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When Telemark Skier magazine editor Josh Madsen set out to explore the history of his sport in order to provide some contrast to the... More >>
Scott Kay, Wolf Creek Ski Patrol director, died in an avalanche early today. The ski area reported thirteen inches of new snow this morning and eighteen inches in the last 48 hours. Here's the first ... More >>
Loveland, A-Basin, Wolf Creek, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and Vail were all open this weekend, so why were most of the top snowboarders in Colorado and from around the world hanging out i... More >>
Sarah Vowell is in town tonight for The Denver Post Pen & Podium lecture series at Newman Center for the Performing Arts, following the success of her book The Wordy Shipmates. We caught up with her f... More >>
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In the year and a half since Johnny Copp died on Chinas Mount Edgar, Aimee Copp has been both supported and inspired by the community her... More >>
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Winter storms have been hammering the mountains, and early-season sliding is already afoot: Ski and snowboard season is upon us. Our annual... More >>
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In an ideal world, youd wax your skis or snowboard every time you went out on the hill, says Kim Walker, owner of Outdoor Divas.... More >>
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Welcome! The purpose of the colloquium was to explore 1) health threats in small water systems; and 2) how different developed nations approach the provision of safe water by small systems, and the successes and shortcomings they have experienced. The ultimate goal is to help inform decision-making and policy formulation in the United States and other developed nations. The colloquium began with an evening welcoming reception and plenary address by an international authority on water and public health. This was followed by three days of focused discussion in which three working groups covered health threats, research needs, infrastructure, management, treatment and distribution, funding and regulation of small water systems. Each group was facilitated by two moderators and two rapporteurs. The colloquium drew on the expertise of 45 invited participants: drinking-water scientists, engineers, system managers, risk assessors and regulatory authorities from the United States, Europe, Canada, and Oceania. At present, a report on the findings and recommendations of the colloquium is in preparation by the steering committee and the session moderators. This will be distributed broadly within the drinking-water communities of the participating nations. Additional dissemination of information is anticipated to include editorials in water-industry journals, presentations at key international meetings, and a briefing to the United States Congress. The colloquium was underwritten by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Montana Water Center. |
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Let us be sensible. To give and exchange information is sensible, as is surveillance. Without any wish to criticise anyone in this or the previous Government, I say that when comments were being made about our imbalances, perhaps our Government should have listened, and then we would not be living in such straitened times.


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Item Weight | 1 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.8 inches |
Item model number | DC 20 |
Warranty | 365 Days (Parts)/ 365 Days (Labor) |
Shipping Weight | 1.2 pounds |
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Date First Available | September 14, 2004 |
The DC 20 is a wireless transmitter that transmits a signal to your Garmin Astro 220 handheld GPS Dog Tracking Device (not included). Simple and easy to use, you just take the Astro outdoors and turn on both units to acquire a GPS satellite signal, then attach the DC 20 to your dog, either via the included neoprene harness or by threading it onto an existing 1-inch e-collar, and you're ready to go.
The DC 20 transmits your dog's position to the 220 every five seconds, showing current location as well as where he's been on the Map page. The Dog Tracker page shows you a compass that points to your dog's location, and lets you see your dog's current status, such as running, sitting, on point or treeing quarry. The Garmin Astro can even sound an alarm to let you know instantly when your dog goes on point.
The Astro 220's high-sensitivity GPS receiver can track your dog's DC 20 transmitter signal up to five miles away in open territory. The Astro features a Covey Counter, which lets you place a special waypoint that tells you the exact location, time of day and elevation where you found your prey, as well as the number of birds flushed and taken from that location. The Astro also lets you save other important waypoints, such as Truck and Lodge, and choose special icons to represent food plots, tree stands and other hunting-related items.
The Garmin Astro DC 20 is a single dog-tracking transmitter, and requires the Astro 220 in order to be used. This unit has an extremely rugged construction, with an IPX7 waterproof exterior that can withstand full immersion in water up to 1-meter deep for up to 30 minutes, and can be used without interference with up to nine other DC 20 transmitters via a single Astro 220 handheld tracker.
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Garmin Astro DC 20 transmitter with VHF antenna, a neoprene harness, a collar attachment plate, a lithium-ion battery pack, a vehicle power adapter and AC adapter, an owner's manual and a quick reference guide.


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Top 5 Reasons to Try Life Noted for Free
On the fence about another digital app that says it will make your life easier but fails to deliver?
Here are the top 5 reasons why you should try Life Noted for free today and how we plan on making journaling and planning digitally as rewarding and fun as on paper.
- Life Noted had a unique Today View lets you see all of your notes, photos, videos and events for that day all on one screen.
- Syncs with iCal and all supported calendars. Paired with our note taking feature to create an all in one stop for jotting down ideas and planning out your days, weeks and months.
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Care and Maintenance of Your Fountain Pens
If you are a fountain pen user or are looking to become one, it is helpful to know how best to clean and maintain your pen(s). Assembled below are a series of links which can help get you started: Continue Readering »
Continuing to Read our Feed
As many of you know, Google Reader has been one of the most popular content aggregators and as of July 1st, it is going away. Having tried other readers in the past, I always went back to Google- but now I have no choice but to find another place to peruse the several hundred blogs I currently subscribe to. To prepare for the transition, I've exported my feeds via Google Takeout and temporarily set up shop with Feedly which seems to have a pretty spiffy magazine style interface that's able to simplified if desired.
