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Memo to Nanny: No Juice Boxes
By JODI KANTOR
Published: September 28, 2006
IN posting after posting on the new Web site ISawYourNanny.blogspot.com, anonymous whistle-blowers describe alarming baby-sitting behavior they witness at playgrounds or supermarkets: the nanny in the Seattle suburbs who may be drinking on the job; the sitter in Greenwich, Conn., preparing for a date with the children's father; the one near Atlanta pouring Dr Pepper into the sippy cup of her young charge.
Alcohol abuse. Adultery. Carbonated beverages?
One of these things is not like the others. But in an age of organic everything, rampant childhood obesity and widespread food allergies -- not to mention poisonous spinach -- the feeding and misfeeding of children has become a tense, awkward point of debate between parents and baby sitters.
Just a few years ago, giving lunch to a 1-year-old was a simple matter of popping open a jar of the Gerber mush du jour. But many parents now feed their children with the precision of chemists and the passion of Alice Waters, and expect sitters to do the same. Fruit juice, once a childhood mainstay, is now considered a sweet slosh of empty calories, and soft drinks are a potential firing offense.
''Twenty years ago you would feed kids anything,'' said Marci Thomas, who has been baby-sitting for New York children for that long. ''Just feed the child hamburgers, and that was great back then. Now it's so precise. Don't give them that at lunch, make sure she eats that at dinner.''
The issue is a trying one even for those gifted in the delicate art of parent-nanny diplomacy. The conflicts are partly a result of the educational and economic divide that leaves many nannies less knowledgeable (or neurotic, take your pick) about nutrition than their employers. But it is also partly a struggle over the emotional issues involved in leaving a child in another person's care.
The result is a state of affairs in which nannies innocently serve children Yoo-hoo, believing that it is simply chocolate milk, or defy parents by sneaking their charges forbidden candy bars or simply notice that a child's dinner costs more than their hourly rate.
Many parents, meanwhile, now ask sitters to document their children's every bite in feeding logs, and fumble over how to tell an otherwise beloved nanny that the pizza bagels and chicken nuggets she has been serving to several generations of children -- including her own -- are unacceptable.
''It's not unusual for parents to make a huge list of what is and isn't allowed,'' said Genevieve Thiers, who is the founder and chief executive of Sittercity.com, which matches more than 150,000 baby sitters with parents. Her site receives so many queries about food, she said, that she is preparing to post an online worksheet on which parents can specify diet preferences.
''I've seen parents list calorie counts, lists of ingredients in foods that kids are and aren't allowed to have,'' she said. ''They'll name an enzyme or a sugar.''
Nannies, meanwhile, find it demeaning ''when parents are overly scrupulous,'' said Julia Wrigley, a professor of sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center, because they are implying that the sitters do not know or care enough to feed children properly. ''The deeper emotional issue is how much judgment and authority the caregiver can exercise,'' she said.
Sitters can hear a parent's dietary requests as criticism of her education level, cultural traditions and personal eating habits, and as harbingers of extra work.
''You have to prepare the meal from scratch,'' said one older nanny who complained bitterly as she pushed a little boy on a swing set in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and then asked not to be identified for fear of losing her job. ''It's organic organic all the way, but even the YoBaby yogurt has too much sugar,'' she said, referring to Stonyfield Farm's organic line for babies. ''You have to get special organic produce and then prepare each meal.'' Nannies, she said, must now be personal chefs while also supervising mischievous toddlers, and all without an increase in pay.
Strict parental guidelines may leave a nanny in a difficult position: If a 3-year-old refuses any lunch other than pizza, is the sitter supposed to let the child go hungry? And what's a nanny to do when even the parents have a hard time getting a child to eat his peas?
Most of the sitters interviewed for this article said they are happy to try to feed children whatever their employers specify. In contrast, parents expressed a great deal of anxiety, saying they feel guilty criticizing their nannies and even guiltier about leaving their child at home eating potato chips.
Melani Cammett is a mother of two, an assistant professor of political science at Brown, and an accomplished Happy Meal thief. Her sitter, Lena Barros Mackie, has friends and relatives who work at fast-food chains and gave her children's meals to take to work, much to the delight of Ms. Cammett's children. So Ms. Cammett snatched the boxes, ''stealing the candy and editing the contents,'' she said, before returning the meals to the unsuspecting children.

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- 3 cups cooked beef, coarsely chopped (use leftover pot roast, oven roast, corned beef, etc.)
- 2 large baking potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 ribs celery, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth*
Combine all ingredients and pack into a well-greased shallow baking pan. Cover with foil and bake at 375° for 45 minutes. Uncover and brown under broiler.
Serves 6.
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Bigger not always better, even in the NFL
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By Rachel Blount
McClatchy Newspapers
When it comes to size, Americans tend to live by the credo that bigger is better. And when it comes to football players, teams usually borrow the motto of the drive-through window: Supersize `em, please.
Minnesota Vikings center Matt Birk recalled that when he entered the NFL in 1998, a 300-pounder was considered a big guy. Now, 300 is the new 275. The league has become as obsessed with the scale as an Atkins dieter, courting some unhealthy consequences in the process.
In April, University of Minnesota center Greg Eslinger fell victim to the numbers game when his 6-3, 293-pound body outweighed his award-heavy resume at the NFL draft. The winner of the Outland and Rimington Trophies was deemed too small and wasn't picked until the sixth round. About a month later came news of two more studies indicating the NFL's largest players face an increased risk of heart disease, echoing the findings of previous research.
