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Ambulance chaser with a weak stomach
so he's chasing petty modders instead.
Are you an Xbox 360 owner recently banned from Xbox Live? Has the ban left you feeling short changed? Perhaps you've experienced other console problems as a result of the ban? If you can answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then US law firm Abington IP wants to hear from you. The "intellectual property law and consumer …
Typical Microsoft response in cross examination on a XBox user.
MS: Did you agree to the EULA when you signed up the XBox Live, and when using the XBox.
User: What is a EULA
MS: The long text that you need to say yes to to continue using the game or hardware.
User: Yes I agreed
MS: And in the EULA it states that we can pretty much screw you over if you modify our kit for the purposes of using pirated software
User: Errr... Does it?
Abington Lawyer: Judge that is irrelevant, we can show that this person lost all of his friends due to Microsoft's actions.
Judge: Microsoft are not responsible for the ability of the users of its' hardware and software to get a life.
Judge: Find for Microsoft, case dismissed
Spot on, MS have stated numerous times that your account isnt affected.
Doubt this will get off the ground as they are also wanting people who are having issues not attributed to Live, because all MS have to do is ask them to prove the modding process hasnt caused the issue.
Would you expect MS to fix the red ring of death after you had invalidated the warranty by modding the box?....No?....then stop crying and buy a new one.
"Modification of Xbox consoles is arguably against the terms of use for Xbox/Xbox Live", Abington (and you) states... so, if you're one of those prick that modified the console breaking the law, please came forward so we can sue the shit out of you... I mean, we can all sue Microsoft and get a cut at all those juicy billions of dollars they have in a bank somewhere.
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By cornz 1 Posted Friday 20th November 2009 15:57 GMT
And if i want to run a back up of my game then i shall
Yeah come on. If thats really the defence then microsoft should be sitting pretty.
You willing to tell a judge you had your xbox modded just so you could use backups cos those game discs fail so often and they're so expensive to replace!
I guess you backup your dvds too.
Problem - from my point of view - is that not being able to get to XBox Live (XBL) means that you ain't going to be able to get access to the patches that are issued via XBL for games. And, if my limited experience is typical, then there's patches issued pretty frequently.
What I disagree with MS over is what exactly constitutes a modded XBox360 - I suffered from the RRoD so I was looking at the various clip mods that are out there. If I put one of those on the 360 does that now count a "modded" and so banned. (And yes, I _do_ appreciate that it's damned difficult/near-impossible for MS to remotely tell that the heatsink mod's been applied)
Still I suppose it's all 'work' for US lawyers... (worst luck!)
...collecting the names and addresses of all the potential pirates out there :-)
Personally I'm of the mindset, if you mod your console, then you're taking the risk of possible problems. When I soft-modded my original XBOX to use XBMC, I was well aware that it would possibly risk the console being banned from XBOX Live, but I accepted that. I also understand that if I take my XBOX360 apart then I will invalidate the warranty and I'll be on my own if I have a problem (I must admit though, the fans on my XBOX 360 Elite are bloody noisy so when the warranty does run out I'll probably look at replacing them with something a bit quieter if possible).
Anon and black helecopters because, well you don't know who's reading.
So let's pretend you sign up for a service, and in the action of signing up for that service you agree to certain conditions. Sound good? OK, now follow me here. Let's say the agreement states that if you step outside of the aforementioned conditions that the service provider can then cut off said service from you. OK, now let's say you break one of those conditions.
What is it that you deserve? To have your service cut-off. Period. Enjoy your service-less life.
It really is time, ok actually about 100 years past time, to bring the full force of the predatory laws that governments use to threaten the life and liberty of REAL people to bear against corporations.
The easy way to do this is to put their directors in prison for many many years. Since we won't see that until the next French style revolution, I'm all over civil penalties that will PERSECUTE companies that are basically evil.
I am completely unaffected by this fiasco as I never thought an xbox was worth modding. But that doesn't mean M$ should be allowed this blatant violation of fair use. Seems being reinstated, a binding order to never do this again, and maybe $5,000 per month for each month they are banned to each disconnected user would be a very just settlement here. It's time to stop this stuff cold!
Yes its your console and you can mod it to play 'backups' if you want. Just wont be able to do so on the Xbox Live network.
You will notice that MS doesnt actually brick your console to make it unplayable.
I really dont see any merit to this suit. They mention contacting them if you weren't refunded for the remainder of your subscription. Well your subscription is still active and will work fine on another unbanned console.
People are complaining that the ban also bricks the HDD. Well it doesnt. Again the HDD works fine on an unbannded console.
All in all I don't see how they expect to win with this?
This is the sort of user who's had his console banned: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_10000000/newsid_10002900/10002915.stm
I quote - " I mean it's always at the back of your head using pirate games you know there's that possibility".
IMHO, the vast majority of Xbox owners who claim to have modified their consoles so that they can use "backups" of their legitimately owned software are lying thieves! I'd say all of them, but I'm sure their are one or two red-palmed anoraks who can't face putting their original GTA disks in their Xbox!
If you mod your 360, you break your agreement with MS. If you've broken your agreement, MS knock that machine off Live. It's that simple. Those are the rules you agreed to when you powered on that console. Sony will probably start doing the same thing, and then Nintendo. If you hack Windows, you don't get tech support or updates if they detect you've hacked it. Same principle.
As for people saying they modded the console so they can back up games - well guys, you can RIP THE GAME TO THE HARD DISC AND USE THAT IF THE ORIGINAL IS IN THE DRIVE. And it's a lot cheaper than modding it!!!!!!!! The ones complaining about being kicked off are the ones who just can't be bothered to buy the stuff in the first place.
Actually, I _do_ back up my DVDs. The first thing I do when I get new software is to generate a copy and then install from the copy, keeping the original in a safe place where it won't get scratched, warped, or broken. Any software which can't be copied is immediately returned to the vendor. If I can't make a backup, I don't want it. This also applies to movies and music. Let's just say that if I _didn't_ follow that procedure at home, I'd have purchased at least four copies of one recent (and highly popular with pre-teens) cartoon movie. Instead of buying another copy, I merely ripped a new copy from my original, and put the original back into the child-proof storage area.
There are certain products which are difficult to back up; I have made a note of the vendors of such products, and no longer buy from them. If they make it difficult to protect my investment, I will decline to give them my money.
And, before you ask, yes, that's why I don't have a Blu-ray device anywhere on the premises. Blu-ray is a giant exercise in copy-protection, and those who indulge in it will not get any money from me until after there is a safe, simple, reliable, method for backing up my purchase.
I don;t want to say anything but one of the major issues with XBOX 360 Discs is that just a small number of scratches or prolonged time in the drive whilst on causes damage to the Disc and ultimately you have to go out an buy a new one... If they offered replacement discs as part of buying the software then no problem, no need to mod, but as far as I'm concerned it is a legitimate concern. Funny how you get all these twats who spent their spotty experimental years in the 80's copying music off the radio from tapes taking a jibe at all the kids copying games and music off the net today. As fro ripping to the drive if you have over 30 games how can you fit it all on the measly 120Gb HDD?
I reckon that they need to start an OpenConsole development push free software into the front room.
Perhaps we'll finally see the end of totally one sided EULA which in most cases say the end user agrees that they are entitled to jack sh*t and the supplier can do what the hell they like.
I know it's a long shot but it would be good to see.
Then we can all go after M$ for polluting the world with all their other worthless products.
The problem is that the justification for the ban is a breach of the TOU for XBox live but there's a disconnect between the person agreeing not to violate the TOU and punishment applied. Lets say that the xbox is owned by someone who hasn't agreed to the TOU but modded the console. Then an Xbox live enabled profile uses the console and the owner of the console now has abox that's been crippled due to TOU violations that he's not signed up to.
My eight year old has just lost a level 103 Viva Pinata profile (hey - it's important to him OK?)because his elder brother took the memory card round to his mates house for quick blast of illegal MW2. The 16yo is fine because his profile's been recovered, but the 8yo is screwed because I didn't let him sign up to Live.
