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Synagogue to host open house as it settles into Temecula homeFriday, July 25th, 2014 Issue 30, Volume 18.
Visitors will interact with a Jewish congregation that is one of the oldest, as well as one of the newest, synagogues in southwest Riverside County. It is a congregation that reverberates with change even though its local roots span nearly five decades. Blending the old and the new â along with the creation of an "infrastructure" of Jewish communal services â are twin goals of the self-described "Conservative Congregation with a Modern Twist." Sandy Rosenstein, the congregations female student rabbi, is a key part of that modern twist. "Its the process of bringing such an old religion into modern times," said Rosenstein, who recently entered the homestretch of her rabbinical education and training. "Its a tricky business, but were doing it." Classes, programs and a self-help group offered by Rosenstein and Jeff Schwimmer, the Temples cantor and rabbi, will be a focus of the Aug. 17 open house that unfolds from 1 p.m. until 4. It will be the first such event since the congregation moved to fast-growing Temecula from the senior enclave of Sun City nearly two years ago. "Were trying to build something here so that the people who forgot, or never learned, get to enjoy the joy and beauty of their Jewishness and its survival," said Rosenstein, 58. The congregations move is just one of many stories that will serve as a backdrop to the open house. The congregation was grappling with an aging, decreasing membership when it decided to move to Temecula. Its leaders sold their synagogue to a congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses, and the new buyers remarked that they could feel the presence of God in the building when it changed hands. "We said, Of course, you do, " Rosenstein recalled. After a brief stint in a temporary location in Sun City, Temple Beth Sholom opted to lease space in the building owned by the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce. The chamber constructed the Ynez Court building in 2003, and it leased an unused portion to a string of tenants before it became Temple Beth Sholom. The move to the 1,800-square-foot suite has been a blessing for both sides. "We get along great (with the chamber) and we have a lot of new members," Rosenstein said. The cozy synagogue is filled with about 50 chairs and it is anchored by a tall wooden Ark that houses the congregations sacred Torah scrolls. "They have been wonderful tenants," said Alice Sullivan, chamber president and chief executive. The arrangement has worked well, in part, because most of the synagogues demand for parking is on Saturday. That leaves more weekday spaces open for the chambers frequent activities and meetings, Sullivan said. The personal interaction has also been rewarding, she said. "Sandy is a great joy, and they treat everyone like family," Sullivan said. Rosenstein and her husband, Robert, were familiar faces in Temeculas chamber and business settings prior to the move. Robert Rosenstein is a longtime Temecula attorney. Working with Sandys elder brother, Richard Rosenstein and Donald Hitzeman constructed the landmark Penny Dome Building. That office building, which anchors a parcel north of the citys Civic Center complex, is named after its shiny copper dome. The couple has five children in their blended family, and Rosenstein has taken a roundabout route to become a rabbi. "It is a little bit mysterious," she said. Her work life initially took her into the fields of banking, Jewish community services and fitness training. Along the way, she said friends and coworkers and would remark that she possessed the traits needed to become a rabbi. She pondered their observations and began exploring the possibility. She eventually enrolled in rabbinical school, a five-year path of "endless" school work, homework and outside training. Rosenstein immediately concluded that she had made the right decision. "I have an innate instinct," she said She has two years to go at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, which is one of three rabbinical schools in the Los Angeles area. She will become an ordained rabbi at the end of her studies and earn a masters degree in the process. The seminary trains rabbis, cantors and chaplains to serve congregations and organizations of any Jewish denomination. Her studies have included a bioethics class, and a yearlong chaplaincy course and an internship in clinical pastoral education begin in the fall. "Im not fully minted, but Im close," Rosenstein said. When Rosenstein finishes, she will join an elite group of female rabbis. A Wikipedia timeline notes that the first female rabbi was ordained in 1935. The second was Sally Priesand, an American, in 1972. The on-line encyclopedia lists about 60 female rabbis, and each of them has etched one or more key milestones in the faith. Rosenstein said her unfolding studies mesh nicely with her day-to-day teaching and counseling work. "I come in and tell them about the cool thing I learned today in class," she said. "So theres a huge congregational benefit." Another benefit is the array of courses, classes, lunches and other programs that have taken root since the congregation moved to Temecula. One course taught there is titled Introduction to Judaism, and its purpose is to prepare people for conversion to Judaism and provide continuing education for Jewish people. It is taught by Student Rabbi Joshua Margo-Ginsberg, a colleague of Rosenstein and a member of Temple Beth Sholom. Its July classes were titled "The World of the Bible" and "A Time to Mourn, Traditions for Death, Grief and Healing." An October class will focus on "God: Encountering the Holy." Students will learn about "Marriage, Love & Kosher Sex" in November. A December class will look at "Philosophers, Poets and Mystics: The Jewish Middle Ages." 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I think Jeff (Schwimmer) and I are good at all of it. I dont know why it works so well. Its just a good chemistry â a good mix." 2 comments
I suspect that Rabbi Rosenstein's recollection of the comment made by the Jehovah's Witness Minister-s may be incorrect, mis-understood, or mis-remembered. Why? The WatchTower Society preaches its own version of "replacement theology", which teaches that YHWH rejected the Jews as HIS "chosen people", and replaced the Jewish people with the followers of the WatchTower Society -- who the WatchTower Society has wrongfully mislabeled as "Jehovah's Witnesses". The WatchTower Society teaches that present-day natural Jews are YHWH's enemies, and that all of YHWH's Biblical promises of restoration for the Jewish people now belong to the followers of the WatchTower Society. In fact, the descriptive label "Jehovah's Witnesses" was originally applied to the Jewish people by the Prophet Isaiah, and that scripture is even memorialized on the wall inside the front entrance of the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. The WatchTower Society, in calling its own members -- "[JE]hovah's [W]itnesse[S]" -- has effectively stolen that descriptive Biblical designation away from the Jewish people. To maintain this ongoing "identity theft", for the past three decades, the WatchTower Society has had a corporate department dedicated to making certain that every single Holocaust rememberance of any size or type -- newspaper article, book, speech, museum, etc -- anywhere in the world, publicize the fact that the WatchTower Society's own "Jehovah's Witnesses" were equally persecuted alongside "natural" Jews. This is the WatchTower Society's way of claiming that "Satan" and his human supporters hate "Jehovah's Witnesses" as much or more than they hate natural Jews --- thus attempting to prevent the Jewish people from laying claim to any spiritual or prophetic significance that might be interpreted from the Holocaust experience. Thanks.
OMG! And we sit here wondering what the wars in the Mideast are all about? Religion...truly one of the largest problems in the world. Who cares? If you have to keep on killing each other over it, well, obviously you are ALL wrong. It all comes down to the simplest answer...Do The Right Thing.....................and stop pushing your particular beliefs on other people...
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Countless parents have been stung for hundreds of dollars playing Smurfs' Village, a 'free' game app for iPad and iPhone, and now the Android platform. The idea of the game is to build up a village, which includes constructing buildings and bridges, growing gardens, and playing mini-games to create things like potions and cookies. The sting lies in the substantial cost of in-app purchases.
