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10 Apr 2005
Thinking About Wagner
THERE are moments in "Die Walküre," Wagner's most humane opera, that never fail to dissolve me, even though I know they are coming. One occurs fairly early in the first act.
This is a revised version of my review of the Sept 5th 1991American premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The opera was first performed at Brussels' La Monnaie the previous spring.
"Although there are now more people on this planet than there have ever been before, there are fewer dramatic voices. Something is wrong with that equation. I thought there needs to be some sort of helping hand so that dramatic voices don't fall through the cracks in the system as they advance through their various stages of development."
Anna Prohaska sings Sister Constance in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at the Royal Opera House. In the same month, she's also in London to sing a recital with Eric Schneider at the Wigmore Hall, and to sing Henze with Sir Simon Rattle at the Barbican Hall.
Garsington Opera celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Baritone Brandon Coleman's mother, Linda, knew that 3-year old Brandon would be a great singer when a stranger who had heard him, predicted it.
Professional opera returns to the Las Vegas Valley June 6th and 8th with performances of one of the best-known comic operas of all time, Gioachino Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
I met with the embattled artistic director of the Opéra et Orchestre National de Montepellier not to talk about his battles. I simply wanted to know the man who had cast and staged a truly extraordinary Mozart/DaPonte trilogy.
Maria Nockin interviews tenor Saimir Pirgu.
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, has died aged 80
Matthew Polenzani reprises the role of the Chevalier des Grieux in Jules Massenet's Manon at the Royal Opera House. "I love coming back to London", he says, "It's a very good house and they take care of you as a singer. And the level of music making is unbelievably high".
On Saturday evening January 25, San Diego Opera opens its 2014 season with Ruggero Leoncavallo's verismo blockbuster Pagliacci (Clowns).
The Flying Dutchman is a transitional piece because Wagner was only beginning to establish his style. He took some aspects from Carl Maria von Weber and others from Italian composers like Vincenzo Bellini.
The Royal Opera House has its own DVD arm, Opus Arte, and is developing quite a global following with its cinema broadcasts.
On a personal level, I feel that Dolores is almost like Emmeline grown up. Their circumstances are not exactly parallel, but they are both women at very different points in their lives whose stories involve dilemmas with life-changing outcomes.
With the help of Andrew Welch, a London theatrical producer who had adapted several of King's works for the stage, including this one, I got the rights to both Dolores Claiborne and Misery.
On September 18, 2013, San Francisco Opera will present the world premiere of Tobias Picker's opera, Dolores Claiborne, which has a libretto by J. D. McClatchy based on Stephen King's novel of the same name.
Ermonela Jaho caused a sensation at Covent Garden in London five years ago, when she took over Violetta at short notice from Anna Netrebko.
What do you get if you cross Benjamin Britten, 'one-page scores', an innovative performing ensemble and 'Wigmore Learning' — the Wigmore Hall's imaginative outreach programme which aims to provide access to chamber music and song through innovative creative programmes, online resources and events?
Marseille woke up this past January 11 stunned to find itself number two on the New York Times list of 46 places you should visit in 2013 (Rio was number one, Paris just made the list at number 46).
THERE are moments in "Die Walküre," Wagner's most humane opera, that never fail to dissolve me, even though I know they are coming. One occurs fairly early in the first act.
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner, Musical Mensch
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI [NY Times, 10 Apr 05]
THERE are moments in "Die Walküre," Wagner's most humane opera, that never fail to dissolve me, even though I know they are coming. One occurs fairly early in the first act.
During a terrible storm, a sad and fearful young woman trapped in an abusive marriage gives shelter to a rugged and sullen young man who has turned up at her door, injured and exhausted. They are strangers to each other, or so they think. Somehow the woman feels compelled to tell this outcast about her childhood - that a band of brutal warriors ransacked her home, murdered her mother and forced her to marry a boorish clansman. On her miserable wedding night, her new husband's oafish friends came over to get drunk and ridicule her.

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Finding 'Silver Linings'
WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley says "Silver Linings Playbook" has something for everyone.
Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic
WASHINGTON - Grab a nice dinner and save room for popcorn. Hollywood has produced the year's best date movie: "Silver Linings Playbook," a romantic comedy filled with football, a work of light humor with dark undertones and a unique blend of "Ordinary People," "Dirty Dancing" and "The Fighter."
Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper)'s life turned on a dime when he walked in on his wife Nikki having an affair. He beat her lover to a pulp and was sent to a mental institution, where he was taught to look for "silver linings," turning negatives into positives with the motto "excelsior" (Latin for "ever upward").
After his release, he shares this approach with his therapist, Dr. Cliff Patel (Anupam Kher), and his parents, Dolores (Jacki Weaver) and Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro), a rabid Philadelphia Eagles fan and gambling addict who becomes extremely superstitious (borderline OCD) on game day.
Battling bipolar disorder and his ex-wife's restraining order, Pat goes for long runs to lose weight and reads every book on his wife's high school teaching syllabus in an attempt to win her back.
One day, he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young widow working through her own problems. She tells Pat she'll sneak a letter to Nikki if he'll help her train for a dance competition. Desperate, he takes the bait, not knowing that the big event falls on the same day as the Eagles/Cowboys game, where his dad wants him around for good luck.