Fact is you can't be punished for breaking a contract you haven't signed up to and that's what MS are doing. Now you can argue that there are terms that allow the removal of the signing functionality but MS didn't use those - they used the TOU of the XBox Live contract which is distnctly differnt to the console licensing
What they should have done is banned the profile thus linking the violation to teh person breaking the rules.- but that would have cost them a lot of money. On that basis this lawsuit has every chance of succeeding since persons who haven't violated the TOU have been damaged directly by MS actions.
Bang on mate! Well done!
The modders always come out with this crap about playing some wank Jap title that only had a 250 limited edition release. Bollocks! You, like the rest of us, are fed up with paying £45 a copy for a game, so you plaid £40 quid for a modchip, then rented games from BlockBuster, after making a 'backup' of said rental games, just to ensure you can help BlockBuster out if they have any trouble!
When you licensed the console from MS and license the games, yes that what you do with them, you don't own them, you license them, the EULA clearly statez, you will not break those little silver stickers that say VOID, you will not rip off games for you and your mates, if you do, then we can bend you over a barrel an mess with your squidgy bits as we see fit!
I don't know what all the fuss is about really, they have had this power for years. The original Xbox console chips always had a switch on the outside, you turn it on to play, ahem "foreign imports", and turned it off to play online with genuine games, as you knew that if you went online with your chip active, you would be permanently banned from Live services.
Once again, we have muppets at work! Modern gamers buy a chipped XBOX360 off that well-known tat market for double the price you can pay down Argos, then don't have the nous to understand what chipping is all about, the consequences of chipping. I have an original Xbox that's been chipped, they make absolutely perfect media centres to stream vids and music from a home NAS when they're running XBMC. I never play games on it anymore, and it's firewalled inside my LAN.
Want to know how to get more games onto the Hard Disc? Like this:-
Buy a 2.5" SATA Laptop hard disc from your retail store of choice, capacity of your choice
Open up HD Caddy on 360
Take out drive that's in there
Put in drive you bought
Clip caddy back together
Reattach to console
Power on.
Still-cheaper-than-modding-it and you won't get kicked of Xbox live. A win-win, no?
Are there known specific problems with modded hardware that prevents XBL from working properly, or is purely a software scheme designed to protect Microsofts' monopoly^H profits^H rights ?
If Microsoft can't show specific cases of modded consoles of every type causing a problem, I really don't see what the issue is here - whatever happened to the "first sale" doctrine, beyond which what the purchaser does with the product is supposed to be outside the scope of the vendor/manufacturers' limit of control ? (like preventing games being sold second-hand because of an online validation system that refuses to allow it to be installed). They're not allowed to control hardware (or any other type of goods, like a hairdryer) in this way, yet that is what they're doing here by the back door.
That the purchaser may be playing copied games - whether they own a "licence" (these should be illegal too) to or not - should remain outside the physical capabilities of the hardware they purchased.
They bought the hardware and have a right to do with it what they want. Playing an *illegally* copied game is a distinct offence and actionable in its' own right, whereas modifying a console you bought should not be.
If this is just an XBL issue, why don't MS use the Steam method?
You can copy the game as often as you like, but only login and use the network from one host at a time. You can copy your media, make disk backups of your games or re-download it at any time. You can "go offline" to play standalone as well. This doesn't stop stand-alone pirates, but neither does the XBL ban. Just include a XBL registration code (which is tied not to an xbox but to an xbl account ) in the with the game DVD and its all good.
It seems MS is using xbox live to punish modders. It's punishing modding, which isn't quite as legitimate as punishing the piracy directly. The correct and proper way to punish piracy is to sue the pirates. If you don't really know who the culprits are, you shouldn't be handing out punishments.
I would agree that most modding is probably to enable piracy, but that isn't the issue. The issue is a company hiding behind a EULA using heavy handed techniques because it can't be bothered to follow the proper procedures for dealing with customers who infringe copyright. Seriously, if MS sent out messages over XBL saying "pay us online for this game we've seen you pirate, or we'll cut you off XBL and take you to the small claims court" I suspect they could get some cash and keep their customers for future revenue generation. Cutting off units from XBL seems like a revenue destroying plan. Do people really go out and buy a new xbox or buy more games for a banned box?
Which leads me to another conclusion. Maybe game piracy isn't the chief issue. Maybe the chief issue is control - perhaps banning modded boxes is more about creating a TPM-environment, preparing for digital video content distribution. Are they banning mostly old systems in the hope that people decide an upgrade is worthwhile? "Xbox banned? How about a new one for Christmas!" Oh, did I mention that if a new box is bought, MS get all the revenue rather than the manufacturer's whose games were pirated? The games writers have to suffer any drop off in revenue if the xbox is ditched (MS has already been paid) and have to wait for future supposed drops in piracy to reap any benefit.
As mentioned at the top, if controlling online gaming is the method chosen to combat piracy, there are far better ways to do it than banning the consoles. That just stinks of ulterior motive.
And no, I'm not bitter - I've never had a console.
"Funny how you get all these twats who spent their spotty experimental years in the 80's copying music off the radio from tapes taking a jibe at all the kids copying games and music off the net today."
I have several hundred kilos of 1/2inch tape that contains the first ever playing of two or so decades of vinyl recordings. I used the half inch tape to make cassettes, and later CDs, so as to not further damage the vinyl with the needle. Most of the second playing of that vinyl went directly to digital. I, me, personally, bought all that vinyl. I feel (and the SCotUS agrees with me) that I have a right to backup that investment.
I cut my eyeteeth in radio at KZSU (as a student) and KFJC (as a teacher). My personal 1/2inch air-check tapes from 1967-1973 were converted to CD years ago ... with a little help from Tascam. I will happily give (not sell!) a personal friend a copy of any of the CDs. They are MY personal form of art, and I defy any prosecutor to prove different.
I also have no issue with anybody making backup copies of software that they have already purchased ... in fact, I encourage it. Stuff happens. Backups are good.
But copying games and music off the 'net is (according to current law) STEALING.
THAT said, I personally think that the current laws need to be revisited ... The folks who own the copyright on the material in question no longer have a monopoly on the distribution channels. Like it or not, once something is digitized, anyone, anywhere, can make an exact copy. And people WILL, for the simple reason that humans seem to be programmed for both theft AND gift-giving (probably a simian/lizard hind-brain thingie ... easy-pickings means less effort for more calories, and giving gifts means a safe place to stay and/or more sex).
Despite the above rant, I do not have any answers for the RealWorld(tm). Caveat emptor.
You are absolutely right that M$ has the right to ban people from Xbox live. People also have the right to never spend another dollar on M$s joke of system. Instead of wasting more of your money on another xbox that may or may not RROD or get banned again anyway, make the headache go away and buy a very similarly priced PS3 instead. The PS3 hardware is much higher quality and the only reason xbox sold so many systems in the first place was due to the piracy. The PS3 online service is free for life and if you want to punish M$ and its shareholders the best way to do so is to help make the Xbox division bleed even more red by denying them the lucrative high margin low overhead Xbox live and DLC extortion. If they are going to force you to buy the games anyway go with the better system and deny them yet another way of pumping up their fake sales numbers of consoles (lol I bet they have only sold about 10 million original systems and the rest are replacements they find away to count as new sales).
These companies all try to extract as much dosh from the customer as possible under whatever pretense they deem necessary.
This is all I ask:
If I "own" the software after purchase, then you better let me make my own backup copy of it.
If I "lease" the software after purchase, then you better give me replacement media when it breaks!
But no, they try to say you "lease" or "rent" the software "code" from them, they don't let you make backups, but they won't replace it when it breaks either. WTF? FAIL!
