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Ask Asher: All About Love
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Hi Asher,
Valentine's Day came and went, and just like every year pink and red heart decorations everywhere reminded me just how single I am. I've been hearing a lot about self-love and self-compassion. What is that and how do you do it? I know nothing is wrong with being single, but this time of year it can feel pretty lonely.
Chronically Single
Dear Chronically Single,
Self-love and self-compassion is, well, feeling love and compassion for one's self. How does one "do it"? That's entirely up to you. First of all, just because the film, music, and advertising industries (among others) have all done a very successful job in convincing all of us that being single is literally the worst thing ever ever ever, that's not actually true.
I realize that as someone who has been in a relationship for the greater part of a decade, it's rather easy for me to say this, but the truth is that there may not be a "one" for everyone. Not everybody partners off, and that's completely okay; some of the happiest and most interesting seniors I know are those that never "settled down." It is one of life's uncertainties. This is where self-love comes into play.
Whether or not you are destined to spend your life with another person, there is one relationship that you will definitely be in your entire life, and that is the relationship you have with yourself. Self-love is not as simple as "learning to love yourself," it's also about becoming the version of yourself that is worth loving. If you aren't happy with the way things are going in your life and the way that affects you as a person, then you need to change those aspects of your life. Trust me, this is no easy task, but I promise you that it is worth the rewards; it took me years to become someone worth my own love, let alone the love of others. You are the only person who will be on your side 100% of the time, so make sure you are worth it. Plus, self-awareness is a huge turn-on, and it will make you that much more attractive to potential partners. It is no accident that the times I was single in my life roughly coincided with the periods when I didn't believe in myself like I should have.
Believing in You,
Dear Asher,
I've got my eye on a Jewish guy I know through friends. I've never dated anyone Jewish before, and I don't actually know many Jews. (Interestingly enough, part of my family is Jewish, but I wasn't raised to be observant, or with any real knowledge of Jewish culture or history). What should I know before I approach him?
Jew-ish and Looking
Dear Jew-ish and Looking,
What should you know before you approach this Jewish guy you are connected to? His name. Seriously. The rest you can discover by asking him yourself.
When I first read your question, it actually made me rather angry, because you are working under the assumption that all Jews have more or less the same experience; that my being Jewish is somehow related to his being Jewish. Then I realized that this may not entirely be your fault; the thing about being Jewish is that it is a rather unique identifier. It is simultaneously describing three things, without necessarily being all three of them. When someone describes themselves as a Jew, they could be talking about a race, a religion, and/or a culture. It's not like other religions that are more based in faith. You cannot be a non-practicing Catholic in the same way you can be a non-practicing Jew. All Jews have at least one of these traits, but they don't necessarily have all of them (all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares). So, to answer your question, I don't know anything about his being Jewish, because being Jewish can be so many things. If you don't feel comfortable approaching this guy because you don't know enough about him yet, you'll need to get to know him better (I'd recommend asking him yourself).
Good Luck!
Dear Asher,
Love is sure in the air, as my partner and I are engaged! We're pretty excited, although we don't want our wedding to seem like just another cog in the wedding industrial complex machine. We want our wedding to reflect who we are as a couple—which is two queer kids in love. What rituals can we incorporate to make this happen? Any suggestions on reading to include or shout outs to make that won't seem out of place at a wedding?
Tying the Knot, Rainbow Style
Dear Tying the Knot,
First of all, congratulations! Planning a wedding can either be a dream or a nightmare, depending upon your approach, but it seems like you kids have your heads in the right place. One of the wonderful things about being queer is that we kind of have free reign to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, when it comes to ceremony. I don't know much about the two of you, so I would feel strange suggesting any readings or ceremonies that I would feel could be meaningful to both of you. The one piece of advice I can give you is that you should make your wedding, well, your wedding. You want your wedding to be a reflection of who you both of you are, so you should find someone who knows you and bounce ideas off of him or her. My husband and I are close friends with the rabbi who married us, and we had weekly Skype meetings to build our perfect ceremony (there wasn't a dry eye in the crowd).
What separated our wedding from being "another cog in the wedding industrial complex machine" was that it was so inherently us. Sit down with the people who are participating in your wedding and build it together; make it a fun, bonding activity. A tool you might want to use is Pinterest, which is a nifty way of reviewing and collecting ideas from the internet. Ultimately, it's up to you what you do, and as long as you are happy, you shouldn't feel worried about something being "out of place," especially at your own wedding.
Perhaps find a rainbow-colored glass to break? Wishing you both years of happiness together, and, of course, one truly fabulous wedding.
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Ask Asher: Home for the Holidays
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Like any college student, I'm both dreading and ready to come home to my family for holiday break.
I've been out to myself and my close friends for the past few years and I'm finally ready to take the step and come out to my family.
This year I'm bringing my boyfriend home with me, and I don't want to introduce him as "my, um, friend." I want to introduce him as "my boyfriend." My parents are fairly liberal and accepting people, but I'm afraid it might be different when their own son comes out.
Do I warn them ahead of time? Drop the news at the start of a family dinner? Take them aside and tell them one at a time? I have no idea! I also need to know that it's okay if I chicken out.
Coming Home & Coming Out
Dear Coming Home & Coming Out,
My advice is to come out to your family before the holidays; give them time to adjust. If you can't do it in person before the holiday, I would write them a letter. In the letter, I would ask that they wait to respond to you for at least a day; they are most likely going to have some really interesting reactions, and sometimes it's best to process those feelings for a bit before giving voice to them. In short, some things cannot be unsaid, and it might be best for them to have some time to "not say" them to you.