Both stories share the same moral: Bigger is not always better. But in today's NFL, as in today's America, that sensible philosophy is a hard sell.
"It seems like you have to be at least 300 pounds now (in the NFL)," said Birk, who is 6-4 and 308. "For me, carrying 300 pounds is a little bit of a strain on the body.
"We're well aware of (the health studies). In your 20s and 30s, it's something you joke about more than anything. I'm sure not too far down the road, that's something that will hit home a little bit more. But it's a physical game, and guys keep getting bigger, stronger and faster." The Vikings' training-camp roster includes 20 players who surpass the 300-pound mark, topped by 6-8, 343-pound Bryant McKinnie. In 1986, there were 10 NFL players who weighed 300 pounds or more; last year, there were more than 330 on opening-day rosters.
Birk said the growing size of NFL linemen mirrors the expanding girth of the population at large, and he added that advances in nutrition and training techniques now enable players to carry more weight and retain speed and athleticism. The evolution was sped along by rule changes that favored bigger players, as well as the emergence of Chicago defensive lineman William (Refrigerator)' Perry as a cultural icon.
All those factors contributed to football's version of an arms race, sometimes to the detriment of men on both sides of the 300-pound line. Because Eslinger fell below it, many of the virtues that made him one of the most celebrated Gophers in years - his work ethic, his intelligence, his selflessness, his heart - were sadly overshadowed.
"Effort level, commitment, doing all the right things, being smart, that's all part of it," Gophers assistant coach Gordy Shaw said. "But some people in the NFL still go to the tape measure. It's almost like they ignore the (game) film."
And for those who weigh in above the line, the NFL jackpot could be a Faustian bargain. The two studies recently released show that retired NFL linemen have high rates of metabolic syndrome, a group of cardiovascular risk factors that include high blood pressure and obesity, and are 50 percent more likely than other retired players to have an enlarged heart, another risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Other research has shown they are far more likely to have sleep apnea and other health issues.
NFL officials have dismissed some of those studies, but Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said last summer that the league is conducting its own research. It should do so seriously, and it should not fear the results.
Football is a big person's game, of course, and its inherent danger creates part of its appeal. Americans fill stadiums on fall weekends to stand in awe of giants and cheer the naked chutzpah of people who willingly stare down bodily harm. But to dismiss a player such as Eslinger as too small - or to ignore size-related health risks, effectively turning them into the elephant in the corner of the locker room - does a disservice to both the players and the game.
Eslinger finally was picked by Denver, one of a few NFL teams whose offensive scheme relies on quicker, more agile linemen. He fits into their system well, setting him up for success - which would be the best revenge.
That's what Shaw is counting on. "I called him as soon as he was drafted," he said. "I told him, `Congratulations. You went (one pick) higher than (New England quarterback) Tom Brady.' I guess some people didn't think Greg was big enough. But people make mistakes."
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Re: Bigger not always better, even in the NFL
His 6'-6" size has got to be the reason why they are looking at moving Cook to a different position.
"If at first you don't succeed, parachuting is not for you"
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It is believed the man, aged 32 and the woman, aged 29, died as a result of knife injuries. A weapon was recovered from the house, police say.
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Pretty amazing how we all trashed the author for this one.
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US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it saw a softer world commercial airplane market over the next two decades because of the global economic downturn, slumping air traffic and volatile fuel prices.
Boeing said in its annual outlook report that it expects a 3.2 trillion dollar market for commercial airplanes in the 2009-2028 period, unchanged from last year's 20-year outlook.
But the company forecast demand for 29,000 new passenger and freighter planes in the period 2009-2028, compared with the prior forecast of 29,400 planes.
Market growth will be led by an expansion of flight capacity, with airline companies buying 58 percent of planes, while fleet renewals will account for 42 percent of purchases, Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing's commercial aircraft, said in a conference call with reporters.
Tinseth noted that the airplane industry was cyclical, with "a long history of declines and upturns."
But, he said, "it's a very resilient industry and we expect it to continue to be resilient in the future."
According to Boeing, traffic growth has averaged more than 5.0 percent per year over the past 30 years.
Boeing said that over the next 20 years, passenger traffic was expected to grow at an average pace of 4.9 percent each year and freight traffic would increase at an average annual rate of 5.4 percent.
The growing Asia Pacific region will lead the commercial airplane market in both units and value, the Chicago-based company projected.
Boeing forecast Asia Pacific with buy 8,960 aircraft, or 31 percent of demand, and spend a total of 1.13 trillion dollars, or 36 percent of the value.
Air travel to, from and within the growing region will increase to a 41 percent share of the world travel market by 2028, from a 32 percent share.


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Honor King \ Kevod melekh
Zichron Yaakow by Rabbi Lipschutz of Kovno
From Encyclopedia Judaica - volume 5; page 1227; (1972)
Dainow, Zevi Hirsch ben Ze'ev Wolf (1832-1877)
Russian preacher known as the "the Maggid of Slutsk" after his native town Slutsk, in the district of Minsk. Dainow was regarded in his time as " the preacher of the Haskalah." He preached in favor of a combination of Torah with Haskalah and in popular Yiddish rebuked his compatriots for their estrangement from manual labor and stressed the need for reform in education, advocating that the heder be abolished and Jewish children study in government schools. Dianow was widely known for his personal integrity: he was fearless in his preaching, favoring no one, not even the maskilim, though he regarded himself as close to them. This attitude and his criticism of the leaders of the old school roused against him widespread opposition, particularly in religious circles, and in many places the door of the synagogue were closed to him. In his articles in the periodicals Ha-Maggid and Ha-Mattif, Dainow described the troubles and persecutions that were his lot. For a time Dianow was active throughout Russia on behalf of "The Society for the Promotion of Culture Among Jews of Russia." The Haskalah writers, including J. L. Gordon, supported him and corresponded with him. The unremitting hostility of his opponents compelled him to leave Russia, and in 1874 he moved to London where he continued as advised byJ. L. Gordon his role as preacher to the communities of Russian and Polish immigrants until his death. In London he was at first harassed by Chief Rabbi N. M. Adler, but later was reconciled with him as the chief rabbi became convinced of his integrity. Dainow also founded a Hebrew school in London. One of his sermons, entitled Kevod Melckh in honor of Czar Alexander II, was published in 1869; he left other works in manuscript.
