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What "The Interview" Teaches Us
After watching The Interview I recalled a particular Purim shpiel (a comic dramatization) from nearly 30 years ago. It was a parody of one of our rabbinical school classes, silly as a Purim shpiel should be. I played the role of our beloved teacher, and my acting was so bad and the script so funny that I collapsed into giggles long before it was over.
Purim captures the opposites of joyous humor and gripping fear in response to painful realities. The villain Haman nearly succeeded in fulfilling his mission to wipe out the Jews of Persia. The buffoon of a king, Ahashuerus, is the paradigm of a dangerous ruler, too self-absorbed to pay much caring attention to his people.
In Jewish tradition we are bidden to behave respectfully to rulers we may not like. You never know what they can do to you if you don't show them respect. We came by this fear honestly. Power in the hands of the misguided or the cruel can cause so much suffering.
The flip side of the instruction to show respect to those in power is that we sometimes need to expose their ineptitude or evil designs. The tool of parody, as on Purim, can express these concerns with nuance. Perhaps that's why I giggled my way through that Purim shpiel years ago – there was nothing but love for our teacher, so the parody lacked a negative zing. But a parody that critiques a despot issues a call to action: Don't let this happen!
The Interview is one such parody. My husband and I knew we had to see the movie after the threatening words and deeds of the North Korean regime.
I spent the first 20 minutes wishing I were watching bad Purim shpiels instead – anything would have been better than the sophomoric antics of Rogen and Franco. The constant gratuitous sexual references and "f…ing" everything wasn't entertaining. But we stuck with it out of curiosity. We were glad we did.
Thankfully, the humor improved by mid-movie. But more importantly, the message became clear. The film is a full-voiced critique of a dangerous, cruel buffoon of a ruler, Kim Jong-un. The deprivation, starvation and repression of the North Korean people are no laughing matter, and nor are the regime's nuclear bombs. This film draws our attention to problems that we are too overwhelmed to notice, especially with so many other world problems. How could we possibly have any impact on helping the suffering people of North Korea?
Maybe we can't. But we can respond by living our values. Jewish tradition is ever hopeful, asserting that goodness will ultimately prevail. If The Interview reminds us to actively sustain American democracy, in a compassionate society that cares for all people, its painful humor will have been worthwhile.
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Lost and Found: An Airplane and a Bar Mitzvah
My husband and I are binge-watching Lost, a 2004-2010 TV series. An airplane crashes, leaving survivors stranded without rescue on a remote tropical island. The survivors bond as they face the island's threats together. "Lost is the perfect blend of drama, action, and science fiction," says my brother. By drama, he means character development. By action, he means shooting guns. By science fiction, he means writers weaving random impossible ideas into a plot.
Except, this week, Lost seems a bit less like fiction. Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has disappeared. We do not know if, where, and how the passengers are living. We can read in great detail about attempts to find them — and learn that no one really knows where to look.
This week's terrible travel news is the flip side of Lost. Viewers of Lost know a great deal about the characters on the island. But we know nothing about the anxious family and friends waiting for news. Nothing about the airlines, governments or rescue crews as they search.
In real life, no one yet knows both sides of the missing jet's story. But in my own mind, I cannot separate the facts from the fictional story. When I watch Lost, I imagine the untold stories of those who wait. As I read about the search for Malaysia flight 370, I worry about the passengers and crew; I pray for their well-being.
Imagine a story with only two sides, where no one can experience both sides, where anyone who sees one side cannot see the other. Imagine you see only one side. But when you look closely, everything flips around, and now you see only the other side.
V'nahafoch hu, as we say at Purim. It all turned over. Inside-out. Upside-down.
During Purim this year, I had a v'nahafoch hu experience.
You know the ongoing, polarizing debate about Jewish power. Do we, in North America and Israel, have enough power and security? Or are we always battling the beast of antisemitism with money and military strength? Two views, mutually exclusive. Normally, I see only the former.
From that perspective, I cannot stand the triumphalist tone of Megillat Esther. Deep down, I think, I am embarrassed to celebrate Jews winning political power. When history treats us well, we should be pleased with our efforts, providence and luck. But celebration of triumph over others, well, that's in bad taste. That's my gut feeling as a fourth-generation American Jew who grew up at ease with both her Ashkenazi ethnicity and American citizenship.
This past Shabbat morning, just a few hours before Purim, v'nahafoch hu—something turned over. A 65 year old man in our congregation, whom I have known for a decade as Mr. I-am-spiritual-but-not-religious, celebrated his bar mitzvah. Throughout the service, he held hands with his 94 year-old mother. Towards the end, he addressed the congregation. "I am the first person of my lineage not to have a bar mitzvah at age 13. I grew up in post-World War II Romania. Where we lived, it was not safe to express our Jewishness. But now, Hitler and his friends are mostly gone, and here I am, in Canada, celebrating my bar mitzvah at 65." He smiled. All 150 witnesses cried. Except his mother: she laughed and cried at the same time. V'nahafoch hu.
That evening, I experienced the Megillah from the perspective of my Romanian friend. Yes, we are still here! With enough power to live without fear. With enough security to be Jewish, whatever that might mean. Like Mordehai and Esther in the Megillah, we triumphed. But not in their flashy fictional style. We moved forward in real ways, with trauma and heartbreak and a very slow recovery. This Shabbat, one man stepped forward into his sense of Jewish power. Not everyone is ready yet to follow him.
So much in life is hidden from us. Sometimes it takes 65 years, or 94 years, to find what we seek. Often we make the search extra-hard, letting binary thinking narrow our perception and insight. But if we look closely at the clues offered, everything can shift around, and maybe we can see multiple sides all at once.
May that happen to those who search for flight 370. I will pray for them, for the flight's passengers, and for its crew.
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We Don't Really Talk About Purim
Before we crash headlong into the various celebratory, lighthearted posts about Purim, I want to draw your attention to something: the holiday we're celebrating this weekend, is not actually a particularly happy one.
It is a parody of course, but like many parodies, it is rather dark. Starting with what appears to be the murder of the Queen for the crime of refusing to be displayed like a piece of meat, followed by a forced surrender of all "pretty" girls in the kingdoms from their homes, to the end, where the Jews defended themselves to the tune of the death of over 80,000 people, I find it somewhat difficult to find much that I like about the actual thing that we are supposed to be celebrating (I'm fine with the theme of survival, and of giving money to the poor and gifts of food to friends, though).