Regarding your boyfriend, either you come out before the holidays and make it clear who he is, or you come home by yourself. Whatever you do, do not bring your boyfriend home to your family if they don't already know who he really is to you. He is not a prop to be used, and treating him as the "tangible proof of your homosexuality" is not going to help your relationship—neither with him nor with your family.
The holidays are a time for family, and your coming out at the start of it makes the time all about you and your coming out, and that's not fair to anyone—especially your poor, unsuspecting boyfriend, who will find himself in a rather uncomfortable situation. I know the impulse is to be as dramatic as possible (trust me, we've all been there), but you're going to need to game this out a bit before you act; you are going to have to come out by yourself, on your own terms.
Happy Holidays!
[Editor's note: if your family needs support and resources, make sure they know about the Keshet Parent & Family Connection for parents and family members of LGBTQ Jews.]
I was very moved by your answer to "My Brother's Keeper." My question comes from the other side of the situation—unlike "My Brother's Keeper" who was mourning a loss when his sister transitioned and became his brother, I'm the one transitioning. I too have a protective family member, one who is so worried for my safety that they are standing in the way of my transitioning.
I'm constantly being told that expressing my gender isn't something I should do—at least not outside of the house. How can I convince them that I will be okay?
Not Afraid
Dear Not Afraid,
The question is whether or not you are listening to this advice. Assuming you are not, your family member will hopefully learn through experience that you are, in fact, safe. That said, be smart.
Trans people are more likely to become the victims of violence than their cisgendered counterparts, and you need to protect yourself and be safe. There is something to what your family member is saying; what you need to do is explain to him or her WHY there is no need to worry (you are going to safe spaces, you're surrounded by friends, etc.).
Ultimately, the choice is yours, but rather than just telling this family member off, guide him or her through your choices so that fears can eventually be quelled.
Good luck!
I am a Jewish (non-Orthodox) man, with two Jewish children and a Jewish partner. We are active in our Reform Temple, and our kids go to a Jewish day school. Our children's birth family is Orthodox, and we are occasionally obligated to daven, or pray, in the birth grandmother's Modern Orthodox Shul (where acceptance is limited, but they tolerate us).
My problem isn't the cold shoulder from the members who have figured us out. My problem is trying to daven while surrounded by handsome young men.
I'm totally faithful to my husband, but the distraction is there. I almost never experience this in egalitarian settings, probably because the majority there is women and older couples.
The mechitza is having the opposite effect of its original intention on me! I feel too distracted to actually pray in this separated and segregated situation. Do you have any advice?
A Distracted Eye
Dear Distracted Eye,
Prayer is a form of religious meditation; the repetition of the same lines and phrases with the goal of focusing your thoughts. One of the most important parts of meditation is allowing yourself to experience your thoughts, not repress them. Sex and sexual desire is part of what makes us tick. It is healthy and normal to be attracted to attractive people.
Instead of focusing on NOT noticing the cute guy standing next to you, take a moment to look at him (in a non-creepy way), appreciate his attractiveness, and then, when you're ready, move on. I don't know what your arrangement with your partner is, but you should be allowed to look at the menu, even if you can't order anything.
You seem to be preoccupied with repressing your thoughts to make them go away, which, as we all know, never really works.
We are constantly surrounded by stimuli that distract us from the tasks we want to focus on. Sometimes the distraction is mild, sometimes it's strong. You are the one who ultimately is in control of how susceptible you are to these distractions. So, try to work on how you react to these stimuli in a more positive way, and eventually, they won't bother you so much.
If that doesn't work, just follow this advice from "The Book of Mormon."
Best of Luck!
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Ask Asher: Coming Out
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Dear Asher,
National Coming Out Day is this month, what advice do you have for someone who wants to come out? I'm ready, but…. I'm also not ready. Eeek!
Closeted for Now
Dear Closeted for Now,
How exciting for you to be thinking about coming out! My advice about coming out of the closet has always been: if coming out poses no physical or financial threat to you, you should do it as soon as possible.
What that means is, if you are worried you may become a target of violence, or may lose your job or get kicked out of your home, you should either wait until those circumstances change or take the necessary steps to change them before coming out. That said, it doesn't sound like you are in any real danger, and are actually just nervous, which is totally legitimate.
Coming out can be a bit daunting to many people, but the best way to think about it is to approach it as a process, not a singular action. You may choose to come out to everyone at the same time in some very loud and fabulous way, but I think the better method is to do it gradually. Tell a close friend or relative. Then, tell another, and so on and so forth. Each time you open up to someone, it will become easier. Eventually, it will be hard to keep track of who knows and who doesn't, and then you'll just be out.
One important thing to remember: people will talk to each other. If you are truly afraid of certain people finding out, you may not be ready to come out, as it is not right or fair to bring other people into your closet by telling them that they absolutely cannot tell anyone about your secret. Of course, you may request that your friends and family keep it to themselves for now, but don't be surprised when they don't. Another piece of advice—keep a journal. I came out 15 years ago (I'm 30 now) and don't remember what it was like to be closeted and coming out. What I wouldn't give to have had that entire process documented so I could read it now, half a lifetime later…Good luck!
All the Best,
Dear Asher,
How do I mark National Coming Out Day if I'm already out? I want to be supportive—and I want to celebrate!
So Out & So Proud
Dear So Out & So Proud,
Good for you for being "So Out & So Proud"—sounds like a good slogan for a T-Shirt or bumper sticker… I'm thinking fuchsia. Seriously, make it happen. There is nothing more important than visibility for the LGBTQ community, so feel free to make yourself as visible as you want!
Also, why not donate a bit of your disposable income to one of those amazing organizations that helps those who are not as fortunate as you are to be So Out and So Proud? Or, depending upon where you live, you could volunteer at a local LGBTQ organization. There are so many ways to help; just pick one.
That said, I really hope you make a T-Shirt, because that would just be fabulous.
