem Zielsymbol und gibt an, ob sich das Zielsymbol in der Suchgruppe befindet.
 Begriffe erkennen: Das Kind entschlüsselt einen allgemeinen Begriff, der vom Testleiter umschrieben wird.
 Symbole kodieren: Einer Serie einfacher geometrischer Figuren soll das Kind abstrakte Symbole zuordnen. Es zeichnet in einer begrenzten Zeit die Symbole in die dazugehörigen Felder, indem es einen vorgegebenen Schlüssel verwendet.
 Allgemeines Verständnis: Das Kind beantwortet Fragen, die das Verständnis von allgemeinen Prinzipien und sozialen Situationen oder Regeln erfordern.
 Bilder ergänzen: Das Kind sieht eine Reihe von Bildern und zeigt oder benennt das wichtige Detail, das auf dem jeweiligen Bild fehlt.
 Gemeinsamkeiten finden: Das Kind soll das Gemeinsame von mündlich vorgegebenen Begriffspaaren benennen oder beschreiben. Die Begriffe beziehen sich auf Konzepte oder Gegenstände des Alltags.

Auf Grundlage der jeweiligen ausgewählten Untertests lässt sich ein Gesamt-IQ für den kognitiven Entwicklungsstand eines Kindes messen. Zusätzlich lassen sich vier weitere übergeordnete Werte (Indexwerte) bestimmten:

 Verbalteil
 Handlungsteil
 Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit
 Allgemeine Sprachskala

Durchführung
Die Durchführungszeit ist altersabhängig und beträgt bei Kindern im Alter von 3 Jahren 20 bis 40 Minuten. Ab 4 Jahre liegt die Dauer der Testung zwischen 40 und 50 Minuten. Der Test wird individuell mit dem Kind durchgeführt.

Reliabilität und Validität
Die Reliabilitäten liegen für
 den Untertest: zwischen r = 0,77 und r = 0,88
 die Indexebene: r = 0,87 und r = 0,92
 den Gesamttest: r = 0,95

Die Validität der WPPSI-III lässt sich durch u. a. Interkorrelationsstudien, klinische Validierungsstudien, Korrelationsstudien mit anderen Messinstrumenten wie dem HAWIK-IV oder faktorenanalytische Studien nachweisen.

Weblinks
 Pressemeldung über die WPPSI-III vom 27. Oktober 2009
 Auszug aus dem WPPSI-III Manual, 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, 2011 (PDF; 781 kB)
 Kurzvideo zum WPPSI-III Testverfahren

Einzelnachweise

 Wechsler, D. (2009). Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – III - Deutsche Version. Hg. von Franz Petermann. Frankfurt am Main: Pearson Assessment.
 Wechsler, D. (1989). Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Revised. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
 Wechsler, D. (1975). Intelligence defined and undefined: A relativistic appraisal. American Psychologist, 30, 135–139.
 Wechsler, D. (1967). Manual for the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.

Siehe auch
Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligenztest für Kinder

Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligenztest für Erwachsene
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Carson City Mint History
Architect: Alfred Bult Mullett
Mint Mark: CC
Check out our selection of Carson City Mint coins here.
1879-CC Morgan $1 PCGS MS63 CAC
Morgan Silver Dollars played a huge part in America's early development westward. The dollar coin was minted by the US from 1878 to 1904, when production was ceased because the demand for silver dollars was low and the supply was plentiful.
In 1857, the brothers Ethan and Hosea Grosh discovered the richest silver deposit in American history—but died before they could record their claims.
Grosh brothers
Hosea injured his foot with a mining pick and died of septicemia, and Ethan died of frostbite while crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains. A prospector named Henry Comstock was caring for the brothers' cabin, and when he learned of their deaths, he claimed the discovery as his own (and claimed to own the land on which the discovery was made).
When the news of silver went public, a rush of miners flooded the area. Virginia City, built on the motherlode, quickly boomed with people, theaters, opium dens, music halls, and gun fights.
Comstock miners
An interesting note about the silver rush: gold had been discovered in the area seven years earlier by immigrants on their way to the California gold fields. The mining was frustrating, though, because of a blueish clay that clung to picks and shovels. So people would just mine to pass the time until the snow in the Sierras melted, and then get going to the good stuff in California.
Turns out that worthless clay was silver of a high purity. (Oops.)
In any case, massive quantities of silver necessitated a mint, and at the height of the boom, the Carson City Mint was built to turn the silver into coins. It began operations in 1870 and its first minted coins were Seated Liberty dollars. In total, over the life of its operations, the Carson City Mint produced 57 different types of gold coins and eight coin denominations. The mint went on a four-year hiatus in the 1880s and resumed production in 1889, only to be shut down for good in 1893. Its formal mint status was withdrawn in 1899 due to the drastic decline in mining in the area, continued as an assay office until 1933, and is now the Nevada State Museum.
Comstock Mine
Since the Carson City Mint was open for only 19 years, its coins have high collectible value (and the Wild West allure helps, too).
Carson City coins enjoy both high demand and limited supply, making them a sound choice for collectors. One astounding example of limited supply is the 1873-CC No Arrows Dime—the last of its species. 12,400 were minted in a single production run and all are presumed melted and converted to Arrows Dimes. Except one, which made it into the famed Eliasberg collection and was sold for $1,880,000 in 2012.
1873-CC dime, no arrows
Looking for something slightly more affordable from the Carson City Mint? Morgan silver dollars are one of the most collected series of coins the US Mint has ever produced, and those from Carson City are especially sought after. There are only 13 coins in the series and building a set is attainable for many collectors (without spending a fortune).
Interested in building or adding to your Carson City Morgan silver dollar set? We currently have a few, select Carson City Mint coins and can track more down for you — give us a call and let's get started!


We are proud to present you our new video about the folk dance classes!
Thanks a lot to all who participated in the creation of this movie!
Under the title Frisse Folk video: laissez-vous surprendre / laat u verrassen!, which could be translated by "Frisse Folk: you're in for a surprise", we produced a short video in 2013 to express our visions of the folk dancing community in Belgium (and abroad), and more specifically our vision for our folk dancing school Frisse Folk.
In turn Elena speaks French and Koen speaks Dutch, and each speaker receives a translation into our other national language via subtitles.
But anyway, as everybody knows: no need for words to appreciate dance and music. Enjoy!


We're very excited to be welcoming GB Olympic Voleyball Player Nathan French to the school on Friday 9th October.
Nathan French competed in the men's tournament in the London 2012 Olympic Games. He is currently training hard for Rio 2016. Nathan will be leading a sponsored fitness circuit with all pupils, and will follow-up with a talk and question and answer session. The aim of the event is to inspire the pupils to take up sport generally, but just as importantly to encourage them to discover and then pursue their passion in life.
With the letter we are sending home today there is also a sponsorship form for your child to use in order to help raise money for the event. You can also sponsor your child by copying and pasting the below link into an internet browser: www.sportsforschools.org/event/NE126 or by clicking the link below.
As the sponsorship form and online sponsorship page explain, much of the money that is raised will be used to buy sports equipment for the school, while also supporting GB athletes (including Paralympic athletes). Please ensure that sponsorship forms and moneys are returned to the school office on or before Friday, 16 October at the latest.
Please also make sure that your child/children come to school on the event day with their PE Kits! Thank you in anticipation of creating a terrific and memorable event.