Have you decided which service you will be using? Remember that you always have the option to subscribe to Rhodia Drive via e-mail by entering your address in the "Subscribe to Rhodia Drive" box on the homepage of rhodiadrive.com.
A few helpful articles for your transition:
Google Reader Is Shutting Down; Here Are the Best Alternatives on Lifehacker
As Google Reader is killed off, Flipboard, Feedly and others step up with RSS alternatives on The Next Web
Fountain Pen Repair
In a recent comment, one of our fans asked if we might know where to get a fountain pen repaired. My suggestion would be to post your specific needs to the forums over on the Fountain Pen Network. (Loads of good people there.) I myself have mostly had nibs adjusted or modified and can personally speak to the quality of work performed by Richard Binder, Pendemonium, and Mr. Nagahara from the Sailor pen company.
Our dotGrid is good for…
The other day when I asked what you thought about our dotPads and dotWebbies, we heard you loud and clear that you loved using them! Many of you shared with us your reasons for liking this format by way of how you use it. One suggestion was to use the dots as a guide for pasting things onto the pages. As in Halstead's image above, "no more crooked tape!"
I keep a special blank book (glue book?) for pasting images which I use for art inspiration – colors, textures and the like. I'm not too particular with how I paste them in, but I can imagine that it would look even better and become more of a work of art in itself if I were using dot paper.
Do you tape/paste things into your journals?
This video shows an inspiration book similar to what I make:
Setting goals and intentions for the 2nd half of 2011
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. It is also the first day of the 2nd half of 2011. Today I decided to set a very specific intention for the rest of the year. Having felt burdened for the 1st half of the year by an emotional heaviness, I am first and foremost consciously choosing to let go of that which isn't serving me and focusing on that which will nurture my growth. I find whenever I mindfully attach intention to any project or situation, it significantly increases the quality of whatever I'm looking to achieve. Continue Readering »
Rhodia and Clairefontaine Paper Colors
Taken on a sunny day with slight editing for contrast. From left to right these are, Clairefontaine 90g, Clairefontaine Triomphe 90g, Webbie 90g, and "R" 90g.
A closer look at the Webbie paper and the paper in the new "R" premium pads. (Note – Webbie 2.0 paper is the same color as the 3.0. 3.0 version removed the Rhodia logo at the bottom of the page.)
Do you prefer white or off white paper for writing?
So I can remember A4
The metric system never really caught on in North America- though I can remember my elementary school teachers in the 70's doing their best to confuse the heck out of us with it. (A meter stick? Whaaa?) This means that anytime someone writes to me with a request that a particular Rhodia product expanded to include A4 or A5, I have to scurry to Wikipedia for a refresher on what the similar US sizes might be. If you yourself are not sure, I am attaching these handy charts (courtesy of Wikipedia) that I should probably print out and slip into my Exaclair catalog for future reference. (For the record, A4 is roughly 8 1/4″ x 11 3/4″ while US letter paper is 8 1/2″ x 11″. )
Fountain pens: Sailor Sapporo or Pelikan M200
Someone recently asked me about which was the better fountain pen- the Sailor Sapporo or the Pelikan M200, and whether or not it was cumbersome to utilize a pen with a screw cap.
In my opinion, there is no best- only what works for you. The Sapporo is a cartridge/convertor pen which holds less ink than the piston filler M200 and will need to be refilled more often. This could be a good thing if you like to frequently change ink colors in your pen. The M200 (for me) takes longer to flush/clean so I usually leave the same color ink in these pens (I have 2 M200's) to avoid cleaning them until I absolutely have to. Continue Readering »
Portable Flag Carrier
I have a mild obsession with Post-it flags. I have them in several different sizes and colors and it's hard to keep me away from the Post-it aisle when I go to Staples. I really don't need any more, but there I am once again, like a kid in a candy store- Is there a color or size I don't already have? How could I use the ones with an arrow printed on them?
In my experience, the smallest flags often come loose from their packaging and get scattered all over the house. One day I noticed some sitting near this candy tin and realized the size and shape to be just right. This is one of the Altoid "Smalls" tins and is the perfect size to hold these flags. Pop them in your purse or briefcase and off you go! (Sometimes I think I buy these candies just to get the tins…)
Do you have any re-purposed packaging tips that you would like to share?
On notebooks and randomness
Leah from Quo Vadis here, coming to you from Karen's account to blog about my new favorite product, the so-called "Clic Bloc" mousepad-cum-notebook by Rhodia.
I thought I'd worked out a pretty decent system for keeping track of work-related tasks: my planner holds my appointments, while a Steno pad on the side of my desk houses a running project to-do list. Various other notebooks are dedicated to specific projects or assignments, like interviewing sources or jotting down story ideas. Continue Readering »
J. Herbin Glass Dip Pen Tutorial at JetPens
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Curious on how to use the J. Herbin glass nibbed pens? JetPens has put together a quick and easy tutorial on how to use them. I have one (that's mine in the image above) and I love it for dip testing inks and I also use it for drawing. I was at first afraid that a glass pen would be extremely fragile, but having had it accidentally hit the kitchen linoleum, I was quite surprised when it did not shatter into a billion pieces- in fact, it survived unscathed.
I seem to have some sort of artistic blockage when it comes to metal nibbed dip pens – I know how they work but just can't get them to work… and so the glass dip pen is my friend.
Have you tried one yet?
User Requested: Bloc Rhodia Pad list of Numbers and Sizes
One of our Rhodia Drive Readers had asked us if there was a list of Rhodia Pad No°s along with their measurements for the ones that Exaclair imports into the US. For your convenience I present: Continue Readering »


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It's often said in Texas that if you don't like the weather, just wait a few days. It will change. Apparently, the same can be said for Texas congressional districts.