True, there's a disclaimer pointing out "Smurfs' Village is free to play but charges real money for additional in-app content," and additional warnings every time a purchase is offered. Trouble is, kids ignore it and parents are oblivious to it. So when little Johnny first asked for dad's iTunes password for a 'free' app, he thought 'why not?' and handed it over. When Johnny runs out of Smurfberries, required for in-game currency, he buys a truckload of them and dad wonders why his iTunes account is suddenly clocking up massive bills for a free game.
Okay, so in many cases the parents are culpable for giving kids the password, but parents often learn to trust their kids with 'free' apps – and the distinction between requests for real versus game money later in the game isn't always clear to the kids who the game is marketed to. Also, your password stays active in iTunes for 15 minutes after you enter it – ample time to clock up a few Smurfberry purchases.
So can you play the game without in-app purchases? It's not recommended, according to our expert iGamer, 13-year-old Will Kollmorgen. "They give you a small amount of Smurfberries for free to start off. After you use them up and really get into the game, you'll need to pay for Smurfberries to keep adding things and expanding your Smurf world. If you don't pay to add things, it's just not fun anymore."
Our in-house gamer confirmed that once you get to a certain level, which took him less than half an hour, things really slow down unless you pay real money to speed things up again. At that point, he says, it's really not worth playing – but if you're already hooked, which apparently happens quite readily, you'll pay to play. We've seen bills of over $400 for in-app purchases, and bills of over $1000 have been reported elsewhere.
While we appreciate the developers want to make some money back for a 'free' game, it's an awful lot of money compared with conventional computer or console games, which typically cost $50-100 one-off.
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BARRINGTON — An open house gathered local candidates running for state representative roles last Friday night in Barrington, giving the public an opportunity to "meet and greet" five candidates."It's just a great way to bring together some great candidates," Duncan Fleming, campaign manager for District 4 State Rep. David Watters, said from the Barrington home of District 4 State Rep. Dennis Malloy. This is where a meet and greet open house was held for anyone wishing to speak with candidates about issues of concern and importance."We have a great line up in Barrington," Fleming said of Watters, Malloy, District 25 State Rep. candidate Roger Menear, District 4 candidate Ken Grossman, and Executive Council Representative Chris Pappas.Fleming said it was this line up of candidates that would establish civility and common sense, something that's been lacking in Congress, he said.He said there were at least two common priorities on constituents' minds these candidates vowed to make a priority — public education and improving the economy."People want a government that works for everyone," he said and added these representatives would accomplish things in a bipartisan manner.Every bill Watters had endorsed, including the development of a registry of state historical places, he said, was a bipartisan bill. He said the action is "voting based on your conscience, instead of purely party ideology.Malloy named public education as one of his top priorities as well."We have to have a robust university system," he said, but also added state infrastructure, roads and a balanced budget are all things he'd work to improve."All those things help us to grow," he said. Accomplishing improvement in those areas would draw more business, jobs, and residents to the state improving the economy here."Business people like balanced budgets," he said.His experience serving as a selectman in Barrington is critical to the role of state representative. He understands how local government is affected by and deals with downshifting.After redisricting, Barrington now has two dedicated seats in the House of Representatives and one floterial. Being part of that solid representation for his town, he said, is a great opportunity to speak on behalf of constituents there."Which is what I'm excited about," Malloy said.Job creation and growing the economy was also top priority for Pappas at Friday's open house, to talk about issues important to residents, he said, and is what makes the informal setting of a meet and greet, something he's been taking part in frequently as of late, so nice."It's about connecting people with government," he said.


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Ordinarily, I love me some David Weigel. This prolific Slate scribe is not only one of the most insightful reporters covering the G.O.P. and its right wing, but also a terrific writer. Oh, yeah, and I like the guy. (Okay, Weigel suck-up complete.) But his post today on the backlash against Rush Limbaugh's hateful and misogynist comments about Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law School student who testified before Congress in favor of the Obama administration's birth-control mandate has me scratching my head:
But let's be clear about what this is. Limbaugh is a private citizen who has not endorsed any Republican candidate. (The closest he's come is praise for Santorum, which the candidate quotes on his campaign lit.) There is not a pressing public interest here. There's only the advantage that Democrats have carved out, by moving the discussion on birth control from the conscience exemption to the existential reasons why conservatives might want to limit birth control. The complex is winning this one.
Let's start with: "There is not a pressing public interest here."
Call me crazy, but I consider health care for women "a pressing public interest" — and not just for the majority of the public who happen to be women. I also find the legitimization of hateful rhetoric to be "a pressing public interest."
If you somehow managed to miss the frenzy attending Limbaugh's disgusting diatribe, the shorthand version goes like this: on the Wednesday edition of the Rush Limbaugh Show, the morally erect bloviator described Ms. Fluke as "a slut" and "a prostitute," equating the mandatory provision of no-copay coverage of prescription contraception by employer-provided health insurance plans with having taxpayers "pay for [Fluke] to have sex." (Never mind the fact that taxpayers don't pay a dime for the contraception provision; insurance companies do.)
With each ensuing day, Limbaugh doubled down, demanding that Fluke and other women who receive their contraception via the mandate should — well let me let Rush tell you in his own words:
So, Ms. Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it, and I'll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.
Media Matters, natch, has the full compendium of noxiousness here.
Limbaugh's vicious attack prompted President Barack Obama, in a deft political move, to call Fluke, as Brother Kilgore blogged, to tell her she was courageous.
Weigel's issue is with what he calls the "Democratic media complex" for capitalizing on Limbaugh's hatefulness, knowing that this is a weak spot for Republican politicians, who are famously loath to play any role but ditto-head in relation to the right-wing radio host, who has millions of listeners. By making the call to Fluke and confirming that bit of news to The Huffington Post's Sam Stein, Weigel writes, Obama "turned this into the sort of thing reporters are comfortable asking Republicans about."
Is there some reason that Republicans shouldn't be asked for comment about remarks by a Big Deal Radio host who seeks to advance their anti-birth-control policy by using hate speech?
And Weigel bemoans the fact that the mobilization of petition-crazed feminists, progressives and, yes, Democrats, has already cost Limbaugh advertisers, such as the makers of the SleepNumber bed. All for something that is "not a pressing public interest."
The bottom line, Weigel concedes, is that Democrats, with Limbaugh's inadvertent help, have now succeeded in turning the discussion of the contraception mandate from one about religious freedom (which, I'm sorry, was always a trumped-up complaint) to one about women's health.
And that, I'd say, is as it should be. Limbaugh's misogyny is hardly beside the point of the right-wing Republican push-back on the birth-control mandate; it is the point. Limbaugh simply gave voice, in the crudest of terms, to the true nature of the Republican position, which is a ferocious bid to rob women of whatever power they have.
I agree with you. This IS a 'major pressing issue' and Limbaugh with his hateful rants has pointed out that the GOP (NOT the Dems) has decided that if you speak out (you know that OTHER pesky first amendment right) that the power of the microphone trumps (sorry Freudian slip) the power of the Constitution. Limbaugh as a 'private citizen' with a HUGE microphone can lie and denigrate a young woman for disagreeing with him.
