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I have a manufactured home that I had brought for my parents in KY. Looks like I am going to have to live there. I would like to put a french door where the double windows are in the kitchen. Would I be able to have this done? Thanks for your help |
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Anything can be done. A good carpenter should be albe to do it. The thing is, if your jurisdiction is strict and requires a permit, they may not allow it. When the home was built it was probably built to HUD standards. By cutting into the walls you are changing the design and that's not allowed in some places. If the permit it not a problem then just make sure you don't hire some "fly by night" to do the job. Get someone who knows what they are doing. And, get an estimate before you hire them. |
- Posted by adirondackgardener (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 08 at 19:27
>Get someone who knows what they are doing. Amen. And make sure they know if there are wires below the window. I watched a carpenter that the landlord had hired cut out a window to install an entrance door to my office. Even after telling him there would certainly be wires there, he gleefully fired up the saws-all, ...and you know the rest of the story. Wayne |
- Posted by old-vt-crafter (My Page) on Sun, Apr 6, 08 at 6:39
Even though the house may be to HUD standards, as long as you don't DECREASE the standards by adding the french doors, you'll have no problem. |
OldVt....my experience has been that the only people who will certify that you are not "decreasing the standards" are the HUD officials at the factory. If someone is in a strict enforcement area, I can almost guarantee that no local offical, mobile sales organization or anyone else will certify that you are not decreasing the standards by removing any part of any wall. I'm sure a lot of it is nonsense, but everyone wants to cover thieir butt. And that means they won't be willing to go out on a limb. Yes, I have seen people forced to put a wall back to original because they added a window that was 6" taller than the one that came from the factory. Who knows, maybe there are very few strict jurisdictions. |
Yes. I found a beautiful nearly new french door at my local habitat for humanity garage sale.. a $400+ door I got for $75. I had a contractor remove a window in the office off the kitchen and install the door. I also had him reverse the swing so it swung in to the left. We put on a lever type knob since it's easier to open with plates of food in your hands. Now we can get to the new deck without going all the way to the other end of the house & thru the laundryroom. It was one of the best things we had done. There were wires running across at socket height. He called the electrician he usually works with and he popped over and routed them under the house and up the other wall. Code here requires a light outside an exterior door so since the wall was open anyway, I had him put one inside and outside. So now we had light over the computer desk too. |
thankyou so much for your answer to this post. I had the same question. I am not in love with the doors that came with my mobile home and hoped to be able to change them some day. Now I know I can and that's great. |
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Stuck on Israel
Last night, I volunteered at Detroit's evening of Solidarity with Israel. After attendees passed through a strict security screening process, I gave them each a sticker bearing the logo shown above. Fellow volunteers gave out over 2,700 stickers to Israel supporters.
While the world looks bleak now for all world Jewry, and while radical Islamists spread their fiery hatred for Jews just like the Hitler Youth did in the 1930's, it soothed my soul to see so many: Jewish, non-Jewish, black and white, coming together for a few hours to support the United State's biggest ally in the Middle East in her war on terrorism.
By the way, my daughter is still on her trip in Israel. She just returned safely to Jerusalem after a sea-to-sea hike in the North.
Last weekend, she did spend some time in a bomb shelter. She heard the Iron Dome obliterate an incoming misile. But then, after they got the clear, she and a family she was staying with went on with life.
Here is my most recent piece published in the Detroit Jewish News.
A few weeks ago, my parents, husband, son and I were riding down the Belt Parkway in New York to take our 17-year-old daughter to JFK. She was about to embark on Ramah's six-week Israel Seminar, a trip she knew she wanted to do since she was about nine years old. The news that Hamas murdered the three teenaged boys was less than 24 hours old. Seated in the middle row with my mom, I curled my hand into hers. I just kept squeezing it.
The scene at the departure terminal, though chaotic, was almost healing. Hundreds of Jewish teens about to leave for Israel on one trip or another greeted each other with smiles and hugs.
Expressions on the faces of the parents revealed one thing: we all knew our relatively carefree Jewish American kids were headed to Israel in a time of national mourning. Who could predict that a war would unfold in just days after their arrival?
What have I been doing since she left?
It has been a surreal time. While the program posts photos of the kids having fun on hikes and gazing over the Haifa skyline, while my daughter calls me from Jerusalem telling me about the fantastic time she had working with the children at the Ramah Israel Day camp in Jerusalem, friends in Tel Aviv, Ra'anana and Be'er Sheva post on Facebook about dashing for stairwells or shelters when the sirens blare.
On my wrist, I wear a blue Stand With Us rubber bracelet showing my support for Israel. My watch is set to Jerusalem time so I know the best time to call my daughter. My cell phone has become an appendage to my body. I pray daily for her safety, for all of Israel and her Defense Forces.
I thank Ramah Seminar in Israel for their tireless efforts of keeping our kids safe and having as an enjoyable and educational experience as possible while constantly keeping parents in the loop of the changing security situation. After an extended stay in their northern base in the Hodayot Youth Village, the "seminarniks" finally traveled safely to their home base in Jerusalem on July 15. In fact, a parent conference call to update us on the matzav started just as the IDF launched their ground offensive into Gaza.
But life goes on. I have taken the cue from my Israeli friends who endure this daily threat to keep moving on through routine and simple distractions. If my Israeli psychologist friend, an olah from New York, can help spread calm by teaching Yoga to women in a bomb shelter in Sderot, I too will try to find Zen on my mat. I work in my garden and take walks.
Even as the bombs fall, and the inevitability that she may spend some time this summer in a bomb shelter is very real, I have no regrets that my daughter is in Israel. I will not deny the danger or my worry. I know that this time in Israel will be a transformative one for her that can only strengthen her understanding of what it means to be a Jew and never take our Jewish homeland for granted.
When midnight here rolls around, my mind is already seven hours ahead wondering what the dawning day on the other side of the planet will hold for Israel. If you too have a loved one in Israel and find yourself up in the middle of the night, I'm sleepless right there with you.
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Just another rocket fire-free day in the Motor City
Summertime is usually a carefree time.
Not this summer.
This summer, it has been hard for me to focus on anything that is not Israel. And usually I love thinking about Israel – all the great things it gives the world , memories of my four visits there, and now living vicariously through my daughter, who is spending her summer in Israel.
That's where the carefree element of my summer has all but disappeared.
It started with the kidnapping and murder of the Israeli teen boys. It was followed up with the equally horrible murder of that baby-faced Arab boy. Then the increase of rocket fire. And now, our soldier's putting their lives in jeopardy to protect the lives of all living in Israel.
That includes my daughter. And people I met through a sister-city educator program. And my daughter. And friends who now live there. And my daughter.
The news has been all-consuming. Other news is barely registering with me. Was there some ruling on Hobby Lobby that I should be all fired up about, or sending unaccompanied children back over the border to Central America? What was that again? But, oh, another rocket has been fired into Israel. Another Palestinian child has been used as a human shield by Hamas. Oh, am I supposed to be packing my youngest up for camp?
Over Facebook, I see my Israeli friends posting about running to a bomb shelter, or a miklat, a safe room,or when there are neither of these things, a bathroom or stairwell shelter.
Some darkly joke about what are the top 10 essential things you need in a bomb shelter. Topping that list includes flashlights, water, ice cream, wine, and chocolate. LOTS of wine and chocolate.
This week, I had to ask the surreal question to my daughter, who wished to visit her friend for Shabbat in Ra'anana.
"Can you please find out if your friend's family has a bomb shelter?"
Can you imagine asking your American friend such a question before visiting?
Do you have cats, 'cause my kid has allergies.
What can I bring you for dinner? Wine? A salad?
Oh, and does your house have a bomb shelter?