Joaquin Castro, state representative, is an intelligent, worldly, innovative and wonderful leader in his district. And just as he was planning to run against his Democratic primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, the weather changed.
The day before Thanksgiving, three federal judges in San Antonio created another new District 35 – the one Castro was planning to represent. The day after we digested our turkey dinner, Charlie Gonzalez announced that he would not seek re-election in District 20. That is when Castro decided to enter that race instead.
Representing District 20 for 50 years, Henry B. Gonzalez held the seat from 1961 through 1999, and his son, Charlie Gonzalez, became pilot of the district in 1999. It was a huge surprise to everyone when the younger Gonzalez made this decision.
Since Castro grew up in this very district and lives there now, it was a perfect fit. In actuality, it is a dream district for him and the citizens who live there.
That Saturday in Guadalupe Plaza, Castro announced his candidacy for that seat. On Monday, he signed the filing papers. It is official, and the campaign is going strong.
Even though the district zoning has changed, Castro still offers a thoughtful breakdown of the compatible industries he would focus on. First up: clean energy.
"Austin Energy has become a leader in its use of clean energy sources, and San Antonio's energy company – CPS Energy – is also headed down that path," Castro explains, citing CPS' planned 400-megawatt solar project. "It will likely be the nation's largest solar project."
Other major industrial pairings he sees synergy between are Austin's high-tech industry paired with San Antonio's cyber security industry, and the Alamo City's medical and bio-sciences industry, together with Austin's proposed medical school and teaching hospital.
Currently and proudly representing a portion of Bexar County in the Texas House of Representatives, he extends his plans to go further than District 20 in November 2012.
Having received state and national attention as a political rising star in the Los Angeles Times, the Dallas Morning News, Texas Monthly, Latina magazine and numerous other publications, Castro's political career is growing beyond Texas soil. But his loyalty, business acumen and heart belong to Texas first and foremost. The political future for Castro seems endless.
Big plans? Yes. But Castro's used to setting his sights high – and meeting his targets, whether personal or professional. He's regarded as a rising star on the Democratic political landscape. (In July 2011, Politico.com named him one of the top 50 politicos to watch in the nation.)
Then there's the connection he has with city leadership in San Antonio. It's an easily won argument that one of the only rivals Castro has within the up-and-coming Democratic Hispanic ranks is his identical twin brother, Julian, who is now serving his second term as mayor of San Antonio.
Second-generation Mexican Americans, the brothers grew up on San Antonio's West Side.
"It's the kind of place where you find very humble, very hardworking people who have an incredible faith in their families and an incredible faith in their future – people who are really very much the salt of the earth," Castro says.
The Castro family's history in the United States began nearly 100 years ago when Victoria Castro came to Texas as a young orphan. She often worked two and three jobs at a time to be able to give her daughter (Castro's mother) and her grandchildren a better chance in life.
"My grandmother only made it to the third grade," Castro explains. "She had to drop out and help her family scrape by … She never owned a house or a car. She never had a 401(k) plan or a retirement plan. Still, I believe that she achieved her own American dream because she made it possible for us to achieve ours."
A proud product of the public school system who finished high school a year early, Castro, together with his brother, headed first to Stanford (class of 1996) and then to Harvard Law (class of 2000).
"From the age of 5 on, I wanted to be a lawyer," he recalls. Returning to San Antonio after Harvard, he was 28 when he got elected to the Texas Legislature, and he is now serving his fifth term as a state representative for District 125.
As vice chairman of the Higher Education Committee and Democratic floor leader in the Texas House, Castro has worked to restore funding to critical health care and education programs, and has pushed for mental health, teen pregnancy and juvenile justice reform.
(Building on his work in the Texas House, his congressional bid calls for an "infrastructure of opportunity with good public schools, great universities and a sound health care system.")
Castro's respect for public service also developed early, and was deeply influenced by his parents' involvement in political movements and civic causes. His father, Jesse Guzman, a retired teacher, and his mother, Rosie Castro, a renowned community activist, parted when he was 8, yet instilled in him a deep appreciation for the democratic process and the importance of serving one's community.
"I grew up in a household where our parents taught us that you could do good things in people's lives through public service, and that when the government works right, it can do good things for people in their lives," Castro says. "I still believe that today."
His parents also instilled a strong value for education, says Castro, who has gone on to create the Trailblazers College Tour, which raises money to send underprivileged students on college visits.
He also founded SA Reads, San Antonio's largest literacy campaign and book drive, which has distributed more than 200,000 books to at least 150 schools and shelters throughout the city.
Away from their political lives, Castro and his brother are small business owners who have established a private litigation practice together in San Antonio.
"It's been wonderful essentially sharing a parallel life with someone," Castro says of his twin. "We shared a room for 17 years, then we went off to the same college and the same law school."
Despite their shared business interests, their personal lives have diverged in recent years, as Julian is now married and has a young daughter.
"I tell people I am two steps behind him still," Castro jokes. "I'm not married yet, and I don't have kids. So I have some catching up to do … He is a minute older though, so it's OK."
Castro has always liked to challenge himself. Now that drive to accomplish his goal may take him to Washington. Once there, what could the Texans he seeks to represent expect of their representative?
"I would like to be a strong voice for economic development in San Antonio, and eventually be a bridge builder with Austin and the corridor cities," Castro says. "In me and in San Antonio's mayor, they will find eager partners in developing our region and trying to turn it into our nation's most economically powerful."