It seems to me that even though the rabbis still advocated celebration, there was this hint of darkness for them as well. In the Talmud, Megillah 7b, the following story is related:
Raba said: It is the duty of a man to mellow himself [with wine] on Purim until he cannot tell the difference between cursed be Haman' and 'blessed be Mordecai'. Rabbah and R`Zera joined together in a Purim feast. They became mellow, and Rabbah arose and cut R`Zera's throat. On the next day he prayed on his behalf and revived him. Next year he said, Will your honor come and we will have the Purim feast together. He replied: A miracle does not take place on every occasion.
This is the same sort of dark parody related by the megillah itself. Clearly, the punchline is that Rav Zera won't come back for another round of "mellowing." The drunkenness of Rabbah results in violence and death, which itself then leads to a miracle – but Rav Zera would prefer not to engage with that kind of miracle, thanks. The megillah, too, offers a miracle – but the miracle seems to be that we defended ourselves with a bloodbath. Perhaps because it is a parody, it's okay to have zombie heads shooting off in every direction during the joyous finale, but I can't help but ask whether we were, even as a parody, supposed to enjoin celebration in an abattoir. Were we, then, incapable of imagining an ending where we survived without harming others?
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What "The Daily Show" Can Teach Us About 21st Century Judaism
I am ready to nominate Jon Stewart as an honorary "Rabbi Without Borders."
Last week, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind, in a remarkable display of bad taste (to say the least), decided to put on an Afro wig and blackface in order to portray an African-American basketball player for Purim. In response, Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, pointed out the hypocrisy of Hikind's insensitivity given his career as an outspoken critic of both actual and alleged (at least to Hikind) anti-Semitism. Stewart followed his comments with this hysterical segment entitled "Crazy Stupid Dove–The War On Purim" (see video below).
This is not the first time The Daily Show has captured the humorous side of Jewish holidays. As J.J. Goldberg notes in his recent Forward blog, Stewart also introduced a laughing-out-loud funny segment about Passover last year called "Faith Off" in which he called on Jews to make Passover more enjoyable than Easter.
If you have ever attended, taught, or sent your children to a synagogue religious school, you know that teaching elementary school children the essentials of Judaism in 4-6 hours a week is extremely challenging. Given how little time there is to teach and how many other facets of contemporary American life religious schools have to compete with, we often turn to games, skits, and other ways to depict Judaism as fun and attractive. But in doing so, we sometimes revert to a simplistic, easy to digest version of Judaism without complication or obligation.
What is fascinating about The Daily Show's Purim segment, though, is not how funny it is but how substantive it is. The segment thoroughly rebukes the transformation of Purim into a Jewish Halloween and the general trend towards fitting Jewish holidays into mainstream culture. Its message is actually the antithesis of his Passover piece, in which Stewart suggests coming up with cartoon characters and making video games to update our celebration of Passover. Through intelligent humor and sophistication, the Purim segment makes a compelling argument for rejecting the commercialization and assimilation of Jewish holidays. It is this translation, this targum, that we would do well to embrace. Most young Jews today are not interested in frontal, rote transmissions of tradition. Our religious school educators are correct that we need to approach today's students through creative, interactive ways to reach the "multiple intelligences" of the Jewish public, to borrow from educational theory jargon. But what The Daily Show segment teaches us is that we don't need to be reductionist to make tradition contemporary and accessible. The challenge for us, as Jewish educators and teachers of the next generation, is to pick up where The Daily Show leaves off.
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Offensive or Good Fun?
This past weekend was Purim, a holiday full of laughter, parody and dress up. Fittingly, many Jewish groups release Purim videos and plays to tell the story of Purim in different fanciful ways.
One video stood out from the crowd this year, a video called "We Doin' Purim" by a group called Bubala Please. The video, a parody, features Latino and African American Gangbangers from the LA ghetto rapping about Purim complete with four letter words, Yiddish sayings, and the objectification of women. On one level, the video is highly offensive. The F-bomb and the N-bomb are dropped several times, and there are very crude sexual references including a shot of "Esther" holding a large triangle shaped hummantashen over her (clothed) vagina.
But the discomfort the video elicits is not just because of these racial and sexual stereotypes which most liberal Americans will have a knee jerk negative reaction too. The video is discomforting because in some ways it gets at the dark underbelly of the Purim story. In most communities today, Purim is a "fun" holiday aimed mostly at children. They dress up, and for once get to misbehave in synagogue yelling out during services and dancing around. But if you look closely at the Purim story, it is not for children's ears. This is a story about sex, violence, and the abuse of power. It opens with the King throwing a drunken orgy, moves on to his picking a girl out of his haram of virgins, and ends with the Jews rampaging and killing thousands of people. Telling the story through gangsta rap which embraces sex and violence is appropriate.
Then there are the power dynamics on display in both the Purim Story and this parody video. The story itself is the triumph of the lowly over the powerful. A commoner, Mordechi, and his niece, Esther, manage to over throw a powerful advisor to the King, and gain the king's ear and political power. The underdog becomes powerful. Gangsta Rap, whether we like it or not, is a vehicle for the African American and Latino gang communities to show how the underdog has gained power though violence and domination of others. To have these rappers mixing in yidishisms and telling a Jewish story conveys this power to the Jewish community which historically is also seen as the underdog. Again the method of using Gangsta Rap to tell the Purim story of triumph of power makes sense.
I think the video is offensive, and smart, and funny all at the same time. For me the essence of Purim comes through. This video throws off our equilibrium – Gangbangers are rapping "Hommies Nashing Hummantashen – We Doin' Purim!" What? Really?
Having been warned about its offensive content, watch the video if you choose, and make up your own mind, offensive or good fun?
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This year's Purim costume: True Self
A number of years ago, I was at a Purim party and a male friend attended wearing a dress, make up, and jewelry. Knowing how thoughtful he always was with regard to everything he did, I commented on how spectacular he looked, and what a great combination the look was on him… I knew that there was a story to hear. Why a story? Surely it was just Purim – the one day of the Jewish year that cross-dressing is permitted; perhaps even encouraged? All in good fun, right?
He looked me in the eye and said, 'this holiday is a very important day in the year for me. It is the one day of the year when it is officially ok to wear clothes that make me feel most like me. Who I really am. Without it being a big deal. Without being ridiculed, or worrying about whether I'd be fired for wearing these clothes.'
I understood what he was saying. For some people, part of the fun of Purim is dressing up, and sometimes in the clothes most commonly associated with the opposite gender. And, in that context, we usually call that 'cross dressing', although 'drag' is probably the more accurate terminology for someone who is intentionally wearing the clothing associated with the opposite gender, but doing so in an over-the-top, performative kind of way. But that's not how my friend was dressed. His clothing was not a covering over of identity for the entertainment of others, but a deeper and truer expression of inner identity – cross dressing as an expression of self.
