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A Roze(nsky) By Any Other Name
In 2011, TheKnot.com surveyed almost 20,000 newlywed women. They found that only 8 percent kept their last names. Of the remaining 92 percent, 86 percent took their partner's last name. Six percent hyphenated or created a new last name.
While I've seen other studies that show the percentage of women who keep their last names at closer to 20 percent, the fact remains: Changing your name after marriage is the "normal" thing to do.
Changing my name has never felt like the right move for me—my last name is the one on my degrees, it's part of the name of my photography business, it's the name I've written under, and, it's the name I've used my entire life. I've given this some serious thought. I support a person's right to choose the name that feels like the best fit for them, and I understand the idea that a unified last name presents a unified team.
But, for me, changing my name just doesn't feel right.
(It also should be noted, that Justin isn't up for changing his last name either. My last name is hard to spell, and he's spent too long building his brand to change his name to something else. I don't think this is a conversation only half of a couple should be having—if name changes are on the table, they should be on the table for everyone.)
It wasn't until recently, when concepts like name changes shifted from hypothetical to reality, did something click for me. Changing my last name would mean separating my name from my family's name—and taking a step away from my Jewish identity.
I know that marrying Justin, who isn't Jewish, won't make me any less Jewish.
It won't make our home any less Jewish; it won't invalidate the mezuzah hanging on the door, or make my observance of holidays any less meaningful.
It won't make my work any less Jewish; it won't tarnish my past community organizing, nor will it make my work with Keshet and commitment to full LGBTQ inclusion in the Jewish community less authentic.
Taking Justin's last name wouldn't make me any less Jewish… but it feels that way.
As an Ashkenazi Jew, with a very classically Ashkenazi Jewish last name, my name is a calling card. Rozensky, with its "rozen" and its "sky," shouts Jewish. I can trace its Jewish history. My name comes with a connection to my people—not just in the sense of "the chosen people," but also in the way it connects me to previous generations of Rozenskys. I'm not ready to step away from that tradition.
There will be plenty of compromises made in our marriage; after all, meeting each other halfway is an important part of keeping a relationship working. But when it comes to our names—which hold such important aspects of our identities—compromise doesn't seem like the best bet.
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Next Question: How to Find an Officiant?
I don't want anyone to panic, but we're nearly at the six-month mark. Six months until….holy moly matrimony. Luckily, we've figured a few things out. Like that big question: who will officiate the ceremony?
One of the pieces of InterfaithFamily's work that I'm most excited about is how they work with couples to find officiants for wedding ceremonies—my work at Keshet has put me in touch with couples who have found it easier to find officiants for a same-sex marriage ceremony than for an interfaith ceremony.
I have a soapbox I could stand on to discuss how bananas I think that is, but I'll save that for another time—that's more of an in-person rant.
I don't think our situation is very unique—unless you have very active ties to a religious institution, finding an officiant means doing a little research and a little legwork. It means thinking about the type of person you want setting the tone for your ceremony—what readings will they recommend? What customs do you want in place? How much flexibility will there be with traditions? Will they be funny? Somber? Will they quote the Princess Bride? Will they be OK with the fact that your partner isn't Jewish? The list goes on and on.
For us, we wanted someone who knows us well. We're actually lucky in the fact that I count in my closest circle of friends not one, not two, but three rabbis. And, one of Justin's best friends was at one point ordained in an online ceremony in order to perform weddings.
So, finding someone who knows us well enough to help tailor a ceremony to our inter-faith, egalitarian, not-so-traditional-social-norm needs wasn't as big of a challenge as we first assumed.
All of these considerations led us to sit down with one of my friends from college, Rabbi Becky Silverstein, to discuss the idea of his performing the ceremony.
Working with Becky has a few obvious advantages: since he serves in the official role of "One of Jordyn's Best Friends in the Whole Wide World," he has already implicitly agreed to help field any pre (and post) wedding melt downs. So, on the trust level, we're good. This is someone who knows us well.
And, Rabbi Silverstein is the type of rabbi we'd want to work with even if we didn't know him personally—smart, kind, and actively working to make the Jewish world more inclusive for the queer community. Rabbi Silverstein is one of the very few openly transgender rabbis in America, and both Justin and I are inspired by his courage.
You'd think asking one of your best friends to be the rabbi at your wedding would mean you'd get a pass on the tough questions—but Rabbi Silverstein asked us to think about the same things he'd ask any couple.
The three of us spoke about what role Judaism played in our lives, how we would continue to support each other in our religious practices, and why we wanted to have a Jewish ceremony—all good questions to set the tone for planning your ceremony. Actually, and perhaps more importantly, these are all good questions for setting the tone for your life as a partners. Talking with Becky reminded us that no matter what, communicating with each other as we explore faith, religion and community is so incredibly important for a healthy and supportive relationship.
Now, with just over six months to go, we're pulling together the little details and asking some of the bigger questions. We've got our officiant. We've got our ceremony location. Next weekend I'll be marking the start of Passover and Easter by going dress-shopping with family. I think we're going to pull this off.
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Finding a Ceremony Location that Fits
Where do you get married when you don't officially "belong" anywhere? This question, which seems rather dramatic, was the first hurdle of wedding planning.
Here are some places that we quickly checked off the list:
– A rotating wedding with stops at each temple or church where a friend of ours works as a rabbi and/or spiritual leader: problematic mostly as this particular world wide wedding tour would probably require a month long commitment for any wedding participant.
– My very first truly Jewish home, the Smith College Kosher Kitchen: while the space is filled with amazing memories of learning how to braid challah, welcoming Shabbat, and being part of true community, it's not exactly equipped for a wedding shindig.
– The churches that Justin attended growing up: a destination wedding wasn't something we were 100% opposed to, but asking family to trek out to the winding trail of places he called home (from Ohio to South Dakota back to Ohio and on to Pennsylvania) as he grew up wasn't exactly practical.
After all, as an interfaith couple with varied roots and no shared official physical spiritual home, there is no obvious, easy answer. And, as we look to bring together a diverse group of family and friends, we want to avoid the "eek" feeling that often accompanies being in someone else's religions home base. (We're introducing enough new things as it is!)
Our dramatic question of belonging (or a lack thereof) answered itself when we took a different tact to planning. When we rephrased the question from "where do you get married when you put religious tradition in the center" to "where do you get married when you put your own relationship in the center" the options started to reveal themselves.
A ceremony in a science museum? Why not? (Unless there are mummies—I have an irrational fear of mummies.)
A ceremony on a boat? Sure! (Weather permitting. And is one allowed to be both captain and bride?)
A ceremony in an abandoned theater with no lights, no running water, and a more than fine layer of dust? Yes. That's the winner.
When we looked at locations that had significance to us, a vacant theater became the obvious choice. Justin has been a part of a community of urban explorers for far longer than I've known him, and I've come to appreciate the beauty that is found in a place paused in time. We are people who, individually and as a couple, value adventure, the offbeat, finding experiences that might not jive with the norms—and so this feels more like "us" than any church or synagogue we might find.
I wouldn't go as far as saying that this is where we find our "sacred" … but, there is something holy about appreciating glamour where someone else might not look twice.
Taking a space, one that has been forgotten by its surroundings, and stepping back is a powerful experience. There's beauty in seeing a place for what it once was, what it is now, and what it could be. (And, isn't that the essence of a relationship? Appreciating all steps of the journey?) For us, the idea of transforming a quiet, slightly downtrodden theater into a site for a ceremony just makes sense. We're adding the lights, we're bringing in the huppah, but the magic of the building was already there.
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New Traditions & King Cakes
Today's blog post brings us well into wedding planning process—as well as to a few other relationship landmarks.
Last week we celebrated Justin's birthday, which we do in a traditional (to him, not so much to me) way—with a King Cake. The King Cake is a Mardi Gras custom (Mardi Gras being part of the Carnival celebrations that occur immediately before the observance of Lent)—and Justin's family has roots in the Bayou of Louisiana.
With his birthday falling so close to Mardi Gras each year, it's become a tradition for his Grandparents (who live just over the Louisiana border in Mississippi) to send him a King Cake.
Before meeting Justin I'd never had a King Cake. Now it's something I look forward to each year. This purple, green, and gold cake is topped with frosting and sugar, and from the time it arrives until we've eaten it all, every meal involves cake. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid-day, and midnight snacks all involve King Cake. (And, as we are adults, we have deemed it okay if one wants to have a slice of cake before dinner.)