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Nordisk Panorama is arranging a series of impact workshops in the Nordic countries.
Some documentaries have a unique potential to make a necessary change in world. The scale of the change can be small or large. The important thing is, that a good film on an important subject based on solid Nordic values of democracy, freedom of speech and expression, equality of the sexes, etc. very often offers a unique quality and human angle to complex political and societal problems.
The power of high-quality storytelling combined with a sober and naked portrayal of reality is a very powerful tool to further societal changes. Developing an impact strategy to accompany the films distribution plan can activate the film as a tool to reach targeted audiences and create actual change. This is why Nordisk Panorama is arranging a series of impact workshops across the Nordic countries.
The focus of the workshops is to introduce the participants to impact production: central concepts, working tools and how to identify and work with relevant partners. Throughout the workshop the participants will apply the tools to their projects and thus start the work on their impact campaigns.
The first workshop, arranged in collaboration with DocPoint Impact, took place in Helsinki, Finland in February 2019. The next workshop coming up is in Reykjavik, Iceland 18-20 June 2019. Interested Icelandic projects can apply to participate in the workshop by the deadline 29 April.


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Jammu, Sept 12: Chain Hunger strike of JK Rehbar-e-Talim Teachers Forum (JKReTTF) to seek implementation of 7th pay commission for forty one thousand teachers working under SSA and delinking their salaries to state budget entered second day today at the district headquarters of Jammu region.
In district Udhampur, district vice president Sumit khajuria, Surinder Khajuria, Surjeet Singh, Randip Singh, Mohd Abbas, Sanjay Sharma, Parkash Singh, Satpaul, Parkash Chand and Subash Singh sat on 24 hours long hunger strike on Second day at Bhagat Singh Park Udhampur and raised slogans in favour of their demands including implementation of 7th Pay Commission for more than 41 thousands Teachers working under SSA and delinking their Salaries from MHRD to State Budget.
In District Reasi, district president Bahadur Singh, Bharat Singh, Azaz Ahmed Rizvi, Rajesh Thakur, Khzoor Singh, Retika Singh, Babli Devi, Rattan Lal and Radhika Sharma began their fast this morning for the next 24hours in favour of implementation of 7th pay commission.
District President Kishtwar Mohd Hafeez, Musharf Shbir, Mazid Hussain, Sohail Rehmaan, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar, Firdous Ahmed, Amzad Hussain and Abdul Qayoom also sat on Hunger Strike at Mini Secretariat DC office Kishtwar.
In District Ramban, DP Ramban Farooq Runyal, State Advisor Mushtaq Malik, Sr Vice President Tirth Singh, Seva Singh Sumberia, Maroof Gani, Haffeez Ur Rehmaan, Surinder Singh, Zahir Ahmed Sohail, Bahar Mir, Firdous katoach and Vikram Singh sat on Hunger Strike for 24 hours in favour of their genuine demands.
Similarly Hunger Strikes also held in other Districts of Jammu division.


