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Length Overall |
21' 4'' 6.53 m |
Dry Weight |
3,084 lbs. 1,399 kg |
Beam |
8' 5'' 2.57 m |
Tested Weight |
4,349 lbs. 1,973 kg |
Draft |
3' 2'' 0.97 m |
Fuel Cap |
33 gal. 125 L |
Deadrise/Transom | N/A | Water Cap |
10 gal. 38 L |
Max Headroom | Open | Bridge Clearance | N/A |
Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model. |
Std. Power | 1 x 135-hp MerCruiser MPI/A1 ECT 3.0L | ||
Tested Power | 1 x 220-hp Mercury 4.3L MPI | ||
Opt. Power |
1 x 190-hp MerCruiser MerCruiser 4.3L (limited in USA) 1 x 220-hp MerCruiser MPI ECT 4.3L |
The new Bayliner 642 Overnighter has a LOA of 21'4" (6.53 m), a beam of 8'5" (2.57 m) and a draft of 3'2" (.97 m).
Mission Statement
Bayliner created the 21'4" (6.53 m) 642 Overnighter to provide a small cruiser that can also offer a sheltered cuddy cabin for an occasional overnight. Her amenities make her a capable day boat for family and friends, and she offers not only some versatility, but options that increase her comfort level.
Three details that distinguish the Bayliner 642 Overnighter are: 1) its "L-"shaped bench seat in the cockpit; 2) its two, sculpttured skylights in the foredeck; 3) its beam carried well forward creating more interior room.
Major Features
• High windshield increases comfort and seakeeping ability
• High gunwales allow 23'' (83 cm( cockpit depth and more headroom in cabin
• Light-weight allows a smaller vehicle for towing
• Walkthrough from the swim platform to the cockpit makes boarding easier and reduces wear on upholstery
• The dash incorporates new anti-glare gauges for better day time visibility and space for the optional GPS
• Sun pad cushion lifts to form a rear lounge
• Cuddy cabin with fiberglass overhead liner in cabin, two skylights and a sleeping capacity of two
Steps up to the companionway hatch and a walkthrough windshield makes accessing the bow easy on the 642.
• Full fiberglass cockpit liner
• L-lounge configuration cockpit seating with sliding backrest
• Integrated Bimini storage under the engine hatch
• Sun lounge converts to chaise
• Wide cabin access door with integrated steps to the foredeck
The Bayliner 642 Overnighter becomes an ideal day boat with over nighting capabilities for locations all over the world and has proven herself in European waters both fresh and salt.
Features Inspection
Bayliner has been earning kudos of late and the 642 Overnighter is an example of why. She's got good looks and functionality that make her an interesting offering. Let's start with the cockpit since that's where everyone will be gathered.
Bayliner went with L-shaped seating that utilizes significantly more useful space than the typical bench seat across the stern seen in virtually all cuddy sportboats this size. A sliding forward backrest for the companion seat to port allows switching from a forward facing observer's seat to an aft facing lounger. This makes her good for sunning, watching the kids paddle around off the stern when anchored or spotting a wakeboarder.
An optional table really makes the scene complete and the helm seat is spaced just right to allow it to swing around and join the meal, or hors d'oeuvres, or whatever.
L-shaped seating warps around the cockpit. Notice the base for the optional pedestal table. The port seat is hinged from the front and lifts from the aft end to expose huge storage underneath.
Below the port seating is a huge compartment that can be used for all sorts of purposes. There is dedicated storage here for the optional table.
With the seat back slid aft, a forward facing observer's seat is created, and another set of eyes are looking out for traffic. With the seatback forward, the back becomes a reclining chaise for a spotter when towing, or a place for sunning.
Ahead of the port side seat is an optional freshwater sink plumed to a 10 gallon (38 L) water tank.
An in-deck storage compartment includes a drawer creating a bit more storage than just an open space.
An optional pedestal table is expandable to accommodate the amount of people, or food onboard. It also makes moving around the boat easier.
The helm is simplistically functional and even includes room for a moving map display. Notice the storage to the side of the helm seat. Wide steps and a grab rail provide a safe transition to the bow.
Four-in-one gauges keep the clutter to a minimum. The smaller gauges are fuel, to the left, and depth, to the right. Notice the track for the companionway door which slides under the instrument panel. In the open position, the lower step forms a footrest for the operator.
The Stern and Bow. Of course there are other areas to enjoy on the 642 Overnighter besides the cockpit. A walkthrough to the swim platform is to the starboard side. A nearly full beam sun pad provides the required sunning area and even converts to a chaise lounge. And an optional sun pad for the bow adds yet another place to relax while on a drift, beached, or at anchor.
The sun pad is nearly full beam. The starboard seat has insulated storage underneath to double as a large cooler. The stored Bimini can be seen running back from the starboard bulwarks.
An idea place for trash or gear storage resides under the seat/step in the cockpit.
The sun pad also lifts at one end to form a chaise lounge for sunning.
With the sun pad flipped open, a non-skid walkthrough to the swim platform is exposed. Notice the brace underneath that supports the elevated pad.
The three-step reboarding ladder lies flush to the platform.
Cuddy Cabin
And then, of course, there's the cuddy. This provides a welcome respite from the day's events, whether it be used by the infant needing a much-needed mid-day naptime, or adults overnighting at a distant getaway -- or a place for an afternoon nap at anchor. It also becomes a place to get out of the rain when at anchor.
Sleep Tight.
The cuddy doesn't provide much more than sleeping space, but for most of us, we don't need much more than that. There is an optional portable head, which is always a good idea. This cuddy is too small for a galley, but for those who want to cook, why not go for a charcoal or propane grill in the cockpit? It is easy enough to add a rod holder in the aftermarket to hold a grill.
Just add a couple of blankets or sleeping bags and the scenario is complete.
The 642 has a generous freeboard height forward which not only makes her better at sheadding water in sloppy conditions, it also gives her more headroom in the cuddy. There is 4'4'' (1.32 m) of headroom from deck to overhead, and 3'0'' (0.91 m) of sitting headroom. This means most people can sit upright in the cuddy.
The maximum length of the cushions fore-and-aft is 6'8'' (2.03 m).
A Porta-Potti is offered as an option, and for some it's a necessity.
Notable Options
While well equipped, there are some notable options that we just couldn't do without -- like camper canvas, for starters. The camper canvas package would greatly increase the overnight capacity allowing the kids to sleep on deck while the parents are nestled in the cuddy. This would of course require the Bimini top option as well, which nearly all owners should seriously consider in any case. Other options are--
• Preferred Equipment Package. The preferred equipment package is exactly as the name implies. It's the most preferred items that anyone would want to have. It includes the snap-in carpet runners, a teak cockpit table, Porta-Potti, and stainless steel trim package. We recommend this package.
• Helm Bucket Seat Upgrade. Anytime a helm seat upgrade is offered, go for it. It's the one seat that gets used regardless of how many people are onboard, and it's the one that gets the most abuse as well.
• Digital Depth Indicator. This should be standard on every boat, in our opinion, even small sportboats like this one.
• Portside Sink and Transom Shower. It can never be overstated how valuable running water is on a boat. It allows rinsing off feet covered in beach sand just as easily as a batch of grapes. If the boat is used in saltwater, it's refreshing to rinse off. This option has a portside sink, pressure water, faucet, transom shower.
• Engine Upgrade. The standard engine is a 135-hp MPI sterndrive. That will be good enough for most operations, but boaters tend to have a lot of friends, and when loaded with full fuel, full water and the max capacity of people on board, owners will still want some get-up-and-go that the 135 may struggle with. The 220-hp 4.3L engine should keep everyone happy, particularly when towing.
With the engine hatch opened, two more storage compartments are revealed that can hold rags, oil, tools…etc. They also provide a good place to dry out wet bathing suits or clothes using the engine heat. Notice the space ahead of the engine allows one to stand at the level of the engine, easing maintenance and daily checks. The automatic fire extinguisher is standard, and this is unusual in this price-point class. Also, look at how the Bimini top stores neatly into position without taking up any additional space.
