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- 3 Beds
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- 1,160 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionInterlochen Condo
Listing Date08/17/20
Year Built1971
AreaWest Vail South
Lot Size0.02 Acres (871 SqFt)
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This unique Interlochen townhome is located in the only four-plex in the complex. It is situated on the Gore Creek and has beautiful views of the courtyard. Vaulted ceilings and large windows provide an abundance of sunlight on the main living level. Meticulously maintained, offered fully furnished, and ready to be rented, used as a weekend getaway or a great home for a West Vail resident. Leave your car at home, and hop on the free bus to the slopes.
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The Art of Reading
Part 1
Virgin Mary reading to the Infant Christ (recto)
Vittore Carpaccio (1455/56-1525/26)
Half-length portrait of a youth
Johan Thopas (ca. 1630-ca. 1700)
Despite years of investigation and experiment the process of learning to read remains a complex, almost mysterious, process. In this fifteenth century drawing by Vittore Carpaccio the Virgin Mary is depicted reading to the infant Jesus Christ. It is a scene that is at once intimate and universal, a moment of loving contact between a mother and her child and the symbol of the relay of knowledge from one generation to the next. Intriguingly the book is held towards us but its lines (literally) are unreadable, except as a graphic sign that represents, in Western culture at least, writing in general.
In John Thopas's Half-length portrait of a Youth (1660) the student has grown up and learnt to read alone and silently. Eyes cast down, hands reverently holding the book: it is no coincidence, surely, that the pose so closely resembles the act of prayer. This can be seen as the consummate image of the good student: mouth pursed, dress tidy, the student is oblivious to all the potentially frivolous distractions of the world.
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When you look at Jerad S. Marantz's resume, it's packed with films you can barely remember watching. Jonah Hex, I Am Legend, Clash Of The Titans, Bedtime Stories, Percy Jackson, Nightmare On Elm St....but his concept art is unforgettable.
Marantz has been posting a ton of art on his blog from recent films he's worked on, and it's some of the most vivid creature and monster art we've seen in forever. It's up there with David Meng's art that we featured last week, for sure. (Marantz doesn't seem to have his own IMDB page, but he's all of his work is through Amalgamated Dynamics and The Aaron Sims Company, which are credited for creature design and the like.) Check out some of our favorite images, and see the rest over at Marantz's blog. [Jerad S. Marantz]
Above: The Kraken, from Clash Of The Titans
Kraken Head, from Clash Of The Titans
Kraken, from Clash Of The Titans
Kraken, from Clash Of The Titans
Medusa from Clash Of The Titans
Harpie from Clash Of The Titans
Kalibos, Clash Of The Titans
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Nightmare on Elm St.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
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Thank you Gladys Hedaya for insights into capturing those fleeting glorious Jewish holiday dinners! It always seems that we prepare our meals forever and then its over in a flash. I love Gladys's photo tips! Check out her new website Picsaloo.com for more ideas and ways to keep the memories in our hearts and on our bookshelves for many years to come! It's time to start thinking about our Hanuka parties!!
"As I look through my old albums, I notice that some albums are more exciting and revealing to look at than others. I realized that the albums I love the most have one thing in common, they tell a full story with a combination of photos that capture the many facets of that particular event.
Hanukah time is near, and is such a fun holiday to photograph. From your family standing before a flickering menorah, to an excited child tearing open a present, to the wobbly spin of a dreidal as it begins to slow down, there are many moments you can mindfully capture with your camera.
The most effective way to capture your Hanukah festivities fully is to write out or think about the following checklist before the holiday.
Before the party starts…
1. Preparation of the party: An example would be your daughter frosting the cupcakes or your four year old son smashing a cookie cutter into sugar cookie dough, your husband placing the candles in the menorah, or even half arranged flowers in a vase with the remaining resting on the side.
2. The décor: Back up and capture the room with all its holiday decorations, snap a photo, then step closer to capture that pile of gifts on the coffee table, the scattered dreidals and chocolate money, the table settings, the flowers. You can be creative with angle, and the specific parts of the scene you focus on.
During the party…
3. The action: what types of activities are taking place? Action shots may be a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, a bunch of children playing dreidal, or a child tearing open a Hanukah gift. Capturing the action gives you an opportunity to snap candid moments.
4. The people: Family group shots, and kids smiles are must-haves for your Hanukah photos. A group shot can be some people sitting on the couch, or around the table. You can capture genuine kids smiles because Hanukah is naturally so much fun!!
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5. If you are one of the last guests to leave or if the party took place in your house, you can photograph the torn wrapping paper on the floor, the strewn toys, the empty dessert platter…all hints that a good time happened here.
Follow the above suggestions and ensure that your Hanukah holiday festivities are captured more fully! Imagine how much more compelling your Hanukah photo album will be!!!" Gladys Hedaya
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Designing and building a car as outrageous as the 2018 Dodge SRT® Demon is only half the battle. The other side of the coin is promoting and advertising the car to attract buyers. Happily the Demon's record-setting performance and unprecedented attitude have done a great job of attracting publicity from Hollywood action filmmakers, producers of TV commercials and car magazine editors seeking the latest hot topic. News of the Demon keeps spreading like the automotive wildfire that it is.
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The shiny black plastic has a weight to it that makes the Pre feel expensive. The back is curved and, when the phone is slid open, it presents a satisfying shape to the hand that you're unlikely to drop. Compared to the best efforts of, say, Samsung or HTC, the Pre is beautifully designed.
