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UPDATE: The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless has canceled its Wednesday mock rally for Western & Southern Financial Group. The Coalition Tuesday evening released the following statement: "Due to a change in plans the mock 'Rally to Support Western and Southern' has been canceled. Stay tuned for upcoming gatherings and events to support the Women of the Anna Louise Inn as we fight for the right of self determination."
The following is CityBeat's Tuesday afternoon blog post in response to the event announcement:
The Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless is helping to organize a mock rally to support what it believes is the bullying of the Anna Louise Inn women's shelter by Western & Southern Financial Group. The mock group will be called "Citizens for Corporate Bullies" and will hold signs that say "Greed is Good," "We Support Corporate Bullies," "Poor Women Not Welcome" and "W&S Take Whatever You Want." The event begins a noon May 2 at 4th and Sycamore streets.
The Coalition has created a fake persona who supports W&S's desire to build condos to attract a more desirable class of residents and rhetorically asks, "Besides, what gives the Anna Louis Inn the right to stay in that building just because they own it and it's been there for a hundred years?"
The protest is in response to ongoing legal issues surrounding the Inn's proposed expansion and W&S's development efforts in the neighborhood. CityBeat last October reported on the situation in a story titled, "Putting on the Pressure: Western & Southern won't take 'no' for an answer." The following is an excerpt summarizing the situation then:
Last summer the facility's owners rebuffed an offer from the powerful Western & Southern Financial Group to buy their property, triggering a heated legal battle. The company, located near the Anna Louise Inn in the affluent Lytle Park district on downtown's eastern edge, wanted the site so it could demolish or redevelop the Inn and build upscale condominiums.
After the offer was rejected, the Anna Louise Inn continued with a long-planned renovation and was awarded a $2.7 million loan by Cincinnati City Council. That's when Western & Southern filed a lawsuit against the Inn and the city, alleging zoning violations.
The showdown pits the Inn, opened in 1909 with the help of prominent attorney Charles P. Taft, against a company that ranks in the Fortune 500 and is headed by CEO John Barrett, an ex-chairman of the Cincinnati Business Committee who is widely considered one of the most powerful men in the city.
The facility's owners and some city officials say Western & Southern is trying to use its sizable financial resources publicly, along with its political clout behind the scenes, to strong-arm opponents and get what it wants.
Representatives for W&S have stated that the company's $3 million offer to purchase the building is fair and have also offered to aid the Inn in finding a new location.
WVXU reported that supporters of the Inn held a rally April 4 calling for a quick judgment in a court case that could delay funding for the renovation.
The lawsuit claims that Hebert was complying with instructions given by an investigating officer when he was shot and killed by Mitchell. The suit claims excessive force was used and that Mitchell "acted intentionally, recklessly, wantonly, and with deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of Mr. Hebert."
Hebert was shot and killed by Mitchell after officers responded to a 911 call around 3 a.m. during which an intoxicated man alleged to have been robbed by Hebert and assaulted with a pirate sword. Hebert was located sitting on a sidewalk on Chase Avenue in Northside about 10 minutes later. During subsequent questioning, officers say Hebert drew a knife and moved toward an investigating officer, causing Mitchell to believe the officer's life was in danger. Mitchell shot Hebert twice, killing him. Toxicology reports found Hebert to have a blood alcohol content of 0.33 at the time of his death, along with marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his system.
Three investigations cleared police of any wrongdoing, but Friends of Bones says the facts from the investigations show Hebert complied with police orders during the encounter.
The lawsuit demands a trial by jury and compensatory and punitive damages, along with attorney's fees, costs, disbursements and additional relief as the court deems proper. The suit, which is embedded below, was published on the "Friends of Bones" website (www.friendsofbones.org).
The incident has drawn considerable media attention, especially this week in conjunction with the anniversary of the shooting.
The Cincinnati Enquirer on Monday published a story titled "Reports: Cops came too close in killing of David 'Bones' Hebert" comparing accounts of the incident in public records to standard Cincinnati Police Department guidelines, which concluded that "police officers got dangerously close and failed to have a plan before approaching Hebert, who police thought was carrying a sword or large knife."
Cincinnati Magazine's May issue will feature a story, "Salvaging Bones," which is subtitled: "David Hebert was a lot of things: the dreadlocked maker of burritos; a punk rocker; a womanizing, tatted-up former Jesus freak with a kind heart and a wild streak. What he wasn't was a guy you'd expect to find dead at the end of a police standoff."
CityBeat on Sept. 14, 2011 published a story titled "Digging Up Answers for Bones" in which friends and family of Hebert alleged that Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters' closing of the investigation was politically motivated.
CityBeat on May
4, 2011 published a story titled "A Shot in the Dark," detailing
the early questions that surrounded the incident.
Connecticut will soon join the list of states that have ended the use of capital punishment.
In an 86-63 vote, legislators in Connecticut's House of Representatives passed the bill Wednesday night. The state Senate approved the measure April 5, in a 20-16 vote.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, has indicated he will sign the bill when it reaches his desk, probably sometime this week. A similar bill was vetoed by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican, in 2009.
Connecticut's law is prospective in nature, and won't affect the sentences of the 11 people currently on the state's death row.
In the last five years, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois have repealed the death penalty, according to CNN. California voters will decide the issue in November.
Other states that have abolished capital punishment are Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, a man who spent 21 years on Ohio's death row until he was exonerated in 2010 will speak tonight at a forum in Clifton.
Joe D'Ambrosio will discuss his experience and why he believes the death penalty should be scrapped at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center, located at 328 W. McMillan St. D'Ambrosio will be joined by the Rev. Neil Kookoothe, a Roman Catholic priest who worked to get him released.
D'Ambrosio was wrongfully convicted of the 1988 murder of Anthony Klann in Cleveland. Cuyahoga County prosecutors withheld 10 pieces of evidence that would have exonerated D'Ambrosio at his trial and implicated another suspect in the crime, a judge ruled in March 2010.
D'Ambrosio is the 140th Death Row exoneration in the United States since 1973 and the sixth in Ohio.
This week's Porkopolis column looks at a report from Amnesty International about the use of capital punishment throughout the world, and how the United States is one of the only industrialized nations that still condones the practice.
National media are reporting about how West Chester's favorite son is avoiding taking a stand on whether women should be admitted into the Augusta National Golf Club.
As poll after poll shows the Republican Party lagging in support among female voters, various GOP politicians have spoken in favor of admitting women into the club, seeing it as an easy way to restore some goodwill with women. The all-male institution has been roundly criticized because it typically extends membership to the CEOs of IBM Corp., but hasn't done so to its current leader, Ginni Rometty.
Among those who've recently said Augusta should admit female members are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and John McCain. But not timid House Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester).
Politico tried to ascertain Boehner's stance on the issue last week, to no avail. The website reported:
Asked if Boehner thinks women should be permitted into Augusta, his spokesman Michael Steel said he has "never heard him discuss it." Pressed again, he demurred.The Masters Golf Tournament is held annually at Augusta, Ga. This year's event ended Sunday, with Bubba Watson emerging as the winner.
Another website, Talking Points Memo, gave a possible reason for Boehner's reticence. It stated:
"That could be because Boehner — an avid golfer — is himself a member of an all-male golf club. The AP reported last year that Boehner has 'been chided for his membership at Burning Tree, an all-male golf club in Maryland."Located in Bethesda, Md., Burning Tree has even more restrictive policies than Augusta. "Beyond the no-women membership policy, women are not even allowed on the grounds as guests," ESPN reports.
Human rights activist and author Kerry Kennedy, one of the late Robert F. Kennedy's daughters, will be in Cincinnati Friday to speak about women who create social change.
Kennedy will appear at an event sponsored by the Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati. The speech will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel, 150 W. Fifth St., in downtown Cincinnati.