Based on a book by Matthew Quick, the film is written and directed by David O. Russell, who tries to recapture the magic of "The Fighter," modeling Cooper's Pat after Christian Bale's Dicky, two characters taking drugs to battle their inner demons.
Cooper is growing as an actor, no longer just a punchline in "Wedding Crashers" (2005) and "The Hangover" (2009). Still, Bale benefited from being in the Supporting Actor category, while Cooper would have to battle for Lead Actor. You can almost imagine Cooper chilling with his Wolfpack, throwing back beers and saying, "OF COURSE I have to go up against Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham friggin' Lincoln."
Cooper's best scenes come with his "Limitless" (2011) co-star Robert De Niro, who gives arguably his best performance since "Meet the Parents" (2000). Jacki Weaver is a little more forgettable as the mother, as are Julia Styles and Chris Tucker for their lack of screentime. But I'm OK with that, as it allows more time to watch the film's best performance, that of Jennifer Lawrence.
Known to teens everywhere as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" (2012), Lawrence plays Tiffany with the look of Juliette Lewis and the intensity of her Oscar-nominated performance in "Winter's Bone" (2010). Her performance is just the right blend of feisty and vulnerable, becoming the moral compass of the film and a potential Oscar nominee.
The performances show the benefit of an actor's director like Russell, who did "Three Kings" (1999) and "I Heart Huckabees" (2004) before directing both Bale and Melissa Leo to Oscars in "The Fighter" (2010). It's important to note "The Fighter" also earned Russell his first Best Director nomination, displaying a gritty visual style that could earn him another nomination for "Playbook."
Russell has full control over what's happening in his frame, symbolically placing a family photo in the background as Pat's friend Ronnie (Jon Ortiz) describes the pressure of fatherhood, or a portrait of Jesus in the background during Cooper's "resurrection," foreshadowing his quote a few scenes later: "Sundays are my favorite days again."
Russell's direction is at times stronger than his semi-formulaic script. If you've seen enough movies, you know the playbook, detecting the exposition and predicting the rises and falls as they come. Still, we're constantly engaged due to Russell's stellar character development.
The script carefully reveals Pat and Tiffany's motivations. We start off viewing Tiffany like the many guys in her life, a cheap one-night stand. That is until we learn how her husband died, and suddenly we understand her actions.
As for Pat, it's no coincidence he wears a jersey of DeSean Jackson, who once spiked the ball on the one yard line. De Niro says this is exactly how Pat lives his life, getting so close to the goal line, then doing something to sabotage himself, "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory."
The football analogies are a reminder of just how much football has become a part of our cultural imagination. If the '70s and '80s brought us a string of boxing and baseball classics ("Rocky," "Raging Bull," "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams"), the last 20 years have belonged to football, from "Rudy" to "Jerry Maguire," "Remember the Titans" to "Friday Night Lights," "The Blind Side" to "Big Fan."
"Silver Linings Playbook" may be the most haunting of all of them, layering the soundtrack with Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour," Pat's wedding song and the tune that was playing the night he found his wife in the shower with another man. It's fitting that Pat overcomes this disturbing past to another Stevie song, "Don't You Worry About a Thing." Russell knows how melodies bring back memories, songs haunting us in the key of life like "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca" (1942).
Russell even shows Gene Kelly and Donald O'Conner dancing in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), a classic video on Pat's iPod, a microcosm for the film's traditional storytelling beneath a modern attitude.
Nit-pickers can find a few cheesy moments, like Chris Tucker teaching dance moves, and an admittedly Hollywood ending. But it works because it's been properly set up, as Cooper reads his wife's syllabus and becomes furious at Hemingway for the depressing ending of "A Farewell to Arms." He wonders that with all the trouble in the world, why can't more stories be positive?
Uplifting films are hard to pull off without being cliche, an uphill battle articulated by Pat himself: "You have to do everything you can, and if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining."
Here, Russell does everything he can with a potential chick flick stinker, finding enough silver linings to create something quite profound.
★ ★ ★ 1/2
The above rating is based on a 4-star scale. Read more from WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley by clicking "Fraley on Film" under the "Living" tab above, following @JasonFraleyWTOP on Twitter, and checking out his blog, The Film Spectrum.
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Newseum displays rarely seen artifacts
Former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill recalls Kennedy assassination (Ed. Note: Audio contains graphic description of injuries)
Neal Augenstein,
WASHINGTON - For one of the most tragic and dissected events in American history, it's hard to believe artifacts from the Nov. 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy exist that have never been seen.
Yet, the Newseum is set to unveil some of these items.
"They're items from the National Archives collection which relate to Lee Harvey Oswald," the man arrested for the murder of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit, and later charged with the JFK murder, says Carrie Christoffersen, director and curator of collections for the Newseum.
Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby two days after the JFK assassination.
In "Three Shots Were Fired," the Newseum displays images and artifacts focusing on the intense news coverage of the killing.
"In this case we have a jacket that belonged to Lee Harvey Oswald that was part of the trail of evidence that led to his arrest. It was found behind a gas station," Christoffersen says while pointing to an off-white jacket.