The most important part of the King Cake—besides it being delicious and often arriving in the same box as Mardi Gras beads—is that it comes with a plastic baby Jesus hidden inside the cake. It's good luck if you find the baby in your piece of cake.
And, every year that we've celebrated with a King Cake, I've always ended up Jesus-less.
Somehow that plastic baby is always in one of Justin's slices of cake. (Perhaps there's a secret to finding the King Cake baby that I've missed out on? My ability to always find the Afikoman at a Passover Seder does not seem to translate to the King Cake's hidden Jesus.)
Justin's Jesus finding skills did, however, set us up for a fantastically cheesy exchange this year about how he was the one with the luck—thus he gets to marry me—and I was the one without the luck—hence I was stuck marrying him.
This year, we're hoping that little plastic baby Jesus is going to bring us some mutual luck—especially as we move from the theoretical planning into actually putting the plan into action.
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Justin & Jordyn: Our How We Met Story
I love telling our "how we met" story, because if you don't know us, it's pretty unexpected. And, if you do know us, well, our beginnings make a lot of sense.
We met three years ago in Guatemala City, both having traveled there for a photography workshop. My first impression of Justin was that he was a skinny hipster. (You'll have to ask him what his first impression of me was.)
On (what we now realize was our first date) we climbed an active volcano just outside of Antigua. At the top we roasted marshmallows on the volcano's natural heat sources and felt like we were on a completely new planet. On the way down, distracted by taking pictures and pausing to climb trees, we got momentarily separated from the group and started practicing, in our very limited Spanish vocabulary, the phrases we might need to get a ride back into town. Eventually, we found our bus back.
Afterwards, covered in dirt, we went out for dinner.
A few months later, on a camping trip in Pennsylvania, Justin broke his T-12 vertebrae and severed his spinal cord incompletely. After being life flighted to a hospital, a seven-hour surgery, and a week in the ICU, we both felt the intensity and realness of our relationship. (I've written previously for IFF about how I processed praying for Justin, when our faiths were so different.) The next few months I traveled back and forth between Boston and the rehabilitation hospital in Philadelphia where he was recovering.
These days we live just outside of Boston in Salem, Massachusetts. We're both photographers, and I'm part of the communications team at Keshet. Our day-to-day life of marathoning TV shows, looking for photography work, and teaching ourselves how to cook is punctuated by weekend adventures—it's not abnormal for me to go into work on a Monday and answer the question of "what did you do this weekend" with "we ended up in the middle of New Hampshire and met some people who were ice fishing in the middle of a frozen lake…"
Our proposal story is the flip side of how we met—but, much like our first date, it makes complete sense if you know us.
There was no big romantic moment, but a long discussion. After several years of dating we knew how we felt about each other—the question was more how we felt about marriage. In many ways, deciding to get married made a lot of sense. In other ways, it was more of a stretch. We went back and forth about wedding hypotheticals and what would be important to each other. For me, having a Jewish ceremony was the most meaningful part of taking our commitment to the next level. For him, having a large gathering where all of our family and friends could be part of a celebration was essential.
Our decision to get married was just that—a joint, mutual decision. We both asked each other, we both agreed. We kept the news to ourselves for a while, just to see how it felt. A few weeks later we got a ring from my family, and we made it official. And, we've set a date: 9.26.15.
We're pretty excited to share our story with IFF's Wedding Blog. Storytelling—with photos and with words—is a big part of who we are. We'll be navigating how to put together a ceremony that feels comfortable and right for my Judaism, appropriate to Justin's secular belief, and understandable for all of our guests. We're trying to plan something on a modest budget, and we're hoping to do so without going crazy. I'm sure there will be some surprises along the way, but right now we're looking forward to our next adventure.
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The Beerorah
One of my favorite holidays is Hanukkah, and for that, I give a lot of the credit to the Beerorah. The Beerorah is something that my fiancé Derek and I came up with the first Hanukkah we were dating – well, really it's a gift pack from He'Brew brewing company (a division of Schmaltz brewing) that his best friend had given him when the friend found out he was dating me.
We joke that the Beerorah combines our two loves: "My love of God with his love of beer." And Derek really does love beer – it's his hobby in a true aficionado's way. I have learned more about craft beer in the four-and-a-half years we've been together than most people learn in a lifetime, and we love to visit beer bars and breweries just to try new and rare beers. Also he and his best friend have a collection of over 500 bottles of (craft) beer, carefully inventoried in their "beerventory."
As for me though, the love of God part is apt too. A Conservative Jew, Judaism has always been a large part of my identity. Growing up, I attended synagogue every Saturday because I wanted to – not only to gain guidance from the Rabbi's sermons or to enjoy the serene satisfaction of the silent Amidah (one of my favorite prayers), but because it was the center of the social circle for my friends and I. Go on a date? Having family drama? Meet at synagogue and we can discuss it.
But going to synagogue and practicing Judaism were also integral to my identity in part because of the climate in which I grew up. I am from Riverdale, NY – home of eight or nine different synagogues and many many Jews. Nonetheless, my synagogue was swatstikaed one weekend when I was in Hebrew School. On the night before Kol Nidre (the holiest night of the year) a year or two after September 11th, our synagogue was firebombed with Molotov cocktails. We attended services while eager news crews waited outside to interview us and have gone through metal detectors and pat downs with varying regularity ever since. So my Judaism and its essentialness to my identity came in part from the fears to my safety that came with it – and the way those fears bound my group of close friends and I together to the community and to each other.
That said, it was never essential to me to date a Jewish guy. I greatly enjoyed learning about different religions and cultures and watching people experience aspects of Judaism for the first time. I always had a strong opinion about how I wanted to observe Judaism and had my own relationship with God. I knew that my kids will be Jewish, that I am Jewish, that my family is Jewish, that I will never be anything but Jewish. And honestly, I knew I needed a laid back low-maintenance sports fan kind of guy – I wasn't sure I would necessarily find that within the Jewish community.
You can say "Oh, but traditions! But continuity! But faith!" but I have also found that Derek has been much more respectful of my faith and practice than the Jewish guys I've dated. One got mad at me for not answering the phone while I was at a Friday night Shabbat dinner. I got in a heated argument with another who asked, "But WHY do you believe? WHY do you have faith? Where's the rational proof that God exists?" Both were the moments when I knew the relationships wouldn't work out. The Beerorah was one of the first examples of Derek's openness and respect of my faith. And when we light it together each Hanukkah (this year was its fifth iteration), it reminds me of that – that we can meld what matters to us together to create something just as wonderful (or more wonderful) than the original. I haven't compromised anything – I'm still Jewish, and I still have my love of God and my observance. He still has his love of beer. And we both have each other.
Happy Holidays!
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How I Found The Gown
Just like my guy, my wedding dress found me in a weird unexpected way that, despite having watched more episodes of Say Yes To The Dress than I can count, took me by surprise.
My mother had saved her wedding dress in case I wanted to wear it at my wedding, and I promised her it would be the first dress I put on. I didn't want to try it on alone, and I had no idea how to unpack or repack it so as to preserve the last 33 years…so I invited three of my friends over one Saturday morning, kicked my fiancé out of the apartment, and played dress up.
The thing is, it really felt like I was playing dress up. I felt like I was wearing a costume, not my wedding dress, and while it's a gorgeous dress and fit me perfectly, the high neck, long sleeves, and overall itchiness made me feel like it was not for me. But I was also upset in that I really felt like someone playing dress up. Would I not feel like a bride? Would I not be a bride?
I thought of Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City and the episode where she realizes that she can't marry Aidan after having a reaction to the wedding dress. As I asked my friend to unzip me, a small part of me was afraid this was another step in that direction. Maybe I wasn't meant to be a bride?
So rather than waiting for the appointments I had planned with my family and friends back in New York City, I snuck to the David's Bridal a block from my house one night without an appointment about a half hour before it closed. I just wanted to look around and get a vision of myself in a wedding dress that wasn't from 1981. I literally put my box of pizza on the floor and tried to go through the racks.
Eventually, a sales person approached me and asked me if I needed help. I explained my project – that I just wanted to try on a dress to get the image of my mom's dress out of my head. I showed them the picture. They understood. (And this isn't knocking my mom's dress – it's a beautiful dress, and I would be honored to wear it – it just didn't feel like mine). So she showed me to a catalogue and I hurriedly selected a few dresses I wanted to try, apologizing the whole way.
Since I wasn't expecting to get THE dress, I had chosen a short dress off the sales rack that I thought might be a good option for one of my engagement parties. I put it on and… no. Not the one.