Cutting edge design? But not in the way Palm intended
Until you open it, that is. The first thing you'll notice is the lip at the very bottom of the handset beneath the keyboard. It's sharp enough to cut things, and although you're unlikely to do yourself much accidental mischief, such a sharp blade is very much at odds with an otherwise smooth piece of design. The sliding mechanism on our review sample also seemed a little loose for a brand-new phone.
Once or twice snapping the Pre shut caused it to power off. The second problem is the keyboard. There are no onscreen keyboards on WebOS – the screen would likely be too small for one anyway – so the four-row Qwerty keyboard is all you get, and unfortunately it's a stinker.
If you've used the Palm Treo the keyboard will be familiar, and it's true that it's easy enough to work up a fair head of steam after some practice. But to us the keys felt stiff and the rubbery finish is unpleasant. The top row of keys is too close to the bottom edge of the top half of the sliding mechanism and you need to contort your hands to type. It compares poorly to the Nokia E71 and very badly to the BlackBerry Bold.
Then there's the question of accuracy. Apple's message to iPhone newbies if they make a mistake halfway through a word is to keep typing and trust the phone to correct it and, on the whole, it's very effective. The Pre, although inherently slightly more accurate because of the physical keyboard, doesn't offer anything like so clever a solution.
Using the keyboard certainly takes some getting used to
It will catch and auto-correct normal spelling mistakes, popping in apostrophes and the like if you forget, but if you type "pixza" it won't guess that you meant "pizza". Typing long messages – particularly emails – is exhausting. The uncomfortable keyboard, coupled with the need for unstinting accuracy, takes a lot of joy out of using the Pre.


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Another year is drawing to a close, and that means it's time for Lake Superior State University's annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. After tens of thousands of nominations were submitted, LSSU narrowed it down to the twelve words and phrases which most offended our ears in 2011, and now it's time to delete these terrible things from our vocabularies for good:
-Baby Bump
-Shared Sacrifice
-Man Cave
-The New Normal
-Pet Parent
-Win The Future
-Thank You In Advance
Amazing, which I think we can all agree becomes less amazing every time it's said, brought in the most nominations. Trickeration is a new one on me. (Supposedly it's used by football announcers?) And let's give three cheers for the death of the man cave! Regarding baby bump, that phrase is a pox upon our language, and I doubt anyone will be sad to see it go—though I beg someone to please come up with a less irritating alternative. If celebrities are going to keep having babies at the current rate, those of us who write about them need something not heinous to say in its place. Protruding abdomen and bulging stomach just don't have a very nice ring...
If it takes you a little while to fully rid yourself of these offensive words, don't worry. The list was started in 1975 as a funny way to get publicity for the school; so it's not like you'll be put to death if you slip and call something ginormous.
In 'amazing' turn, Mich. school banishes 'baby bump,' other words that 'occupy' modern lexicon [Washington Post]
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Richard Sherman lives 'on the edge,' says Stanford's David Shaw
Richard Sherman's brash postgame rant generated national buzz Monday, with reaction mostly ranging from shock to outrage.
But those who know the hypercompetitive Seattle Seahawks cornerback best weren't surprised by his 15-second tirade targeting 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree.
"That's Richard," said Stanford coach David Shaw. "It was in the moment."
Sherman became unhinged after his leaping deflection of a pass - it was intended for Crabtree in the end zone - sealed Seattle's Super Bowl-clinching victory Sunday evening.
A day later - after an epic NFC Championship Game that featured NaVorro Bowman's gruesome knee injury and Colin Kaepernick's fourth-quarter turnovers - Sherman's words echoed loudest throughout the Bay Area.
The loquacious Sherman, who graduated from Stanford with a degree in communications, is usually refreshingly candid in a cliché-dominated sports-media culture.
But occasionally, Sherman's internal braking system malfunctions and the massive chip on his shoulder - the chip that fueled his rise from Compton to Stanford to the Pro Bowl - is exposed for the world to see.
"Bill Walsh said you want guys with high character who are great players and great people," Shaw said.
"But every once in a while, you have to line up and defend Jerry Rice. And the guy who does that has to be on the edge. That's where Richard is."
Sherman, who bragged about being the NFL's best cornerback and called Crabtree a "sorry" and "mediocre" receiver, apologized Monday and expressed regret during an interview with ESPN radio.
"Obviously I could have worded things better and could obviously have had a better reaction and done things differently," he said. "But it is what it is now, and people's reactions are what they are."
Seattle coach Pete Carroll, who met with Sherman on Monday, said his cornerback also was contrite about taking attention away from his team: "He was really clear that the last thing he wanted to do was take something away from our team, what we had accomplished."
Had Sherman swatted away a pass intended for any other 49ers receiver, the tone of his comments would likely have been drastically different.
But his dislike for Crabtree is intense, and the feeling appears to be mutual.
"They have a personal vendetta against each other," said Sherman's brother, Branton.
The animosity stems from a charity event last summer hosted by Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Sherman saw a group of people, including Crabtree and Snoop Dogg, sitting around a swimming pool. He went over to shake hands.
"When he got to Crabtree, Crabtree slapped Richard's hand away and stood up like he wanted to fight," according to Branton Sherman, who learned about the incident from his brother.
"Everyone was like, 'Calm down, Crabtree.' Richard said, 'Why are you tripping out. We're off the field.' Crabtree wanted to fight but everyone got in the way and backed him down."
Former 49ers receiver Kyle Williams attended the event.
"I'm not going to get into specifics," Williams said. "Those guys (Richard and Branton Sherman) can say whatever they want.
"To me, what happened (Sunday) was nothing more than two guys who are passionate about what they do and are at the top of their games at their respective positions.