In more peaceful days in Israel, I remember spending a summer working on a kibbutz up near the Golan Heights. I didn't think twice about going into a bomb shelter, but they were pretty much used as "disco" shelters back in the 80's. The shelter was a cool place to hang out at night after working. I never associated it as a place to take cover from an attack.
In more peaceful days in Israel, I gave my daughter about 50 shekels for the evening as she set to hang out at night in Tel Aviv with her friend, the one from Ra'anana. They roamed freely the streets of Tel Aviv, got pizza and gelato, and hung on the beach until 11 at night.
Fear free.
Care free.
This Shabbat, my daughter, my intrepid and strong daughter had her first taste of what it is like to sit in a bomb shelter. She heard the boom of Israel's Iron Dome shoot down a rocket aimed for where she is, a suburban town near Tel Aviv. In her nonchalant manner, she said it was like going to hang out in our basement.
Last weekend, I tried to snag some of my own carefree moments. My husband took me on a bike ride along West Bloomfield's trail system. I felt carefree and peaceful. But every now again, a dark thought crept into my mind. If a siren went off along the path, and we had 15 seconds to take cover, where would we go?
Last weekend, friends who, most likely sensing that I really needed a night out, invited us out to Detroit's Concert of Colors. Among the many free acts who played at Detroit's Orchestra Hall was the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars group that came out of the horrors of war in their native country and helped heal with music.
Indeed, the infectious music was healing and joyful. Everyone, in every shape, size, color, religion was dancing in joy to the music. I also let myself feel some joy and danced with my husband. The leader of the band was right. He was no doctor, but he said dancing a little bit every day gets rid of all the toxins in your body and makes you feel good. After every song, the leader of the band just wanted to know one thing from their audience: Are You Happy?
And I was.
But there was one guy at the show with a smug look on his face. He wore a beat up T-shirt that read "Free Palestine" in English and I guess Arabic. He didn't look happy. But I refused to let him make me not feel happy that very moment. Even though, I felt like telling him, that cause he holds dear, well, some of the people who are so dedicated to that cause would have no druther about strapping a bomb to themselves underneath their clothing, walking into that concert hall where we were all dancing in joyous unison, and blowing us all to pieces.
A Mother's Love. Too many Questions, no Answers.
Summer in our house means that the kids in my family get a break from their usual surroundings and, though we will miss them, we the parents take a short break from parenting.
I know that sounds bad to some, that we need a break from parenting so we ship them off to camp. But a wise woman, a mother of five boys, once told me when my children were very young, that one day I will understand: summer is a good time for everyone in the family to have some time on their own in a different place.
Last Friday night, our family of five had our last Shabbat dinner together before we headed to the separate destinations of camp and Israel. And New York. And Italy.
I lit three more Shabbat candles than usual and said an extra prayer.
Eyal, Naftali, Gilad, where are you? Who is watching over you? Who is feeding you? Who is clothing you? Gd in Heaven please give them strength and keep them safe until they are rescued. Please.
My husband and I held hands with our three children and sang the blessings. We blessed our children. I now have to rise up on my toes to kiss the top of my fifteen-year-old son's forehead. He has to bend down to put his head on my shoulder when he hugs me. I can feel his shoulders getting broader. Looking down, I wonder how those feet which were once so tiny got to be the size of a mans, with no signs that they have stopped growing.
As much of a man he is turning out to be, I still dote on, and nudge my teen-aged son. A son who can't seem to eat enough though he remains thin as a bean pole. A son who plays guitar, has formed a band, and has introduced me to a lot of cool music
The kids that night ate heartily. They enjoyed the last homemade challah they would have until the end of August.
We are not Shabbat observant. After dinner, Broadway show tunes played on the Sonos. My children sang and danced loudly together around the family room.
I tried to soak it all in and be joyful, but having the knowledge that across the sea, there were empty places at the Shabbat tables of three families in Israel, my joy was tinged.
We are going on the third Shabbat in which these families will not have their sons home. Kidnapped by terrorists on their way home from school, Gilad, Naftali and Eyal have not been heard or seen since in spite of a vigorous search and investigation from the Israel Defense Forces.
I don't know what is sustaining these families. Think about when you lose sight of your kid in a shopping mall or at a carnival. Those few moments are agony. For two weeks, every moment for these families has been agony. Every night their beds are empty must be agony.
I have so many questions.
Where are they being held?
Why is there NO coverage of the kidnapping of these boys in the US media, even though one of the boys has dual US-Israel citizenship?
Why has our President been so silent in this matter?
How could the United Nations be so cruel as to mock the pain of the three mothers, who went to Geneva to testify and plead on behalf of their sons, only to get a response from the UN that there is no evidence of an abduction, that perhaps these "settlers" went on holiday and didn't tell their parents?
Where are they?
Where are they?
And, what can I do?
What else can I do?
I follow every bit of news coming out of Israel on my Facebook feed, sites like the Times of Israel and Israel365
I say special Psalms
Ribbons tied to my tree for the boys? Check.
Create a sign with the hashtag #BringBackOurBoys? Check.
There is one woman I know who is doing more to help the boys more than anyone else I know.
Remember the woman with the five boys? Almost a decade ago, she and her husband and five boys made aliyah. Now, she works as an educational psychologist and is on the ground in the very town from where the boys families live and is helping schoolchildren there cope with this crisis that has taken away their friends or their siblings. You can listen to her being interviewed on a local Israeli radio show.
Therein lies the difference between one side and the other.
We as Jews when it comes down to it, we really care for each other and will support each other because we are responsible for each other. All of Israel is responsible for each other. In the end, it is something we must stand by to know that it will be all right in the end because we care for each other, and we place the value of life of any living human in the highest regard.
It is sad to say that on the other side, that is clearly not the case.
Shabbat Shalom.
How to Stand Up to BDS at U of M tonight, even if You're not a Wolverine.
Let's get something straight.
The anti-Israel "Boycott Divest Sanctions" movement hitting campuses across the globe is nothing more than a new fangled incarnation of simple Jew hatred.
In advance of tonight's Central Student Government hearing tonight to reconsider its decision to table a vote to approve a resolution asking the University of Michigan boycott and divest from academic and business dealings with Israel, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit sent out the following email:
To Our Friends and Supporters: As you may know, the Central Student Government (CSG) at U of M last week rejected an anti-Israel divestment resolution. However, due to pressure from an anti-Israel campus group, CSG will reconsider the resolution at its meeting tonight. We want to bring you up to date on developments surrounding this resolution and how you can best support efforts to convince the CSG to sustain its initial rejection of it. Federation and JCRC work continuously to advance the interests of both Israel and the Jewish campus communities. Tilly Shames, the Executive Director of U of M Hillel, serves as our agencies' eyes and ears on campus and has been keeping us well-informed on developments related to this proposed resolution. With her many years of experience fighting anti-Israel activities on campus, she knows what tactics work and don't work with college students. Her most important advice is to ensure that it is students who remain most visible and vocal in the fight against the resolution. CSG is an organization of students serving the needs and wishes of students, and is not likely swayed by older adults, especially if they are not part of the campus community. Rather than show up at tonight's meeting with calls or demands that CSG again reject the anti-Israel resolution, the most effective way you can affect the vote is to contact the university administration asking that it issue a statement calling for its rejection and expressing concern on how the issue is polarizing the campus. You can do this by emailing U of M President Mary Sue Coleman at email@example.com or calling her office at (734) 764-6270. Your contact will be most effective if you convey your message respectfully.