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Actually I boggled at the anointing of a successful radio host as a "private citizen."
But part of Dave's charm is his dry understatement, so I tried to let it roll.
Every time one of these Republican media yahoos opens his (or sometimes her) mouth and says something truly asinine, rightly suffers condemnation for it, and then complains that people are SO unfair to criticize, protest, or boycott... I want to grab them by the lapels and scream, "Hey, nimrod, this is the free market in action!" No government investigation, no FCC fines, just consumers expressing their disgust and corporations -- which, as we often hear, exist solely to maximize profit -- safeguarding their bottom line.
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First and foremost anybody with one working braincell knows that Rush Limpdick is a blight on humanity. But a guy who went to other countries for the express purpose of having sex with young girls calling anyone a slut just proves he's a raving lunatic.
"Harris Poll crowns Rush Limbaugh America's 'least favorite' political pundit" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/03/1069206/-Harris-Poll-crowns-Rush-Limbaugh-America-s-least-favorite-political-pundit?via=blog_1
He's lost several advertisers due to customer complaints to companies who buy ads for his show.
As for Mr. Weigel--his main claim to fame is not that he is bright and insightful, because he isn't, it is that he crossed over from being one of 'them' to reporting on 'them'. Whenever I've heard him speak on Maddow, he is always trying to minimize the right's insane belligerence. This is no different.
And don't forget, Mr. Weigel, that the Democrats long ago noticed that Rush Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican party, and no one has ever contradicted that.
"And don't forget, Mr. Weigel, that the Democrats long ago noticed that Rush Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican party, and no one has ever contradicted that."
Or at least the preferred if only venue for many Bush administration officials to communicate to their employers, the public. The de facto spokesplace, if not spokesperson.
Is today Right-Wing Shit-Head Day?
May be slightly off here but I believe it was Bush the Elder who carried Limpbaugh's bags into the White House and gave him credit for his victory in the '88 election.
Wiegel: just another media milquetoast paid to legitimize, pretending a critic's skeptical eye, the accelerating rightwing push to destroy every last remnant of intelligent discourse and social obligation in the US. Note the reflexive pearl-clutching when he senses a Democrat victory at hand.
I'm surprised you like him.
Back in the sixties, WF Buckley famously kicked the John Birch Society and other hate groups out of the conservative movement. This had a moral component - racism and anti-Semitism are bad - but a practical one too. Buckley was clearly afraid that if the movement became associated with kooks, it would have difficulty attracting people of conservative disposition who were offended by attacks on blacks and Jews (and later, women, gays and Latinos).
Today's conservatives believe that the practical concern doesn't apply any more - lose the haters and there won't be enough Repubs to fill a phonebooth. And they're probably right, but embracing hate is as much a loser in the long run as kicking out the haters and building a coalition of mostly decent people. They're going to lose, the question is when and how. Hopefully the "when" will be shortly after Repubs lose in November.
" Limbaugh is a private citizen who has not endorsed any Republican candidate."
Wrong! Limbaugh is central to the Republican brand; they are one. Until the Republicans cast him off, they own him in my mind. Limbaugh personifies the Republican party. He is their mouthpiece and speaks for them. If not, let them show otherwise.
It is about women's health, but it is also about fairness and about protecting children and parents from having miserable lives. Some people unable to have their birth control covered will be unable to take it and will then just take chances. Siblings and parents and the newly conceived child then end up a lot poorer than the whole family might have been with one less child. Someone won't go to college. Everyone might be homeless in some situations (as might have been the case had my wife gotten pregnant shortly after we were married and one of us had been unable to work. It means that more of the people least able to afford children at a particular time will end up having them. There are many public interests involved in this issue.
I don't read David Weigal and now I know why. I don't like whiners who distort reality. Poor widdle lying pigstye. boo hoo.
Limbaugh is a "private citizen" with a nationally syndicated bully pulpit. (and I do mean "bully.")
The difference between private citizen Sandra Fluke and private citizen Rush Limbaugh is like the difference between my individual limited political contribution, and Sheldon Adelson's 11 million contribution to Gingrich's PAC.
So Rush is now an advocate for the porn industry. We already knew he likes his Oxycontin. The mind reels.
Just what constituency does he speak for? Apparently all the Church-going, Republican-voting, foul-mouthed, bigoted, drug-addicted voyeurs.
No doubt, Limbaugh has been unfairly attacked!In response, the women in my town who have used birth control formed "Sluts Anonymous." First up, my 78 year old neighbor who uses her social security to buy wild yam cream to help her maintain her libido. Next, the neighbor on the other side. She had a hysterectomy and her husband had a vasectomy so they are a pair of wild hornballs, ready to film their sex romps if the taxpayers will buy them a video cam. I could go on and on.
"..There is not a pressing public interest here."
If by "pressing public interest" he means "important for guys like me", then I guess he has a point.
Just like how Jim Crow wasn't a problem for white people.
Limbaugh has not been 'attacked' by anyone. He's been CRITICIZED for being an ass, but 'criticism' is not an 'attack' - not when it is true - not when it is backed by facts. 'Slander' can be an 'attack', as when Mitt Romney says that President Obama wants and equality of outcome or when Orly Taitz says that he's not an American citizen.
It's OK for the Republicans to clutch their pearls, but we shouldn't let them change what words mean. Limbaugh may feel 'attacked' when he is held accountable for his words, but that's only because he can't withstand just criticism.
Way back when I was in high school in the late 80's, my friends and I spent a lot of time with Rush on the dial because we thought of him as a more respectable version of Howard Stern-you know, a shock jock who delighted in deflating the overblown pretensions of the powerful.
I never thought I'd see the day when I deny any comparison so as not to sully Howard Stern's good name and reputation O_o
Slightly off the topic of the Great White Whale, but the business of this being about religious freedom because it forces the insurance carriers of some religious institutions to pay for something that institution doesn't condone is a blatant red herring for the following reason. These very same institutions, the Catholic Church, voluntarily on their own dime carry insurance to cover cases where their priests get some woman pregnant. Their insurance also covers cases of sexual abuse of children by priests.
If in fact, they are upset about their insurance companies being forced to go against their religious sensibilities, the only thing I can conclude is that priests having heterosexual sex outside of marriage and buggering altar boys is not contrary to their religious sensibilities. Someone needs to ask them about it.
Methinks Mr. Weigal is still overcompensating for losing his gig at the Washington Post after being involved in the "Journalist" (sp?) kerfuffle. I believe it was the weasel Tucker Carlson who exposed private emails among journalists including Weigal, Ezra Klein and others that were judged to favor the Democratic view of the world which then turned into a mini scandal a couple of years back. Weigal lost his position with the WaPo and I've noticed he's been skittish ever since, erring often into GOP rationalization world.
The coverage of Limbaugh's latest outrage is deserved but poorly reported as no mention of the fact that the porker is outright lying about the content of Ms. Fluke's testimony as he slanders her.
to @ Texas Aggie: "Slightly off the topic of the Great White Whale, but the business of this being about religious freedom because it forces the insurance carriers of some religious institutions to pay for something that institution doesn't condone is a blatant red herring for the following reason."