Our Bayliner 642 Overnighter test boat was powered by the 220-hp Mercury MerCruiser 4.3L MPI V6 gas engine driving an Alpha One sterndrive with a 14.25 X 21P three blade aluminum prop. Handling was solid around the dock with the 642 Overnighter responding quickly and nimbly to gentle and moderate steering and throttle. The ride through the intermittent chop and large wakes we encountered during our test was pretty much what one would expect. Turns were smooth and when hard over at cruise, the speed loss was normal for this type and size boat, requiring just a little bump up of the throttle.
The throttle was well positioned for making small accurate adjustments at speed. When recording our time to plan and 0 to 30 mph bow rise spiked briefly at 23-degrees which seems like a lot, but we never lost sight of the horizon in front. Her cruising angle was 5-degrees, just where it should be.
We recorded an average top speed of 42.9 mph at 5000 rpm. Best cruise came in at 26.1 mph at 3000 rpm while burning 8.8 gph giving us a range of 112 statute miles.
Hole Shots. Her average time to plane was 6.7 seconds, 7.6 seconds to 20 mph and from 0 to 30 mph was 11.3 seconds.
At 6'3'' (1.91 m) my sight lines through the windscreen were good at all speeds while seated and with the bolster up. The range of travel for the helm seat was excellent allowing for it to be well out of the way when driving while standing.
European boaters have had access to the Bayliner 642 and have liked its advantages. Now, Bayliner is bringing the 642 Overnighter to the U.S. She allows for expanding the usefulness of a small runabout while still staying in the entry-level size range that anyone can handle. She comes with a limited lifetime transferrable hull warranty and a 5-year deck warranty. The engine comes with MerCruiser's 2-year warranty.
Old timers will remember the day when virtually all sportboats were cuddy designs. Then the bowrider appeared and the world moved to this concept. Today only about 5% of the sportboats sold are cuddys. But they have their advantages--
• First, They Look Cool. To our eye, well-designed sportboats are like sport cars on the water. Another way to view them is like mini high-performance boats.
• The covered foredeck with windshield makes cuddys much more seaworthy offshore than bowriders which can easily ship water in rough conditions; however, this is virtually never a problem for bowriders in the protected water where nearly all of them reside. Certainly the Bayliner 642 Overnighter is capable of cruising around bodies of water such as Long Island Sound and the Chesapeake Bay.
• With a Bimini overhead and buttoned up with a cruising canvas, they make a dry, cozy environment on a rainy or chilly day. As already pointed out, in this mode they can also sleep four people. (Caveat: Successful sleeping aboard any boat this size has more to do with how rolly the conditions are more than anything else.)
• Cuddys are ideal for traveling in rivers and canals as found in Europe and in many places around the world during the day, then tying up at night to spend the evening eating and sleeping ashore. This provides the best of both worlds and is a fun thing to do on a budget.
• Finally, with a tow line a cuddy becomes a towing vessel for waterskiers and wakeboarders just as well as a bowrider. While the cuddy does not have a long storage compartment in the cockpit sole, it does have the forward cabin which can also serves as a huge storage compartment.
The Bayliner 642 Overnighter can also be a watersports platform in addition to a cruising boat.
Systems | |
Head: Portable | |
Trailer | |
Exterior Features | |
Carpet: Cockpit | |
Transom Shower | |
Canvas | |
Bimini Top | |
Cockpit Cover |
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Hull Warranty | |
Years | Limited Lifetime |
Deck Warranty | |
Years | 5 year |
Pricing Range | $33,999.00 | ||
Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model. |
Range | ||||||||||||
RPM | MPH | Knots | Total GPH | MPG | NMPG | Stat. Mile | NM | KM | KPH | LPH | KPL | dBA |
600 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 33.8 | 29.3 | 1002 | 87.6 | 1613 | 4.30 | 0.38 | 14.37 | 66 |
1000 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 109 | 95.0 | 175 | 7.40 | 4.92 | 1.57 | 72 |
1500 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 89 | 77.5 | 143 | 10.10 | 7.95 | 1.28 | 74 |
2000 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 54 | 46.9 | 87 | 12.70 | 16.66 | 0.77 | 79 |
2500 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 104 | 90.8 | 167 | 28.60 | 19.31 | 1.49 | 79 |
3000 | 26.1 | 22.7 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 112 | 97.5 | 180 | 42.00 | 26.12 | 1.62 | 83 |
3500 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 105 | 91.0 | 169 | 49.90 | 33.31 | 1.49 | 86 |
4000 | 36.4 | 31.6 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 89 | 77.6 | 143 | 58.60 | 45.80 | 1.28 | 87 |
4500 | 39.4 | 34.3 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 82 | 70.9 | 132 | 63.40 | 54.51 | 1.15 | 92 |
5000 | 42.9 | 37.3 | 16.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 79 | 69.0 | 127 | 69.00 | 60.94 | 1.15 | 95 |
All fuel consumption numbers are the total for all engines in the boat. Speeds are measured with Stalker ProSports radar gun or GPS. Fuel consumption (gallons per hour) measured with Floscan digital fuel-flow meter or by on-board factory-installed diagnostic instruments. Range is based on 90% of published fuel capacity. Sound levels determined using Radio Shack digital decibel meter on A scale. 68 dBA is the level of normal conversation.
Time To Plane | 6.7 sec. |
0 to 30 | 11.3 sec. |
Test Power | 1 x 220-hp Mercury 4.3L MPI |
Transmission | Mercury Alpha 1 |
Ratio | 2.18 : 1 |
Props | 14.25 x 21 p 3-blade |
Load | 2 persons, 1/2 fuel, no water, 30 lbs. of gear |
Climate | 76 deg., 70 humid.; wind: 0-12 mph; seas: light chop |
Elevation | 0 |

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One of the single best things you can do as the resident photographer of your house is give back the gift of your skills to your family. Be the domestic documentarian.
This is what we can do, as shooters. It is a small thing to give back, considering the preponderance of annoying stuff that goes along with just having a photog in the family. We're pains in the neck, right? Not to mention absolute hell on relationships. If you're a wedding shooter, bye-bye weekends. Sports shooter? Ditto. And, if you're a serious, serious sports shooter, say of football, so long Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, potentially. If you explore the rock and roll scene, you stumble home at 3 am, sporting bloodshot eyes, with perhaps the whiff of reefer smoke picked up from the party hard crowd, only to slump in front of the computer and move your pictures. And if you ever make it to shooting for the National Geographic, by certain estimations you have made it to the mountaintop of photography. And, what you may find, is that hard to attain peak can also be a graveyard for relationships . If you are a traveling sort of location photog, you miss lots of birthdays, first steps, and soccer games.
Photography is an endeavor that tries the patience of even the most forgiving spouse. We run when others stroll leisurely. We work while others party. We don't buy advance tickets to grand shows or events for fear we might be on assignment and thus OOT. (Out of town.) When we call a potential subject, our first question is often, "What's your schedule like?" To hell with our schedule. Our convenience, the mandates of our life, aren't even on the table for consideration.
Thus, one of the very cool things any photog can do to tip the scales back even slightly in our favor is to be there to document the family's life and times, such as your mother-in-law's surprise 80th birthday party.
Mrs. Cahill has been a wonderful, loving, mom to me. Nothing I wouldn't do for the lady. She accepted me as Annie's choice all those years ago, and that is an amazing gift, indeed. So it was a hoot planning a surprise party for her, and helping Annie and her sisters, Nancy and Teresa, orchestrate all the energy, subterfuge, and back alley arranging this required. We even had Pietro and his staff, at Terra Sole, our favorite restaurant, ever, in on the deal.