Who is The Punisher, Marvel's Gritty Antihero?
A group of rival mob bosses meet in a warehouse. Someone has been busting their operations and killing their men. They are discussing a temporary truce when the lights cut out. The bosses leap to their feet and hear something land in front of them.
An explosion tears through the warehouse, shredding the criminals. One is still clinging to life as the lights turn on, revealing a man with a skull insignia on his shirt. The Punisher pulls out a gun and executes the crook.
The Punisher is Marvel's most popular anti-hero. While superheroes send their foes to jail, The Punisher kills his so that they can't cause more harm. So who is he? Why does he kill criminals? Why haven't superheroes stopped him? Let's find out.
The Punisher first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 in 1974. He was created by Gerry Conway and John Romita Sr. He started as an enemy of Spider-Man, but became popular enough to star in his own series.
Frank Castle is a veteran who who was picnicking with his family. Unbeknownst to them, rival gangs were meeting nearby. The gangs fought and killed Frank's family in the crossfire. Frank survived and vowed to kill all criminals. He created a Kevlar suit, obtained some guns, and set out to end crime as The Punisher.
The Punisher slaughtered criminals by the dozen and rose to prominence when he tried to kill Spider-Man. Spidey had been framed for the murder of businessman Norman Osborn aka the Green Goblin. The Punisher nearly killed Spider-Man, but backed off after learning the truth.
After defeating Spider-Man, The Punisher started targeting supervillains as well as ordinary crooks. For plot convenience The Punisher never killed any major villains, but he managed to kill many unpopular ones. He even detonated a bomb at Stilt-Man's funeral, killing countless minor supervillains. Never heard of Stilt-Man? That sorta proves the point.
Many superheroes tried stopping The Punisher, but failed because they weren't willing to kill him. Jailing him was less than useless because Frank would kill random inmates before escaping.
The Punisher had a long career of vigilantism, but was finally killed in the 2015 book Secret Wars. As the Marvel Universe was about to be destroyed, Frank crashed a party that The Kingpin was throwing. He slaughtered Marvel's biggest crime bosses before joining his family in death.
The Punisher is a veteran Marine with SEAL and was invited to US Army Airborne training. He is highly trained in martial arts, stealth, assassination, and has mastered every type of firearm. He wears a Kevlar suit with a giant skull insignia on its chest. The skull is heavily armored and used as a shield. I guess The Punisher is too cheap to just buy a helmet.
There are lines that the Punisher won't cross. He won't kill people for misdemeanors like jaywalking, He doesn't kill honest cops, and he never hurts children. Frank had also implied that the last murderer he ever killed would be himself.
Hollywood has bombed three times while bringing The Punisher to the screen. The first Punisher movie was released in 1989 and starred Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett, Jr. Thomas Jane starred in the 2004 adaptation. Finally, Ray Stevenson played Frank Castle in 2008's Punisher: War Zone, a Lionsgate fiasco that earned back on $10 million of the $35 million in estimated costs.
The Punisher appeared in Spider-Man: The Animated Series with John Beck voicing. The Punisher was limited to lasers and non lethal weapons because of children's programming guidelines, but still got his intentions across. Norman Reedus of Walking Dead fame voiced the Punisher in Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore, but was replaced by Emmy winner Brian Bloom in the sequel Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher.
The Punisher finally got a worthy portrayal in Daredevil. Jon Bernthal, another Walking Dead alum, added a human element to the divisive anti-hero that left fans clamoring for more. They will get their wish when The Punisher appears in Netflix's The Defenders before getting his own show.
He's Judge, Jury, and Punisher.