Bibliography: J.M. Rosenthal, Toledot hevrat marbei Haskalah be-yisrael be-Erez Rusvah. 1 (1885). 69f., 2 (1890). 207f.: J.L. Gordon, Iggerot (1894). nos. 60, 62, 77, 78, 97, 98,101, 107, 108, 111: J. Meisl. Haskalah Geschichte der Aufklaerungsbewegung unter den juden in Russland (1919). 174; J. Lipschitz, Zikhron Ya'akov, 2 (1927). 62, 64, 194: Citron. in: Hadoar 9, 10 (1930-31). 60 F., 75, 77: S.J. Gliksberg, Ha-Derashah be-Yisrael (1940), 427: Pinkas Slutsk u-Venoteha (1962). 100, 307f. [Y. Ho.]
DAINOW, ZEBI HIRSCH, better known as the Slutsker Maggid, preacher, b. Slutsk, Russia, 1832; d. London 1877. He was the first of the type of popular preacher (Maggid) to abandon the old method of preaching and to speak simply in Yiddish. He was a champion of the Haskalah movement, urging his listeners to aquire secular knowledge and to send their children to the public schools rather than to the Heder. This attitude aroused hostility among the more conservative Jews, and Dainow, in his writings, frequently complained of persecution, though Judah Loeb Gordon, a friend of his, held that this was more in Dainow's imagination than actual. A feeling that he was in danger from fanatics, however, caused Dainow to leave Russia for England (1874), where he became a preacher and lecturer. A pamphlet, Kebod Hamelech (Glory of the King; Odessa, 1869), which was also issued in a Russian translation, contains a sermon by Dainow as a eulogy of Czar Alexander II.
Lit.: Hashahar, vol. 5, pp. 329-47, 601-05.
Dainow, Zebi Hirsch B. Zeeb Wolf (Known as the Slutzker Maggid):
By Herman Rosenthal & Peter Wiernik
Russian preacher: born at Slutzk, government of Minsk, in 1832: died in London March 6, 1877. He possessed oratorical ability of a high order, and inspired the progressive element of the Russian Jewry through his exhortations in behalf of secular knowledge and his glorification of industry, patriotism, and progress. In him the modern Russo-Jewish "haskalah" (progressive movement) found its orator; and its great exponents, like Gordon, Smolenskin, and their friends and followers - who up to that time had received from the pulpit nothing but condemnation and censure - recognized in Dainow a powerful ally and at first encouraged him in every possible way. But he aggravated, rather than allayed, the fear of the conservative classes that he was not in accord with them on some religious questions; and by discarding the traditional dress and manners of the "maggid" he aroused suspicion and also opposition in certain quarters. The support and encouragement that he received from the government officials augmented the hostility, and this fact misled Dainow to believe that he was persecuted by fanatics and had to suffer for the sake of the principles which he wished to enforce on his audiences. Judah Loeb Gordon, who understood the Russian Jews and their needs much better than Dainow did, made light of these imaginary persecutions, and warned Dainow against the evils that would result from a complaint to the authorities against his opponents. The violent attack on his antagonists in general and particularly on the Jews of Byelostok and on A. B. Gottlober - which Dainow published in "Ha-Shahar" v. 329-347 - gives a good idea of the condition of his mind. The reply to that attach (ib. pp. 601-605) contains a good description of Dainow and his methods at that time.
In 1874 he left Russia forever and settled in London, where he became preacher in a congregation of Russian and Polish Jews, and also lecturer on Haggadah at En Jacob synagogue. Even in his letter from London he complained continuously of opposition and persecution, giving vent to grievances that were as imaginary as those he had suffered in his native land, if not more so. All contemporary accounts agree that he was highly respected and well treated in London, where his oratorical powers were recognized even by the English rabbis. His premature death in March, 1877, was universally regretted; and his funeral was probably the most imposing that a Russian Jew had in the British capital.
Besides the article mentioned, there is only one publication bearing Dainow's name. It is a pamphlet named "Kebod Hamelech" (Glory of the King. Odessa 1869), and contains a sermon delivered by Dainow in Odessa, eulogizing Czar Alexander II. It appeared also in a Russian translation.
Bibliography: J. L. Gordon, Iggerot, Nos. 60, 62, 77, 79, 97, 98, 101, 107, 108, 111, Warsaw, 1894:
Ha-Maggid, v. 20, Nos. 8, 11, 13;
Jewish Chronicle, March 9, 1877.H. R. P. Wi.
The Late Russian Magid.
