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In his commentary on the Torah portion of Terumah (Exod. 25:1-27:19), the Berditchever (as he is affectionately known) explores the meaning of the following verse:
Our teacher begins his reflection by noting that there is a disagreement about the implications of this verse among several great medieval commentators, including Rashi and Nahmanides. Did God intend this as a specific instruction for the building of the portable sanctuary in the wilderness, or was it also to apply to the Temple in Jerusalem, the more permanent sanctuary to be built the Land of Israel?
In truth, the structure of the Tabernacle and all its vessels that had to be of a certain height, weight and form were all ways of garbing or shaping the sacred spirit. This followed the prophetic vision that Moses had on Mount Sinai, along with all Israel.
This means that in every generation, when you want to build the Temple, the structure should be in accord with the prophecy that is attained at that time. That should determine the form of temple and vessels.
Notice that in responding to the question about the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem, the Berditchever has expanded his answer to make a much more daring claim about the building of "temples" -- Jewish sacred forms -- across space and time.
To live an authentic religious life, he asserts, one must be attentive to the spirit of one's age. Simply carrying over the forms from previous generations is insufficient. While Tevye the Milkman in Fiddler on the Roof might sing "Tradition, Tradition," Rabbi Levi Isaac demurs. "Like all that I show you" means that we must engage in an ongoing process of discernment -- personal and communal -- asking what God wants and needs of us today. It is in the context of such a process that we fashion our lives -- "and thus shall you do."
To be clear, the Berditchever was not a heretical figure who sought to overturn established Jewish tradition. In fact, he was quite conservative in his approach to religious practice (as were his Hasidic peers), living fully within the bounds of Jewish law ("halakhah"). But like other impassioned spiritual seekers, he strove to attune himself to the call of the Divine, however faint it may have sounded at times. As a mystical leader, he felt responsible to help guide others along this sacred path.
In translating this text into contemporary life, I often think of the words of my own teacher, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. In a conversation I had with him some years ago, he said that we must seek to live on the "growing edge of Jewish life." He was careful to use the word "growing" and not "cutting" because, as he explained, "Who wants to cut themselves off from all of the rich nutrients of the past?" While there may be times when we feel compelled to reinterpret, or even stand against, various inherited traditions, it would be foolish not to listen carefully to the voices of such great figures as Rashi or Nahmanides.
It is also important to state that while the Berditchever speaks of a different "prophetic spirit" in every age, he knew, as do we, that people have very different understandings of this spirit even within one community in a single generation. The ancient rabbis teach that there are "70 faces" (or facets) to the Torah (Num. Rabbah 13:15), that every piece of it can be interpreted in a wide variety of ways.
This is why the practice of Torah study in "havruta," with a partner, is such a valuable one. In this dialogical setting, we learn to voice our truths, listen to the wisdom of others and humbly acknowledge that none of us has a grasp of absolute Truth. Here, we also learn that we will disagree -- that we need to disagree in order to sharpen our minds and polish our hearts -- but that we can do so without degrading or doing violence to the other. Importantly, these dyads nest within the larger structures of houses of study and communities of practice, in which we seek to create a robust culture of reflection and deliberation.
As we make our final preparations for Shavuot, readying ourselves to receive Torah anew, let us recommit ourselves to the ongoing process of discernment, listening carefully for the echoes of Sinai that reverberate in our sacred texts, in the voices of our fellows and in the depths of our own being. May this practice of deep listening help us to fashion lives of holiness, dedicated to creating a more just, compassionate and sustainable world.
Rabbi Or N. Rose is director of the Center for Global Judaism at Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Mass.
As volunteers carried a badly injured man into our tent, his wallet fell out of his pocket. The man was quickly rushed to the hospital, and one of the volunteers picked up the wallet. Noticing that it was blood-soaked, he removed all of its contents, cleaned the cards and replaced the soiled bills with fresh ones. The volunteer then hand delivered the wallet to the injured man in the hospital.
A second story: a marathoner limped into our tent, his shorts and shirt stained with salt from the long run. He was grasping his ears, clearly suffering from the booming sounds of the explosives. However, after quickly surveying the scene in the tent, he walked out and sat down on a nearby park bench. Concerned for him, I followed the runner outside and asked why he had left so soon after entering the tent. "There are other people who need help much more urgently than I do," he replied. I then went back into the tent and brought the man a blanket and something to drink. As I walked away from him, I noticed a set of bloody footprints leading from the tent to the bench. The man had suffered shrapnel wounds to the lower part of his leg and the blood had seeped through his shoe.