Also on display is a brown shirt Oswald was wearing when he was arrested at the Dallas Theater.
The display contains Oswald's nondescript brown wallet, which contains items many of us would carry, says Christoffersen.
"Pictures of his wife, his Social Security card, but coupled with that are his Fair Play for Cuba card [and] some addresses that relate to the Soviet Embassy," he says.
Rarely displayed items also in the exhibit include "The camera Abraham Zapruder used to shoot those 26 seconds of the most famous home movie on the planet," says Christoffersen.
The Newseum's JFK exhibits, which come in the 50th anniversary of his death, include "Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacque Lowe" and a Newseum produced film, "A Thousand Days."
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The coding standards official location can be found in the Zend Framework Online Manual and are copied here for review and updates before being placed back into DocBook format in SVN. The manual also contains translated versions that are not available here.
Table of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 PHP File Formatting
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 Indentation
- 2.3 Maximum Line Length
- 2.4 Line Termination
- 3 Naming Conventions
- 3.1 Abstractions Used in API (Class Interfaces)
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- PHP File Formatting
- Naming Conventions
- Coding Style
- Inline Documentation
- Errors and Exceptions
Good coding standards are important in any development project, particularly when multiple developers are working on the same project. Having coding standards helps to ensure that the code is of high quality, has fewer bugs, and is easily maintained.
PHP File Formatting
For files that contain only PHP code, the closing tag ("?>") is to be omitted. It is not required by PHP, and omitting it prevents trailing whitespace from being accidentally injected into the output.
IMPORTANT: Inclusion of arbitrary binary data as permitted by __HALT_COMPILER() is prohibited from any Zend framework PHP file or files derived from them. Use of this feature is only permitted for special installation scripts.
Use an indent of 4 spaces with no tab characters. Editors should be configured to treat tabs as spaces in order to prevent injection of tab characters into the source code.
Maximum Line Length
The target line length is 80 characters; i.e., developers should aim keep code as close to the 80-column boundary as is practical. However, longer lines are acceptable. The maximum length of any line of PHP code is 120 characters.
Line Termination
Line termination is the standard way for Unix text files. Lines must end only with a linefeed (LF). Linefeeds are represented as ordinal 10, or hexadecimal 0x0A.
Do not use carriage returns (CR) like Macintosh computers (0x0D).
Do not use the carriage return/linefeed combination (CRLF) as Windows computers (0x0D, 0x0A).
Lines should not contain trailing spaces. In order to facilitate this convention, most editors can be configured to strip trailing spaces, such as upon a save operation.
Naming Conventions
Abstractions Used in API (Class Interfaces)
When creating an API for use by application developers (as opposed to ZF internal developers), if application developers must identify abstractions using a compound name, separate the names using underscores, not camelCase. For example, the name used for the MySQL PDO driver is 'pdo_mysql', not 'pdoMysql'. When the developer uses a string, normalize it to lowercase. Where reasonable, add constants to support this (e.g. PDO_MYSQL).
The Zend Framework employs a class naming convention whereby the names of the classes directly map to the directories in which they are stored. The root level directory of the Zend Framework is the "Zend/" directory, under which all classes are stored hierarchically.
Class names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Numbers are permitted in class names but are discouraged. Underscores are only permitted in place of the path separator. For example, the filename "Zend/Db/Table.php" must map to the class name "Zend_Db_Table".
If a class name is comprised of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. Successive capitalized letters are not allowed; e.g., a class "Zend_PDF" is not allowed, while "Zend_Pdf" is acceptable.
Zend Framework classes that are authored by Zend or one of the participating partner companies and distributed with the Framework must always start with "Zend_" and must be stored under the "Zend/" directory hierarchy accordingly.
These are examples of acceptable names for classes:
IMPORTANT: Code that operates with the framework but is not part of the framework, such as code written by a framework end-user and not Zend or one of the framework's partner companies, must never start with "Zend_".
Interface classes must follow the same conventions as other classes (see above), but must end with "_Interface", such as in these examples:
For all other files, only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and the dash character ("-") are permitted. Spaces are prohibited.
Any file that contains any PHP code must end with the extension ".php". These examples show the acceptable filenames for containing the class names from the examples in the section above:
File names must follow the mapping to class names described above.
Functions and Methods
Function names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in function names but are discouraged.
Function names must always start with a lowercase letter. When a function name consists of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. This is commonly called the "studlyCaps" or "camelCaps" method.
Verbosity is encouraged. Function names should be as illustrative as is practical to enhance understanding.
These are examples of acceptable names for functions:
For object-oriented programming, accessors for object members should always be prefixed with either "get" or "set". When using design patterns, such as the Singleton or Factory patterns, the name of the method should contain the pattern name where practical to make the pattern more readily recognizable.
Though function names may not contain the underscore character, class methods that are declared as protected or private must begin with a single underscore, as in the following example:
Functions in the global scope, or "floating functions," are permitted but discouraged. It is recommended that these functions be wrapped in a class and declared static.
Functions or variables declared with a "static" scope in a class generally should not be "private", but protected instead. Use "final" if the function should not be extended.
Variable names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in variable names but are discouraged.