So I grabbed one of the two dresses she had left for me and tried that on instead. I remember feeling that it was a little fluffy – I wasn't sure whether to put it over my head or step into it. There was no coddling – I was alone in the dressing room trying it on. But as I stepped out, I glowed. It was beautiful. It was elegant. It was simple. It was romantic. It was timeless. It was classic. It was me.
But I wasn't looking for THE dress, so I just asked them to take a picture of it, hurriedly tried on a sheath dress that wasn't nearly as magnificent but was what I had thought I wanted, and went home.
Only I couldn't stop staring at the picture. I wanted to show everyone. It was so beautiful. I thought, "This might be The One."
Sure enough, I became even more excited about my long planned dress shopping appointment in part because it was only a few miles from the David's Bridal in New York and I could go show everyone how amazing the dress was if nothing else worked. As I tried on dresses at the bridal salon with my mother, my grandmother, and one of my best friends, I just kept comparing everything to the dress from Chicago – the no name, but the one that was just so me.
And soon we were in the car again heading to David's Bridal, and I was in the dress again, and ringing a bell saying yes to the dress. It wasn't the designer I thought. Or the price. Or the style. But I cannot imagine walking down the aisle in anything else. So I guess it found me.
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Looking Back on Our Interfaith Wedding, One Month Later
It is hard to believe it has already been a month since our "big day."
It is finally starting to sink in.
It seems that we have not stopped moving since we got married. Between the holidays, Lisa's sister getting married, and my new employment opportunities, there has been barely a moment to sit and take it all in. However, this week, we received our photos and have been listening to our playlists from the ceremony and reception. It is certainly bringing us some cheer.
It was an incredible journey for us both. Physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
We had a lot of help along the way. So thank you everyone who helped. Friends, family, and loved ones. Thanks to all our wonderful vendors too. Thank you all who followed us both on this journey and the whole InterfaithFamily staff who gave us this opportunity to talk about and really explore what having an interfaith wedding is all about and meant to us. (I also apologize to our photographer because I had to resize all the photos to fit into this post, they simply do not do her work justice.)
After the wedding, we ended up answering a lot more questions than I thought. We had a lot of members of Lisa's family asking about the Ketubah ceremony, while others asked about the circling of one another toward the beginning of the ceremony.
We also received a ton of compliments. The donut table (instead of cake) was a huge success. You could not tell the difference between the adults and children because all of them kept staring at the table with hungry eyes, even with a belly full of delicious meatballs. Our Jewish friends also said that when it comes to the Hora, Lisa and I hit it out the park. It was their most fun moments of the wedding.
What's next in our journey? That is a great question. We are hoping after the New Year to settle down a little bit more. There should be some clarity in our close future. I also hope to attend temple more regularly. For the first time in awhile, we do not have a deadline for our life and maybe that is the best gift of marriage. It is what you do with it after the big day.
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I Can't Wait To Marry My Fiancé
Hi, my name is Reva Minkoff, and I absolutely cannot wait to marry my fiancé, Derek. That sentence, or a derivative of it, is something my grandfather used as part of a marketing campaign for a bridal magazine about fifty years ago, but I guess it's universal and transcends time.
Derek and I have been dating for over four years and have lived together for the past year, but his proposal still took me by surprise on August 15th. For those of you that are fans of the show Friends, I joke that he pulled a Chandler—he spent about six weeks convincing me that he was not going to propose anytime soon. "What if I promised you that we would get engaged in ten years?" He'd ask. I think that number started at fourteen. By the time he proposed, I'd gotten it down, year by year, to four more years until a proposal. In the car ride up to Michigan, where he proposed, I had essentially resigned myself to the fact that I was never getting married.
So to say I was surprised by the proposal is probably an understatement. But of course, we both knew that my answer would be yes.
As much as I wanted to marry Derek, it increasingly became less and less of a question or a choice as to whether I would be with Derek, regardless. Ok, that's not entirely true—I was considering leaving over this whole "why won't he marry me" issue—but as I said, by the end, I really think I might have stuck around.
You see, Derek and I weren't looking for each other. We met at a friend's Hanukkah party. She and I had met at Break Fast that year and were becoming close friends. She and Derek worked together. I had been on a great date the night before the party, and while evaluating my options, wasn't actively looking. I have no idea what was in his head. Over wine and latkes, we laughed, talked, and bonded over the "movie quote" game my brother and I made up years ago.
Over the next seven months, Derek and I kept winding up together. Our friend likes to throw dinner parties, and we were both on the invite list. One night at a blues club, we started flirting. His cousin told him she thought I might be into him. A few weeks later, after the friend's birthday party, my roommate counseled that he thought Derek liked me. I didn't believe him.
But eventually we both independently (and unbeknownst to each other) asked our friend for permission to go out with the other person.
On our first date, he thought I wouldn't be interested in a relationship with him because I was Jewish and he wasn't (not true: I have always dated people who aren't Jewish and had no problem doing so), and that I was seeing someone else (kinda not true, as our mutual friend made me promise never to see that guy again if she were going to give me permission to go out with Derek).
As for me, I liked how he pushed me and challenged me. I liked how he made me laugh. But I was afraid that he wouldn't be strong enough to handle someone like me. I was afraid I would walk all over him. Which, as it turns out, could not be farther from the truth.
In the beginning, every six weeks or so he would want to have a serious conversation to remind me that he wasn't looking for anything serious. I would ask him if he was happy and if he had a good time when we were together. He would say yes. I would say then let's just take it one day at a time. After about four months, those conversations stopped.
Four years later, we have an amazing partnership, and I cannot wait to walk down the aisle with him. People often say that love comes when you aren't looking for it—and perhaps in many ways we are a great example. I wasn't looking for him. He wasn't looking for me. But we found each other. And now, the campaign that my grandfather came up with for a bridal magazine rings true. I cannot wait to marry him and share our journey to our October 11, 2015 wedding with all of you.
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The Father & The Rabbi Weigh In
The following is a guest blog post by the groom's father, Phil Goodman followed by some additional thoughts from officiant Rabbi Robyn Frisch who is the director of InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia
Like many of you I have enjoyed Anne and Sam's wedding blog, but I have a major bias, I am Sam's father. By way of introduction, over thirty years ago I entered my own interfaith marriage. I was not overtly active in daily religious practice and neither was my wife. Raised as a Conservative Jew, in my twenties I had become the proverbial twice-a-year-Jew assuming I would become more involved once I had a family. Pennye, raised Catholic, practiced little of any Christian faith. Once engaged we attended many community programs addressing interfaith marriage issues as we knew they would continually be the elephant in the room and it was important for us to have a basis to lean about what we knew would be part of every family decision we would make as a couple. We found a rabbi to perform our wedding ceremony as the Jewish traditions included in our ceremony were important to me and many of our guests, and acceptable to Pennye.
Religion remains an extremely important part of both of our lives. Jointly we've explored each other's beliefs. I am a committed Reform Jew who, with my wife's full support, has been very active in our large suburban congregation and held many leadership positions. Pennye is a committed Presbyterian with similar leadership positions in her church community. We are very lucky to have found two faith communities that accept both of us and consider both of us as resources when figuring out how interfaith issues affect their congregations. The key is mutual respect.
I frequently find myself in conversations concerning the increase in interfaith marriage in current society. I always ask the naysayers whether they practice their religion the way their parents do. Rarely is the answer "yes." I then ask why they have any expectation that their children should be any different. When Sam brought Anne into my life I could not be happier for them as a couple. Individually they will figure out how their beliefs and practices will be part of their lives. InterfaithFamily certainly provides resources that were not as readily available to us thirty years ago. Over the past three years I've seen how Anne seems to complete Sam and visa versa. Their happiness is all that really matters to me.
Incorporating religious tradition, both Jewish and Catholic, in their ceremony was important to Sam and Anne. I expect that Sam's upbringing made him cognizant that the beauty of his wedding day would partially rely on the comfort of the clergy participating in an interfaith ceremony. Knowing that our family's rabbi did not perform interfaith ceremonies, his participation was never considered. (This rabbi was their guest at the wedding and in the following week he extended a congregational membership to Sam and Anne.) Sam and Anne were lucky to have relationships with other clergy who have known them individually since their childhoods, who took the time to get to know both of them over the past year, and who were willing to co-officiate. These personal relationships added to the beauty of the ceremony that seamlessly wove in two religious traditions.