These were the words with which Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) opened his address at the 1963 National Conference on Race and Religion, in Chicago ("The Insecurity of Freedom," p. 85).
It was at that same conference that Rabbi Heschel first met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the keynote speaker at this national gathering. The two became friends and allies working together for equality and justice, until King was cut down by an assassin's bullet in spring 1968.
As I reread in this week's Torah portion the dramatic descriptions of the first Passover celebration and of the Exodus, the image of King and Heschel marching arm-in-arm with other civil-rights leaders from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., now an iconic photograph for many clergy and activists, flashed through my mind.
Just two weeks ago, we commemorated the 40th anniversary of Heschel's death (the 18th of Tevet on the Jewish calendar), and next week we will celebrate King's 84th birthday (Jan. 15, 1929).
While these men came from very different backgrounds -- Heschel from a Hasidic community in Poland, and King from an African American Baptist community in Atlanta -- they shared several qualities that brought them together during a tumultuous and transformative time in American public life.
Both men came from prominent religious families and were groomed to take up the mantle of leadership of their forebears. Both were passionate believers in a God of compassion and righteousness, who called on humankind to serve as co-creators of a world suffused with these values. Each turned to their sacred Scriptures for inspiration and guidance, allowing text and life to interpenetrate dynamically. And both were masterful at using their exegetical and linguistic skills, as well as their charisma, to awaken people's consciousness and stir them to action.
As one might expect, the Exodus narrative plays an important role in the speeches and writings of these great religious leaders. In the quotation from Heschel cited above, he reminds us that the universal struggle for freedom is ongoing and that the figures of Pharaoh and Moses remain important models in a world where far too many people still yearn for liberation. In fact, in the very next sentence in his address Heschel further concretizes his message with the provocative statement that "it was easier for the children of Israel to cross the Red Sea" than it was for many African Americans to "cross certain university campuses."
One powerful instance in which King made use of the Exodus narrative was in his final public address in Memphis, popularly known as the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. In this now historic sermon, he describes with great passion the gratitude he feels for all that he has witnessed in the development of the civil-rights movement over the previous decade.
As he winds down his speech, he compares himself to Moses standing on top of Mount Nebo on the edge of Canaan, looking out over the Promised Land, knowing that he will not enter it with his people (Deuteronomy 34:1-4). With a new set of death threats in the air, King speaks openly about own his mortality. "Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will," King said. "I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!"
In reflecting on the lives of King and Heschel, one of the many things I respect about these courageous men was their deep dedication to their respective Christian and Jewish communities and their ability to learn from and work with people from other religious and secular traditions for equality and justice. In fact, both understood their engagement in multifaith and crosscultural campaigns as necessary expressions of their particular religious commitments.
When Heschel returned from the Selma-Montgomery march, he wrote in his diary that walking with King and the other civil-rights leaders evoked in him the same sense of the sacred he experienced as a child walking through the streets of Warsaw with the great Hasidic masters in his family. And King, of course, spoke of the profound influence Mahatma Gandhi had upon him as a Christian nonviolent activist.
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As we continue our journey through the book of Exodus, reading about the triumphs and travails of the Israelites in their march to freedom, let us also pause to reflect on the legacies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr., two great modern advocates of compassion and justice. May their memories continue to inspire and agitate, awakening us to the challenges and possibilities of freedom today.
Let the Lord, God of the spirits for all flesh, appoint a man over the community, who will go out before them and to come in before them and who will lead them in and out on the march so that the Lord's community may not be like a flock that has no shepherd (Numbers 27: 15-17, translation by Robert Alter, "The Five Books of Moses").
Moses sits at the back of the classroom and listens carefully to the day's lesson.
Surprisingly, Moses, the great prophet of Israel, is utterly confused and dismayed. He can't understand the discussion, even though Rabbi Akiva and his students are discussing Torah -- the Torah that Moses himself brought before the Israelites!
The prophet's angst is palpable.
Moses is comforted when he hears the rabbi say, "It is a law [given] to Moses at Sinai."
As this story suggests, Rabbinic Judaism so revolutionized Jewish life and thought that the rabbis themselves mused about whether Moses could actually understand a tradition ascribed to him in their houses of study.