I believe that Obama's regulation does NOT force the institution to pay for this health care provision in the health insurance they provide their employees, students, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong. I had gathered that's why they really have no standing to sue, since they have no obligation to pay.
Thumbs up to Texas Aggie! Logic that would make a Jesuit smile.
When churches start paying taxes I will start listening to them. -
"Democratic Media Complex"?!? I wish...
However, Ms Stan has really hit the nail on the head with her conclusion. For weeks, the reactionary right has been beating the drum of "religious freedom" (of employers) to try to deny no-copay contraception to women. Just when it looks as if they've made their case with the public, ol' gasbag "On Loan from Gawwwd"™ Limbaugh cuts loose with a blast of misogyny not seen since the 1960s, exposing the whole rotten charade.
Now EVERYONE knows that it's all about demonizing women and restricting their basic freedom of being able to care for their own bodies. Moreover, it's brought the absolute wingnuttery out of the "G"OP presidential candidates, who are falling over themselves now to assert that ANY contraception is wrong -- as is sex in general.
Young women - who rarely vote, as a general rule - are starting to take note. This is definitely "about them."
Be honest, Rush Limbaugh is the de facto head of the Republican Party, and the fact that none of the candidates or the Right Wing media will disavow his hate speech is proof that he owns them.
The war is on women, but it's part of a larger war on our democracy. It kills me when the right wing screams that duly-passed laws violate their religious freedom -- but imposing their religious beliefs on those who don't share them is A-OK. THAT'S the violation of the First Amendment, which states that government shall make no law with respect to the ESTABLISHMENT of religion -- in other words, the government can't make religion-based rules. Denying birth control coverage is a violation of OUR First Amendment rights, not theirs. They're still free to give up birth control. They're not free to order me to do it.
Its not what Rush said odious as it is, it is how public figures react to what he says, that is revealing. After all we already know that Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.
The interesting thing is who is willing to call him on his egregious behavior and how they do it.
So far, I haven't seen as much as a slap on the wrist...
That is not the language I would use...Romney...now there's some condemnation...
For anyone who believes Rush's bullshit about what contraception does or does not cost, here are some prices. $3000/year is about $8/day. The cost of contraception itself is not cheap without insurance, then add the costs of your gynecologist and regular checkups, which will range from $100-$250.
Prenatal care involves about 14 OB/GYN visits, and a cost for delivery ranging from $6,000 for an uncomplicated delivery to $15,500 for a complicated C-section, exclusive of the doctor's fees for delivery and any labwork during the pregnancy. The Department of Agriculture reported that raising a child to age 18 costs as much as $475,680, which works out to more than $26,400/year. These estimates DO NOT include the cost of sending that child to college.
I would suggest that $3,000 a year for reliable birth control pills is an extraordinary bargain.
- Yasmin 21: 63 tabs (21x3) - USD $65 | $21.67 / month CAD $76 | GBP �33 | EUR �49
- Yasmin 28: 84 tabs (28x3) - USD $76 CAD $89 | GBP �39 | EUR �57
- Yaz: 84 tabs - USD $73 CAD $85 | GBP �37 | EUR �55
- Triquilar 28: 84 tabs - USD $65 CAD $76 | GBP �33 | EUR �49
- Triquilar 21: 126 tabs - USD $89 CAD $104 | GBP �46 | EUR �67 Tadalafil: 96 tabs - USD $219 CAD $257 | GBP �113 | EUR �165
- Plan B: 1 pack (2 tabs) - USD $42, Free Shipping CAD $49 | GBP �22 | EUR �32
- Portia 28: 168 Tablets (6 Packs of 28) - USD $79 CAD $93 | GBP �41 | EUR �60
- Ortho-Evra: 18 patches - USD $215 | $35.83 / month CAD $252 | GBP �110 | EUR �162
- Ortho Tri-cyclen 21: 63 tabs - USD $69 CAD $81 | GBP �35 | EUR �52
- Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo 28: 28 tabs - USD $38 CAD $44 | GBP �19 | EUR �29
- Ovral 21: 63 tabs - USD $89 CAD $104 | GBP �46 | EUR �67
- Ortho Tri-cyclen 28
84 tabs - USD $69 CAD $81 | GBP �35 | EUR �52 - Ortho 777 21: 63 tabs (21x3) - USD $67 CAD $78 | GBP �34 | EUR �50
- Ortho-Cept 21: 63 tabs - USD $52 | CAD $61 | GBP �27 | EUR �39
- Nuvaring: 1 ring - USD $40 | 3 ring - USD $90 CAD $105 | GBP �46 | EUR �68
- Mirena: 1 units - USD $441 CAD $516 | GBP �226 | EUR �331
- Alesse (21): 63 tabs - USD $79 CAD $92 | GBP �41 | EUR �59
Here's a hypothetical case to ponder. Suppose a Muslim group founds a religiously affiliated university in the U.S. -- unlikely, but perfectly possible. Suppose also that like other religiously affiliated institutions, they hire some faculty members who do not subscribe to their faith. Would they have the right to require all female faculty, Muslim or not, to wear hijabs on campus? How about requiring them to wear them on AND off campus, on the grounds that as long as they get their paychecks from the university they should comply with the moral beliefs of the religious group that runs it? Now, that is a much less intrusive demand on women than what Georgetown wants to do, by limiting what medical services an insurance company may cover, especially when those medical services involve the most private aspects of a person's life. But I'm sure the screams of indignation would be heard from coast to coast. And anyone who called a student or faculty member a "slut, a prostitute" for refusing to wear the hijab would be getting death threats by the truckload.
So now they are throwing out a conspiracy theory about Sandra Fluke being a plant to take the focus off of Obama's war on religion. She's lied about it all because she's 30, not 23, she's been a full time activist and the only reason she went to Georgetown was because they DIDN'T cover contraception there and wanted to make it an issue for herself so she could talk about sex in front of Issa's religious committee.
It never stops. It's gotten so now that if a tealiban says it, you know it's a lie. If they ever yell fire and there really is one, no one is going to believe them. -
Right wing aside, is Weigel's writing always this incomprehensible?
Turnabout, being fair play, I assume that RL uses viagara, paid for by health insurance, and therefore can expect to see videos of his sexual behavior on YouTube before long.
I would sign the petition.
Limbaugh is a repugnant vulture and anyone who defends him, or invents some have assed reason to criticize those who have rightly condemned his latest offence against common decency, should be shunned as idiots or worse.
'Lush Bimbo' is more than the "big fat idiot", as Al Franken famously called him in his book of the same name. He has become the leader of the hate mongers, the bigots, the racists, the homophobes, and he has always been a blatant (and proud) misogynist. Don't forget he coined the phrase "feminazi", and used to open his 'show' with subtle stuff like, "OK you feminzis, I'm going to get you today." All of the most reactionary, revanchist, elements have coalesced in what was once a recognizable, if not entirely an acceptable, political party.