I was honored when Sam and Anne asked that I toast them at their reception. Assuming that the maid of honor and best man would probably offer lighter remarks about the couple, I wanted to be more solemn and personal so I included the following in my speech:
"Following the priestly benediction over our children on Shabbat after we light the candles we ask that God make our sons like Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons, not so ironically for us here today, of Joseph and his Egyptian wife brought from an interfaith Diaspora into the fold by their grandfather, Jacob, becoming the namesakes of two of the tribes of Israel. Sam, wherever life may lead you, may you be like Ephraim and Manasseh, earning and deserving the respect of your peers and prospering by your continued good deeds.
We also ask that God make our daughters like the matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. Anne, may you be like our matriarchs, the diligent manager of your household and strong protector of your family."
At the end of the day, the oldest biblical history of our separate religions is the same. The past two thousand years may have led us down different paths, but the desire to make our world a better place and dreams for our children are the same. The reverence and respect that Sam and Anne have shown to their different religious faiths offers us all hope as it has provided us opportunities to learn from and about each other. I don't deny that our uniqueness is important, but finding a way to weave our separate threads into a tapestry of new traditions that can envelop us all should be our goal.
Rabbi Robyn Frisch shares a few more personal words:
I met Sam and his family 13 years ago when I came to work at the congregation where Sam grew up. The Goodmans have been good family friends since then, and I have always admired the way that Sam's parents navigated their own interfaith marriage. It has been a true pleasure for me to get to know Sam and Anne together as a couple for the past year. When Lindsey Silken mentioned many months ago that she was looking for a new couple to be wedding bloggers for InterfaithFamily, I knew that Sam and Anne would be perfect! Here is a piece of what I said to them at their wedding ceremony.
"Over the last year I've had the joy of getting to know you as a couple and of reading your blogs about your relationship. I've been so touched by the respect you have for one another. It's rare to meet someone in their 20's who has such a connection to both family and religion – such an awareness of their heritage – as each of you do. You've probably both heard me say many times that I hope that when my kids grow up they have as deep a connection to their Judaism as the three Goodman kids (Sam and his sisters) do. Anne, I know that you too respect this about Sam – just as he respects your bonds to Catholicism.
Rather than being scared of each other's bonds to your religions, you both admire that in one another and you have let this draw you together. Rather than either of you trying to convince the other to believe or to worship the way that you do, you've explored each other's religious traditions to learn what is meaningful to your partner. You've accompanied each other for family holidays and for worship – and your families have engaged in "Theology on Tap" sessions, combining both of your loves for learning, for holy scripture, and for a good beer.
Neither of you expects the other to compromise in a way that isn't sincere; nor do you compromise your own practices or beliefs. Rather, you navigate your own unique path – together."
Congratulations to Anne and Sam from everyone at InterfaithFamily!
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text: Women's Basketball Falls 73-68 to Close WNIT November 17, 2013 In the final round of the Preseason WNIT, the Stetson women's basketball team (1-2) fell 73-68 to North Carolina A&T Saturday evening at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Hatters shot 54.5 percent from the floor, but committed 26 turnovers and surrendered 17 offensive rebounds to the Aggies (2-1). "We didn't execute offensively the entire second half," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "(North Carolina A&T) did a really good job, their defense is hard to play against, but we just threw the ball away. We had entirely too many turnovers, and we gave up entirely too many rebounds. When you turn the ball over and you are not rebounding, you are probably not going to win." The Hatters trailed by four at halftime but used an 8-0 run out of the locker room to take a 45-41 lead. Stetson still led by four at the 11:36 mark, but the Aggies fought back and built a five-point lead with under four minutes to play. Stetson made one last run as offensive rebounds and putbacks by Sasha Sims and Brianti Saunders cut the deficit to one, but the Hatters would pull no closer. The Aggies hit a couple of timely baskets and made enough free throws to hold on for the win. "Even though we didn't play well we still had some chances down the stretch, but we just didn't capitalize on them," Bria said. Sims led four players in double figures with 17 points behind 7-for-8 shooting. Cherisse Burris scored 14 points, while Saunders notched her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Amber Porter added 10 points, and Jama Sharp registered 10 assists for the second straight day. The Hatters will host Indiana State for their home opener Monday at 6 p.m. Notes: The game featured nine ties and 16 lead changes ... A&T scored 32 points off of Stetson turnovers ... Stetson was 17-of-22 from the free throw line ... The Hatters traveled over 3,600 miles to play in the Preseason WNIT, but will spend the next two months playing games in the state of Florida.Print Friendly Version More Headlines

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King Lear: Director, Nicholas Hytner; Designer, David Fielding; Photographer, Donald Cooper (ahds.ac.uk/performinfarts). Royal Shakespeare Company, May 1991
"A vast open-sided revolving cube dominates Nicholas Hytner's RSC production. Each rotation signifies a further stage in the psychological and physical degeneration of the aged Lear as his golden abdication robes gradually give way to the tattered garb of the disenfranchised wanderer." Louise Kingsley, Independent 4.5.91
Opening Date: 1 May 1991
Theatre: Barbican
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Bishop England ran away with a 13-1 win over Academic Magnet in the second round of the Class AA baseball playoffs Saturday in North Charleston.
The Bishops return home Wednesday for the first time this postseason to host the District VI title game against either Bamberg or Academic Magnet, who will play Monday.
"We're having fun," Bishop England head coach Mike Darnell said. "We've come a long way this year with our guys. Right now, we're just having a good time playing the game."
Sophomore lefty Gunnar Finneseth earned the win for the Bishops, allowing one earned run off two hits, three walks while striking out two through five innings.
Bishop England (12-13) pounded out 12 hits against three Raptor pitchers in the six-inning offensive onslaught.
With a two-run lead in the bottom of the first, Finneseth loaded the bases on back-to-back walks and walked home Jake Sossamon a batter later for Magnet's only run. Finneseth was near perfect from then on, allowing one hit and no walks through the next 4 2/3 innings.
"I think we pressed a little bit at the plate tonight," Magnet head coach Andy Rusciolelli said. "We were anxious. Their pitcher did a good job. We got bats on ball but we couldn't find the holes."
Jonathan Browning drilled an inside-the-park homerun into the wall in left-center to score Reed Fosberry and Paul Provost and break open a 7-1 Bishops lead in the third inning.
The Bishops rang up five more runs in the sixth to extend their lead past the 10-run mercy rule mark. Chandler Sambets drove in Edward Bolchoz with a sacrifice RBI. Bishop England then tallied four more runs with two outs. Fosberry tripled down the right-field line to score Griffin Herbert. Provost singled down the left-field line to score Fosberry. Harrison Boals brought home Provost with a double and Browning scored on a passed ball.
Josh Isaacks hit 2 for 3 with a double to lead Magnet at the plate. Provost finished 4 for 5 with an RBI and four runs scored, and Boals hit 3 for 5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI.
"Our guys were real fired up today," Darnell said. "That's how we need to play. It's that brand of baseball that will win us games. Fired up, aggressive and have a good time doing it."
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Congratulations and THANK YOU to JoAnne Gunther and her grandson Billy Gunther for being November's Advocates of the Month!
Earlier this year, JoAnne and Billy, wife and grandson of William Gunther, Jr. who passed away from multiple myeloma, participated in OVAC's (One Voice Against Cancer) lobby day on behalf of the IMF.
They took their passion for our cause and their drive for a cure to Washington to fight for legislation important to them and the myeloma community. With support from the IMF Advocacy team and OVAC, they met with the staff of Senator Barbara Mikulski (DEM-MD), Senator Ben Cardin (DEM-MD), and Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (DEM-MD).
They, along with 5 others from Maryland, requested funding for medical research at the NIH, funding for the CDC cancer programs, and an increasing in funding for the FDA. JoAnne and Billy also willingly shared their personal story.
We asked Billy, our youngest advocate to date and someone completely new to this experience to share his thoughts about this day.
"On behalf of my grandfather William Carroll Gunther Jr, I was an advocate for the IMF at this year's OVAC (One Voice Against Cancer) lobby day. People from all over the United States gathered to tell their stories to members of Congress. The day before the lobby day we had an all day training session to teach us what to say, and how to answer questions that may have been asked of us.
During that time there was a 30 to 45 minute period where people could get up and share their story with everyone. I will never forget the stories that were told on that day. So many of those stories were heartbreaking and made me think a little bit more about life itself.
When we went to Capitol Hill, my grandmother, Meghan and I gathered with 4 other people from Maryland to tell our stories. When we went to speak, I was very nervous about what I was going to say. I didn't want to mess up my opportunity to tell the legislators exactly what I wanted to.
