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NEW YORK (AP) — Midway through his postgame concert at Citi Field, rapper 50 Cent called out to the crowd.
"Make some noise!" he shouted. "You know what I'm sayin'?"
He might've delivered the same message to the New York Mets.
The Mets were shut down by a starter making his second big league appearance and the San Diego bullpen, managing only two hits and striking out 13 times Saturday in a 5-0 loss to the Padres.
"The way they threw the ball, mixed in with some poor at-bats, and they were able to throw up a lot of zeros," Mets star David Wright said.
Jesse Hahn earned his first big league victory, pitching one-hit ball for six innings and contributing an RBI single as San Diego ended a five-game losing streak.
The Mets were held to Ruben Tejada's infield hit leading off the first and Lucas Duda's bloop single down the left field line in the ninth. New York lost for the ninth time in 11 games.
"I've pretty much exhausted all the things I have heard that work," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Quit worrying about hitting the homer, think about making contact. Certainly, we didn't do that."
Chris Young struck out in all four at-bats, tying a career high, and drew loud boos.
"It's just a rough day and it happens from time to time. It was unfortunate the way we swung the bats, and myself personally," he said.
"You're out there busting your back, trying to do your best. As a player, that's all you can do and you can't control anything else," he said. "A lot of negative energy coming my way, but I'll be professional and try to keep pushing and playing hard for this team and you hope that someone can turn that negative energy into positive energy to support us and help us fight through this."
Hahn (1-1) worked six innings and relievers Dale Thayer, Joaquin Benoit and Huston Street each went an inning. Called up from Double-A to pitch, Hahn struck out seven and walked three. The 24-year-old righty escaped his biggest jam by fanning Matt den Dekker with the bases loaded to end the fourth.
At 6-foot-5 with socks pulled nearly up to his knees, Hahn won in front of his parents and friends from Groton, Connecticut, where his high school teammate was injured Mets ace Matt Harvey. Hahn missed the 2011 season after having Tommy John surgery, and Harvey watched from the dugout while he rehabs from the same procedure.
Hahn said Harvey sent him a text message before the game wishing him good luck. After Hahn was done, Harvey texted congratulations.
Hahn blooped an opposite-field single to right with two outs in the fourth for his first pro hit. Cameron Maybin easily scored on the single, and was trotting back to the dugout when plate umpire Dan Bellino flipped him Hahn's souvenir.
Maybin later showed off some alert baserunning, winding up all the way at third on an infield grounder. Yonder Alonso broke from third on the bouncer and eventually was tagged out, but he prolonged the rundown long enough to allow Maybin to keep running.


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Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has announced that the State government would award Rs. 5 lakh as special prize to State players who make it to the national team for the first ever Cricket World Cup for the visually impaired, to be held in Bangalore from December 1 to 10.
Inaugurating the national T20 cricket tournament for the visually impaired, organised by the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled in association with others, here on Sunday, Mr. Shettar said the players representing the State would also get jobs in the government sector if the Indian team clinches the world title.
The government, he said, was committed towards promoting sports in the State with special focus on sportspersons with disabilities. Hailing efforts towards organising the international T20 cricket for the visually impaired, the first of its kind in world, he said the government would extend all possible help to make the event a success.
He encouraged the players to work hard and aim to make it to the national team.
Referring to the youth policy, he said it would not only give impetus to sports in the State, but also give the youth here a platform to excel. The policy is expected to be implemented shortly, he said.
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Luna Gold Announces Results for the Third Quarter of 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Luna Gold Announces Results for the Third Quarter of 201305:30 EST Tuesday, November 12, 2013
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 12, 2013) - Luna Gold Corp. (TSX:LGC)(LMA:LGC)(OTCQX:LGCUF) ("Luna," or the "Company") today announced its operational and financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013 ("third quarter").
Operational and Financial Results (all financial amounts in US dollars)
- Gold production of 20,997 ounces in the third quarter at a total cash cost of production of $751 per ounce, an all-in sustaining cost of production of $825 per ounce and an all-in cost of $958 per ounce;
- Net income of $0.2 million and earnings per share of $0.0 and net income of $8.4 million and earnings per share of $0.08 for the third quarter and year-to-date 2013, respectively;
- Gross profit of $7.1 million and $23.5 million for third quarter and year-to-date 2013, respectively;
- Cash balance at end of third quarter 2013 of $18.1 million and gold inventory of 3,655 ounces; and
- Operating cash inflow before working capital movements of $4.7 million ($0.04 per share) and $ 18.2 million ($0.17 per share) for third quarter and year-to-date 2013, respectively.