Lush has been for thirty years all but bullet proof. He never backs down, he only doubles down on criticism on which he thrives, although he considers any criticism an attack, and he gets away with it. He has never paid a price for his vile, vulgar, vitriolic, crass, cruel, use of language. His ditto-heads, empty heads is more like it, keep him on the air, but let us not forget that it was Saint Ronald who let the Fairness Doctrine expire, and that's what's given us this wealthy cesspool of a human being who daily spews his poison to the world.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Misogyny is a bipartisan political position.
We are talking about half the population and he can blithely dismiss it as not a pressing matter. -
"Is today Right-Wing Shit-Head Day?" -- hells littlest angel 3/03/12 1:10PM
Every day that right-wingers are shit-heads is Right-Wing Shit-Head Day.
Hence, every day is Right-Wing Shit-Head Day."I assume that RL uses viagara, paid for by health insurance, and therefore can expect to see videos of his sexual behavior on YouTube before long.
I would sign the petition." -- Marc 3/03/12 5:23PMI would do a lot more than sign a petition never to have to consider this concept, let alone actually face such imagery, ever again.
Remember we're supposed to be for the Geneva Conventions, and against torture?
"'Democratic Media Complex'?!? I wish..." -- zandru 3/03/12 2:59PMIndeed.
Would this be the same "media complex" that's been reporting the untimely (because it should have happened years ago) death of the congenital liar and professional scumbag Andrew Breitbart, and reminding us of his "accomplishments," without ever mentioning that it was later proven that the Acorn "takedown" video was -- like the Sherrod Brown one -- demonstrated to have been a complete fabrication?
That "media complex"? -
"First and foremost anybody with one working braincell knows that Rush Limpdick is a blight on humanity. But a guy who went to other countries for the express purpose of having sex with young boys calling anyone a slut just proves he's a raving lunatic"
... fixed it for you. -
You gotta love how right wing conservatives are always complaining that "intolerant" liberals never give their "ideas" any respect -- until we learn that the right wing's idea of an "idea" is to call any woman who disagrees with them a "slut."
But more importantly, let's not let Limbaugh's listeners off the hook quite so easily. They've gained enormously from tirades just like this over the last 20 years, which is why Republicans made him an honorary House member back in 1994 as the Robspierre of their Revolution.
Don't expect Republicans to sign petitions to boycott Rush's program anytime soon because there is method to Limbaugh's madness. The reason Republicans don't attack Limbaugh for his outrageous remarks is not so much that they fear his retribution (which they do) but that he makes it easier for the Koch Brothers and other Republican Oligarchs to plant the seeds of their "survival of the fittest" conservative dogmas in the scorched earth of anger and hatred and bigotry that Limbaugh -- and Coulter and Hannity and O'Reilly -- have plowed for them with outrageous smears just like this that serve to coarsen our political culture.
A liberal society -- and by extension a liberal social program with the taxes on the rich that go with it -- cannot survive in a harsh climate where empathy and compassion have been obliterated altogether. And that is why Limbaugh and the others make the big bucks.
Someone should let the God Party know that the Second Coming has already occurred, and they all were left behind.
Jesus (Just Call Me Barry) Christ
Very well written, Adele.
Dave Weigel falls way short in his effort to salvage from destruction the property known as Rush Limbaugh. To suggest that the controversy is not a "pressing public interest" borders on obtuse! Beyond Weigel's dishonesty on the matter of women's health, the fact that he aspires to salvage the merchandise of Limbaugh from the sunken ship is equally troublesome. He comes across as the typical Republican, intimidated by Limbaugh and carrying the water --this time in a horse-drawn cart along Highway 95. Impossible!! By this morning Weigel must know he's merely propped up the carnage...and...he has demeaned himself. -
Rush's Apology is on the Front Page of WaPo !!!
I love me some Weigel, too, but he blew on this one.
Big Time. -
I hate David Weigel. His opinions border on insanity.
This is one of the better pieces I've read dealing with this whole affair. Congratulations on an excellent piece, Adele.
Let's say, as an example, that I have a moral objection to smoking tobacco. Although it is a legal activity for adults, many people disapprove of the habit. Perhaps I am one of them. Using the logic provided by the Republicans regarding birth control, I might disallow treatment for lung cancer or emphysema for my employees, based on my moral objections.
Given how many men in Red States smoke, this argument could have some traction.


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In Brownsville, a father and son bike ride turns dangerous, after they were both struck by a vehicle.
Emergency Medical Services quickly arrived to the scene of the accident, just after six tonight, to take care of a boy and his dad, after they got hit by a car.
It happened on the corner of Tulipan and Southmost Road.
Patty Gonzales Tells News Center 23, her nephew, 4-year old, Jahir Ruiz and his father were riding this bike, when a driver in a van unexpectedly hit them, knocking them both off the bike, and to the ground.
She says, little Jahir is suffering from cuts, scrapes and bruises.
The boy did not need to be taken to the hospital.
The father is also doing fine.
Gonzales says, she's upset at the driver for not paying more attention.
She says, tomorrow, they wil be taking Jahir to his pediatrician to get him checked out.
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Each of the seven received a punitive letter of reprimand and a partial forfeiture of pay for two months. Those actions generally hinder a military member's career.
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Is anyone else having trouble seeing the wayback machine? The actual viewing area for the magazines is blank? Any advice, Boys' Life?
I believe that in an issue of Boy's Life there was a contest to win a Corvette, around a '68 to '72 model. I entered the contest when I was a kid but you had to be over 18 to win but I thought they would have mercy on an underage applicant and grant me the car if I won. Needless to say I didn't win. I'd love to find a copy of contest because that's what got me interested in Corvettes. Has anyone seen what I am talking about? I hope I don't have the wrong magazine! Thanks in advance!
This brings back really old memories on my travels back to Gilwell.
what is the March 1911 edition of boy life worth? We have one
a lot?
This is priceless!
Always wanted to read BL articles written by James West, E T Seaton, Uncle Dan Beard, and, of course, to re-read Green Bar Bill. Wow! Any thoughts about downloadable PDF, Kindle, or iPad compatible versions?
I'm trying to get info on the 1973 national jamboree in pennsylvania where I served on the amateur radio merit badge staff.
Which issue of Boys Life ran a report?
most likely the July issue
what do you mean
I wonder how they get these issues and where do they keep them,becuase of so many issues?
Where can I find plans to build the air car seen in the december 1989 boys life
Thank you so much Boy'sLife editors for putting Christianity in every issue. Don't let anyone put a stop to that. Please aways keep it Christian. God bless BSA!
icant find the january 2010 issue. can some body help me with that
Thats because they have no 2010 decade yet and there wont be one till 2020
No, maybe next year
This is amazing!
Why dont they have any upto date issues
dear bsa we have the July 1963 issue but there is no MICKEY mANTEL ARE you sure it was that issue? we have Oct.1963/nov./july/Dec./may/Sept./Aug./June. 1964/march/feb./oct./april./aug./may/july/jan./june. 1965/jan./feb./april. thats all the issues we have. i hope this gives you an idea of what we have. ihope that someone will want any of these. if not we are going to throw them away.
i want them!
did you want all of the issues?answer as soon as possible please! we can settle on a price, after we get you reply.