Through my own experience, I've come to believe that some of our deepest spiritual insights come from within – from getting in touch with our deepest sense of self. Perhaps this is the only thing that we can legitimately label 'true' in this life. So what do we do when we find something within Jewish tradition that appears to be a God-given statement that is counter to our inner truth?
In Deuteronomy 22:5 it states: 'A man's attire shall not be on a woman, nor may a man wear a woman's garment'. The rabbis of past generations made an exception for Purim as a festival when reality is intentionally turned on its head. Rashi, (c. 1040-1105 C.E.), explains the verse to apply to a specific context: "Kli gever, a man's item should not be on a woman: That she should not appear as a man so she can go out among men, for this is only for the purpose of adultery." Perhaps it was simply a lack of imagination that led to the conclusion that the only possible reason for a woman to try and infiltrate a group of men was to be able to conduct an affair with another man! We need only think of the story of Yentl to know that the desire to study as an equal with men is just one of so many more explanations we could consider.
But, more to the point, what both the Torah and later commentaries fail to recognize is the way that genuine gender expression, which can be independent of sexuality, may lead a person to truly desire to wear garments that are not traditionally associated with their gender in their particular cultural context. We may have socially constructed gender in binary terms, but we are learning from those who are living a different truth that it is more complex than that. And why would that be so wrong?
We cannot truly do justice to the question without pausing to reflect more deeply on cultural understandings of male and female. From the moment a child is born, one of our first questions is 'boy or girl?' In cases where the answer is not immediately evident, anxiety often follows and physicians have often made decisions based on outer physical signs to designate a child in one category or another. As we have come to slowly understand transgendered identities, we are learning that gender cannot be so easily defined in this way.
But the picture is more complex than that. We immediately color-code and dress-code children to conform to the gendered labels they have been given. A baby girl dressed in blue may cause confusion. What is also clear from the evolution of gendered codes of dress over time, at least in our Western culture, is that there is much more social acceptability and comfort with women wearing garments also worn by men than the other way around. So it is that women wearing pants are a common occurrence in this day and age, but a man choosing to wear a dress or a skirt is not regarded as normative in day-to-day activity. For many this causes anxiety and uncertainty. We don't know how to 'read' them.
In this instance, I find the Biblical instruction wanting. If my friend finds his religious tradition to inhibit the deepest expression of his true identity, then I find it failing to do the job that religion, in its highest moments, can do by giving expression to our deepest sense of self as we uncover the image of God in which we were uniquely made.
And so, a proposal for a radical re-reading of the Purim tradition. Let us consider what it takes to truly have the courage of Esther and reveal our true selves. Let us express that essence of self in how we dress and present on this festival day. When we speak to our children, let them not feel pressure to conform and dress like all the other children – the girls in their princess outfits and the boys in their superhero costumes. If those are true expressions of who they wish to be at this moment in time, of course! But if we see signs that there is another expression that they yearn for, how powerful it could be to nurture and support that.
What costume would you wear to reveal a deep truth of your innermost essence, sense of self, and identity?
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Increasing Purim's Joy
Purim is coming and the inhabitants of my house are giddy with anticipation. It has long been a favorite holiday in our family. We talk about costumes for weeks ahead of time. We take annual Purim pictures of the kids in their costumes. Marathon baking sessions ensure adequate supplies of hamantaschen for eating and sharing. And the kids take special pleasure in sending packages of hamantaschen and other goodies to friends and family, near and far. That's before the actual holiday even arrives, bringing with it feasting, megillah reading, and shpielling.
Amid all the frivolity and hoopla that accompanies Purim, however, is a serious obligation; feeding the hungry.
The commandment to provide food for the poor finds its basis in the Purim story itself (Esther 9:22). The Gemara (Megillah 7a) offers the necessary guidelines; it states that one must distribute gifts to the poor. And not just to one person but to no fewer than two needy individuals. Such gifts can be in the form of money or actual foodstuffs. So important is this oft-overlooked obligation that the Rambam places a higher value on the act of caring for the poor than on any other aspect of the holiday.
It is better for a person to increase gifts to the poor than to increase his feast or the mishloach manot (gifts of food) to his neighbours. There is no joy greater or more rewarding than to gladden the heart of the poor, orphans, widows and strangers. For by gladdening the hearts of the downtrodden, we are following the example of the Divine.
(Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Megillah 2:17)
Once upon a time, the organization formerly known as the Jewish Fund for Justice established a special fund to help women successfully overcome barriers to becoming economically self-sufficient. The Purim Fund for Women in Poverty distributed funds to agencies that worked with ow-income women, providing them with skills and assistance in order to help them improve their economic situations.
Why women?
Because women are disproportionately at risk for falling below the poverty line. Across all racial lines.
- In 2010, 31.6 percent of households headed by single women were poor, while 15.8 percent of households headed by single men and 6.2 percent of married-couple households lived in poverty.
- 13 percent of women over 75 years old are poor compared to 6 percent of men.
- The poverty gap between women and men widens significantly between ages 18 and 24—20.6 percent of women are poor at that age, compared to 14.0 percent of men.
The Purim Fund for Women in Poverty no longer exists. But there are many worthy organizations in every community that are working tirelessly to gladden the hearts of the most vulnerable in our society. Won't you consider increasing the joy of Purim by assisting those in need as our Tradition demands of us?
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Raising Your Mask for Passover
Last week we celebrated the holiday of Purim in which we recall the survival of the Jewish people against the attempted genocide by Haman, the chief adviser to King Ahasuerus of Persia. Every year we rejoice on the holiday of Purim just a few short weeks prior to entering the season of Passover and I believe that this is not at all a coincidence.
The story of Purim is the story of a Jewish community that had forgotten who it was. It is the story of a highly acculturated and integrated community into the larger Persian society. A Jewish woman named Hadassah changes her name to the Persian Esther and marries the King and no one even comments on this intermarriage in the account offered in the Book of Esther. [However, there is much rabbinic conversation on this subject offered in the Talmud.]
It is within this backdrop that Esther's uncle Mordechai resists the wholesale neglect of the particular in favor of the universal and takes a stand, which is decidedly not a bow, against the phenomenon. He is singled out by Haman in particular for punishment and the entire Jewish people broadly. In a society marked by expected cultural conformity, one cannot have any sub-group demonstrating their uniqueness, living a counter-cultural life, so the decree issued by the government under Haman is nothing less than total annihilation.