It was fun to do, despite the fact that I had to lie through my teeth to her. After all was said and done, I told Annie we both have to go to confession, big time. At one point, I was arranging things with mom, on the phone, and Annie was scribbling post-its and popping them in front of me. "Say this!" "Don't say that!" "Say you are making a lunch party for me and she has to come!" I was lucky I didn't end up that conversation with post-its all over my face. All the shenanigans worked!
Mom was completely floored, and Annie and I did our best to document the shock and then the flood of good wishes. Her friends were there, some from as far back as nursing school. She hadn't seen some of them in as much as thirty years! Some of the ladies were in their upper 80's. And, trust me, these gals knew a good party when they saw one. The room was buzzing.
Me? I was afraid mom was gonna be mad at me, so I stuck my face behind the camera and kept flashing, and looking busy. Didn't really pose hardly any pix. Just shot and moved. Tried party pix with the #D810, and a bit of fill flash, and a 24-70. No light shapers, BTW. Straight up bounce through the diffuser dome. Manual on camera, TTL on flash. Worked out well. It was good to not have to think about it much, as I was so nervous mom was gonna read me the riot act.
(I woulda just blamed Annie and her sisters, for sure. Annie, Teresa and Nancy all worked hard to get this together. Which actually was another good example of how important pictures are to family life. Obviously the pix of mom Cahill's early life and times were not made on pixels. Annie and Teresa culled the pictures, got scans done, and then Nancy, the resident artist of the family, started collaging like crazy.)
Now, we'll make a nice album, which will be a simple keepsake for all concerned. And a remembrance, a sort of forgiveness, if you will, the next time I step forward and say, sorry, can't be home this weekend. Charlotte, the newest addition to the family, below in mom's arms, will have pictures of her self and her great grandmother. Which is very cool.
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Best to all for the coming year. And many thanks to readers who have dropped by the blog from time to time. Looking forward to more adventures in 2014! This is a super quiet week here around the studio, as we gear up and try our best to lurch forward into the new calendar. I'll kick start the blog in the next few days, and we'll be off once again, chasing pictures and pixels. Hope everyone has a safe, wonderful start to 2014, and best to all, as always!!!
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Back in the day, when us photo folks toiled away in blessed obscurity, off in the corner of the corporate picture, there were characters. Jim Kenney, the picture editor of Newsweek, was certainly one of these.
To be sure, just like today, the accountants and honchos of that time would continuously fume at this dark art of picture making, wondering why it was necessary, and further, why it cost any money at all, but, blessedly, they didn't understand it. And, like a child who's gotten a toy for Christmas they couldn't really get the hang of, they would poke at it occasionally, look at it from all sides, then realize they couldn't find the on-off switch, get bored, and drop it back in the jumble of the toy chest along with other misunderstood and forgotten gizmos.
This was a blessing. The lack of intense corporate scrutiny back then allowed for all manner of risk taking and outright shenanigans in the magazine picture game, and a blustery original like Jim Kenney could flourish, to the benefit of us all.
Of course, the accountants shouldn't have worried, really. None of us were making any money. Magazine assignments back then were rated at 250 bucks a pop, usually attended by limited expenses. But, as opposed to today, when budget boogeymen have choked off the assignment spigot, magazine jobs were readily had. Especially at places like Time and Newsweek, which were magazines that maintained competitive journalistic mandates to cover many more things than they could possibly publish. The phone rang aplenty, and jobs would seemingly drop from the trees. You would shoot the gig, drop off the film, and pray your slides would hit ink. Then, when the mag was off the stands a week later, you would drop off the pix at your agent, who would try to sell them to someone else. No contracts really existed. It was all just handshake deals. I would always get energized by a call from Newsweek photo. I got assigned all over the lot, from Popes and politics to actors and moguls to characters at Disney.
As a shooter, you could do what was referred to as "the 50th St. shuffle," as Time was located at 50th and Sixth, and Newsweek was over at 50th and Madison. There wasn't overwhelming security at the buildings, so you could always find somebody to buzz you up, and you could grab coffee and hang out in a picture editor's cubicle, hoping they would get so exasperated with your lunatic picture proposals they would give you a day rate to go shoot something just to get rid of you.
Picture agencies did the same shuffle, too, toting packages of slides back and forth to the newsweeklies, hoping to entice interest in a photog's enterprise take of this or that. The big Paris based agencies, Sygma and Gamma, would emblazon their offerings with exclamatory stamps that screamed, "EXCLUSIF! MONDIAL!" Then they would go crosstown to sell basically the same set of slides to the competition. Some of the agents had, well, let's call it a broad definition of the word, "exclusif!"
Two giants were astride all this mayhem, John Durniak at Time and Jim Kenney over at Newsweek. Newsweek was always the budgetarily disadvantaged of the two. Jim Colton who, over in his estimable blog, wrote about Kenney last week, always said that "Time was a hospital, and Newsweek was a MASH unit." But being Avis to Time's Hertz made Newsweek a formidably scrappy competitor, whose nimble picture troops would routinely outfox their bigger adversary.
My earliest adventures in the news game, as limited as they were, came at the behest of Jim, and he was great to work for. I spent time in Northern Ireland for Newsweek, during the troubles, and when things got calm, I dropped down to London and called Kenney to tell him of the move. I remember the conversation. He closed with saying, "If things heat up again, shag back in there and I'll cover you." With Kenney, you always knew he had your back, out in the field. It was a good feeling.
He was a competitor in the best sense of the word. During the JP II's first papal trip to his home country of Poland, we were a Newsweek crew of maybe eight or nine to Time's fourteen or so. Thing was, no matter how many people any pub could muster, nobody in the photo press corps really had the inside track. That belonged to the papal photographers. All of us would be a flyspeck with a huge lens out in a crowd of a million or so Poles, viewing the Pope in miniature despite all the glass we had jammed onto our cameras. The papal shooters, such as Arturo Mari, would be there with him on the altar using a 20mm lens, fer chrissakes. Kenney would rail about this lack of access, and referred to the papal photogs, always clad in a black suit, a white shirt, and a black tie, as "the fucking penguins."
He was an original, larger than life. He was a great editor, at a great time in magazine journalism. And, he was also a good guy to sit and have a beer with when things finally calmed down after a Friday night close. He had a nose for news and a swashbuckling knowledge of what it really took to get good pictures of the news.
Rest in peace, Jim. But then, there's a part of me that hopes not. It's fun to think he might be up there in the great beyond with his intercom phone, barking at some lost soul in accounting who's wondering why a first look at Sygma's output on the royal wedding was gonna cost 30g's.
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Last year, about this time, I taught at a conference called Luminance, put together by PhotoShelter. It brought a hugely diverse group of talents and interests together under the same tent. One of those very talented people was Allen Murabayashi, the CEO of PhotoShelter, and orchestrator of the conference. His neighborhood in NY is lower Manhattan, and in 2001, he actually lived just by the Trade Towers. We got to talking, and he showed me a picture on his Iphone he had made on 9/11, with the crisp blue sky, and the fires arching upwards, bent on destroying the buildings. It was like a punch in the gut, as pictures from that day are, I'm sure, for many, even now.
A year later, both Allen and PhotoShelter have stepped up on behalf of the collection Giant Polaroids known as the Faces of Ground Zero, and are partnering with me in preserving the collection, and hosting my website. It is a welcome, welcome partnership.
I have managed, sometimes just barely, to keep this collection of huge images, consisting of portraits made of people whose lives intersected the events of that day, together, and safe, in museum quality storage, for 12 years. There are numerous large crates, some weighing in at about 2,000 pounds. Storing 24,000 pounds of anything carries a price tag, especially artwork that requires certain atmospheric parameters. What PhotoShelter has done has been to step up and help, and to individually sponsor two of the images into the permanent safekeeping and care of the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
I look forward to many years of collaboration, not only in the realm of portfolio displays, internet presence, and projects with this group of creative folks. If you go to my website, you'll see new work, and an updated look to the pages.