I would like them!
me too
I have Mickey Mantle it is August 1959
My grandfather was an advertising artist and I have an original painting of a boys life magazine cover. I'm wondering if it was used. I'm not sure when it was done, but it has 3 boys trying to start a fire by rubbing a stick on a block of wood, and a native american smiling and handing them a lighter. Anyone ever see that one?
How do I print a copy of a cool article?
THANK YOU! There's a story I remember reading as a kid, but couldn't find anywhere. Many people I talked to remembered the story, but not the title or author. Some remembered that it was in Boys' Life, and I finally found it — Mission: Survival by Curt Fischer, in the Aug. 1988 issue.
Umm, it ain't workin'!
I'm having trouble too!
I love it! Thank you for making these available! As a Scout, I personally enjoy reading these 1911 issues more than I do the 2011 issues. On thing that impresses me is the amount of material in the old magazines. It takes me much longer to read it than it does to reading the current magazines, and that is a good thing! I throughly enjoy reading the inspiring, manly fiction, and love the practicality of the articles on useful skills. Scout Skills, Public Speaking, Survival, Fitness, and much more. I love reading how to do things much more than I do reading about other people doing them. I know you at Boy's Life try to make the magazines to appeal to current boys, and as a Scout myself, I would like to let you know that I would love it if you would make the current Boy's Life magazines more like the old ones. I have some experience in writing and am the Senior Patrol Leader of my Troop, and if you would like, I would be willing to volunteer some of my time to write some articles. Please reply if you are interested. I know that there are others Scouts as well who would really appreciate the return of some of the old-style content. I don't mean outdated, rather up-to-date but written with the same practical value and spirit of rugged adventure that the old one's are written in. Thank you again for your hard work in making these available.
we werewondering if the 1963 nov. issue is worth any money? we have it and its in aone condition! please let me know. thank you.
we have several different issues from 1963)64}65.are there any collectors out there?
how much are the issues?
I noticed there are people buying and selling older issues of Boy's Life on ebay. I've bought a couple from there.
I need July 1963 issue with an ad for Mayfair photos showing Mickey Mantle. Got it????
BSA im pretty sure we do. i have them put away i will check tomorrow and let you know!!!!!
id like them
probably about $5
I am definitely interestd in the Nov 1963 Edition. It brings back memories. Please let me know.
Kinda useful
Woww! These old issues are just golden history. It's great that they are available..
Yes they are!
Danny awesome could you let me know more about theyre worth? thank you.
Us old scouts remember those great black and white illustrated Boy's Life reprint pamphlets we use to devour as kids.
This site reminds me of what a treasure trove of great stuff is in these back issues….Green Bar Bill, W. Ben Hunt, Whittlin' Jim's Slide of the Month.
What a resource that isn't being tapped by national…get the presses rolling guys!!!
This is kinda boring…..
some parts are, but the 'think and grin' and the hitching rack and the comics isn't.
that's why I skipped some ywars, and started reading from jan 1947
I hope that BL has the newer issues on the site soon.
When do you expect to include the ability to print individual pages? I am working on an article about an event held by the BSA every year from 1920 through at least the mid-1930s and there are about 20 different pages I would like to print out to use as references.
no 2010!
i know
I haven't seen Boys'Life in years. Going here and pulling up some of the old issues from my youth brought back memories of simpler times. I was a cub acout and then worked my way to the rank of Life as a Boy Scout. Thanks for posting the magazines here.
How do you order a specific issue of a magazine if you have lost an old one and would like a copy? September of 2009 to be specific.
How do i buy an old copy
how do you order a specific issue of this magazine if you lost an old copy?
when does the Hitching Rack and when does the Scouts in Action comics start?
I like. Especially the Get Fit not Fat magzine. Why on some of the pages the pictures a cut off? can we still get the Get Fit not Fat magzine? Overall I like it.
Wasnt there any Magazines from 1910? or was that before it started?
the magazine statrted march 1911
i have the best of boys life so i might have all the best ones anyways
I can't look at 1920 October. is there a problem?
the wayback machine isvery interesting and historical. I get to see the old jokes in the think and grin, old jokes can be good too, but some of them are not easy to understand.
Is there a way to print a page of a magazine. I would like to share a page with my cubscouts.
If you have a Macintosh you can copy anything on the screen. Command/shift/3 captures the whole screen and command/shift/4 captures a section you select. I don't know how its done on a windows machine
Any luck finding Vol. 1 #2, which apparently was mid-March 1911?
ya know what thats hard to read but only if you click the zoom in button
amazing glimpse of history. I will look at it again and agoin.
This thing is awesome! BL, I hope you find the missing magazines soon- I've asked my Grandpa, Dad, and looked in my attic but can't find any.
terrific. really cool
where does the first pee wee comic start
Where is May 1911?
why can't you downlond the mags
A Scout uses the resources he has and makes due with them. Take whats given to you and make it work and stop complaining about what you do not have. After all this is the Boys' Life Wayback Machine.
2009, 2010 is not way back
true 2009 and 2010 aren't wayback but 2011 is totally not wayback,because we are still in it.
ok, i can get not having 2011, but why not up to 2010?
interresting, how come there aren't any 2009 and 2010 and 2011s?


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Ukraine crisis: Russia dismisses EU Crimea sanctions
Moscow has described further EU sanctions against prominent Russians over its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine as "detached from reality".
The foreign ministry said Russia reserved the right to an "appropriate response" after Brussels expanded its black list from 21 to 33 names.
Those on the list, who include close allies of President Vladimir Putin, face asset freezes and travel bans.
Meanwhile international observers are set to deploy in Ukraine.
Advance teams from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are due to visit areas that include the troubled south-east after Russia dropped its objections.
However, the 100-strong OSCE Mission is not expected to go to Crimea.
Russia argues that Crimea has become part of Russia and therefore the mission has no mandate to go there.
In Crimea itself, forces allied to Russia continued their attempts to seize Ukrainian navy property on Saturday.
A pro-Russian crowd stormed the regional naval air base at Novofederovskoe, near Yevpatoria on the western coast, tearing down Ukrainian symbols, overturning furniture and looting, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from the scene in a tweet.
The Ukrainian commander shouted "this is our base" as his men tried to drive the crowd back using smoke, our correspondent says.
In the Crimean capital, Simferopol, a joint funeral was held for a Ukrainian soldier and a Russian Cossack militiamen killed this week in a shooting - the only known victims of what was otherwise a bloodless takeover of Crimea by Russia.
The van carrying their coffins was escorted by bikers flying Russian and Crimean flags. The Crimean authorities are still investigating the shooting at a base in the city on Tuesday.
'Regrettable' moveOn Friday, the EU announced sanctions against 12 Russians including Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Kremlin political strategist Vladislav Surkov and Mr Putin's top adviser on Ukraine, Sergei Glazyev.
All four men are already under US sanctions for their involvement in the crisis over Crimea.
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the European Council's decision to impose the sanctions was "regrettable" and "detached from reality".
It called for both sides to return to a "pragmatic basis for co-operation that meets our countries' interests" but warned that Russia reserved "the right to give an adequate response to the action taken".
President Putin signed a law formalising Crimea's annexation on Friday, despite the sanctions and international outcry over his actions in Ukraine.