Have Fun,
P.S. Send pictures of the T-Shirt.
Dear Asher,
I am an adult gay man, and my little sister just came out to me as a FTM transgender. Of course, I told him I love him and am here for him, but inside a part of me is mourning the loss of the little girl with whom I used to play dress up, and who I took to her first day of kindergarten.
How do you suggest that I honor both him and his transition, without denying my own profound sense of loss?
My Brother's Keeper
Dear My Brother's Keeper,
First of all, it is wonderful that you are making such an effort with your brother. I know that the shift in pronouns (as well as pretty much everything else in our gender-centric world) can be difficult, but it is so important that he feels supported, even if you mess up a lot at first. Eventually, this will all get easier, and you will look back with bewilderment on the days you used female pronouns to describe him. As hard as this transition is for you, imagine how hard it must be for him.
You cannot imagine what this transition is like for him; having a supportive older brother like you is EXACTLY what he needs. And just how you held his hand through the first day of kindergarten, you have the opportunity to hold his hand through this, to look out for him, to protect him, the way you always have.
Instead of seeing his transition as the "loss" of your sister, try to approach it as the "gaining" of a brother.
Your sister is not dead, and your brother shouldn't ask you to pretend that he wasn't outwardly identifying as a woman for most of his life. I know I'm going to get a lot of crap for this, but I find it disrespectful when people make others alter their memories because of an identity change. You should hold onto those memories, especially the meaningful ones, because they helped make you who you are. Your brother should respect those memories the way you remember them, and not ask you to alter them, even if he felt like a boy at the time; he shouldn't ask you to experience your life through his eyes, just as you shouldn't ask him to experience his life through yours. So, that said, instead of focusing on the "loss" (and let's face it, you were never going to take him to another first day of kindergarten, even if he hadn't transitioned), try to be as present as possible during this important time in his life; it will lead to even more incredible memories, and will further solidify your bond with your brother.
Should all of us be so lucky as to have an older brother like you.
Best of Luck,
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Ask Asher: It Gets Better
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Q: What do I do if my rabbi is against my involvement in the LGBT community?
Asher: You do whatever you want. Your rabbi doesn't own you, and he or she certainly does not have the final word regarding your Judaism and how you express it. Try exposing your rabbi to some great literature on the subject. If your efforts are failing and you feel that the situation has stagnated or even deteriorated, you can find a new rabbi who is LGBT friendly. Good luck!
Q: In my Jewish community, I'm always known as the "gay kid." In my LGBT communities, I'm always known as the "Jewish kid." How can I own both identities at the same time?
Asher: People tend to differentiate between others by the qualities that most stand out; the things that make others unique, so it's only natural that when you are the only "gay kid" or "Jewish kid" in a group, you will be associated thusly. You should also be aware that by asking this question, you are doing the exact same thing in reverse – you are generalizing these groups (which is not a bad thing). This question reminds me of a friend of mine from college; she was the only girl in her town who shaved her head, and that was her identity. When she arrived for freshman orientation, there were five other girls in her class with shaved heads, and she experienced an identity crisis. She learned eventually, like most people, that what makes you unique is ALL of who you are, not one particular piece. So, just be yourself, and stop being so hung up on how you are being perceived or the labels with which you are being associated, because in the long run, it doesn't really matter as long as you're being treated with respect. In time, you may stop caring so much, which is ultimately what your question is about.
Q: How do I navigate the Hebrew language – where everything has a strict gender – when I'm not willing to identify as one gender or the other?
Asher: Ah, the strict gender binary of the Hebrew language… Unfortunately, even as a Hebrew speaker living in Israel, I don't have any answers that will satisfy you, as there is no real solution to your question. I know some people who choose to interchange masculine and feminine pronouns, but I'm afraid the Israeli population is not so forgiving. They will correct you. Every. Single. Time. Spend your energy raising awareness about these issues of gender, since the current Hebrew pronouns are rather fixed. Be'hatzlacha – good luck!
Q: I keep hearing "it gets better." I'm not so sure. Does it?
Asher: For me it did. For my husband it did. For all of my LGBT friends it did. That said, there is really only one way to know for sure if it will happen for you, and I strongly suggest sticking around to find out. Good luck!
Q. I read your last column, thank you! Now I'm wondering… who is Asher of Ask Asher?
Glad to introduce myself. My name is Asher Gelman and I am the Artistic Director for The Stage, Tel Aviv's premier English-language performing arts organization. I hold a masters degree in Fine Arts from The George Washington University in Dance, and two bachelors degrees from Bard College in Dance and Theater. I made Aliyah to Israel in 2006, where I live with my husband, Mati.
I have been doling out advice for years, both solicited and unsolicited, so this column provides the perfect outlet for my talent for telling other people what to do; especially people I have never met.
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Ask Asher: The Pride Edition
Introducing "Ask Asher" – Keshet's new advice column! Each month we'll be answering your questions and doling out advice. Have a question about LGBTQ life? Jewish life? LGBTQ Jewish Life? Ask Asher! Send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com and you might be featured in our next column.
Q. "How can I celebrate Pride if I'm only out to certain people?"
Asher: You don't have to be completely out to go to Pride. People of all sexual orientations and identities attend (including straight people), so you don't have to out yourself if you're not ready. Bring some friends who know for support, and have fun!
Q. "I don't want to march alone at Pride. Is marching with Keshet at Pride a good first date?"
Asher: Bringing a date to Pride is like bringing a boxed meal to an all-you-can-eat buffet. If you're in a relationship already, by all means, bring that lucky guy or gal, but if you're single, wouldn't you rather take a look at the spread first?