To save the Jewish people Mordechai guides Esther to see who she really is and to be true to herself and to her husband, the King. In so doing she raises her mask from upon her face and embraces her destiny. Esther becomes a symbol for all the Jews in the empire to also raise their respective masks, the societally and the self-imposed barriers to full Jewish expression, and through their collective action and their renewed pride, overcome the challenge set before them and survive.
The message of Purim is an essential one for the work of self-reflection that the time of Passover calls us to. Passover, as the foundational narrative of the Jewish people, is not only about our physical liberation from Egypt. It is not only about our miraculous rescue from the grip of oppression and the entering into the daylight of freedom from the nighttime of torment. Passover is about defining us as a people. It is about preparing us to be ready to stand at Mount Sinai only a short while later and receive the Book that would transform human civilization for all time.
To be able to experience a Passover in our lives and to be able to relive the account of the Exodus as our tradition commands of us (Mishnah, Pesachim 10:5) we need to be able to lift the masks from our faces that work to hide us and to conceal us from ourselves and from others. The transition from Purim to Passover is about being ready to be capable of redemption. The first step in that redemptive process is reclaiming who we are – not who we act as or who we present ourselves as, but who we are at the deepest levels of our selves.
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The Holiness of Purim
As a child, I looked forward to Purim each year. I spent weeks planning my costume and savored the excitement of the annual carnival and the entertaining megillah reading at my synagogue. Purim represented pure, unobstructed joy.
It wasn't until I was an adult that I came to experience the deeper meaning of Purim. Our rabbis teach that Purim (a day of exuberant, drunken celebration) and Yom Kippur (our holiest day of atonement) have much in common. In fact, the Tikunei Zohar, a section of Jewish mystical literature, makes a delightful pun using the names of these two holidays. Yom Kippur is often referred to in our liturgy as Yom HaKippurim (the Day of Atonements). Our rabbis adjust the phrase slightly to read Yom K'Purim, meaning "A day like Purim."
On Yom Kippur, we strive to come to terms with the apparent chaos of our lives. When faced with the reality and complexity of the human condition, we turn to tefilah (prayer), teshuvah (repentance) and tzedakah (righteous acts of giving) as vehicles for making ourselves whole. We wear all white (a costume of sorts) and bang on our chests, fasting and engaging in deep personal reflection that will ideally leave us in an ecstatic place of restoration.
On Purim, we also strive to confront the chaos and complexities of human existence, and likewise we ecstatically celebrate our ability to transform these obstacles into entryways to a better tomorrow. We chant the scroll of Esther — the story of how our people came frighteningly close to being annihilated at the hands of Haman and his followers, but miraculously survived due to the brave conviction of Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai. We remember how, through human courage and connection, our people were able to claim control over their destiny. And so, on Purim we celebrate the survival of the Jewish people with all of our kishkes — drinking, eating and acting silly.
On Yom Kippur, we do the internal work that is necessary to improve ourselves and our communities. Five months later, on Purim, we do the external work. On Purim, we are commanded to eat a festive meal. Each of us is obligated to take part in this celebratory gathering, rich and poor alike. We are also commanded to give matanot la'evyonim, gifts to the poor. During the remainder of the year, we give tzedakah, righteous charity. Maimonides, the 12th-century philosopher and legal scholar, teaches that the highest form of tzedakah is teaching a person a trade so she can help herself in the future. The second highest form of tzedakah is mutually anonymous giving.
Matanot la'evyonim — gifts to the poor — are neither proactive trade classes nor anonymous donations. Matanot la'evyonim come in the form of food or money that are meant to be used on Purim day for a feast. And matanot la'evyonim are given directly — into the palm of the hand. On Purim, we are forbidden from passing a poor person on the street without stopping, truly seeing him and sharing food. On Purim, we must see everybody in our midst, even those we may be in the habit of ignoring, and we must unite as a community.
Purim forces us to experience the wonder of a world, for one day, in which there is no 99 percent and no 1 percent, a world in which both the billionaires and the working class eat a celebratory meal. We remember that through our people's ability to unite in the story of Esther, we were able to change the course of history. And so we imagine a time in the future when everybody will truly see each other without shame, and everybody will enjoy a beautiful meal, like we do on Purim, each and every day.
Esther, the heroine of the Purim story, conceals her Jewish identity when she marries the king. Her name includes the root letters of the word "hidden." However, in order for Esther to do the transformative work of saving her people, she must reveal her Jewish identity. Our rabbis teach that when we dress up on Purim, we should pick a costume that not only disguises our immediate appearance, but also reveals an inner piece of us that we keep hidden during much of the year. With this intention, we use the act of covering to uncover, the act of disguising to reveal an inner essence.
And so we say that Yom Kippur is a day like Purim, and Purim is a day like Yom Kippur. Some Jews repent hard on Yom Kippur, and some Jews party hard on Purim. In truth, both holidays are essential. Our internal reflection on Yom Kippur and our external celebration on Purim both propel us past life's moments of chaos and pain, and help us embrace our potential to reveal goodness and light.
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Breaking news: Rumors spread of first woman rabbi to be ordained by Kabbalah Institute (KIRR)
Today saw the spreading of some enticing rumors regarding a soon-to-be-announced ordination program out of the newly-created Kabbalah Institute (KIRR – Kabbalah Institute for Reincarnated Rebbes). The program has already been running in pilot phase for 7 weeks, hence the rumors that the first ordination class is about to be announced.
When contacted for further details, KIRR would not divulge the full details of their program of study. However, it is believed to include sleeping with a volume of Zohar under your pillow for 40 nights, a daily mikvah, and the learning of a series of daily affirmations designed to align the sephirot within you. Rabbis ordained by KIRR will be qualified in the supervision, cutting, and wrapping of red string. They will be able to determine if string that has been worn for some time is still kosher or in need of replacement. All are expected to complete an Advanced course in Powerpoint, due to the centrality of glossy and impressive visuals that accompany the various curriculum they are trained to teach about where to find the secrets of life, the universe, and everything (Douglas Adams is a compulsory text for the first 7 days of the program).