For class member variables that are declared with the private or protected construct, the first character of the variable name must be a single underscore. This is the only acceptable usage of an underscore in a variable name. Member variables declared as "public" may never start with an underscore. For example:
Like function names, variable names must always start with a lowercase letter and follow the "camelCaps" capitalization convention.
Verbosity is encouraged. Variable names should always be as verbose as practical. Terse variable names such as "$i" and "$n" are discouraged for anything other than the smallest loop contexts. If a loop contains more than 20 lines of code, variables for such indices or counters need to have more descriptive names.
Constants may contain both alphanumeric characters and the underscore. Numbers are permitted in constant names.
Constant names must always have all letters capitalized.
To enhance readiblity, words in constant names must be separated by underscore characters. For example, "EMBED_SUPPRESS_EMBED_EXCEPTION" is permitted but "EMBED_SUPPRESSEMBEDEXCEPTION" is not.
Constants must be defined as class members by using the "const" construct. Defining constants in the global scope with "define" is permitted but discouraged.
Coding Style
PHP Code Demarcation
PHP code must always be delimited by the full-form, standard PHP tags (although you should see the note about [the closing PHP tag]):
Short tags are never allowed.
String Literals
When a string is literal (contains no variable substitutions), the apostrophe or "single quote" must always used to demarcate the string:
String Literals Containing Apostrophes
When a literal string itself contains apostrophes, it is permitted to demarcate the string with quotation marks or "double quotes". This is especially encouraged for SQL statements:
The above syntax is preferred over escaping apostrophes.
Variable Substitution
Variable substitution is permitted using either of these two forms:
For consistency, this form is not permitted:
String Concatenation
Strings may be concatenated using the "." operator. A space must always be added before and after the "." operator to improve readability:
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News about Nanotechnology, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Feb. 4, 2014
Dr Zhifeng Ren study in journal Nature Communications reports that researchers may have developed electrical conductor that is both highly flexible and transparent, combination that could help usher in age of flexible flat screen televisions and smart phones. MORE
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Stanford researchers, reporting in journal Nature, say they have successfully built working computer, albeit an extremely simple one, entirely from transistors fashioned from carbon nanotubes; nanotubes, which are cylinder-shaped molecules, are viewed as having potential to extend limits of silicon. MORE
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New report from nonprofit group As You Sow shows that nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgement by the companies using them. MORE
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Dr Michael Roukes study in journal Nature Nanotechnology reports the development of a device that, for the first time, can measure the mass of a single molecule. MORE
Jul. 3, 2012
Interview with Dr Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor of physics and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose research in the fundamental properties of carbon helped usher in the age of nanotechnology; Dresselhaus has been awarded the 2012 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. MORE
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Expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences calls for further study of the minuscule substances called nanomaterials which are found in products from makeup to paint and drive a $225 billion market; says not enough is known about their potential health and environmental risks. MORE
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Researchers at IBM store and retrieve digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible; findings could lead to a new class of more powerful and efficient nanomaterials. MORE
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Where Science Meets Alchemy
Submicroscopic particles of gold and silver create unusual optical effects.
November 18, 2014, Tuesday
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A Conductor to Flex and See Through
Researchers say they have developed an electrical conductor that is highly flexible and transparent, a combination that could help usher in flexible flat-screen televisions and smartphones.
February 4, 2014, Tuesday
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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips
Scientists are looking for new ways to make computer chips and investigating materials that can self-assemble.
January 10, 2014, Friday
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Researchers Build a Working Carbon Nanotube Computer
The achievement was reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday. Carbon nanotubes are viewed as having the potential to extend the limits of silicon.
September 26, 2013, Thursday
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Smarter Anti-Clotting Tools
Researchers using nanoparticles of gold have been able to stop blood in test tubes from clotting, and then make it clot again.
August 6, 2013, Tuesday
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Heinrich Rohrer, Physicist, Dies at 79; Helped Open Door to Nanotechnology
Dr. Rohrer helped invent the scanning tunneling microscope, which made it possible to see individual atoms and move them around.
May 22, 2013, Wednesday
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Nanotubes Seen as Alternative When Silicon Chips Hit Their Limits
Carbon nanotubes may prove to be the material of the future when today's silicon-based chips reach their fundamental physical limits.
February 20, 2013, Wednesday
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Study Looks at Particles Used in Food
The group As You Sow said nanoparticles, the size of molecules, have been found in the blood stream after ingestion and inhalation.
February 6, 2013, Wednesday
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Laboratories Seek New Ways to Take a Look Inside
A new wave of imaging technologies, driven by the falling cost of computing, is transforming the way doctors can examine patients.
October 9, 2012, Tuesday
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Taking the Measure of a Single Molecule
Scientists have made a vibrating bridgelike device millionths of a meter long that changes frequency when a molecule arrives; the change is measured to determine the molecule's mass.