Pride is an excellent opportunity to meet people; bringing someone on a first date to the parade will seriously hamper your ability to engage with others, regardless of whether or not they are romantic prospects. If you can, organize a group of friends to march with, so no one will get jealous when you start to talk to new people. Oh, and the people at Keshet are awesome and super friendly, so if you need someone to march with, you should contact them. Have fun!
Q: "I just came out, and it's a big deal. I don't want it to be a big deal. I don't want to march in a parade just because I'm gay. How do I deal with the whole idea of Pride month?"
Asher: No one is forcing you to march in any parade. If you don't want to "deal with the whole idea of Pride month," just don't participate in any Pride-related activities or events. There is no "right way" to be LGBT; you can be as much or as little of a part of the community as you'd like. That said, your strong resistance to Pride is just another way of making a big deal out of it (which is okay, by the way).
So, how do you deal with being out? You don't, because you can't change it; you do the things you love with the people you love, and eventually you won't feel like being out is such a burden. Happy Pride!
Q: "How do I involve my Jewish community in celebrating Pride?"
Asher: Try contacting the leaders of your faith community and ask them if they'd like to participate in Pride.
I recommend already having a specific plan in place (such as marching under a banner or holding a Pride-related service), so that you can present a full-fledged idea (which will be easier to get behind than just saying "Let's do something for Pride!"). Good luck and have fun!
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Dear Abby: My Parent is Transgender
Even as voices from the transgender community slowly become part of the ongoing conversation about inclusion, there's one set of voices rarely heard — kids of trans parents. We're proud to bring you this piece as part of our series for Transgender Awareness Month.
"Bella," the thirteen-year-old daughter of a Jewish trans parent, generously offered to answer some questions, Dear Abby style. ("Bella" is a pseudonym that she chose.) We asked Bella to imagine herself several years ago when her parent came out as transgender, and pose those questions that plagued the younger her. She answered those same questions, older and wiser, and we hope you find them as powerful and inspiring as we did.
Q: My life feels like it's falling apart – splitting at the seams. My family, my rock, my safe loving home, is changed. Not gone, exactly, but like a puzzle with the pieces shoved into the wrong holes. Will it ever get any better? How can I learn to deal with my new life? Continue reading
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Ron Santo, 3B
Career: 1960-74, Cubs, White Sox
Fun fact: Only 3B with eight straight 90-RBI seasons
It took way too long for Santo to make it to Cooperstown, and his place on this list is evidence of that. He led the league in walks four times, had eight straight 90-RBI seasons and won five Gold Glove awards.
His incredible numbers are even more impressive when you consider that he was diabetic and had to manage the disease during most of his career.
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The article "Towards a progressive interpretation of Islam" (Jan. 11) has brought out the fact that a religious text is prone to incorrect interpretations. Its provisions are distorted by the so-called religious leaders, and adherents blindly follow them. It is heartening to see people raising their voice against such misinterpretations.
Nilotpal Rai,
The ruling in the Nadeem Khan case is a milestone in the interpretation of the Sharia laws. Orthodox Muslim clerics have actually restricted the meaning of the Koran. Those who interpret the Sharia to promote their interests should be ignored.
Tabish Naqvi,
The article has done well to clarify the context in which Islam allows polygamy. It has increased my respect for Islam, and helped to remove some of the prejudices wrongly associated with it.
Rahul Jayadas,
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Fantastic stay!
The Opal has a wonderful and helpful staff and a very old school French feel to the hotel. They even sent me a complimentary bottle of wine to our room for my birthday. Would definitely stay here again on our next trip to San Fran!
Overnight weekend trip
We drove up for the day and stayed one night to visit Alcatraz and the Wharf area. We chose the hotel due to the very favorable price compared to other places with comparable ratings in the area. We didn't want to drive in the city. We parked our
car next door for $26 vs. at the hotel for $40. This was the recommendation given by the pleasant clerk who checked us in at the desk. The bus stop was right outside the front of the hotel and took us directly to the wharf. No driving or expensive taxis. We had a room with a king size bed. Very clean, quiet enough, and with all the basic amenities. The staff was so very friendly, helpful and patient for giving out tourist information. The continental breakfast was very basic including coffee, tea, juice, bagels, sweets, fresh fruit and hard boiled eggs. I would definitely stay here again.
End of summer break
I had to switch rooms immediately because the first one was moldy smelling. Staff was great about the switch and the next one was much better.
great location
pleasant staff, decent breakfast and good for bus routes
San Francisco Labor Day weekend
Loved the hotel, it had interesting design elements. But, go to sleep early--about 0330 the garbage trucks move through the city and it sounds like a tornado hit. Banging metal, high torque engines. I thought it was bad weather-- looked outside,
dry as a bone. Also, take a taxi after dark. Even the shopping area at Macys and Nordstrom are infested by crazy looking street folk picking through the trash, and no sane person would walk or bus from the Parrish street station to the hotel. Rough looking people. Good location though.
The 47 bus back and forth to Fishermans Wharf.
Would not recommend
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Hotel was average accommodations, breakfast was nice and plentiful though. The area is pretty sketchy, especially at night! Lots of homeless people and drug addicts.
The hotel is not located in the best of areas. During the day it is fine buy at night the area was very full of homeless people. The hotel was clean and the room was okay but the beds were hard and very uncomfortable. I alsi had to go outside to
get to my room and at night i heard every noise. My stay was fine but I don't think I would recommend it. There are other good hotels in better more convenient areas.
good service
They provide good services and fairly spacious room.
Nothing fancy but very good for the price
Staff were very helpful, continental breakfast was good enough, room was clean, hotel was a short walk to Union Square and lots of other good stuff. Only complaint is the air conditioning/ vents were super loud. But a very nice hotel for the price.