We know nothing of the antecedents of the man who by his eloquence could fascinate thousands of his countrymen who hung on his lips and listened to his exhortations. We only know that a power whether for good or for evil has been withdrawn from the community. We have in our midst hundreds of Poles and Russians who understand no other language save their native jargon through which alone they could be persuaded and moved. The late Magid knew how to strike a chord in their hearts which vibrated through their frames; and this is enough for us to mourn his loss. Something should be done by way of spiritual instruction for these strangers on our shores which form the reserve from which one day the gaps in our ranks may be filled. It is of no use addressing them in a lauguage which they do not understand or telling them to join the native community as long as they are not acclimatized and cannot enter into our views as little as we can into theirs. The loss of the Magid will no doubt be deeply felt by those over whose emotional nature he had so much power.
The Late Rev. H. Dainow
An impressive ceremony consequent upon the death of the Russian Magid, the Rev. Hirsch Dainow took place on Sunday afternoon last at the German Synagogue, Sandy's Row. At the request of the Warden, the Rev. A. L. Green delivered an address in honour of the deceased. Mr. Green took his text the tenth verse of the twenty-second chapter of Jeremiah, "Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land." Referring to abject condition of the Jews in Russia, The speaker asked why a teacher whose lessons were so much needed in his own country should have... (missing last line?)
Later in the 1870's some intellectuals arrived, so that the immigrants quarter began to assume a cultural distinctiveness of it own. England received such varied personages as Jacob Reinowitz, Zvi Hirsch Dainow, Nahum Lipman, Morris Winchevsky, Aaron Liebermann, and E. W. Rabbinowitz at the time.
Chapter Movement Of Protest And Improvement; page 105
The short-lived agitation was probably unintelligible to the Jewish community, whose journal was probably bona fide in stigmatizing the Hebrew Socialist Society as a 'missionary trick' to lure the Jewish poor away from Judaism. However, once the communal leadership realized that socialism was really being propagated among the East End Jews, Hirsch Dainow (1833-1877), a recently arrived Maggid of some note,* was set to work to combat it. Dainow's task was brief, for Liebermann quit London at the end of 1876, and his Society disappeared. Some members scattered to the Provinces, others remained in London, and a few returned to the Russia revolutionary movement.
* Zvi Hirsch Dainow (1833-1877), the Maggid of Slutsk, was well known as a preacher of the Jewish Enlightenment in Russia. He settled in London in 1876 after having been hounded out of Russia by his opponents. By the end of that year he was able to deliver an English speech. See Jewish Encyclopedia, s.v. Dainow, Zvi Hirsch; Address Delivered by the Russian Maggid (The Rev. H. Dainow), at a general meeting of the Maggid Society... December 30, 1876. London, Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1877; information from his descendants.
Consider the brief tempest occasioned by the arrival to London of Rabbi Hirsch Dainow, known as the Polish Magid. Defying an order by the Chief Rabbi that he not be permitted to speak "except under ecclesiastical sanction," the charismatic rabbi spoke and drew a large crowd. The scene was repeated for several weeks, the number of listeners growing with each renewed prohibition against the rabbi's public lectures. "On Sabbath last, the crowd of auditors was so great intervention of two constables was required and they had difficulty in expressing the unruly ardour of the throng, who pressed forward in the hope of gaining access to Zetland Hall." Soon a fund was established to bring Rabbi Dainow and his family to London permanently. No sooner in London, however, than the Polish Magid died of pleurisy at age 45.
From The Nature of Judeophobia by Gustavo D. Perednik
What happened next is deja vu to us, veteran students of Judeophobia in the middle of the ninth lesson. Just as in France and Germany, Jews entered the arts, became journalists, lawyers, dramatists, novelists, poets, critics, composers, painters, sculptors. They seemed suddenly ubiquitous in the economic, political and cultural life of the motherland. But the Gentile reaction to this Jewish participation in Russian life was far less enthusiastic. Russian writers (like Lermontov, Gogol and Pushkin) included in their works repulsive stereotypical Jews. Dostoevsky went further in The Jewish Question (1873) justifying this attitude by blaming the Jews for being wily exploiters, ruthlessly leeching on the surrounding populace, especially the defenseless and ignorant peasants. For him, the Jews, enthroned on sacks of gold, inspired all manner of politics against Russia from Western Europe. According to him, Russians, citizens of the only land in which Christianity still represented a life-determining power, were regarded by the Jews as beasts of burden.
But the party went on. Jewish literature and press throve, mainly in Hebrew and in Yiddish, and also in Russian. Zevi Dainow published a Hebrew sermon in honor of the Czar and Lev Levanda called the Jews to wake up under the scepter of Alexander II - until the party was abruptly disrupted.
From The Nature of the Judeofobia (Lesson Nro. 9) Directed by Gustavo D. Perednik
Already advanced in the course of judeofobia, we can anticipate what ocurrio ': like in France and Germany, the Jews entered in the arts and the media, were lawyers and dramatists, critical and composers, painters and poets. Of suddenly one perceived them well-known and ubicuos in the political and cultural life of the country. And all the gentile ones this sudden Jewish participation in the life of the mother country did not excite. Repulsive Jewish stereotypes began to appear in works of Lermontov, Gogol and Pushkin. Dostoievsky was more far and in the Jewish Question (1873) it justified repulses it, accusing the Jews of "orerators, chupasangres of the population that surrounds them, in special of the poor men and ignorantes farmers... The Russians, citizens of the only country where the Christianity is still dominant force, are considered by the Jews like beasts of burden ". For him, the Jews, seated on their gold bags, plotted against Russia from the West.
But the dance continued. The press and Jewish Literature bloomed, specially in Hebrew and �dish; also in Russian. Zvi Dainow published in Hebrew a sermon in honor of the czar, and Lev Levanda called to the Jews "to wake up under the sceptre of Alexander II". And of blow the lights were extinguished.