While the early sages revered the teachings of the Hebrew Bible, they expressed their devotion through creative interpretation. They did so in an attempt to apply the teachings of the Torah to their own time and place.
Just as the prophet experienced a kind of spiritual vertigo when visiting the rabbinic academy of the future, we too feel a sense of confusion or discomfort when looking back at certain teachings from the Hebrew Bible, especially when these sources are not refracted through a rabbinic lens.
This week's Torah portion, Vayikra (taken from the opening word of the book, "And He called"), contains one such example. In this first reading from the book of Leviticus (Leviticus 1-6), we are confronted with a form of ritual practice so different from our own that it would be unrecognizable as Jewish worship if we saw it today.
The services described do not involve verbal prayer, but rather the ritual sacrifice of animals:
The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them:
When any of you presents an offering of cattle to the Lord, he shall choose his offering from the herd or from the flock.
If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall make his offering a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in his behalf before the Lord.
He shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, that it may be acceptable in his behalf, in expiation for him. (Jewish Publication Society translation: Leviticus 1:1-5)
Neither of us has actually ever touched a bull, much less slaughtered it as part of a ritual. (One of us is even a vegetarian!) Further, we doubt that we could ever incorporate animal sacrifice into our prayer lives, given our respective theological and ethical orientations and our shared fear of blood.
In spite of the distance we may feel from this ritual form, we understand that our ancient ancestors were attempting, in their own way, to create lives of holiness. We are also keenly aware that this ancient ritual form continues to serve as a basis for contemporary Jewish prayer. Finally, it also reminds us of the profound impact of rabbinic thought on Jewish practice over the centuries.
From ritual sacrifice, rabbinic sages established a new form of worship -- verbal prayer -- which enabled individuals and communities to regularly express their gratitude, joy, sorrow and regret without the use of bulls, altars, priests and even the Temple in Jerusalem.
Interestingly, while this new form of verbal prayer marked a fundamental shift away from an established ritual form, to this day the timing of daily, Shabbat and holiday prayers still coincide with some of the animal sacrifices delineated in Leviticus and other biblical sources. Further, mentions of the sacrifices are still a part of the prayers of many Jews the world over.
The evolution of verbal prayer highlights the tension of continuity and innovation in Rabbinic Judaism. The early rabbis, especially after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., felt compelled to discern what was most valuable about Jewish prayer. For them, it was the intention, meaning and timing of prayer; words could replace sacrifices without jeopardizing the sanctity of worship.
The power of the ritual performances of Leviticus could therefore be realized without bulls and altars. Prayer was to be time-bound each day (required by traditional rabbinic law three times daily, in addition to Sabbath and seasonal observances) but not bounded by the sacrificial practices of the Temple. Change was thus woven into the fabric of Jewish continuity.
Likewise, today, we find ourselves in need of evaluating what is -- or is not -- most valuable to us as religious and ethical seekers. This process of discernment and ongoing identity formation has only been intensified by globalization.
What does it mean to be a Jew, an American, or anything else in this age of high-speed communication and travel? How do we understand our religious, cultural and national identities in light of our interactions with people from a broad range of backgrounds and opinions? How might the very forms of communication (including a forum like this one) influence our understanding of what is valuable or sacred?
In the United States, the political process further heightens this tension -- especially as we move closer to the presidential election. In 2008, Barack Obama campaigned successfully on the platform of "change we can believe in," and is likely to emphasize the policy and legislative changes he has made over the course of his first term, during the 2012 race. Not surprisingly, Republican contenders are also calling for change, challenging President Obama with competing visions for our country.
At the same time, all of the candidates in the 2012 presidential election are trying to demonstrate that their positions are in keeping with fundamental American values, including claims that their changes are, in fact, a return to the way things once were or were "always meant to be."
In this rhetorically charged atmosphere, we are called upon, yet again, to ask ourselves about our core values and vision of the United States. How much do we want to change? How much do we want to stay the same?
While the search for the key principles and practices we will take with us into the future can be frightening and disorienting, this search is also essential to our growth and continuity as a country.
The ancient rabbis model this for us in their search for a new mode of prayer. Through creative and painstaking effort, they were able to develop a set of Jewish norms that at once rooted them in their past and allowed them to move forward. With similar thought and care, we can do so once again in our own search to renew our personal and communal identities in an era of flux and integration.