"Richard called him out 100 percent. (Crabtree) will respond. He'll work hard and make sure he's ready to respond on the field."
Crabtree declined interviews Monday, but several 49ers addressed the incident. Linebacker Ahmad Brooks said Sherman was "just hyped up," while tight end Vernon Davis suggested that Sherman needed to learn "how to be a true gentleman that shows good sportsmanship."
Sherman, who authors a first-person column for Sports Illustrated's website, addressed the situation Monday:
"It was loud, it was in the moment, and it was just a small part of the person I am," he wrote. "I don't want to be a villain, because I'm not a villainous person."
Raised in Compton, surrounded by street gangs, Sherman was a straight-A student who took Advanced Placement classes, attended leadership seminars and finished second in his class.
The son of a garbage truck driver and a social worker, he became the first Dominguez High School graduate in the past half century to receive a football scholarship from Stanford.
The 24th cornerback picked in the 2011 draft, he now stands as one of the most dominant defensive players in the league.
The lesser-known side to Sherman, 25, is his relentless commitment to community service.
His charity, Blanket Coverage, has raised approximately $100,000 for inner-city schools since its launch in April, according to Branton Sherman, who runs the organization.
Shaw, who remains close friends with Sherman, recalled asking Stanford players for volunteers to attend Football Camp for the Stars, a San Jose-based event for athletes with Down syndrome.
"Richard was the first to raise his hand," Shaw said. "He was there at the beginning, and he stayed past the end.
"He is the farthest thing from a thug you can imagine. Thugs don't volunteer to help out at Special Olympics when they're in high school.
"But the flip side is a guy who's ultracompetitive. You put him in that environment, where the game is very personal, and when the gauntlet's thrown down, he's ready."


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DURHAM – When Winnacunnet High's Ryan Gigliotti, the eventual Bobcat Invitational tournament MVP, hit a cold spell in the second half, the Warriors had plenty of alternatives to pick up the slack in Sunday's title game.
When Spaulding big man Dominic Paradis picked up his fourth foul and had to sit down with 4:35 left in the third period, the Red Raiders were not so fortunate.
Spaulding was within four points at the time but struggled to mount enough offense while the Warriors used big second halves from junior guards Rich Ruffin and Sam Knollmeyer to keep Spaulding at bay and win, 67-56.
Knollmeyer was Winnacunnet's representative on the all-tournament team.
"I think we do have (multiple options) as a trait because in practice kids have to make plays. We're going at each other all practice," said Knollmeyer, who scored a game-high 17 points, including a late clutch 3-pointer to push the lead to 63-53 with two minutes to play.
"This was a statement game, not only for the rest of the state but for us," Knollmeyer said.
Spaulding entered the tournament with a 3-0 record in Division I and is seen by some "as a top three team," according to Warrior Coach Jay McKenna.
Winnacunnet was 2-1 but the one loss was an ugly setback at Nashua South. McKenna said his team had set a goal to win the Bobcat.
"The ultimate goal is to win a state championship but there are steps that you need to take in order to better your chances to achieve that goal and one of those is to win your Christmas tournament," McKenna said. "And the fact that we beat a quality team, a very good team in Spaulding, is very helpful."
"I think (Winnacunnet is) a tough matchup for anybody because they've got skilled perimeter players," Spaulding Coach Tim Cronin said. "They can handle the ball, they can pass the ball, and they are very athletic. They do pose problems."
Gigliotti opened the game knocking three straight 3-pointers to stake Winnacunnet to a 12-4 lead barely two minutes into the game.
Spaulding kept coming back with Paradis scoring seven in the first half and both Alex Gray and NicK MacGregor hitting two 3-pointers.
Second-quarter 3-pointers by Knollmeyer and Ruffin helped keep Winnacunnet safely in front, as did six first-half points from Jason Cutting down low.
Consecutive tip-ins by Knollmeyer, a 6-foot guard, were critical.
"That was all luck. I was trying to grab it and it went in," Knollmeyer said.
"Everybody thinks they aren't going to rebound. They go to the offensive glass very, very well," Cronin said. "I told our guys before the game, but …"
Winnacunnet took a 40-29 lead into the half and got a bonus when Paradis fouled Seth Edwards in the waning seconds.
Spaulding, however, came out much sharper to start the third quarter and ran off eight straight points by working the ball down low. In the process, Winnacunnet's best rebounder Ben Gareau picked up his third and fourth fouls, essentially relegating him to the bench until late in the game.
Desperately needing a hoop, Winnacunnet got one when Ruffin up-faked a Spaulding defender from behind the arc, stepped forward and calmly swished a 15-footer from the baseline.
Moments later Paradis picked up his fourth foul.
"He's our go-to player, obviously. When you lose him everybody knows it and I think (Spaulding's players) have it in their head that they have to do everything so they over-try," Cronin said.
From that point, Spaulding shot 7-of-25 from the floor.
"I thought the second half for us was just a tale of missed opportunities," Cronin said.
Winnacunnet countered with not only Ruffin (10 of his 13 in the second half) and Knollmeyer but also got key buckets from Alec Boucher (3-pointer) and Sam Siegart (bucket in the paint).
"Guys that aren't necessarily the go-to guys if you will but everyone contributed. Everyone had a piece of it," McKenna said.
Winnacunnet, 67-56
WINNACUNNET (67) – Gigliotti 4-4-15, Lamprey 1-0-3, Kennedy 0-0-0, Ruffin 5-2-13, Guerin 1-1-3, Flagg 0-0-0, Knollmeyer 5-5-17, Siegart 1-0-2, Gareau 0-2-2, Edwards 1-1-3, Cutting 3-0-6. Totals: 22-15-67.