Are standard Washburn models available with custom options?
No, standard models are only produced to catalog specs and custom options are not presently available.
Can I buy an instrument from Washburn directly?
Washburn Guitars are available only through our authorized dealer network. For a complete list of our authorized Washburn dealers, please visit our dealer locator.
Are any Washburn instruments available in left-hand versions?
Some models are produced in a left-handed configuration. Please contact a Washburn dealer for availability.
What is my Washburn worth?
Washburn does not evaluate or appraise pre-owned instruments, as there are many considerations in pricing that our beyond our references or control. Local market conditions, condition, etc, can all play major factors. Because Washburn does not purchase used instruments, we do not track this information and are unable to answer this type of request. To have an instrument professionally appraised, we would suggest the fine folks at Gruhn (Gruhn.com) or any retailer that is in the market of purchasing/trading pre-owned instruments.
I didn't get an owners manual for my instrument. How can I get one?
Presently, there are no specific manuals for Washburn instruments. Proper care and maintenance details can be found here or on your warranty paperwork. Instrument learning materials are also available where instruments are sold, and cover more care and maintenance details in depth.
Where can I get a case for my Washburn instrument?
Washburn only offers cases for select instruments currently in production. See them here. They are available via special order from your local Washburn dealer. There are also a great variety of 3rd party instrument case manufacturers. We recommend bringing your guitar to your favorite local music store for a proper case fitting.
If dimension measurements are required, we recommend measuring the instrument. Washburn cannot provide specific dimension measurements on older instruments.
How can I date/identify my Washburn instrument?
Washburn has used many serial number formats over the years, ranging from 4-12 characters long. The year of manufacture can be deduced from the first few numerical characters in the serial number.
Instruments with serial numbers that have 5 or more characters are from the late 1980's-2000's.
Instruments with serial numbers that have 5 characters or less are typically from the 1980's.
Instruments with serial numbers that have 4 characters are from the 1970's and early 1980's.
If the instrument does not have a serial number, it is likely a factory prototype or sample, and it is impossible to gauge its exact age. We recommend visiting our guitar archives and viewing the annual catalogs to find the closest match.
Washburn maintains limited production records. Washburn can only identify instruments via email, and with a clear digital photograph and serial number. We cannot guarantee that we are able to date your instrument.
For pricing, please contact your dealer or the international distributor for your country.
How do I get replacement parts for my instrument?
Please note that they cannot identify a part by the guitar model, just the style/measurement of the part you are looking for. Most service technicians in the field have standardized parts readily available from the above suppliers. In the event that the part you are looking for is specialized and unique to Washburn Guitars, please contact Washburn Customer Support. We may require a picture of the defective part to ensure availability.
How can I find out the status of my order that was placed through an authorized Washburn Dealer?
Only your authorized Washburn dealer can provide you with the status of your order. Please contact your authorized dealer, as Washburn cannot advise the status of individual's instrument orders or shipments.
I live in the U.S. How can I find the nearest Washburn dealer?
To find the authorized retailer nearest you, please check our dealer locator.
I am an instrument dealer and would love to carry your product!
Great! Send us a request from our Customer Service page and tell us about your store.
How can I get a Washburn Endorsement?
There are very specific requirements to be considered for endorsement. Email an electronic press kit to us here.
I get a buzzing/humming sound but it goes away when I touch the volume. Is this normal?
Yes. When you touch the strings or bridge on an electric guitar, your body acts as the ground and the circuit will be quieter.
What Are Duncan USM pick-ups?
Duncan USM Pickups are designed by Seymour Duncan's Santa Barbara-based engineers to USM's requirements and are only available on select Washburn and Parker guitars. Currently, Duncan USM pickups are available in two voices, the HB-103 and HB-102. The HB-103 is a high output humbucker aimed at heavy rock, metal, thrash and punk players. It's an extremely aggressive pickup with powerful coil winding's and ceramic magnets, but it will maintain string-to-string clarity even under the punishing picking assault heavy music players subject their guitars to gig after gig. More info is available here.
What was the V.C.C. system?
A unique coil tapping system that allows players to incrementally blend between a hum bucking sound and a single coil sound without the hum normally associated with single coils, similar to the concept of a dimmer switch but related to the tone of a guitar. Turn the VCC knob up for a traditional humbucker sound; turn it down for the character of a single coil. It does not require a pre-amp or batteries. It was available on select Original Idol models, and is available on the new Idol models.
What is the best way to take care of my acoustic Washburn instrument?
Acoustic guitars are sensitive to humidity and temperature conditions. Excessive dryness, heat and cold will cause severe damage to an acoustic instrument.
Excessive dryness will cause an instrument to shrink/contract and crack. For Washburn owners that reside in a dry climate, we recommend storing the instrument in a good quality hard shell case with a small guitar case humidifier. Guitar humidifiers are relatively inexpensive accessories, and can be purchased through your local musical instrument shop or online.