Reasonable hotel for a reasonable price
The Opal has everything you need in a hotel while sightseeing or visiting for a special occasion, conference, etc. (I was there for a combination of a vacation and a family wedding.) It's comfortable, quiet, and clean. The staff are extremely
helpful and friendly, and housekeeping does their job well. It is an older building, and lacks luxury amenities; e.g. there isn't a refrigerator in the room and the selection of free toiletries is limited. But, if you do any research before booking, you should be aware that this is not a luxury experience; it's a practical place to sleep and store your possessions. The continental breakfast is halfway decent if you stick to muffins and coffee, but there are a number of good places in the surrounding blocks to purchase espresso beverages and a more, um, filling repast for your mornings. Although it's not close to any notable attractions, the Opal is ideally located on two of the most useful MUNI bus routes (the 38/38L on Geary and the 47/49 on Van Ness), and not too far a walk from the BART or MUNI metro at Van Ness and Market. It's on the western edge of the Tenderloin, which is a sketchy (but not dangerous) area and fine in the daytime, unless you're a very easily freaked out suburban type. Polk, the north-south street immediately east of Van Ness, has been gentrified to a reasonable degree and sports mini-marts, cafes, restaurants, and bars; the TL also has great Afghan, Indian, and Southeast Asian restaurants. In short, I'd recommend the Opal, if you're not too much of a diva about extraneous amenities.
DeAfghanan Kabob House around the corner is superb.
One night stand
Very old, room was small. AC unit had a high pitched steamy squeal (maintenance did quiet it down.) Floor had a steep slope to it. Glad it was only one night. On the plus side, there is a parking garage close by where you can park for $26/day
which is cheap in SF.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE: ROUNDUP; Daubach Powers Boston
Published: May 18, 1999
Brian Daubach hit his first major league homer in a wild ninth inning as Boston rallied for an 8-7 victory in Toronto last night.
Trailing by 4-3, Boston scored five runs in the ninth off Graeme Lloyd (3-2). The Blue Jays answered with three runs off Tom Gordon, who struck out pinch-hitter Kevin Witt with two runners on to end the game.
The Red Sox won for the ninth time in the last 11 games to move to within a half-game of the Yankees in the American League East.
John Flaherty had two home runs and a career-high five runs batted in as the Rangers' pitching staff struggled for the second consecutive game at home.
Flaherty hit a two-run shot off the Rangers starter John Burkett in the first inning and added a three-run blast off Burkett in the fourth for his seventh of the season. It was his fourth multihomer game.
Jose Canseco tied Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. for the major league lead with his 14th homer, a towering three-run shot in the second inning off a restaurant window in left field.
Fred McGriff hit a solo home run in the sixth inning off Ryan Glynn, his 12th.
The blast to right-center field gave him home runs in 35 ball parks, extending his own major league record.
David Justice hit a three-run homer, Wil Cordero had three r.b.i. and the visiting Indians shelled Chicago's Jaime Navarro for nine runs in the first two innings.
Kenny Lofton just missed hitting for the cycle, getting a single, a double and a homer. He also struck out three times.
Navarro (2-4) gave up eight hits and three walks in just one and one-third innings, swelling his earned run average to 7.13. That's more than two runs higher than his e.r.a. at the start of the day.
Bartolo Colon (6-1) gave up six runs on four hits in the first inning. But he settled down after consecutive homers to Paul Konerko and Greg Norton in the third.
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It's hard to believe that college basketball season is upon us - especially with a couple of football games still on the schedule - but the Badgers do play their first regular-season game Sunday.
So let's start thinking about ... April? CBSSports.com's Gary Parrish has the first edition of his - oh my - Projecting the Seeds and has Wisconisn as a No. 6 seed for the NCAA tournament. Mark it down and check back in a few months.
The Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy rates his top 10 point guards, and while Trevon Hughes doesn't make that list, he is included as an Honorable Mention selection. Michigan State's Kalin Lucas is the only Big Ten player on the list (at No. 6).
Foxsports.com's Jeff Goodman takes a look at the big preseason tournaments, which inlcludes the Paradise Jam. Goodman does not have the Badgers making the final of the tourney - he has it UConn vs. San Diego, with the Huskies winning. Wisconsin is on San Diego's side of the bracket.
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Bryant police are still searching for suspects in an armed robbery that took place early Friday morning at Kum & Go on Reynolds Road.
Police received video surveillance footage today from the convenience store chain home office.
Police Chief Mark Kizer said it has been determined that the vehicle driven by the suspects was a Toyota Forerunner made between 1997 and 2001 and that one of the suspects was wearing a Joe T. Robinson sweatshirt.
The video shows the other suspect wearing a Nike sweatshirt during the robbery.
The portion of Boone Road from Tanglewood Street West to Woodland Park Road will be closed on Tuesday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The Bryant Street Department will be replacing culverts during this time.
Questions may be directed to the department at 501-943-0468.
Pulaski County sheriff's deputies arrested on Tuesday Jeremy Heavner, 38, in connection with a robbery that morning at Metropolitan Bank on Arch Street in Little Rock.
Heavner is a firefighter in Bryant.
Bryant Fire Chief J.P. Jordan said Heavner is on administrative leave for an indefinite amount of time. "We're just going to let the legal system run its course."
Jordan said, "We're just glad no one was hurt."
Heavner is being held at Pulaski County Detention Center.
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March 26, 2015
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The Faculty of Law and Political Science of the National University of Laos yesterday organised a demonstration of a Japanese Law Court to let students and teachers learn about the basic le gal system in Japan.
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March 24, 2015
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- Bokeo police capture heroin traffickers
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The veterinarians and staff at the Worth Street Veterinary Center are pleased to provide you with an online newsletter. This fun and fact-filled newsletter is updated on a regular basis.