For more information, visit www.castroforcongress.com.


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Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" | |
First publication in Nicolai's 1599 Frewdenspiegel deß ewigen Lebens
English | How lovely shines the morning star |
Genre | Hymn |
Text | by Philipp Nicolai |
Language | German |
Published | 1599 |
Tune (help·info) |
"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How lovely shines the morning star) is a hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. The hymn for Pentecost "O Heilger Geist, kehr bei uns ein" by Michael Schirmer (de) is sung to the same tune.
Words and tune[edit]
The words in seven stanzas[1] are based on Psalms 45, a mystical wedding song. Jesus is identified with the morning star, according to Revelation 22:11, and with the bridegroom of the psalm. Nicolai wrote the words in response to a pestilence in 1597.[2] He published the chorale first in 1599 in his book Frewdenspiegel deß ewigen Lebens ("Mirror of Joy of the Life Everlasting") in Frankfurt, together with "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme".[3] He introduced it: "Ein Geistlich Brautlied der Gläubigen Seelen / von Jesu Christo irem himlischen Bräutgam: Gestellt ober den 45. Psalm deß Propheten Dauids" (A spiritual bridal song of the believing soul / concerning Jesus Christ, her heavenly bridegroom, founded on the 45th Psalm of the prophet David).[2]
The chorale theme "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" was codified then, but research by C. S. Terry has shown the tune to predate Nicolai's publication by at least 61 years.[4]
The chorale appeared as a hymn in German hymnals and in several translations in English hymnals, starting with How bright appears the Morning Star! by John Christian Jacobi (1670–1750), in his Psalmodica Germanica, 1722, p. 90.[2] Additional hymns were written on the same tune such as "O heilger Geist, kehr bei uns ein" of Michael Schirmer (1640).[3][5]
Musical settings[edit]
The words, speaking of "süße musica" (sweet music) in verse 6, and the melody have inspired composers to vocal and instrumental settings.
Vocal works[edit]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was seized upon by the composers of the period. Dieterich Buxtehude used it (BuxWV223), as did Johann Kuhnau. Michael Praetorius published a setting in Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica (1618–19, Wolfenbütte).[6]
Johann Sebastian Bach based his chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 on it and used single verses for other cantatas, verse 4 to close Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172, verse 5 in Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37, verse 6 in Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36, verse 7 to close Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49. The final lines of verse 7 form the closing chorale of Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach wrote a cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (F 82). Christian Geist set the words for soprano, two violins, viola da gamba and basso continuo.[3]
Peter Cornelius composed "Die Könige", a song for solo voice and piano with the "Wie schön" melody in the accompaniment; this was later reworked into an Epiphany anthem in English for solo voice and chorus in which the soloist sings the text "Three Kings from Persian lands afar..." (using Conelius's original tune) over the choir, which performs the chorale tune "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", taken from Cornelius's original piano accompaniment, underneath. A version of "The Three Kings" is included in the first volume of the popular Willcocks and Jacques compilation Carols for Choirs.
Christus is the title given by the composer's brother Paul to fragments of an unfinished oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, published posthumously as Op. 97.[7] The work was suggested by Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen, who compiled the German libretto from biblical sources. Composition began in 1846 and continued through Mendelssohn's last year. The completed portions include a tenor recitative relating Christ's birth, a TBB chorus "Where is the newborn", the well known SATB chorus "There Shall a Star from Jacob Shine Forth" using the chorale "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", and a passion section ending with another chorale, "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben". The first performance took place in 1852.
Instrumental works[edit]
Bach wrote several organ preludes on the chorale. So did Pachelbel in his Erster Theil etlicher Choräle. Bach's student Johann Ludwig Krebs wrote a prelude for organ on the chorale tune. Dieterich Buxtehude also wrote a chorale fantasia "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern".
In 1899 Max Reger composed an organ fantasy on "Wie schön leucht't uns der Morgenstern", Op. 40, 1. Ernst Pepping wrote in 1933 a partita, "Partita über den Choral 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'".[8] In 1954 Jan Koetsier composed the "Partita for English Horn and Organ" Op. 41, No. 1, which includes the melody from "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" in fragments by the English Horn over a triplet organ accompaniment in the 5th/final movement
Hugo Distler composed a prelude for organ entitled "Vorspiel und Satz 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'", his Op. 8, no. 3. Howard Hanson used the choral tune as the basis for his orchestral work "Dies Natalis" (1967). In 1974 Gloria Coates composed "Phantasie über 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'" for amplified viola and organ. Rolf Schweitzer wrote in 1983 a meditative work for organ, "Orgelmeditation 'Morgenstern'".[3] Naji Hakim composed in 2008 "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", variations for oboe (flute, violin) and organ.[9]
- ^ ""Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", text and translation". bach-cantatas.com. 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Julian, John (1907). "Nicolai, Philipp, 1556–1608". hymnary.org. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d Fischer, Michael (2006). "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (in German). Freiburger Anthologie Lied und Lyrik. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ C. Sanford Terry: "A Note on the Tune, 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'", The Musical Times, Vol. 58, No. 893 (1 July 1917), pp. 302–303.
- ^ "O Heil'ger Geist! kehr bei uns ein, Und laß uns deine wohnung sein". hymnary.org. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Feature: Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ("How brightly shines the morning star") Saturday Chorale
- ^ Todd, R. Larry. Mendelssohn: a Life in Music (2003) pp. 554–6
- ^ "Partita über den Choral "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"" (in German). Ernst Pepping Gesellschaft. 2004.