September 4, 2012, Tuesday
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News about Synagogues, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Nov. 19, 2014
Two Palestinians armed with gun, knives and axes storm synagogue in Jerusalem, killing four men, including three Americans; assailants are killed at scene, along with police officer; politicians and others worldwide condemn attack, worst in city since 2008, and its sectarian nature. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
Appraisal column; Fort Tryon Jewish Center in Washington Heights, synagogue built in 1938, sits in disrepair several years after rebuilding came to a halt; its destruction is the result of an unconventional rehabilitation deal with a condominium developer, arrangement that many congregants once saw as their salvation; as with so many real estate deals during the boom years, it has devolved into a long fight with a bank. MORE
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Sharif El-Gamal, developer whose plans for Islamic prayer and community center near World Trade Center collapsed in 2011, is back in spotlight; his firm plans to demolish building in Midtown Manhattan to create 23-story retail center and hotel; site includes Garment Center Synagogue, formed in 1930 on 99-year lease, and El-Gamal says he plans to temporarily relocate congregation and then move it back into new building. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
Group of Jews in Burlington, Vt, have begun a costly effort to restore a mural inside a synagogue that painted in 1910 and long-regarded as a curiosity. MORE
Sep. 7, 2013
Samuel G Freedman On Religion column notes that hundreds of ordained cantors, seminary students and trained laity crisscross globe for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur each year to serve synagogues without full-time cantors. MORE
Aug. 19, 2013
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, faded Los Angeles synagogue built by Hollywood moguls on the eve of the Depression, is regaining its splendor with a dazzling $150 million renovation and expansion project. MORE
Apr. 12, 2013
Turkish police say they have found evidence of plot linked to Al Qaeda to bomb United States Embassy in Ankara, synagogue in Istanbul and other targets, from a raid on two terrorist cells in February. MORE
Mar. 16, 2013
Ahmed Ferhani, man who pleaded guilty in plot to attack New York City synagogues, is sentenced to 10 years in prison, even as his lawyers continue to insist he was manipulated by undercover detective and never had any intention of carrying out plot. MORE
Feb. 19, 2013
House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves legislation that would allow the use of federal money to rebuild churches and synagogues damaged by Hurricane Sandy, despite concern that such aid could violate the doctrine of separation of church and state; prospects for the bill in the Senate are uncertain. MORE
Dec. 6, 2012
Michael Landau and Joshua Zinder, founders of Landau Zinder, architecture firm that specializes in synagogues, discuss design elements of 21st-century synagogue, which involves concerns of technology, green strategies and aging occupants. MORE
Dec. 5, 2012
Congregants of synagogue B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan are divided--some appalled, some enthusiastic--after rabbis send an e-mail enthusiastically supporting vote by the United Nations to upgrade Palestine to a nonmember observer state; clergy at several Jewish congregations have spoken out sympathetically about the UN vote, but B'nai Jeshurun's move stands out because of its size and prominence, MORE
Dec. 5, 2012
Ahmed Ferhani, accused of plotting to blow up the largest synagogue in Manhattan, pleads guilty to 10 terrorism-related charges; Mohamed Mamdouh, second man charged in plot, also pleads guilty; both men were charged under a New York State terrorism statute passed after the 9/11 attacks in a case that did not involve federal authorities. MORE
Nov. 13, 2012
Leaders at dozens of houses of worship across the region affected by Hurricane Sandy are in an extraordinary and emotionally difficult situation; instead of being able to focus on the urgent mission of feeding and caring for congregants hurt by the storm, many clergy members are being forced to ask for help for themselves as they face the reality of damaged or destroyed churches and synagogues. MORE
Oct. 25, 2012
Ribbon cutting ceremony is held for restored synagogue Congregation Tifereth Israel in Corona, Queens, which was likely to be demolished before a new community of worshippers undertook campaign to save 1911 landmark. MORE
Sep. 19, 2012
Synagogues across the country are offering cash incentives to attract new members to their graying or shrinking Jewish communities; Young Israel of Plainview synagogue on Long Island is an example, offering newlyweds and young families as much as $25,000 in interest-free loans, along with free or discounted synagogue membership. MORE
Mar. 3, 2012
Aakash Dalal is arrested in the January firebombing of two synagogues in northern New Jersey and charged with aggravated arson and bias intimidation; first man arrested, Anthony Graziano, faces charges that include attempted murder. MORE
Jan. 21, 2012
Effort to establish the heart of Manhattan's East Village as a historic district is fiercely challenged by the neighborhood's synagogues and churches; officials from almost a dozen houses of worship argue that inclusion in a landmark district would make even simple repairs more expensive and bureaucratically time-consuming, and would make their property far less attractive to buyers since developers would be restricted in what they could do. MORE
Jan. 12, 2012
Molotov cocktail is thrown into home of Rabbi Nosson Schuman, where he lives with his family in Rutherford, NJ; authorities believe the attack may be linked to an earlier firebombing of a synagogue in Paramus; authorities are also investigating two cases from December of swastikas being found on Bergen County synagogues for possible links. MORE
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Brenham Synagogue to Find New Life in Texas
Across the country, as Jews have left small towns for bigger cities, synagogues have deteriorated or been converted to churches, theaters and even a hardware store.
December 14, 2014, Sunday
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Officer Fatally Shoots Man After Stabbing in Brooklyn Synagogue
A New York City police officer shot and killed a man who stabbed an Israeli rabbinical student at the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, according to the police.
December 10, 2014, Wednesday
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Israel Shaken by 5 Deaths in Synagogue Assault
Four men, including three Americans, were killed when two Palestinian assailants stormed a synagogue. A police officer and the attackers also died.