Please know that the BDS activists have been threatening and intimidating Jewish students at the University of Michigan. BDS is nothing more than intellectually disguising age-old Jew hatred in the name of "human rights." if you are at a loss of words at what to write to President Coleman, I suggest you may want to take an excerpt from LA radio commentator Ben Shapiro's statement at a similar hearing at UCLA, where they voted against the resolution 7-5. Here is the full transcript of his statement: Please do not be silent. Please write the UM president at firstname.lastname@example.com and stand for Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East which supports freedom of religion, gay rights, educational opportunities for women, and freeedom of expression, |
France Can Take A Lesson in Religious Tolerance from Detroit's Interfaith Council
On these snowy days I admit I have done way too much trolling on my Facebook news feed. One alarming video clip that came across my newsfeed was a very disturbing video of Fascists in France waving a red swastika flag, shouting Jews Out! Jews Out!
Do they have the right to march peacefully and express their views in a democratic society? Maybe. Have these French citizens forgotten the history of WWII when the Nazis themselves goose-stepped through the streets of Paris shouting the same hatred? Absolutely.
Today's Germany would not stand for such hate marches, free speech or not. In fact, it is illegal to fly the Nazi Flag anywhere in Germany or have a Nazi rally.
I wonder, in this country which proposes to ban the wearing of any religious symbol or clothing, what they teach their children about religious tolerance.
A few weeks back, I had the honor of attending and covering a "Face to Faith" Journey to Judaism sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Greater Detroit. Sitting in the massive sanctuary of Temple Israel of West Bloomfield with 150 seventh graders, I felt right at home. And you know something, so did the kids. Even if they never set foot in a Jewish house of worship. Even if they never had a Jewish friend.
Cynics might wonder if such interfaith explorations organized by Detroit's Interfaith Council really teach tolerance. But, after you watch the disturbing and disgusting video of Fascists marching down a street of what is supposed to be the world's most civilized city shouting "Jews Out!" consider the alternatives.
Here is the article which ran in the Detroit Jewish News
What does a rabbi look like? To the uninitiated, a rabbi wears a long black coat, grows a long beard, and therefore must always be a man.
Temple Israel rabbis, teachers, and other volunteers at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield helped to dispel this and many other misconceptions about Judaism as they guided a diverse group of 150 seventh graders from six school districts through a "Jewish Religious Diversity Journey." The trip was part of a series of explorations into different religions created by the Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
According to the council's administrator Meredith Skowronski, Religious Diversity Journeys for the past 11 years has taken young leaders – 25 handpicked students from each school district – on six trips to a different house of worship to foster understanding and a celebration of cultural differences. Participating school districts include Berkeley, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Clarkston, West Bloomfield, and Walled Lake.
Gail Katz, a retired Berkeley teacher and the director of Religious Diversity Journeys, explained that the program fits in perfectly with the World Religions unit of the seventh Grade curriculum.
"The Journey only extends what they are learning beyond the textbook and the classroom," said Katz as she mingled with the students during a morning icebreaker. "We strive to increase respect and understanding among all students."
Rabbi Josh Bennett – who is clean-shaven and does not wear a long black coat – kicked off the formal component of the day of learning in the temple's large sanctuary. Students, impressed by the large golden ark on the bimah, learned about the three different branches of Judaism and the belief in one God, learning Torah and the connection to Israel, which unites Jews across every level of observance
Later in the morning, groups of students took turns touring the building and listening to Rabbi Ariana Gordon explain the cycle of Jewish holidays, the complexity of having a Hebrew calendar that is both lunar and solar, and the odd phenomena this year that was "Thanksgivingkah."
The students also visited the building's mikvah and viewed an open Torah Scroll with Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny.
"These trips are an invaluable lesson where kids get a hands-on learning experience and are made to feel welcome in different houses of worship," said Kaluzny after teaching a group about how a Torah scroll is made and written.
Over a Mediterranean vegetarian lunch prepared by Mezza of West Bloomfield and sponsored by Temple Israel, students expressed their appreciation for the program, which allows them to explore other traditions and pose questions that would seem inappropriate or uncomfortable in a classroom setting.
Ben Johnston of West Hills Middle School came away from the program with a better understanding of the different branches of Judaism and the customs and holidays his Jewish friends celebrate.
"This program is important to me because we have a diverse society," Johnston said. "We go to school with different kinds of kids, and as we get older, these are the people we'll go to college and work with. We must have the knowledge of their backgrounds so we can be more tolerant and understanding."
Ben Johnston, a student at West Hills Middle school, learns about the role of a mikvah in Jewish life during a Religious Diversity Journey.
Ashley Liles and Maddy Merritt, both of Sashabaw Middle School in Clarkston, do not go to school with many Jewish kids. The program allowed them to peer into a Siddur and not feel embarrassed to ask why it opens up backwards or why the letters look different than English.
Maddy Merritt left, and Ashley Liles, right, seventh graders from Clarkston's Sashabaw Middle school, examine Hebrew letters in the sanctuary at Temple Israel at during a Religious Diversity Journey.
The "journey" gave them a better perspective of the history and origins of the Jewish people. Not only did it widen their understanding of Jewish holidays beyond Chanukkah, but the lesson with Rabbi Gordon also gave them a broader understanding of a holiday they would otherwise only know as a "Jewish Christmas."
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny of Temple Israel, West Bloomfield, displays a Torah scroll to seventh graders on a Religious Diversity Journey with the help of parent volunteer Janet Cummins of Birmingham.
Don't Forget to Dance
I hate ends.
I don't like when books, or series of books, end.
Ask my kids about this.
Just last week, after years of them prodding, teasing, begging and bribing me, and even going through lengths like borrowing books on CD from their school libraries. I finally, finally finished the entire Harry Potter series.
I don't even like to eat the ends of a loaf of bread.
Even when it comes to one of my favorite activities in the world – dancing – I prefer not stay for the last dance. Call it a Cinderella syndrome, but I hate when the music ends. I leave about 10 minutes each week before the session wraps up. As the music lingers in my head while I start up the car in the parking lot, I envision my folk dancing friends dancing on into the night, so the dance is never over.
But end it did, for me, at least in Rochester.
I have been taking Israeli Folk Dancing on Sunday nights at the Rochester Jewish Community Center for about 10 years now. When I first started I knew nothing about Israeli Folk Dancing outside of Hava Nagilah. Seriously.
But Israeli Folk Dancing is not your Bar Mitzvah Havah Nagilah. Blending music with Greek, Latin, Middle Eastern and the random Irish (yes IRISH) influences, Israeli Folk Dancing has something for everyone. At every age.
And you don't have to be Jewish to do it. There are Israeli Folk Dance sessions held the world over, including places like Tokyo and Beijing.
At first, Israeli Folk Dancing can be frustrating. All these people whirling and jumping around you are having all this fun and really know what they are doing. And the beginner, well, the beginner fumbles. And watches.
Week after week I went. I made sure I got there for the beginner hour. I watched feet. I danced on the outside of the circle not to get in the way of the experts. Then, with increased confidence that I would not crash or trip anyone (or myself) I moved in. I'm grateful for great guidance from the teacher to long timers who called out steps for me.
I have gone from stumbling through each dance, to learning the steps, to a point where I've actually become pretty good! Good enough to call the steps to newcomers who give it a try. Good enough to teach it to children in area Hebrew schools and camps.
Here are reasons why dance, any dance, but particularly Israeli Folk Dancing is good for you:
- It's a great cardio workout. Dancing burns on an average of 375 calories per hour.
- IFD is also great for your brain. Each dance is a sequence of choreographed steps. All this memorization improves brain function, especially for some of us who are, emmm, getting up there in age. It takes about six lessons and going on a consistent basis to get the basic steps down. Before you know it, your feet are moving to each familiar dance without even giving it much thought, which comes to the next benefit….
- Israeli Folk Dancing is a great social outlet. While your feet are moving, catch up in conversation with friends old and new.