But the biggest potential game-changer in this new rabbinic program lies in the promise that, when the first class of ordained KIRR Rabbis are revealed tonight, it will include their first woman. While the identity of this woman has not been confirmed, many are postulating that it no other than Madonna Ciccone. Evidence from her recent performance at the Superbowl points to this conclusion. A cleverly-orchestrated choreography, provided in partnership with Cirque de Soleil, has been analyzed using the most sophisticated Gematria and Torah code software on the market today, and was found to reveal the secret message, 'I am a Rabbi Without Borders'. Asked for official comment at CLAL (the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership), Rebecca Sirbu, the Director of the Rabbis Without Borders program simply said, 'Madonna is not currently one of our RWB Fellows, but we have just put out a call for applications for next year's cohort (at http://www.rabbiswithoutborders.org).
Upon hearing the news, the Rabbinic Council of America (Orthodox), expressed outrage at the use of the title Rabbi for women ordained by KIRR. However, they were willing to tolerate the use of an alternative title, Baalat shum davar, (Mistress of absolutely nothing).
Purim Sameach!
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHN McKAY JOINS SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
U.S. Attorney Credited with Innovative Leadership of Federal and Local Law Enforcement
United States Attorney John McKay completes his term tomorrow and will join Seattle University Law School as Visiting Professor of Law. After more than five years as the top federal law enforcement official in Western Washington, McKay is looking forward to working with law students and encouraging them to explore opportunities for public service.
McKay's five year tenure as United States Attorney has been marked by a number of key initiatives designed to enhance law enforcement efforts in the Western District of Washington. McKay reorganized the office to address priorities such as terrorism, organized crime, identity theft and methamphetamine abuse. McKay initiated and lead efforts to establish Northwest LInX, (Law Enforcement Information Exchange) a critical computer network that allows state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to share information. The LInX system now connects 138 law enforcement agencies and has been instrumental in solving countless crimes.
"John McKay has provided exceptional leadership and direction to the federal law enforcement community and specifically to ICE," said Leigh Winchell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "We are grateful for his support and commend his integrity and dedication to public service. He will be missed."
"One of John's greatest contributions to law enforcement has been his dedication to the idea of information sharing among agencies," said Laura Laughlin, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI. "He has been instrumental in encouraging federal, state and local law enforcement to find common ground and work rogether. The FBI has benefited greatly from his leadership and support."
"I appreciate John McKay's ability to deal with and support the issues of local law enforcement, more than any U.S. Attorney I have worked with in the last 19 years, said Everett Police Chief Jim Scharf. "John worked hard to make the relationships with local law enforcment work because he understood the importance of local law enforcment. He will be greatly missed, and very hard to replace."
"All of us in the criminal justice community are sorry to be losing US Attorney John McKay. He has been a strong advocate for crime victims and public safety in our communities. He has maintained his focus on the importance of accountability with those responsible for criminal activity and he has maintained a strong and positive relationship with local, state and federal law enforcement," said Port Orchard Police Chief Alan Townsend.
United States Attorney McKay spearheaded efforts to reach out to minority communities concerned about racial and ethnic profiling following the September 11th attacks. McKay organized meetings between law enforcement leaders and leaders in the Arab-American and Muslim communities to promote better understanding and cooperation.
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske lauded McKay's concern for civil rights saying, "The co-operation and support that United States Attorney John McKay has shown to local law enforcement and the Seattle Police Department has resulted not only in a safer community, but one in which people should feel that their civil rights are protected."
"John McKay is and always has been the utmost professional in the perfomance of his duties as the U.S. Attorney in Western Washington. Above and beyond that, he has continually tried to do the right thing for the sake of justice. He will be missed as a law enforcement leader here in Washington," said Special Agent in Charge Kelvin N. Crenshaw, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Under McKay's leadership the United States Attorney's Office has significantly improved productivity, despite declining budgets. Preliminary statistics indicated that in 2006, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged nearly twice as many defendants as it did in 2001. The prosecutions are the second highest in the history of the office, despite declining manpower. The office has established itself as a national leader in prosecuting computer crimes, identity theft and multi-national criminal drug organizations. McKay has worked to build bridges between Canadian and U.S. law enforcement to combat cross border crime, and has enhanced federal law enforcement resources in the fast growing counties of Southwest Washington.
"The Drug Enforcement Administration knows John McKay to be a superb leader who for the past five years has led an outstanding group of Federal prosecutors in targeting some of the nations most prolific drug trafficking organizations," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Rodney Benson. "John recognized that drug traffickers are using any and all means, including the use of the latest technology, to circumvent law enforcement efforts to disrupt and dismantle their organizations. Through his outstanding efforts, the United States Attorney's Office in the Western District of Washington adapted to this evolving threat with aggressive wiretap prosecutions against the largest traffickers operating in and around the Pacific Northwest. John is a true friend to law enforcement and, more importantly, a dedicated individual who succeeded in making the communities we live in safer."
"John McKay did an outstanding job in helping to increase federal law enforcement presence in southwest Washington during the time he was U.S. Attorney for the Western District," said Clark County Prosecutor Art Curtis. "We are greatly indebted to him, and he will be missed."
Prior to his appointment, McKay served as President of Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Washington D.C. Congress established LSC in 1974 as a private non-profit corporation to ensure justice under the law for all low income Americans. From 1989 to 1990 McKay served as a White House Fellow, where he worked as Special Assistant to the Director of the FBI. Following his graduation from Creighton Law School in Nebraska, McKay was a litigation partner at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in Seattle, and later was a managing partner at the Seattle law firm of Cairncross & Hempelmann.
United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has the authority to appoint an interim United States Attorney whose term lasts until a new United States Attorney is nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney's Office, at (206) 553-4110.

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A 10.0 Microfarad Capacitor is charged to 170 Micro Coulombs then connected across the ends of a 4.00mH inductor. (a) Find the maximum current in the inductor. (b) At the instant the current in the inductor is maximum. How much charge is on the capacitor parallel plates? (c) Find the maximum potential across the capacitor. (d) At the instant the potential across the capacitor is maximum. What is the current in the inductor? (e) Find the maximum energy stored in the inductor. (f) At the instance the energy stored in the inductor is maximum. what is the current in the circuit? I am really stuck on calculating this physics problem, especially part a. Could someone please give me some assistance in calculating this Physics Problem. I really appreciate your help. Thanks
Hi aamartineng17, Welcome to Physics Forums. These kinds of problems are often easier if you think in terms of conservation laws. Here there are two energy storage devices (a Capacitor and an Inductor) which are going to trade energy back and forth. The result is oscillations of current and voltage. When the circuit begins operation, only the capacitor has any energy stored since it has an initial voltage; There's no current flowing so the inductor has no stored energy. What do you know about energy for these devices? Do you have formulas?