Tickets to the event cost $25 for the lecture or $125 for the lecture and a reception with the speaker afterward, and are available online in advance or at the door.
She will present a speech entitled, "The Power of One: Stories of Inspiration from Women on the Cutting-Edge of Social Change."
Kennedy, 52, is president of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Justice and Human Rights in Washington, D.C. Also, she is chairwoman of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council.
Kennedy is author of the best-selling books, Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk about Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning, along with Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World.
She is the seventh of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 children. From 1990-2005, she was married to Andrew Cuomo, the current New York governor and son of Mario Cuomo.
Founded in 1915, Woman's City Club has worked to foster civic reform and social justice in Cincinnati. Among its many activities, the club helped establish the city's first race relations committee and held study circles on various issues to encourage greater civic participation.
A rally will be held at Fountain Square today to commemorate the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and to demand a thorough investigation of the incident.
The event begins at 5 p.m. and attendees are asked to bring signs that aren't posted on sticks, to comply with a local law, and also to wear hooded jackets. Martin, 17, was wearing a "hoodie" when George Zimmerman allegedly killed him Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla.
Rallies have been held across the nation during the past week to protest the handling of Martin's case. Many of the participants have worn hoodies in a show of solidarity with the slain teenager, often carrying signs that state, "I am Trayvon Martin."
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory posted a similar photograph on his Facebook page over the weekend. It's unclear if Mallory plans to attend today's rally.
Among the groups organizing the rally are Occupy The Hood and the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center.
Zimmerman, 28, who says he belongs to a neighborhood watch program in his gated community, began following Martin at about 7 p.m. for what he described in a 911 call as "suspicious behavior." Martin was walking back to his father's condominium after buying iced tea for himself and Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother.
"This guy looks like he's up to no good, on drugs or something," Zimmerman told a 911 dispatcher.
Some sort of encounter occurred that resulted in Martin's death. Sanford Police didn't arrest Zimmerman, saying that it appeared he acted in self-defense.
Sanford Police accepted Zimmerman's version of events at face value. "Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we don't have the grounds to arrest him," Sanford Police Chief Billy Lee told ABC News earlier this month.
After the incident became publicized through Facebook, Twitter and other social media, public outcry grew. More than 2 million people have signed an online petition demanding justice, and the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department have launched investigations.
One week after a landmark settlement was signed, members of Occupy Cincinnati will gather this evening in downtown's Piatt Park to listen to music and discuss free speech issues.
The event, known as ReOccupy Free Speech Day, begins with a general assembly meeting at the park at 6 p.m. It will be followed by comments from various speakers at 8 p.m., and then a performance by "riot-folk" musician Ryan Harvey.
At 10 p.m., a soapbox session will be held for anyone to speak about issues that are important to him or her. Protestors are planning to stay in Piatt until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
If rain develops, the general assembly and other events will be moved to Occupy Cincinnati's community warehouse, located at 2023 Dunlap St. in Over-the-Rhine.
After months of negotiations, Occupy Cincinnati and attorneys with the City Solicitor's Office reached a deal drop all criminal trespassing charges against Occupy members in return for the withdrawal of a federal lawsuit filed by five protesters.
As part of the deal, about 100 square feet of Piatt Park as a 24-hour public space. The area is located on the park's far eastern edge, near the statue of President James Garfield, adjacent to Vine Street.
Local angry guy Rich Hoffman should have stuck closer to the Glen Beck style that made Butler County Tea Partiers like him — too much Rush Limbaugh got the bull whip performer ousted today by the local organization he helped start.
The Enquirer reported this week that Hoffman recently ranted on his blog about a vague group of pro-school tax women in the district, calling them prostitutes and describing how their husbands "roll them over at night and insert their manhood" before leaving hundred dollar bills in their purses, and then defended the remarks when contacted by The Enquirer.
The Enquirer's early report (updated once Hoffman got the axe) included the following:
The head of the anti-school tax group NoLakota wrote on his internet blog site that Lakota school mothers are "just prostitutes to their husbands who do everything they can to be away from them aside from the occasional sex."
"Their husband's (sic) roll them over at night and insert their manhood into these women of the bedroom and hundred-dollar bills find their way into their purses. The women don't know what the man does to earn the money, nor do they care. They are busy saving the world one child at a time with howls of safety and more regulations as they rush to the polling places at election time," wrote Hoffman, who is also a bullwhip performer and periodic guest on local radio talk shows regarding Lakota funding issues.
A photo of Hoffman wearing a cowboy hat and holding a whip had been presented on the homepage of The Enquirer for most of Thursday, when NoLakota Treasurer Dan Varney told the newspaper that Hoffman had been banned from further association with the group. Varney said the group's decision wasn't in response to the publicity of The Enquirer's report.
Hoffman's writings also include a reference to "crazy PTA moms and their minions of latte drinking despots with diamond rings the size of car tires and asses to match, (they) plot against me with an anger only estrogen can produce," The Enquirer reported.
NoLakota says it has removed all references to Hoffman's personal website, called "Overmanwarrior's Wisdom," (overmanwarrior.wordpress.com), where he writes lengthy diatribes against public school funding, teachers and political opponents and in one post compared the pressure he was under to that which Rush Limbaugh faced after calling a Georgetown University student a prostitute and a slut.
Hoffman wrote:
The progressive mode of attack they use to protect their positions which cannot withstand scrutiny is to attack people like Rush Limbaugh whenever he says something they believe they can use against him in an emotional argument. Conservatives typically are terrible at playing this game with progressives because they tend to operate on a belief system rooted in the truth. So they can easily be attacked because if they cross the line, they feel bad about it, and that guilt is used against them to change their behavior in the future.
Hoffman's blog also includes numerous clips from the Glenn Beck TV show, a lengthy story about film production inspired by Peter Jackson's The Hobbit and more several Star Wars clips.
Hoffman as of Thursday afternoon hadn't responded to a request from The Enquirer seeking comment, and CityBeat never tried to contact him out of fear of him thinking we were treading on him.
The following is an
eight-minute video published on the Overmanwarrior site titled
"A Whip Stunt to Save America," wherein Hoffman uses his patio
table as a metaphorical Constitution, a bowl of water as American
civilization sitting on top of a cup (everything we put our tax money
into) and then whips the cup out from underneath without spilling
civilization all over the Constitution and then says, "I don't
really understand the progressive way of thinking — they don't
really belong in this country in my opinion."
The city of Cincinnati and Occupy protesters have reached a legal settlement that will erase criminal charges against protesters and designate part of Piatt Park a 24-hour public space for one year. The open space will still be subject to park rules, which include the "prohibition or restriction on noise, encampments, open flames, tents, and common law nuisance principles."
The Enquirer reported
today that the settlement was expected to be filed in court this morning. The settlement will end protesters' federal lawsuit
against the city, which was based on the First Amendment right to
peaceably assemble. The far eastern section of the park, which is
where Occupy Cincinnati set up its encampment starting in October and
where many of the arrests occurred, will reportedly be designated a
12-hour public space for one year beginning 10 p.m. March 19.
Should the city refuse to extend the Open Period, Occupy protesters are allowed to institute a new lawsuit challenging the park rules.
The city has agreed to install new signage at the park noting its modified closing time and will install signage or placards at least 14 days prior to the open time's scheduled expiration at 11:59 p.m. March 18, 2013.
The city retains the right to terminate the Open Period should park rules not be followed. According to the lawsuit:
Consistent and persistent violations of Park Board Rules and/or generally applicable laws which constitute a public nuisance under Chapter 3767 of the Ohio Revised Code, including without limitation any conduct in violation of prohibitions or restrictions on noise, encampments, open flames, or tents, shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. As a remedy for such breach, the City may terminate the Open Period prior to the expiration date set forth in Section 3 above by obtaining an order from a court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such nuisance and finding that termination of the Open Period is necessary to abate any such nuisance.