However, when we went into the meetings it was not as bad as I thought it would be. They listened to our stories and why we were there. I remember being in one office, and after we told our story, the congressional aide said his grandfather had died of cancer and he shared his story. It made it a lot easier to realize that he understood the difficulty cancer patients and their families go through.
I feel OVAC lobby day was very successful and if I have another chance to go and tell my story and lobby on behalf of the IMF I will.
William Carroll Gunther, IV


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Gunfire shattered the calm of a sleeping neighborhood early Tuesday morning, and when police arrived, they found two mortally wounded young people who had been shot in a cab as they sat parked in front of their home on the 400 block of Minnesota Avenue.
Shameka Harris, 28, managed to get out of the bullet-riddled cab she drove, but she collapsed on a small patch of grass in front of her home.
Joshua "Bigs" Eatmon, her 23-year-old boyfriend, made it to the driveway.
Both were pronounced dead in Erie County Medical Center.
Homicide detectives are searching for the killer and a motive. But the double homicide did not appear to be a random attack, one police source said.
"We believe it is drug-related and they were targeted," a police official said.
Signs of the violence and the frantic effort to save Harris and Eatmon were easily spotted at midday Tuesday. A resuscitator mask was discarded on the front lawn along with green latex gloves. Across the street where Harris' cab had been parked was a pile of shattered glass from the taxi, which police impounded as evidence.
"Over there, where the glass is," said neighbor Curtis Lewis, pointing across the street from where the couple lived. "That's where the shooting happened. I heard about eight gunshots."
Other neighbors also said they awakened to the sound of as many as eight shots.
"I thought it was firecrackers going off," Elroy Ford said. "It was just after midnight."
Harris and Eatmon moved into the 1½-story white, wood-frame house at 455 Minnesota several months ago and were described as friendly.
"Shameka worked any shift they would give her," a neighbor said, declining to give her name.
" 'Bigs' had been in a car accident and hurt his neck, and he stayed home and watched the kids. Shameka was trying to make ends meet."
For the last three years, Harris drove a cab on and off for Buffalo Transportation and was regarded as a responsible worker with a good sense of humor, according to her fellow employees.
"She just started working again three weeks ago after taking a month off for personal reasons. She always told me she needed to make more money for her kids, and I gave her shifts to work," her boss said. "It wasn't easy for her. We're taking up a collection and going to give the money to her family."
Relatives described her as a devoted mother.
"She worked hard and was a loving mother," said Bobby Purdue Sr., father of Bobby Jr., who sat quietly in the back seat of a car looking out at the house he shared with his mother.
Neighbor Shani Gaymon spoke well of Eatmon.
"He'd help people out," Gaymon said. "I never knew him to cause any harm."
But authorities confirmed Eatmon had an extensive criminal record. In 2007, he pleaded guilty to third-degree robbery and was sentenced to one year on probation. He soon violated that probation, earning him five years on probation, court records show.
He was still on probation when police announced in February 2009 that they were searching for him in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl a month earlier. In May of that year, he pleaded guilty to third-degree rape and was sentenced to one year in jail, court records show
Minnesota Avenue residents offered contrasting views about the safety of their neighborhood.
One woman who lives several doors away from the shooting said the 400 block of Minnesota has experienced fewer crimes in recent months since the city installed a police surveillance camera at the intersection of Minnesota and Suffolk Street.
"It's safe most of the time, except sometimes when people sell drugs," the resident of five years said.
Lewis, the neighbor who lives next door to the deceased, was more wary. "I'm going out to look for another place to live," he said. "I've been living here since 2002, and this place is deadly."
Chief of Detectives Dennis J. Richards is overseeing the case, working with Homicide Detectives Mario Pratts and Anthony Borrelli.
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The event will explore the merger of art and music and how the two can create a new medium. Art Mic will be held the first and third Tuesdays of every month, beginning at 7 p.m.
Sawtooth also presents Mindful Movie Mondays every week at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Socializing is strongly encouraged before and after each film. The event will be set-up in the fashion of outdoor movie showing. People are invited to bring sand chairs and blankets to sit on.
Mindful Movie Mondays is free and open to the public. A full bar menu and popcorn will be available for purchase.
Art Mic Night will begin with an open gallery, with a different featured artist every week. All artists are invited to bring their medium and display their work. Then at 9 p.m., open mic night will begin. The mic will be open to musicians, DJs, poets and storytellers.
David Friedman, who will be the first featured artist, described his work:
"Oscar Wilde said, 'Life imitates art, art imitates life.' And in life, nothing is as simple as it first appears. This is, when we look at shapes, there is more going on then the simple form of shape. Take, for example, a forest. From a distance you see a collection of uniform trees. It's not until you get out of your car and journey into the forest that you see the patterns in the bark, the leaves and the variation of branches between each tree.
"So, if 'life imitates art and art imitates life,' then art, like life, should grab your attention from a far, only to become more interesting the closer you get to it. And it's my goal to create the equivalent of computer style artwork by hand, though applying this principle."
Art Mic night is free and open to the public. Sawtooth Ridge Cafe is located at 877 North Lake Tahoe Blvd. in Tahoe City and be reached at 530-583-2880 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Sawtooth-Ridge-Cafe.


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by Lee Milligan, Pat Hoffman, and Annette Zwald
The authors are respectively: UW-Extension St. Croix County agriculture agent, dairy herd management specialist, and a James W. Crowley dairy management intern.
Every heifer has to recover in her lifetime the $1,648 (excluding $500 calf cost) cost of raising her plus the cost of producing milk before she even turns a profit. Another way to look at it is a number of studies indicate raising a heifer represents 20 to 25 percent of the total cost of milk production. That means a careful evaluation of a farm's heifer enterprise presents an opportunity to enhance profitability.
To no one's surprise, the cost to raise a heifer from birth to freshening has risen 57 percent over the past decade. The total cost of raising a heifer from birth to calving averaged $2,148 per head across the operations surveyed. This includes a $500 opportunity cost for the value of the calf. Half of the cost increase was due to higher calf values ($400 between 1998 and 2007).
We also learned there is considerable variation in the cost of raising heifers from birth to freshening between producers. The average cost to raise (without the $500 opportunity cost of the calf) the heifer from birth to freshening was $1,648 per heifer; however, the range varied $1,340 between the high- and low-cost producer. The lowest cost producer was $1,095 per head, and the highest-cost producer had a cost of $2,435 per head (Figure 1).
What can we do?
It is obvious there are producers who have developed low-cost, competitive systems for raising replacement heifers. Examining the costs gives us clues as to where they are developing cost advantages.
Feed and labor and management are the two most critical areas in controlling the cost of raising a calf from birth to its move to group housing. These two areas represent 81 percent of the total cost of raising the calf . . . slight changes in them can have a significant impact.
For example, feed costs averaged $1.83 per calf per day with a range of $0.26 to $5.08. A 10 percent reduction in liquid feed costs is a savings of $7 per calf. Feed costs can be reduced by utilizing pasteurized whole milk versus purchased milk replacer and from lowering the weaning age without sacrificing growth and health of the calf.
Custom calf growers have a significant advantage over dairy producers in the amount of care needed to raise a calf. They used approximately 5 hours of labor to raise a calf versus dairy producers who averaged 13 hours per calf. Because of greater labor efficiencies, the custom calf growers' labor and management cost averaged $0.95 per calf per day versus $2.51 in free stall operations and $2.83 for tie stall herds. A one-hour reduction in the labor to raise a calf reduces costs $0.20 per day or $12 per calf.
Custom calf growers also are more willing to invest in labor-saving equipment or adopt practices to reduce their overall labor costs. Their total fixed costs for equipment and housing was $0.41 per calf per day versus $0.17 to $0.19 per calf per day for other operations.
We compiled a list of labor-saving ideas for raising calves (Table 1). The usefulness and cost effectiveness does depend on the operation's size. Many are simple ideas that save steps, effort, and physical or mental stress. Most can be implemented by any size operation.
Feed cost accounted for 52 percent of the total cost of raising the heifer from time moved to group housing to freshening (or in the case of the custom heifer grower, the time the heifer is returned to the producer). This area needs to be the focal point when analyzing the costs.