Hello Everyone, For the Following Physics Problem listed below: I tried solving the problem, here were my results: (Part a) *Note: That the charged Capacitor is connected across an inductor. The Equation for the voltage of a capacitor is the following: V = Q / C For this problem Q = 1.7 x 10^-4 C, C = 1 x 10^-5 F I calculated the Voltage of Capacitor to be: V = Q / C = 1.7 x 10^-4 C / 1 x 10^-5 F = 17 Volts I know that since the Capacitor is connected across the inductor I know that the inductor will then have a potential difference of 17 Volts. **Note: At the instant when the charge on the capacitor reaches zero, Q = 0, the current in the Inductor has reached its max value, but at this instant the current in the Inductor is not changing, [-L (Delta I / Delta t) = Q / C = 0). At this moment, the magnetic field B in the inductor is also a maximum. *** Note: I then calculated the Resonance Frequency using the following equation: f = fo = (1 / 2* pie) * sqrt (1 / L * C) f = fo = (1 / 2 * pie) * sqrt ( 1 / (4 x 10^-2 H) * (1.7 x 10^-4 C) f = fo = 193 Hz I then used the following equation XL = 2 * pie*f* L = 4.851 ohms (the reactance for inductor) I then used the Equation V = I * XL , to calculate the max current in inductor: I = V / XL = 17 V / 4.851 ohms = 3.50 A (Calculated Max Current of Inductor) I would really appreciate it if someone could please tell me if this is the correct way to solve (Part A) of this problem. Thanks Again for your time and help. I really appreciate and value your time and help!
When the charge reaches zero on the capacitor and the inductor has its maximum current, the voltage across the capacitor (and thus the inductor, too) will be zero. So your solution method for the current doesn't look right. (Also, it implies a steady-state AC situation, and you're looking for an instantaneous value in a transient situation). Also, you appear to have plugged in the charge on the capacitor rather than the capacitance in your workings for the resonance frequency. I might suggest that you look at it from an energy point of view. Capacitors store energy in electric fields, so their maximum energy stored corresponds to when they have a maximum potential difference across them. Inductors store energy in magnetic fields, and have maximal energy stored when their currents are maximum...


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Will Android devices take Nokia down?
Smartphone competition continued to take a toll on Nokia (NYSE:NOK) in the third quarter as the handset maker's market share declined to 30.9% from 34% in Q2. Competition won't let up going forward either, and it is primarily coming from the same source � devices built�on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system.
Nokia made the decision not to adopt Android given its commitment to Symbian, but it's facing fierce competition from all the other players, most of which have thrown their weight behind Google's OS. In particular, Nokia is seeing increased smartphone competition from LG, Samsung, Palm, RIM, Apple and HTC, according to Julien Blin, principal analyst and CEO of JBB Research. So the market leader essentially only has a shot against Sony Ericsson and Motorola, which is already looking a bit more formidable with its Android�CLIQ on T-Mobile and plans for Android-based Motorola Sholes underway.
Blin expects LG and Samsung to pose the biggest threat to Nokia's mobile device business. LG agrees too � it has claimed it will become the second biggest cell phone maker by 2012 and has backed up its threat with more than 20 million low-end touchscreen smartphones sold in just two years.
Samsung, too, will give Nokia a run for its dwindling money. It launched Mondi, its first WiMax-enabled fourth-screen device through Clearwire in August, and has a slew of Android phones planned, including the Moment on Sprint and the Behold II on T-Mobile. Tough competition will also come from RIM and its upcoming Storm 2 and Curve 2, HTC with its new Hero and recently launched MyTouch3, and potentially even Dell with its planned touchscreen smartphone on Sprint.
Nokia isn't taking the competition lying down, however. It will fight back with its recent focus on low-end touchscreen smartphones and new devices, Blin said, as well as some high-end devices, including the N97 smartphone, and its new netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, subsidized by AT&T. Still, Nokia only shipped 3.1 million devices in North America in Q1, down 31% year-over-year, so if it can't beat Android, it might be better off joining it.
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Submitted by Monica Tue Oct 29 2013 20:45:00 GMT-0400 (EDT) by Rebecca Meuninck, mnceh.orgYou probably know that toxic chemicals are found in many products in our homes and have been linked to way too many common health problems.
You might also know that our nation's chemicals law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been broken for 36 years and Congress hasn't stepped up to fix it.
Frankly, it's a dereliction of duty, and we've had enough!
On October 29th hundreds of citizens from all over the country marched on Washington, D.C. and demanded safer chemicals at the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals.
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With 17 rides, you'll see smiles as wide as they are on Christmas morning on your family's faces. Float through the forest and then fly down the flume on the Yule Log, spin round-and-round on The Little Drummer Boy or savor the sights on a ride round the village on the Skyway Sleigh.
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The Portland Timbers Food Cart Alliance (PTFCA) is a cross-promotional program designed to highlight the Rose City's vibrant food cart culture. In 2014 the PTFCA will highlight four Portland-area food carts that will serve their food cart fare on Timbers and Thorns FC match days at Providence Park.
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Pan's Labyrinth Picturehouse Rated R Review by: Larry Thomas It seems as if fantasy films have been, for the most part, confined to the realm of children and teenagers, even though Grimm's Fairy Tales were actually on the "grim" side. Nonetheless, Harry Potter, The Lord Of The Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia have captivated that segment of the audience. The new Spanish film Pan's Labyrinth transforms this entry in the fantasy film genre into a truly adult tale, in which a twelve-year-old girl attempts to escape the horrors of real life. The film is set in the rural Spain of 1944, just after Franco's victory. Post-war Fascist repression is at its height. Young Ofelia journeys with her pregnant mother to a remote outpost to live with her new stepfather, a monstrous officer in Franco's army. It is his personal mission to slaughter all members of the Spanish Resistance. In the woods, Ofelia finds a different world, populated with fauns, fairies, and a quite grotesque ogre-like creature. But these non-humans dwelling deep underground are nowhere nearly as frightening to her as the humans whom she must live among. Ivana Baquero, who was twelve when she made Pan's Labyrinth, is a terrific actress who brings real compassion to the character of Ofelia. Maribel Verdu is quite touching as the mother who must make the best of her choice to marry the soldier following the death of her husband. And Sergio Lopez as Capitan Vidal turns in a chilling performance that unearths the black pit of a man's soul. Written and directed by the incredibly talented Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth features excellent creatures and special effects, and the original music by Javier Navarette is as good as any heard in a film this year. The film has earned its "R" rating with strong violence and horrific images that make it totally unsuitable for kids. Despite this, it's one of the most gripping and emotional films of the year.