Your acoustic guitar is ideally stored in an environment with constant 45-55 % relative humidity, and 72-77 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not expose the instrument to a rapid temperature change, as this may cause the finish and wood to crack.
Do not hang or store your guitar by windows, under direct sunlight, or in your car.
Cracking and warping caused by dryness and excessive temperature exposure is not covered under warranty.
What strings do you use at the factory?
I need general maintenance on my guitar. Where can I get information?
There are lots of free resources on the web that can assist you in setting up and maintaining your instruments. Most guitar shops also have technicians on hand that are more than capable of general instrument set-up/maintenance.
Can I send my guitar to Washburn for maintenance, repair, or upgrades?
No, the Washburn shop does not perform any aftermarket work. The Washburn shop only performs warranty repairs (provided there is no factory authorized service center in your region).
Where can I get my Washburn instrument repaired?
If your Washburn requires a warranty repair, we recommend contacting the place of purchase (if your instrument was purchased locally). If your instrument is not under warranty, then we recommend contacting a local instrument repair shop.
Washburn recommends changing strings every 3-4 months, to maintain the best tone and playability. Excessive playing may require more frequent string changing, in the event of breakage or oxidization.
Can I get a wiring diagram?
Most Washburn models use standardized wiring concepts. A great resource for wiring diagrams can be found at guitarelectronics.com. Washburn has limited references for older models, and unfortunately cannot provide specific wiring diagrams for some older models.
How do I know if my neck needs adjustment?
Generally, if a neck is out of adjustment, string buzz will be more noticeable in either the center of the neck or near the first few frets. There are many factors that can be the source of string buzz, but this is a good place to look first.
Truss rod adjustment is generally recommended to only be performed by a qualified repair technician. Minimal tweaking is key to adjusting an instruments neck. Breaking the truss rod, (applying too much force) and/or stripping the truss rod (using an improperly sized Allen wrench, and/or applying too much force) is not considered a manufacturers defect and is not covered under any warranty. Breaking and/or stripping your instruments truss rod will void the warranty.
I broke my neck. Can you fix it or sell me a new neck? Where do I get it fixed?
Washburn does not offer replacement necks at this time. If your neck has cracked due to a non-warranty issue (impact damage, or damage due to improper tuning and/or inappropriate storage of the instrument) we recommend finding a qualified repair technician in your area to fix the existing neck.
The Washburn warranty provides coverage against defects in manufacturing for the lifetime of the original purchaser. Please note, that most imperfections or problems attributed to the manufacture of your instrument will generally occur or become apparent early on. If you detect or suspect any problems with your instrument, please contact either the dealer it was purchased from or us as soon as possible. If you are an international customer, please contact your dealer or the Washburn distributor for your country. For a list of our international distributors, see our dealer locator.
Tuning machines, hardware and electronics are covered for a period of one year from the date of purchase. Washburn reserves the right to use or offer currently available replacement parts at the time of service request.
A proof of purchase is required for all Warranty service. Damage caused by dropping, scratching, smashing, stage diving, and damage due to improper storage or care of the instrument is not covered under warranty.
Washburn reserves the right to repair or replace the instrument, at our sole discretion. If your specific model is no longer in production, Washburn will offer a currently available similar model as a replacement option.
If your Washburn instrument was purchased locally and is under warranty, we recommend contacting the dealership it was purchased from. If your instrument cannot be repaired under warranty locally, contact us from our Customer Service page.
A return authorization number is required for any repairs performed at Washburn. To obtain a return authorization number, please contact Washburn at our Customer Service page.
I am a non-US resident and require instrument service or repair.
Please contact the Washburn distributor for your region for all warranty requests.
Instruments not purchased through the Washburn distributor network are not covered under warranty in your region.
What is my instrument, and what is it worth?
Washburn can only provide the current MSRP of new instruments currently in production. The current market value of an older instrument is subject to a variety of market conditions. We cannot estimate this type of value for an older instrument.
To identify your Washburn instrument, we recommend visiting our guitar archives. If you do not find your instrument there, please email a few clear digital photographs of your instrument, along with the serial number to us here. Please allow 7 business days for instrument identification requests. Due to limited historical references, Washburn cannot guarantee an instrument identification request.
If your instrument does not have a serial number, the instrument can not be dated or identified.
What year was my instrument manufactured?
Washburn has used many serial number formats over the years, ranging from 4-12 characters long. The year of manufacture can always be deduced from the first few numerical characters in the serial number.
I have a vintage Washburn, (1880's-1978). What can you tell me about it?
There are no records or references of this early era of Washburn for our customer support staff. We cannot identify or appraise instruments of this early era.
Only the guitars in our current catalog and website are still in production.