From Slutsk and Vicinity Memorial Book Translation of Pinkas Slutsk u-benoteha
[Tsvi Hirsh Dainov] was born in Slutsk and was a prominent man known by the name "The Slutsk Maggid" [preacher]. He was one of the first modern Yiddish orators to use simple Yiddish, without the traditional melody, without gesticulations and without frightening people with hell. With the strength of his words, he would make a great impression on his listeners. Inspired by the ideals of Haskalah [enlightenment movement], he described for the people the humiliating economic and spiritual condition of the masses. He spoke out against false pride, against idlers, about the government's need to help fight poverty, the necessity of education and the need to send [Jewish] children to public schools.
The members of the Haskalah movement sent him out on their behalf to Jewish towns and villages to give speeches to the people. His strength of expression against fanaticism and superstition, such as not being too rigorous in interpreting the law and keeping certain commandments, made the Orthodox Jews come out against him.
He also had a lot of enemies among the older generation. The Russian administration (to which he would turn for help) protected him.
In many towns people had closed the doors of the besmedresh[15] to him. "Hamagid" and "Hamelitz" [Jewish newspapers] would often publish laments about the persecution that he endured from the opponents of Haskalah. Thanks to the endeavors of his friend YL'G, the community "Ein Jankov" invited Dainov as an orator in 1874. These were Russian-Polish Jews in London where he was very popular and well liked, even by the leader of the Jewish community, Rabbi Nathan Adler.
Characteristic of his relationship with the Yiddish language; in one of his letters to the "Chevra Mfitze Haskolah" in 1873, he drew the society's attention to the need to publish Jewish books, through which one could have a an effect on the Jewish masses. He told them how useful the Yiddish writings of Michal Gordon, Linetsky, Axenfeld and others were. Dainov left a lot of manuscripts.
From jewishencyclopedia.com
By Joseph Jacobs & Judah David Eisenstein
Zebi Hirsch Dainow (d. 1877) was the first of the modern type of maggid, which soon developed into that of the "national," or "Zionistic," maggid.
From The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Haskalah Movement in Russia, by Jacob S. Raisin
The waves of the Renaissance and the Reformation sweeping over Russian Jewry reached even the sacred precincts of the synagogues, the batte midrashim, and the yeshibot. The Tree of Life College in Volozhin became a foster-home of Haskalah. The rendezvous of the brightest Russo-Jewish youths, it was the centre in which grew science and culture, and whence they were disseminated far and wide over the Pale. Hebrew, German, and Russian were surreptitiously studied and taught. Buckle and Spencer, Turgenief and Tolstoi were secretly passed from hand to hand, and read and studied with avidity. Some students advocated openly the transformation of the yeshibah into a rabbinical seminary on the order of the Berlin Hochschule. The new learning found an ardent supporter in Zebi Hirsh Dainov, "the Slutsker Maggid" (1832-1877), who preached Russification and Reformation from the pulpits of the synagogues, and whom the Society for the Promotion of Haskalah employed as its mouthpiece among the less advanced.(17) In the existing reform synagogues, in Riga, Odessa, Warsaw, and Vilna, and even in more conservative communities, sermons began to be preached in Russian. Solomon Zalkind Minor, who lectured in German, acquired a reputation as a preacher in Russian since his election to the rabbinate of Minsk (1860). He was called "the Jellinek of Russia" by the Maskilim.(18) Aaron Elijah Pumpyansky began to preach in Russian at Ponevezh, in Kovno (1861). Germanization at last gave way to Russification. Even in Odessa, where German culture predominated during the reign of Nicholas I, it was found necessary, for the sake of the younger generation, to elect, as associate to the German Doctor Schwabacher, Doctor Solomon Mandelkern to preach in Russian. Similar changes were made in other communities. In the Polish provinces the Reformation was making even greater strides. There the Jews, whether reform, like Doctor Marcus Jastrow, or orthodox like Rabbi Berish Meisels, identified themselves with the Poles, and participated in their cultural and political aspirations, which were frequently antagonistic to Russification. A society which called itself Poles of the Mosaic Persuasion was organized in Warsaw, an organ of extreme liberalism was founded in the weekly Israelita, and, with the election of Isaac Kramsztyk to the rabbinate, German was replaced (1852) by the native Polish as the language of the pulpit.
Footnote 17: Rosenthal, op. cit., p. 70; Gordon, Iggerot, nos. 60-62; Ha-Meliz, xx, nos. 8, 11, 13.
Footnote 18: Voskhod, 1900, v.; Sefer ha-Shanah, ii. 288-290.
From OzTorah - Hermann Gollancz & the title of rabbi in British Jewry
A particular issue was the status of immigrant rabbis and maggidim (preachers). Adler decreed that anyone who wished to exercise religious functions needed his sanction. When the �Polish Maggid� (the nickname later changed to �Russian Maggid�), Zvi Hirsch Dainow, began to function in the East End of London in 1874, Adler insisted that he place himself under the rabbinate�s authority. Dainow objected, and the �Jewish World� (10 July, 1874) observed, �It is surprising with what pertinacity this gentleman defies the charge of the Rev. the Chief Rabbi that he not be permitted to preach under ecclesiastical sanction� The Maggid is represented to us as being a man of portly and noble presence, a king among men, eloquent, impressive in his didactic teachings, and a person of the greatest intelligence and mental capacity. His influence among his countrymen is extraordinary.�
Then the paper changed its tune and said, �The action of the Chief Rabbi with respect to this individual appears to us inexplicable. It has aroused among Poles of the East End of London a large amount of antagonism�� It must be said that Dainow had been a controversial figure in Russia, where it was alleged that under the guise of a maggid he had been promoting untraditional doctrines. Adler eventually relented to some extent and allowed Dainow to preach, though not in synagogues under his direct control. However, the misgivings were not universal. Some of the official ministers were impressed by Dainow�s oratory, several of the anglicised lay leaders contributed to his upkeep, and the Maggid�s death in London in 1877 was deeply mourned.