My thanks go out to Allen, Andrew Fingerman, Chris Owyoung, and Drew Gurian for orchestrating this new website in such smooth fashion. And to the entire PhotoShelter organization for helping to preserve these pictures. They join with Adorama, who has been a friend of the collection for many years, in this ongoing dozen year effort. The museum will be a reality shortly, and with this boost, we might just make it.
This type of wonderful collaboration reminds me yet again that the photo community is indeed, a community. More tk….
Is over at Scott Kelby's PhotoShop Insider blog. It is, hopefully, a worthwhile read. All best, Joe


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How to tell if last year's garden seeds are still good
Here's an easy way to test last year's garden seeds to see if they're still good.
Courtesy of Karan Davis Cutler
It's not every day that I identify with George Washington, but as I retrieved my seed-filled Mason jar I was at one with our first president. In December 1799 he wrote to a friend: "I am particular always in my seeds, because nothing is more to be regretted ... than to sow seed that does not come up...."
You got that right, George.
There's no need for me to worry about the vegetable and flower seeds I've just ordered. Nearly all commercial seeds come in a packet stamped with a minimum "germination number," the percentage of seeds that can be expected to sprout.
But I am concerned about the marigold seeds that I harvested last fall, then stupidly left in our unheated garage.
Unlike many perennial flowers and woody plants, the seeds of annuals like marigolds don't need cold stratification to germinate, especially when stored at well-below-freezing temperatures. The arctic conditions my seeds endured may have doomed any chance they will sprout this spring.
There's an easy way to avoid the calamity of nothing coming up: proofing. Proofing, or testing, is nothing more verifying whether or not seeds will sprout, whether or not they are viable.
How to test your seeds
• Place 10 seeds on half of a damp but not soppy white paper towel, then fold the other half over the seeds.
• Place the towel in an unsealed plastic bag and set it in a warm spot (approximately 75 degrees F; 24 C).
• Check the towel daily to ensure it stays damp – do not allow it to dry out.
• When germination stops, count the number of seeds that have sprouted. If five of the 10 seeds sprout, the germination rate is 50 percent (the number of germinated seeds divided by the number tested), so plant accordingly. If you want 25 plants, sow at least 50 seeds.
• If no seeds spout, it's time to place an order with your favorite seed company. [Click here, here, and here to read Karan's three-part article about her favorite small seed companies.]


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Marking WPP's first major move into ecommerce, the ad agency's digital unit has led a $10 million investment in price comparison site mySupermarket. For its $7 million investment, WPP Digital is securing a minority stake in the company, which, to date, has raised a total of $32 million from other investors, including Greylock Partners and Pitango Venture Capital. As Globes, the Israeli news journal, reports: "WPP's investment in mySupermarket is considered quite an achievement for the Israeli company." mySupermarket CEO Alon Bloch is excited about the support. "WPP works with most of the leading global brands," he said. "They have a strong understanding of the market and extensive ties." The operating name for Dolphin Software Ltd., mySupermarket operates various sites in different countries, including the UK and Israel. MySupermarket offers price comparison of products sold by supermarkets. However, "in contrast to other price comparison sites, mySupermarket offers alternatives to consumers to pick the cheaper product within a category or style," Globes notes. "For example, if a consumer picks the laundry power of a particular brand, mySupermarket will not only offer a lower price for the same product, but will also recommend similar products to the brand at a cheaper price." Founded in 2006, mySupermarket now has 75 employees, including 40 in Israel, and the rest at its offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.
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In the race to replicate Instagram's success in the mobile video arena, Viddy this week arguably emerged as the clear frontrunner. Now the top free iPhone app on Apple's App Store, the video-sharing service now claims 8 million users, and, more significantly, a sharp increase since Facebook launched its Timeline app back in February. "There are a number of startups vying to claim the 'Instagram for Video' title, with Socialcam, Viddy, Klip, Mobli, and even the infamous Color all in the running," TechCrunch reports. "Yet, today brings evidence that Viddy may now be the one to beat, as the social video sharing app became the top free iPhone app on the App Store -- with much of that growth emanating from its new Facebook Timeline app." According to Viddy, it attracted over 40 million app views in January, which TechCrunch attributes "to the effort the startup has put into recruiting celebrities and influencers custom premium Video FX layers, giving artists, movie studios, etc. a way to promote their brand through mobile video." Helping its cause, Viddy closed a $6 million Series A round in February, with participation from Battery Ventures, Greycroft Ventures, Qualcomm, and Bessemer Ventures.
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In other mobile video news, Tango has just has raised another $40 million in a third round of funding from Qualcomm Ventures and Access Ventures. The news comes about a year after the cross-platform video chat startup closed its last round of $42 million. "Forget Apple's Facetime," VentureBeat half-jokes. "If there's one app that shows the potential in the mobile video chat market, it's Tango." Encouraging backers, the startup continues to see incredible growth as well, reaching 45 million users a mere 18 months after its debut. Looking ahead, Tango CTO and co-founder Eric Setton says: "The round is a license to operate with a slightly bigger vision … It's not that we're going to hire a 100 extra people… we want to be able to accelerate and deliver more on our roadmap." As VB explains, "That road map includes honing the company's video and audio quality, and ensuring a great experience for all of its users." According to Settons, 44% of Tango's users are active monthly, and 10% of them use the app every day. Adds VB: "There's a snowball effect to the app, as calls increase significantly when new users jump in." Indeed, Settons says daily calls almost doubled in the last four months. Currently, Tango offers apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Windows PCs.
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Currently on my third tub of black sugar mask. This facial scrub works great for me, the beads are coarse enough but not that rough on the skin, just scrub gently on a wet face. Gentle scrubs does nothing for me so I am happy with the texture of this. It removes dead skin cells really well and leaves my face very soft after using it. Does not cause any breakouts. Contains rich minerals and vitamin to provide luster and smoothness to skin. I use it twice or thrice a week and a tub lasted me about a year.
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this masks smells really good but I found it to be terribly average. I didn't see any improvements with my skin, it's just a ordinary scrub. I can find much cheaper alternatives, will not be repurchasing.
This mask is wonderful for morning use. I know most mask instruct to use at night but i feel that this helps set my makeup for some reason. Also, I notice Skinfood doesn't post ingredients(in English) but the smell of it smells EXACTLY like this brand of lemon black soap that's sold and exported from Africa. I loved that soap but my Aunt bought it for me years ago and i forgot the name of it. If they're incorporating black soap in this product that would explain the good results from the mask.
UPDATE: It's like "Getrade Village Fresh Black Soap" from Ghana. that's the soap i was thinking of
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This product is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
you can use it either as a mask wash off or a exfoliator.
it smells great, make sure you dont RUB the product in, gently massage with it.
it has a nice moisturizing effect, and it feels SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good when i am massaging with it, it feels like all the dirt, and makeup is being rubbed, and cleansed off.
afterwards you use it, your skin feels clean, glowy, moisturized, and fresh
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Wow! I was totally surprised with this product! I bought it on a whim because I heard it was popular here in korea. I sort of figured it for a gimicky product, but I used it last night after cleansing and my skin was glowing, soft and radiant. I don't leave it on like a mask, but use it on my wet face as a scrub to exfoliate.
Down sides: a little expensive (7,000 won for a small jar), and I don't like the packaging at all. It's a small plastic jar that you dip your fingers into and scoop out the product. Because it's sugar, it begins to disolve with water, and if your hands are wet then it causes the product to start to disolve. I'd much rather have a squeeze tube, but then again, the scrub is so thick that might not work very well.
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I'm a huge fan of Skinfood and have been using it as a scrub. I have combination skin, so my t-zone is especially oily, and this is the face area where I'd use the mask on. The texture feels pretty harsh, but it's a very effective exfoliating scrub. I'd use it on my t-zone twice a week, and on my cheeks, chin and neck once a week.
Overall, this is a great product, both as a scrub and a mask (whichever you prefer). Plus, it's 100mL, so it lasts for quite awhile. Will definitely repurchase.