This was an unexpected call out from our GWT ranger to help him remove the hay from the wildflower meadows at Ridley Bottom. The hay is not cut until the majority of the wildflowers have seeded and is left on the ground so that the seeds can disperse. Unfortunately, this included a period of very heavy rain so the hay was no longer of any use as fodder for animals. Also, the site access is too narrow for a traditional baler but we did manage to get a trailer in to remove the hay.
Quite a few of us appreciated the lovely sunny summer's day out in the meadow!
The team relaxing before loading the last of the hay in the trailer.
Large tarpaulins were ideal for moving the hay from the field nearer to the trailer.
One of our members collecting up the strips of hay.
1 September 2015 - the little field at the bottom of the reserve was the final one to be cut and raked.
On the left is the wild flower meadow before cutting.
On the right is the same meadow fully cut and cleared.


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Kevin Harvick gets stress-relieving Chase victory at New Hampshire
on September 25, 2016 September 25, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
LOUDON, N.H. – Remember last week, when Kevin Harvick was trapped a lap down at Chicagoland Speedway, finished 20th and fell out of the top 12 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings?
Remember last year, when Harvick crashed at Chicagoland and ran out of fuel while leading at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and had to win at Dover to advance in the Chase?
That's all moot, now that Harvick redeemed himself with a victory in Sunday's Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire, the second race in the Chase.
Surging ahead of Matt Kenseth after a restart with six laps left in the 300-lap event at the 1.058-mile track, Harvick pulled away to win by .442 seconds and joined Chicagoland winner Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase's Round of 12.
"One of our main goals this year was to not stress ourselves out so bad," said Harvick, who won last year's Dover race to escape the Round of 16 in his last opportunity. "I feel like the performance of the car and the things that we're doing are good enough to be competitive, and we just need to not make mistakes and go from there."
Harvick got his opportunity to win the race when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Reed Sorenson collided on the backstretch on Lap 291 to bring out the sixth and final caution of the race.
Starting on the inside lane and timing the restart perfectly, Harvick stayed side-by-side with Kenseth entering the first corner and cleared Kenseth's No. 20 Toyota through Turn 2. Kenseth was unable to get back to the rear bumper of Harvick's No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet over the final six laps.
"Man, that worked out really good," said Harvick, who won for the second time at the Magic Mile, the third time this season and the 34th time in his career. "The car was pretty good on the restarts. Once we got clean air there at the end, it wound up being really good up front. I'm just really proud of our team. They did a great job."
NASCAR admonished Kenseth before the final restart not to slow down in the restart zone, as the sanctioning body believed he had done on the previous restart, when Kenseth held off Truex for the lead.
"They made it sound like I slowed down the last time," Kenseth said. "But in my opinion, the leader is always supposed to have the advantage. He's the leader. He earned that advantage. They said I slowed down a little bit last time, which I've got to re-watch it.
"I don't really think I did, but if I did at all, it's because the inside car (Truex) was laying back a little bit, and you want to make sure he gets up to your nose so it's a fair restart. If he's back at your door and anticipates a little bit, it's not a fair restart. He's going to be equal to you or a little bit better."
Then Kenseth second-guessed the way he handled the final restart with Harvick beside him.
"I saw Kevin at my door, and I should have known better," Kenseth said. "I should have went deep in the box and waited, and the acceleration was probably better down there anyway, but I didn't. I went right at the first line, and he anticipated a little bit of that and got rolling good through the gears, and then I got through the gears bad. I spun the tires in second (gear), I spun the tires in third, so I had a really bad restart besides all that."
Kyle Busch finished third behind Harvick and Kenseth after pitting for fresh tires under caution on Lap 265 and charging through the field. Brad Keselowski ran fourth and took over the Chase points lead by one point over Truex, who led a race-high 141 laps in a seventh-place run but wore out his tires trying to pass Kenseth after a restart on Lap 269.
Kurt Busch came home fifth, followed by polesitter Carl Edwards, Truex, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Larson.