City Hall will appoint an individual to function as the liaison of the Park Board and schedule a public meeting within 60 days and another within 180 days to accept public input.
If President Obama hopes to rely on all the socialists who in 2008 elected him with hopes of seeing all of America's wealth get spread around, he better come up with something even more radical this year.
Something called the Freedom Socialist Party announced in December that it is running two candidates in a national write-in campaign — New Yorker Stephen Durham for president and Christina López, of Seattle, for vice president. And today the duo sent out a press release demonstrating that America's real socialists are none too pleased with Obama's first three years in office.
In a memo titled, "Recognize healthcare as a human right — make it universal and free," Durham and López refer to Obama's healthcare reform as one of the biggest disappointments of his presidency.
"Instead of stepping up to the plate and acknowledging that public healthcare is a need as great as public education," the release states, "Obama made one concession after another to the pharmaceutical and insurance mega-corporations. As he restated in his February State of the Union address, his Affordable Care Act does not give the government the role of guaranteeing universal care; instead, it relies on a reformed private market."
López goes even further, calling the healthcare program just another one of Obama's "sellouts of the human rights of women and immigrants under corporate and right-wing pressure."
Durham, according to the FSP website, says Obama and the other jokers in Washington have furthered the struggle of America's working class and poor during their bipartisan attempts at correcting the recession.
"The Democratic and Republican parties have done nothing but cooperate in forcing workers and the poor to pay the costs of the Great Recession caused by the banks and Wall Street," the site says. "President Obama may play to the crowd by criticizing 'bad apple' corporations, as he did in his State of the Union address. But the facts show that the program of corporate coddling, which creates austerity for the masses, is completely bipartisan."
Durham and López are also offended by Obama's recent compromise with religious institutions over providing birth control coverage.
Durham says the only way to provide quality health care is to get private insurers out of the picture altogether. For-profit insurance companies, according to a Baltimore-area neurologist Dr. Steven Strauss, are a fundamental problem.
"No one should be making a profit from providing — or, more to the point, denying — the medical care that should be treated as a basic human right," Strauss says, according to the release. "But insurance and drug companies are among the biggest money-makers in the nation, amassing billions each year from people's suffering."
The Freedom Socialist Party believes that a single-payer option such as Medicare, if it were to be offered to everyone, would be a reasonable first step but that all for-profit entities must be removed from the pharmaceutical, medical supply and hospitals industries.
also suggests taxing corporations and the very wealthy — something
that's not going to take away any of Obama's votes because he's
trying to do that, too. And the duo's ideas for redirecting
military spending to the nation's human needs probably won't cost
the president too many reelection votes, either.
For more information go to www.socialism.com or email the stuff you hate about unrelenting capitalism to email@example.com.
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The "Unknown Days" of the Jewish Calendar
This week, an unsuspecting person wishing to catch a minyan, who walks into a random shul in many places around the world, might be in for a surprise. After the Shemoneh Esrei prayer on Monday there was Selichos; on Wednesday there was no Tachanun; and on Sunday again there won't be Tachanun! Why would this be? No Tachanun generally signifies that it is a festive day[1]; yet, no other observances are readily noticeable. As for the reciting of Selichos on Monday, they are usually reserved for a fast day; yet no one seems to be fasting! What is going on?
The answer is that three separate specific "Unknown Days" happen to fall out on during this apparently chock-full week.
This past Monday was the third and final day of a semi - annual period that many do not even realize exists: a series of "Days of Tefilla" colloquially known as BeHa"B. This acronym stands for Monday (Beis - 2nd day of the week), Thursday (Hei - 5th day of the week), and the following Monday (Beis). These days are observed on the first Monday, Thursday, and Monday following the earliest Rosh Chodesh after Pesach (Rosh Chodesh Iyar), and likewise after Sukkos (Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan).
The custom of utilizing these specific days for Prayer and supplication is already mentioned almost 900 years ago by the Baalei Tosafos, its importance reiterated by the Tur (who refers to BeHa"B as a French-German custom) and unbeknownst to many, actually codified in Halacha by the Shulchan Aruch as a proper minhag[2]!
Whose Minhag Is It, Anyway?
Although both the Tur and Rema call BeHa"B a German-French custom, and the Shulchan Gavoah (cited l'maaseh by the Kaf Hachaim) writes that this was not the minhag in Spain, implying that Sefardim are not beholden to keep BeHa"B[3], nevertheless, it must be noted that the Shulchan Aruch himself must have felt strongly about this minhag of BeHa"B, as aside for spending a whole siman on it – Orach Chaim 492, he also refers to it and its importance in at least two other locations – Orach Chaim 429, 2 and 566, 2 - 4.
Later Sefardic authorities as well, including the Knesses HaGedolah, Pri Chadash and Chida (ad loc.) also discuss its importance. Therefore, this author finds it interesting that the general Sefardic minhag is not say BeHa"B. In fact, the Siman referring to BeHa"B - O.C. 492, is noticeably absent from the Yalkut Yosef's Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, implying that it is not relevant to the average Sefardi.
And it is not just the general Sefardi populace who do not say BeHa"B. Already in his time, the Taz noted that even among Ashkenazic communities BeHa"B observance was not widespread. More recently, Rav Menashe Klein, in a side point to the issue being addressed in a teshuva, maintains that one who does not observe BeHa"B is not considered "Poresh Min HaTzibbur", as even nowadays its observance is not prevalent[4]. But, among many Yeshiva communities, and especially in Eretz Yisrael, reciting BeHa"B twice a year is de rigueur.
Why Now?
The reason most commonly mentioned by the Poskim[5]why these days of prayer are following the holidays of Pesach and Sukkos, is that over the extended holidays, when there is a mitzvah of feasting and simcha, it is more likely that people may have stumbled in some area due to improper behavior and inadvertent sin, and BeHa"B is meant to help rectify any possible offense. This idea is based on Iyov (Ch. 1, verse 5) who would bring Korbanos after "Y'mei Mishteh", or "Days of Feasting". These sins might be due to a variety of probable offenses including: mingling - at a festive meal or even at a Drasha in the Shul (!), Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed related transgressions, Chilul Hashem, or overabundance of merriment and gastronomical pleasures[6].
Other explanations offered to explain why BeHa"B was established include:
- To entreat Hashem to strengthen our bodies especially at the time of changing seasons when many are likely to get sick[7].
- To beseech Hashem that we should have abundant harvests after Pesach and plentiful rains after Sukkos[8].
- To commemorate Queen Esther's original 3-day fast (which actually was Pesach time, and not Purim time)[9]. This is pushed off until the first opportunity after Chodesh Nissan. [The Ta'anis Esther that we fast before Purim is not really due to Esther's actual fast as recorded in the Megillah, but rather to commemorate that when the Jews went to war against the anti-Semites of their day, they fasted].
Yet, interestingly, although BeHa"B is traditionally meant to be a fast day, still, very few actually do fast, as in our generations people are considered weaker. This rationale is found in many sefarim, including the Chavos Yair, Aruch Hashulchan, and Mishna Berura.[10]
In addition, since BeHa"B is based on a minhag and not an actual Biblical source, many make do with Selichos instead, with the majority also reciting Avinu Malkeinu. That is why our fellow walking in would not see any other traditional signs of a fast day.