- ^ "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". Schott Music. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
External links[edit]
- German Wikisource has original text related to this article: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project


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Sigh…right? Remember: he's helping. He's helping. Just remember…he's helping…
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When's mom leaving? Is dad going to get hurt in Iraq? Will I get to finish school here? There are a lot of concerns running through their little minds, according to our campers. They said they worry about their parent when he or she is deployed, they feel anxious about moving, and they wonder if parents will miss important events when they are called away to duty. All of this makes for a lot of uncertainty that leads to stress. It's important to remember that these variables are constant in an active duty family's life. However, National Guard and Reserve families may have these changes thrust upon them all at once when a service member is deployed. For both groups, the more concerns, the greater the impact on the child.
In the 1970s, researchers raised the curtain on these issues. Irritability, depression, and aggression were connected to children associated with military life. Even today, 30% of the respondents had elevated anxiety symptoms in comparison to civilian clinical samples. But anxiety also decreased with the child's age. More recently, researchers have also looked at how military kids thrive despite the military lifestyle factors. Adults who grew up as military kids say they have mostly positive memories of their experiences. Operation Purple® campers said they see the bright side of their unique lifestyle, too.
So which is it? How can military life be worrisome and at the same time build character? Research on resilience shows that facing adverse situations builds strength in children who are able to successfully adapt. What strategies are working to help kids cope with their concerns? Again, it comes down to parents and strong connections with other caring adults. Here are some ideas to rally your community around the caregiver and kids:
"Understanding and Promoting Resiliency" Military Family Research Institute—a valuable overview of some studies of resiliency, what it means and how people become resilient, with specific discussions on how the topic is applied in military families. Visit www.mfri.purdue.edu for more information.
"The Seven C's of Resilience," an American Academy of Pediatrics excerpt on helping children cope with life. Visit www.aap.org/stress/childcopehome.htm for more information.


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.Founders: Mordy Levine and Richard Harmon
.Type Of Business: Technology Placement/Software Development
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.Year Started: 1994
.Start-Up Cost: $30,000
.Source Of Start-Up Capital: Personal Savings
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.Recent Sales:$12 Million
RICHARD HARMON AND Mordy Levine are ecstatic. It's a bleak and rainy October morning and the gong in the bullpen, where two dozen placement specialists are seated, has already sounded five times. Every time the big brass gong rings, it signals the placement for another technologist in some company somewhere in the United States.
To Harmon, 39, and his partner, Levine, 37, the resounding gong is music to their ears, not to mention money in their pockets. It means they're broadening their bottom line and growing more successful. As for the gong, the partners made a vow when they purchased it to bang it only when placements are made.
Together, Harmon and Levine run Purchase, New York-based TeamAlliance Technology Partners Inc., a brash new company that promises to solve any technology client's problem. And judging by the frequency of gongs on any given day, they're solving plenty.
They're expanding aggressively, with offices across the United States, and last year they chalked up sales of $12 million-remarkable, considering the fledgling company was only launched in 1994. Satisfied customers range from tiny three-person shops to Fortune 500 companies like Pepsi, American Express and The Associated Press.
Harmon describes TeamAlliance as a one-stop technology superstore. "There is so much technology out there, it's easy to see why companies are overwhelmed," he explains. "Some firms know they need a computer and accompanying software, but don't have the foggiest idea what to buy. Others need technical professionals to come in and show them how to manage the systems they do have."
"There are some businesses that need software designed to monitor a critical business function like bookkeeping, payroll or sales," Levine adds.
TeamAlliance covers all the technological bases to handle these tasks and more. According to these two entrepreneurs, it's perfectly logical. "The nucleus of our business revolves around technology," says Harmon.
If a company needs an experienced systems analyst for six months, TeamAlliance functions as a temp service firm. If a major corporation needs two full-time programmers, TeamAlliance puts on its alternate headhunter hat. And, if the same company needs a new bookkeeping program to track overseas sales, Harmon and Levine provide the software design talent to get that job done, too.
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Interview with Dr. Alessio Fasano on the Center for Celiac Research — Past & Future (Pt. II)
Internationally renowned celiac researcher and founder of the Center for Celiac Research ("CFCR"), Dr. Alessio Fasano, recently joined me on The Gluten Free Voice Radio Show to discuss the Center's future with their impending move to Mass General Hospital in Boston. To read part I of this interview on the Center's achievements to date, go to Interview with Dr. Alessio Fasano on the Center for Celiac Research – Past & Future (Pt. I).
The following highlights Part II of the salient points of our discussion of the Center's relatively short history and all of its amazing achievements. The entire 41 minute interview from December 13, 2012 can be heard via The Gluten-Free Voice Radio podcast.
Autism, Schizophrenia & Gluten Sensitivity
Another exciting development coming out of the CFCR is the focus "on two conditions: autism and schizophrenia that for many years have been debated how much gluten has to do with these conditions and I believe that finally we're making some progress in that direction with some very remarkable results, I should say.
"In collaboration with colleagues both at Johns Hopkins and at other institutions, like Cal Tech, we are trying to make sense of what's going on. …. A long and far-to-be-settled debate between believers and non-believers. Believers are convinced that gluten has a great deal to do with the onset of these diseases and the non-believers that say that there is no evidence whatsoever that gluten has anything to do with these conditions and therefore that people should not waste time, effort, and focus in that direction. Our position is, you know, something in the middle. We don't believe that all people with schizophrenia or autism are gluten sensitive and therefore will benefit from a gluten-free diet, but by the same token, we really do believe from our data that we've generated so far, that there is a subgroup of people suffering from these conditions that have actually got to that final definition of gluten sensitivity and therefore would benefit highly from a gluten-free diet. And we have already proven the concept on schizophrenic patients that we've been diagnosing as having gluten sensitivity that when placed on a gluten-free diet they do much better."