SPAULDING (56) – Bellio 1-2-4, Leahy 1-0-2, Gray 4-3-14, Nevejans 2-3-7, Paradis 3-6-12, Connelly 0-0-0, Fogg 0-0-0, MacGregor 5-0-13, Ciccotelli 2-0-4. Totals: 18-14-56.
Winnacunnet (2-1, 5-1) 21 19 12 15—67
Spaulding (3-0, 5-1) 15 14 15 12—56
3-pointers: W-8 (Gigliotti 3, Knollmeyer 2, Lamprey, Boucher, Ruffin); S-6 (Gray 3, MacGregor 3).


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Earl's artwork depicts the freshwater, saltwater and land animals of the top end of Australia in the classic rarrked crosshatch style of the Western region of Arnhem Land, close to where he resides.
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Anthony wins Univest Grand Prix Doylestown Criterium
Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth was the catalyst for a relentless Univest Grand Prix Doylestown Criterium in Pennsylvania Sunday, winning the race, the sprinters jersey, and the overall weekend title after attacking, staying away for multiple laps, and taking the sprint out of a decimated field.
Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth was the catalyst for a relentless Univest Grand Prix Doylestown Criterium in Pennsylvania Sunday, winning the race, the sprinters jersey, and the overall weekend title after attacking, staying away for multiple laps, and taking the sprint out of a decimated field.
Anthony outsprinted Jackie Simes (Jamis/Sutter Home) and Robin Carpenter (BikeReg.com) for the win on a slightly uphill finishing straight. Simes took a flyer with a lap remaining in the 36-lap, 50-mile race, and only Carpenter and Anthony were able to bridge to him halfway through the bell lap.
"We worked together for a little bit and then I got stuck to lead out," Simes said. "I thought I timed my sprint pretty well. It was an uphill sprint. I jumped at a pretty good time but I was just overpowered at the end."
Anthony, who earlier attacked the field with 18 laps remaining, was eventually joined by his teammate Thomas Soladay, plus Brett Tivers (Garneau Club Chassures) and Johan Landstrom (Cyklecity). The break stayed away from 13 laps to five laps remaining, thanks to a surging group of eight chasers. The front split gained a gap of almost a minute by the bell lap.
"There were two different teams blocking and covering moves, keeping the chase from getting too close," Carpenter said. "A lot of the amateur guys just came to the front and just started working and got close enough where the attacks and counter attacks managed to get the break. At one point it got just hard enough where a gap opened up. I knew I just had to be racing at the front to make the split."
The 1.4-mile course of the Univest Doylestown Criterium wreaked havoc on the field, reducing the size of the peloton to 40 out of the 89 starters with 15 laps remaining. Anthony called it a "grueling" course.
"Some of the corners kind of string things out on the downhill, and then the whole back section is just slightly uphill," he said. "No matter where you're riding in the pack it's really hard. There's not much sitting in. It's not really a field sprinter's course because it's hard to stay at the back with all the whiplash. It's definitely a great crit course because it weeds out all the strong guys from the guys who are kind of tired."
Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, however, managed to get two riders in the four-man breakaway, and several riders in the front split that battled for the last five laps.
"The whole team came out to race aggressively today," Anthony said. "That's what it takes to win races. You need a full team. One rider never wins a race by himself."
The peloton surged to speeds faster than 30 miles an hour at times, giving no one time to sit up or the field to be anything but single file on the way to the fastest finish in eight editions of the race. In addition to Anthony taking the Leidy's Pork Products Best Sprinter Award and the Univest Overall winner's jersey, Tivers took home The Intelligencer's Most Aggressive Rider Award.
"This high-level field really took advantage of this race course and ripped it to pieces," Univest Grand Prix promoter John Eustice said. "It was a bar fight out there … a tremendously exciting race. The crowd was 10 deep at the finish line. I've never had a crowd like this. Again, it's an example of how great American bike racing is and how great the American professional class is. I believe in them."
Anthony, a Beverly, Massachusetts, native who won Stage 1 of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and the overall at the Nature Valley Grand Prix, said the Univest Grand Prix is as prestigious a win as any in the United States.
"The Univest Grand Prix is a staple on the American racing calendar and one of the biggest in the U.S., being a UCI race," he said. "It showed by the crowd and the attendance here today in Doylestown. It was fantastic. Coming up that finishing straight, I was going deaf the last few laps. That's an awesome feeling."


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This Friday evening marks the start of Passover. At the Passover seder, it is customary to have a plate upon which all the symbolic Passover foods are placed. According to one arrangement, on the top right we place the zeroa bone; parallel to it on the left is an egg; then the maror (bitter herb) in the centre; the sweet charoset on the bottom right, opposite the karpas vegetable; and in the bottom centre the chazeret, horseradish or another serving of maror (which is used in the korech "sandwich"). In addition, we have three matzahs and the cup of wine, to be filled four times. What is the significance of these Pesach elements?
The zeroa represents the fact that God took us out of Egypt "with an outstretched arm" (b'zeroa netuya), as the Torah states. It also represents the korban pesach, the Pesach offering that would be brought and consumed in the days of the Temple. For this reason, it is best to have a zeroa from a lamb shank, since the Pesach offering was a lamb. The lamb itself was in commemoration of the fact that the Israelites smeared the blood of the lamb on their doorposts on the eve of their Exodus, to protect their homes from the tenth and final plague. It was a lamb in particular because the astrological sign for the month of Nisan is Aries, a ram or sheep. This is tied to Egyptian idolatry, where a number of Egyptian gods were depicted as ram-headed, or with the horns of a ram, including Khnum and Osiris. The slaughter of a lamb was thus symbolic of destroying the idols of Egypt, like the Ten Plagues themselves (see 'The Ten Plagues: Destroying the Idols of Egypt' in Garments of Light).