Monday, Thursday, Prayer Days…
Monday and Thursday are considered especially potent days for prayer, as Moshe Rabbeinu climbed Har Sinai to receive the Torah on a Thursday and returned with it on a Monday[11]. A mnemonic to showcase this is the first pasuk read on a public fast day Haftara (Yeshaya Ch. 55, verse 6) "Dirshu Hashem B'H imatzo" - "Seek out Hashem when He is to be found". The letters Beis and Hei show that an auspicious time when Hashem may be found is on Monday and Thursday[12]; therefore Mondays and Thursdays are preferable for fasting and prayer. For whichever reason BeHa"B was established, we shouldn't let this golden opportunity for tefillah to pass us by[13]!
Pesach Sheini
Wednesday, the 14th of Iyar, is dubbed 'Pesach Sheini[14]', which commemorates the day when those who were unable to bring the annual Korban Pesach (special Pesach sacrifice - Pascal lamb) at its proper time (Erev Pesach), were given a second chance to offer this unique Korban[15]. Although technically not considered a real holiday, and despite the fact that it is (astonishingly![16]) not listed in the traditional Halachic sources as one of the days that Tachanun is not said, nevertheless, the custom for many is not to say Tachanun on Pesach Sheini[17], in order to 'tap into' the merit that this particular day had during the times of the Beis HaMikdash.[18] Although the Pri Megadim[19] maintains that Tachanun should be said on Pesach Sheini - as the original day it is commemorating was only meant for individuals in unique circumstances, and its absence of mention in the traditional Halachic sources as one of the days that Tachanun is not said speaks volumes, nevertheless, most Poskim rule that one should not say Tachanun on this day.
There is a common custom associated with Pesach Sheini - eating Matzah[20]; but that is not noticeable in shul! Another interesting fact about Pesach Sheini is that it is the Yahrtzeit of Rabi Meir Ba'al HaNeis[21] and many visit his grave on that day.
Lag B'Omer
The third of these 'Unknown Days' with no other obvious observances during davening except the omission of Tachanun on Sunday, is Lag B'Omer [18th of Iyar][22]. There are several reasons offered for why Tachanun is not said on Lag B'Omer, including[23]:
- It's the day when Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 students stopped dying[24].
- It's the day when the Mann (manna) started to fall, feeding Bnei Yisrael in the Midbar[25].
- It is the day when Rabi Shimon bar Yochai and his son, Rabi Elazar came out of the cave they hid in for 13 years[26].
- It is Rabi Shimon bar Yochai's Yahrtzeit[27]; however, it is important to note that this understanding might actually be based on a simple printing mistake, and many authorities including the Chida and Ben Ish Chai, maintain that Lag B'Omer is not truly hisYahrtzeit![28]
- It is the day when Rabi Akiva gave Semicha to his remaining five students (including Rabi Shimon bar Yochai) after 24,000 died, allowing the Torah's mesorah to perpetuate[29].
- It is the day when Rabi Shimon bar Yochai's hidden Torah, the Zohar, became revealed to the world[30]
In Eretz Yisrael, this quasi-holiday is widely celebrated, with over half-a million people converging on the sleepy mountaintop town of Meron to visit, daven, and dance at the grave of Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai[31], as well as tens of thousands visiting the grave of Shimon HaTzaddik in Yerushalayim.
With enormous bonfires (mostly built by neighborhood children!) seemingly on almost every street corner, Lag B'Omer in Eretz Yisrael has unfortunately become a pyromaniac's delight and the firefighters' and asthmatics' nightmare.
Other locales have a different sort of custom, such as the one in Krakow, Polandto visit the illustrious Rema's grave on Lag B'Omer, as it is his Yahrtzeit as well[32]. Yet, in most of Chu"tz La'aretz, there is no other real commemoration or observances of this special day, unless one counts the "traditional" game of baseball and subsequent barbeque. So, it is quite possible that our clueless colleague might just wonder about the omission of Tachanun on Lag B'Omer.
Hopefully, by showcasing these relatively "Unknown Days", this article should help raise awareness and appreciation of them and their customs. Incredibly, as we are climbing upwards in this unique time period of Sefiras HaOmer, in anticipation of Kabbalas HaTorah, Hashem has given us an opportunity to observe a few special yemei tefilla. May we be zocheh to utilize them to their utmost!
[1]For an explanation of the importance of Tachanun, see recent article titled "Tachanun in Yerushalayim".
[2]Tosafos (Kedushin 81a s.v. sakva), Tur and Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 492, 1). Actually, a BeHa"b of sorts is mentioned even further back, in Maseches Sofrim (Ch. 21, 1- 3), but that seems to be for one specific reason: to commemorate Mordechai and Esther's three Day fast. See footnote 9. There is an interesting machlokes Rishonim between the Rosh (Taanis Ch. 1, 20) and Mordechai (Taanis, 629) whether BeHa"b is considered a Taanis Yachid or Taanis Tzibbur.
[3]Shulchan Gavoah (O.C. 492, 1, cited in Kaf Hachaim 492, 8). This is additionally mentioned in the Sefer HaToda'ah (vol. 1, pg 157) and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav R.B. Toledano (vol. 4, 330).
[4]Taz (O.C. 566, 3), Shu"t Mishna Halachos (vol. 3, 15, s.v. u'lfa"d). See also Shu"t Igros Moshe (O.C. vol. 1, 106) for an interesting discussion why the Tefilla "Mevorchin BeHa"B" is still recited the Shabbos prior to BeHa"B even when a chosson is present.
[5]See Rosh (Taanis Ch. 1, 20), Mordechai (Taanis 629), Tur (O.C. 492), Rema (ad loc), Magen Avraham (ad loc, 1), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (ad loc, 1), Mishna Berura (ad loc, 1) and Shaarei Efraim (Ch. 10, 46).
[6]Mingling at a festive meal or even at a Drasha in the Shul (!) is cited by Rashi & Tosafos (Kiddushin 81a s.v. sakva), Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed related transgressions by Elyah Rabba (O.C. 492, 3, citing the Ma'aglei Tzedek), Chilul Hashem by the Tur (O.C. 429, 2), overabundance of merriment by the Mahari"l (Dinei Hayamim Bein Pesach L'Shavuos) and gastronomical pleasures by the Kol Bo.
[7]See Levush (O.C. 492, 1).
[8]See Ra'avyah (Taanis 863), Mordechai (Taanis, 629), Shach (Y"D 220, 31 s.v. v'nirah li), and Sefer HaToda'ah (vol. 1, pg. 156).
[9]Maseches Sofrim (Ch.21, 1 - 3). See also Sefer Minhagei Yisrael (vol. 1, Ch. 26) who opines that according to this reasoning, the reason for the BeHa"B after Sukkos is not for the same reason as the BeHa"B after Pesach. The Ta'anis Esther that we fast before Purim is not really due to Esther's actual fast as recorded in the Megillah, but rather to commemorate that when the Jews went to war against the anti-Semites of their day, they fasted (see Mishna Berura 686, 2, quoting the Rambam - Hilchos Taaniyos Ch. 5, 5)].
[10]Shu"t Chavos Yair (126), Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 492, 2), Mishna Berura (566, 6) Shu"t Mishna Halachos (vol. 9, 174) and Nitei Gavriel (Pesach vol. 3, pg. 242). In a similar vein see also Shu"t Noda B'Yehuda (Kamma O.C. 35, s.v. hinei), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Iggeres HaTeshuva Ch. 3, based on the Yerushalmi Nedarim Ch. 8, 1), and Orchos Rabbeinu (vol. 2, pg. 160, Hilchos Taanis 2).
[11]See Midrash Tanchuma (Parshas Vayera 16), Tosafos Bava Kamma (82b s.v. kday shelo), and Mishna Berura (134, 6).
[12]Matteh Moshe (748). See also Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 560, 3, based on Tosefta Ta'anis Ch. 2, 5) and Tur, Shulchan Aruch and Rema (O.C. 134, 1) that Mondays and Thursdays are preferable for fasting and prayer.