- If you are Jewish, or simply have a love for Israel, IFD connects your feet and ears to the Holy Land. During Israel's peaceful times, dancing to the latest Israeli dance is a dance of celebration. In times of war or terror, the dance becomes one of solidarity.
And now, now that I am leaving town, the JCC of Greater Rochester offers Israeli Folk Dancing FREE to members, $6 per week for non members.
Last Sunday was my very last dance session, for now, with my dear friends from Israeli Folk Dance in Rochester. It was a big part of my life and brought me happiness each Sunday night.
And last Sunday, I managed to make myself stay for the very last dance:
Do you dance regularly? What does it bring to your life? Leave a comment below, and don' t ever stop dancing.
Here is why I didn't buy that sweet little bouquet of Daffodils at Trader Joe's
In my blog posts, I am trying to avoid having a bitter tinge in my writing.
I've heard advice to avoid politics in my blog, unless I want to have a political blog.
I want to write about happy things, like the anticipation of spring in this very cold corner of New York.
When you live in Western New York, winter can drag on until mid April.
When you live in Western New York, you hang on to your "sleeping bag" puffy black jacket until Mid-April.
"Spring" sports have begun in school.
Youngsters at this very moment are at an ultimate frisbee match.
Outside temperature right now is 28 degrees.
And it's still snowing.
And when you are a Western New Yorker, a yearning for spring makes beautiful, sweet bouquet at Trader Joes – prices at $1.49 for 10 flowers – extremely hard to resist.
So I picked two bunches and carefully placed them in my cart, as to not crush their happy yellow heads.
As I got on line, I happened to check the label of the flowers.
"These flowers were proudly grown for you in England."
England. A product of England, eh?
Nope. I put them back.
Wanna know why?
Because my love for Israel is stronger than my desire for a floral impulse buy.
The UK, in the past decade, the anti-Israel atmosphere has only thickened and intensified.
In the UK, it is just fine and socially acceptable to call upon the boycott of Israeli products, Israeli-created technology, and even Israeli intelligence all under the guise that Zionism= racism.
Zionism, by the way, is no way related nor does it ever condone discriminating one because of one's race, religion or sexuality. Zion comes from the Hebrew word "excellence" which is what Theodore Herzl dreamed about – the creation of a homeland that would be for the Jewish people but would also serve as an example and a resource of excellence for the rest of the world.
At Oxford University, students are set to vote whether or not the university should boycott all products and companies that have ties to Israel.
In the UK, academics at top Universities call for a boycott of collaborating with universities in Israel. At one point, there was a petition to arrest any Israeli academic visiting England upon landing for war crimes.
And finally, I thought about England's Chief rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks address at last month's AIPAC conference, which he referenced how anti-globalisation protests in England quickly devolve into anti-Jewish protests. You can check out the video here:
All these thoughts swirled around my head as I admired the daffodils.
i didn't start a protest to boycott Trader Joe's, as many Arabs have done outside TJ's around the country for daring to carry Israeli products.
No. I just had my own personal boycott.
No England. You can keep you daffodils. I'll boycott you back. And I'll wait for my own flowers to pop up in a few weeks, thank you very much.
When you've got Friends in Holy Places
The year mark of my most recent visit to Israel quickly approaches. It was my fourth journey to the Jewish state. It won't be my last. In fact, if I could, I'd have no hesitation to go there on the next plane.
A few things made last year's trip during Chanukkah very special.
The first is family. Unlike my first two trips to Israel, this time I went back as a wife, a mother of three children accompanied by their grandparents, both sets. Seeing Israel's historical and religious sites through the eyes of three generations was once-in-a-lifetime goosebumps every single minute.
Secondly, we have Israeli friends. Friends from teaching. Friends made in summer camp. These friendships deepened our connection to the land of Israel more strongly than any tourist or archeological site.
Nearly every day of our trip, friends met us for dinner or lunch in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. My son reconnected with his friend, son of two rabbis, who met us for lunch after we celebrated my son's Bar Mitzvah.
Friends came and met us wherever we were on tour.
They hung out with us on the beach near our hotel.
My good friend from Modi'in met up with our group not once but twice.
She's An artist. A teacher. A true intellect. We have shared our different perspectives and deepened our understandings of what it means to be a Jew in America and what it means to be a Jew in Israel. I've connected with few people in my life as I have with her, though we will seldom see one another face to face. On a wintry day by Tel Aviv standards, we chatted on beach chairs with our spouses and watched our daughters play in the waves.
Or they accompanied us to the Israel museum in Jerusalem.
There are the friends we did see and the friends we couldn't see. I spent one night on a very long phone conversation with a friend from high school now living in Modi'in. At the time, she was newly diagnosed with breast cancer. All the plans we made almost a year in advance to get together, to spend time, to celebrate Shabbat, were reduced to that one phonecall. I was thankful just to be in the same time zone as her as I listened to her talk about the hard choices and treatments that lay ahead.
Now. Now the bombs fall.
When you have friends and family in Israel, focus on anything else has been nearly impossible. Eating? Making meals? Even taking walks? Just a temporary diversion until I can get back on the computer again and check in.
I read an update from my tour guide who heard the bomb sirens and made it on time to the nearest shelter.
I read updates from people who sleep with shoes on and who get tips on how to get to sleep again after they settle into their cot in their safety room.
I read an update from my Modi'in friend, now done with chemo treatments but who must now train her daughters how to run to safety depending on where they are when the siren sounds.
I read an update from my neighbor, now visiting in Israel describing what it was like to see the Kotel plaza evacuated.
Is this any way to live a normal life? What is normal? Why must this be accepted as the status quo?
What to do? Whether you've been to Israel a dozen times, or have never been there, whether you can name dozens of Israeli friends or never met anyone from the Middle East's only true democracy, there is something we as freedom loving Americans can do.
We can tell the world the truth. We can expose Hamas for their lies and their brainwashing. Social media can expose how Hamas truly operates as nothing more than a brain-washing hate cult that glorifies death enough to seduce its women and children into becoming human shields.
When you have Israeli friends and family, the latest flare up between Israel and her Arab neighbors is not just a news story, it's a personal attack.
I know I've been posting about this nonstop if you follow me on Facebook. But please, don't ignore Israel's fight for hearts and minds. Their war on terror is ours. Do what you can do from far away to defend her.
It's Time to get all Israeli on our Water
While gardeners and farmers feel the drought first, it won't be long until we all feel it. No one, not even your neighbors who keep watering their lawns despite the news that more than 50 percent of the country is facing a drought not seen since the 1950's is immune.
This summer has been brutal on our water supply. Newspapers and media reports are full of the plight of the farmer as they watch crops wither because most are at the mercy of rainfall for water.
But perhaps this drought is waking us up to appreciate the most precious resource we all take for granted. And it may be time to rethink and apply some extreme agricultural practices as the earth heats up.
In times like these, we can take a lesson from Israel.
Israel is one of the driest countries on the planet. On average, it receives only 19.4 inches of rain annually. Yet, thanks to cutting edge technology, and even more, the stubborn willingness of a people who know that in order to practically live in Israel, you have to believe in miracles, Israel blooms.
This tiny country has learned to efficiently use every drop of water that falls from the sky in the summer or coats the mountains in the north in winter to grow some of the most beautiful produce in the world. Check out this photo of huge greenhouses growing vegetables like eggplants, tomatoes and peppers in the Negev Desert. Check out this photo courtesy of Daniel Lawrence's blog:
Israel not only makes the desert bloom, but it has developed technology and methods that the rest of the world can use to reverse and prevent desertification, as noted in this post from israel21c.org. Israel21c.org is an online magazine that offers topical and timely reports on how Israelis from all walks of life and religion, innovate, improve and add value to the world.