|Gold production (ounces)
|Gold sales and gold delivered to Sandstorm (ounces)
|Total cash cost of production (USD per ounce)
|All-in sustaining cost of production (USD per ounce)
|All-in cost (USD per ounce)
|Net income (USD millions)
|Earnings per share - basic and fully diluted (USD)
|Operating cash inflow before working capital movements per share (USD)
|Operating cash flow before working capital movements (USD millions)
|Operating cash flow after working capital movements (USD millions)
|Cash flow from financing activities (USD millions)
|Net cash payments on Phase I Expansion (USD millions)
|Cash payments on sustaining capital (USD millions)
|Cash payments for mineral property development and other investments (USD millions)
|Cash balance at September 30, 2013 (USD millions)
|Working capital balance at September 30, 2013 (USD millions)
Company Developments
- The Company closed a subordinated debt facility (the "Sandstorm Debt Facility") with Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm") and drew $10.0 million for the purpose of providing additional working capital during the Aurizona process plant expansion ("Phase I Expansion");
- Approximately 47.2 million warrants to purchase approximately 9.4 million common shares expired resulting in no warrants outstanding at quarter end;
- The Company implemented cost reduction initiatives, reduction of exploration programs to care and maintenance and elimination of all non-essential expenditures. As a result, the Company's all-in cost decreased to $958 per ounce for Q3 and $1,071 per ounce for the year to date;
- Gold production for the 2013 full year remains on target, but is expected to be on the lower end of the target range of 80,000 to 90,000 ounces. The Company is expecting the full year cash costs per ounce to be in the range of $725 to $745 per ounce (previous guidance was $670 to $690 per ounce). The fourth quarter 2013 cash cost per ounce is expected to range between $665 to $715 per ounce;
- Phase I Expansion is progressing and remains on budget as at September 30, 2013. The overall engineering, including detailed site engineering, reached 90% complete, procurement awarded reached 78% complete (29 of 37 procurement packages awarded) and construction reached 22% complete. As a result of the Company managing cash flows in a period of gold price volatility, completion of Phase I Expansion is targeted for the first half of 2014;
- Phase II pre-feasibility study to evaluate Aurizona gold production targets of 200,000 to 300,000 ounces per annum, led by Micon International Ltd. with DRA Americas Inc. and several other consultants, progressed on budget in the mine design, process design, hydrological, geotechnical, tailings, geochemical and infrastructure areas. Results of this study are expected to be released in the second half of 2014; and
- Titus Haggan, Vice President Exploration, has left the Company as a result of the Company reducing all exploration programs to care and maintenance.
For complete details on the third quarter 2013 results, please refer to the Financial Statements, and Management Discussion and Analysis on SEDAR, www.sedar.com or on the Financial Statements page of the Company's website. Third quarter and year-to-date results have been incorporated into the Company's latest Investor Presentation.
Gold production for the 2013 full year remains on target, but is expected to be on the lower end of the target range of 80,000 to 90,000 ounces. This is due to the slower than planned commencement of work by the new waste mining contractor in Q3 2013, which has delayed access to the saprolite ore. To compensate for the unavailable saprolite, the Company is processing and blending harder, higher grade laterite ore, which is slower to process. The cost to process this material is higher than the cost of processing of saprolite due to the hardness of the laterite and metallurgical properties. Therefore, the Company is now expecting the full year cash costs per ounce to be in the range of $725 to $745 per ounce (previous guidance was $670 to $690 per ounce). The fourth quarter 2013 cash cost per ounce is expected to range between $665 and $715 per ounce.
In response to declining gold prices during the year, the Company's cash flow management objectives were re-focused to ensure preservation of the Company's financial resources. The Company's priority remains to successfully complete the Phase I Expansion. At these lower gold prices, cash conservation measures resulted in slowing down the Phase I Expansion project and lower waste stripping activities for 2013, which will continue in 2014. The Company is targeting to complete the Phase I Expansion during the first half of 2014 rather than the previously targeted Q4 2013. As such, the Company's current estimates for the 2014 year indicate a slower than expected ramp up to achieve the targeted 10,000 tonnes per day saprolite run rate. Upon the Phase I Expansion being completed, operating cash availability is expected to allow increased waste removal and resultant increase in saprolite ore availability. The Company continues to focus on reducing its costs and increasing its operating margin, and commissioning Phase I in an efficient and effective ramp up.
Gold production during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 was 8% higher than the comparable periods of 2012. The increase was the result of improvements in gold recovery and higher grade laterite ore processed, which was partially offset by lower volumes of ore processed through the mill.
The ore grade mined in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was higher than the comparable periods of 2012 due to the Company's focus to mine higher grade ore areas of the Piaba pit. This was a direct result of the planned increase in waste stripping activities in Q1 2013 to access higher grade ore to maintain gold production targets at the plant during the drought conditions.
Ore throughput in Q3 2013 was lower than the comparable quarter of 2012 primarily because the laterite is harder than saprolite and has a higher work index resulting in lower tonnage throughput. Year-to-date ore throughput was lower than the comparable period of 2012 as a result of the processing of harder laterite in the third quarter, a planned plant maintenance shutdown that was longer than anticipated to repair welds on the SAG shell in the second quarter and drought conditions in the first quarter, causing a shortage of water available for processing, resulting in lower plant availability. Accordingly, a plan to process higher grade material was developed to increase gold production levels while limiting the amount of waste mining being removed to access saprolite ore. The gold recovery during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was higher than the comparative periods in 2012 due to improved process control practices, a better understanding of ore blends, improved reagent control and the improved profiling of activated carbon usage. In addition, there was an increase in efficiency with the elution circuit and increased availability of the acid washing circuit.
"Luna continues to focus on maximizing margins and cash flow" stated John Blake, Luna's President and CEO. "Our response to the current low gold price environment is to continue focusing on cash management and operational efficiencies in order to maximize cash generation to complete the Aurizona Phase I Expansion on budget. By utilizing cash generated from production and drawing down the Sandstorm debt facility, Luna is fully funded to deliver Aurizona's Phase I Expansion on budget in the first half 2014. I remain confident this focus will continue to deliver value to our shareholders."
The Company will also host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, where Management will both review the financial results and discuss the progress of Luna's business.