[13]The Sha'arei Teshuva (492, 1) cites the Ra'avad (Tamim Dayim 177) who maintains that "Yechidim and Anshei Ma'aseh" should keep a BeHa"B after Shavuos as well; yet concludes that the prevailing custom is not to. See also Ra'avyah (Taanis 863), Mordechai (Taanis, 629), Beis Yosef (end O.C. 429), Chok Yaakov (492, 1), Shulchan Aruch HaRav (O.C. 492, 1), Magen Avraham (ad loc, 1), Levush (ad loc, 1), Pri Megadim (E.A. ad loc, 1), Chida (Birkei Yosef ad loc, 1), Kaf Hachaim (ad loc, 1) and Mishna Berura (ad loc, 1), who all rule that there is no BeHa"B after Shavuos. Apparently, Zeman Mattan Torah affords less opportunity for nichshal.
[14]See Sefer HaToda'ah (vol. 2, pg. 253) who explains that it is called this as it is the Pesach that falls out in the second month of the year - Iyar. In the Mishna and Gemara (ex. Rosh Hashana 18a) it is referred to as "Pesach Kattan" or "Pesach Ze'ira" (the Small Pesach).
[15]Bamidbar (Beha'aloscha Ch. 9, verses 1 – 15). See Rashi (ad loc. verse 10) and Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzva 380).
[16]The Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 131, 12) writes that he is astounded that Pesach Sheini is not listed by any of the traditional Halachic sources - [including the Gemara, Rambam, Tur, Shulchan Aruch, or even the Mishna Berura!] as one of the days that Tachanun is not said. However, see Shu"t Mor V'Ohalos (Mahadura Kama 39, Ohel Brachos V'Hoda'os, pg. 37 s.v. ode) who posits that there was no reason to list Pesach Sheini as a day with no Tachanun recited, as it is mentioned explicitly in the Torah (meaning it is obvious that there is no Tachanun)! On the other hand, see Shu"t M'Mayanei Yeshua (3) who posits (and explains at length) that this machlokes (between the Pri Chadash and Pri Megadim et al.) is based on whether or not a "Chag l'Yechidim" would be enough to exempt the tzibbur from Tachanun. He also discusses the differences between Pesach Sheini and Shavuos in regard to reciting Tachanun the week after. See also the Chida's Moreh B'Etzba (Ch. 8, 222) who states that on Pesach Sheini one should be "yarbeh simcha ketzas, ki kadosh hayom".
[17]These Poskim include (O.C. 131, ad loc.) the Knesses HaGedolah (Haghos B.Y. 12, citing 'Minhag Salonika'; however, see Magen Giborim ad loc. 18 who states that the minhag of Eretz Yisrael, Mitzraim and Salonika is to say Tachanun on Pesach Sheini), Pri Chadash (7), Ya'avetz (in his Siddur Beis Yaakov vol. 2, Shaar HaYesod, Seder Chodesh Iyar pg. 103, 21), Shalmei Tzibur (10), Sha'arei Teshuva (19), Beis David (Shu"t 53; cited by the Shaarei Teshuva ibid. and Kaf Hachaim ad loc. 99, who explains that there is no real machlokes regarding minhag Salonika, Mitzraim and Eretz Yisrael, but rather that all agree that Tachanun is not said on the 14th of Iyar as it is the true Pesach Sheini, and those who said it should be recited were actually referring to the 15th of Iyar), Yosef Daas and Yad Shaul (Y"D 401), Chida (Machazik Bracha (5), Butchatcher Rav (Eshel Avraham s.v. nohagin), Daas Torah (7), Shaarei Ephraim (Ch. 10, 27), Shulchan HaTahor (8), Birchas HaPesach (Ch. 16, 5), Aruch Hashulchan (12), Kaf Hachaim (99), and Sefer Ishei Yisrael (Ch. 43, 11). This is also the "Minhag Yerushalayim" - see the Tukachinsky Luach and Halichos Shlomo (on Tefilla, Ch.11, 9 & Moadim vol. 2, Ch. 11, 20). However, it is known that the Chazon Ish did say Tachanun on Pesach Sheini (sefer Bein Pesach L'Shavuos, in the introduction to the sefer titled 'Hanhagos HaChazon Ish' by Rav Chaim Kanievsky; also found at the end of Sefer Imrei Yosher, 25 and cited in Orchos Rabbeinu vol. 1, pg. 68). See also Shu"t Rivevos Efraim (vol. 1, 339 & vol. 258) who explains that Tachanun is recited at the Mincha before Pesach Sheini, even according to the majority opinion that it is not said on Pesach Sheini itself, as opposed to most other 'Moadim'. [Most poskim agree with this as well - see Luach Eretz Yisroel (Chodesh Iyar), Halichos Shlomo (Moadim vol. 2, Ch. 11, Devar halacha 29), and Ishei Yisroel (Ch. 25, 18).] Although not widely followed, there is also an opinion based on the Zohar (Parshas Baha'alosecha, Rayeh Mehemna pg. 152b) that Tachanun should not be said for a full 7 days starting from Pesach Sheini [cited in the Shu"t Mor V'Ohalos (ibid.) quoting Rav Mordechai m'Chernobyl and in Shu"t Divrei Yatziv (O.C. vol. 1, 75, 4 s.v. u'lezeh) quoting the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. The Pischa Zuta (Birchas HaPesach Ch. 16, footnote 6) cites a different reason as well, quoting the Maharsha"k in his Imrei Shefer on Parshas Beha'alosecha. He adds that the Likutei Mahariach (quoting the sefer HaYashar V'HaTov) was a proponent of this minhag as well].
[18]Eshel Avraham ibid.
[19]Pri Megadim (O.C. 131, M.Z. s.v. mah).
[20]See Birchas HaPesach (Ch. 16, 5 s.v. yesh and footnote 7), Sefer HaToda'ah (vol. 2, pg. 253), Shu"t Rivevos Efraim (vol. 2, 129, 39 & vol. 3, 331), Orchos Rabbeinu (vol. 2, pg. 97, 17), Netei Gavriel (Pesach vol. 3, pg. 330), Shu"t Divrei Shalom (vol. 4, 87) and Shu"t Kinyan Torah B'Halacha (vol. 7, 42, 3).
[21]See Shu"t Yaskil Avdi (vol. 5, 54, 1) citing the Sdei Chemed (vol. 1, Asifas Dinim, Ma'areches Eretz Yisrael pg. 4a) that the Beis Knesses and Beis Midrash built over Rabi Meir Ba'al HaNeis's kever in Teverya were inaugurated on Pesach Sheini and many were kavua a minhag to celebrate every year on that day at his kever, similar to Rabi Shimon bar Yochai's kever on Lag B'Omer. The Sdei Chemed cites several parallels including celebrating their hidden Torah being revealed to the world ('ohr ha'meir l'olam, u'meir eini chachamim b'halacha'). Additionally, like Rav Shimon, Rav Meir was one of the five remaining students of Rabi Akiva who received semicha at that time. It is interesting to note that they do not mention Lag B'Omer being the actual Yahrtzeit of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai (see footnote 28).
[22]See Tur/ Shulchan Aruch and Rema and relevant commentaries to O.C. (131, 6, and 493, 2).
[23]There are many sefarim available who give full treatment to the topic of Lag B'Omer, including Bein Pesach L'Shavuos and Nitei Gavriel. It is also worthwhile to read Rabbi Eliezer Brodt's excellent articles on topic: http://seforim.blogspot.co.il/2011/05/printing-mistake-and-mysterious-origins.html and http://seforim.blogspot.co.il/2008/05/lag-ba-omer-and-upsherins-in-recent.html, and featured in Ami Magazine # 22.