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Big Grove Tavern is a Farm-to-Table restaurant in downtown Champaign featuring seasonal comfort food. Almost everything we serve at Big Grove Tavern is made from scratch, in house, using seasonal ingredients, sourced locally whenever possible. We source locally, not only to create delicious dishes, but to help support our neighbors.
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This modern restaurant and bar lounge is one of the swankiest spots in downtown Champaign. Enjoy American Cuisine with an Asian flare as you sip cocktails in the vibrant atmosphere. The executive chef brings a range of experiences, from the Four Seasons Hotel and upscale Korean and French restaurants, that contributed to their exotic menu.
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Fine Italian restaurant specialized in Northern Italian cuisine such as risotto, veal, milanese, ossobuco and pasta.
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Cafe des Architectes
This modern yet comfortable restaurant features dramatic colors, overstuffed chairs, a sprawling red banquette and inventive lamps. The artistically presented cuisine is contemporary French with predominately organic ingredients. Open Daily. B: 6am-11:30am; Br (Sat. and Sun. only): 11:30am-5pm; L: 11:30am-5pm; D: 5pm-11pm. Res. Accptd. for Dinner only
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A cruise aboard Odyssey lets you see Chicago from a whole new perspective. You'll enjoy a three-course, locally-sourced menu, upscale DJ entertainment, a sophisticated ambiance and breathtaking skyline views. Cruise with Odyssey for a brunch, lunch, dinner or specialty cruise, or consider Odyssey for your next group event.
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Sixteen, Trump's signature restaurant located on the 16th floor, features a superbly crafted menu of eclectic cuisine and seasonal ingredients. With renowned Australian chef Frank Brunacci at the helm, Sixteen promises an exceptional dining experience matched by equally exceptional views. The 30-foot floor-to-ceiling windows frame spectacular vistas of Lake Michigan, the Chicago River and the Wrigley Clock Tower. Al fresco dining on the outdoor wrap terrace offers a closer look, showcasing Chicago's historic architectural landmarks and stunning skyline. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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The Pump Room restaurant offers reasonably priced, delicious favorites in a relaxed, comfortable, and exciting environment. The new food concept was created by world-renowned chef and 2011 James Beard award winner Jean-Georges Vongerichten. He will support local purveyors, regional flavors and offer a "farm to table" experience. At night, the restaurant's bar transforms into a supper club recapturing the glamour of the 30's and 40's with a modern twist.
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The Aviary in Chicago, with its award winning bar program, is where cocktails and service are given the same attention to detail as a four-star restaurant; where bartenders are trained as chefs; where the produce and herbs are carefully sourced and procured fresh daily; where the name and branding of the spirit mixed is less important than its actual flavor; where innovation and tradition are both honored. The Aviary is owned and operated by chef Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, and is open from Wednesday to Sunday starting at 6PM
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Grace in Chicago is an award winning restaurant that doesn't shy away from the days of multicourse tasting menus, pristine table linens, customized serving pieces and, yes, a hefty price tag. Inside this 64-seat restaurant, Chef Duffy and his army of chefs create progressive, ingredient-driven cuisine that's as pretty to look at as it is to eat. Elegant, thought provoking and delicious, Grace is all of that and then some.
CITY: Chicago
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The program interface is clean and very easy to use. Just click "Smart Scan" and Free Antivirus 2015 immediately runs a quick check for malware. But it now also scans for missing software updates, runs a new Home Security Network Check (wifi status, weak router passwords etc), and even looks for junk files and poorly configured Windows settings.
If you're in a hurry then you can click "Resolve all" and leave the program to sort out the details.
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The 2015 version can also scan TLS/SSL protected traffic, detecting threats even on HTTPS connections.
Avast DeepScreen now uses hardware virtualisation to run processes in standalone virtual machines, completely isolated from the rest of your system, improving security and detection (you'll need hardware virtualisation to be supported and enabled, of course).
Help has moved completely online, where it's both more complete and more up-to-date.
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Inflation heads to 3pc, survey shows
PUBLISHED: 06 Sep 2010 10:47:33 | UPDATED: 06 Sep 2010 11:13:25PRINT EDITION: 06 Sep 2010
Inflation is heading to the upper end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's target band of 3 per cent following price rises in alcohol, tobacco and fruit and vegetables, a survey shows.
The TD Securities Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge rose 0.2 per cent in August, following a 0.1 per cent rise in July and a 0.3 per cent rise in June.
It says an official interest rate rise is now on the cards, but the central bank has some breathing space until at least the end of the year.
"In the 12 months to August, the inflation gauge rose by 3 per cent, resting on the upper bound of the RBA's two to three per cent inflation target band," TD Securities said in a statement.
The biggest contribution to the change came from price rises for alcohol and tobacco, fruit and vegetables and furniture and furnishings.
However, these were offset by price falls for meat and seafood, holiday travel and accommodation and automotive fuel.
"The inflation gauge is telling us that the mid-year return to trend GDP (gross domestic product) growth, the income surge arising from the terms of trade boom and ongoing tight labour market are yet to translate into worrisome price pressures," TD Securities senior strategist Annette Beacher said in a statement.
"In fact, annual underlying inflation is more or less at the mid-point of the Reserve."
The trimmed mean of the inflation gauge was unchanged in August, following a rise of 0.1 per cent in July.
In the 12 months to August, the trimmed mean rose 2.3 per cent, drifting towards the bottom of the RBA's two to three percent target band.
Ms Beacher said recent buoyant economic activity appeared to have maintained solid momentum into the September quarter.
"The consumer and private sector more broadly, have contributed to this return to trend economic growth," Ms Beacher said.
"While we remain of the view that the next move is up for the RBA, we have again pushed back the timing given the lack of a smoking gun on the inflation front.
"An additional complication is the clear loss of momentum in global growth and renewed caution by the US Federal Reserve on the outlook for the world's biggest economy."
She said the RBA could easily "sit tight" for the remainder of 2010 as mortgage lending rates had already been restored to average levels.


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The insurance industry says many of the recommendations that came out of the government's inquiry into its handling of recent natural disasters earlier this week were put forth by industry itself last year.
CHOICE questions whether the industry's moves so far have meant better protection for consumers.
In releasing the House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee's report, "The operation of the insurance industry during disaster events", Committee Chair Graham Perrett MP said the inquiry was held "in response to the deluge of complaints about the insurance industry that was falling on deaf ears".
He also made the point that the self-regulated industry is answerable only to itself, saying "unfortunately there are no regulations that compel insurance companies to do the right thing by their clients and resolve claims in a timely and satisfactory fashion."