The egg symbolizes another offering brought on Passover: the chagigah, or holiday offering. This was the standard offering brought on all festivals in the days of the Temple. The reason that it is specifically an egg is because a whole egg is one of the foods traditionally consumed by mourners. (The round egg represents the cycle of life.) In this case, the egg is a symbol of mourning for the destruction of the Temple. Intriguingly, Rav Sherira Gaon (d. 1006) wrote how it is customary to eat meat, fish, and egg at the Pesach seder to represent the foods that will be eaten in the End of Days at the Feast of Mashiach. According to the Midrash, in that time the righteous will eat the fishy flesh of Leviathan, that great sea-dragon that Mashiach will slay; as well as the meat of the beast called Behemoth; and the egg of the mythical bird Ziz. So, eating an egg at the Pesach meal is symbolic of that future messianic feast.
The maror famously represents the bitter oppression of the Jews, just as the Torah states that the Egyptians "embittered" (v'imareru) the lives of the Jews with mortar and brick, and hard labour (Exodus 1:14). The need to eat maror actually comes explicitly from the Torah, which commands that Jews should eat the Pesach offering together with matzah and bitter herbs (Exodus 12:8). The Mishnah (Pesachim 2:6) lists five possible maror herbs, though their identity is not entirely clear. The only one that appears to be undisputed is lettuce, and hence it is lettuce that is used for maror in Sephardic communities. Another possibility is that maror is horseradish—not the mustard-like sauce but an actual horseradish root (since maror must be a raw vegetable, as the Shulchan Arukh states in Orach Chaim 473:5). There are other traditions for maror's identity as well.
Interestingly, the Midrash states that the consumption of maror on Pesach is one of the few things King Solomon did not understand! In Proverbs 30:18, Solomon wrote that "Three things are wondrous to me and four I do not know." Although the passage continues to state what it is that Solomon wondered about, the Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 30:14) has an alternate explanation: The three things wondrous to Solomon were the Pesach offering, matzah, and maror; and the four he didn't know were the mysteries behind the four species of Sukkot!
The Mystery of Karpas and Charoset
The maror is dipped into the sweet charoset. This paste is meant to resemble the clay mortar that the Israelites used, or the mud that was baked into clay bricks. The word charoset comes from cheres, "clay". There are vastly different traditions as to the ingredients of charoset. One tradition is to use the fruits mentioned in Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs, among them: apples (2:3), figs (2:13), nuts (6:11), dates (7:7), wine (1:2), and cinnamon (4:14). The romantic lyrics of the Song are interpreted as an allegorical "love story" between God and Israel, and the fruits are used throughout the text in metaphorical fashion to describe that passionate love. It is particularly appropriate to use the Song of Songs recipe since it is customary to read the Song of Songs on the holiday of Pesach. (There are five megillot, "scrolls", in the Tanakh, and each is read on a particular holiday: Shir HaShirim on Passover, Ruth on Shavuot, Eichah on Tisha b'Av, Kohelet on Sukkot, and Esther on Purim.)
Some have pointed out that charoset may have a Greek origin, as it was common to eat fruit and nut mixtures in the Greek symposia, which the Pesach seder might be loosely modelled on. Similarly, karpas has a Greek etymology (as does afikoman) and means "vegetable". This vegetable can be celery, parsley, water cress, green onion, or even boiled potato. It is commonly said that the karpas symbolizes, once again, the difficult labour of the Jews. In the word karpas (כרפס) appear the letters פ-ר-כ, as in the Torah's statement that the Egyptians worked the Israelites בפרך, b'farekh (Exodus 1:13), exceedingly hard. It is customary to dip the karpas in salt water, which represents the tears of the Israelites.
Having said that, there may be a better explanation for the karpas, and its secret lies in an alternate custom to dip it not in salt water, but in wine vinegar. The Hebrew word karpas (כרפס) actually appears in one place in the Tanakh. This is in Esther 1:6, amidst a description of the feast of King Ahashverosh, where his palace was draped with chur karpas u'tekhelet (חור כרפס ותכלת), "white linen and blue thread". So, while the Greek karpos means "vegetable", the Hebrew karpas means "linen" or "fabric". Dipping the karpas in wine vinegar is therefore like dipping clothing in blood, symbolizing the tunic of Joseph which his brothers dipped in blood and presented to their father Jacob. It was that act which sparked the sequence of events leading to the Israelites descent to Egypt, and their ultimate enslavement.
The sixth spot on the seder plate is sometimes missing altogether, and other times holds horseradish (sometimes the creamy kind), salt water (for dipping karpas), or another serving of maror which is used in the korech, the "sandwich" made up of matzah, charoset, and maror. As the Haggadah states, this was the custom of the great Hillel, who used to make such a sandwich to literally fulfil the word of the Torah to eat the Pesach offering together with matzah and bitter herbs.
In addition to the plate, we have three matzahs. These symbolize the three patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—as well as the three divisions of the Jewish nation—Kohen, Levi, and Israel. (We have explored in the past why it is the middle matzah, corresponding to Isaac, that is broken in half.) They can also be said to symbolize the three siblings who led the Exodus: Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
The Four Cups
The four cups of wine symbolize the four expressions of salvation that the Torah uses (Exodus 6:6-8) in describing the Exodus:
I am Hashem, and I will [1] bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and [2] I will deliver you from their bondage, and [3] I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments; and [4] I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Hashem your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Hashem.