Either way it's beyond the point... In law we should not allow any company to deny customers the option of modifying what they have purchased... ownership of that item should transferred to the purchaser end of story. Furthermore this modification shouldn't then ban you from online services. If I modify a chair and add some arms... I'm no longer allowed to sit on it or even worse play "Musical" chairs with my friends, what a pile of total bollocks this system is, and lets not even get started on copyright there should be a 10 year maximum copyright then everything becomes public domain, that's more than enough time to make some cash. Winblows is prime example of how copyright and licensing stifles innovation... the free software community had hardware accelerated 3d desktop environments years before M$ implented it.
Furthermore for the past 20 years the Entertainment Industry has used its control of the means of production to exploit the consumer base and drive up pricing to unrealistic levels. The Average wage per hour in this country is £6.22 yet the average new album is £12.99, £40.00 for a game or £15 for a DVD, it's insane of course people are going to pirate. Now that people have control over the means of production so to speak the idiotic entertainment industry is crying foul rather than getting off their slave owning plantation chairs and changing their business model to one of cheap bulk buying via online subscriptions etc... a model that people are crying out for, to someone on £800 pounds a month £15 per month subscription for unlimited downloads is doable.
The whole media has either got you fools thinking "Oh the poor pirates have rights" or "Oh the poor entertainment Industry is going down the swanny" when the reality is that both parties are the extreme and somewhere in the middle is the solution.
The answer is heavy curtailing on industry control over market pricing, stronger policing of mass scale pirating (not jo blogs at home downloading the newest "cam") and safe official alternative low priced subscription service.
Draconian Sith laws banning people form the net won't change anything people will just trade DVD's and Music CD's again like they've done for years, furthermore it's not hard to rip iPlayer streams or Music from Spotify via your sound card using free program like Audacity this whole bullshit is insane.
"copyright infringement."
Of course. But that isn't the way the lawyers are working it ... nor is it the way the lobbyists are working it. Please re-read the paragraph under the one you responded to. Trust me, I get it. If you have time, please read my friend Janis Ian's 2002 article on the subject:
It's a long article, with a lot of references, well worth getting a cuppa (or a pinta) and spending however long it takes you to comprehend what she's saying. Keep in mind the article is coming from a recording artist with a slightly longer career in her field as I have in IT ... "Society's Child" was first released about three years before I first made money with computers.
Insert the final line in my 07:30 post here.
To all the people who modified their console, whether or not you modified it to play illegal games or backups it's tough. You read and agreed to the terms and conditions of the X-Box console. If you keep your original discs safe they should easily outlast the playability of the game anyway so you should have no need to back them up. As for the ones who have been using illegal discs in your console, you put your hand inside the cookie jar and got caught. It was so obvious that at some point Microsoft, and no doubt many other games consoles will put a stop to illegal gaming through online lock down, it is the best and most easiest way to stop piracy. Even if someone comes out with a fix for it Microsoft will just introduce a new patch to stop you going onto XBox Live again. Do the decent thing, stop breaking the law and only buy legitimate games for your console and give the developers their money.
FACT: Most modded consoles are modded for the purpose of playing pirated 360 games. Key word here is MOST. When I modded my original Xbox console I didn't care about pirated games. I cared about using 3rd party software that was not digitally signed by Microsoft and running homebrewed games as well as copying my existing games to the hard drive for better performance and some game modding.
Now if Microsoft did allow modified consoles on XBL then that greatly increases the chances of XBL players cheating & hacking from their consoles and could also result in the spreading of XBL virus if someone felt like developing one. So Microsoft's anti modding stance is a good thing. If you open your console you void your warranty much like most electronics these days. If you make any modifications to it you should not be allowed on XBL. This is why true modders who dont mod for piracy should buy 2 consoles. One for mods & one for XBL and having a legit console. So if you were banned go buy a new console and don't open it up. You will still get your XBL sub's money worth and you can still continue to mod, homebrew and whatever else you do with your modded console.
That being said if Microsoft was smart the would sell a warranty plan that covers modified consoles that costs extra money so those who crack their boxes can send them in when they solder the wrong wire to the wrong spot or accidentally wipe their nvram. That way they can make money off the happy mod community and not have to bitch about them fucking with their hardware. I myself have 2 xbox's a 1st Generation Original Xbox modded with a Xecutor 3 chip, Xecutor 3 Front panel with USB & LCD, 500GB hard drive one of those alternative CD/DVD drives and it runs XBMC. I think a modded original xbox is way cooler than any 360 just because of XBMC alone. XBMC has far better network support for media and can play virtually any damn media file that exists unlike the one in the Xbox 360 which I have a Elite that I will never think of modding because to the best of my knowledge there are no good homebrew software to run on a modded 360 yet.
Imagine if anyone tried this same heavy-handed approach to the Internet - "OK, you're not using precisely the same hardware/software config as when you bought your computer, so you can't get on the Internet. Meanwhile, you can't even write your own software or use software a friend wrote without either (a) paying us money so we can slap our logo on the disc or (b) modifying your PC" Meanwhile, Corruped Shadows, the XBL network as it exists now is ripe for virus attack. Just like when Dutch Elm Disease wiped out nearly every elm tree in the United States, every box hooked to the VPN has the exact same hardware/software config and therefore the entire network is incredibly susceptible. A healthier network, as a healthier biodome, has a variety of "species" and "varieties" so that what damages one will not harm all.
...if any of these people whinging about 'rights transferral upon purchase' or 'denied use of a service' actually reading the article? Or more importantly, understanding?
1) Microsoft are not bricking your console. You can still use it, just not on XBox Live
2) Microsoft are not bricking your profile. You can still use it, just not on your modded console.
Microsoft provide a service. It's not a god-given right that you are allowed to play on XBox Live. You use THEIR service on THEIR terms. Welcome to the concept of 'business', you bunch of mindless, dribbling, morons.
It still amazes me there are fanboys on el reg, I've come to expect a better class of comment here. It may surprise you to know there ARE legitimate reasons to choose a 360 over a PS3 - I should know, I've got both and, hey! They're both good.
If I've got you wrong and you're just a troll I apologise. You should really think of some funny names for the systems you don't like, it'll give people more warning of what type of post they're about to read.
As for pirates getting booted off live, I love it!
Er....we don't need to imagine, we can see that on the internet. It's full of viruses and malware and scareware and lots of other nasty words with ware added to them.
The point MS are making is that you mod the console then you risk the service for everyone else. Therefore you are more than welcome to mod the console, but as a result we won't let you use the service. If you don't like it...get a Wii.
MS and security....dammed if they do and dammed if they don't.
IANAL, true, but I know a little baout contractual law, and clicking "I Agree" on a e-EULA does *not* amount to a 'contractual agreement'. Instead, it operates as a disclaimer, inasmuch as it acts as evidence that you have read and understood the EULA, not that you have contractually agreed to it, even if the button says "I agree" rather than "I understand the terms and conditions".
The key element missing from this transaction that would convert the EULA to a contract is the signature of BOTH parties. After all, *anyone* could've clicked that button....
Also, the power of a EULA is limited in a large number of countries. In the UK it falls into a very grey area that is still disputed in contractual law, and in Germany it hold no weight at all because it could only be read *AFTER* the purchase was made, making it an 'unfair imposition of terms'.
It may well be that Microsoft is on good ground in the US, but I think a class action coming out of Europe might give them cause for concern if they rely on the argument that the end user breached the EULA.
On the other hand, opening a box and tinkering with it certainly breaks the Warranty and the manufacturer is no longer obliged to provide technical services, including support, and that may provide for the withdrawal of software services as well (Such already happens if you crack open a digitial TV decoder ~ your service can be withdrawn if you're detected.) and, I believe, that ANY service can be withdrawn by the provider under any circumstances they wish without need to give notification or reason ("The management reserves the right to refuse entry").
I think it's going to be an interesting debate....


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(AP) Reynolds carries Navy over Air Force 28-10
By DAVID GINSBURG
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.
Navy's offense staged a shutdown of its own before springing to life in the second half against Air Force.
Keenan Reynolds ran for 126 yards and three touchdowns, and the Midshipmen rolled to a 28-10 victory Saturday in a game that survived the restrictions of the U.S. government mass furlough.