November 19, 2014, Wednesday
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Jewish Victims, All From One Jerusalem Street, Were a Congregation's 'Wise Scholars'
Four Jewish men killed Tuesday while praying at their neighborhood synagogue all lived on the same block, and three were rabbis — one the scion of a celebrated Hasidic dynasty.
November 19, 2014, Wednesday
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Voyeur Case Spurs Rabbis to Add Post for Women
After a prominent modern Orthodox rabbi was charged with videotaping women as they disrobed for ritual baths, the council said it would add ombudswomen.
October 21, 2014, Tuesday
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Going the Distance to Lead the Faithful
Rabbis serve in remote areas during High Holy Days.
September 25, 2014, Thursday
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Exploring the World's Jewish Communities
Harry D. Wall talks about finding a lesser-known side of Jewish culture, which community surprised him and more.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
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Tracing Jewish History Along the Rhine
On a journey that starts in Cologne and heads south, finding echoes of a sometimes distant past.
September 7, 2014, Sunday
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A Rabbi's 'Spiritual Playground' Extends to the Surf
Rabbi Hanniel Levenson found an unusual way to minister to preteens this summer in the Hamptons: He started a surf club.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
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A Rabbi's Departure Manifests a Challenge for Jews in America
The departure of Rabbi Andy Bachman, who is leaving his Brooklyn synagogue to help the poor, highlights vexing issues at the center of Judaism's future in the United States.
August 16, 2014, Saturday
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For 41 days I was whopping $27,000 richer than I should have been!
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For 41 days I was whopping $27,000 richer than I should have been!
50 comments:
- Ina in Alaska said...
Wow! That is one crazy story! You did the right thing. It seems to take the large mega banks quite a long time to sort things out. We had a client who had issues with Wells Fargo Bank. Client's issues were resolved. But WFB corporate dumbasses took FOREVER to acknowledge & put the settlement into effect-- it was a mess but finally the light went on ....the right hand did not know what the left hand was doing!
- November 11, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Kristina P. said...
Wow, that is crazy! I am surprised it took so long.
- November 11, 2011 at 6:13 PM
- Chris H said...
Nuts it took so long to give back the money! I'm glad you were so worried about it though, shows you are a really, really nice person. But I knew that already! lol
- November 11, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- TechnoBabe said...
I understand how you feel. I would want that money out of my account yesterday if not sooner. If it isn't mine I do not want it in with mine. This is the longest time I have ever heard of the bank taking to get things corrected. Sheesh. You are an honest person, thank goodness you are.
- November 11, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Anne H said...
What a wild ride that must have been!
xoxoxox to you!
- November 11, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Sarah said...
First of all huge hugs and cudos for sitting on your bank cards!! But then I would expect no less from you my friend. Second..OMGGGGG you said it..no wonder! I had this happen to me recently..deposited a large check (not that large OMG) and the teller put it in the wrong account..went to check the next day and no money..took out the receipt..and wrong account. High tailed it down to the bank and they fixed it on the spot..go figure. I wonder if it would have taken longer had it been a huge check. Geesh hon!! At least ya still have your bling:)
Huge hugs, Sarah
- November 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Jeanie said...
I have only ever had them put my money in someone elses account....and it took just about as long to fix. I'm not the best at keeping track so I really want the bank to do it right.
- November 11, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Linda Myers said...
I'd be considering moving my money to a credit union!
- November 11, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Christine said...
wow, what a story, good that you finally got it sorted out. It's scary what goes on in the banks...considering it's MONEY.
- November 11, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- RNSANE said...
You are amazing and so good hearted. To think of all the time you put into returning that $27,000! You should have gotten a reward, at the very least, or a new pair of very high class shoes, for all your efforts.
once, quite a few years ago, up the hill outside our local Lucky's, I saw a purse in a shopping cart. I opened it up and saw a wallet with five one hundred dollar bills in it, plus a few assorted tweenties and some other change, totaling $583.10. I'd gotten the purse before a gang of teenaged boys got to it.
The ID of a 75-year-old woman was in it. I went into the Lucky's and asked if anyone had reported a missing purse. They had not but the manager said they would keep the purse. I told them I was taking it to the police. I did find a phone number for a son of the lady, who lived in another county some fifty miles away. I left my number.
He called shortly and was very accusatory, intimating that I had stolen the purse. That got up my dander and I told him I was en route to the Pacifica police station as we talked. When I got to the police station, the officer was very grateful and said the lady had called there He asked if I would wait till the lady came to claim it. I explained that I was a forensic nurse for San Francisco, only about 20 years younger than this lady and my only concern was getting her purse back to her.
He thanked me but, honestly, I got no thanks at all from the woman or her son.
- November 11, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Tammy @ The Stitching Coop said...
Oh my goodness. I read your story from start to finish and what kept sticking in my mind is "he was unfazed". OH MY GOSH... if my husband was told that, well, he'd have to partake of his laundering I should say. That is a wonderful thing you did, honorable as all get out. I would have to do the same as I really believe in Karma coming back.
I hope they send you a thank you at some point, it's the least they can since you never got your new shoes!!