Conference Call Dial-In Details
|Toll Free (North America):
|+1 866 226 1799
|Toronto Local and International:
|+1 416 340 2220
A replay of the call will be available on Luna's website, www.lunagold.com.
About Luna Gold Corp.
Luna is a gold production company engaged in the operation, expansion, and exploration of gold projects in Brazil.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
John Blake, President and CEO
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" and certain "forward-looking information" as defined under applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "plans" or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future gold production and/or the results of analysis on gold production. Forward-looking statements are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions that while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors identified in Luna Gold Corp.'s periodic filings with Canadian Securities Regulators. These factors include the inherent risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties, the uncertainties involved in interpreting drill results and other exploration data, the potential for delays in exploration or development activities, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits, the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations, accidents, equipment breakdowns, title matters, labor disputes or other unanticipated difficulties with or interruptions in production and operations, fluctuating metal prices, unanticipated costs and expenses, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, the inherent uncertainty of production and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, commodity price fluctuations, currency fluctuations, regulatory restrictions, including environmental regulatory restrictions and liability, competition, loss of key employees, and other related risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by applicable law. Such forward-looking information represents management's best judgment based on information currently available. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.
Contact Information:
Luna Gold Corp.
Patrick Balit
Investor Relations Manager
+1 604 568 7993


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NORMAN — Certainly not all, or even most, but a faction of Oklahoma fans has been crabby with me in recent weeks in communication via email and Twitter.
OU football fans are too quick to judge Tim Kish, incoming class of recruits
Two things, in particular, seem to be bugging the Sooners supporters: First, the name Tim Kish did not wow enough as a hire for the linebackers opening. Secondly, the recruiting class that will officially sign Wednesday is not up to the lofty standard.
To each concern, I say this: Give them a chance.
Some of you are and will, I realize, but perhaps not enough of OU fans are withholding knee-jerk judgment. I'm a firm believer that, for a variety of reasons, past results don't always necessarily dictate those in the future.
That thought extends especially to the recruits. They're not even on campus yet, and this class has already been labeled as substandard? Just because of a dot or star or grade, or whatever system establishes worth to those who play high school football?
Maybe this class is sorry. I don't know. I'm just inclined to believe that's something to be evaluated in two or three years. As an example, remember that Frank Alexander was something of an underachiever until his senior season – when he took it upon himself to become the Big 12's best defensive player.
I was watching "Miracle" this weekend while running at the gym. It's a fantastic movie, one I hadn't seen in a while. There's a scene early in the film I had forgotten about, in which legendary – and late – coach Herb Brooks tells the U.S. hockey association types that he knows who he wants on his team after only one day of tryouts.
They guffaw. Even the loyal assistant coach, Craig Patrick, does not understand.
"But some of the best players aren't on the roster," Patrick pleads.
Brooks laughs at him, says he isn't interested in the best players; he wants the right players.
That's how you've got to assemble a football team, correct? My friend Bruce Feldman noted Saturday that four of USC's five "5-star" guys from two years ago had already left the program, though the remaining one, receiver Robert Woods, is excellent.
Too many 5-stars, too many divas? Conceivably. Give me the 3-star who loves OU, doesn't mind working his tail off and is addicted to winning.
A guy like David Smith sort of strikes me that way. The Sooners found him way late, after the run of running back transfers. Maybe he winds up being one of those guys, maybe he doesn't. But don't you love those stories of undervalued players – those first-blush judged – who wind up being cornerstones?
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Giving to Those Who Give to Me
This weekend, my girls received special gifts from The PJ Library. A box came for each of them in the mail, and inside was a beautiful new Tzedakah box and a box of "Kindness Cards" that can be used for four special mensch-themed games to remind the players about six important Jewish values related to tzedakah, or charity. My girls were thrilled, and spent the better part of the day carrying around the boxes and admiring the colorful cards.
The boxes also came smack in the middle of the holiday weekend highlighted by both Thanksgiving and Black Friday (and its companion consumption-oriented Saturday, Sunday, and Monday). Even though I try to focus on the calm family togetherness vibe of Thanksgiving and avoid shopping, I still can't help getting caught up in the bit of the gift-list-making and shopping-planning that the Black Friday coverage instills. So it was good to have these tzedakah boxes arrive on Black Friday, to remind me about the importance of both making tzedakah and talk of tzedakah a part of my family's December traditions.
I will admit I could be much more organized with my giving, but when I feel I can give, I try to do so, and I generally try to give in three pots. The first is to causes or charities where I feel there is a real need being met – something from which I may never benefit but where I believe important work is happening to really change people's lives. The second is that I try to set aside some funds to give to charities friends are involved with, so that when someone is pouring their heart into a fundraiser or working for or directly benefiting from a service, I can appreciate them through a connection. And the third is to places that provide a benefit to me, where I cannot pay in direct proportion to that benefit but where I can give a little to recognize how important they are in my own life.
The PJ Library Tzedakah box was a gift to my children to excite them about tzedakah. It reminded me, though, that we are a part of the tzedakah work of PJ Library. The Kindness Cards feature pictures from a number of the girls' favorite books, books that have helped them relate to and understand their Judaism. They have also given them a library where books about Jewish things are just a part of the stories they love, not the rare find they were when I was a girl. So while they will put money in the boxes and dedicate coins to the causes that resonate with the huge hearts in their small bodies, I have decided a little bit of my coins should go back to the PJ Library.