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A Statement of Religious Commitment following the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
September 12, 2011
On this 12th day of September, 2011, we call on religious and secular people alike to join together to rededicate ourselves to a vision of peace and justice for our country and for the world.
On September 11, 2001, the United States of America suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. Ten years later our nation still grieves the losses we suffered on that dark day. The heinous actions of the terrorists and their supporters cannot be justified or tolerated. We must be resolute in the face of such malicious crimes, using the appropriate legal measures to hold the guilty accountable and to prevent future attacks.
However, we cannot allow the actions of violent extremists to breed more prejudice in our society. Discrimination against Muslims and other religious and ethnic minorities, like other forms of bigotry, is unacceptable and tears at the fabric of our nation. We lament the fact that such behavior continues to surface in our country a decade after 9/11.
As representatives of America's diverse religious traditions, we are committed to working together to achieve the enduring vision of a more perfect union. To fulfill this dream, we must invest in relationships with people who are different than we are, humbly sharing our wisdom and personal stories, listening to the insights and questions of others, offering respectful critique when necessary. We do not seek uniformity, but dignity for all people.
In making this commitment, we are well aware of the fact that religion has too often been used to oppress, to degrade, and to injure, 9/11 being but one painful example. We also know that religion can be a powerful force for healing and transformation in the world. It is incumbent upon us to promote visions of our respective traditions that honor difference and call for the wellbeing of all existence.
In this spirit, we also recommit ourselves to work together across religious and secular lines to address other issues of injustice in our country and throughout the world. While we hold different religious beliefs, we share in the conviction that we must all participate actively in caring for the needy and mending the wounds of our shared planet.
Finally, we call on the leaders of our country to join us in working to strengthen bonds among diverse groups of people at home and abroad, using our nation's vast resources to help reduce violence and corruption, and to promote peace and prosperity for all. We urge our elected officials to exercise our political, economic, and military power with wisdom and care, remembering the inestimable value of every single human life.
Today, on this 12th day of September 2011, we look to the future and pledge to fulfill the promise of this great nation, ever striving for a more perfect union.


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Our Head Chef can conduct cooking lessons for Myanmar cuisine, including soup, salad and curry.
Introduction of our Head Chef.
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After choosing the lacquer plate or coaster with a pattern from several flower or traditional Myanmar arabesque designs which craftsmen have engraved, one is taught how to apply color by the scratching method and come up with one's own unique one-of-a-kind lacquer ware in a special workshop.
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Reds record since designating Rick White for assignment: 36- 46
Phillies record since signing Rick White: 44-35
Reds record since designating Rick White for assignment: 36- 46
Phillies record since signing Rick White: 44-35
His agent will probably mention that when he is trying to get him a contract somewhere next year. His "veteran presence" turned the Phils season around.
2006 Redszone Prospect Draft - Johnny Cueto
2007 Redszone Prospect Draft - Pedro Viola, Alexis Oliveras
2007 Redszone Mock Draft - 1st (27) Michael Burgess, Supp. (60) Wes Roemer, 2nd (92) Barry Enright, 3rd (122) Jonathan Bachanov
2009 Redszone Mock Draft - 1st (9) Shelby Miller, 2nd (58) Marc Krauss, 3rd (89) Daniel Fields
He knows how to play the game the right way
Narron didn't use him correctly here. Check my signature out and Rick White explains it perfectly right there. It's all Narron's fault for not using him "the way I needed to be pitched."
It's really, reaLLY, REALLY hard to believe that Rick White has been on two teams this year and they are both that many games over .500 with him on it. My brain cannot comprehend how that is possible.
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Seventy years from now, we will still be lamenting the Curse of Rick White.
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White sucked with the Reds and has sucked only a little less with the Phillies. He is a bad pitcher and always has been, subject to the volatility of a middle reliever with not very good stuff.. The difference is he has given up 3 less HRs in a few more innings with the Phillies.
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Statistical Rule # 1: Correlation does not imply causality....
"Booing on opening day is like telling grandma her house smells like old lady."--WOY
Code:SEASON TEAM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA 2006 Cin 26 0 0 0 27.1 34 23 19 5 5 17 1 0 1 2 1 6.26 2006 Phi 33 0 0 0 32.0 34 18 15 2 13 18 3 1 0 4 -- 4.22 2006 -- 59 0 0 0 59.1 68 41 34 7 18 35 4 1 1 6 1 5.16
the reds just needed to encourage him to walk more people instead of giving up homers?