Although the Department of Defense has suspended athletic competition at the nation's service academies because of the shutdown, an exception was made for this event because it was funded by non-appropriated money.
Still, it made for a difficult and unusual few days of preparation.
The game didn't go according to the script either. Air Force came in a heavy underdog after losing four straight, but the Falcons were the better team in the first half and went to the locker room with a 10-7 lead.
After that, however, it was all Navy (3-1). It began with the opening drive of the third quarter, when the Midshipmen moved 75 yards in eight plays to take a 14-10 lead.
Early in the week, when the status of the game was still up in the air, both academies decided it best to proceed as usual. So Air Force coach Troy Calhoun didn't use the extraordinary circumstances as an excuse.
Navy's Chris Johnson, who had two fourth-quarter interceptions, said, "During the week, we were going through it like we knew the game was on, even though there was an uncertainty. When we found out were going to play, we were happy. But it wasn't like we were surprised."
On a magnificent fall afternoon, a record crowd of 38,225 filled Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for this pivotal matchup. The previous 16 winners of this game have gone on to win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, awarded annually to the service academy with the best record in games involving Air Force, Navy and Army.
Navy has won the trophy twice in a row, and now the Midshipmen are poised to do it again after their most lopsided win over Air Force since 1978.
Reynolds returned from a concussion to successfully run the triple-option in addition to going 6 for 10 for 54 yards through the air.
Air Force (1-5) got a solid performance from a defense that had allowed an average of 48.75 points in its previous four games, but the offense was limited to a season-low in points.
After amassing 202 yards in offense in the first half, Air Force got only 111 over the final 30 minutes.
The game turned when Demond Brown scored on a 38-yard run for a 14-10 lead within the first three minutes of the second half.
A series of punts followed until Air Force fullback Broam Hart was stuffed for no gain on fourth-and-2 from the Navy 34 on the second play of the fourth quarter.
Reynolds then directed a 66-yard march in which he twice converted third downs, once on a 17-yard run and the other with a 12-yard completion. On the 11th play of the drive, he ran in from the 2.
Air Force's next three possessions ended in turnovers. After the second one, an interception by Johnson, Reynolds ran in from the 10 with 4:37 remaining.
The Falcons led at halftime after running 43 plays compared to only 23 for Navy and holding the ball for nearly 21 of 30 minutes.
Air Force dominated in the early going, opening with a 13-play march that produced a field goal. The Falcons' second possession carried from their own 13 to Navy's 32 before Will Conant came up short on a 50-yard field goal try.
After being limited to a total of 33 yards on their first two drives, the Midshipmen finally got their offense working. Reynolds coordinated a six-play, 71-yard drive that ended with the quarterback running in from the 3 to make it 7-3.
Air Force answered with a 79-yard drive capped by an 18-yard run by Anthony LaCoste.


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I saw them long after BabyT was too big for them, so I was glad to have another person to buy them for. Those gorgeous shoes could only be presented with an equally cute card, so I worked hard on this one. It was a great project because I just sat down one evening and decided I was going to make it, and finished it in one sitting. That's what I love about making cards - they can be completed in a short time.
- Blank A2 ivory card and envelope
- Coordinating shades of pink cardstock, plain and patterned
- Cardstock letter stickers
- Adhesive metal faux brads - Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft
- Burgundy/gold embossing powder
- Tsukineko Brilliance Ink Pad, Coffee Bean
- Martha Stewart Adhesive / Art and Craft Glue
- Stampin' Up Welcome Baby rubber stamp
- Fiskars Alpine pattern decorative scissors
- Fiskars paper trimmer
- Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch
- Uchida Jumbo Craft Punch, 1.5" Circle
- Fiskars 1/4-Inch Corner Squeeze Paper Punch
- Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
- Scotch ATG714 Adhesive Applicator for 1/4-Inch Tape
1. I cut strips of patterned and plain pink cardstock to fit the width of the card, in different heights, and used the decorative scissors on the piece at the bottom.
2. I stamped 'Welcome Baby' in brown pigment ink onto plain pink cardstock cut in a circle, then quickly poured on embossing powder and tapped to remove excess. I used a paintbrush to get rid of the stray bits (as well as I could), then hit it with the heat tool for a few minutes until the powder melted and became shiny. It's a pretty dramatic change, so keep going if you don't see it happen.
3. I mounted the embossed circle onto a dark pink patterned circle, and then mounted that onto a square of textured cardstock with 3 of the 4 corners rounded (I didn't want to be too symmetric!).
4. Using the double-sided tape, I attached all of the paper strips to the front of the card, then the embossed piece. I spelled out 'ELLA' using the cardstock stickers, and then used craft glue to stick the hydrangea cutouts to the card.
5. The card didn't quite look "complete" so I added a row of faux brads along the top strip of paper.
I'm quite pleased with how this turned out. I had to restrain myself from using a ton of different pink patterned papers (I've got quite a stash) and stuck with the very cool crown print from my friend Jenn's scrap pile, and then a very subtle dark pink floral for one of the circles under the 'Welcome Baby' stamp.
I obviously can use some practice embossing - there were still stray bits of powder that wouldn't come off, making the design look a little "fuzzy" after embossing. I tried using a plastic tray to easily recover the leftover powder, but it was very sticky plastic so I ended up just throwing out a bunch of it. Next time, a plain piece of paper might work better.
The inside of the card was too plain - I probably should have used a bit of the patterned paper to tie it together a bit more. Also, I cut out all the pieces first so I could move them around to find the best layout. It's hard for me, because I get anxious to just finish it, but it's really better to save the tape and glue for the last step so I can make last-minute design changes.
My friend J liked the card and the shoes, so it's all good. Thoughts from the Peanut Gallery? Was this too traditionally girly?


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I Am Empowered - I am the National Urban League
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The National Urban League 8 Point Plan: Educate, Employ and Empower
In 2011, the National Urban League launched the 12-Point Jobs Plan to Put America Back to Work. In 2012, we are issuing a public call for immediate national action around the education and job-training steps necessary to achieve these goals. As a result of our long history of job training and education programs, the National Urban League understands the importance of equipping workers with a sound education. With the introduction of our 2012 Employment and Education Plan, we seek to raise this most urgent conversation to the top of our national news headlines. The time to act is now!
Any serious discussion about the creation of jobs and economic opportunity must account for the basic shortcomings of our current national approach to education, from early education to adulthood, and beyond. These two concepts are closely rooted in their ultimate purpose, if not one and the same. Education, at its core, is economic readiness. Job training, by its very definition, is education in its most practical sense. The two cannot and must not be viewed separately. A broken national system of education will continue to yield a broken economy, built upon broken communities and broken lives.
This list of practical and actionable ideas is a recommended approach to solving America's crisis in education - one designed to spark serious discussion, while also serving as a policy playbook ready for action today. We view the following collection of ideas as the first step towards positive change, and a long-term education solution for America.
Although our traditional role has often been seen by many as a 'bridge' between the services available and the daily needs of the underserved of our cities, we fully accept the growing challenge asked of a historic Civil Rights Organization such as ours, to take the lead in forcing our country to confront those basic sources of economic hardship that we can and must change within our lifetime.
The National Urban League 8-Point Plan includes:
- Fair and equitable school funding for all
- Robust early childhood education for each child
- Strengthen high schools and re-engage students to prevent dropouts
- Robust STEM focused curriculum and programs
- Qualified, effective and diverse teachers
- Strategic workforce development: targeting Americans most in need
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Update from 2013: I've gotten some emails asking about the basket featured in this post.
I purchased it years ago (back in 2006) from Pottery Barn Kids.
It was called the "Sabrina" diaper Caddy with a liner
and I think you can still get one from their website!
It is currently stationed on my sewing table in my art studio --
it holds sewing supplies next to my sewing machine.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: October 8, 2013
District: District 12
Contact: David Richardson
Phone: 949-724-2341
Bay Area gets $140 million from high-speed rail bond
Irvine – The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $359 million to 36 projects, an investment that will create jobs bolstering the state's economy, reduce traffic congestion, repair highways and bridges, and improve rail service.