[24]See Biur HaGr"a (O.C. 131, 6 s.v. b'Lag), Pri Chadash (O.C. 493), Pri Megadim (O.C. 493, M.Z. 1), Shelah (Pesachim 525), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (120, 6), and Mishna Berura (493, 8).
[25]See Shu"t Chasam Sofer (Y"D 233, s.v. amnam yada'ati).
[26]See Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 493, 7).
[27]See Chayei Adam (vol. 2, 131, 11), Birkei Yosef (O.C. 493, 4), Aruch Hashulchan (ibid.) and Kaf Hachaim (ad loc. 27).
[28]See the Chida's Shu"t Ma'aris Ha'ayin (7), the Ben Ish Chai's Shu"t Rav Pe'alim (vol. 1, O.C. beg. 11 s.v. Teshuva), and Rav Yaakov Hillel's 'Eid HaGal HaZeh' at length.
[29]See Yalkut Me'am Loez - Parshas Emor and Sdei Chemed – Ma'areches Eretz Yisrael, 6; the Pri Chadash (ibid.) and Chida (Tuv Ayin 17, 493) write that it is the day when Rabi Akiva started teaching his five new talmidim.
[30]See Zohar (Parshas Ha'azinu). See also Bnei Yisaschar (vol. 1, Ma'amarei Chodesh Iyar, Maamar 3: 2, 3, 6 & 7) who explains that this is the reason why the minhag is to "light neiros u'me'oros' on this holy day". The Bnei Yisaschar elaborates further on this minhag, citing several other reasons. Additionally, he posits that Lag B'Omer is also the Rashb'i's birthday.
[31]As per the custom mentioned by Rav Chaim Vital in Sha'ar HaKavannos (pg. 87a); see Ateres Zkainim (O.C. 493, 1), Aruch Hashulchan (O.C. 493, 7), and Kaf Hachaim (O.C. 493, 26). However, there were several authorities who were skeptical at best about this custom, including the Chasam Sofer (Shu"t Y"D 233, s.v. amnam yada'ati) and the Shoel U'Meishiv (Shu"t vol. 5, 39). [See also Shu"t Shaim Aryeh (14) who attempts to answer their criticism.] See also Rav Ovadia Yosef zt"l's Shu"t Yechaveh Daas (vol. 5, 35) who writes very strongly against going up to Meron on Lag B'Omer. It is also well known that many Rabbanim, including Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv zt"l, when asked whether one should go to Meron on Lag B'Omer, replied "Rabi Shimon is duh", pointing to a Gemara. In other words, if one wants to celebrate Rabi Shimon bar Yochai's greatness properly on "his day", they feel that it is preferable to sit and learn his Torah (i.e. learn Gemara). In fact, the Chida (Moreh B'Etzba Ch. 8, 223) mentions such a minhag as well. For a discussion as to the level of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai's greatness, see Rabbeinu Chananel's commentary to Sukkah (45b) and Shu"t Rav Pe'alim (vol. 1, Y"D 58 s.v. v'hu pg. 72a) on why he specifically was the one to be zocheh to reveal the Zohar.
[32]See sefer Bein Pesach L'Shavuos (pg. 302).
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This team is just emotionaly spent. KU (twice), Okie State, Texas . If things dont change in their mental makeup they are going to go into the Big 12 on a four game losing streak. I dont see how this team keeps it close again ok state even in hilton. like many on the game day thread have said they have no emotion anymore.
To bad because i really like this team with the way they play offense but they have no legs left to play defense.
So with that said no way the Tournament selection committee takes ISU when they loose 4 in a row. the last Kansas lost took the fight out of this team!!!
Dumbest thread of the year. Congrats.
If you're gonna make a thread like this, at least spell correctly.
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Damn........ did I miss selection Sunday?!?!?!
Dumb. Really dumb. Lose against Okie Light and maybe start the fat lady...
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You don't get to play tourney games at home, so I'm not hopeful even if we get in.
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If the Clones want to make it, they are going to need to win their last two games.
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Starting to feel like an NIT team, wouldn't surprise me at all if we lose the next 3. I'll still be cheering my *** off but man this season has been frustrating. Really disappointed with a few of our seniors.
Since when are we gonna lose on senior night and to a team with a losing record?
Some dumb people out there, this confirms that.
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Cesar joined TFC on Jan. 15 but failed to make an appearance with the Canadian
club. The 34-year-old was sidelined for the majority of Toronto's preseason
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Just me being confused and all. And politics. And Pit Bulls. And a couple of babies.
I would rather watch that movie than watch American Football or cricket for that matter.
I actually watched most of the Superbowl this time. But it was only because my aunt was having a party and New Orleans is so FUN! It wasn't really a bad game. My cousin played in the NFL, even played in one Superbowl and I still don't really get the obsession. It's a ball game.
I know you've been through the wringer and everything but the description of the bird's eye view of you throwing salt on your head is SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to remember how I kept my babies in their rooms after they graduated from not-sleeping in a crib to not-sleeping in a bed. However I did it, I'm sure I somehow spared them being emotionally scarred for life. I hope.
SJ, I mean, he looked so dumb, but in the end, he was fooling everyone. And he got the girl!
Jill, he just decided he wanted Big Boy Bed. We put him there to nap a couple of times, and he liked it. It actually makes life a little easier, because when he wakes up at 4am, I don't have to go downstairs to bring him up anymore. He's just there, climbing our bed half asleep. It's pretty cute, actually.
Oh my God, I love my new computer!
Oh my god, I laughed throughout this entire post.
Aww, big boy bed! How exciting! A new stage in his little life.
Blues, how dare you laugh at my misery?!
B, yep. Yep. Yep. He still sleeps with two monkeys, a bear, a book, two cars, and a duck-cow. Yep, a duck-cow.
Olympic snow shoveling? Perfect.
It was actually a moment digging my car out of a Wisconsin snowstorm in which I decided to accept a job offer in sunny southern California.
What a funny post! You should do stand-up comedy.
Formerly Fun, I know what you mean. I wonder every winter why anyone would choose to experience this weather. But still, when it snowed again yesterday but there was no accumulation, I was a little disappointed. I'm a little sad putting the shovel back behind the dryer. Just when I was getting good at it...
Anne, thanks!
I love American football, but not the NFL. Also love cricket. Have you ever read "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". The role of cricket in that book made me want to be a fan and now that I'm a proud subject of the former British Empire I have an excuse to be a fan.
My older boy got out of bed at 3 am last night, wandered into my bedroom and punched me in the groin.
So quit bitching about a bit of snow.
"Now he just starts walking around the house."
I almost died. At that to my list of Reasons Why I'm Afraid Of Children. And yet, my little clock keeps on ticking and ticking and ticking ....
Freeman, I did read it in high school, but I think the cricket part was in the third book--the one I realized I didn't really read when I finished reading it, you know? I have a lot of books like that. My eyes move and I turn pages, but I'm not really reading.
And I'm sure you had it coming.
Frosty, and now it's 2pm and he's been napping for an hour, but he's not really. I can hear him reading a book in bed. He's going through the pages and at the end shouts, "The End." If I stay out there's a chance he'll actually go back to sleep... This baby thing is complicated.
I also relied on experience to carry me through cringe-inducing amounts of snow all over and around my car. Just gotta start diggin'.
My worst ever was a car that sat for weeks in my driveway in Northern Maine, with my landlord's plow burying it a little more each time he went by while we were on vacation.
The car was white, too, so it made the snow seem infinite.
Is your duck-cow a true hybird, or two stuffed animals sewn together for comedic effect. (My brother found the kids animals like that, and they love them. Shark Dinosaur, yay!)
LiteralDan, it's a true Satanic hybrid. I'm sure I can find a picture somewhere... Here. Something like that, but more MANLY.