The average feed cost was $683 per heifer or $1.05 per day (average 648 days on feed). The low-cost producer was $512 ($0.74 per day for 690 days on feed) compared to the high-cost producer of $1,251 ($1.56 per day for 797 days on feed). A 10 percent reduction in feed costs would save $68 per heifer or $0.10 per day. This represents a savings of $3,400 per 50 heifers.
Understanding heifer nutritional requirements and how to adjust to changing environments without overconditioning is important. Other feed cost factors include using efficient bunk feeding techniques and keeping control on forage costs. Test the forages being fed, and develop a ration based on the heifer's nutrient needs. Avoid overfeeding minerals, vitamins, and protein. Consider feeding ionophores to enhance feed efficiency. Intensive rotational grazing may provide an opportunity to reduce costs. Also, managing other areas such as heifer health and reproduction impacts the age the heifer freshens.
Feeding TMR weigh back to the heifers is another opportunity to reduce feed costs on many dairies. This can be a good source of feed; however, test the feed to determine the nutrient levels. Mineral and protein supplementation may not be necessary when it is included in the ration. On the other hand, energy levels may be high and, therefore, the inclusion rate may need to be limited to avoid overconditioning. Before considering this option, be sure to consider biosecurity issues.
Need constant monitoring . . .
In the spring of 2007, feed prices were determined for the study to avoid the influence of variation of producers' prices on feed costs. Since that time, feed costs have risen approximately 40 percent. This represents a jump of $270 per head or $0.42 per day. This has a tremendous impact on the profitability of custom heifer growers and the decision-making process of dairy producers contemplating raising their own heifers or sending them to a grower.
The adoption of labor-saving methods or equipment is another opportunity to reduce labor costs in the calf-raising enterprise. This is especially true of the labor-intense calf-raising portion of the heifer-growing enterprise.
The cost of raising heifers has increased dramatically over the past nine years. It also demonstrates the importance for producers to calculate their own cost of production and to monitor it frequently due to the volatility of input prices. Relying on this survey as a proxy for your production costs may lead you to make erroneous decisions. The goal is not to raise a heifer for the lowest cost but to raise a quality dairy replacement to enter the milking herd at 22 to 24 months of age as cost efficiently as possible.
For more information: The results of this study are available at the following website: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/heifermgmt/rearingcost.cfm and click on ICPA Final Report. The budgeting tool used in this study is available on a CD containing the publication "Raising Dairy Replacements" and the computer programs "Ration Cost Analyzer" (analyzes the nutrient content and cost of heifer diets), "Heifer ProQWIK" (compares producer heifer growth rates with industry standards), and "Raising Cost Evaluator" (calculates the cost of raising calves and heifers). The entire CD is available at Midwest Plan Service for $30. Check the Midwest Plan Service website at www.mwps.org


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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
People describe dogs in a lot of different ways. Our four-legged friends are called cute, energetic or playful.
My miniature dachshund was almost a sandwich.
A couple of weeks ago, my girlfriend and I took Charlie – on his first birthday – to the Isle of Palms beach. The lil' guy loves the water. He jumped in and out of the gullies and taunted the breaking waves.
As we were coming out of the water toward our towels, I noticed an unwanted visitor to my right in the knee-deep waves. About six feet away and closing in was about a four-foot shark. Charlie was to my left and my lady friend was on the other side of him.
"Babe, shark," I said. "Get him out now."
She yanked him away and onto the sand. I had never seen a shark so close before, so I just stopped and stared. It didn't seem interested in me, and besides, I was only a couple jumps from being on land. I'm no scientist, but it was trying to get a closer look – and perhaps taste – of my pooch.
Dr. Gavin Naylor, a professor in the marine biology graduate program at College of Charleston, said sharks don't normally approach dogs any differently than humans. It's rare for an attack to happen unless provoked.
Without knowing the type of shark, it's impossible to know its behavior and natural demeanor, and therefore, its intentions.
"When people say the word 'shark,' it's like saying 'animal.' There are incredibly different types of sharks," Naylor said. "Some are very timid; some are bolder."
Its small size probably indicates that it was young. "If it was a juvenile shark, they're just like juvenile-any animals," he said. "They're experimental. They do things sometimes not in their best interest."
You got that right. If that shark would have swam aggressively toward Charlie, I would've performed the coolest set of wrestling moves anyone on the Isle of Palms had ever seen. Ya know, full Nelson, arm bar and maybe even bringing out a beach chair to finish the shark off.
Those are all great tips, right, Doc?
"You should get out as quick as possible," he advised. "Whenever I see a shark, I calmly and deliberately move out of the water."
Naylor said in cases where the water is deeper and an escape isn't as accessible, it's important to face the shark so there are no surprises. If I was about to be thrown around like a rag doll in the teeth of a shark, would I want to see it coming?
Naylor said that being aggressive toward an approaching shark isn't a great idea. "If it's bigger than you, I'd leave it alone," he said. If it becomes a little too curious and you think an attack is imminent, he suggested punching it in the gills.
That's what I'm talkin' about. A little jab, maybe a cross and an upper cut. Say g'night, sharkie.
Okay, enough of the cockiness. I'd be calling out for my mama if a shark started prodding me and I had no escape route.
Sometimes a punch will startle the shark and cause it to swim away, Naylor said. "But if they're hungry, that could have the very opposite consequence."
Back to my dog, though. If this shark, which could have been a bull shark, Sandbar shark or Atlantic sharpnose, had been stalking us, what was it seeing in my lil' buddy?
Charlie is a weiner dog, I explained to Naylor.
"I could imagine that looks like a sandwich," he said laughing.
"Wait, did you just say my dog might have looked like a sandwich to that shark?" I asked.
"Well, I certainly can't get inside the head of that shark," Naylor said, still chuckling and having a grand ol' time. "Tiny legs and a big, fat body. It flails around. It looks like an injured fish."
He paused. I paused also, because I had just experienced the most entertaining interview of the month.
"No offense, though," Naylor added.
"Oh, none at all," I responded. "It sounds like you have some experience with dachshunds."
"I think they're cute," he said. "They're funny dogs."
Well, at least "cute" and "funny" are better descriptions than "sandwich."
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quote: 1) Patents are a quid pro quo. You invest in research and disclose your invention to the public, then the government gives you a 20 year monopoly on that invention if it is new and inventive. This is huge incentive for research. Without patents research investment would plummet because it would be more difficult to profit from the fruits of that investment.
quote: 2) In the US, Apple bears the burden of proving the likelihood of validity and infringement to get a preliminary injunction. Samsung need only show a substantial question about validity of the patent to avoid a preliminary injunction. It should be noted that there are other factors at play that also must be satisfied for a preliminary injunction.
quote: 3) In Germany, and likely other foreign countries, the legality of Apple's design patent is legally presumed for adjudicating a preliminary injunction. This may be challenged, but then Samsung would bear the burden of proof (much more difficult to challenge validity than in the US where Apple bears the burden). Furthermore, it is more likely that design patents will be subject of preliminary injunctions than utility patents in Germany since courts apparently think that irreparable harm is more likely in design patent cases.
quote: In summary, I dislike Apple's products and practices as much as the next man, but in this case substantial blame for the preliminary injunction in Germany should be on the laws of Germany and its courts.
quote: Regarding #1, not directed at the article, more of a general comment. Basically anything under the sun made by man is patentable. Sweat of the brow isn't a requirement for patentability if the invention is new and inventive. It's hard to legislate to protect the complicated machine taking years to design if you aren't also protecting the 5 second conception of a new GUI design. Both should be equally patentable imo.
quote: Regarding #3, Here is the statute: http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/resource/documents/RC... Check out article 85.Here is an article written by a German patent attorney:http://patlit.blogspot.com/2011/10/industrial-desi...Here is more commentary: http://mobile.osnews.com/story.php/25056/The-Commu...Germany litigates utlity patent infringement and validity in two separate proceedings. For instance, you can win on infringement and two years later find out you actually lost because the patent was invalid. Not sure if that is the same for designs. In the US it is done all at once for both utility patents and designs.
quote: Bad patents get granted due to the limited time a patent office can invest in examining each one, bad examiner training, etc. It's inevitable. That's why we have the courts to hopefully clear these things up.


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Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: The Collector's Edition Box Set
This spectacular collectors edition includes a lavishly illustrated book on the making of the show, two maps, plus an artists portfolio of never-before-seen storyboards, housed in a handsome gold-stamped case.
The book reveals how the best-selling fantasy series was translated into a show that has captivated millions. It includes hundreds of unpublished set photos, production and costume designs, plus family trees, a dissection of the Dothraki language, and histories of the realms. Interviews with actors and crew members, as well as a foreword by George R.R. Martin, make this an exclusive window into the show.