I was in his corner when he said that he had always dreamed of pitching for the Reds and now he was p*ssing away his dream. I was really hoping he'd turn it around after he stopped commuting from Springfield every day. Then after he left and made the "they didnt pitch me the way I needed to be pitched" comment and he lost me.
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Linton-HMB sweeps past Dickinson Trinity
November 16, 2012 at 12:15 am in The Jamestown Sun
Nicole Nieuwsma happily watched from the bench last season while her team made a run to the Class B state semifinals.
"We had a really, really tough senior class last year," said Nieuwsma, Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock's dynamic outside hitter. "I played against them. They kind of made me how I am now."
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Stanford University said Wednesday that it has received one of its biggest donations ever, $100 million, from Silicon Valley real estate magnate John Arrillaga.
Arrillaga, who played basketball for Stanford and graduated with a geography degree in 1960, has been a frequent contributor to his alma mater. The name of his late wife, Frances, graces the campus' alumni center, and he has contributed heavily to athletic facilities, including the current rebuilding of Stanford's football stadium.
The university said it has not decided what it will do with the most recent donation, which came as a cash payment within "the last couple of weeks," according to spokesman Alan Acosta.
"It will go to the benefit of a range of academic purposes, teaching and research, but there's not any specific direction that was given with the donation," Acosta said.


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This morning on Nintendo Direct!
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Tomodachi Collection 3DS
A sequel to the DS game released in '09, it's a handheld life simulator much like the Sims with Nintendo flavor Ala animal crossing. The 3DS version comes with street pass, you can set personality traits and is due for release 04/18/2013 JP.
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Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies
The 6th game in the super popular puzzle adventure series Professor Layton. This time developer Level-5 takes on an adventure to investigate a living mummy!
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Youkai Watch
Shown last year at the "level-5 world" event, its platform wasnt confirmed. Today it was announced as a 3DS exclusive.
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Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission
A 3D card game incorporating all of the epic fights from the start of the Z series all the way to GT, and even the bady from the upcoming movie. The game will include 800+ collectible cards, 200+ characters, and will support multiplayer. The game will come with an extensive single player game, including QR, and street pass. The game will be released nest week.
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Super Robot Wars UX
Will have 3d characters, but will still be represented in the traditional robot wars way. A stunning, special star field carbon black 3DS XL bundle will be available the same day as the game release release on March 14th. (must resist import of gorgeous 3DSXL This will be the first time Super Robot Wars sees a release on the platform.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV sees a may 23rd release, and a special 3DS bundle will be available as well. (apparently, there will be 400 types of demons)
Zelda GBC games: Oracle of seasons, and Oracle of ages hitting the Eshop early march!
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New trailer and scheduled for release this summer.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow sees a japan release on March 20th
Touch Detective: Funghi's Big Breed. Due out next week
Guild 02 will be released as 3 separate download titles.
-Inafune's tank vs. bug battling game.
-Kazu Ayabe presents Monsters' Friday.
-Spaceship Damray.
DQX Beta: Wii U starting 3/6. Version 3 update on 3/5
Monster Hunter 3U 3DS will receive an update to play online via net adapter.
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Rogers Boxer Earning Notice
Posted: April 5, 2014 at 5 a.m.
ROGERS -- Thomas Sloman may not have much boxing experience, but he's a fighter.
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Height: 5-foot-7
Weight: 178
Notable: Won the 178-pound novice division of the Arkansas Golden Gloves boxing championships with a first-round knockout. … Has a boxing record of 4-1 with three knockouts. … Will participate in the Mid-South Golden Gloves boxing tournament April 10-12 at North Little Rock Community Center. The tournament involves state champions from Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and western Tennessee.
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How much is a custom paint job for a motorcycle?
I have an 09 Fatboy and was wondering what the average price range is for getting the Tank and the front and rear fenders painted? I don't know exactly what I want yet but if you could give my a low and high end price range that would be great!
I am currently located in Colorado Springs but will be moving to NC in March. I found this awesome U.S. Army paint set but it wont fit my bike. Here is the link for it.
This is something that would be a possibility for my bike.