The Black Sugar Mask was the first item that I purchased from Skin Food and it remains on heavy rotation to this day. It comes packaged in a small screw top tub and contains 100g worth of product. Skin Food describe the Black Sugar Mask as being rich in minerals & vitamins to provide luster and smoothness to skin. The scrub is brown in color and is jam packed with sugar granules suspended in a slightly oily base. The product is strongly scented but I have never been able to put my finger on the specific scent, it smells slightly citrusy. The directions state that after cleansing, gently massage over wet face. Avoid eye area. Rinse off. As the scrub is sugar based I like to ensure that my face is only slightly damp and I apply the product with dry hands to avoid the sugar dissolving immediately. However, I do mix the scrub with a tiny bit on water before applying to avoid it being too harsh on my skin. The first time I used this product I was worried about breakouts as it leaves behind a slightly oily feeling once the sugar granules have dissolved. However, the scrub rinses completely clean with absolutely no oily residue left behind. Leaves skin soft and smooth.
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I'd say this is the best scrub I have used, and I'v used 2 tubs of it. I have sensitive skin, also acne-prone, so any harsh scrub will immediately give me little pimples or redness. And the "gentle" scrubs usually do nothing for me. This scrub is just right, a good balance of scrubbing power and moisture. It doesn't dry out my skin, just make it really smooth, and a bit brighter than before as well.
It's also really cheap, considering the tub lasts you a really long time since you only use about a teaspoonful of the product each time. Will buy again!
Bought this black sugar scrub while I was in Korea. Heard that its very popular among the Koreans. Tried it and it had good exfoliating effect. It also smells great. You just need to massage the grains GENTLY all over your face to make sure its not too harsh on the skin.
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text: 1Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA 2Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA 3Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA *now at: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA Abstract. We apply the NASA Goddard Trajectory Model to data from a series of ozonesondes to derive ozone loss rates in the lower stratosphere for the AASE-2/EASOE mission (January-March 1992) and for the SOLVE/THESEO 2000 mission (January-March 2000) in an approach similar to Match. Ozone loss rates are computed by comparing the ozone concentrations provided by ozonesondes launched at the beginning and end of the trajectories connecting the launches. We investigate the sensitivity of the Match results to the various parameters used to reject potential matches in the original Match technique. While these filters effectively eliminate from consideration 80% of the matched sonde pairs and >99% of matched observations in our study, we conclude that only a filter based on potential vorticity changes along the calculated back trajectories seems warranted. Our study also demonstrates that the ozone loss rates estimated in Match can vary by up to a factor of two depending upon the precise trajectory paths calculated for each trajectory. As a result, the statistical uncertainties published with previous Match results might need to be augmented by an additional systematic error. The sensitivity to the trajectory path is particularly pronounced in the month of January, for which the largest ozone loss rate discrepancies between photochemical models and Match are found. For most of the two study periods, our ozone loss rates agree with those previously published. Notable exceptions are found for January 1992 at 475K and late February/early March 2000 at 450K, both periods during which we generally find smaller loss rates than the previous Match studies. Integrated ozone loss rates estimated by Match in both of those years compare well with those found in numerous other studies and in a potential vorticity/potential temperature approach shown previously and in this paper. Finally, we suggest an alternate approach to Match using trajectory mapping. This approach uses information from all matched observations without filtering and uses a two-parameter fit to the data to produce robust ozone loss rate estimates. As compared to loss rates from our version of Match, the trajectory mapping approach produces generally smaller loss rates, frequently not statistically significantly different from zero, calling into question the efficacy of the Match approach. Citation: Morris, G. A., Bojkov, B. R., Lait, L. R., and Schoeberl, M. R.: A review of the Match technique as applied to AASE-2/EASOE and SOLVE/THESEO 2000, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2571-2592, doi:10.5194/acp-5-2571-2005, 2005. |


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Hollywood Now: Emmy Rossum & Mila KunisBy Gerri Miller
Updates on celebrities in interfaith relationships including Mila Kunis, Emmy Rossum, Ian Ziering and more
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Tag Archives: MarriageCameron Diaz & Benji Madden: Interfaith?Update: As suspected, Benji Madden has Jewish ancestry and it is likely this couple had a Jewish wedding for a reason. If you've seen the news buzzing about Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's quick, surprise Jewish wedding, you might be wondering: Are one of these people Jewish? It seems pretty strange to have a Jewish wedding, complete with breaking the glass, a yichud (a ritual where the bride and groom take time alone immediately following the ceremony) and other religious traditions if neither Diaz nor Madden practice Judaism or have Jewish relatives. Which is why I am of the opinion that there is some meaning behind these ceremonial customs. Wouldn't it seem a bit disrespectful to incorporate a religion that has no personal meaning to you into your wedding day of all days? I wouldn't put it past Hollywood, but I have a feeling a rational explanation will eventually come out. Or at least I hope so. What do you think? Did the couple have a Jewish wedding just for kicks or do they come from diverse religious backgrounds and chose to connect with Judaism? Join in Our New Mentoring ProgramOver the three years since InterfaithFamily/Chicago began, many brides and grooms have asked me to connect them with another couple in a similar religious situation to see how they have successfully navigated their relationship. Many times a Catholic woman marrying a Jewish man has wanted to speak to someone else who can understand how her mother and grandmother feel about the faith, upbringing and baptism, specifically, of a theoretical baby one day. No matter what wisdom I can share from how other couples have worked out interfaith issues, there is nothing like speaking one-on-one with someone who has actually been there. We have done our best to connect couples over the years and have heard back about how helpful those matches have been. Because we have seen what an organic need this is, we are thrilled that we received a JUF Breakthrough Fund grant to launch a comprehensive and supported new, innovative Mentoring Program for interfaith couples and families. We are just beginning the program. If you are an interfaith couple seriously dating, engaged or married or an interfaith family with young children who would like to be paired with another couple or family who shares a similar religious story and lives near you, we would be so happy to make a match for you. The mentors will be available to you through email, phone and in-person to talk through how they handle holidays and extended family, how they made religious decisions, how their kids have felt about their family's decisions and all the other questions that can come up for interfaith families. The mentors will also invite their mentees to their home between December and May. You may be able to get together in-person (depending on your schedules) for certain holidays or at least to see how the other couple observes a Sabbath and brings peace, time for reflection and revitalization to their lives. We will stay in touch with everybody and make sure the matches have been successful and that participants are benefitting from their new relationships. This is really a shehecheyanu moment for us at InterfaithFamily (the prayer of joy and gratitude that is said upon doing something for the first time). In the middle of this hard-to-pronounce Hebrew word is the word "chai" (life). This is a prayer about celebrating the joys of life. We have wanted to pair couples with one another in an organized program for some time and we are so proud and happy that the time has come. InterfaithFamily/Chicago just offered a book talk on David Wolpe's book Teaching Your Children about God. In the book, Wolpe makes a couple of observations. He writes that we often sense God or something bigger than ourselves in beginnings. This is why when something new starts, we sometimes feel an urge to mark that with prayer or a ritual. He also explains that it is through God's presence that we can truly see each other. I pray that as we start this new program that it draws people closer to one another and to sacred purpose, hope and inspiration. If you would like to be paired with a mentor couple or you would like to serve as a mentor couple, please email Judy Jury at email@example.com. Judy is the Jewish educator who will be directing this new program. The mentors will participate in a training program on Sunday, November 9 at the Weinger Northbrook JCC to consciously articulate and think about their religious journeys and how they can best support a couple just starting out. At that meeting, the mentors will receive the contact information for who they will be working with. Mentees can be expected to be contacted by their mentors soon after that date. We look forward to hearing from you! Why Phish is Like Judaism for NewbiesThis guest blog post is by my husband, Andrew Garnett-Cook Recently, I went to see Phish, one of my favorite bands. Over the course of 20 years, I've been to many of their shows. I