- November 11, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Chocolate Covered Daydreams said...
Thank God for honest people like you are JJ. I can't understand why it took so long for them to rectify the situation. I sure hope that Mr. S got his money back.
- November 11, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- Brian Miller said...
so how much in change fees did they charge you for fixing it...sorry gallows bank humor there...ugh....glad you were honest jj...i would expect nothing less though...smiles.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- Cinner said...
Joanna, I have to applaud you. 41 days is a long time. Did you ever get a note or call from the man....If I had seen it in my account, well I would have fallen down right then and there...lol...I worked at a bank, can not understand the length of time that lapsed. Your a good one my friend. sending a big hug your way.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:11 PM
- Fragrant Liar said...
That's an incredible story! You did the right thing, and I like to think I would have too, but man, giving back that much cash had to at least sting a little bit, huh?
This is why you should move your money to a credit union. "Bank Transfer Day" is still going on! And just FYI, credit unions never took a dime of government money to be bailed out, because THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BE.
Yes, I'm pro CU, and I work for an CU association. Because a CU is the best place for your money. End commercial and personal endorsement.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- jane said...
Wow! It's a good thing you are young and full of energy....
Have a great weekend jj!
- November 11, 2011 at 10:42 PM
- Mike Smith said...
Jings, JJ - what an incredible story! And good on you for doing the right thing. The bad thing would have been to send me a cheque...
- November 12, 2011 at 12:16 AM
- Webster said...
I am so PROUD of you for hanging in there so long to make sure the right thing was done. That you were not properly thanked is a travesty. So I THANK YOU, Joanna. It's so nice to know there are still people like you in the world.
- November 12, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- Formerly known as Frau said...
wow that is unbelievable!! you did the right thing but still such a crazy thing!!
- November 12, 2011 at 4:46 AM
- Cathy Clementz said...
Thank goodness you are an honest person and actually balance your accounts!!! I feel sorry for whomever the real depositor is.
When I was a bank teller, back in the good old days before menu's and cattle lines to actually get to a teller, I was off one night to the tune of $550. I finally figured out that when I had sold a money order that I had given the person MY end of the deal so without it to run through my batch, I couldn't balance....and I had no idea who I had sold it too. It would go on my record. Luckily the next day, the man brought MY part back and all was once again right with the world!
- November 12, 2011 at 4:56 AM
- DJan said...
Years ago I had a $5,000 check deposited into my account, but by the time I got to the bank to check it out, the money had disappeared. Same thing, an incorrect deposit, but I barely had a chance to feel it before it was gone.
Whoever it is you bank with, I hope you consider changing. Credit unions are much better and see you as a person, even! :-)
- November 12, 2011 at 6:11 AM
- Eva Gallant said...
Unbelievable! That should have been resolved immediately!
- November 12, 2011 at 6:47 AM
- noexcuses said...
Wow! All this talk of switching to credit unions has got me thinking! I'll put it on my Monday list!
We do need more people like you, not just honesty in reporting it, but following through, like you did!
You may or may not hear from Mr. S., but I am a very firm believer of what goes around, comes around!
Kudos to you!
- November 12, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- Betty said...
So did "Mr. Siatoslavovakisia" at least call or write to thank you??!! What a crazy story. I´m not sure I would have refused the temptation to spend some of that loot. :)
- November 12, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- Dr. Kathy McCoy said...
Good for you, Joanna! It's amazing how difficult the banks make it to do the right thing -- and I feel sorry for the poor guy who made the deposit in the first place. 41 days! Give me a break! A powerful argument for a credit union, indeed!
- November 12, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Gran said...
So glad you did the right thing--I would have also, after crying that the 27 thou wasn't mine. Terrible how long it took to straighten this out!
- November 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
Why is it that doing the right thing can be SO DARN DIFFICULT? Crazy. But you are a very very good person to make things right--I hope you get $27,000 worth of good things for your good deed.
- November 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- SueAnn said...
OMG!! I would have been going crazy trying to find my money???!! And that he didn't call you blows my mind but he probably thought you were a scammer!! Amazing!
Glad he got his money back
41 days...ridiculous!!
- November 13, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- Sightings said...
Now you have a clear conscience, and an empty wallet! But good for you to persevere, which as you illustrate so well can be mind-numbingly frustrating when dealing with a bank or any other large institution.
- November 13, 2011 at 4:45 AM
- Hilary said...
I sure get your frustration over the matter but can you imagine how it might have been for Mr. Siatoslavovakisia? I'm picturing someone who has limited English, who was directed to fill the form out as told and who had no idea what happened to such an amount.
I would agree with others. This was not handled well at all by the bank. I'd transfer elsewhere. You did the right thing of course.. they just clearly don't care about the customer who lost his $27,000.00. And that's just wrong.
- November 13, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- Tammy said...
What a total mess and you can kind of see why people don't always do the right thing if they make it this difficult to be honest. how sad. I'm proud of you for being persistant. someone should slap the banking industry for making this so difficult!!
- November 13, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- secret agent woman said...
That's absurd. And most absurd is how much time and effort you had to put into fixing their mistake! They owe you and Mr. S a whomping big apology. And a life-time supply of lollipops.