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If you own a pet, fleas and ticks are nothing new. In a special video report, Dr. Jim Humphries with the Veterinary News Network and PetDocsOnCall discusses the importance of flea and tick prevention and shares tips on how to keep pesky parasites away from your pet.
Rabies is known to affect virtually all mammals, but the disease is rare in small rodents. Since 1995 in the United States, more than 7,000 animals per year--most of them wild--have been diagnosed with rabies. The disease is found in 49 U.S. states (all but Hawaii), as well as in Canada, Mexico and most other countries of the world. Among domestic animals, 59% of the reported cases in 2009 were cats.
In wild animals, rabies is more common in bats, skunks, raccoons and foxes, but the disease also has been found in deer, coyotes and in large rodents such as woodchucks. Cats, dogs and livestock can get rabies too, if they are not vaccinated and are bitten by a rabid animal. Some animals, including chipmunks, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, rats and squirrels, get rabies but cases are less frequent. From 1985 through 1994, woodchucks accounted for 86% of the 368 cases of rabies among rodents reported to the US Center for Disease Control. Since rabies is a disease of warm-blooded animals only, birds, fish, insects, lizards, snakes and turtles do not get rabies.
Many cases of rabies have been traced to rabid bats. So, if your indoor cat encounters a bat, transmission is very possible. It is unlikely that your cat will get rabies from field mice that enter the house, or from house mice that set up nests. Other unwanted house guests that enter accidently, such as chipmunks and squirrels, can transmit rabies to your cat; however, reported cases are infrequent.
That said, as a precautionary measure, it is necessary to have your indoor pets vaccinated for rabies and other diseases. Since bats get in and cats get out, it is always better to be safe than sorry. For more information about vaccinating your indoor pets against rabies and other contagious diseases, call your local veterinary hospital today. Your veterinarian is always the best source for information about protecting your pets.
The keen olfactory senses of man's best friend have been used by humans ever since dogs were first domesticated. From hunting and tracking game and assisting the disabled to ferreting out criminals and finding illegal drugs, dogs are adept at picking up subtle scents and signs that human senses cannot register. However, a dog's nose may be more important than has ever been realized. Scientists are finding increasing evidence that dogs may have the ability to detect cancer in humans simply by using their sense of smell.
A study published in the March 2006 edition of the journal Integrative Cancer Therapies, researchers Michael McCulloch of the Pine Street Foundation in San Anselmo, Calif. and Tadeusz Jezierski of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presented research that suggests dogs can detect the presence of lung or breast cancer by sniffing the breath of cancer patients. Five dogs trained during a three-week period sniffed the breath of 86 cancer patients and 83 healthy patients. Dogs were trained to identify the presence of cancer on a patient's breath by sitting or lying down in front of the test subject. According to the study, the dogs had a success rate between 88 and 97 percent. Though dogs probably will not take the place of MRI, mammograms and other cancer screening tools, medical researchers continue to examine the link between a dogs' sense of smell and human illness.
Already, dogs' excellent sense of smell is already used by people with type 1 diabetes to detect impending episodes of hypoglycemia. Organizations like Dogs For Diabetics and Heaven Scent Paws train dogs to recognize the scent of chemicals emitted by diabetics before hypoglycemia sets in. The dog alerts his or her handler, who can then administer insulin in order to prevent a diabetic episode. Dogs can also be trained to alert people with epilepsy of impending seizures, giving them time to stop what they're doing and move to a safe place. It is still unclear how exactly dogs can detect the onset of a seizure, though many researchers believe a dog's olfactory and other senses play a large role.
How are dogs able to detect these scents? Both dogs and humans have organs inside their noses called turbinates. When a dog or a human inhales, air passes over the turbinates, which contain a spongy membrane that houses scent-detecting cells and the nerves that send scent-signals to the brain. In humans, the area around the turbinates is small, containing roughly 5 million scent receptors. In dogs, the turbinates contain hundreds of millions of scent receptors, depending on the breed. For example, the dachshund has 125 million scent receptors, while scent-hounds like the bloodhound have 300 million receptors. These receptors are what make it possible for dogs to do everything from tracking a fox through a forest to picking up the scents emitted by a diabetic when his or her blood sugar is low.
Curious canine noses can also be trained for other activities. Dogs are being used in increasing numbers to hunt for truffles, underground fungi that are highly sought-after culinary delicacies. Hogs have been the traditional truffle-hunting agent in Europe: a hog's keen sense of smell, coupled with the similarity between a truffle's odor and a pheromone found in boar saliva, make swine innate truffle hunters. But pigs are difficult to train and will quickly dig up and eat the truffles they were sent to find if a handler isn't close by. That is why many truffle seekers are using trained dogs (especially Labradors) to find—and not eat—the fungi.
March is Poison Prevention Awareness Month. Pet poisoning is a serious problem. Ingestion of harmful foods and chemicals is among the top reasons that pets require emergency care. However, with proper awareness and precautions, pet poisoning is preventable.
Delicious But Deadly: What You Need to Know
For your curious, non-discriminating pet, home offers a buffet of tempting but harmful treats. The biggest threats include:
Human medicine: Over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil), prescription medications (such as heart medications and anti-depressants), as well as dietary supplements
Flea and tick preventatives: Always follow recommended dosages and instructions and never use treatments intended for a dog on a cat. Exceeding recommended doses is dangerous and not the way to kill more fleas and ticks.
Human food: Chocolate, garlic, onions, grapes, raisins, macadamia nuts, the artificial sweetener xylitol (found in sugar-free gum), and avocados are toxic to pets.
Household cleaners and chemicals: paint, paint thinners, solvents, and pool chemicals (etc.!)
Plants: According to the Pet Poison Helpline, the most common poisonous household plants are the autumn crocus, azalea, cyclamen, kalanchoe, lilies, oleander, dieffenbachia, daffodils, lily of the valley, sago palm, tulips, and hyacinths. And don't forget about poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly during the holidays!