We see a fifth expression here, too—"and I will bring you to the land…" This is why we do pour a fifth cup, but we do not drink it. It is left for the prophet-turned-angel Eliyahu. In the Talmud, it is common for the rabbis to leave an unsettled debate "for Eliyahu", who will come in the Messianic days and finally resolve all the Talmudic disputes. Since there is a debate whether to drink four or five cups of wine on Pesach (based on a variant text in Pesachim 118a), we drink four and leave a fifth "for Eliyahu". The deeper meaning behind the debate here is whether our salvation is complete or not. Although we were taken out of Egypt, Jews have continued to experience oppression for centuries ever since. We will not be totally redeemed until the coming of Mashiach. Our presence in the Holy Land will not be secured until then either. This is why the fifth cup is for Eliyahu, who is the harbinger of Mashiach.
It has also been pointed out that in Genesis 40:11-13, Pharaoh's cupbearer mentions a cup four times in his dream. Joseph interpreted the cupbearer's dream in the positive, and prophesied that he shall return to his position, while the Pharaoh's baker would be put to death. Joseph asked the cupbearer that he remember Joseph and help to get him out of his imprisonment. Although the cupbearer forget all about Joseph, he later remembered the young dream interpreter when the Pharaoh's own dream was inexplicable. This led to Joseph's release from prison, his ascent to Egyptian royalty, and the eventual settlement of his family in Egypt, leading to their enslavement. So, the dream of the "four cups" sets in motion the events that lead to Israel's descent to Egypt.
Likewise, when Joseph tests his siblings and places his special goblet in the bag of Benjamin (Genesis 44), the word "goblet" is mentioned four times. Better yet, the numerical value of "goblet" (גביע) is equal to the value of "cup" (כוס) when including the kollel. And the value of "cup" (כוס) itself is 86, which is the number of years that Israel was enslaved. (Israel was in Egypt a total of 210 years, of which the first 94 were peaceful. Then came 30 years of persecution, followed by 86 years of hard slavery. For a detailed analysis see 'How Long Were the Israelites Actually in Egypt?')
Some say the four cups parallel the four types of kelipah, the impure "husks" in Creation. Kabbalistic texts often speak of Pharaoh as the ultimate force of kelipah. It just so happens that the Torah speaks of four pharaohs altogether: the first Pharaoh was the one Abraham encountered upon his descent to Egypt; the second was the one that took Joseph out of prison and appointed him viceroy; the third was the wicked one who enslaved Israel and later decreed the drowning of the Israelite babies; and the fourth is the pharaoh at the time of the Exodus.
Yet another explanation is that the four cups correspond to the four exiles of Israel: the Babylonian, the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman. Just as we were redeemed from the oppression of Egypt, we were redeemed from the future exiles (awaiting the final redemption). Appropriately, the Arizal taught that Egypt was the root of all future exiles (Sha'ar HaMitzvot on Re'eh). Similarly, the Talmud and Midrash state (based on Exodus 14:13-14) that the Jews split into four groups when trapped between the Red Sea on one side and the approaching Egyptians on the other. There were those that lost all hope and wanted to surrender, and those that wanted to kill themselves rather than surrender; those that wished to arm themselves and fight the Egyptians, and those that simply prayed to God for salvation. Regardless of their faith or faithlessness, God saved all four groups of Jews, and we drink four cups in commemoration.
Lastly, if the three matzahs parallel the three patriarchs of Israel, then the four cups can be said to parallel the four matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. After all, the Talmud (Sotah 11b) states that "As the reward for the righteous women who lived in that generation were the Israelites delivered from Egypt."
Sefirot of the Seder Plate
The Arizal arranged his seder plate according to the mystical Tree of Life that depicts the Ten Sefirot. The zeroa is in the top right because this is the position of Chessed, kindness, as it represents God's compassion in taking us out of Egypt. The egg is in the position of Gevurah, or Din, strict judgement and restraint, since it represents mourning the Temple's destruction. (Another symbolic explanation for the egg is that it represents the Jewish people: just as an egg gets harder the more it is boiled so, too, does the Jewish nation only grow stronger the more we are "boiled" and oppressed.) The all-important maror is in the central sefirah of Tiferet, balance and truth.
The sefirot of Netzach and Hod (paralleling the legs) are charoset and karpas, symbolizing our difficult labour. The salt water, chazeret, or additional maror below is for Yesod. Finally, the plate itself is Malkhut, since Malkhut is the receptacle for all the sefirot above, just as the plate holds all the foods. Alternatively, Malkhut may correspond to the cup of wine.
Finally, at the top are the three matzot, corresponding to the upper three mochin of Chokhmah, Binah, and Da'at (or Keter). This reveals a deeper secret as to why we break the middle matzah into two halves. The middle matzah is the middle sefirah of Binah, which actually has two aspects: Binah and Tevunah. While "Binah" is simply understanding a matter, "Tevunah" is internalizing that information more deeply. Tevunah is engraving that understanding into one's mind, and it leads to being able to apply that knowledge in real world situations. Thus, we end the seder with the consumption of the afikoman—the Tevunah half—as we wish to not only understand what was discussed at the seder, but to internalize it on the deepest of levels.
Chag Sameach!


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Chris at PyroElectro built this simple Arduin-controlled IR pair that can be used to measure the RPMs of a CPU fan.