Crisis timeline
- 21 Nov 2013: President Viktor Yanukovych abandons an EU deal
- Dec: Pro-EU protesters occupy Kiev city hall and Independence Square
- 20-21 Feb 2014: At least 88 people killed in Kiev clashes
- 22 Feb: Mr Yanukovych flees; parliament removes him and calls election
- 27-28 Feb: Pro-Russian gunmen seize key buildings in Crimea. Parliament, under siege, appoints pro-Moscow Sergei Aksyonov a PM
- 6 Mar: Crimea's parliament votes to join Russia
- 16 Mar: Crimea voters choose to secede in disputed referendum
- 17 Mar: Crimean parliament declares independence and formally applies to join Russia
- 18 Mar: Russian and Crimean leaders sign deal in Moscow to join the region to Russia
The OSCE, which has 57 member-states in both Europe and North America, reached a deal on dispatching observers on Friday evening.
The Vienna-based group said that initially 100 civilian observers would deploy for six months in nine regions of Ukraine. Up to 400 extra personnel could be deployed if necessary.
The areas the monitors are due to visit include Odessa, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, and Luhansk, which have been recently rocked by clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian activists.
Washington tried to argue that the mission had a "mandate to work in Crimea and in all other parts of Ukraine".
On Saturday, the Russian foreign ministry said: "The mission's mandate reflects the new political and legal realities and does not apply to Crimea and Sevastopol, which became a part of Russia."
It said it hoped the mission would "help to overcome the internal Ukrainian crisis, stop rampant nationalist banditry and eradicate ultra-radical tendencies".
Earlier this month OSCE monitors had to abandon attempts to visit Crimea after warning shots were fired at the border with the Ukrainian mainland.
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Belle Île
Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle (ar Gerveur in Modern Breton; Guedel in Old Breton) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is 14 km from the Quiberon peninsula.
Administratively, the island forms a canton: the canton of Belle-Île. It is divided into four communes:
The island measures 17 km by 9 km and has an average altitude of 40 m. The area is about 84 km2. The coasts are a mixture between dangerously sharp cliff edges on the southwest side, the Côte Sauvage (Wild coast), and placid beaches, the largest being les Grands Sables (The great sands) and navigable harbours on the northeast side. The island's climate is oceanic, having less rain and milder winters than on the mainland.
The two main ports are Le Palais (accessible by ferry from Quiberon, Port-Navalo and Vannes) and Sauzon (accessible by ferry from Quiberon and Lorient).
There used to be forests on the island, but these have long disappeared due to increasing agricultural use of the land.
Climate data for Belle Île (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.0 (77) |
28.2 (82.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
Average high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.1 (70) |
21.4 (70.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
13.9 (57) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.9 (48) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−10.0 (14) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 82.0 (3.228) |
60.9 (2.398) |
54.3 (2.138) |
50.4 (1.984) |
52.2 (2.055) |
32.4 (1.276) |
38.3 (1.508) |
33.5 (1.319) |
56.3 (2.217) |
77.7 (3.059) |
78.4 (3.087) |
85.0 (3.346) |
701.4 (27.614) |
Avg. precipitation days | 12.9 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 117.4 |
Source: Meteo France[1][2] |
At the 2009 census, the population of Belle Île was 4,920. However, in summer the population may increase to 25,000, with a peak af 35,000 between 15 July and 15 August due to tourist activity.
Belle Île was separated from the mainland about 6000 BC, earlier than the neighbouring islands of Houat and Hœdic. Archaeological finds from the Bronze Age suggest that the island enjoyed a large increase in population in this time, probably due to improvements in seafaring.
The Roman name of the island seems to have been Vindilis, which in the Middle Ages became corrupted to Guedel.[5] During the ninth century Belle-Île belonged to the county of Cornouaille. In 1572 the monks of the abbey of Ste Croix at Quimperlé ceded the island to the Retz family, in whose favour it was raised to a marquisate in the following year. It subsequently came into the hands of the family of Fouquet. The island's fortifications were erected by Vauban on behalf of Nicolas Fouquet, prior to Fouquet incurring the displeasure of Louis XIV; the land was ceded to the crown in 1718.[5]
Seven Years War[edit]
The island was held by British troops from 1761, following its capture by an expedition sent out from England, to 1763, when it was returned to France in exchange for Minorca as part of the Peace of Paris.
The attacks on Belle Île and siege of Belle Île have been described by Olaudah Equiano (ca. 1745-ca. 1797) in his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, 1789, June 1792.[6] In 1761 Equiano was still a slave. His book was a bestseller in his own time. He became a central figure in the British abolitionist movement, as a forceful lecturer, exposing the barbarism and cruelties of slavery. Equiano gives a detailed eyewitness report of the attacks and siege.
Much of the island's current population is descended from repatriated Acadian colonists who returned to France after being expelled from Acadia (Nova Scotia) during the Great Upheaval (French: le Grand Dérangement).
Today, Belle-Île's population is about 4,000, and its economy is largely dependent on tourism and fishing.
During the summer the island's population increases dramatically, as many people own a second home on the island due to its secluded location and beaches.
Lyrique en Mer/Festival de Belle Île[7] is the largest opera festival in western France. Founded in 1998 by American opera singer Richard Cowan, the festival produces two staged operas every summer, conducted by Music Director Philip Walsh and directed by Mr. Cowan, the Artistic Director. Additionally, there are sacred concerts in all four of the island's historic churches, as well as many smaller concerts and Master Classes. Lyrique en Mer has wide support from the French business community as well as from the Conseil Général, the Conseil Régional.
In Novembre, the 2013 General Assembly of the Association, has recorded an even but frail 2013 financial situation. A presentation of possible future prospects, based on a precise and comprehensive research, has not reached a general agreement on the means to be deployed to ensure a more secure future. No new team emerged willing to take over the actual management team responsibilities, which mandate anyway ended up this very year. Accordingly, the meeting was turned into an Extraordinary Assembly and, following the law, proceeded to an amicable dissolution of the Association .
The island is the setting for a portion of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, of which The Man in the Iron Mask is the most famous part, the adventure novel by 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas, père. It is where Porthos, one of the characters of Dumas' The Three Musketeers, is increasing the fortifications, (The Vicomte of Bragelonne) and where he dies, (The Man in the Iron Mask) close to Locmaria.
In art[edit]
The island has been a popular location for artists. Octave Penguilly L'Haridon's 1859 painting Les Petites mouettes ("Little Gulls") (1858, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) depicts the island. It was praised by Maxime du Camp and Charles Baudelaire, who referred to the sense of the uncanny, as though the rocks make "a portal open to infinity...a wound of white birds, and the solitude!"[8] During the 1870s and 1880s, French Impressionist painter Claude Monet painted the rock formations at Belle Île. Monet's series of paintings of the rocks at Belle Île astounded the Paris art world when he first exhibited them in 1887.[9][10] Most notable are the Storm, Coast at Belle-Ile and Cliffs at Belle-Ile both rendered in 1886. The first time Auguste Rodin saw the ocean off the Brittany coast he exclaimed, "It's a Monet."