So, with all this progress, why move the Center to Boston's Mass General Hospital
"Science is becoming so complex and at the same time so exciting and really to move forward the field of celiac disease and gluten-related disorders … you have to have a critical mass of individuals around that will have a complementary breadth of expertise to do justice to what are the challenges to move forward. … We have enjoyed the 16 years history of what we call transformational science – science that changes paradigms. Now is the time to capitalize on this science by really moving to the next level and again, as much as Maryland has been an unbelievable, wonderful experience for all of us, Boston is really providing this critical mass that otherwise would be difficult to achieve in any other institution in the world.
"Mass General has been named the #1 hospital in the country, and that means in the world, for a reason. Because they have this wealth of investigators, commissions, scientists … who are very collegial in the way that they do science. So we decided that when we were invited to take into consideration to move the Center there, and we did the analysis and we realized really that the pros by far were more than the cons, and as destructive as it is to move an entire operation, we decided that collegially that this was an opportunity that we could not pass. …
"One of the other Centers in the United States happens to be in Boston, that's Beth Israel, and you know when we decided to eventually consider the opportunity, first thing we did was to call our colleagues [there] and ask if they would be willing to merge in our operation and without hesitation they said absolutely yes. And what we're going to have there will be probably a Harvard Center for Celiac Research that will encompass Mass General, Beth Israel and Children's Hospital, making us definitely … the best in the world. … To serve better the celiac community."
The move to Boston will start this month and the clinical operations should be open soon thereafter; the entire Center move should be completed by May.
Since historically 60% of the Center's patients were flying to Maryland to be treated at the Center, Dr. Fasano assumes that going forward, those patients will simply fly to Boston instead. Maryland patients will be welcomed at the new Center in Boston, but Maryland will "continue having physicians that were involved in the Center stay behind … for continuity of care. … We will continue to provide advice, support, second opinions to other physicians around the country and will do so for colleagues in Maryland."
Professor Fasano
Researcher, clinician and professor Fasano continues to wear many hats, and it remains to be seen whether he can continue to keep them all with the move. His professorship at the University of Maryland is one that many would be sad to see lost, as his energetic, entertaining and holistic approach is one of the reasons he has repeatedly been awarded accolades like "Research Lecturer of the Year" at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
One of the revolutionary techniques Dr. Fasano has historically used with his first year medical students is to invite a celiac patient like me, who was misdiagnosed for 10 years by specialists, to speak to the class about the disease from the perspective of the patient. He also invited me each year to bring my gluten-free scones to share with the class of hundreds of students, so they would know first-hand that gluten-free food could be delicious. It is his hope that tomorrow's physicians will be more aware of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity when they are considering patient symptoms, and that they will recognize that a gluten-free diet — far from being a diet of deprivation — can be the key to good health for many.
When asked whether he will continue to teach medical students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Fasano acknowledged "Teaching is definitely a passion for me. … I will maintain a voluntary appointment at Maryland for this year," although he is unsure about his time in the future.
In closing, Dr. Fasano added that "I want to assure everybody that we will continue to provide the same quality of care and dedication that we've been producing for the past 16 years and to be even more efficient and competitive in doing that."
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by Rabbi Shmuel Singer
Rabbi Raphael Chaim Yitzchak Karigal
There is endless fascination with the American colonial era as the formative years of a leading world civilization. No less intriguing is the story of the origins and early struggles of the Jewish kehillos of this country in that period. These tiny communities began from nothing and set the stage for what has eventually become a leading world Jewish center.
Contrary to popular opinion, there was an active Jewish life in colonial America. While the early American kehillos could not compare with any of their Old World counterparts, neither in numbers nor in Torah scholarship, a handful of loyal Jews did struggle heroically to maintain and perpetuate their Torah heritage. During the colonial epoch, these struggles were only marginally successful, but until the beginning of the nineteenth century at least all official expressions of organized Judaism in the country were faithful to Torah tradition. "Emancipation" was unnecessary, "enlightenment" was unknown, and it was only later, when abandonment of Jewish heritage became more obvious, that the United States became worthy of characterization as a "treifah medinah."
During the colonial period, a number of individuals were in the front rank of Torah leadership in this country. Perhaps the greatest scholar among them, and certainly a most interesting personality, was Rabbi Raphael Chaim Yitzchak Karigal. Rabbi Karigal was a most rare combination - a typical Sephardi Chacham from Eretz Yisrael who spent a number of years in 18th century America. His turbulent life story and far reaching travels provide us with a bird's-eye view of contemporary Jewish life in many parts of the world.
Rabbi Karigal's Hebron
Rabbi Raphael Chaim Karigal was born in 1732 in the ancient Sephardi kehillah of Hebron in Eretz Yisrael. The Jewish Yishuv in Palestine was then concentrated in the four arei hakodesh (holy cities): Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias. The remainder of the land was mostly desolate wilderness. Even these four "cities" were ancient, unhealthy, and decaying towns in which small, oppressed, and persecuted Jewish minorities lived under the uncivilized, brutal rule of Turkish pashas.