Even before the boxes came, I was also getting excited about #GivingTuesday and helping out InterfaithFamily in their first year of participation. Because as I decide how much I can extend into the three pots this holiday season, and how to balance my gift-giving with my tzedakah, I appreciate the strong role of InterfaithFamily in my Interfaith Journey over the last 15 years. InterfaithFamily provided Eric and I with the list of clergy people willing to perform our wedding ceremony, and led us to a wise, kind and generous rabbi who felt passionately about the need to welcome Interfaith couples into Judaism from the get-go. Personally, it has given me the very special opportunity to be a writer, and to reflect openly on my parenting path. InterfaithFamily has provided countless holiday resources to my family, and has helped us find new ways to explore the traditions we are building, Jewish and otherwise. Even more, it is helping to create an environment within the Jewish community where my girls can feel welcomed and able to embrace their whole selves in ways that weren't widely available even a generation ago.
Everyone has their own way of deciding how to weave tzedakah into their giving, and the scope of each family's ability to give is widely different. If you don't, though, I'd encourage you to take a moment (maybe even a moment on Tuesday) to think about how you can give to those who have given to you. A quick peek at the #GivingTuesday website is a great way to start. And if InterfaithFamily has been important in your Interfaith Journey, too, you can skip that website and give here.
Our First Rosh Hashanah Seder
By now hopefully you've had a moment to read about Jane Larkin's Rosh Hashanah parties, which I plan to crash if I am ever in Texas for the Jewish New Year. This year my family started a new Rosh Hashanah tradition, too, although we hardly invented it; it was just new to us. At a family program at Ruthie's Sunday School, the Rabbi taught us about the Sephardic tradition of the Rosh Hashanah Seder (which you can read about here on InterfaithFamily). I had never heard about this tradition, but figured it was worth a whirl. It was not only fun, but it brought with it a great chance to explore our hopes for the New Year in a new way. And it had the added bonus of being a very tasty addition to the celebration, as well.
The Rosh Hashanah seder is a seder of word plays, so the order is a series of foods that you eat, each of which has a word play that expresses our hopes for the New Year. For example, the Hebrew, or Aramaic, word for beet is related to the Hebrew word for beat, so when we eat it we can think about beating our swords into plowshares, or beating a path to free ourselves from our enemies. They are word plays that force a chuckle or a smile but also beautifully represent hopes for a sweet, peaceful and fulfilling year.
The spirit of the Rosh Hashanah seder is lovely, and the eats are good (more details on what we ate at the end of this piece). But it also offered something else to my family. As a parent of young kids, it is hard to find space to connect to the holiday. I derive joy and spiritual connection from watching my girls discover their Judaism, but sometimes it is hard to find time to remember my own Judaism. My time in the synagogue is a mix of reading, reflection, and making sure Chaya is coloring only on her coloring sheet, and not the synagogue furniture. The chance to extend the day's observance to the intimate setting of our own home, where my kids can vacillate between the table and playspace, gives us all another inlet for observance. So our first Rosh Hashanah seder was a wonderful addition, and hopefully the first of many.
And in case this all sounds nice, but like too much to coordinate, here's a shortcut to our seder:
We used the Sixth & I Historic synagogue seder book, which can be downloaded here (IFF's Benjamin Maron also recommends another book in this 2012 article).
Here's what we ate:
L'Shanah Tovah!
Counting our Blessings on the Last Shabbat of Summer Vacation
Happy Labor Day weekend! Every year, I anticipate Labor Day weekend with both a smile and a bittersweet taste in my mouth. It always brings some kind of fun celebration, but in so doing it marks the end of summer (a particularly big deal for those of us who live in New England). Unlike last year, when the Jewish New Year collided with the start of the school year, we still have a few weeks to go before Rosh Hashanah. But for parents of school-aged children, Labor Day marks a transition into another kind of new year. A new year of earlier school day wake-ups, school uniforms to keep clean, and new groups of teachers, parents and children to get to know.
We have had a lot of fun this summer. It was Ruthie's first summer at real "big kid" day camp, and a huge developmental period for Chaya. We had a great vacation in Maine, and a lot of weekend adventures. We made wonderful memories with family and friends.
As I prepare to for this last summer weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to count some of the blessings of the summer, and think about how I might carry them into the next three seasons. Here are some things I'll remember:
Those are a few of the gifts from our summer. What are yours?
Mourning, Consolation and Joy
The night before I left for my family vacation, I paid a shiva call to a friend who had just lost her sister. In the middle of my visit, a rabbi friend-of-the-family led those present through the first night's shiva minyan. Before we began the Mourner's Kaddish, the rabbi explained that this night was a very special Shabbat. It was Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Consolation. After the somber observance of Tisha B'Av, Shabbat Nachamu begins seven weeks of consolation, of shifting from mourning to comfort as we clear our minds and prepare for the New Year. It was a beautiful frame to put around this heartbreaking time, and gave those of us present a sense of purpose in being with my friend's family in that moment. It also fortified me as I prepared for my annual trip to the Maine lakes, a trip that my Mom organized for 29 years, including 2012, the year she, like my friend's sister, lost her life to cancer.