So here are a few tips we can learn from Israel to conserve our water resources not only during times of drought, but for the long haul:
- Stop Watering Your Lawn. Right Now. – You! Yes, you, the suburbanite! Fuggetabout your lawn. (okay, fuggetabout it is technically a Brooklyn/New Jersey and not an Israeli term, but let's get back on topic) Israelis don't have silly things like lawns. Lawns are nothing but vanity. I'll say it again: STOP WATERING YOUR LAWN NOW. Your brown lawn has gone into dormancy and watering your lawn artificially just puts more of a strain on its root system. It will come back soft and green when the rains return.
- Use drip irrigation – Did you know that agriculturalists in Israel invented drip irrigation technology? Instead of wastefully watering your garden through a sprinkler, where most water evaporates into the air, use drip irrigation to deliver the water right to where the plants need it – the roots.
- Save that H2O from your A/C – As shown in the photo above, Israel has developed technologies that draw humidity out of the air for irrigating crops. On a smaller scale, you can do the same by catching water runoff from your central air conditioner (my hose empties into the slop sink) to water plants and vegetables
- Less Wasting Water at Restaurants – When you sit down at a restaurant in Israel, don't assume that the waitress will automatically fill your glass with endless glasses of water. No way are they just giving water away if it's not asked for. You have to ask for the water, sometimes twice – in two different languages, until the waitress gives you a glass of water. So, next time you dine out, if you are not going to drink the water, tell your server not to pour, or refill your glass.
- Selective Flushing – Here is a picture of just one type of toilet flush in Israel: The flush mechanism is divided into a big section and a small section. If you are reading my blog, you are indeed a very intelligent person, so I'll let you figure out what purpose each section serves.
- Shower Shorter, or Shower with a Friend – a drought is a great excuse to share your shower.
- Rejoice in the rain: Finally, instead of getting all bummed out when your ball game or picnic gets rained just be thankful. Think of the farmers who need the rain for their crops and livestock (a.k.a. your food, right down to that box of Cheerios and glass of milk at the breakfast table). Any event, even a wedding, can have a postponement, a change of venue or a rain date. But there is no substitute for the blessing of rain.


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Tuning: Standard I've seen a few interpretations of the main riff online, and they all appear to be way off. So I'm giving you the real thing right here. "Notorious" main riff: e|--5--7--8-----8--7--5--| B|--6--6--6-----6--6--6--| G|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--| D|--7--7--7-----7--7--7--| A|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--| E|-----------------------| There's actually three unique ways of playing this after the opening strokes during the verses. This is done by hitting the last few strings a couple of times between the riffs (B and e strings, probably). Nile Rodgers of Chic (who produced the Notorious album) actually plays guitar on the album version. And the band's two main guitarists over the years, Warren Cuccurullo and Andy Taylor, have each played this song live during their respective tenures in the band, with Taylor's being the current one. Might only be for the hard core fans, but here's my estimates on how hitting those few strings stack up: Nile: A: down, up down. B: down, up, down, up. Some variation on the timing after the B riff as the song moves along. Warren: Really the same as Nile's, with three or four strokes after the B riff usually. Probably the most simple. Andy: Can usually be four strokes up and down after A and B, though he's been known for playing as much as six after the A riff! Requires the most moving. Just listen to any album or live version, and it should click right away. Either way, it's a fun riff to play. Comments
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I bought a Ruvati RVH 8300 single bowl sink. I think the drain is about 4" from the back of the bowl in the center if it matters. So how do I know what size faucet to get? How do I figure out which reach I need? If I get a positive reveal on my granite, how far back will the faucet sit? I will also have a beverage faucet. What reach will I need on it? Thanks, Peke |
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Where the drain is DOES matter. I know very well because after purchasing faucet (which was a wall mount), I had to make a second purchase for a spout that was a "custom length" and much shorter. My vanity is Godmorgen Ikea which is more shallow in depth than most. Don't know why I didn't think this was important enough to pay attention to. When they installed the first spout, I couldn't wash my face because the spout was really "in my face" . You need to have precise measurements for your vanity and sink and for your countertop and for your spout. Sometimes, the countertop people can fudge a little (I think) on the reveal to make the end of the faucet line up with the drain which is what you want (to avoid splashing for one thing). I probably shouldn't be writing so much here since I'm definitely not an expert except I know this was VERY important at least for us. |
Forgot this was a post in the kitchen forum. My reply above was referring to a bathroom faucet but still probably some information that might apply. Good luck and keep us posted on what you learn outside the forum. I'll be tracking. Kitchen is next for us. |
Thanks, I will keep looking. I am just not sure how far back the faucets will be on the granite. Peke |
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HOUSTON — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 11 for this week to 1,651. Houston-based drilling systems provider Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 985 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 655 for oil. Eleven were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago this week, the rig count stood at 985.
Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, the biggest gain was in Oklahoma with 16. Colorado and New Mexico each gained one. Texas lost four rigs, Wyoming lost two and Pennsylvania lost one. Alaska, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, North Dakota and West Virginia remain unchanged.
The rig tally peaked at 4,530 in 1981, during the height of the oil boom. The industry posted a record low of 488 in 1999.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. — There's one thing Clay Buchholz doesn't understand about being labeled soft.
"All the talk about me last year not wanting to go out and pitch," Buchholz said, "I mean, who doesn't want to go out and pitch when you're 9-0 and have a 1.70 [ERA]? That usually means things are going pretty good for you."
This is about as incredulous sounding as Buchholz ever gets. Indeed, the tempest that surrounded Buchholz's neck and shoulder injuries in 2013 overlooks how remarkably effective he was when on the mound for the Red Sox.
Consider this a quick review session. The 1.74 ERA with which Buchholz finished the season was the best by an American League pitcher in more than 100 innings since Pedro Martinez in 2000. Before he first felt shoulder discomfort in late May, Buchholz had finished at least seven innings in each of his 10 starts; Boston was 9-1 in them.
Despite throwing only 108 1/3 innings last season, Buchholz compiled 3.2 wins above replacement according to Fangraphs — or the same number as John Lackey accumulated in 81 more frames.
There's a case to be made that the best pitcher in all of baseball last season was a healthy Clay Buchholz.
Back after his breakout 2010 season, Buchholz was quick to point out the role of luck, as he perceived it. He tempered expectations, discussing how difficult it would be to replicate that kind of season again.
He's taking no such precautions this spring. Does he think he can be every bit as effective on the mound this year?
"Yeah, I do," he said without hesitation. "[It's] command over velocity. Nobody ever believes it because it's hard to hit a 100 mph fastball. But it's harder to hit a pitch that's got movement on it and is put right where you want it. That's what I was doing for the first half of the season last year. That's why it was so much fun."
"Clay can do some things with a baseball that not many pitchers can do," manager John Farrell said. "He's very creative on the mound."
Of course, Buchholz understands that the Red Sox wouldn't mind trading a touch of that effectiveness for some durability in return. Calling Buchholz soft seems unwarranted; not a lot of pitchers take the hill with a stress fracture in their back or an intestinal virus — maladies that have afflicted the right-hander over the past few seasons.
But to wonder if he has the frame to pitch 200 innings is perfectly legitimate.
"That's the name of the game for a starting pitcher," said Buchholz. "You can't be among the elite guys in the league unless you do that. Everybody knows that."
"For him to put in a 32-start year for us and be out there for the appropriate number of innings, he has a chance to have a huge impact on this team," Farrell said. "I know he's doing everything he can to accomplish that. He's becoming more aware of what his body's needs are and really how to maintain that durability."
To that end, the Red Sox are concentrating on the routine Buchholz establishes between starts. Farrell discussed finding ways to "thicken" Buchholz up over the course of the season to become more durable. The pitcher mentioned maybe not throwing as many innings per start in April and May as he did last season.