Memorandum zu der "Alliance israe�lite universelle" : manuscript, 1870.
Address delivered by the Russian Magid, the Rev. H. Dainow, at a general meeting of the ... Magid Society held at Zetland Hall, Mansell Street, Whitechapel ... December 30th, 1876, etc.


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Our main aim is to provide a portal for qualified Natural Health Practitioners and students of Metaphysics, by actively promoting the further education of our members, through affiliation with other Institutions and Organizations of Higher Learning.
As Metaphysics and related natural healing modalities are fast gaining ground as accepted complimentary therapies to existing allopathic intervention, it is now imperative that members of our healing community be suitably educated and have a sound knowledge of psychology, counseling techniques and other related disciplines. The science of altering the mind to accept a new awareness, which is what we do, must be practiced with the utmost of integrity, lest we want to plunge our industry into disrepute.
Moreover, if we do find ourselves in a compromised position, where our integrity is being placed in doubt, we need to be able to rely on our governing body, association or organization to help and circumvent any possible legal problems that may arise. We are practicing in the public domain, therefore we are liable.
Educating our members to accept that it is their responsibility to further their own education in order to improve service delivery in the industry as a whole, will be actively persued by encouraging practitioners who are not as yet fully qualified to further their education in the science of psychological and spiritual counseling.
Many in our community are already furthering their education, but there are still those that simply practice with little or no education. This complacency can no longer survive new impending legislation which will restrict the activities of those who are not compliant with the conditions under which practitioners will be allowed to operate, once new laws are passed and implemented.
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A mental health worker has been jailed for plundering thousands of pounds from a vulnerable man in his care.
Amir Khaliq's 61-year-old victim had severe mental health problems and learning difficulties, which meant he could not read and write, struggled to sign his signature, and left him at risk of abuse. He had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday that Khaliq, 37, used his victim's Post Office bank card to withdraw £7,000 for himself over a period of more than a year. The money was never recovered.
Khaliq, of Cote Lane, Allerton, Bradford, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position of trust.
The court heard he had spent some of the money on Christmas presents for his children and furniture to give them a better life.
But Judge John Potter, jailing Khaliq for eight months, said he had "plundered money from a severely disabled person".
Judge Potter said the offences were aggravated by planning, pre-meditation and the exploitation of a vulnerable victim.
He added: "The offending was over a significant period of time in circumstances which could only amount to a gross breach of trust."
Prosecutor Emma Downing said Khaliq was employed as a mental health care worker by the charity Creative Support. The complainant was an extremely vulnerable person in the care of the defendant who was employed to safeguard him and his financial position.
The complainant had lived in supported accommodation, but his health deteriorated and in December 2012 he started to live at Allerton Park Care Centre in Allerton. The defendant remained his key worker and was continued to be employed by Creative Support to assist him with his budget, delivering mail and social visits.
In July 2013 it was decided the complainant's care would be met 'in house' at the care centre and Khaliq's services were no longer required. He told the care centre manager he would keep the complainant's post office bank card and take him to the post office when he needed money, and this was mistakenly allowed to happen.
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Miss Downing said: "When asked why he had taken the complainant's money, the defendant said he had used it for general things and the kids' Christmas presents."
Banking evidence disclosed regular withdrawals of cash, £300 on average, from the post office account with the complainant's card. A total of £13,860 had been withdrawn between December 2012 and January 2014, of which £7,000 was unaccounted for and had not been recovered, Miss Downing said.
She added: "This was a premeditated and determined multiple confidence fraud for financial gain, targeting an exceptionally vulnerable victim."
Khaliq's solicitor advocate, Nigel Jamieson, said: "It seems his main motivation for doing what he did was to provide for his two sons. He wanted better for them."


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A $1 billion class action lawsuit alleges a group of income-tax software companies charged excessive fees for e-filing.
The companies named include H&R Block Inc. and Intuit Inc., the Legal Intelligencer reports. They participated in a group called Free File Alliance, which contracted with the Internal Revenue Service to file federal tax returns electronically.
The IRS wants the group to file tax returns for free for 70 percent of U.S. taxpayers, but only a small percentage of eligible people take advantage of the service, the suit says. Only those who make $52,000 or less in adjusted gross income qualify for free filing. The suit claims the fees charged for others violate federal law requiring the group to set "fair and uniform" fees for e-filing.
Philadelphia plaintiffs firm Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner & Weinstock filed the lawsuit. Firm lawyer Thomas More Marrone said in a statement that the companies have used the alliance to push the commercial products they sell.
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Looking for Basque sheet music? The Eresbil archive has nearly 210,000 documents available
Eresbil, the Basque National Music Archive, continues to increase their holdings year after year, currently offering access to around 210,000 musical documents including sheet music, recordings, books, and studies. Eresbil makes all of this available through its website to musicians, singers, music fans, and researchers who request it. There are many choirs and music groups from the Diaspora who have already taken advantage of this service, especially from the US, where the majority of requests have come from.
Donostia-San Sebastian. The Basque Music Archive has provided data on the volume of information and documents that it handles that already numbers nearly 210,000 documents in different formats. During 2011, the Archive grew by nearly 3,000 new acquisitions, according to its director Jon Bagues.