was first introduced to Phish while in college and, despite a long period where I virtually stopped listening to them, I still enjoy their music and the community that surrounded them. One thing that one must understand about Phish is that there is a tribal quality to its fans and their love for, and knowledge of, Phish music. Within the Phish world, there are stories, legends, unspoken understandings and a profound sense of shared experience borne of years of having spent time following the band from place to place during their sometimes extensive tours. Even more interesting is the relationship of the band to the music. Phish fans spend a great deal of time examining and scrutinizing Phish's live music, dissecting jams and comparing them with some of the best versions of particular songs ever done live. Certain live versions of their songs are considered classics among the fans and are spoken of with reverence that might seem excessive to anyone not familiar with the world of Phish. However, once you step even an inch outside the tribal world of Phish and its community of fans, songs that are instantly recognizable classics are virtual unknowns. How many of you have ever heard of "You Enjoy Myself"? Or "Down with Disease"? Or "Ghost"? These are to Phish fans what "Hey Jude" and "Stairway to Heaven" are to the larger world of fans of rock music. In short, fans of Phish have a shared community united around a shared past, common experience, rituals and intimate knowledge of the band and its music, though all of these things are foreign to the outside world. For me, this is not unlike Judaism. As someone who is not Jewish, but is married to a Jew, entering the Jewish world meant being exposed to a community who also have a shared past, common experiences, rituals and intimate knowledge of the language, practices and songs associated with religious gatherings. Like the person who is not a fan of Phish, these things would be unfamiliar to someone who is not Jewish and has never been exposed to that world. The thing to remember is that both the world of Phish and the Jewish community are, in my experience, inviting and supportive communities. A newbie at a Phish concert would be welcomed warmly and some dedicated Phishhead would be all too happy to walk them through the history of each song. Likewise, for me, introduction to the Jewish world has been at the heart of a supportive community at our synagogue, led by a rabbi who has embraced interfaith couples and made them feel welcome in the community. Because of this, I have had time to relax, become familiar with Judaism and feel like the Jewish community is one to which I can contribute. My advice to other interfaith couples? Even if something seems unfamiliar at first or inaccessible to you, do not conclude it must be so. Like entry into the world of Phish, entering into the world of Judaism and becoming comfortable in that world takes time, commitment and a willingness to be a little uncomfortable for a while. But, a good community will welcome you in and give you the time and space to find your way. Interfaith Engagement for Andi DorfmanIt's official: The Bachelorette, Andi Dorfman, is in an interfaith relationship. But we already knew that—the frontrunners in her quest for love were not Jewish, and Andi is (she famously acknowledged her religion when she was a contestant on The Bachelor). Interestingly, the man she chose and whose proposal she accepted, Josh Murray, was raised Christian but comes from an interfaith family. While the Jewish Week was quick to call this a Jewish match, the fact is, it's a combining of faiths, as so many relationships are. Josh's mother is Jewish and his father is not, but the family practices Christianity. It seems faith is important in both Andi and Josh's families. Josh's younger brother, apparently, has a tattoo of a cross and a tattoo of the Star of David. Josh, 29, is from Tampa, FL, and now lives in Atlanta—conveniently where Andi herself, a 27-year-old district attorney is based. From the interviews they've already done since last night's season finale, we get the gist that they're planning to wed next year, and that they plan to have a few kids. What will their wedding look like? Christian? Jewish? Neither? Because religion is important to both families, we're putting our money on an interfaith ceremony. Breaking Bread with the In-LawsLast Friday night, I watched as my kids lit Shabbat candles and said the prayers at our table with my in-laws standing by. My partner's parents are not Jewish, and I felt a deep appreciation for them in this moment. When we all met, none of us could have imagined this scene. Nearly two decades ago, I stayed at their home for the first time. My partner and I were graduate students on the East Coast and we headed west to see her folks at their ranch in central Oregon over break. Like many people, Jewish or not, they really aren't into religion at all. Here we were, a rabbinical student and a PhD candidate in religious studies. We pretty much ate, drank and breathed religion. I wanted to be careful not to overwhelm them with Jewish talk or Jewish practice. That was tough because I was starting to observe Shabbat and other rituals for the first time. I chose carefully which ones I absolutely had to do. One of my new, favorite Shabbat rituals was baking challah. As Friday morning rolled around, it felt strange not to make it. I started to get the ingredients out, and the implications ran through my mind: 1) This kitchen is going to be really, really messy. 2) It would feel weird to me if we ate challah on Friday night without saying the prayer over it. But saying it will feel really weird too. 3) Oh no…it will feel weird to do the prayer over the bread without doing all three Shabbat blessings. Now it's a full ceremony and it's going to be awkward. In the end, I did it anyway. The result? Wow, these people love challah. I know most people like it. What's not to like? My recipe includes eggs, flour and tons of sugar and butter which make it more like a Shabbat dessert. It's always a crowd pleaser. But I have never seen anyone so overtaken by it. Seeing how excited her parents were and knowing how worried I was about engaging in Jewish ritual in their house, my partner made sure they knew that getting to the challah meant that there would be Jewish prayers at their table. For people who really disagree with religion as a whole, don't believe in the God we are thanking in these prayers and have no context for the foreign language being spoken at their table, this could have been a huge deal. It wasn't. It's been almost two decades, and I'm still making challah for my in-laws. Now when we visit, our kids help bake and decorate. We do the entire Shabbat ceremony consisting of all three prayers: lighting candles, saying kiddush over wine and grape juice and the motsi over the challah, my partner's parents stand by, knowing that challah is coming. I am greatly appreciative that my in-laws have been able to witness our family's rituals and other religious choices. Clearly, some of these rituals have been easier to stomach than others. My mother-in-law enjoys the challah far more than she did the bris (then again, I'm with her on that one). It's not easy when your kids choose a lifestyle so different from your own. In one sense, I credit the challah. It was one of the first moments when we came together around a Jewish custom, and unlike lots of other Jewish foods that are acquired tastes, challah was the one that could allow them to see into a completely new religious framework and even allow for it to happen at their family table. In a way, it's just bread. But "breaking bread" together is also the way people from many cultures have traditionally and symbolically expressed that they can cross a difficult boundary. So maybe it's no accident that this openness was instigated by a couple of loaves of home-baked bread. But at a deeper level, I credit my in-laws for demonstrating incredible openness to new ideas and most of all, for embracing us. That, and helping me clean the kitchen. Sweet Egg Bread (Challah) Ingredients 5-6 cups of flour
Love, Religion and Cocktails!A few weeks ago, InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia hosted our first gathering for young adults from interfaith homes and those who are in interfaith relationships: Love, Religion & Cockatils. We were fortunate enough to work with The Jewish Collaborative, a local organization that works with people in their 20s and 30s. In addition, our programming committee was terrific in coming up with the right type of program and the appropriate language for the marketing materials. Lots of organizations have mixers or programs, but this event was a little bit of both. It was an amazing night! Drinks and appetizers: Everyone was given two drink tickets and there was a table with appetizers so that everyone could snack and mingle. We wanted everyone to have a chance to engage in casual conversation before we broke up into two groups. We served the "Love & Religion" as our signature cocktail. We're pretty sure our participants enjoyed our special concoction. A unique format: We wanted people to talk casually about their experiences and to connect with one another. The programming committee thought that the best way to achieve this would be to ask lighthearted questions such as, "What is your favorite holiday movie and why?" We hoped participants would explain their points of view as to why they liked certain movies, thus sparking conversation about issues such as how childhood memories inform our identity. We know that for many people, there is a lot of passion about their religion that has to do with memories. We asked other fun questions such as "If you described your family as a food, what would it be?" We heard, "a pizza bagel," "a potato latke." The answers were fun and touched upon the backgrounds of each person. One person talked about feelings associated with a Christmas tree. Another person talked about family meals and holidays. During our conversations, we heard the most fascinating stories. One woman who grew up in America went to Israel and is now engaged to a Muslim from Sudan. Another woman told us about growing up in a Jewish/Puerto Rican household. One