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How much you got?Custom paint will cost you what ever you'll pay.
has to be up in the 4 digit area
Where are you located? I'm Canadian.
Depends on what you want how much prep work is required. Also how famous/busy the painter thinks he/she is.
Save a few $ by re'n'reing the parts yourself.
Expect between 1500 and 3000 for a one color base/clear coat paint job and depending on what you want more or less. Understand the sky is the limit.
Insist on a Base/Clearcoat job though your bike deserves no less! I've seen 15,000 dollar paint jobs! After building cycles 30 years now I know the paint is the achilies heel in my day.
I bought a spray gun last year and am learning to do it myself…like everything else it's hard,expensive, time consuming and FRUSTRATING to find and keep good help!
I will purchase an air brush next.
Shops specialize in painting cycles. They have stands to support tanks and fenders. If they don't use this equipment shop elsewhere. Also a downdraft paint booth is essential.
Harley also supplies 'custom paint' kits for your bike. A few GG'S will get you NEW FLASHY CUSTOM PAINT and you get to keep the stock stuff!
your gunna find that good paint isn't cheap and cheap paint isn't good. make sure that since its on the bike it is a two stage paint single wont hold up to the weather. if your going for solid or 2 Colors maybe a pin stripe low bid around 900 high bid for same around 2500. add some air brush and the sky is the limit.
I recently got a price of $1,000 for a single color respray on a Roadking. If I brought in the pieces off the bike it would be $200 cheaper. That was at a good local indy cycle shop that does their own line of custom choppers. They do a nice job, so that estimate isn't for some sloppy and nasty work.
Like the other answerer said before, the sky is the limit after that.
about 3k i have a 99 FLSTF
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a. What Yhoo Have Painted On It
b. Labour Costs. Longer It Takes/More Complicated It Is, The More Money They'll Charge
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Tennis Closes Fall Schedule
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team concluded its fall schedule at the Big Green Invite in Hanover, N.H., with sophomore Hailey Barrett finishing the weekend with two singles wins.
The Mountaineers ended the weekend against UMASS in singles play. Barrett concluded the fall with a three-set victory over Aarzoo Malik. Barrett took the first set, 6-4, but fell in the second 7-6. She came back strong in the final set, downing Malik 6-2, for her fifth singles victory this fall.
Freshman Kaja Mrgole battled the Minutemen's Sonja Bokhari, falling in three sets.
Mrgole claimed set two after dropping the first set, 6-1. Mrgole lost the final set, 6-2.
Freshman Oana Manole met Jessica Podlofsky at the No. 3 singles position. Manole stumbled in the first set 7-5, but took set two, 7-6. The final set went to Podlofsky, 6-2.
In the final singles match of the day, sophomore Vivian Tsui won the first set, 6-4, before dropping the final sets, 6-3, 7-5.
WVU faced off against Dartmouth yesterday in singles and doubles. Barrett opened singles play for the Mountaineers against Katherine Yau. After falling behind in set one, 6-0, Barrett came back in the final two sets, 6-4, 7-6.
Manole tallied WVU's second victory of the day over the Big Green, defeating Narni Summerall in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
In the No. 2 singles position, Mrgole fell to Melissa Matsuoka, 6-4, 6-2. Tsui dropped her match to Sarah Bessen, 7-5, 6-2. In the final singles match of the day, junior Ikttesh Chahal stumbled against Julienne Keong, 6-2, 6-2.
In doubles play against Dartmouth, WVU dropped both its matches to the Big Green.
The duo of Barrett and Chahal lost to Yau and Tayor Ng, 8-7. The freshmen tandem of Mrgole and Manole fell 8-2 to Jacqueline Crawford and Suzy Tan.
The Mountaineers return to action in January for their spring season, and will open against Akron on January 17 in Morgantown.
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The Rubber Tree – Part 5 of 5
|By Pinoy Farmer | February 27, 2008
Tapping means
· to make a cut in the bark of the rubber tree
· to harvest the latex.
Tapping is difficult to do well. You must take care how you do it.
For a good tapping, you must:
· make a good cut;
· harvest the latex well;
· harvest the latex at the right time.
Before we see how to make the tapping, let us look back at what we learned in the course on plant stems.
Let us see how the trunk of the rubber tree is made.
The trunk of the rubber tree
If you cut through a trunk, you see several layers.
· On the outside is the bark, which is about 6 millimetres thick.