Buchholz took on a lighter throwing load in the winter, both because he was coming off the neck and shoulder woes that plagued him from May on and because he had pitched into October. Farrell said he's in stride with the other members of the rotation to this point in spring.
Buchholz's live batting practice session Sunday was largely uneventful — as it should be. But for him, it was a chance to get back on the hill with something resembling max effort. That memorably eluded him last autumn in his final start of 2013, Game Four of the World Series.
"It was probably close to 80 percent I was trying to throw today," Buchholz said, "and that was more than the last game I pitched during the season…. It's all about believing in your pitches and doing the little things right and getting your work in and making sure you're not skipping out on anything. That's what I'm doing this year, and that's what I'm going to do throughout the season."
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Medical marijuana dispensary review: The Green Solution in Northglenn
Green Solution anchors a run-down strip center filled with discount stores, nail salons and a coin-op laundry. It's nothing impressive, and my initial reaction was to begin questioning my decision to drive to the 'burbs in the first place. (Like most people I know who grew up in the suburbs, I do my best to avoid them.) But the professional, medical atmosphere and clean modern decor inside the shop are a stark contrast to what's outside.
The Green Solution470 Malley Dr.
Northglenn, CO 80233
www.tgsmedicine.comHours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Online menu: Yes.
Other types of medicine: Edibles, concentrates, tinctures, drinks, lotions
Handicap-accessible?: Yes.
There's a large and comfortable patient waiting area at the Green Solution, staffed by a redheaded receptionist behind a tall counter. When I visited, she smiled and gave me a "give me a second" look while she finished helping an older man in a paint-stained sweatshirt fill out his change-of-caregiver form.
After finishing up with the other customer and directing him to the leather couches on the other side of the room, she turned to me, smiling. "You must be new here," she said with the sweet welcoming tone that seasoned receptionists acquire. "I don't think I've seen you in before."
I handed over my paperwork, which she promptly copied while I filled out a few release forms. When I was done, she handed me a ticket with a number on it from an old-school raffle dispenser and explained how my budtender would use it to call me back for my order. I didn't quite get what she meant until we were buzzed through the security door to the Sam's Club of medical marijuana dispensaries. I was one of only a handful of customers during my visit, but the shop looks like it's equipped to handle a Harborside-like load at any given time in the recently remodeled space
Though the dispensary is confined to one green and dark-wood-themed room, services are broken down into different stations along the back wall. There's a section for cheap glass pipes and vaporizers, a concentrate and body lotion counter, the massive medical marijuana island that juts out into the middle of the room, the edibles counter with display cooler and freezer, and even a hothouse room for clones large enough to allow four rolling racks' worth to bask in warm humidity. There's also a nook set aside for "Grown Locally" hoodies, caps and sweatshirts, as well as non-medicated hemp body products.
It's ganja sensory overload at first, especially with the half-dozen or so huge flat-screen TVs set up with revolving patient prices and specials. The receptionist guided me over to a small cafe setup with free water, tea and snacks for patients as well as a few high tables and stools. Beyond the lounge were two glassed-off partitions that looked like casino cashier booths. The bubbly receptionist told me the booths were where I would pick up my medicine when I was finished.
Budtenders in collared shirts and ties were scattered around behind the counters, helping the three patients ahead of me with their shopping. Interestingly, I felt like the youngest person in the shop, and I'm in my early thirties. An older woman around my mother's age was sorting through the edibles section and talking about how she doesn't like smoking her medicine, while a man probably in his early fifties was snagging a bag of indica for his aches and pains.www.weedmaps.com
After I stood around for a minute, feeling slack-jawed at the (for lack of a better word) California-ness of the place, a short blond woman came from a back room and introduced herself as my budtender. As a first-timer, I got the full fifteen-minute rundown of the shop, starting at the THC deli.
As far as I could tell, Green Solution has damn near every food product infused with cannabis made in Colorado. Everything from medicated barbecue sauce to your standard mind-numbing candies made by companies such as EdiMeds, SimplyPure, Julie & Kate, Gaias Garden, Dr. J's, Rest & Relaxation, Dixie, Bakked, Mile High, Cheeba Chews, Mountain Medicinals, Beyond Mars, Twice Baked, Sweet Earth, Mary's, Twirling Hippy and Granny T's. Even better, my budtender knew detailed information about everything. I've made it pretty clear over the last few years that I'm not the biggest edibles guy due to my stomach, but if I ever wanted to start experimenting, this is where I would stop first. For those of you who like to make your own edibles, they also sell ounces of sugar trim for $45.
Herb is showcased behind the custom glass-and-wood bud bar. Each strain has a representative nugget in front of a digital picture frame detailing the name and some strain information. It's a completely over-the-top display and adds an almost comical element of two-dimensional technology to something so organic and sensory. On the other hand, it's pulled off well and is completely unique to Green Solution. My budtender asked my preferences and medical needs, then went to work picking strains for me to check out based on the cannabinoid makeup. The shop does all of its strain testing in-house. Cannabis testing can be a sliding scale depending on who is actually doing the testing. But since everything in the shop is being tested against each other, regular Green Solution customers can presumably get an idea of what one strain will do versus another.
It took about ten minutes to find that the Mars OG wasn't very OGish, as well as to check out a hazy G-13 Haze and Purple Diesel that lacked the Chemmy funk. Other strains, like the Pineapple, God Bud and Chernobyl, were decently grown and appealing enough to want to take home. Overall, it's decent bud. Nothing I saw was at a connoisseur level, nor were any of the strains necessarily rare or unique -- but everything I saw was clean. Most were fruity hybrids with a hydroponic sugariness, and out of the two-dozen strains I went through, there was a noticeable lack of any Chem-related strains and OGs. Herb sells for just under $40 an eighth on the top tier, right around $30 for the mid-tier, and as low as $25 for the daily specials.
I made my picks, and my budtender scurried off to fill my order. I grabbed a cup of water and a pack of snack crackers from the free patient zone while I waited, and after a few minutes, a doorbell noise sounded over by the cashier windows and my number was displayed on the light board above one of the windows.
First-timers get a hefty 20 percent discount on their purchase, which brought my eighth of herb and half-gram of wax to a very reasonable $44 and change. Signing the shop up as your primary center gets you 10 percent off every purchase, with a few 20-percent-off days each month. There's also a point system that earns you free stuff with purchases, which is nice, because the shop keeps track of it for you.
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Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 15:29
Do these things need copious amounts of water or just more shade or do they just hate 100F temps? I have mine in morning sun, afternoon shade... They were just planted this spring and have been putting out some new growth... some leaves look burnt>? (gold color) and some new growth on one was crusty...
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- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 15:35
OK...reading an old post someone mentioned shade cloth and misters...I'll have to pay more attention to them in the future. They must not care for 100F-103F temp we've had the last few days. |
Wow Frank those temps are hot!I can't comment on the problem you are having as the hottest it normally gets here is I'd say max 90F.....And I find at that temp it is very uncomfortable.What variety of kiwi are you growing? Glenn |
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 19:59
Natasha, Andrey and ANANASNAYA...arguta...suppose to be very hardy. Very hot throughout the midwest the past week or so. |
I would keep them pretty wet, as long as it isn't heavy clay that doesn't drain, but keep them at least moist, and maybe rig up some shade for them. This weather is extraordinary, so this isn't something you ordinarily would have to deal with. The fact that they're new is AND facing these temps and drought/dry air is the problem. They should come around once it gets back to normal, assuming it ever does get back to normal, I'm beginning to wonder...if this is the "new normal" well, we're screwed. |
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 22:19
I agree...if this is the new normal, then I've got to move further north. |
- Posted by steve_in_los_osos CA 10a/Sunset 17 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 23:26
They will definitely crisp with those temps. Temporary shade of some sort and lots of water will help. |
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Movie Review
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
By John Mulderig
Catholic News Service
NEW YORK (CNS) -- With a magnetic performance by Michael Douglas -- reprising his role as iconic, scruples-free wheeler-dealer Gordon Gekko -- offset by heavy-handed attempts at social commentary and a central romantic relationship that puts the sexual cart before the marital horse, the high stakes drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (Fox) makes for an uneven sequel.