of the couples talked about how the rabbi at their wedding was so wonderful and welcoming that the partner who did not grow up Jewish is now considering converting. A measure of success: we handed out short evaluations and all data indicated that everyone seemed quite happy with the program. The real measure of success in my mind was that people stayed for an hour after the event ended to talk to one another and our staff. Obviously, there is a real need for a forum for folks to connect and share their stories. I'm proud that IFF/Philadelphia offered that space for them and I'm pleased to be part of an organization that offers a safe space for people to share and communicate online and in person. Would you like to attend Love, Religion and Cocktails in the future in Philadelphia or elsewhere? Share your comments and ideas below. "Belonging" as a Parent with a Jewish SonThis past weekend, our 5-month-old son was formally welcomed into our synagogue community when our family was honored with an aliyah (being called to the honor of Torah). Our rabbi offered blessings, everyone sang "Siman tov u'mazel tov" and we talked about how Sammy got his name. He is named in honor of both of his grandfathers and we described the qualities we hope he will inherit from each: creativity, curiosity, intellect, humor and a big heart. It was wonderful for us to celebrate the birth of our son together with our synagogue community and receive their congratulations. Every new parent needs all the support they can get! But it also made me think about a comment my husband, who is not Jewish, made to me a few months ago. He said that now that he is raising a Jewish son, he feels like he is connected to and belongs to the Jewish people in a stronger way. This comment surprised me a little because I thought he already felt like he belonged. After all, we've been celebrating Jewish holidays together since we started dating, we regularly attend neighborhood Shabbat dinner potlucks, and say Hamotzi (the blessing over bread) before dinner each night. Even when I was pregnant and not fasting, my husband decided to keep the fast during Yom Kippur anyway! But then I thought about it. Being married to a Jewish woman is one thing. Committing yourself to raising a Jewish child is another. It is an awesome responsibility, and I hope, an opportunity. How wonderful that fulfilling that role has brought my husband closer to Judaism! I hope that as we move through our life together and reach various Jewish milestones of Sammy's—starting Hebrew school, having a From our experience so far in our synagogue, I have faith that there will be a place for both of us as Sammy's parents. Even during the aliyah, there was an alternate blessing for my husband to recite that acknowledges his different and special relationship to Torah while I recited the traditional blessings. I hope that continues to be the case for us, and I hope that all interfaith families have the opportunity to feel like they "belong" to the Jewish people. "Marrying Out" Is Not "Abandoning Judaism"Jews don't live in ghettos anymore, and I think most of us would agree that this is a good thing. In our daily lives we interact with all sorts of people who are different from ourselves—people with different political views, people from different socio-economic backgrounds, people of different races and people of different religions. This exposure to diversity makes our lives varied and interesting. I for one don't know of many people who would want to give this up. We don't live in a world of arranged marriages, and the simple fact is that people fall in love for all kinds of reasons, many of them inexplicable. Sometimes you just know when you have met "the one"—even if that person is someone totally different from you, and even if that person is totally different from what you had imagined for yourself. Many people, before finding their mate, have a "checklist" of what they're looking for in a partner. One of my friends always said she'd marry someone blonde, very physically fit and—most important—Jewish. So when she met a man at work who had dark hair, was chubby and didn't like to work out—and was Methodist—she wasn't concerned when they started to spend a lot of time together as friends. Sure he was smart, interesting and funny—but he wasn't her "type." But eventually their connection become deeper and they fell in love. It stopped mattering to her that he wasn't blonde and fit. What mattered was that she loved him. And though she didn't value her Jewish identity any less after falling in love with him than before falling in love with him, she was determined to find a way to make their relationship work since he was "the one" she loved. Eventually, they got married. For my friend, "the one" is a Methodist. For Rabbi Michal Woll (who co-wrote the recently published book Mixed-Up Love with her husband Jon Sweeney) "the one" is a Catholic author. For me, "the one" happens to be another rabbi. But just because my friend and Michal married Christian men that doesn't mean that either of them values Judaism less than I do. I've met numerous people who grew up with strong Jewish identities and who care deeply about the future of the Jewish people—many of whom spent much of their lives certain that they would never even date, let alone marry, someone who was not Jewish but who simply fell in love with someone they knew, like a college classmate, a work colleague or a best friend. Some of them shared with me that they went through deep soul searching and many tears after having fallen in love with someone of a different faith, but ultimately they came to the conclusion that they could spend their life with the person they loved as well as live a committed Jewish life and raise a Jewish family. These people didn't see themselves as having to make a choice between EITHER the person they loved OR the religion and community that they loved. Rather, they made the decision to BOTH spend their life with the person they loved AND to live a Jewish life and raise a Jewish family. Most people I've talked to who have made this BOTH/AND decision have acknowledged that there are challenges to being in an interfaith relationship (just like there are challenges in any relationship, especially one in which there are fundamental differences between the partners), but they would rather deal with those challenges together with their mate than having to choose EITHER/OR between their mate and Judaism, and they find meaning and often joy in facing those challenges TOGETHER. The fact is that in today's world, in most of the liberal Jewish community, having a partner who is not Jewish and living a committed Jewish life aren't seen as necessarily mutually exclusive. As Michal and Jon share in Mixed-Up Love, faith and religion are VERY important to BOTH of them; that's a large part of what attracted them to each other. It just happens that in their case they each have a DIFFERENT religion. Together they are raising a Jewish daughter and making it work for themselves and their family. So don't just assume that because a Jewish person is in a relationship with or married to someone who is of a different faith that their Judaism, the Jewish community and Jewish continuity aren't important to them. Rather than EITHER/OR, perhaps they have chosen to commit to BOTH/AND. Mazel Tov Adam Levine!Yesterday I overhead the following conversation between a Jewish mother and her 10-year-old son about the recent engagement of Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine: Mom: Did you hear that Adam Levine just got engaged to a shiksa?* Son: He's Jewish ** and she's not…that's a sin. It's a disgrace to Mom: That's right. I'm so proud of you for knowing that. And since she's not Jewish, his kids will be goyim.* Son: Really? That's so awful. Compare that conversation with the following, which I read just a few hours later on Jewishjournal.com: Mazel Tov to Adam Levine and his brand-new fiancé, Victoria's Secret Angel Behati Prinsloo….We wish them well! Now, I have never met Adam Levine or Behati Prinsloo, and I don't know much about either of them. But I do know that all too often when interfaith couples get engaged I hear conversations like the one I quoted above between the mother and her son—conversations disparaging the couple and their relationship. I think that if we in the Jewish community continue to speak like that—to insult people who marry out of the faith by using derogatory terms and referring to their marriage as a sin—then it's unlikely that they will want to become part of the Jewish community and to raise children that they may have as Jews. Like the Jewish Journal, I would rather wish these couples well. Rather than treating interfaith marriage as a threat, isn't it better to treat it as an opportunity for the Jewish people to grow, evolve and thrive? Would I like to see Adam Levine and every other Jewish man out there marry a Jewish woman? Sure I would. But that's not always the way things work. And the fact is that Adam Levine didn't ask me who he should marry—nor have any of the Jewish men at whose interfaith wedding ceremonies I have officiated. Instead, they've come to me already in love, asking me to officiate at their wedding ceremonies—asking me, in essence, to accept their choices and to be welcoming toward the women with whom they have fallen in love and chosen to spend the rest of their lives. I'm honored to be approached by these couples, and I embrace the opportunity not just to bless their unions but also to teach them about Judaism and to serve as a welcoming representative of the Jewish religion and the Jewish people. So here's what I have to say to Adam and Behati, and to all newly engaged interfaith couples: Mazel Tov on your engagement! I hope that the two of you will be blessed with a long and happy marriage. Adam (and all of the partners in interfaith couples who grew up Jewish): I hope that you will explore your Jewish heritage and incorporate Judaism into your home and into your life in a way that is meaningful for you. Behati (and all of the partners in interfaith couples who did not grow up Jewish): I hope that you will learn about the Jewish heritage of your fiancé, and that you will feel embraced by the Jewish people. I hope