· In the centre is the wood.
· Between the wood and the bark there is a layer which cannot be seen with the naked eye, because it is very thin. This is the cambium layer.
The wood and the bark
The cambium makes the tree grow, by producing wood and bark. So you must not damage it if you want the tree to grow normally.
If you look at rubber tree bark with a microscope, you will see several layers. One of these, the deepest, contains little channels called lactiferous vessels because they contain latex. This layer is next to the cambium.
You see several layers
The lactiferous vessels are little tubes that produce latex.
In tapping, you cut these little tubes containing latex. But you must take care not to cut the cambium.
Starting the tapping
When a tree is 50 centimetres in circumference at a height´. of 1 metre from the ground, that is, 5 years after it has been put in the plantation, you can begin to tap the tree.
To start the tapping, take a metal ribbon attached to a wooden lath 1.10 metres long.
This metal ribbon is at an angle. of 30 degrees to the horizontal.
Metal ribbon
Roll the metal ribbon round the tree. With an awl (an iron point) make a cut along the ribbon. The cut ends when you have gone right round the tree. The beginning of the cut and the end of the cut are on the same vertical line.
With the awl make a vertical channel from the lower edge of the cut.
The cut and the channel must be deepened. This is done with a gouge, a tool that is used by pushing it so as to remove bark.
Sharpened tip
Push the gouge several times along the cut and the channel, taking away a very little bark at a time. You do this so as to cut the bark as close as possible to the cambium, but without damaging it.
As the bark is about 6 millimetres thick the cut must be 4.5 millimetres deep.
The vertical channel is 25 centimetres long. At the lower end of this channel, put a gutter. Below that, put a cup called a latex cup. Tie it to the tree.
The latex flows along the cut, into the channel, and at last, through the gutter, it drops into the cup.
The latex flows
The latex that flows when you first make the cut is not good for harvesting so for several days you do not harvest any latex, but all the same you must come and cut the bark.
Harvesting the latex
Early in the morning, go to the plantation to reopen the cut.
Begin by taking away the latex that has coagulated on the cut and put it in a basket. Take away also any latex that has flowed over the bark.
Then, with the gouge, take out a little piece of bark, 1.5 millimetres thick, without touching the cambium.
Make the cut as far as 1.5 millimetres from the cambium.
Make the cut11
The latex flows along the cut, then down the channel, and through the gutter, it drops into the latex cup.
Then, 4 hours later, come again and collect what is in the cup. Two days afterwards, clean out the cup.
One man can tap 440 trees a day. The man who does the tapping is called the tapper.
If you make the cut badly, and if you touch the cambium, the bark closes up badly. It splits and turns brown. Then the tapping must be stopped.
There is a product for treating this browning of the bark.
Harvesting latex at the right time
The trees must be tapped very early in the morning, at daybreak, so as to harvest as much latex as possible. If you make the cuts late in the day, you harvest less latex, one third less.
But you must not tap the trees every day.
Each tree should be tapped on a fixed day.
· one tree is tapped on Monday and Thursday;
· another, on Tuesday and Friday;
· a third on Wednesday and Saturday.
Each tapper can tap 440 trees. So he will have 3 groups of 440 trees, since he will tap each tree only twice a week. He will have:
· one group tapped on Monday and Thursday;
· one group tapped on Tuesday and Friday;
· one group tapped on Wednesday and Saturday.
He will stop tapping for two months, in the dry season, that is, at the time when the tree loses its leaves and makes new leaves.
When you have worked over the whole length of the tree, taking away the bark, that is, after 7 years, you can begin again, starting at 1.5 metres from the ground.
You can do this three times. That means you can harvest latex for 28 years. After that, it is best to make a new plantation.
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The Rubber Tree – Part 1 of 5
The Rubber Tree – Part 2 of 5
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The Rubber Tree – Part 4 of 5
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14 Responses to "The Rubber Tree – Part 5 of 5"
- Jhong Says:
August 13th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Thanks for this website. Its educational especially to those beginners (like me) and dont have any idea about planting rubber trees. More power to the men and women of agripinoy.net…
- Mona G. Manalang Says:
August 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
My brother and I bought 11 hectare of agricultural land somewhere in Zambales. We are planning to plant rubber trees but donesn't have idea where to get some seeds. Would you know where I can get rubber seeds?