"These projects allow millions of dollars to flow into construction and produce enormous economic benefits for California," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) received $140 million from Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, to purchase 46 new rail cars that will provide new service from the BART/Caltrain Millbrae Station directly to San Francisco International Airport.
The Millbrae facility is one of several key regional connectivity points California's High-Speed Rail Authority has identified that will link BART and high-speed rail, creating a "blended" rail system. To handle additional transferring of passengers at Millbrae from the blended system longer trains will be needed. The $140 million will help pay to lengthen all three rail storage tracks at the south end of the station, enabling the facility to handle BART's maximum train length of 10 cars and make it possible to run longer trains from the East Bay to the airport.
Today's allocations also included $44 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, nearly $17 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide for transportation purposes. The remaining $175 million in allocations today came from various state and federal transportation accounts
Other highlights of the CTC funding allocations include:
- $46,779,000 to add one High Occupancy Lane in each direction on Interstate 5 in
South Orange County, South of Avenida Vista Hermosa to South of Pacific Coast
Highway. In San Clemente from South of Avenida Vista Hermosa to South of Pacific
Coast Highway.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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Baker Proposes Plan To Revive Talks
By DAVID LANDAU
JERUSALEM (JTA) U.S. Secretary of
State James Baker has sent the foreign minis-
ters of Israel and Egypt a five-point plan aimed
at reviving Egyptian-brokered negotiations
between Israeli and Palestinian delegations.
The move comes after Israel's Inner Cabinet
deadlocked 6-6 along party lines in a vote on
Egypt's invitation to host preliminary Israeli-
Palestinian negotiations in Cairo. A tie vote is
by law a negative one.
The American plan, which was transmitted in
writing, calls for Israeli-Palestinian talks in
Cairo, based on Israel's May 14 plan for Pales-
tinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza
It suggests consultations among Israel, Egypt
and the United States over the composition of
the Palestinian delegation to participate in such
talks. And it specifically proposes that the
foreign ministers of Israel and Egypt come to
Extreme Right Wing Gains In German Vote
BONN (JTA) The extreme
right-wing Republican Party
made new inroads this week in
local elections in North Rhine-
Westphalia, West Germany's
most populous state, much to
the dismay of those who consi-
der the party neo-Nazi.
The Munich-based party,
headed by former SS official
Franz Schoenhuber, did best in
the largest cities.
In Cologne, the Republicans
won eight percent of the popu-
lar vote, taking seats in the
city council formerly held by
the Free Democratic Party, a
member of the federal govern-
ing coalition.
In Dusseldorf, the state capi-
tal, the Republicans scored s>
percent, which gives them
important leverage consider-
ing the delicate balance of
power there between the gov-
erning Christian Democratic
Union and opposition Social
Democratic Party.
Leaders of the mainstream
parties in Dusseldorf and else-
where promptly vowed never
to enter coalitions with the
But observers wonder how
long that resolve will last if the
alternative is to relinquish
The Republicans followed a
shrewd strategy, fielding can-
didates only in those localities
where they couid muster suffi-
cient manpower and resources
to build organizations to mobil-
ize support.
Statewide, they did poorly,
winning a mere 2.5 percent of
the votes cast.
NAZIS IN KKK BIRTHPLACE Nashville White Supremist groups including the KKK.
Neo-Nazis, The Aryan Nation, and the Skinheads marched in Pulaski, Tenn., home of the KKK.
There were no injuries or fights as the roughly 150 marchers walked around the town square
yelling, "White Power!." (APIWide World Photo)
Helping The Elderly
By BEN GALLOB
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
NEW YORK The Council
of Jewish Federations has pre-
pared a folio of five brochures
as part of its first nationwide
effort to help educate elderly
Jews and their families about
the problems of long-term
health care.
To date, 4,000 folios have
been printed and some 400
have been distributed, as a tool
for professional and lay lead-
ers of federations "who
require more knowledge on
this complex topic," said
Eileen Wolpert, coordinator
for the project who researched
and wrote the brochures.
CJF is the umbrella agency
for some 200 federations, wel-
fare funds and Jewish com-
munity councils, the key fund-
raising and distribution agen-
cies of the Jewish community.
Wolpert told the Jewish Tel-
egraphic Agency that the folio
has been sent to the Jewish
Welfare Board, the central
agency for Jewish community
centers; to the Association of
Jewish Family and Children's
Services; and to the North
American Jewish Homes and
Housing for the Aged.
A key theme of the bro-
chures is that there is a wides-
&read misconception that
(edicare helps provide facilit-
ies for long- term care. Many
families learn this is untrue
only when forced to consider
sucn care.
The brochure on financing
says that one in five American
Jews will enter a nursing home
for long-term care at some
point, and that one in three
over 85 "will need some assis-
tance on a daily basis to get
through the day," which is
equivalent to long-term care.
The brochure, entitled
"Handbook for Long Term
Care," cites the growing
national debate over providing
such services through a
national insurance program.
The debate has been intensi-
fied by protests of the elderly
against the surtax on income
tax to pay for the benefits of
the Medicare Catastrophic
Protection Act.
The handbook recommends'
advocacy of federal long-term
care legislation by the Jewish
community because in the abs-
ence of such legislation, the
costs of long-term care can
quickly pauperize a couple, the
brochure noted.
Couples must "spend down"
their life savings and relin-
quish much of their monthly
income so that the spouse
receiving the long-term care
can qualify for payment of
those charges by Medicaid, the
national program for federal
health care for the poor which
is administered by the states.
The handbook concludes that
"a comprehensive service and
financing system that assures
the availability of long-term
care for all who require such
care has yet to be developed,
legislated or implemented.
"The need for such a pro-
gram is acute and will become
even greater over the next
decade as the proportion of the
elderly in the population
The other brochures in the
folio cover such topics as Long
Term Care: The Facts; Edu-
cating Your Community About
Long Term Care; The Pur-
chasing of Long Term Care
Insurance: A Guide; and The
Financing of Long Term Care.
Continued on Page 3
Should Jewish
Tank Sales?
The organized Jewish com-
munity has not yet decided
whether to make an all-out
fight against the Bush admin-
istration's plan to sell 315
Abrams tanks to Saudi Arabia.
"We are opposed to the
sale," Malcolm Hoenlein, exec-
utive director of the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions, said. "We have not yet
made a decision on strategy."
But there is little sentiment
in the Jewish community, Con-
gress or within the Israeli gov-
ernment for a "knockdown,
drag-out fight," a Capitol Hill
source said.
The Bush administration has
not officially notified Congress
of the sale of the Ml-Al tanks,
which are expected to cost
about $1.5 bUlion. But Israeli
officials, Congress and Jewish
leaders have been told by the
administration that it plans to
go ahead with the sale.
Page 2 The Jewish Floridian of South County/Friday, October 20, 1989
Swift Action Saves Famed Talmuds
By RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN
NEW YORK (JTA) A few
weeks ago, in Miami Beach, a
Talmudic scholar was called by
a Jewish funeral director and
told that several sets of Stein-
saltz Talmuds had been deliv-
ered to the funeral home for
burial, in keeping with a ban
on the writings of Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz that had been pub-
licly enunciated by Rabbi Elea-
zar Shach of Israel.
The rabbi, to his credit and
good sense, jumped into his car
and saved the Steinsaltz Tal-
muds from burial and distri-
buted them to eager students.
If it weren't so tragic, the
whole thing would be very
funny. During the three weeks
before Tisha b'Av, when Jews
all over the world were recal-
ling how internecine hatred
brought about the destruction
of the Second Temple, a great
rabbinic leader in Israel wrote
a public letter denouncing a
sage like Steinsaltz for writing
"minus" (forbidden sectarian
thoughts), "apikorsus" (atheis-
tic thoughts), heresy and
words which allegedly dis-
graced the Torah.