- November 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- SE'LAH... said...
that is insane (no pun intended). exhale.
hope you are doing well.
- November 13, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- Chrisy said...
aaaah 41 days of dreamin...
pity it wasn't a long lost rellie...but really a bit unsettling isn't it...and the overseas call centres...it's the same over this side of the world...very sad that so many jobs go to countries with cheaper labour...
- November 13, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- Alison said...
What an incredible story! OK, these things happen, but 41 days....? Come on! You should have had the interest for those days credited to your account at the very least. But well done; as everyone else has said, you did the right thing. Fun to dream, though..... :-)
- November 13, 2011 at 11:59 PM
- PⒿ @ $ € € ₦$ ₣®0₥... said...
That's scary! Imagine how many checks of Mr. S's could have bounced in that time.....
Administrative ineptness is epic.
- November 14, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- Suldog said...
Good for you! You did the right thing, despite every hurdle in your way. Amazing how long it took to return the money to the rightful owner...
- November 14, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- bill lisleman said...
A great story because it enforces my belief that most people are good and honest. Also it shows many people in large corporations are powerless and lazy - but that's another story.
Here's a similar story I just read the other day.
- November 14, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Holly said...
It makes you wonder if Geezy Old Peep is still alive, or if he had a heart attack and shite the blanket when he realized his money was missing!
I am beginning more and more and more and more to hate banks. Hate them. Not the least of which is they took back the money so that you and I couldn't use it to meet up some place at last!
- November 14, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- JeannetteLS said...
I bet there is an old person who is very grateful to you for your honesty, even if he couldn't read your letter or--let's not forget the reliability or lack thereof of the postal service--didn't get it to thank you himself. I cannot imagine what he may have gone through without that money.
And I hate it when that stupid, stupid cliché "If it seems too good to be true, then it IS too good to be true" is RIGHT. DANG.
It would have been so cool if you'd gotten a thousand dollar reward out of the blue or something. But I tell you, it is so wonderful to read such an honest story--from wishing it were true, to making absolutely sure that the money went where it should. Good people are such a wonderful find in this life.
And I am glad I found your blog.
- November 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Margaret (Nanny Goats) said...
Holy crap! First of all, I can't believe the real owner of that money didn't even call you. WTF?
I mean, how are you supposed to become VERY GOOD FRIENDS in order to win his love (and, ergo, his inheritance) if he doesn't return calls?
Also? You are a very good person. We need so many more people like you in this world.
- November 14, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- gayle said...
Wow such an interesting story! Did Mr. S ever call you? You are such a good person and did the right thing but would most people!
- November 14, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- ladyfi said...
This has to be one of the most absurd stories ever! No wonder banks are in a mess...
- November 15, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- American in Norway said...
How scary... thank goodness YOU were the one who received the money to give it back... Nice job! :-)
- November 16, 2011 at 3:17 AM
- James said...
Dang, girlfriend, that was almost as much fun as re-designing my blog. You're prominent on my list, and i've got two smashing new Song Graphics for upcoming releases. You'll recognize one of the tunes when it comes out, but it's new and improved!
Wander by. More green. Less angst.
I'm finally living in The Natural World. It's much nicer. Cleaner, I think.
- November 16, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- Shug said...
Banks are suppose To be the only institution that never makes mistakes! ha! I have worked at a bank before...mistakes do happen.
I'm with you...This would have made me very suspious. Just think what could have happened if you had not pursued this.
Good Job,
- November 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- mary said...
A fun post to read, but probably frustrating for you to deal with. My experience is mistakes that are made in my favor are always found out in the end. I've even minor doctor bills more than a year after I thought they were forgotten.
- November 17, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- bill lisleman said...
JJ - FYI I just linked your great story in my post on "thankful news" - thanks
- November 21, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Rebecca said...
Wow, I hope that guy got his money and I wonder if you were able to incur interest on that money while it was in your account?
- November 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- Casey Freeland said...
Well, as you know I work for a bank, and when I think of this mentally, I just don't see how the original mistake happened. A $27M depsoit has additional paperwork that needs to be completed. I'm not a teller, so I don't know the details, but I do know that the world slows down considerably when things get over $10M. If he deposited it in an ATM maybe a computer scanned it and it never was looked at by humans? Who deposits that much money in an ATM though?
Crazy stuff.
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|rubendn says:
Since yesterday whenever I go to my Inbox in GMAIL it shows no tasks unless I go to options and Log out and Log back in.
Posted at 5:41pm on January 3, 2008
|gneve says:
I too am running into this problem.
Posted 6 years ago
|melanieg says:
I am as well.
Posted 6 years ago
|rubendn says:
I reverted back to version 22.214.171.124 of Firefox and that fixed the problem.
Posted 6 years ago
|kent.moffat says:
I'm not able to get tasks to load even with logging out/in again. Any comment from the RTM illuminati on this one?
Posted 6 years ago
|emily (Remember The Milk) says:
Hmm, would it be possible for anyone experiencing this problem to share which other Firefox extensions they have installed? Thanks!
Posted 6 years ago
|todd.dewell says:
RTM workded in Gmail for most of the day yesterday, but in the afternoon RTM tasks were gone from email ...
Posted 6 years ago