Yet, throughout a somewhat over-lengthy series of plot twists, director Oliver Stone's follow-up to his 1987 hit "Wall Street" consistently affirms anti-materialist, broadly pro-family and even -- implicitly at least -- pro-life values that viewers of faith will find congenial.
Screenwriters Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff pick up the story with the disgraced Gekko's 2001 release from prison. Having done his time for securities fraud, the ex-big shot finds no one, and nothing, waiting for him on the outside.
Jump forward seven years and Gekko has become a successful author and an accurate prophet of impending collapse whose best-seller's title asks, in a play on his famous mantra from the first film, "Is Greed Good?"
Joining the audience for one of Gekko's publicity appearance -- at New York's Jesuit-run Fordham University -- is current financial high flyer Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf). Jake's interest in Gekko is personal as well as professional since he has been living with, and has just become engaged to, Gekko's estranged daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan).
Gekko is anxious to reconcile with Winnie, who blames him for her drug-addicted brother's death from an overdose. He finds a willing partner in Jake, and the two make a deal: Jake will work to soften Winnie's feelings toward Dad, and Gekko will assist Jake in his business vendetta against ruthless mogul Bretton James (Josh Brolin).
As partially revealed in earlier scenes, Bretton's stealthy machinations led to the ruin both of Jake's firm and of its founder -- also Jake's beloved mentor -- Louis Zabel (Frank Langella).
Jake sincerely believes that Winnie will benefit from her father's renewed presence in her life and, lacking Louis' support, he is himself in search of a paternal figure to whom he can turn for guidance. But he gets more than he bargained for out of his arrangement with Gekko, realizing too late that Gekko's plaintive identification of Winnie as "all I have left" has more than one meaning.
Perhaps even more so than in the first installment, Douglas' Gekko is a fascinating compound of charisma, corruption and a few remaining shards of human decency. While his plea that the hi-jinks of Bretton and his ilk -- supposedly modeled on real life excesses -- are far worse than anything he ever attempted may be blatantly self-serving, a variety of developments demonstrate that Gekko's time behind bars has brought about at least a partial conversion.
This second "Wall Street" succeeds best when it maintains that kind of sharp focus on the personal, but feels bloated and ineffective when it pans out to make sweeping indictments of complex patterns of economic behavior that, however disastrous their consequences, defy easy analysis.
The film contains cohabitation, brief sexual imagery and occasional sexual references, several uses of profanity, at least two instances of rough language and a few crude and some crass terms. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
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Writing, writing, writing!
So today I'm working on the final touches on this piece called Sodom. It's a poem that I'm proud to write; it stands up for the parts of the bible that speak about hope, love, and compassion, and also confronts the tone of homophobia in christian fundamentalist communities. It's pretty badass already, we just gotta spice up a couple parts. I'm also working on this piece that we're calling "Smoke & Mirrors". It'll approach the problem of public figures disrespecting their civil duty with sexual misconduct. It'll have some funny, some serious, and all around a solid piece. I'm excited!
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ASHEVILLE'S BRAVE NEW VOICES TEAM is working overtime to get ready for Chicago. Be sure to catch one of their upcoming shows if you want to experience the best of youth slam poetry. THIS SATURDAY, JULY 13TH 1pm at the COLOR ME BROWN ASHEVILLE BNV FUNDRAISER @ The Odditorium in West Asheville and Next WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 6:30 at LOUDER THAN A BOMB
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Hume, Jessica Mary email@example.com URN etd-05202011-145319 Document Title Strategic internal communication in international non-governmental organisations Degree MPhil Department Marketing and Communication Management Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Ms A Leonard Supervisor Keywords
- INGOs
- NGO management theory
- international non-governmental organisations
- strategic management theory
Date 2011-04-19 Availability unrestricted Abstract The role and importance of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) has increased with globalisation and the growth of global institutions. Not only do INGOs play a major role in aid delivery in developing countries, they also serve as the voice of the people in the growing global governance system. Thus they have an increasing impact on the social and economic welfare of people around the world.
For this reason, the performance and management of INGOs is vital. However, research on their management is lacking. INGOs possess unique characteristics including complex environments, value-based missions and no financial bottom line. Therefore, management practices, like internal communication, that are generally developed for for-profit organisations need to be evaluated for suitability within the INGO context.
Strategic internal communication has been identified as driving organisational performance. Internal communication can be defined as strategic when its purpose is to align internal stakeholders with the organisation's strategic intent. By facilitating strategic alignment, internal communication can play a critical role in organisational performance.
Research on strategic internal communication is limited and virtually non-existent when considered within the INGO context. However, by considering communication management theory, strategic management theory and NGO management theory, it is possible to develop theoretical propositions on the strategic functioning of internal communication in INGOs. In particular, the theory suggests that a postmodern approach to strategic management and strategic internal communication can assist INGOs in addressing many of the challenges they face.
This study explores the strategic functioning of internal communication in INGOs through exploratory, qualitative case studies. The evidence shows that internal communication in INGOs does not generally function strategically. However, the function is recognised as having potential to improve the performance of these organisations. In particular, there is support for the suitability of a postmodern approach to strategic internal communication in INGOs.
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I wish Christine Gross-Loh had written this book about 14 years ago when I was first becoming a mother. I'm pretty sure it would have been my parenting bible. There were plenty of parenting books around back then when I had my first child, but I quickly realized that the philosophies often contradicted each other, and I would end up following common sense, and ditching the structured advice more often than not anyways. By the time I had my second child I had stopped reading parenting books altogether. What I like about Christine Gross-Loh's new book Parenting Without Borders is that it looks at the results, the way kids behave as an outcome of cultural child rearing practices that point to real success in various areas of development. The author became aware of differing international parenting styles after living in Japan with her small children and then moving back to the U.S.. Suddenly what she would have previously taken as normal parenting, stood out to her as distinctively American parenting, and she realized it wasn't always the best way to do things. This set off years of international research on parenting styles around the world for her. Eventually it informed her ultimate international patchwork of parenting style with her own kids.
It makes so much sense, we share best practices in many ways cross-culturally, why not parenting? Sure, I had done a ton of traveling before having kids myself, but as a single young woman for most of the time, I can't say that I was absorbing much parenting advice along the way. Along with Documama, I write and Edit for World Moms Blog, a community of bloggers and moms from around the world. We learn so much, and gain such understanding from each other by sharing our experiences, and advice as technology is making the world a smaller place.
The book illustrates how other cultures can show us how to bring our children up to expect less stuff like the kids in Japan, be more healthful eaters as in France and Italy, or more independent thinkers like the kids in Sweden. There aspects in which the author believes our American parenting style is superior too. The point of this book is that we can pull together lessons from around the world for the most balanced possible outcome. Our children, the children of this upcoming generation, will inevitably be global citizens weather brought up that way or not. We might as well get started!
*I received a free copy of Parenting Without Borders for the purpose of this book review, as always my opinions are honest and my own, and are never swayed by outside influences.