When I arrived at the lake, I sensed so many things that were missing, so many things to mourn. The plastic bins she packed neatly with games and crafts were missing, replaced by a mish-mash of last-minute items I had thrown into canvas bags. There was an empty seat around the campfire, and no easel set up on the dock, waiting for a sunset to paint. When I think of my mom in Maine, I see her smiling in the oversized neon green and blue plaid shirt she inherited from an old high school friend of mine, and her laughter echoes off of the lake. There are so many ways in which she is not there, and I mourn them all each year that I go up without her.
But this year I carried the rabbi's words about Shabbat Nachamu with me, and tried not to look back quite so much. There were consolations and small comforts all around me if I opened my eyes to the present. The beauty and tranquility of the lake are gifts that live on. My Dad, siblings, and our kids and partners are still a family: a family that treks hours through weekend summer traffic to be together, to cook hot dogs on an open flame and then to find a new stone to overturn – a new farm to visit, or a new craft project to undertake. I can see a paintable sunset and relish it, even if I can't paint it like my mom could. My nephew, whose entire life began after my Mom died, is making his way fiercely in the world and reminding me of how much of life remains for all of us to discover.
And then I found another new joy that surprised me. My girls are becoming friends. Not in the way it's been, where I can get Ruthie to distract Chaya with a book while I change my shirt, or where the girls sit beside each other at the table but interact on separate mental planes. A real friendship is blossoming between them, one which is uniquely theirs, and in which I am only a supporting character. While we were on vacation, they created their own games together, skipping rocks in the pond side-by-side and enlisting my sister and me for hours of "beauty salon" activities. They sought each other out to try new jokes and held hands in the backseat of the car. And there was nothing as consoling as this friendship, which has to be one of parenthood's greatest gifts.
One of my favorite Jewish notions is that of sacred continuity – that we must remember our past in order to best be in the present and plan for a better future. Shabbat Nachamu is a bridge from a recollection of loss to an appreciation of what is around us. During my week on the lake, I made a small pilgrimage over that bridge. And with the New Year approaching, I will carry the clarity I found in Maine and continue to seek out consolation and joy.
A Reminder to Diligently Teach Our Children
Before my son, Sammy, left for overnight camp, my husband made him commit to writing us weekly. Sammy was not happy about being forced to communicate with us while he was enjoying his four weeks of freedom from parental oversight. About a week before camp, he complained to me before bed.
"Daddy says I have to write to you once a week. I'm going to be too busy having fun! You know that. I told him you didn't care if I write. I'll write you one letter, but I don't want to have to do it every week."
"We would love to hear from you while you're away," I said, "but we also know that if we don't get a letter it's because you're having a great time."
"That's what I told Daddy!"
"Sammy, it's up to you whether or not you write home. Neither Daddy nor I will be at camp to make you write. We'd love to get an update on what you're doing, but it's your choice. It's not a big deal if you don't write."
I don't like contradicting my husband and giving Sammy mixed messages, but as a former camper, I also know the reality of camp–no news is usually good news. I was willing to suffer through a month of one-way communication.
But a few days after my conversation with Sammy, I changed my mind about him writing home. The catalyst for my change of heart was The Seesaw, the column about interfaith life in The Jewish Daily Forward.
As some Parenting Blog readers know, in addition to writing for InterfaithFamily, I am a contributor to The Seesaw. Shortly after my discussion with Sammy, I was asked to respond to a question submitted by a young woman raised in an interfaith home, who is now dating a Modern Orthodox man.
She said that her boyfriend asked her to dress modestly and participate in reciting blessings when they visit his mother. She goes along with his request even though it makes her uncomfortable. She asked, if she should continue to show respect to her boyfriend's mother, or if she should "put her foot down" before it's too late.
I began my answer by reminding the questioner of the fifth commandment. I said, "The Torah commands us to honor our parents by showing them appreciation, dignity, and reverence. It doesn't require us to love, blindly obey, or embrace our parents' choices." I added that even though her boyfriend's mother was not her mother, she still deserved deferential treatment. I also noted; that to get respect from others we need to show respect.
As I wrote my response to this young woman, I considered Cameron's request that Sammy write weekly letters and my response to Sammy "putting his foot down." I thought, "How can I advise this woman to show respect for her boyfriend's mother, and not ask my child to show respect to his father?"
I couldn't. So later that day, I spoke to Sammy. "You know how I told you that it was your choice whether or not to write to us weekly as Daddy has asked you to do?"
"Yeah," said Sammy.
'Well, I changed my mind. You do need to honor the commitment that you made to Daddy to write, and this is why: If you want Daddy to honor his commitments to you, such as taking you for your weekly father-son breakfast on Sundays or coming to school events, then you need to honor your commitments to him.
We respect the fact that you will be having fun and be busy doing things with other kids in your bunk during rest time. The letters you write do not have to be long and you can have fun with them, even be silly. But you have to write once a week as you promised Daddy. We work hard so that you can do fun things like camp. Writing to us shows us that you appreciate what we do to give you these kinds of experiences. Does that make sense?"
"Yes," said Sammy. Then in a perky voice, "Maybe I'll write a silly letter like that one we read on that blog, you know, where the boy said he was using his toothbrush to dig for worms and using another kid's to brush his teeth!"
"You can be as creative as you like as long as you follow through on your commitment," I said.
I didn't consider what the letter writing debate was about until I began drafting my Seesaw response. Then I saw it for what it was – an opportunity to reinforce a core Jewish value.