The major bright spot in Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael was the people's absorption in and devotion to Torah study. From the time of the Spanish expulsion, Eretz Yisrael had developed into a great Torah center, especially for Sephardic Jewry. It was the home of the great yeshivos of the Sephardi world, and the source of the majority of the Sephardic rabbis and spiritual leaders of the Diaspora. Indeed, at this time Palestine was almost totally a community of scholars, with the exception of a handful of laborers. The talmidei chachamim, both native and foreign born, were supported by donations from Jews the world over. Indeed, it was this situation which led Eretz Yisrael to its position as a spiritual and intellectual center of the Sephardi Diaspora.
Each of the four kehillos took pride in its own scholars and yeshivos, and each enjoyed its own period of prominence over the others. During the mid-1700's, Hebron was second only to Jerusalem, the leading Palestinian community. Among Hebron's great scholars in the mid-eighteenth century was the world famous Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806), the leading Sephardi authority after the time of Rabbi Joseph Karo (1498 - 1566).
It was into this community that Raphael Karigal was born. He studied at a local Hebron yeshiva, Chesed L'Avraham V'emes LeYaakov. This school had been founded in 1659 by the Amsterdam Sephardi millionaire, Avraham Israel Pereira, a Marrano who had escaped from Portugal to Amsterdam and became a leader of its kehillah. His son, Jacob Pereira, continued to support this yeshiva after his father's death, underwriting not only the Yeshiva's budget, but also all the living expenses of its scholars.
Rabbi Karigal's teachers included Rabbi Mordechai Ze'evi, Rabbi Meir Gedaliah, and Rabbi David Melamed, who conferred semichah on him in 1750. Rabbi Karigal then went to Jerusalem where he continued his studies. Among the leading Jerusalem scholars with whom he studied was Rabbi Jonah Navon (1713- 1760) author of "Nechpa Bakesef."
The "Shliach": Hebron's Torah Ambassador at Large
As a measure of his contemporaries' favorable opinion of him, Rabbi Karigal was appointed to be a shliach of Hebron in 1754, when he was only twenty-one. While it was understood that his mission was basically to travel to the Diaspora to raise money for his community's scholars, a shliach was much more than a fundraiser. He would also bring the fruits of the Holy Land's Torah study to the Diaspora. While on his travels, he would be asked difficult questions of halachah, and be requested to resolve communal disputes and problems. He would also check into the health of the local Torah institutions, suggesting improvements in them. Thus, a prominent scholar would be selected as a shliach ... As a case in point, the Chida had spent much of his career traveling the world as a shliach of Eretz Yisrael.
On Rabbi Karigal's initial trip as a shliach, he toured the Jewish communities of nearby Egypt for three months. He then left by ship for Izmir, Turkey, continuing on to the leading kehillos of Constantinople, Salonika, and Adrianople; traveling on to the east, to the kehillos of Syria, Iraq, and Persia. In Persia his last stop was the large community of Isfahan. This trip, under the difficult travel conditions of the time, lasted two years, after which he returned to Hebron.
In 1757, the Hebron kehillah dispatched Rabbi Karigal on a second, even more difficult and far-reaching trip - to Western Europe. Rabbi Karigal first sailed to Italy. He spent much time in the various kehillos of Italy, where he was highly regarded and his opinion was eagerly sought. The famous controversy was then raging over the writings of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato (author of Mesilas Yesharim) and their delvings into the doctrines of Kabbalah. Rabbi Karigal was invited to help mediate this dispute and actively sought to resolve it.
Rabbi Karigal then traveled north to Vienna, Prague, and a number of German communities. After visiting the wealthy Sephardi kehillos of London and Amsterdam, in 1762, Rabbi Karigal prepared to return to Hebron. Just at that time, the parneisim (community leaders) of the Amsterdam kehillah learned of the death of Rabbi Raphael Mendes de Sola, Rav of the Sephardi community of the Caribbean island of Curacao. Curacao, a Dutch colony, was under the influence of the Amsterdam kehillah and turned to it for guidance. Rabbi Karigal had won the admiration of the parneisim of Amsterdam and they urged him to accept the newly vacated position. Rabbi Karigal accepted this appointment and left for Curacao.
The Curacao kehillah of this period consisted of rich international Sephardi merchants. An idea of their wealth can be gained from the salary paid to their new Rav: 750 pesos a year - a huge sum, exceeding the salary of Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, the Chacham of the world famous Amsterdam kehillah.
Rabbi Karigal remained in Curacao for only two years. One might assume that his longing to return to Eretz Yisrael impelled him to leave. While there, however, he established a local yeshiva where he taught a number of students. In 1764, he returned to Amsterdam and traveled on to Eretz Yisrael and Hebron.
In 1768, Rabbi Karigal again left Hebron. Difficulties in making a living and supporting his growing family forced him to accept another shlichus abroad. He went to Marseilles and Paris, eventually settling in London. During his two-and-a-half years in London, he taught at the Sephardi bais hamidrash there. In 1772, he left England for the Caribbean island of Jamaica, which boasted an active Sephardi community. A year later, he set sail for the North American continent to visit its Jewish kehillos for the first time. Thus, in 1771 Rabbi Karigal arrived in Philadelphia, whose tiny local kehillah received him with great honor. After a month, he left for the much larger Jewish community of New York.
For some reason his stay in New York was a brief one, and after a few months Rabbi Karigal left for Newport, Rhode Island, a major Jewish community.
As the Northern apex of the famous triangular trade with Africa and the West Indies, it was an important center of international commerce. These trade opportunities attracted Jewish settlers. In addition, Rhode Island had been founded by Roger Williams with the guarantee of religious freedom, which made it possible to carry on an organized and active Jewish life.