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India and Pakistan haven't exactly been the best of neighbors since, oh, the beginning of time. (Something to do with who claims ownership over the territory of Kashmir, which lies in the geographic middle of the two countries). The latest breach between the two? A Pakistani model claims that the Indian version of lad mag FHM doctored a photo of her to make it appear as though she were nude on the cover of its latest issue. Keep reading »
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Ask most folks about a plant at Christmas and they'll mention poinsettias or Christmas trees. Both of those are traditional parts of our holiday celebrations, but neither usually sticks around much past early January.
If you want a great Christmas plant that will do great year after year, consider what is now called a "holiday cactus." These natives of the tropical rainforests of Central and South America boast colorful blossoms in shades of pink, red and white at the tips of each arching stem.
Tom Woods Master Gardener
Reading nutritional labels can help you make the best food selections for your body's needs. Taking time to read plant labels can help you to do the same for the plants.
Before you buy a plant, you need to read and understand information on its label. This is as important for plants as it is for seed, fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides.
Pine trees aren't the only trees that shed needles. Evergreen trees have many needles that change color or turn brown in the fall. This often causes alarm to homeowners who don't know evergreen trees drop needles.
By SUSAN BROWN EXTENSION HORTICULTURAL AGENT
Winter is slowly on its way. It is becoming harder to find interesting color in the garden. Have you noticed the pockets of color along the roadside?
Being a Raleigh native and new to the area, I was unsure of what to expect in the fall. It is always a tradition for me to visit Asheville and see the palate of color the leaves create. The rich, reds, bright, yellows and brilliant, oranges are always so vibrant and well worth the trip.
Even though the fall has been fairly mild this year, the list of chores in the garden is much shorter—no grass to mow, fewer weeds to fight. There's always football, basketball, hockey, eating too much and all of those parties and family get-togethers during the holiday season to fill the time, but there's nothing more therapeutic than getting some dirt under those fingernails.
Nearly 500 students from Bolivia Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Town Creek Elementary, Belville Elementary and Supply Elementary attended the 2010 4-H Life on the Farm program at Funston Farm in Winnabow on Sept. 21, 22, 24 and Oct. 6, 7 where a day in the classroom outdoors-style was accompanied by a hayride and tour of the farm owned by Wilbur and Mary Earp.
The tour educated students on crops and animals grown on the farm, which included swine, beef cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay.
Once again, youth gathered at the North Carolina State Fair to show off their top turkey hens they had raised during the North Carolina Youth Market Turkey Show program.
Twelve youth delegates representing the state of North Carolina attended the 76th annual National Junior Horticultural Association's (NJHA) annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 8-11.
Founded in 1934, NJHA was the first organization to provide a national platform for youth to build a basic understanding and skills in the art and science of horticulture. Through national contests, projects, field trips and workshops, NJHA connects young people to careers in the horticulture industry and develops their appreciation for the importance of plants in our daily lives.
It's autumn and that means it's time to start raking those leaves, but instead of just bagging up foliage and throwing it away, look into ways leaves can be composted.
By Susan Brown County Extension Agent
The cooler weather and shorter days cause many plants to go dormant. One plant that is gearing up to perform is the wonderful camellia sasanqua. Like magnolias, they are a Southern favorite. Sasanquas are evergreen and the foliage alone makes this plant a gem in the garden.


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Loretta Lynn Postpones Show for Family Medical Emergency
Loretta Lynn has postponed her Thursday night (Sept. 4) show in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to be with her family, citing a medical emergency.
Loretta Lynn has postponed her Thursday night (Sept. 4) show in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to be with her family, citing a medical emergency.
A fire broke out in the home of country legend Loretta Lynn.
Loretta Lynn found herself in really good company on Wednesday (Nov. 20) at the White House, where she was honored with the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Country music icon Loretta Lynn is cancelling the remainder of her tour because of health concerns. The 81 year old legend was in the midst of a 3 week swing through Canada and part of the U.S. Click for more details.
Country music has long been dominated by male artists with the occasional female breakout artists like Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and , more recently, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. Carrie would like to see a little more gender parity on the country charts.
Loretta Lynn is getting some very special recognition. She's among this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients; the nation's highest civilian honor.
As a parent, it's hard to even imagine losing a child. My heart breaks for Loretta Lynn, who lost her oldest daughter Betty.
Willie Nelson's duets album 'To All the Girls' is out September 24th and he has a brilliant cast of female partners including Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Allison Krauss, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert. Listen to Carrie and Willie sing 'Always on My Mind.'
Keith Urban will momentarily step away from his 'American Idol' duties to host his fourth-annual We're All for the Hall benefit concert, scheduled for April 16 at Nashville's Bridgetone Arena.
BRET MICHAELS has recorded yet another version of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". This time, it's a duet LORETTA LYNN. Talk about an unlikely combination. Listen to the collaboration below and let us know what you think.
The home of country star Loretta Lynn has reportedly sustained damage from the severe thunderstorms that swept through Tennessee early Wednesday (Jan. 30).
Crystal Gayle is one of those country artists who have had a number of crossover pop hits as well. Today, her biggest crossover hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", which was number one on the country charts on this day in 1977 begins our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. Having Loretta Lynn as your big sister is a tough act to follow, but Crystal Gayle did so with many hits in the 1970s and '80s.


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Paul Richie stood on a slab of cracked sidewalk Monday afternoon, his gaze fixed on the smoke pouring from the charred remains of the garage of his two-story home along Greensward South in Warrington.
"I'm in shock," said Richie. "I'm thinking of 100 things right now. Mainly, what do we do now?"


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13th Floor Elevators
Psychedelic Punks Refuse to Die: The Revenge of the 13th Floor Elevators
Profile by Metal Mike Saunders, unpublished, 1972
2009 note: The odd thing about this (unpublished) fall 1972 thing sent to Phonograph Record Monthly (unassigned) is that co-editor Greg Shaw would – ...
The Shakin' Street Punk Survey
Overview by uncredited writer, Shakin' Street Gazette, November 1974
THIS IS YOUR BIG CHANCE! Yes, its all coming back. Following the rock & roll revival, the surf music revival, and the reggae revival, the ...
Overview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, July 1976
THE ORIGINAL idea behind this A-Z was to try and provide a guide to 'punk' as it's now generally understood, i.e. as much a question ...
Roky Erickson: One Flew Out Of The Cuckoo's Nest
Retrospective by Jon Savage, Sounds, July 1977
'After you trip, life opens up – you start doing what you wanna do...c'mon, C'MON let it happen to you...' – 'Roller Coaster', 13th Floor ...
Thirteenth Floor Elevators: Psychedelic Sounds Of.../Red Krayola: Parable Of Arable Land
Review by Jon Savage, Sounds, October 1978
THESE ALBUMS are famous, if at all, for not being famous. Now that the all too seductive veil of obscurity has been lifted (and therefore ...
Various Artists: Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye
Review by Andy Gill, Q, May 1991
ROKY ERICKSON, LEADER OF LEGENDARY Texan psychedelic combo the 13th Floor Elevators, is perhaps an odd choice for the tribute album treatment. ...
13th Floor Elevators: Easter Everywhere
Review by Mat Snow, Q, 1993
THE SECOND INSTALMENT of Decal's noble policy of reissuing all four 13th Floor Elevators albums finds the influence of San Francisco (whose Avalon Ballroom they ...
His Own Private Realm: Roky Erickson
Interview by Tom Hibbert, MOJO, June 1995
Come with us now to the home of erstwhile 13th Floor Elevator Roky Erickson: a little shack on the outskirts of reality. And marvel how, ...
13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic World Of The 13th Floor Elevators (Charly)****
Review by Rob Hughes, Uncut, May 2002
BOXED COMPENDIUM of acid-fried Texan mindbenders. Includes lives, outtakes and alternate cuts on three remastered CDs. ...
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