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What do you think about changing some of the translation vocabulary? I know you want to be as literal as possible, but we have the US equivalent of the tribes... Also some syntax errors
"The Man who Reject the Death" -> "The One who Rejects Death" unless you know the aforementioned one is male
"When usual morning will come?" -> "When will the usual morning come?"
"All is a fraud of Fate" -> "All is a Trick of Fate"
Named -> Character
Magician -> Sorcerer
Royal Family -> Royalty
Magic Kingdom -> Wizard Kingdom
True Religion -> True God Church
Army of Hell -> Abyssal Forces
Army of Mortal Sin -> Cursed Legions (needs new name because Durendal took over and reformed the old Cursed Legions from Zuga)
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say the death toll from a strong earthquake in a western province has risen to 22.
The magnitude-6.1 quake Tuesday injured more than 200 other people and damaged more than 1,500 houses and buildings in Aceh province.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said 12 people were killed and 70 others were injured by a landslide or collapsing buildings in the worst-hit area of Bener Meriah.
He said 10 more people were killed and 140 injured in neighboring Central Aceh district, where about 1,500 houses and buildings were damaged.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
A strong earthquake felled buildings and caused landslides in western Indonesia, killing at least six people and injuring more than 200 others. More than 300 houses and buildings were damaged across Aceh province, and rescuers were looking for people trapped in the debris.
The magnitude-6.1 quake struck Tuesday afternoon at a depth of just 10 kilometers (6 miles) and was centered 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of the town of Bireun on the western tip of Sumatra island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Five people were killed and 70 others were injured by a landslide or collapsing buildings in Bener Meriah, the worst-hit area, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. He said two people were missing in the landslide.
Another person was killed and 140 injured in neighboring Central Aceh district, Nugroho said.
At least 25 of the injured in Bener Meriah were hospitalized in intensive care, deputy district chief Rusli M. Saleh said.
"We are now concentrating on searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble," Saleh said. More than 100 houses and buildings were damaged in the district, he said.
"I see many houses were damaged and their roofs fell onto some people," said Bensu Elianita, a 22-year-old resident of Bukit Sama village in Central Aceh district. "Many people were injured, but it is difficult to evacuate them due to traffic jams."
She said people in the village ran out of their homes in panic and screamed for help. At least two houses were totally flattened, she said, and the power failed in the village.
The quake also caused concern among officials attending a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Medan, the capital of neighboring North Sumatra province. They were escorted from the second-floor meeting room by security officers.
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Ocean.
In 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off Aceh triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries.
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A telephone is a Muggle device used to communicate long distances, and is powered by electricity. Wizards, such as Ron Weasley, underestimate their abilities, feeling the need to shout into the phone to be heard. The wizarding world equivalent is owl post and the Floo Network. Arthur Weasley frequently referred to the telephone as a "fellytone." On 1 November 1981, Vernon Dursley made "several important phone calls" while at Grunnings and later nearly dialed his home number after becoming panicked about the strange activity around him, but thought better of it. Later that day, Jim McGuffin reported on the television news that viewers had phoned him about downpours of shooting stars, rather than promised rain. In 1991, when Harry Potter observed Rubeus Hagrid using owl post to send a letter to Albus Dumbledore, he thought that Hagrid sat down as though what he had done was as normal as talking on the telphone. In 1993, Ronald Weasley attempted a telephone call to Harry Potter, but it went poorly because he shouted into the receiver and mentioned Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after Vernon Dursley took the call. Molly Weasley "braved" using a telephone in 1994 to get 3 taxis to escort the Weasley family, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger to King's Cross Station in London to board the Hogwarts Express.
A telephone booth is used as the visitor's entrance to the British Ministry of Magic. Dialing 62442 (telephone number code for "magic") allows one to make a connection, allowing them to state their business, receive a badge, and then transport down into the Ministry.
In 1996, the Prime Minister of Muggles was waiting for a telephone call from the President of a foreign country, but it was arranged for that president to forget and call back on another night.
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- On the main page of the J. K. Rowling Official Site in the upper right corner was a mobile telephone, prior to the site's April 2012 redesign Punching in 62442 on the phone's keypad (the same combination used to access the visitor's entrance of the Ministry of Magic, and telephone code for "Magic") caused a brief voice clip of J. K. Rowling answering the phone to play.
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Vern McKinley, author of Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts discusses the current fiscal crisis in Europe. Recorded in English and Chinese at SOH Radio.
Experts: Vern P. McKinleyType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Economic Policy, Free Market Economics
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Recorded: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
William Shughart interviews Economist Randy T. Simmons, author of Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure.
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Sexual innuendo is a hard topic to stay on top of. While there are no stiff rules as to what constitutes sexual innuendo, the general principles are firm and well-rounded. However, full penetration of the subject requires that the reader take a long, hard look at the target and have a strong and often cunning grasp of linguistic intercourse.
A common problem with sexual innuendo is the recipient being unable to put their hands around the intended meaning. In this case, an individual using sexual innuendo will often start slow and eventually build up, increasing depth more and more until the recipient feels the actual thrust of the point and the innuendo climaxes. Some skilled people are even able to use several sexual innuendos quickly in succession, resulting in multiple climaxes.
Although sexual innuendo requires masterful manipulation of parts of speech (and sometimes the skillful use of body language), for most people it comes quickly.
Originally created by authors as a way to firmly grab their readers' imaginations and caress them with a skilled artistic touch for maximum effect, skillful use of sexual innuendo has long since been erect in much of society. Since its conception, sexual innuendo has slowly and smoothly spread across much of the face of pop culture.
Examples of sexual innuendo
In this example, the first individual subtly insinuates that he would like to engage in a sex act:
- Invididual 1: "Let's fuck."
- Individual 2: "Okay."
Even in text form, one can feel how the subtle implications roll rapidly off the tongue of the first speaker and into the receptive ears of the second, achieving a most desirable state of deep communication without an overage of sticky conversational fumbling, as well as eliciting the desired reaction.
Let's take a peek at another ripe, burgeoning example:
- Individual 1: Bum!
- Individual 2: Oh, what a giveaway!
Can you feel the resonance throbbing gently through this subtle discourse?
Sexual Innuendo in Literature
Perhaps one of the most adroit manipulations of the inherent suppleness of language can be found in the ever-honeyed realm of Romantic Poetry. Although different writers have their own, unique and often exotic techniques for engaging subtle sexual overtones (often heavily swayed by the pecadilloes of their cultures), the undisputed masters of both manual and oral tradition are the Japanese Haiku masters. The tight structure of traditional Haiku is quite restrictive and binding to long, drawn out notions of verbal foreplay, and yet through the delicate insertion of clever natural image, they are able to whet their readers' insatiable appetites for subjects often considered taboo.
Here, we see one of Basho's most spiritually arousing offerings. Pay close attention to the overflowing voluptuousness of the surging bucolic imagery that he employs to convey the delicate spice of his demure affection for his chaste mistress:
- The surf on the rocks,
- Gentle rain falls on cedars,
- I will fuck you raw.
I think we would all like to have this sort of beatiful sentiment inside us.
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"An anonymous woman told another anonymous woman to tell PZ Myers that I raped her at some unspecified time in the past at some unspecified conference which was alleged reported to unspecified persons who allegedly covered up whatever it is I allegedly did."
And that debate, dear Internet, rages on.
Last week, a new portrait of Shermer emerged. And it's pretty rape-y. The portrait. You've seen it, the portrait, by now. Ugly stuff, that portrait.
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Veterans who require medical care on a short or long-term basis, but who don't want to live in a nursing home or institution, are finding a unique alternative in medical foster homes. Over the past 12 years, more than 2,000 veterans around the country have found treatment and solace in a program supported and overseen by the Department of Veterans Affairs. As Susan Sharon reports the idea is to cut costs and improve the quality of life for disabled vets.