Harvick escaped the bottom four in the standings, and that left Jamie McMurray, Austin Dillon, Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher all needing to improve their positions to avoid elimination next Sunday at Dover International Speedway.
McMurray and Dillon (19th and 16th, respectively, at New Hampshire) are five points behind Larson in 12th place. Stewart is 11 points back of Larson after a 23rd-place run on Sunday, and Buescher trails by 30 points, needing a Dover miracle.
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Rex Battarbee
Rex Battarbee OBE (1893-1973), art teacher, had no formal training in art before he won the Melbourne Centenary Prize for Watercolour in 1934. The same year he visited the Northern Territory with another Victorian artist, John Gardner, and together they showed their paintings at the Hermannsburg Mission school. Albert Namatjira saw them, and determined to produce similar works himself. Taught by Battarbee how to use watercolours, Namatjira took to the medium with enthusiasm. Battarbee included some of Namatjira's work in an exhibition of his own in Adelaide in 1937, and helped him to organise the first of many successful shows of his own a year later. Namatjira remains one of the best known Aboriginal people of the twentieth century. Battarbee moved to Hermannsburg and taught other painters, giving rise to the Arrernte School of watercolourists in the 1940s and 1950s. During the war he was charged with looking after the community, which had been established by German missionaries. In 1951 he opened a gallery in Alice Springs, and his book Modern Australian Aboriginal Art was published; the book Modern Aboriginal Paintings appeared twenty years later.
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Hosea's wife did not respond to his love. She left him for a life of prostitution. But then as Hosea chapter 3 begins, God calls Hosea to go love his wife as God loves his people. When Hosea finally found his wife, she had sunk as low as she could go. She was being sold in the slave market, where quite literally, she would be stripped naked as she was offered for sale. Imagine her surprise as the husband whose love she had spurned, whose children she had abandoned, stepped forward to purchase her and to take her home with him. Legally, he could have demanded that she be stoned to death. But in his love, he kept pursuing her, seeking her redemption, even when she rejected and humiliated him.
Hosea, the husband but also the prophet, told Israel that his love for his wife was not unique. God loves his people with the same fierceness and protectiveness as Hosea had for Gomer. The story of Hosea and Gomer was the story of God and Israel. Hosea says in Hosea 3:4-5, "the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days." As Hosea foreshadowed at the end of chapter two, God would take them out of the valley of trouble and open the door of hope.
The story of Hosea's relationship with his wife has been called "the second greatest story ever told." The greatest story ever told is much like Hosea's: "God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). The relationship of Hosea and his wife Gomer is like that between Christ and his Church.
The Apostle Peter used words that echo Hosea when he wrote to Christians, "Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy" (1 Peter 2:10). When Paul calls the church "the bride of Christ" in Eph. 5, he underlines the analogy. Like Hosea's wife and like Israel, we must be faithful to the one who really provides for us. We sometimes attribute our blessings to other sources: luck, hard work, shrewd investing. But even when we push God out of our lives, when we invest our time, our money, and our emotion in focusing on other loves, he pursues us with his love. How is our relationship with God? How should God respond to our behavior? Have we committed ourselves fully to serving God or is his provision something we take for granted? Is being part of God's people, Christ's church and bride, who we are or are we confused about our spiritual identity? Are we running away from God as Hosea's wife did from him? Do we question whether we are worthy of his love? We run but God still seeks us. He seeks to love, to forgive, to renew.
Bible quotes are from the English Standard Version of the Bible.
O God, we push you away. We deny your love with our actions if not with our words. We struggle first with the idea that we need forgiveness, then with how you could forgive such incorrigible rebels. We have trouble trusting. Your relentless pursuit sometimes seems like harassment, or even stalking. Yet your kindness and your forgiving spirit, your fierce protection of us reveal to us that you are not our enemy. Help us to remember. Help us to recognize those who seek to tear us away from you. Hold us in the embrace of your love. Remind us that we are your people and that you love us. In Jesus' name, amen.
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