Australian born artist John Peter Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany where he established an artists' colony. Russell had met Vincent van Gogh in Paris and formed a friendship with him.[11] Van Gogh spoke highly of Russell's work, and after his first summer in Arles in 1888 he sent twelve drawings of his paintings to Russell, to inform him about the progress of his work. Monet often worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own. Russell did not attempt to make his pictures known.
In 1897 and 1898 Henri Matisse visited Belle Île. Russell introduced him to impressionism and to the work of Van Gogh (who was relatively unknown at the time). Matisse's style changed radically, and he would later say "Russell was my teacher, and Russell explained colour theory to me."[12]
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Paris" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ "Climat Bretagne". Meteo France. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ (French) http://cassini.ehess.fr/ Population before 1962 Census
- ^ http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/default.asp INSEE Legal polulations in 2008
- ^ a b This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Belle-Île-en-Mer". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 697.
- ^ Dover Thrift Editions, Dover 0-486-40661-X, Chapter IV
- ^ (English) ((French)) Lyrique-en-mer, Festival official website
- ^ Steven Z. Levine, Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self, University of Chicago Press, 1995, p.62.
- ^ Art Gallery of New South Wales: Belle Île
- ^ Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany - Art Gallery of New South Wales - Absolutearts.com
- ^ Ronald Pickvance, Van Gogh In Saint-Remy and Auvers, pp. 62-63, Exhibition catalog, Published: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1986, ISBN 0-87099-477-8
- ^ The Unknown Matisse..., ABC Radio National, 8 June 2005
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belle Île. |
- (English)(French)(German) Tourist office website
- (English) Belle-Ile visit: more than 300 photos of beaches, creeks, coves, rocks, flowers, etc.
- (English) Le Palais
- (English) Sauzon
- KAERILIS, Belle-Isle Whisky Specialties


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Super shares bias makes sense
PUBLISHED: 20 Aug 2012 00:05:30 | UPDATED: 20 Aug 2012 04:51:16PUBLISHED: 20 Aug 2012 PRINT EDITION: 20 Aug 2012Sam Wylie
For all the changes in superannuation over the past 10 years, one salient feature of super funds remains the same – the proportion invested in equities.
In 2002, a little less than 60 per cent of super fund assets were in Australian and global equities and the same is true in 2012. Self-managed funds allocate less value to equities and industry funds allocate more, but the overall allocation to equities by super funds has been a little under 60 per cent for a long time.
The fact that Australian super funds have higher equity allocations than their counterparts in some other countries is well known to Australian fund trustees and advisers.
However, most of these trustees see the relatively high allocation as matching Australia's circumstances in terms of tax law (dividend imputation), fund structure (defined contribution) and investment opportunities (small fixed income market).
Those equity allocations have recently been criticised by senior figures, including former Treasury boss Ken Henry and superannuation system review chairman Jeremy Cooper, who have said super funds that are heavily exposed to equities should reweight their asset allocation towards bonds.
Those statements have not yet been accompanied by a compelling argument for changing the current levels of super fund equity investment. Instead, the need for change has been asserted as if it were obvious.
The lack of a compelling argument is not surprising because any such argument would face a lot of opposing data and inconvenient questions.
Reasonable records of Australian stock and bond returns exist back to Federation and show that since then, stocks have on average outperformed bonds by about 5.8 per cent per year.
To get to a lengthy period in which bond returns match stock returns, we must ignore 80 years of valid data and focus only on the period of the "great bond rally" that started in the early 1980s when then United States Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker began his crusade against inflation.
Christopher Joye's piece, "Super funds miss mark in bias to equities" (AFR, August 14), was an example of the selective amnesia often exhibited by bond proponents. In arguing that super funds over-allocate to equities because they overestimate how much stock returns exceed bond returns in the long run, he uses only data from 1982, the very start of the great bond rally. He then regally declares all data before 1982 to be invalidated by survivorship bias, which of course it is not.
Never mind that investors in Australian government bonds earned a negative average real return over the first 82 years after Federation.
Advocates of higher bond allocations by super funds must also ignore that the high bond returns of the past 30 years cannot be replicated in the next 30 years: 1982 was the high water mark for government bond yields, with 10-year bond yields reaching 16.4 per cent. Today they yield 3.5 per cent. It was that 13 percentage point fall in bond yields that delivered high capital gains to bond investors over the past 30 years.
How can any investor in super reasonably expect a similar decline in bond yields of 13 percentage points to minus 9.5 per cent a year over the next 30 years? No, it is likely that yields will rise in the long term and bond investors will experience a capital loss.
Critics of super fund equity allocations must also ask: who will bear the risk of owning shares if not households through their super funds? The deeper the layer of equity to absorb bad outcomes, the more innovative and risk taking companies can be.
The finances of households plug into companies at two levels. Households are both employees and shareholders of companies. As employees, households are undiversified – they have just one job, so they demand their employment claim on the company has seniority to banks, bondholders and shareholders.
But as shareholders in a company through their superannuation, they are highly diversified – the super fund holds a large number of shares and exposure to any one firm is low. They have a low-priority, high-risk, high-return claim on the company.
No compelling argument for super funds to make a major reallocation to bonds has been made. The advocates of bonds over equities need to make their case, stop being selective in the use of historical data, explain why investing in bonds at the top of the cycle makes sense, and explain who will absorb the riskiness of investments made by local companies if not households saving for retirement by holding equities.
Sam Wylie is principal fellow at Melbourne Business School.
The Australian Financial Review
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Scotch in a Can
Scotch in a Can
Several Media organizations are all atwitter over the news that Scottish Spirits Ltd. will be selling Scotch in a can in Panama. Scottish Spirits, Ltd. is a bulk whisky buyer and bottler, under its own labels. The canned whisky was launched last week.
It claims of its bottlings, "Our whisky is produced with real malt and bottled in engraved glass bottles which makes it a product with a distinctive form of packaging that's also outstanding in performance and quality. With more than 16 brands available and 1 million cases sold ( 70 cl case of 12 units), we offer these with labels printed in any language.
"The option of manufacturing under license is also available, save import taxes and excise taxes by bottling our whiskies in your country under the license of Scottish Spirits Ltd, very little equipment investment is required, we supply the raw material, the components and the know how."
They even offer "the world's first"Alcohol free whisky, called ArKay that they say, "tastes and looks exactly like traditional Scotch Whisky. It is suitable for drinking straight up or with soda, tea or other mixers. ArKay is the result of 10 years of research and development."
Labeling irregularities have the Scotch Whisky Association threatening to ban the cans because they breach international labeling rules.
Whisky Expert, Jim Murray, who writes The Whisky Bible commented that, "...my biggest problem with the idea is that there's no way of knowing what it is you're buying – and this isn't proper Scotch.
"I taste around 3,000 types a year and I can honestly say I have never come across these brands."
Some of those brands are: Black Head, Morgan's Cave Island Whisky, Red and Black, Black King and Golden Dollar. Among them are and 18 and a 12 year old and also a vatted or Blended Malt.
The canned whiskies are: Sir Edwin's Blended Whisky and Scottish Spirits Whisky, also a blend.
Scottish Spirits say they have exported their, "whiskies around the world since 1896."
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