Result was a repetition of a
hideous scene in 13th centurv
France, when a learned tal-
mudist denounced Maimonides
for having written the Guide
for the Perplexed with the
result that copies of the Guide
were burned.
Maimonides, of course, sur-
vived, but the learned talmud-
ist's name has been forgotten
and remains only as a brief
footnote in Jewish historical
His obscurity is fully justi-
fied. Normative Judaism has
never encouraged book ban-
nings or burnings. The way to
inspire people religiously has
always been to follow the path
of Aaron: love peace, pursue
peace, love people and bring
them close to Torah.
There are several ironies in
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Baker Proposes Plan
Continued from Page 1
Washington, within two
weeks, to meet with Baker on
the matter.
In Washington, Israeli
Embassy spokeswoman Ruth
Yaron said that Israel is study-
ing the Baker proposal and has
not yet reached any formal
The American plan appears
to be a response to calls from
the Likud bloc to help Israel
and Egypt reach agreement on
the scope of and participants
in preliminary negotiations in
Cairo, first proposed last
month by Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak.
While the six Likud minis-
ters in the Inner Cabinet for-
mally voted against Mubarak's
invitation, Likud is apparently
unwilling to bear the onus of
Prime Minister Yitzhak Sha-
mir, the Likud leader, report-
edly cabled Washington after
the vote to say that he did not
want the peace initiative to
Shamir is due to meet at the
White House with President
Bush on Nov. 15 and appar-
ently wants to ensure that
there is still momentum in the
peace process at that time.
Labor, whose six ministers
supported the Egyptian invita-
tion, indicated it would not
break up the unity coalition
government, pending new
American efforts to keep the
initiative alive.
Following the vote, Baker
spoke by telephone to Israeli
Foreign Minister Moshe Arens
of Likud and his Egyptian
counterpart, Esmat Abdel
The State Department
would not reveal details of the
conversations. But it now
appears they were the first of
a series of intensive diplomatic
contacts over the weekend
Festival For Rejoicing
By RABBI MARC H. TANENBAUM
(Copyright 1989,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
NEW YORK Simchat
Torah, the Festival for Rejoic-
ing with the Torah, is a
remarkable balance wheel in
the mental health of the Jew-
ish people.
Preceded by the observance
of Yom Kippur, with its fast-
ing and repentance, one could
conclude superficially that
Judaism is a somber, self-
denying faith that requires
ascetic retreat from the world.
Sukkot, which begins Oct.
19, climaxed by Shemini
Atzeret, Oct. 21, and Simchat
Torah, Oct. 22, are festivals
radiant with joy and celebra-
tion centered on recommit-
ment to the Torah.
On the eve of Simchat
Torah, gaiety fills the syna-
gogue as the Torah scrolls are
taken out of the ark. Each
scroll is carried around the
bimah, or pulpit, at least seven
times, and each adult carries
one around once.
The seven circuits, the rab-
bis observe, suggest that just
as Joshua encircled the walls
of Jericho seven times and
they collapsed, so the walls of
hatred and misunderstanding
should collapse.
The hakofot, the circling
procession, on Shemini
Atzeret, the eighth evening,
prepares for the next day of
Simchat Torah, when the last
verses and then the opening
verses of the Chumash, the
Five Books of Moses, are read,
thus beginning the yearly cycle
of the Torah reading.
All over the world on these
festive days, with the same
prayers and the same intona-
tions, Jews rejoice over the
Torah and renew their loyalty
to the Covenant as the core of
their Jewish existence.
Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum is
international relations consult-
ant to the American Jewish
Committee and is immediate
past president of the Interna-
tional Jewish Committee for
Interreligious Consultations.
Greek Justice Minister Pledges
Never To Extradite Rash id
ATHENS (JTA) Justice Minister Fotis Kouvelis
promised that as long as he holds office, there would be no
extradition of a Palestinian wanted in the United States to
stand trial for allegedly bombing a Pan American Airways
Kouvelis, a Communist, offered his pledge to 15 pro-
Palestinian activists, who occupied his office at the Justice
Ministry while he was briefing the news media.
The intruders, members of the Movement for Political
and Social Rights, are championing the cause of
Mohammed Rashid, 34, alias Rashid Hamdan, who was
arrested at Athens airport in May 1988 for *"tering the
country on ?. forged Syrian passport.
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that resulted in the five-point
Baker plan.
Baker said Sunday on NBC-
TV's "Meet the Press" pro-
gram that he had discussed
"some specific language" that
the two foreign ministers were
"This is not a separate or
competing proposal," he ins-
isted. "What we are trying to
do is to implement the basic
Shamir election proposal.
"We are working with lan-
guage to try to bridge the gap
between Israelis, on the one
side, and Palestinians on the
other. And we will continue to
work very hard to do that," he
But the secretary of state
rejected suggestions that the
United States play a more
active role in the peace pro-
cess. "We are very actively
involved. But we are not
involved by getting on an air-
plane and flying over to the
Middle East," he made clear.
Shamir, in an interview with
the Hebrew daily Ha'aretz,
credited the United States
with being "very interested in
promoting the peace initiative.
They really want to help," he
But the prime minister
added, "That does not mean
that we have to accept every-
thing that they say or think
The Baker plan seeks to
overcome one of -the thorniest
issues blocking Likud's accep-
tance of the Egyptian proposal
for Israeli-Palestinian talks in
Cairo: the composition of the
Palestinian delegation.
Likud will not countenance
negotiating with a Palestinian
delegation that includes any-
one from outside the West
Bank and Gaza Strip whom it
considers would automatically
be an agent of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Israel to meet in Cairo with a yet-to-be-named
Palestinian delegation.
Israel, Egypt and the United States to meet to discuss
the composition of the Palestinian delegation to the Cairo
That Cairo meeting to focus on Israel's May 14 election
proposal for Palestinians in the territories.
Israel to permit Palestinians at the Cairo meeting to
seek clarification about the election plan and to react to it.
A meeting in Washington within two weeks between
Baker, Arens and Egyptian Foreign Minister Esmat Abdel
Meguid. '
Shamir reiterated in
the Ha'aretz interview that
Israel would accept American
efforts to revive the peace
initiative only if they ensure
that the PLO has no role what-
soever in the proposed talks.
He said the Egyptian pro-
posal as it now stands "means
a delegation set up by the PLO
and that contravenes the
policy guidelines of our gov-
While Shamir wants to avoid
being painted as the obstacle
to further progress in the
peace process, he also is facing
trouble from extremist ele-
ments of his party who oppose
any approach to the Palestini-
Hard-line Ministers Ariel
Sharon and Yitzhak Moda'i are
urging Shamir and Arens to
reject the Baker proposal. To
further that end, they have
called a meeting of their sup-
porters in the Likud Central
Moreover, the so-called
"Eretz Yisrael Lobby" of
Knesset members assembled
in Jerusalem on Tuesday to
demand that Shamir resolutely
reject the American effort.
The group is composed of
about 30 Knesset members
representing elements of
Likud, the National Religious
Party and the right-wing
Tehiya, Tsomet and Moledet
But Shamir dismissed the
lobby. Their activities are
"superfluous and damaging"
he told Ha'aretz.
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Continued from Page 2
what Shach has tried to do to
Steinsaltz. First, Steinsaltz is
in truth a disciple of Aaron. He
is a gentle, pious man with a
twinkle in his eye who attracts
people with his brilliance and
warmth. He loves Jews; he
rarely criticizes them, and
then only with a smile.
He was charged by Rabbi
Shach with treating our fore-
fathers in the Bible and Tal-
mud with irreverence: "He
dares to speak in the most
humiliating fashion of the
Avos regarding whose
exalted level and depth of
knowledge we can have no
A reader of Steinsaltz's writ-
ings must respectfully disag-
ree. The Avos are treated by
him not irreverently but
humanly. Adin Steinsaltz, no
less than the Torah itself, dis-
cusses some of their human
failings. This makes the heroes
of the Bible more believable to
us, less angelic and, therefore.