that the two of you will have honest conversations about the role religion plays in your lives, even if it isn't always easy. And if you have children, I hope that you will seriously explore the option of raising them as Jews. For now, know that we here at InterfaithFamily, and many people in the Jewish community, are happy for you and we would love to welcome both of you into our midst. ************ *The terms shiksa (woman who is not Jewish) and goyim (people who are not Jewish) are sometimes, as in the case of this conversation, used by Jews in a pejorative manner. ** After I came home and Googled Adam Levine, I learned that his father and maternal grandfather were Jewish and he considers himself Jewish, but his mother is not Jewish. This means that according to traditional Jewish law, which requires that the mother be Jewish in order for the child to be Jewish, Adam isn't Jewish. So while I, as a Reform Jew, accept the idea of patrilineal descent and I recognize him as Jewish, ironically, the woman having the conversation with her son would not even consider Adam to be Jewish if she were aware of his lineage. Why I Now Officiate at Interfaith WeddingsWhen I was ordained as a Reform Rabbi in 2000 I was certain that I would never officiate at interfaith wedding ceremonies. I felt that as a rabbi, my role was to preside over ceremonies only for Jews. I was fully comfortable welcoming interfaith couples into the congregation where I worked and recognized that this could be beneficial for both the couple and the congregation. I accepted patrilineal descent (meaning that if the father is Jewish and the mother is not Jewish, their child is recognized as Jewish if he or she is raised as a Jew; in contrast, traditional Jewish law recognizes only matrilineal descent, insisting that the mother be Jewish in order for the child to be considered Jewish) and so I recognized the children of all interfaith marriages as Jewish. When a couple with one Jewish partner and one partner of another faith tradition would come to me and ask me to officiate at their wedding ceremony, I would say something to the effect of: "No. But I will fully welcome you into my community after your wedding and I hope that you and any children you may have will be active participants." For years, I was comfortable with this position—what I now think of as my "No. But…" stance. Over time, however, I came to realize that what many of these couples heard me say was simply the "No," and not anything that I said after the "But." While I thought I was being welcoming, I only looked at the situation through my own eyes, rather than from the perspective of the couple that I was, in essence, turning away. I eventually came to see that the Jewish partner, who was coming to a rabbi and asking for acceptance and for a rabbi to be part of this major event in his or her life, could feel very hurt by my stance—as if he or she was being rejected by me (and by implication by the Jewish community) for having fallen in love with someone who was not Jewish. And for the partner who was from another faith tradition (or perhaps did not feel connected to any tradition), for whom this was sometimes his or her first contact with a member of the Jewish clergy, the first thing they were told was "no." No matter what came after my "But," it was often the "no" that resonated most loudly. Fortunately, I live in an area where there are many wonderful rabbis and cantors who have officiated at interfaith wedding ceremonies for years, so the couples that I turned away were able to find other Jewish clergy to officiate at their weddings. To this day, I have remained in touch with some of the couples at whose weddings I had refused to officiate, and I have seen what the power of being welcomed by other rabbis and cantors from the very beginning has meant to them. I only hope that there are not any couples I declined to marry who were so turned off by the perceived rejection that they did not seek out other Jewish clergy to officiate at their wedding, and then did not seek out further involvement in the Jewish community. For me, there was not any great epiphany that caused me to start officiating at interfaith weddings, but rather it was a slow evolution. My evolution came about as I saw many couples where one partner was not Jewish–and families where one parent was not Jewish–being actively engaged in Jewish life and the Jewish community. It came about as I learned that things are not always "black and white" and that real life is about the "grey" areas–the complicated family dynamics, the fact that someone who practices one religion can fall deeply in love with someone who practices another religion, and so on. This is the complicated, messy–and often beautiful–reality of life. And I decided that rather than view it as a threat, I would view it as an opportunity. About four years ago, I began for my first time to work with an interfaith couple in preparation for their wedding. I loved working with them and having the opportunity to discuss all of the challenges and blessings of their relationship. I wondered, though, how I would feel as I stood under the chuppah (wedding canopy) with this couple. After all, this would be a new experience for me–something outside of my usual comfort zone that would mean doing something that for years I had professed I would never do. And you know what? Lighting didn't strike me as I stood under the chuppah! In fact, when the ceremony was over and I had a chance to reflect on my emotions, I felt great. I had participated in a sacred moment with this couple. I had honored their differences and celebrated their union. And hopefully, on their journey toward marriage, I had exposed them to some of the richness and beauty of Judaism and made them feel TRULY welcome. In the last few years, I've been blessed to work with a number of terrific interfaith couples as they have prepared for their weddings. In each case, I have welcomed the conversations of complex issues of identity and belonging, honoring and sharing, feelings of gain and of loss. I feel that I have grown as a rabbi and a person from my connections with these couples–from embracing the complexity of life and the beauty of their relationships. I hope that they too have grown from our working together, both as individuals and as a couple. My stance toward interfaith couples is no longer "No. But…" Now it is "Yes. And…" In essence, I now tell couples: "Yes, I will marry you. And I hope that you and your family will feel welcome and become involved in the Jewish community." I think that after hearing "Yes" from me, they are a lot more likely to hear what comes after the "And…" I believe with all my heart that if a couple sees the door to Judaism as wide open and welcoming, they are more likely to cross over the threshold. Rather than shut that very first door in the face of an interfaith couple, I now hold it open for them and accompany them as they walk through. |


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text: On 2/22/07, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/22/07, Nik Davis <nerostar450 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 85 audio & 196 video codecs > > Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied > > Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to > > your system startup scripts. > > This is described in the BLFS book on the MPlayer page. I don't know > if it will help this issue, but it'll make mplayer happy. This was giving a warning at boot, so I undid it, but I've redone it now, doesn't seem to make a difference. > Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders > > Cannot find codec 'dts' in libavcodec... > > ADecoder init failed :( > > ADecoder init failed :( > > Opening audio decoder: [hwac3] AC3/DTS pass-through S/PDIF > > No accelerated IMDCT transform found > > hwac3: switched to DTS, 768000 bps, 48000 Hz > > AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, ac3, 768.0 kbit/50.00% (ratio: 96000->192000) > > Selected audio codec: [hwdts] afm:hwac3 (DTS through S/PDIF) > > It looks like this is trying to use DTS sound through ffmpeg. It looks > like it figured out how to get through, but maybe you should try > installing libdts. It should be listed as an optional dependency for > mplayer and ffmpeg. > > http://debian.unnet.nl/pub/videolan/libdts/0.0.2/ > > I should mention that I've never installed this program and haven't > had issues with DVDs, but I don't think I own any that use DTS sound. I've got this part working now, the DTS works fine. > Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/ac3 -> 48000Hz/2ch/ac3... > > AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/ac3 > > [AO OSS] Can't set audio device /dev/dsp to ac3 output, trying s16le... > > AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps) > > Is there any reason you're using OSS? I think regular ALSA would do the > trick. When I first installed the LFS system I wasn't getting sound, and asked on this list and was suggested to add: install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe -i snd-pcm; /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss to my modprobe.conf file. Since then my sounds worked just fine, so I've never messed with it. I guess that's where this comes from? > Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/ac3 -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le... > > [format] Sample format big-endian AC3 not yet supported > > [libaf] Reinitialization did not work, audio filter 'format' returned > error > > code -2 > > Couldn't find matching filter/ao format! > > I don't know what to make of all the mplayer output. That certainly > looks bad, but I don't know enough about what it's doing to say > whether it's critical or not. > > Sorry, I don't have any good advice here. > > -- > Dan > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > The sound is working in everything now, but for some reason some DVDs start at the wrong chapter or start on the wrong audio track still, and I have to manually select the tracks and chapters to play. At least the sound works. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-support/attachments/20070223/1e8b12a4/attachment.html>


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