In Deuteronomy 6:5-8, we are told to teach God's words diligently to our children, but often, imparting the lessons of the Torah to our children only happens in religious school classrooms. We think teaching Jewish values and ideas needs be explicit–"This is what the Torah says." We forget, probably because we are caught up in our busyness, that there are opportunities in our daily lives to connect our actions and behaviors to Jewish teachings even in subtle ways.
The Seesaw question reminded me to be on the lookout for these opportunities. I don't expect to be present enough in every situation to seize each one of them, but hopefully I'll be mindful enough to grab them more often.
And in case you're wondering, Sammy has followed through on his promise. We've received two letters from camp.
Ending the Shabbat Protests
Three weeks ago, I read Jodi S. Rosenfeld's post about peeking through her fingers at her kids during candle lighting instead of focusing on her own prayerful moment with a twinge of envy. Rosenfeld's urge to peek is certainly one I've had, too. And recently, it's the kind of challenge I've longed for in contrast to what's been going on at our Shabbat table. For weeks, Ruthie refused to participate in our blessings, sometimes trying to sing (or yell) over our prayers. The only way to welcome Shabbat to our table without protest was to allow her to retreat to her room during prayer time, which broke my heart a little bit. Getting her back to the table required that I stop trying to model the rituals exactly how Eric and I defined them, but instead adapt them so that she felt like a full participant.
Shabbat has always been a special time for our family. It adds a transition into our lives from week to weekend, it reminds us of how nice a family dinner can be, and it creates "an event" even when the agenda is staying in for the night. Ruthie has always enjoyed the singing and the candles and the food, and her little sister Chaya lights up when I strike the match to begin our celebration.
But in spite of all of the loveliness of Shabbat, Friday nights are hard, and they have become harder since Ruthie started a (wonderful) all-day elementary school program. She is exhausted from a full week of school. Her sister is starving (Chaya is usually ravenous, but it always feels a little worse on Fridays). Often we are running around because Eric or I stayed a little too late at work, trying to wrap things up for the weekend. Our house is usually at its most tired, too, so we are sometimes washing dishes to set the table or moving piles of papers around to clear off our dining space.
In this environment of exhaustion, a couple of months ago Ruthie decided she didn't want to do Shabbat. When I asked her why, I didn't get very far at first. "Because it's stupid." "Because I don't like the prayers." "Because I am hungry."
And then, finally, an answer I could work with:
"I don't want to be Jewish, Mommy."
Ouch. That hurt. But I didn't want to let on just yet.
"Why, Ruthie?"
"Because I don't understand the prayers. We don't say them in English, and I don't know what we're saying."
"Could we try doing Shabbat again if we said the prayers in English?"
"Sure," she agreed.
I remembered that last Passover InterfaithFamily had turned me onto Gateways, a fantastic organization that provides resources for children with special educational needs to engage in Jewish Learning. Turns out, their resources are great for people of all abilities and ages. Their blessing sheets, complete with visual supports, are exactly what we needed to meet Ruthie's request.
Two weeks ago, I printed out copies of the Gateways blessings for us to use during prayers. With these, we started a new ritual, where Ruthie reads the blessings in English before we chant the prayers in Hebrew. Her enthusiasm has grown, as she leads the blessings with great pride. For now, the protests are over, and I can focus on trying not to peek again.
The Challenge of Sharing The Bible with Younger Kids
In 2003 (five years before I had kids), I read about a project that drew me in for the ways it combined my love of storytelling, my nostalgia for the toys of my youth, and my general admiration for out-of-the-box creativity. A guy named Brendan Powell Smith had started a website, and then a series of books, called The Brick Testament, where he re-created biblical stories from with Legos. Eric and I were excited to find a big stack of Brick Testament books two years later at the MIT Press Booksale, and we gathered them up, a set for ourselves and a bunch more to give as gifts.
The project is impressive – Smith has amassed tons of Lego sets and re-assembled them into unique collections for each tale. As you read it you can see the pieces of a farm set climbing into Noah's ark, or perhaps the body of Obie-Wan with a new head to look like a biblical farmer, walking across Lego tableaus of the Garden of Eden or the Pharoah's palace. Smith does not use an official translation to tell his stories – he's made his own based on a compilation of sources – but the stories are very recognizable to those that I have learned over time.
About a year ago, Ruthie discovered these books on one of my bookcases. She saw the Legos – toys – and claimed the books for her own. I figured there couldn't be much harm in reading them to her – we frequently talk about the stories behind the holidays, what it means to be Jewish, and conversations about G-d are not foreign to our repertoire. But as I leaf through them with her, I am both verbally and graphically reminded that The Bible isn't all sunshine and roses. There are some pretty tough parts – violent parts, sad parts – that I don't feel completely ready to delve into explaining to a five-year old.
Some kids love the scary, but Ruthie doesn't, largely because, I am sure, her apple fell pretty close to her horror-movie-hating mom's tree. And the challenges of getting the scary out did not start with the nights we read The Brick Testament. Even though the Disney stories all end in a happily-ever-after, they also almost all contain a terrifying witch, an evil sorcerer, or my least favorite villain, a stepmother out to destroy her husband's children. And there's bad stuff in these stories because there's bad stuff in real life, stuff that Ruthie is getting closer understanding with each passing year.