The portfolio shows how comic book artist Will Simpson singlehandedly storyboarded seasons one and two and features deleted scenes and alternate scenes. Storyboards are seldom made public, so this collection is as rare as it is fascinating.
Completing the package are maps of Westeros and Essos. Fans will recognize the maps from the HBO Go bonus material for Season 2, printed on archival, acid-free paper, and ready for framing.
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quote: ...and drift ever further from reality into a wish fulfilment dream world. I too like to day dream but I try to remember that they are day dreams and not reality.
quote: If Apple do indeed change the connector port design then I suspect they will address the issue of backwards compatibility with older peripherals.


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IBM builds and nurtures leaders. In 2009, Fortune magazine ranked IBM as the best company for leaders. Here, you can cultivate your expertise through award-winning, customized leadership training that is tailored to your professional development priorities. You'll also be leading some of the most promising and reputable talent from around the world.
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IBMers represent some of the most extraordinary, sophisticated and insightful people from around the world. Nobel Prize winners, Turing Award recipients, award-winning consultants, software specialists and industry experts are among the company's employees. It's a great opportunity to broaden your influence among a diverse and esteemed international network of colleagues - connections that will continue to propel your career for a lifetime.
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Ex-Sailor's Rampage Leaves Dozen Dead, Stuns Capital
Suspected Gunman Among Those Killed in Chaos at Navy Yard
WASHINGTON—A man who had been forced out of the military after a 2010 gun arrest opened fire inside a Navy building Monday morning, killing 12 people and injuring about eight more as he sprayed bullets into a cafeteria of unsuspecting military workers, officials said.
Authorities said the alleged gunman, Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas, was killed in a shootout with police at the scene, but that wasn't the end to a chaotic day in the nation's capital that saw security officials lock down military buildings and the U.S. Senate, and cancel the Washington Nationals game scheduled later in the evening.
Hours after the shooting, Police Chief Cathy Lanier warned there could be two additional gunmen, but later investigators decided Mr. Alexis was likely the sole gunman.
In a city that has greatly toughened its security measures since the 2001 terror attacks, when a plane slammed into the Pentagon, the incident at the U.S. Navy Yard shows that significant vulnerabilities remain, even at a guarded military facility.
Patricia Ward, a logistics management specialist, was in the building cafeteria when she said she heard a "pop, pop, pop" from above as a gunman on the fourth floor fired into an atrium on people getting their morning coffee below. The gunman continued to fire as Ms. Ward and others rushed out of the building.
"We just started running," Ms. Ward said.
President Barack Obama, who was briefed as the situation unfolded, said, "These are men and women who were going to work, doing their job protecting all of us. They're patriots. And they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home." He pledged a thorough investigation.
The police department released the names of seven of the 12 victims, and said that none are military personnel. They are Michael Arnold, 59 years old; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; Bernard Proctor, 46, and Vishnu Pandit, 61. The department has also said that eight people were injured.
The incident was the third mass shooting in the country in little more than a year. In December 2012, a gunman shot 20 youngsters and six staff members at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., and in July 2012, 12 people were shot to death at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
Mr. Alexis, 34 years old, was identified by fingerprints taken off his corpse, officials said.
Investigators linked a shotgun Mr. Alexis carried to a purchase he allegedly made last week in Lorton, Va., law-enforcement officials said. Investigators theorize he used the shotgun to shoot a security officer, then took at least one other weapon, a rifle, from that officer or another victim. Witnesses reported seeing Mr. Alexis firing a rifle, and officials said he also may have carried a second long gun and a handgun.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said late Monday that Mr. Alexis gained access to the Navy Yard with a valid pass obtained as part of his contractor work.
Mr. Alexis was employed by The Experts, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based subcontractor for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s H-P Enterprise Services unit. Thomas Hoshko, CEO of The Experts, said Mr. Alexis had worked for the company on a U.S. base in Japan from September 2012 to January 2013 without incident, and had been rehired in July for a project at the Navy yard. He underwent a new security background review and his secret security clearance had been re-approved, Mr. Hoshko said.
He said he didn't know if Mr. Alexis had already started working on the base. "I'm as perplexed as anyone: how can this guy have a clearance if he had a history or problems?" he said.
"This guy must have snapped," he said.
The Experts has about 800 employees, and Mr. Hoshko said he never met Mr. Alexis.
- Shooting Suspect Had Record of Gun Use, Misconduct
- Evacuees Discover They Aren't Safe Yet
- D.C. Police Release Names of 7 People Killed
- Alleged Navy Yard Gunman Held Security Clearance
- Eerie Scene as Workers Evacuate, Hide
- Friend: Aaron Alexis Skilled at Shooter Videogames
- All Things D: Suspect Had Ties to HP Contractor
Lt. Lauren Dempsey, a Navy spokeswoman, said workers inside Building 197 were ordered to remain in place as officials pursued the shooter.
The building houses the Naval Sea Systems Command, and about 3,000 people work in the headquarters unit. The command is in charge of engineering, procuring and building Navy ships and submarines, and is the largest of the Navy's five system commands. Overall, the command employs 60,000 people.
According to witnesses and police, the gunman took a perch at a fourth-floor overlook, firing onto the cafeteria on the first floor. Initially, many of those in the cafeteria didn't realize they were under fire. As people began collapsing with gunshot wounds, people scrambled for cover, said authorities and witnesses, who added that the shooter also fired on people he came across in hallways.
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An alarm sounded, alerting employees to evacuate. Police responded and began searching room to room. City and federal park police officers eventually found the suspect in the building and began trading fire with him. He died in the shootout, authorities said.
Authorities said they had yet to determine a motive, but had found nothing to suggest a connection to terrorism.
A U.S. official said Mr. Alexis had enlisted in the Navy in 2007 and had been an active reservist, but was forced out in early 2011 after a gun incident at his apartment. He had been serving in Fort Worth at the time, according to his military work history. Police records also indicate Mr. Alexis was arrested in Seattle in May 2004 and charged with using a pistol to shoot the tires on the car of a construction worker, but no charges were filed in court, said a clerk at King County District Court in Seattle.
A defense official said Mr. Alexis was pushed out of the military because of repeated incidents and arrests. "There is no question there was a pattern of misconduct while in the Navy reserves," the official said.
Mr. Alexis, officials said, wasn't dishonorably discharged from the Navy. A dishonorable discharge would have prohibited him from legally purchasing a gun.
The FBI made a public appeal for information about Mr. Alexis, asking them to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. "We are looking to learn everything we can about his recent movements, his contacts and his associates,'' said Valerie Parlave, head of the FBI's local office.
For the past three years, Mr. Alexis had attended the Wat Busaya Dhammavanaram Meditation Center, a Buddhist Thai temple in Fort Worth, members said. Kasem Pundisto, a monk at the temple, said Mr. Alexis told him he was troubled, though Mr. Alexis didn't tell him why.
"When he came here and prayed and chanted, that made him feel better," said Mr. Pundisto.
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This week we've got SIX awesome posters of some of our 50 Greatest Rockstars In The World Today including Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Letlive's Jason Aalon Butler, Of Mice & Men's Austin Carlile, Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil, Halestorm's Lzzy Hale and Mr Dave Grohl from a little band known as the Foo Fighters. Ready your walls for rock'n'rooooll!
Lives: Green Day and All Time Low conquer Emirates Stadium, Muse conquer Etihad Stadium and A Day To Remember conquer Koko. Basically there's a lot of conquering going on from some of the best bands in the world. Not to mention Megadeth, Fucked Up, Middle Class Rut and loads more.
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Melting hearts and lifting spirits, four adorable forest creatures are simple and stress-free to make when you take Stacey Trock's new Craftsy class, Amigurumi Woodland Animals! Crocheted toys in the Japanese style are all the rage, and Stacey specializes in them, as a pattern designer, author and guiding light behind the FreshStitches blog. In this class, Stacey shares her best tips for choosing yarns and hooks, marking and counting stitches, stuffing, assembling, and finishing with child-safe details. Even a rookie crocheter will enjoy this class, while experienced crocheters will love the four included patterns - a sturdy bear, winsome deer, mischievous raccoon and beautiful bluebird.
Meet Stacey Trock and her woodland friends. Learn about the Craftsy learning platform and go over the supplies used in this class.
Learn the basics crochet techniques for creating woodland friends, including chaining, increasing, decreasing and changing colors.