Dealing with over 275,000 claims in a single year was bound to leave the industry overstretched, but we think many of the proposed changes should have been in place before the major events of 2011. It was a record-breaking year for claims, but hardly the first large-scale run of disasters to affect policyholders and test the industry.
The 13 recommendations by government include:
Early last month the ICA made changes to the General Insurance Code of Practice that addressed the concerns of consumer groups like CHOICE. The changes related to the critical post-disaster areas of claims-handling timetables, external expert reports and a new "right to claim".
Given the industry's avowed commitment to doing right by policyholders, taking the government's proposals on board can only be a good thing for all concerned.
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Glittering opportunities in gold
PUBLISHED: 25 Sep 2012 16:01:00 | UPDATED: 27 Nov 2012 03:56:46PUBLISHED: 26 Sep 2012 PRINT EDITION: 26 Sep 2012Anthony Anderson
The resources industry conjures up images of vast open pits and deep mine shafts producing enormous quantities of ores moved by around by massive machines.
It therefore comes as a surprise to many when they learn that the entire quantity of gold ever produced worldwide is only about 175,000 tonnes. To put this in perspective, it would cover a rugby field to a depth of about 135 centimetres. Compared to many other resources, this is a minuscule amount.
Interest in gold as an investment class has increased in recent years in parallel with the gold price.
Kerry Stevenson from the Sydney company Symposium, is organising the Gold Symposium to be held in Sydney in October, and is expecting 1000 people to attend, a huge increase from the 350 who attended the first symposium in 2010.
The theme of the event is very much around education, because as Stevenson says, "There is a lack of understanding about how gold can form part of a balanced investment portfolio."
This lack of understanding extends as far as actually buying the precious metal – Stevenson says she gets asked on a regular basis, "Where can I buy gold?"
Stevenson also believes the increased interest in gold is related to the volatility of markets in recent years. "There's a general thirst for knowledge about what's going on in the world at the moment and gold is part of that story," she says.
The education theme is echoed by Jordan Eliseo, director of investments at LJ Financial Group.
"In volatile times like these, Australians would benefit from reviewing their existing investments and superannuation," Eliseo says. "There are many good reasons to consider having exposure to gold in your portfolio."Eliseo urges investors to regularly review their portfolios in concert with an independent financial advisor.
Meanwhile, out on the Australian goldfields, it's been a busy time. Production has been fairly consistent over the past couple of years, but that may be about to change. "With several new and rejuvenated projects coming on stream in late 2012 and in 2013, we should see production rise," says Sandra Close of Surbiton Associates, an independent consulting group specialising in Australian goldmining.
Close cites Regis Resources' new Garden Well project as one that will add significantly to annual production, and output of 240,000 ounces is expected.
Perhaps the busiest place in the Australian gold sector recently has been in corporate boardrooms. Takeover activity has increased, and significant interest is coming from overseas.
"Overseas investors are showing considerable interest in Australian gold operations," Close says. She estimates that the Australian gold sector is now about 60 per cent foreign-controlled.
Three international companies in particular have been active of late. Singapore's LionGold Corp has been the most active, taking over Castlemaine Goldfields and also taking a 10 per cent stake in Citigold.
On top of this, LionGold launched a failed takeover for Navigator Resources, while its bid to buy Bass Metals' Hellyer interests in Tasmania is in dispute. Meanwhile, Close says, "Chinese-owned Zijin Mining has just taken over Norton Gold, valuing the company at about $215 million, while Canada-based Crocodile Gold, which has Union Reefs in the Northern Territory, has now also acquired both Fosterville and Stawell in Victoria, previously owned by AuRico (Gold)."
But not all of the takeover activity has come from overseas. Back home, Silver Lake Resources has taken over Integra Mining, and a combined annual output of about 400,000 tonnes is expected.
While overseas companies are eying off Australian gold assets, another trend has appeared in recent years and that is the increasing proportion of exploration dollars being spent overseas by Australian miners on both gold and other minerals.
Close said uncertainty and difficulties surrounding the Australian mining industry are driving this trend because in some instances, the potential rewards, after allowing for the risks involved, are seen to be better offshore than in Australia.
"Exploration and development dollars flow to wherever the conditions are seen as being the most attractive", she says and adds that "its now reached the point where over half of all the exploration expenditure by Australian-listed companies is being spent overseas". Close lists the three key proponents here as unsettlement caused by the Mineral Resources Rent Tax, the introduction of a carbon tax by a government which said it would not introduce one, and uncertainty regarding the diesel fuel rebate.
So what's happening to the gold price? Eliseo would not speculate, other than to say that he expects the global debt crisis to continue to cause market volatility; that central banks in both Europe and the United States will continue easing monetary policy; and that these factors have historically supported the gold price.
The Australian Financial Review
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Isuzu Axiom Transmission Problems
wyoman58 Posts: 1My fiancée has 02 Axiom...and has been having an issue with the car starting every time. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. She had the tranny re-built by AAMCO, and the problem started about 3 months after the re-build. She took it to AAMCO, they said it was the battery. She took it to Autozone. they tested the battery and starter, and they checked out fine. Of course, as Murphy's Law clearly states, neither shop could locate any problem.
She tried to start it yesterday....it produced only one loud click, but wouldn't start. I jiggled the automatic transmissions shifter a bit and it started for me. She went out today to start the car...same problem. Again I jiggled the shifter, and again the car started.
I suspect that there is an issue with the switch which only allows the car to start in "park"....as little else makes sense...the battery is fully charged, and the connections are clean and tight.
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dmw112713 Posts: 1I had the transmission rebuilt in my 2002 Axiom in October 2013. Since then the check TOD light has been flashing constantly. It has been back to the transmission shop, kept for another week, and they can find nothing wrong. The gear indicator lights on the dash occasionally go out. When they do, the car shifts hard between first and second, up and down. 4WD works. I'm looking to sell this thing, but I can't believe it's so hard for any mechanic to figure out what the problem is. If I sell it, I'll take a bath. $2200 rebuilt tranny plus $3100 payoff. There has to be a fix. I'm open to your ideas. Thanks.
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I just had the transmission rebuilt on my 2003 Axiom. The mechanic called and said it still will not shift down to first gear. It starts out in 2nd gear and will not shift to third. He says the transmission is not getting a signal from the computer to change gears. I bought a used computer and when he installed it the vehicle will not even start. Does anyone have any suggestions on resetting the computer or fixing the problem?


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