All of this material is available to the public through its website: www.eresbil.com, a tool that has long been used by many groups and choirs in the Diaspora. The desired sheet music, file, or recording can be found and in some cases downloaded directly. In other cases, the user can request it and Eresbil will make sure it is delivered.
The Archive provides a complete section of Basque sheet music that can be accessed from here.
According to its director, Jon Bagues, dissemination of Eresbil content over the internet and social networks continues to increase, having received 39,396 hits in 2011. It is interesting to note that the majority of these hits, 53.7% (21,321), came from the United States, followed by Spain with29.49% (11,670).


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Thanks to all of you who attended and participated in April's theme-based meeting on current GIS activities in the Federal Government. I would especially like to thank the presenters, Wendy Hawley of the Seattle Office of the U.S. Census and Tracy Fuller from the USGS's Boise Office. Both of you did a excellent job!
This month's WAGIC meeting, scheduled for June 20th, will focus on the use of GIS in Secondary Education. We've put together another great program. Debra Holmes will talk about how the Central Valley School District in Spokane, Washington is using GIS to facilitate and optimize school bus routing within their district. Next, the National Director of Nature Mapping Program, Karen M. Dvornich, will discuss how GIS is used in research at Nature Mapping Schools. Finally, Peter Hayes, the Ecological Studies Coordinator at Lakeside Middle School in Seattle, Washington, will wrap up the theme-based portion of our meeting with his presentation entitled "GIS in Secondary Education; Promise, Progress, and Peril."
During our business portion of the meeting, Jeff Holm will update you on the Landsat 7 Consortium's target delivery dates for statewide Landsat 7 coverage and the Consortium's recent all-day remote sensing training workshop. Next Jeff will discuss the next meeting of the Information Services Board (ISB) Geographic Information Technology subcommittee and the status of its efforts to promote a state agency-led joint budget request for a statewide ortho-photography project. And finally, the last item on the business portion of our agenda will be the announcement of the new WAGIC chair. To facilitate the transition to the new chair we have extended the time we normally allot to various sites during closing site roundtable to provide you the opportunity to comment on what you liked about WAGIC meetings and also on what things you would like the new Chair to improve upon.
As my time as Chair of WAGIC officially comes to an end with this meeting, I would
like to say that it's been a great experience. I've learned a lot, and I would like to
personally thank each of you for giving me this opportunity. Also I would especially like to thank those forty plus individuals who over the last two years took the time and effort out of their own busy lives to enrich ours by doing presentations for
WAGIC. All of you were great! And you certainly played a key role in making everyone's experience with WAGIC a rich one and in making our theme based meetings a success as well. Thanks again!
If you have any questions or would like additional information about this meeting or WAGIC in general, please call either Jeff Holm at (360) 902-3447 or me at (509) 477-6344.
We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.
Ian Von Essen
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Thanks to Sandman7773 and The Den again. Link below, and some thoughts after the jump.
Some thoughts.
1. Jahvid Best is still running well, and is a very good running back. He's struggled a lot with blocking problems and trying to fit through holes that are not there.
2. Matthew Stafford has looked shaky in the first half of the last two games and floated (and shorted) a few balls each game. However, he is still making good decisions. It's just that the arm isn't doing what the brain is telling it to.
3. The weakness of the defense has been the d-line. Who would have ever guessed that! Playmakers all over in the back seven. I think the problems in the first half were largely scheme-based, not bad play by the team.
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Krista has been Courtney's business manager since her marriage to 51-year-old Doug Hutchison at the ripe old age of 16, which Krista consented to.
Although Krista looks like she's influenced Courtney with her "style" and "sexuality", apparently its completely the other way around.
"I don't lack in my sexual desires but she's [Courtney's] teaching me to be more free with that," said Krista.
"I'm learning from her."
Ew. Most mothers get flowers from their daughter, not sex counselling.
Courtney has also jumped to her mother's defence on accusations of Krista "pimping" Courtney out for fame.
"Regardless of what anybody wants to say about her, she's the best mom in the world," said Courtney.
"I don't care, regardless of whatever they're saying, they don't know her and she's a wonderful mum and she's raised a good girl."
Sure Courtney, if you insist.
For all of Courtney's antics, her inappropriate Twitter posts and aversion to clothing that covers her adequately, does Krista feel any motherly concern or embarrassment?
"No, because she makes it so fun. There's people who can take sex and make it dirty," says the proud mum.
"Courtney makes it fun ... she is one of the most good girls you can find."
We must not have been searching in the right places then Krista.
"No, my puppies are my babies," she said. "And we have beautiful puppies to infatuate with love."
Although her use of the word "infatuate" is hilarious, there's no question that Courtney believes she'd be an ideal parent.
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Posted under Parents & PPC & Private Schools & School Accountability & School Choice & State Legislature
Friday seems like a good time to take a step back and look around the country at a slate of school choice legislation. Writing on the Flypaper blog, Jamie Davies O'Leary highlights a number of proposals in Ohio that are being given serious consideration, including:
- Expanding the Cleveland voucher program statewide, removing all enrollment caps and the "failing school" requirement
- Establishing a scholarship program available to all special-needs students, not just those with autism
- Creating education "savings accounts" that would empower parents to save additional scholarship funds for future educational use
Meanwhile, Amy Graham at redefinED has provided updates on bills advancing in Indiana and Pennsylvania — states that already have school choice programs but are taking some serious looks at expanding opportunities. She also takes note of Arizona, which among other school choice enhancements is looking to develop "Empowerment Accounts" for special-needs students. Georgia has several bills to strengthen its special-needs scholarship program, while Oklahoma is considering a Parental Choice in Education Act.