Symphonic Pops Features McNair
The Florida Symphonic Pops
of Boca Raton will feature
song stylist Barbara McNair
and jazz pianist Copeland
Davis on Nov. 1 and 2 at the
Florida Atlantic University
Auditorium on Glades Road in
Boca Raton.
McNair's career took her
from small supper clubs to the
most famous nightclubs in the
Nation like the Village Van-
guard, the Purple Onion, The
Persian Room at New York's
Hotel and the Coconut Grove
in L.A.
She was tapped for straight
dramatic roles on T.V. shows
like "Mission Impossible", and
McMillan and Wife". Her T.V.
roles include "Glitter",*"The
Jefferson's", "The Red Fox
Show" and "Vegas."
Jazz pianist Copeland Davis
is one of of South Florida's
favorite entertainers. He is
also a Las Vegas favorite,
appearing for 18 consecutive
months at the Stardust Hotel.
He has appeared on the
Tonight Show, Good Morning
America, and on his own PBS
"Copeland Davis Special" on
Channel 2.
Masonic Club
The Oriole Masonic Club at
West Delray celebrates the
Club's season's opening mem-
bership breakfast meeting on
Sunday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m., at the
Abbey Village Clubhouse.
The Club invites Master
Masons of Huntington Lakes,
Huntington Towers and Hun-
tington Pointe to join with
their villages of Oriole Masonic
brother neighbor members of
Abbey, Bonaire, Camelot,
Deauville, Evergreen, Interna-
tional Village and Coco Wood
Lakes to the meeting.
For information, call 496-
1498 or 498-1564.
The Palm Beach County
Commission appointed A.E.
(Bud) Osborne III to the Flor-
ida Atlantic Research and
Development Authority for a
four-year term and Richard L.
Schmidt to the Authority.
Osborne, president of the
First Commercial Bank in
Boca Raton, was one of the
Commission's charter appoint-
ments in 1985.
Schmidt is the founder of
Schmidt, Raines, Trieste,
Dickenson, Adams & Co., an
area accounting firm. An
active member of the commun-
ity and an alumnus of Florida
Atlantic University, he has
taught accounting at FAU.
All concerts are scheduled
for 8:00 p.m. and sponsored by
the City of Boca Raton. This
evening's concerts are spon-
sored by Boca Raton Maga-
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more worthy of emulation.
If King David sinned in con-
nection with Batsheva, that
merely revealed a human
weakness. What made David
great was his ability to accept
rebuke from Nathan the Pro-
phet and, rather than turn on
Nathan as he could have in his
capacity as a potent monarch,
he cringed before the Prophet
and repented his wrongdoing.
David is a hero precisely
because he is human and has
failings. During this season of
penitence, we often speak in
our prayers about the great-
ness of King David's penit-
ence. If Steinsaltz treats him
irreverently, so do our Slichot
A second irony is that
through Adin Steinsaltz's writ-
ings, thousands of Jews have
been brought closer to a life of
Torah and mitzvot. He has
opened the Talmud and
unlocked its secrets through
his brilliant commentary.
Dr. William Miller, right, director of the S.E. Wimberly Library
at Florida Atlantic University, greeted Molly and Samuel
Fraiberg at the dedication ceremony of the Molly S. Fraiberg
Judaica Collections, Florida's second largest collection of books
on Jewish history and culture. Friends and supporters from the
community joined FAU faculty and administrators in recogniz-
ing Mrs. Fraiberg's work.
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Knights of Pythias Atlantic
Lodge No. 217 of Delray, is
planning the following events:
Sunday evening, Oct. 29,
there will be a mystery bus
ride. Transportation, dinner
show, dancing and entertain-
ment will be offered Bus
leaves at 6 p.m. from the Sev-
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Kings Point, Delray Beach,
and returns at 11:30 p.m. For
reservations, call Norm Her-
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From Friday Sunday, Dec.
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the Best Western Vero Beach
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On Saturday evening, March
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ington, D.C. The theme of the
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Democracy: An Agenda for
the 90's'\
Twenty-eight local women
from Boca Raton and Delray
Beach will represent the Palm
Beach County Region at this
National delegates include:
Marilyn Friedman, Joyce Port-
ner, Doris Glantz, Natalie Ber-
man, Kay Freedman, Elayne
Fischer and Helene Friedman.
Chapter delegates include the
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bach, Lee Engel, Betty Schna-
bel, Ruth Shlachter, Lillian
Goodman, Faye Leshamn,
Jane Feinglass, Mikke Wil-
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Kirschner, Faye Weiner, Bea-
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Marion Bergman, Lillian May,
Fay Wiegler, Jeanne Seigel,
Marilyn Schneider, Gertrude
Schwartz, Lillian Herman and
Lee Gruebel.
The opening banquet on
Sunday evening, October 29th,
will be addressed by Senator
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
(Republican, Kansas) and
Israeli Ambassador Moshe
A special event will be Capi-
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Representatives, the Congres-
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Synagogue News
Singles Club
The next meeting of the
Temple Emeth Singles Club
will take place on Monday,
Oct. 3, at 12 noon, at Temple
Emeth. There will be a pro-
gram and refreshments will be
Tickets will be available for
the forthcoming trips: Oct. 22,
dinner and show at Fountain-
bleu; Nov. 23, dinner and show
at Newport; Jan. 14, dinner
and show at Marco Polo, and
Feb. 14, "Phantom of the
For reservations call 499-
9235 or 499-6495.
The concluding days of the
Festival of Sukkot, Shemini
Atzerct and Simchat Torah
will be ushered in on Friday,
Oct. 20, with the services com-
mencing at 6:30 p.m. at Anshei
Emuna, 16189 Carter Road,
Delray Beach.
The morning services on
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21
and 22, will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The Yizkor memorial service
will follow the Torah Reading
at the Saturday morning ser-
Rabbi Dr. Louis L. Sacks will
preach a series of sermonic
messages on the theme
"Rejoice Before the Lord Your
Daily classes in the "Judaic
Code of Religious Law"
(Schulchan Oruch) led by Rabbi
Sacks begin at 7:30 a.m. pro-
ceeding the Daily Minyan ser-
vices and at 6:30 p.m. in con-
junction with the Seu-dat
Shli'sheet celebrated each Sab-
bath between the Twilight ser-
Rabbi Dr. Louis L. Sacks will
preach the sermon on the
theme "Beginning Power and
Staying Power" at the Sab-
bath morning service on Oct.
28, at 8:30 a.m. Kiddush will
For information, call 499-
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Anshei
Emuna Sisterhood will hold its
monthly meeting at 12 noon at
the Temple. Esther Adler will
speak on "From Generation to
On Nov. 21, at 12 noon, a
mini luncheon and a book
review will be given by
Frances Sacks and Rose
The Sisterhood will cele-
brate the annual mid-week get-
away at the Saxony Hotel in
Miami Beach on Dec. 4
through the 7 and on Dec. 24
the Chanukah party.
Bar Mitzvah
Kenneth Michael Ferranti,
son of Robin and Michael Fer-
ranti, was called to the Torah
of Temple Beth El of Boca
Raton as a Bar Mitzvah on
Sept. 16.
Kenneth is an 8th grade stu-
dent at Ramblewood Middle
School and attends the Temple
Beth El Religious School.
Family members sharing in
the simcha were his brother,
Zachary, and grandparents,
Irwin and Marion Levine of
Coconut Creek; Roger Fer-
ranti and Wilma Lanzi of
Rhode Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferranti
hosted a kiddush in Kenneth's
honor following Shabbat morn-
ing service.
On Saturday, Oct. 14, Cory
Fishman, son of Bonnie and
Dr. Robert Fishman, was cal-
led to the Torah of Temple
Beth El of Boca Raton as a Bar
Cory is an 8th grade student
at Boca Raton Academy and
attends the Temple Beth El
Religious School.
Family members sharing in
the simcha were his sister,
Danielle; brother, Benjamin
and grandparents, Sara and
Anshei Fishman of Teaneck,
New Jersey. Dr. and Mrs.