Intellectually, one of my primary goals as a parent is to make my kids resilient people. I know that no matter how hard I try, I cannot prevent them from everything that is scary, I can't keep them from knowing hardship firsthand. But if I can give them tools to know that scary things don't need to make all of life scary, and that the bad things that happen do not need to define them, I will feel like I have done a good job. When push comes to shove, however, and the picture on the page is of biblical bloodshed, my maternal instinct tells me to skip that page – to gather the girls up in my arms and protect them from even knowing that people kill other people. If resiliency is the goal, it means that someday, and I am sure a day sooner than I am ready for it, we'll need to not only read about Cain killing Abel in full, but we'll also need to talk about it for a while. And in the end, The Bible, which is reinforced with thousands of years of commentary about why things happened the way they did, is one of my best tools to open the discussion about why evil happens and how to understand it.
In a great article on this website about introducing Torah to your kids, Kathy Bloomfield notes that "There are times when the Torah portion is just not something you want to discuss with the children. Explaining animal sacrifices, what "begat" means or why there seems to be so much bloodshed can get very tiresome." There is also a great animated video series on this site presented by Torahlog, which presents the year's worth of Torah portions with commentary.
Ideally, I want my girls to start out understanding the richness and the wonder of the stories upon which our faith is built, and gain a comfort level that will make them open to the more complex parts as they are developmentally more ready. But for now, I am going to purchase a few of the books Bloomfield suggests, along with Brendan Powell Smith's newer bible stories for kids, and start preparing for the days when all four of us are ready for that complexity.
How a Tin Can and Piece of Paper Taught me to Speak for the Trees
This week, the Jewish world, will celebrate
The other day, as I thought about the coming holiday, I reflected on my own environmentalist roots. I remember the famous 1970s "Crying Indian" public service campaign by the group Keep America Beautiful that said, 'People start pollution; People can stop it."
As a child, I took the campaign's message seriously and would pick up garbage on the beach when my family went to the Jersey Shore. Years later as a counselor on a teen tour, I made my campers pick up trash at the national parks we visited two and three times before leaving.
Another thing that shaped my desire to care for the environment was The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. Published when I was one-year-old, the book tells the story of the Once-ler and the fuzzy little man who implores him to stop destroying the earth by shouting, "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees!"
But while the message of the '70s environmental movement resonated with me as a young girl, two other things influenced my commitment to ecological causes – a tin can, and a paper certificate. These items were not found during one of my garbage pick-ups, but rather in my grandparent's home and at my synagogue.
When I was a child, I often would go to my grandparent's house. During these visits, I would go upstairs and play dress-up with the clothes and jewelry in my grandmother's bedroom closet. When I was finished, I would go across the hall to my grandfather's office and sit at his desk. I would open his drawers and examine the various trinkets on his desktop – a University of North Carolina paper weight, a beer stein with the university logo used as a pencil holder, and newspaper clippings and photos my poppy had tucked into the side of his desk blotter.
But the item that most intrigued me was a blue tin box with a slot on top and a map of Israel, a Jewish star, Hebrew letters, and the words Jewish National Fund on the sides. I would toy with the box, turning it over-and-over and wonder what was this mysterious piggy bank. What did my grandfather do with the money he saved in it? What kind of magic was there in the country pictured on the box?
I learned over the years that my grandfather sent the money he collected to the Jewish National Fund (JNF), an organization dedicated to developing and cultivating the land of Israel. The group was, and is an environmental leader and focused resources on afforestation and water among other things. I understood that if my poppy were collecting money for trees in Israel, then trees must be important.
The other object that taught me to revere nature was the tree certificate I received in religious school after planting a tree in Israel. I recalled my Sunday school teacher telling my class that trees were to be respected and how we could help the earth by planting one in the Jewish state. I remember she said that if we did, we could even visit our tree when we were older.
The idea of having my very own tree in a foreign country that I could go see one day sounded awesome. I had to have one! I already knew from my grandfather's Blue Box that our planet needed trees because they had both community and social value. I imagined that the tree I planted would bear a sign with my name and stand in a forest in Israel doing very important things like providing oxygen and preserving soil.
You can understand the disappointment I felt when I discovered, as a 16-year-old that none of the many trees planted by Diaspora Jews in Israel had my name on it. But while I realized that the sapling I planted as a young child was simply one among millions, I still believed it made a difference. It still was part of a larger ecosystem that supported wildlife and improved air quality.
The JNF Blue Box and tree certificates issued when you purchased a tree in Israel were an integral part of my childhood memories and helped me to understand my obligation for caring for the earth. Now, as a parent, it is my responsibility to ensure that my child understands that he too is a Shomrei Adamah or guardian of the earth, and like the Lorax, he also speaks for the trees.
Luckily, Cameron shares my interest in ecological issues, so Sammy learns about the importance of caring for nature from both of us. To reinforce the message of environmental stewardship that we deliver through our everyday actions, such as picking up garbage on walks with our dog, recycling, organic gardening and supporting sustainable agriculture, we also put tzedakah into a Blue Box and plant trees in Israel.
We do this because, in today's fast-paced, disposable world, someone needs to heed the Lorax's call to care "a whole awful lot." This Tu Bishvat consider planting a tree, and please, remember to treat it with care, give it clean water and feed it fresh air.
Unplugging, Part 2
Two months ago, I declared my resolution to unplug with you on this blog. I told you I'd let you know how it was going along the way. I have been reticent to write about it again, but I feel compelled to come clean. I am doing a pretty bad job. I am doing a great job at being mindful of how often I turn to technology, which is one step in the right direction, but I am probably only achieving total shutoff every 1 out of 5 weeks, which is much worse than where I thought I'd be.