A tachometer is a useful tool for counting the RPM (rotations per minute) of a wheel or basically anything that spins. The easiest way to build a tachometer is using a transmitter and receiver. When the link between them is broken, you know that something is spinning and can execute some code that calculates the current RPM of whatever is spinning to break the transmitter/receiver link.
In this article we will explore how to use an IR transmitter and receiver break-beam pair similar to the PIC Tachometer project I built a few months ago, but because of popular demand, the Arduino system will be used for all the processing and break-beam interruption counting. The end result will be a 16×2 LCD displaying the RPM of some computer fans.
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2 killed in Vienna crash; Oneida city man escapes before car bursts into flames (update)
VIENNA >> State Police in Sylvan Beach are investigating a one car fatal crash that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday morning on Vienna Road in Vienna.
Police say 20-year-old Tyler D. Laplante was speeding north on Vienna Road in Vienna when he failed to negotiate a right turn. The 2003 Chevrolet Impala left the west shoulder of the roadway, struck a tree and overturned.
A passenger, 22-year-old Justin T. Didio, from Oneida, was able to crawl out of the vehicle and call for assistance.
The car then caught on fire. It became fully engulfed with Laplante and a rear passenger inside.
Police say the passenger is believed to be Angelo J. Gonzalez, 21, from Camden. However, positive identification will await pending autopsy results. Police say they believe that alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the crash.
The Village of Sylvan Beach Fire Department responded to the scene and the fire was extinguished and occupants of the vehicle were pronounced dead.
Didio, a 2009 graduate of Oneida High School, was taken to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, where he is listed if fair condition. News Channel 9 reports that he suffered multiple skull fracture and a broken jaw.
The Onondaga County Medical Examiners Office is conducting all autopsies.


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It's not every day you see a mentally deranged young man shouting racial slurs strip naked on the 6 train and start randomly attacking strangers. I mean, spaghetti-hurling fights? Sure. Intergenerational wrestling matches? Absolutely. Bloody Loco? Of course. But the dramatic nudity here, combined with the obscenity and the random violence, make this one a "classic New York moment."
No fare is too high for the one-of-a-kind New York City subway experience! [via Twitter, video by Daniel Dickey]


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So there is good news and bad. Which one do you want to hear first?
Me? I always want to hear the bad news first. I need to get it over with.
So here goes. Purim 2013 is now something we can discuss in the past tense and that can only mean one thing.
Actually two.
The first is that we have all probably gained five pounds in the past week from tasting all those home baked treats that have mysteriously materialized on our kitchen tables. The second is that it is time to roll up our sleeves, get to work and start scrubbing dried gunk off our refrigerator shelves.
Now the good news.
While there is no way to magically deduct those extra Purim calories, not all your Pesach preparations have to involve manual labor and in fact, some of the pre-Pesach prep can actually be enjoyable. I'm talking meal planning of course, something far less stressful and labor intensive than kashering your kitchen. And while you may be scratching your head and wondering what kind of delicacies you can dream up to feed the hungry masses that perpetually pop up around your table, fear not. A dynamic duo of cooking queens has teamed up with an all new Pesach cookbook that is going to keep you smiling from ear to ear.
Passover Made Easy is what you get when you cross a cookbook author, who also happens to be the co-founder of a popular cooking website, with the managing editor of a weekly kosher food magazine. While Leah Schapira, author of the bestselling volume Fresh and Easy Kosher Cooking and co-founder of CookKosher.com and Victoria Dwek, managing editor of Whisk, published weekly by Ami Magazine, seem like an unlikely pair, the two combine their unique styles and diverse heritages and turn out a selection of recipes guaranteed to please.
It is clear from the very first page of this engaging, entertaining and informative volume that both Leah and Victoria are in touch with today's busy women who want to serve meals that are creative, delicious and attractive yet are relatively fuss free, particularly when it comes to Pesach. In another nod to the realities of everyday life, while Passover Made Easy is a visually stunning book with recipes that just may leave you drooling, it is a soft-cover book attractively priced at $15.99 and is available both online and in stores.
"We wanted to have a book that is accessible to everyone," Victoria told The Jewish Press. "Prices of cookbooks are often intimidating and we don't want it to be like that."
In fact, Passover Made Easy, which is distributed by Artscroll, is the start of a new series of lower priced cookbooks and the two are already hard at work on the next volume.
With sixty original recipes, a food and wine pairing guide, cooking tips, interesting tidbits and even a replacement index for those who observe some extra stringencies on Pesach, Passover Made is Easy is 124 pages of pure cooking goodness. (My favorite tip? Using a sealed bottle of soda as a stand in for a rolling pin. I usually use a can of cooking spray, but this works equally well.) The cookbook is broken down into six separate sections: Starters, Soups and Salads, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Brunch and Dairy and Desserts. A full color picture accompanies each recipe and plating and serving tips are interspersed throughout the book. Only four of the recipes use matzah meal, a bonus for people who don't eat gebrokts on Pesach and for those who don't use processed foods on Pesach, few if any are used in these recipes. Recipes for homemade mayonnaise, breadcrumbs and crepes, versatile items that can be used in many different ways, are featured prominently at the beginning of the book.
There were definitely more than a few recipes here that looked intriguing. Crispy Crackers made out of potato starch and ground almonds, with variations including paprika and basil flavored. A green salad featuring green apples, roasted butternut squash cubes, sugar and spice nuts and a shallot dressing. Russian Cole Slaw featuring not cabbage, but cucumbers. French Toast made out of a mixture of mashed bananas, eggs, sugar and potato starch which is then baked before it is dipped in eggs and fried. While I won't be making the very intriguing Tortillas with Tomato-Mint Salsa and Guacamole because they are gebrokts, you can bet your bottom dollar that Pecan Pie with Cookie Crust is definitely going to be making on appearance on my dining room table.