Rodenticides: Use with extreme caution; they are engineered to be appetizing. The most common type uses an anticoagulant which causes internal bleeding and death.
Pest control baits and insecticides: Though less harmful than rodenticides, bait containers themselves post a risk if ingested.
Lawn and garden chemicals: Allow for proper drying time (up to 48 hours) in the area before giving pets access to treated areas and plants.
Antifreeze: Antifreeze is very sweet and attractive to dogs. There is an antidote but it must be given shortly after ingestion, so if you suspect ingestion seek veterinary attention immediately.
What You Can Do: Pet-Proofing Prevents Problems
Keep cleaners and other harmful chemicals in a secure, or locked cabinet and clean up any spills immediately. Use organic alternatives whenever possible. Keep all medicine in a bathroom and if you are concerned about your pet gobbling a dropped pill, close the door before taking. Keep people food out of reach and remind all family members and guests not to feed your pets. Remember that a determined or bored pet can chew through containers, bottles, and even child-safe locks!
If you suspect that your pet has eaten something poisonous, act quickly! Contact your veterinarian, local emergency hospital, and/or the Pet Poison Helpline at 800-213-6680.
In today's economy, saving money wherever you can is a smart thing to do. There are many opportunities for pet owners to not only save a few dollars, but also provide the best care for their pets. Routine vaccinations for infectious diseases, proper heartworm prevention, routine dental care and healthy diets are just few of the things that can end up saving pet owners big bucks. Watch this video to learn more.
Sometimes, all you need to feel better is a good belly rub. That is the core belief behind animal assisted therapy, an approach to healing that pairs human patients with dogs, rabbits, horses, dolphins, and even monkeys and llamas.
A Therapeutic Relationship
For people recovering from addiction, the type of attention, affirmation, and unconditional love that sometimes can come only from an animal is a very important part of their healing process. According to the Addiction Recovery Guide, there are many benefits to the interaction between patients in recovery and their furry companions, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased beta-endorphin levels, decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning, and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-esteem.
Treatment Centers Recognize Benefits
It is not unusual to see animal assisted therapy listed among the programs offered by addiction treatment centers. The Ranch, a facility in Tennessee, takes animal-assisted therapy one step further in their program called "Animal-Assisting Therapy for Addiction," which focuses not only on patient benefits, but on the benefits participating animals receive as well. Deviating from therapy programs which use specially trained animals, The Ranch pairs recovering addicts with homeless, abused, and abandoned animals whose personal histories are often as complicated and tragic as their own. They believe that caring for an animal with a similarly wounded spirit intensifies the redemptive effects of the therapy, resulting in physical, emotional, and psychological improvements for both the patient and the animal.
At Alta Mira in California, patients are offered equine therapy and are allowed to bring their pets with them while they undergo treatment. Although Alta Mira acknowledges that the hard evidence of animal assisted therapy's benefits is still scant, anecdotal evidence at their treatment center has led them to conclude that "animals play a key role in the healing process."
Beyond Addiction
Animal-assisted programs are not limited to treating people who are fighting addiction. The therapeutic benefits of a wet nose rubbing against your hand and a playful scratch behind the ears can help people facing many types of emotional, physical, and psychological challenges, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, autism, cerebral palsy, high blood pressure, and social phobia.


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ST. PAUL – State regulators may treat nurses too leniently, a key Minnesota senator said Wednesday after a legislative committee meeting looked into nurse discipline issues.
Sen. Kathy Sheran, DFL-Mankato, a nurse herself, said she is concerned that the Minnesota Nursing Board leans too far toward nurses when deciding if they violate state laws and rules.
"I intend to be a little tougher on license holders," Sheran said.
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The six-member Canvass Board of the Kenai Peninsula Borough met Tuesday to tally 1,295 questioned, absentee and special needs ballots, as well as those from by-mail or fax precincts, of the Oct. 1 regular election. Those votes, combined with those counted on election night, were presented to the bor...Wed, 10/09/2013 - 3:33pm
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of a fire last Thursday that killed a 46-year-old man at a Nikolaevsk home. After putting out the fire, firefighters found the remains of the man in the single-story ranch home. Alaska State Troopers identified the victim as Andres "Andy" Afo...Wed, 10/09/2013 - 3:26pm
The recent theft and damage done to the Salvation Army Thrift Store on Pioneer Avenue has some good news and some bad news. First, the good news is that the September break-in most likely was not a forerunner of similar acts that sometimes increase in the area as winter approaches....Wed, 10/09/2013 - 3:21pm
Homer might not have the brilliant reds of New England maple trees, but the golds and yellows of birches and cottonwood trees provide equally glorious fall colors....Wed, 10/09/2013 - 3:17pm
In a squeaker of an election, incumbent Homer City Council member Bryan Zak made up a four-vote deficit in unofficial election day results to win re-election to a third term. After the city elections canvass board tallied absentee and other votes last Friday, and after a recount on Tuesday, Za...Wed, 10/09/2013 - 3:15pm
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Even though he finished 255 votes behind Bryan Zak, the second-place candidate in the Homer City Council election, Justin Arnold last Friday filed an application asking for a hand recount of the Oct. 1 city election. Zak, a two-term incumbent council member, won re-election last week when the Canvas...Mon, 10/07/2013 - 2:07pm
In a squeaker of an election, after the city elections canvass board tallied absentee and other votes on Friday, incumbent Homer City Council member Bryan Zak made up a 4-vote deficit in unofficial results to win re-election. Zak has been elected to a third term, winning with 547 votes over Corbin A...Fri, 10/04/2013 - 1:00pm
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I have always gone to my history section to or typed in "HomeBrewTalk.com" to pull up this forum, entered, adding a new thread or replied. Nice and simple.