Fishman hosted a kiddush in
Cory's honor following after-
noon service.
Adam Canter, son of Judy
and Arthur Canter, was called
to the Torah on Saturday, Oct.
14, at Temple Beth El of Boca
Adam is an 8th grade stu-
dent at Logger's Run Middle
School and attends the Temple
Beth El Religious School.
Family members sharing in
the simcha were his brother,
Jeffrey; grandparents, Rose
and Saul Goldstein and Helen
and Charles Canter, both of
Queens, New York; and great-
grandmother, Fanny Sacks of
Miami Beach. Mr. and Mrs.
Canter hosted a kiddush in
Adam's honor following Shab-
bat morning service.
For information, call 499-
Temple Anshei Shalom of
Delray Beach announces the
Sorelle Sisters in the produc-
tion "The Show of Shows" on
Sunday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. A
sound and light show with live
music and a gigantic screen
will feature the scenes as the
Sisters sing on stage.
The Dardashti Family will
sing in 12 languages and
accompany themselves on the
guitar and mandolin on Dec.
On Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., Mur-
ray Waxman, comedy, story
telling and acting, and Howard
Shaw, singing, will entertain
on the same program.
The Sisterhood of Temple
Anshei Shalom will hold a
Bake and Arts and Crafts Sale
on Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 2
p.m., at the Oriole Plaza on W.
Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach.
For more information, call
On Friday, Oct. 20,8 p.m., at
Shabbat evening services,
Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
will be observing Simchat
Torah. At that service, stu-
dents of the religious school
will be consecrated.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, the
Temple will hold its Festival
and Yizkor services at 10:15
SOLOS (49 plus)
SOLOS of Temple Beth El is
sponsoring a gala installation
luncheon at the Boca Raton
Hotel and Cabana Club, on
Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m.
Reservations a must. For
information and reservations,
call 395-2226.
Shared Care
Sponsored jointly by Temple
Beth El, St. Joan of Arc Parish
and First Presbyterian
Church, the Interfaith Day
Care program will be offering
various activities for the
elderly, and respite for their
caregivers every Wednesday
from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
Temple Beth El, 333 S.W. 4th
Ave., Boca Raton.
This program is open to the
community by registration.
Rabbi Silver To Moderate
New Radio Program
Rabbi Samuel Silver, of
Temple Sinai, Delray Beach, is
moderator of the new weekly
radio program Intergenera-
It will involve conversations
with Barry Silver, the rabbi's
son, who is an attorney and
Hebrew scholar and a gra-
duate of Nova Law School.
The program will be every
Sunday at 9:15 p.m. on
WDBF, Delray Beach 1420 on
the AM dial.
The initial broadcast is
scheduled for Sunday, October
The program guest will be
Mayor Doak Campbell, of Del-
ray Beach.
Boca Raton Aviva Chapter
Holds Premier Meeting
Boca Raton Aviva Chapter
of Hadassah will hold its pre-
miur general meeting on Wed-
nesday, Oct. 25, 12 noon, at
Patch Reef Park Clubhouse,
2000 NW Yamato Road, Boca.
Goldie Bernstein, VP of the
Florida Atlantic Region, will
speak on "Israel, American
and International Policy"
together with an update from
the Hadassah National Con-
vention. Refreshments will be
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Zionist Organization of America
Announces First Meeting
The Irving Seid District of
the ZOA announced the first
meeting of the year to be held
on Oct. 26, at Temple Sinai,
2475 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray
Beach, at 2 p.m.
Wendy Weiner will speak on
"Background to the Intifada."
Weiner worked in the Knesset
as an aide to an Israeli-Arab
member. Teaching courses on
Israel at Broward Community
College, she is regional coor-
dinator of the Institute of Stu-
dents and Faculty on Israel
and is program coordinator of
the Florida-Israel Institute.
The national convention of
the Zionist Organization of
America will be held in Miami
Beach on Dec. 7-10. For infor-
mation, call (305) 481-2544.
JNF Tree of Life Award
Send your name ami address for the
Idtesi edition <>t the tree ( oiisnnict
Information Catalog Write kkI.iv
Department DF
Pueblo, Colorado 81009
Jewish National Fund will
honor three couples in the
community with The Tree of
Life Award at a gala dinner on
Thursday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m.,
at the Fort Lauderdale Marri-
ott Cypress Creek Hotel.
The couples are Sherry and
Ken Endelson of Greater Palm
Beach and Boca Raton, Marta
and Bernie Friedman of
Greater South Broward and
Hollywood and Marge and
Paul Lehrer of Greater Fort
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Precision farming system
Need help with precision farming? A new computer program from Helena Chemical Company allows not only production planning but financial planning as well. According to the company, a grower using its system can generate a plan for a specific field and transfer it into the system's budgeting module. After the grower enters input costs, the system can give cost per bushel, cost per field and cost per acre on that product.
Data from soil sampling are entered into the system through a modem or Internet access. The program then generates fertilizer recommendations or creates color-coded fertility maps. GPS yield monitoring data from the combine may be loaded into the system for analysis and mapping. Remote sensing images also may be used.
Contact Helena Chemical Co., 7137 Vista Dr., West Des Moines, IA 50266, 515/267-1030.
Grain contracts on the Internet
Crop farmers wanting to increase their participation in the food chain may find opportunities on a new Web site. The Internet site (www.e-markets. com) connects crop producers and other agribusiness professionals to the food industry. The site includes everything from the latest agricultural news to agribusiness and food industry stock price quotes. The site lists contracting opportunities and de-scribes price risk management tools. It also provides information on identity-preserved grain and oilseed contracts.
E-Markets just started NetMarket to provide a secure Web-based grain bid automation system that allows real-time cash and cash-basis price quotes.
DuPont chooses Pioneer over Monsanto
Rumored talks of a DuPont/Monsanto merger came to a screeching halt when Pioneer stepped forward and agreed to a deal with its partner on March 15. DuPont announced plans to purchase for $7.7 billion the remaining 80% of Pioneer that it did not own. The purchase continues DuPont's goal to build its life sciences position in the world marketplace.
Pioneer stockholders will receive $40/share, paid out with 45% cash and 55% in DuPont stock. The merger should be complete this summer. Combined, DuPont's ag businesses and Pioneer's seed business will produce an estimated $5 billion in annual sales.
A year ago, the two companies formed a separate joint venture company, Optimum Quality Grains. At that time, DuPont purchased 20% of Pioneer for $1.7 billion. "Before then, we knew we were good business partners and now we're convinced of it," reports Pioneer spokesperson Jerry Harrington.
The merger will assure DuPont, a chemical powerhouse, the dominant position in the crop-biotechnology industry. Pioneer dominates the North American market for hybrid seed corn with 42% of the business. According to Pioneer, its strength comes in the quality of its proprietary germ plasm, well-known brand franchise and distribution system. Together, the two companies should offer increased research capabilities in biotechnology, meaning that more new products will be developed faster.
Pioneer's Harrington says the merger brings together two distinctly different businesses, which should result in few overhead changes. Pioneer will be a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, keeping the Pioneer name and remaining headquartered in Des Moines, IA. It operates with 5,000 employees worldwide.
DuPont, headquartered in Wilmington, DE, operates in 70 countries with 92,000 employees.
Biotech seed marketing delayed
LibertyLink soybeans are not available to U.S. farmers for purchase this spring from AgrEvo. Although the soybeans are approved for planting and consumption in the United States, they have not been approved for import in any overseas market. Rather than risk the presence of LibertyLink soybeans in U.S. export shipments, AgrEvo decided to delay the sale of the soybeans until import clearances are received.
The American Soybean Association (ASA) lauded AgrEvo's decision. The organization has urged seed companies to obtain international clearances for importing biotechnology-derived soybean products into major export markets before releasing them in the United States. Should these soybeans enter the export market, shipments would be rejected and markets lost. ASA also is urging seed companies to implement handling and storage systems that preserve the identity of the grain to keep unapproved varieties out of the export market.