Maybe I'm a bit partial, but it seems like Colorado's HB 1048 tuition tax credit legislation should be added to the list, too. While it faces a steep and uphill battle this year, the idea has begun to gain some traction here. Regardless of whether one counts Colorado, 2011 definitely has brought progress nationwide to expand the boundaries of school choice.
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Carcass Quality Volume and Grid Pricing: An Investigation of Cause and Effect
AbstractThe relationship between publically reported weekly grid premiums and discounts for specific carcass characteristics and the percentage of those characteristics reflected in total weekly slaughter volume (i.e., proportional slaughter volume) is investigated. Granger Causality and multi-lag VAR models were used to investigate if grid premiums and discounts were efficiently transmitting market signals to producers with respect to carcass quality attributes. The empirical evidence indicates that there is little evidence to suggest that grid prices are providing efficient price signals to buyers and sellers with respect to market valuation of desirable and undesirable beef carcass characteristics.
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- Dillon M. Feuz & Scott W. Fausti & John J. Wagner, 1993. "Analysis of the efficiency of four marketing methods for slaughter cattle," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(5), pages 453-463.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Salisbury University baseball team is headed to the NCAA tournament as the Sea Gulls travel to Millington, Tenn., to face Randolph-Macon College as the No. 2 seed in the south regional at the USA Baseball Stadium on Wednesday in regional action, beginning their run toward a second NCAA College World Series appearance in three seasons.
The selection marks the 19th overall for second-seeded and fourth-ranked Salisbury (30-7). SU is one of only two schools in the nation to reach the NCAA tournament for at least the last 14 seasons (the State University of New York at Cortland at 20 is the other).
Salisbury comes into the tournament with a 39-37 (.513) all-time record in the postseason, including a 29-25 (.537) mark under 13th-year Head Coach Doug Fleetwood.
The six-team NCAA Millington Regional includes top seed Huntingdon College (30-9), No. 3 seed Millsaps College (34-11), No. 4 seed Bridgewater (Va.) College (33-11) and No. 6 seed Methodist University (24-20).
Salisbury won its 11th Capital Athletic Conference tournament championship with a 4-0 victory over York (Pa.) College on April 21 and with it, the league's automatic qualifier to the field of 56.
The Sea Gulls advanced to the regional championship game of the NCAA Newport News Regional in 2012 before falling to host Christopher Newport University. The last time Salisbury appeared in the NCAA Millington, Tenn., Regional, the Gulls won it, advancing to the 2011 College World Series.
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September 8, 2005
Albany -- Last December, 57-year-old Ginny Crisler was killed walking across the parking lot at Hunters Mill Plaza while Christmas Shopping. A white Chevrolet Lumina struck and killed her, then drove away.
Nine months later, her family has not given up on finding the driver who killed her. The Albany Police has joined with Sheriff's and District Attorney Investigators trying to find the hit and run killer.
For the first time they show new evidence in their investigation. "You are going to see the vehicle come from right back here, which is the parking lot where this incident occurred."
For the first time Police show surveillance video of the car that killed Ginny Crisler, just seconds after the Albany mother of 3 was run down in Hunter's Mill Plaza. Sgt. Bryan Smith said "We are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the driver of this vehicle."
This video was from a surveillance camera in the parking lot of a liquor store across Old Dawson Road. Investigators believe this is the White Lumina that killed Ginny Crisler. It races into the business, nearly hitting an SUV, and then races out again. That SUV driver got a good look at the car, and has been helping Police. Sgt. Smith said "She was very close. She was almost another victim."
Police are asking South Georgians to tell them who was driving this car that day. But first they suggest the driver turn himself in. Sgt. Smith said "We still believe that this was an accident. The person that did this did not intend to do it. We would obviously like to hear from that person."
The four door Lumina is white with black mirrors, between the years 1995 to 2001, and had a red and white paper tag. Friends of the Crisler family have raised a six thousand dollar reward for information leading to the driver.
Chris Crisler, 19, says the family hopes finding his mother's killer will help. Chris Crisler said "What if it was your mother? What would you think. I hope we can find the person who did this, I really would."
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UPDATE 2.50pm: CFA crews have saved a house threatened by a grass fire this afternoon at Laancoorie which destroyed a shed and farm equipment.
Incident controller, Dunolly fire brigade first lieutenant Ken Duell, said the fire was now under control but nine CFA crews were blacking out the grounds before a south-west wind change expected between 3pm and 5pm this afternoon.
He said the fire was sparked on a private property on the north side of Eddington-Laancoorie Road by an electrical wire that fell on to dry grass and ignited.
The fire destroyed a shed and a spraying unit before jumping the road and threatening a house.
The fire came within 20 metres of the house but crews were able to save it because the house was surrounded by green lawn, Mr Duell said.
About 40 acres were burnt, he said.
"It's under control but there is a very strong wind change expected and the tankers are working very hard to get everything blacked out so there's no chance of it taking off again," Mr Duell said.
EARLIER: NINE CFA trucks are fighting a small grass and scrub fire at Laanecoorie on Eddington-Laanecoorie Road.
A CFA spokeswoman said the fire began approximately 12.46pm, had damaged a shed.
A water bombing aircraft was at the scene to assess whether water bombing was necessary.
There were no reports of injuries and the fire is believed to be about 50 acres in size.
The cause is unknown.
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