Crochet in the round to begin this bluebird beauty, beginning with the beak, then the wings and finally the body.
Assemble your crocheted pieces and and add eyes and stuffing to finish your bluebird.
Crochet all the pieces you'll need to create a complete cuddly bear, then assemble and finish your woodland animal.
Begin the process of crocheting an antlered friend. Create the legs, the antlers and everything between.
Finish your deer by attaching all of your crocheted pieces together and adding stuffing.
Create the head, body and limbs of a cute, ring-tailed raccoon.
Complete this complex little critter by crocheting all the pieces together into one cuddly raccoon.
Learn to crochet baby-safe eyes for younger recipients of your woodland animals.
"I had long admired amigurumi in books and as samples in my [local yarn store], but although I have knitted toys before, I had never crocheted one. This class is the perfect introduction to amigurumi. Even those who have never crocheted before can learn crochet by taking this class. Stacey explains everything and shows every step clearly."
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means 'i don't know' but is said in a childish voice
"what do you wanna do tomorrow?"
"me no no"
"me no no"
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Looks like real timberland Menolo's for women but are just look alikes.(Steve Maddens)
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There is a great truth about yours truly: I don't get sick often, but when I do—watch out! My husband and I have been together for two and a half year and he had yet to see me ever become really ill. He got his chance last Sunday.
I woke up at 2 a.m. with an awful stomach ache, which by 10 a.m. had manifested itself into a full-blown stomach flu. My husband, half-awake when my aches and pains began, offered to go out and get me anything I wanted at 7-11. I was in such pain that I had to sign the letters C-V-S to him (it took him a few minutes to figure out that I wasn't signing "I love you").
So his first trip out he came back with Pepto-Bismol and a Sprite Zero. I took two sips of the Sprite and a swig of the Pepto, hoping it would help with the nausea. It didn't.
He felt so helpless, as did I. I told him not to worry. He said it was his job. That I always took care of him and now he could take care of me.
I just don't get sick. I've never broken a bone and the last time I was in the hospital I was 7. The worst that has happened to me were years of ear infections, which led to my parents deciding to put tubes in my ears.
I picked up my cell phone and handed it to my husband: "Call Dad."
My father, 2,000 miles away always seemed to know what to do. My father was teaching Hebrew school that morning, so my husband left a message.
Then I said: "Call Bubbe." The queen of taking care of people asked my husband what my temperature was—my husband, of course, put it palm up to my forehead. I looked at him and said: "Honey, other side."
We didn't have a thermometer—or if we did it would have taken months to find. My husband said he would go out and get one, but before he could leave, the phone rang again. Dad had called back.
"Are you achey?" he asked.
"I've never felt this bad in my life," I told him.
"You should take some Motrin," he told me.
Here's the problem. I don't take pills. I can't take pills. When I was younger, I would hide the yucky chalk-covered pills needed to help my ear infections. When we moved, there were seven under the couch. Any kind of medicine I take needs to be in liquid form—and flavor is important, too.
So my husband left the house one more time (as I tried—and failed—to get back to sleep) and returned with a digital thermometer and some children's Motrin (grape flavored).
Turns out I had a slight fever. It wasn't bad—but it was enough to give me hot flashes over the next few hours.
I looked on the side of the package of the Motrin and it said "better if taken with food." So, my husband brought me some applesauce—and ordered me to take my medicine. It wasn't that bad—I just had to double the dosage.
By the end of the night, and after sleeping on and off for the next six hours and being able to keep down the oatmeal my husband brought to me on a TV tray, I felt so much better.
At one point I managed to walk to the living room and saw my him collapsed on the couch—face down—with the TV on. I decided not to wake him. I must be a harder patient to care for than I thought.
I might not get sick very often, but I know that when I do, the sweetest nurse in the world will be there to help me—with help from Dr. Dad and Dr. Bubbe.
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Cross Countrys Edon Sisters Earn Academic All-MAC
MUNCIE, Ind. - - Ball State cross country twin sisters Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) and Caitlynn Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) have been named to the 2013 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Cross Country Team as announced today by the league office.
Both nursing majors with 3.934 and 3.810 grade-point averages, respectively, are first-time Academic All-MAC honorees.
Courtney Edon competed in all seven meets for Ball State during the 2013 cross country season, leading the squad to the finish line six times. She placed 108th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) with a career-fast 6K time of 22:40, while earing 42nd at the MAC Championships (Nov. 2) with a 6K clocking of 23:01.93. She also posted a season-best 5K time of 18:35.35 to place 35th at the Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener (Sept. 7).
Caitlynn Edon also competed in all seven meets for the Cardinals last season. She turned in a career-best 6K time of 23:40 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, after finishing 77th at the MAC Championships with a 6K time of 24:05.74. She also logged a career-best 5K time of 19:02.05 at the Mel Brodt Collegiate Opener.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.
A total of 29 student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC Team for women's cross country. The number of honorees is set for the specific sport or 33% of the number of nominees, whichever is greater.
2013 Women's Cross Country Academic All-MAC Team
Jillian Roth, Akron, Junior, 3.58 GPA, Mechanical Engineering
Courtney Edon, Ball State, Junior, 3.934 GPA, Nursing
Caitlynn Edon, Ball State, Junior, 3.810 GPA, Nursing
Mackenzie McMillin, Bowling Green, R-Freshman, 3.900 GPA, Undecided
Maria Meredith, Bowling Green, R-Sophomore, 3.900 GPA, Communication Disorders
Rebecca Rae, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.464 GPA, Biology
Breanne Lesnar, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.96 GPA, Health Education
Krista Parks, Central Michigan, Senior, 3.22 GPA, Psychology
Kelly Schbert, Central Michigan, Sophomore, 3.95 GPA, Undecided
Kayla Pfund, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.53 GPA, Exercise Science
Amy Frauhammer, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.92 GPA, Management
Victoria Voronko, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.80 GPA, Physical Education
Paige Foster, Kent State, Junior, 4.0 GPA, Nursing
Alex Chitwood, Miami, Junior, 3.92 GPA, Diplomacy and Global Studies
Jess Hoover, Miami, Junior, 3.83 GPA, Finance
Erica Howes, Miami, Senior, 3.97 GPA, Nutrition
Anna Lamb, Miami, Junior, 3.92 GPA, Kinesiology
Leah Raffety, Northern Illinois, R-Freshman, 4.0 GPA, Health Sciences
Juli Accurso, Ohio, Senior, 3.882 GPA, French and Linguistics
Maureen Dean, Ohio, Sophomore, 4.0 GPA, Biology
Caroline Hildebrand, Ohio, Sophomore, 3.457 GPA, Electrical Engineering
Melissa Thompson, Ohio, Senior, 3.891 GPA, Journalism
Tessa Weigand, Ohio, Sophomore, 3.906 GPA, Accounting
Mackenzie Chojnacky, Toledo
Brooke Tullis, Toledo, Junior, 3.400 GPA, Nursing
Liz Weiler, Toledo, Junior, 3.565 GPA, Marketing and Professional Sales
Megan Gaysunas, Toledo, Junior, 3.762 GPA, Marketing
Megan Wright, Toledo, Junior, 3.423 GPA, Exercise Science
Aisha Hodge, Western Michigan, Senior, 3.57 GPA, Psychology


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Madcap Cottage
John Loecke and Jason Oliver Nixon are the dynamic duo behind North Carolina- and New York-based interior design firm Madcap Cottage. Known for their whimsical use of color and pattern, the Madcap gents scour the world for eclectic finds that capture their unique and gimlet-eyed viewpoint. They run their firm, an ever-changing design laboratory, from a former pharmacy in the heart of High Point, North Carolina, the hub for American decorative arts.


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Scam still targeting power customers
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Johnson City Power Board officials tell News 5 WCYB some of their customers are still being targeted for scams. Two more complaints were reported on Tuesday.
A utility representative said the last few weeks several customers have received phone calls from an unknown party posing as a JCPB employee. According to the power board, the callers tried to convince the customers to purchase a prepaid gift card.
The Johnson City Power Board wants to remind its customers they do not use prepaid gift cards and do not solicit them to their customers.
If you get one of these calls, Johnson City Police are asking for you to record the caller ID information and file a report.


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text: Visitors have the chance to learn all about winemaking as they walk through a romantic landscape of the vineyards. The trail leads through the Klusberg as far as Tschöpperli. Along the way 24 illustrated panels cover everything from the growth of the vines to the work of the winegrower and the development of wine over the seasons.