If you are observant enough that unplugging isn't novel, or if you have your own version and you're pretty good at it, you may not find this of interest. But if you're one of the many people who told me, "That's a good idea, I wish I could do that," I thought I'd let you know where I am getting hung up. You can use my hang-ups as a reason to not try yourself, or as a guide to how to create your own unplugging objectives. Up to you.
Here is where I find myself reaching for the things I said I could live without:
Reason # 1 (the one I kind of anticipated): Making plans
Because this is not really a "turn off electricity because of our religious observance" rule, we are turning off our phones but interacting in a non-religious world for most of Saturday. Saturday is a big day for us to be together as a family and with friends. All of these friends have their phones on. When my girls were younger, I was home on Fridays, so I could focus on family time and planning for the weekend on Friday during the day. But now I work fulltime in the office, and so I am trying to both be in family time and plan family time simultaneously on Saturday. It's a rarity to have the day all planned by Friday night so that I don't feel an urge to text a few friends so I don't miss them at the soccer field, or to plan a spontaneous play-date when naptime is over.
Reason # 2: Getting anywhere
When I was living in LA in my 20s, everyone lived by this incredible map book called The Thomas Guide. Over time, the book was imprinted in my brain in a way that only comes from the act of reading off of a page. Now, I use the map app on my phone to get anywhere. And it hasn't really imprinted. So I either need to print out directions to anywhere I need to go by sundown on Friday, or fumble my way through Boston by trial and error, both of which I am failing to do.
Reason # 3: Music
We live stream a lot of music in our house (and our car). If the rule is that the phone is off, the Internet radio is, too. I try to draw a hard-line on this one, but I am stuck with commercial radio, which I am not crazy about, and CDs, of which we don't have many that I am not sick of already.
Reason # 4: Reading
I recently put a real page-turner that I took out from the library on my phone. Sure, I have magazines to read, but I want to finish that book, gosh-darn it.
Reason # 5: Writing
Writing is a diversion I really enjoy. It allows me to clear my head, think differently, and attempt to get interesting things up on this blog. But after over 20 years of relying on word processors, I just can't write that quickly on paper anymore. And my hand cramps. And then I need to transcribe it on Sunday. So I'm not writing, but I'm not crazy about not doing it.
Reason # 6: Winding down
On a good week, Eric and I put the kids to bed and enthusiastically play a board game or talk about what's on our minds. But on a regular week, when we are stressed and tired, there's nothing that feels more romantic than snuggling up on the couch and watching a movie or six episodes of How It's Made. But our resolution was that unplugging means no TV on Friday nights. Some weeks, we just decide to skip that rule, and others, we both just go to bed early, which is good for our health but doesn't achieve the objective of taking the TV away so that we can better connect to one another.
Because of all of these things, I've cut myself some breaks that feel unavoidable in the moment but don't help me in achieving my goal. I'm not ready to change the rules just yet – I want to give it some more time. And even with the rule skirting, I think we're getting somewhere. When we don't use the Internet radio, we talk more, read more stories, or remember to look out the car window at the beautiful trees instead of looking at the pictures on the phone. We may not actually ban TV for 24 hours, but we are mindful of not turning it on before we have a conversation to unwind together first. And the phone has pretty much disappeared from our dinner table 7 days a week, when it had crept in a little too much. So we're getting somewhere. Its just slow going.
Save Some Water for the Fish
Earlier this week, Ruthie, her friend, and I had a heart-warming (for me) conversation about my work in affordable housing. We were talking about an event I had for work that night, and I asked Ruthie to explain my job to her friend. Of course, she started with the story of the dog that lives in one of our buildings and how he might have to find a new home because he's peed in the hallway one too many times (they both thought this was hilarious), but she ended with really explaining (in 4-year-old terms) about how some people need help finding and affording decent housing. So I had a proud moment of feeling like I am doing a good job in teaching her about the importance of Tikkun Olam, healing the world.
And then this morning happened. Ruthie refused her nighttime bath, for fear that we'd sneak in a stealth hair-washing, but slipped into the shower with me this morning. When she was done washing, and I reached over to turn off the faucet, she embarked on a mini-tantrum, yelling at me that she just needed 3 more minutes. As much as I have modeled good behavior, and dragged her along to volunteer events, charity walks and my own work, I am stumped when it comes to conservation. Raising kids in the era of hand sanitizer, it feels harder than ever to teach the tension between the value of cleanliness and the need to protect the earth's resources.
There was a father in our parenting class who is an environmentalist by trade, and in the session where we discussed teaching Tikkun Olam, I asked him how he taught his three kids about conservation. He told a sweet story about how he taught his kids to turn the tap off so that they could save water for the fish (meaning the fish in the sea). He made it sound like it was a pretty easy sell. So the next time Ruthie started to protest the shower ending, I tried it.
"Ruthie, sweetie, we need to be careful with the water and not use too much of it, so that we can save water for the fish." She looked at me, turned off the water frantically, and ran out of the bathroom. I followed the pitter patter of her feet and found her in the living room, standing infront of our fish tank.
"Look, Mommy," she said, "the fish have plenty of water." I am guessing my classmate didn't have a fish tank in his house.
So we keep trying. As we edge closer to her fifth birthday, she is beginning to get the idea of resource conservation a bit more (huge thanks to her schoolteachers on that one!), but we still have a ways to go before the "3 more minutes" pitch is over. The saving water for the fish story isn't working. Anyone have a better idea?


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