The Newport kehillah - "Khal Kadosh Yeshuat Yisrael" - had been founded in 1658, the second Jewish community to be established in North America. (New York had been the first, in 1654.) Like all colonial kehillos, it followed Sephardic practices in both minhag and organizational structure. The beautiful Touro Synagogue, which was constructed by the kehillah in 1763, is still standing. It is a National Historical Site and the oldest synagogue extant in the United States. The outstanding beauty of its architectural lines is still impressive today.
The Newport Welcome
In Newport, Rabbi Karigal was received with great honor, as the most outstanding talmid chacham to have visited the town until then. He served the kehillah there as their unofficial Rav during his stay, as he had in New York and Philadelphia. While his visit to Newport was a relatively short one, his strong influence remained long after his departure. Undoubtedly his presence in Newport contributed to its standing as America's leading, most active Jewish community until after the Revolution. While in Newport, Rabbi Karigal came into contact with one of the leading non-Jewish intellectuals of colonial life, Rev. Ezra Stiles. Stiles was president of Yale College and a famous Protestant minister. He was very impressed with the demeanor and bearing of Rabbi Karigal and left detailed descriptions of Rabbi Karigal and his actions in his letters and diary. The character and learning of a true talmid chacham were so unusual in eighteenth century America that Stiles became one of Rabbi Karigal's greatest admirers. He asked him many questions concerning the Jewish religion and the Hebrew language and carefully recorded the answers he received. Stiles wrote a number of Hebrew letters to Rabbi Karigal, which were preserved. He went so far as to minutely describe the physical appearance and costume of Rabbi Karigal. Indeed, Stiles commissioned the painting of a picture of the Chacham as a remembrance. It is this portrait that we have today.
We quote from the diary of Reverend Ezra Stiles (preserving his spelling, syntax, etc.):
(March 30th, pp. 357-8)
This Afternoon the Rabbi came to visit me in Company with Mr. Lopez. We conversed largely on the Gemara, the 2 Talmuds (of which he preferred the Babylonish), the Changes of the Hebrew Language in different Ages ...
The Rabbi's Dress or Aparrel: Common English Shoes, black Leather, Silver flowered Buckles, White Stockings. His general Habit was Turkish. A green Silk Vest or long under Garment reaching down more than half way the Legs ... (A description of unusual detail followed, culminated with a depiction of the classical Turkish Tallis.) When he came into the Synagogue he put over all, the usual Alb or white Surplice, which was like that of other Jews, except that its Edge was striped with Blue straiks, and had more Fringe. He had a White Cravat round his Neck. He had a long black Beard, the upper Lip partly shaven - his Head shaved all over. On his Head a high Fur (Sable) Cap, exactly like a Woman's Muff, and about 9 or 10 Inches high, the Aperture atop was closed with green cloth. He behaved modestly and reverently.
... Whether Moses Wrote All the Pentateuch
(April 22nd 6 23rd, p.368)I visited the Rabbi. I asked him whether Moses wrote all the Pentateuch, particularly the Account of his own Death? also Gen. 36,31? - he answered, yes; that he wrote of Things future and present, as Isaiah wrote of Cyrus. He spake with the deliberate Confidence of Demonstration - and he is a Man of great Modesty and Candor, and most remote from a disposition to obtrude his own Assertions without being ready to offer the Reasons.
(July 15th)
Spent the Afternoon with the Rabbi ... I asked him whether the Rabbins of this Age thought themselves to have any particular Reasons for expecting the Messiah immediately? He said not; but he thought it was high Time for him to come.
While in Newport Rabbi Karigal busied himself, as he had on his other travels, with strengthening local Jewish life. Thus, he spoke regularly to the kehillah on Shabbos and Yom Tov, inspiring this small isolated community to be loyal and faithful to their Torah heritage. He was also active in other Jewish matters. He was in communication by letter with Isaac Pinto, a member of the New York kehillah who was the first known American translator of parts of the Siddur into English. Pinto had requested Rabbi Karigal's help in translating certain verses of the Torah into English.
On the festival of Shavuos in 1773, Rabbi Karigal gave a spirited sermon in Newport. This address dealt with the lot of the Jewish people in exile and inspiring their faith in the eventual coming of Moshiach. Rabbi Karigal was witnessing the deterioration of the local community's Jewish ideology on this score due to the strong Christian influence surrounding them, and therefore felt the need to choose this topic. While his speeches as Hebron shliach in Europe and Asia had been given in Hebrew, in Newport he spoke in Spanish which was still the language of the Jews in North America. This was probably due to the relative Jewish ignorance of the community and their inability to follow an involved Hebrew discourse. The parneisim of Newport were so impressed with this drashah that they had it published in English translation in 1773 - the first Jewish discourse to be published in America.
Farewell to the New World
Rabbi Karigal left Newport on July 21, 1773, and set sail for the Dutch colony of Surinam, in South America, which had a flourishing Jewish community. In 1774, he was invited to the kehillah of the British island of Barbados in the Caribbean. Barbados had had no Rav since the death of the previous occupant of that office twenty-two years before, and its Jews eagerly took advantage of the rare presence of a talmid chacham in the Western Hemisphere, electing him as their spiritual leader. Rabbi Karigal accepted this appointment and served as Rav in Barbados until 1777. It was in that year that this intrepid Torah pioneer and traveler ended his voyage in this world and died at the young age of forty-five. He left us with a fascinating and inspiring record of a life spent traveling and working for the growth of Torah and Judaism all over the globe.