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The second edition of the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize was awarded during the 5th World Water Forum's closing ceremony to the Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR) from Maharashtra State, India, for its activity focused on "Changing Lives, Saving the Future". Click here for a video of the prize winner's activities. The award was presented by Yukiko Oshima, President of Soroptomist International of Kyoto and Hitoshi Ohshima, Executive Officer on Global Environment Policy.
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Subtitled "Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals through grassroots initiatives" the Prize, created in 2003 during the 3rd World Water Forum, aims to honour a distinguished individual or organization whose grassroots-level activities work towards addressing critical water needs of communities and regions. It also aims to provide the opportunity for grassroots organizations to present their work on the global scale, as a contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and other global targets.
This prize of JP ¥3,000,000 (or approximately US$28,000) is presented every three years during the World Water Forum. The prize money is used by the winner or winning organization to continue the award-winning exercise or similar ones. Just as important as the prize money was the opportunity to provide the platform for 30 presentations of excellent grassroots initiatives during the Forum. A number of candidates are also funded to attend the Forum and present their initiatives through the Prize. The first edition, awarded at the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico in March 2006, was awarded to Gram Vikas, an NGO from India, who was selected from 30 sponsored candidates. The second edition of the Prize is to be awarded at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey in March 2009.
The candidature period through the 5th World Water Forum's Virtual Meeting Space was open until November 30, 2008, in which time 67 applications were reviewed to select the 30 organizations that were invited to the Forum to present their activities. The Prize Committee then selected the 10 finalists that presented their activities to a 12-person international panel of judges on March 21st, to directly compete for the Prize. The winner was the candidate that scored highest in an objective rating of the seven stated criteria in the Prizes Guidelines.Click here to view the presentations of the 30 pre-selected candidates and here to read their full application details.Past winners are as follows:
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Hostile takeover
Oliver Stone carefully coordinates a culture-clash between drug dealers to observe its effect on three young protagonists. In this, his adaptation of Don Winslow's novel, part pulp fiction and part puppy dog tails, he presents us with an exciting premise that falls short of its promise.
Hollywood likes the concept of a good-guy drug dealer, and "Savages" introduces us to three of these elusive creatures. They are innovative pot growers, Chon (Taylor Kitsch), his BFF Ben (Aaron Johnson), and their wealthy girlfriend, O (Blake Lively). Chon, an ex-special forces bad-ass, supplies Ben with marijuana seeds from Afghanistan, because, he says, "it's the world's best weed," from which Ben develops a powerful strain of THC-laden weed that attracts elite users. With DEA Agent Dennis (John Travolta) on the payroll, the boys become multimillionaires.
The trio lives in an oceanside Laguna Beach house where O reigns as goddess of their domestic bliss. Ben is a philanthropist, making frequent sojourns to tropical nations where he attempts to improve the lives of underprivileged children. Ben relies on Chon to collect debts owed without killing the defaulters. Their story is narrated by O, who explains the success of their menage à trois. "We were filled with love and the knowledge that we would always take care of one another."
Why shouldn't Ben and Chon feel as though they've stumbled into Paradise? O is casually beautiful, sexually generous, fun-loving, and good-natured to a fault.
When the three receive an Internet video showcasing seven severed heads and demanding that they share their pot business or be crushed by a Mexican drug cartel, Ben and Chon disagree about the best way to handle the situation. Ben wants to hand the interlopers the keys to their business and be done with it. Chon is determined to protect what is rightfully theirs. The debate is moot once the cartel kidnaps O and demands Ben and Chon's complete cooperation in exchange for her life.
Queenpin Elena (Salma Hayek) sits atop the cartel. She lounges in her Mexican hacienda dressed to the nines, where she is pampered like a princess. With a bat of her false eyelashes, she orders enemies (and friends) whipped, sliced, or burned alive. She seems indifferent to their pleas for mercy.
Once taken, O is brought to Elena's home where she is treated surprisingly well. However, we never understand why Elena bothers when she could kill the three neophytes and simply take their business.
She promises to return O after one year, providing Ben and Chon carry out her orders to the letter. Though highly perceptive, Elena underestimates the depth of the men's bond with O. She means more to them than their money or their lives.
Elena's right-hand man is sadistic enforcer, Lado (Benicio Del Toro). He serves her every wish, rarely overstepping boundaries, but beneath his hardened exterior Lado resents Elena's authority.
The story creates a friction between the villains. Elena, Lado and Dennis feel the weight of their burdens, functioning at the high level of awareness demanded to succeed in their double-dealing world.
Ben's struggle to overcome his conscientious objection to violence is a silly plot point when confronted with such ruthless opponents.
Chon's straightforward character seems to operate on auto-pilot. Is he empty inside? Lively's O fares best of the three. She relies on her wits while held prisoner, waging a mighty and risky battle to establish herself as a person, rather than an object, in Elena's eyes.
While the plot takes several interesting twists, seasoned vet Elena is surely smarter than her succession of foolish, pivotal mistakes.
Neophytes Ben and Chon aren't credible as having suddenly become brilliantly devious and crafty. Somewhere in the middle lies the story I could have believed, as well as enjoyed, but that story wouldn't make it past the starting gate of the fantasies Hollywood loves to love.
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