Now everytime I go on this forum I must sign in with my forum name "BrewBeemer" then enter my password "********". This is a PITA as i'm on many other forums and can't remember not alone locate scraps of paper with forum names and passwords on 'em besides the WAR DEPARTMENT aka wife throws away useless paper scraps. Is there something I can do to correct this? Many other forums I just go on line and reply not "sign in" everytime.
Tips or lost clues? Thanks. Carl.....=o&o>......
Clear all cookies. Go to www.homebrewtalk.com, check, "Remember me," and enter your info. That should do it.
I have experienced this off and on for the past couple of weeks. I agree that it is annoying.
Same here starting last week I have to log on all the time. PIA
Guys, just do like Yuri said, clear out your cookies and restart your browser, it'll start saving your login info again.
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Yeah, I had the same exact issue when the software was updated; clearing cookies worked perfectly.
My login has never worked properly. Regardless of what I do (flushing the cache, cookies, etc.), I cannot log in automatically. This is the only site where I have the problem. All other sites that use the same software work fine.
Two strange things:
1. If I try to read something & the "you are not logged in page" comes up, THAT page will auto-fill.
2. If I click the Username box at exactly the right time during the load, it will log me in. If the entire page gets loaded, no auto-login.
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"
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My guess: this is the only site that auto-fills "User name" into the username box. All the rest of them leave the box blank. The "you are not logged in page" also leaves the box empty.
The problem has carried over from Firefox 1.5 to 184.108.40.206, so who knows?
Yep I cleared the cookies and now it works fine..thanks!


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Oct 1 morning we were in Heidelburg. We spent the morning here. Saw the bridge, a castle on top of the hill, Carl's Gate, university, Hapt pedestrian street. We did a long walk along Neckar River. Had Chinese lunch (the only Chinese meal on our tour). These lunch is very ordinary... that's why we got a snack in Rotheburg later that afternoon.
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CRUISING DAY - Wurzburg / Rothenberg
Cruised along the Main (pronounced Mine) River to Wurzburg seeing little snow-clad houses in towns along the way and vine-clad slopes of surrounding hills.
Wurzburg is the 'capital of Wine Franconia a NW province of Bavaria with about 130,000 inhabitants. Wurzburg, Bamberg and Nuremberg are all located in a sub-region of Bavaria called Franconia. William Rontgen (Nobel Prize ...
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... was no delay. We got on the express train in Heidelberg at 10:49am and whizzed through the very pretty Neckar Valley. Most of the leaves are gone now with the official start of winter, although the temperatures are staying well and truly above zero. Having said that it has been a bit wet and windy.
After an hour we arrived in Bad Friedrichshall, which apparently has a big salt mine. The next village of Neckarsulm is a bit ...
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This morning after eating breakfast and packing up we grabbed some tea & croissants from the local bakery and drove to Wurzburg.
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In June and July, approximately 30,000, images representing nearly 14,000 items were accessioned into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR). These materials include about 12,000 images from the Revs collection, 128 additional books from the Stephen J Gould collection, 43 Inspector General semiannual reports to congress, and a particularly prized volume of the Talmud.
In June and July, approximately 30,000, images representing nearly 14,000 items were accessioned into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR). These materials include about 12,000 images from the Revs collection, 128 additional books from the Stephen J Gould collection, 43 Inspector General semiannual reports to congress, and a particularly prized volume of the Talmud.
Back in the 1980s, five libraries -- including Stanford's -- undertook an effort to provide better user access to their sound recording collections. The result of this effort was a union catalog of pre-LP disc holdings that made it possible for users to find out what each of the five institutions actually owned.
This is a story about the power of word of mouth.
Undergraduates are a hard-working group, and nowhere is this truer than here at Stanford. Our undergraduates make frequent contributions to scientific research all over campus, and important contributions are important to preserve. Which is why today's Deposit of the Week comes to us from student Tessaly Jen.
Transformation is a common theme among the eight final student team projects of this year's ME310 cohort. Take, for example, Idéum, which proposes how to transform an old building in a Swedish coastal town into an innovation center for Volvo workers who insist "that they [are] not innovative people." The students ask, and then answer, "How might we build confidence and make a user feel like an innovative genius, with a tool that actually helps develop creative skills?"
The University Archives is pleased to announe that it has added several items to the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR) recently. Included amongst the treasures are a variety of University maps and motion pictures, as well as faculty papers. Highlights include:
- Leland Stanford Junior University insurance maps (pictured here)
- Stanford University video collection
- Stanford University film collection
- George Forsythe papers
- David Starr Jordan papers
- Paul Ehrlich papers
To-date, over 160 University Archives collections have been added to SDR via self-deposit.
Making historical data sets available to the world is one of the many ways the Stanford Digital Repository is promoting data preservation and sharing. This Deposit of the Week from Hopkins Marine Station is a perfect example of that.
Pisaster ochraceus--the ochre sea star--lives along the rocky coast of Central California and the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. Studies of the ochre sea star population over time help scientists better understand what is happening to the population and how outside forces like the reintroduction of a possible predator or local environmental changes can affect it.
Some of the latest work underway in Digital Library Systems and Services involves adding digital collections to SearchWorks. Last week saw the addition of five new collections to SearchWorks, all created and deposited to the Stanford Digital Repository using the Self-Deposit web application.
Of the five, we're highlighting Preserving Virtual Worlds, a collection produced by curator Henry Lowood and a team of collaborators in a multi-institution project funded by the Library of Congress. Original software, gameplay samples, technical documentation, web sites, and other contextual information for games like SimCity, DOOM, and Star Raiders are archived for the ages. Henry's blog announcement sums up the project and collection nicely.