MPBN's Susan Sharon interviews veteran - and medical foster home resident - Joe Levesque.
At his home in West Paris, 78-year-old Joe Levesque lives with a family he only met three years ago. Levesque is a veteran of the Korean War who was awarded the Silver Star at the age of 19 for risking his life to save a comrade. He lost an eye in the process.
His new family includes a friendly boxer named Abby, a pitbull named Chief and another veteran who moved in not long after he did. Levesque says he likes the arrangement. "Oh yes. For any serviceman, it's a place for them to come," he says.
Susan Sharon: "Did you want to live here instead of a nursing home?"
Joe Levesque: "Yeah, it's closer to my relatives and closer to what I want."
Levesque's own wife passed away several years ago. He lived at the VA hospital at Togus for awhile. But then he found a medical foster home placement with Bonnie Sessions, her husband and children in a house that is only just down the road from where he used to live.
Sessions is a registered nurse with experience in geriatrics. As Levesque's primary caregiver, she helps him with diet, exercise, bathing, dressing and other medical needs. And she says his outlook and activity level have improved. When he first arrived he had mostly been staying in bed.
"He needs to be encouraged to do things," Sessions says. "When he first came here he wasn't doing much for himself, but now, we take Joe out to lunch. He's been to birthday parties for my grandchildren and we've taken him to lawn sales. He loves to go looking at antiques. Antiques is his thing."
Caregivers such as Sessions and her daughter-in-law, who helps provides respite, are required to go through FBI background checks before getting into the foster care program. And they can also expect regular, unannounced visits from a VA home coordinator.
Each veteran is also given a primary care team. That means a nurse practitioner, dietician, occupational therapist and social worker also provide support. In return, caregivers are compensated up to $3,000 a month for each veteran that they care for, so it's an arrangement that can be mutually beneficial - for the caregiver, the veteran and the VA.
Terry Melanson is a medical foster home coordinator in western Maine who says the VA will pay for nursing home care for veterans who are at least 70 percent disabled as a result of their service.
"In my caseload right now I have 17 veterans placed, and out of that 17 I have - I believe it's 11 or 12 that are actually choosing - they're 70 percent or better service connected - and they are choosing to go into these medical foster homes," Melanson says.
Susan Sharon: "Why?"
Terry Melanson: "Because of the quality of care, and the individualized attention that they receive, and the fact that they are part of something. Life isn't over. They're not being warehoused or put away somewhere."
Those veterans who are not eligible for VA reimbursement have to pay their nursing home costs out of pocket or through MaineCare, which requires them to spend down their assets. And since most nursing homes cost at least $8,000 a month, Melanson says medical foster homes can seem like an attractive option.
According to the VA the program is also saving taxpayers money - about $1 million every 12 days. But there is a waiting list. The VA needs more qualified caregivers. Home care coordinator Morgan Delattre says training can be formal, or as informal as having cared for a family member.
"That's what we're really looking for are those loving homes that are willing to make their home open to one or two veterans and really have them become a part of their family."
Bonnie Sessions advice is to have someone lined up who can offer respite care when needed. She finds she does occasionally need a break.
But she knows that her work has been rewarding to veteran Joe Levesque, who says he'd be happy to spend his remaining days living with Sessions and her family.
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The Criminal Brothers are a trio of brothers with special ninjutsu. They took over Land of Vegetables with the aid of disloyal and greedy courtiers. After their rise to power, they betrayed their allies and mercilessly killed them all. The three brothers were distrusting of each other, shown when Jiga kills Ruiga. Another example is when Renga states that he would have killed Jiga and Ruiga if the shinobi from Konohagakure hadn't already done so. Ruiga was killed by Jiga, who in turn has died due to his weakness being exploited by Hinata Hyūga. Renga was left at the mercy of his opponents, but Haruna seemed to be unable to go through with killing him in revenge, leaving Renga's fate unknown.
Each of the members of this team specialises in a particular technique:
- Renga is able to use an unnamed technique that creates ice in the form of durable disks that can be used as lenses, despite not holding its kekkei genkai.
- Jiga is able to magnetise his body and use magnetic abilities, despite not holding its kekkei genkai.
- Ruiga specialises in utilising dowsing methods to extract water from the ground, and manipulating the water through the air, as well as summoning various marine lifeforms into the airborne water.


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Take a closer look at the gargantuan density of a neutron star as it drifts through space. Scientists explian the potential effect an explosion from a neutron star within our galaxy would have on Earth.
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Fashion Story: Earth Day
Games » Casual
by TeamLava Games
Developer Notes
The #1 FREE fashion game returns with Fashion Story: EARTH DAY EDITION!
Fashion-hungry customers are lined up waiting for the doors of your hot new boutique to swing open! Choose and stock the latest fashions and designs, layout your shop with changing rooms and decorations, and prepare for chic...


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Episode Plot
Ash and Company arrive on Murcott Island. Tracey is super psyched to come to this island while Misty is less than enthusiastic because of her Entomophobia (fear of bugs). The gang enounters a Scyther who was badly battered. Tracey captures it and rushes it to the Pokémon center. While in recovery, Scyther glares at Tracey. Professor Oak explains that the Scyther Tracey caught had its pride shattered when it lost leadership of its swarm to a younger Scyther and was captured by Tracey. Will Scyther be able to regain its confidence? And how Jessie's long hair have become so short?
- Misty's fear of bugs returns in this episode.
- The Scyther Leader and Tracey's Scyther have various differences than regular Scyther.
- The Scyther Leader has thinner pupils and a scar on its face.
- Tracey's Scyther (the old leader), has no fangs and tuffs on its cheeks resembling whiskers.
- The Narrator broke the fourth wall in this episode.
- Ash remembers catching a Caterpie back in IL003: Ash Catches a Pokémon.
- This is one of two episodes where Jessie takes out her frustration over her hair (which was cut off by a Pokémon) on the very same Pokémon that cut it off. The other being AG008: A Tail with a Twist.
- This is the only episode in which Ash attempted to capture a Pokémon (Caterpie), which he already had captured before, although he had previously captured 30 Tauros in the Safari Zone, but this was not seen in the English dub version.
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Pinsir.
- "Our heroes next stop is Murcott Island. It looks peaceful but, well, you'll see."
The Narrator breaking the fourth wall.
- "Oh, you two go ahead, I'll just stay here and work on my tan."
Misty avoiding going deeper into Murcott Island.
- Ash: "Misty is afraid of Bug Pokémon."
Tracey: "Oh I get it, when it comes to bugs, Misty's a chicken."
Misty stomps Tracey's foot.
Tracey: "AHHHHH!"
Misty: "Who are you calling a chicken?"
Tracey: "Did I say "chicken"?"
Ash and Pikachu sigh.
Tracey: "I must've meant it's a good thing we have you here checkin' for Bug Types."
- Ash: "Hey, I haven't caught a Caterpie in a long time."
Misty drags Ash away.
Misty: "Yeah, and you're not gonna start now."
- Tracey: "Misty, there's something behind those bushes!"
Misty: "As long as it's not a Caterpie who cares?"
Pinsir comes out of the bushes.
Misty has a scared look on her face.
Misty: "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! A Pinsir's even worse than a Caterpie!"
- Meowth: "We gotta plan this."
James: "If you're not careful, you could wind up with a crew cut."
Jessie imagines herself with a crew cut
Jessie: "THAT'S MY NIGHTMARE!"
- James: "She's scary."
Meowth: "Things get messy when you mess with Jessie."
- Misty: "I like your new hairstyle a lot Jessie. Who cut it: a barber or a butcher?"
Jessie: "Very funny! One of them did it and now they're all gonna pay for it."
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