- alex magtulis Says:
June 5th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for this informative site. we are planning to plant rubber trees in sarangani province. do you have any feasibilty study or cost and return analysis for us to have a better reference? you can send thru my email. regards
- CC Chen Says:
June 24th, 2010 at 6:47 am
Dear Sir ,
copy from your word ,**When you have worked over the (whole length of the tree, taking away the bark), that is, after 7 years, you can begin again, starting at 1.5 metres from the ground.**
"'whole length of the tree, taking away the bark,"'…………..how to make it taking away the bark with whole lenght of the tree , ??? the tree will not die ?? please ,, can you show me very detail step by step , with diagram as well,
how to remove the bark safely,, with many thanks . from CC Chen
- hanelyn Says:
June 19th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Dear sir,
you have a very educational page here on the web.
I have planned to start a little rubber plantatation myself in Surigao del Sur. Can you tell me how many kilo a rubber tree gives every tapping, average ofcourse.
Regards , Hanelyn
- JOJO RAMOS Says:
July 28th, 2011 at 11:17 am
I am now in the the process of putting fertilizer but i don't have exact knowledge on putting fertilizer in every tree, can you send me a guide on how to apply a fertilizer for a 2 years old tree. . . . thanks
- Anthony S. Realubit Says:
August 15th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Good day,
My parents were planning to invest on rubber trees but we don't know where we can get rubber tree seeds or plants.
- YUCEL JOEY REYES Says:
September 6th, 2011 at 11:32 am
thanks for this website,can u show how to plant this espcially to those beginers like meh,would yuo know where i can get seedlings her in cebu?
- raymond hernandez Says:
September 28th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
We are planning to plant rubber tree in Agusan del Sur, saan po ba kami makakuha ng budded seedlings na malapit lang dito sa Agusan de Sur?
- basilio fongayao jr. Says:
October 9th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Good Evening.
Salamat sa kaalaman.
Interested group namin magtanim rubber tree dito sa Luna, Apayao. Saan po ba pwedeng bumili ng rubber seeds or seedlings na malapit dito sa amin.
Hoping for your response.
- goGreen Says:
October 11th, 2011 at 8:32 am
Hi basilio!
First of all, I appreciate your time reading our posts. Para malaman kung saan pwede bumili ng rubber tree seedlings, punta lang kayo sa website na 'to: http://www.cebuclassifieds.com/
Marami kayong pwede makita dyan.
Maraming Salamat!
- Vicky Ronquillo Says:
January 6th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
I have about 1800 rubber trees and we have started tapping in Aug 2011. First 700 trees then after 2 mos, addl 200 trees. We are on our 6th month tapping, my tapper says some trees have less latex and some trees have dried-up. Are these normal? Are there fertilizers/treatment for rubber trees that will yield more latex?
Many thanks…and appreciate any info you can give.
- rica Says:
March 2nd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Hi, my brother has a little plantation of rubber tree in Sta Maria Laguna. Can you help us in marketing the latex? What is the present price per kilo?
- Renan jahke Says:
April 8th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Do you have any seminars conducted here in davao region for rubber tree planting?


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Mary Robinson, the head of the UN Commission for Human Rights recently told the Malaysian Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar that she was concerned that Anwar Ibrahim, the ex-deputy prime minister of Malaysia who is now serving a lengthy jail term, was not receiving proper medical attention while in prison. What a load of rubbish.
Convicted for sex-related crimes, and subsequently jailed for a 15-year term, Anwar Ibrahim's fall from grace has been spectacular. From Prime Minister-heir-to-be to a jail cell is a long way down to go. He claims that he was set up by the Malaysian government in general, and the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamed in particular. The Prime Minister claims that Anwar is "unfit" to lead the nation; in a deeply religious Islamic country such as Malaysia, being branded and subsequently convicted as a sodomiser engaging is homosexual acts is a sure-fire way to commit political suicide. Between the two, whoever is right, that may never be conclusively be known from a purely objective perspective – sentiments on both sides run high, with each believing in their respective cases.
But some facts do remain through the whole mess. Among them is that Anwar was severely beaten up while in prison by the then chief of police, Abdul Rahim Noor. Visibly bruised, his mashed up face now adorns thousands of stickers, pamphlets and posters nationwide as a symbolic rallying cry against the alleged corruption that pollutes the country's politics. Another undeniable fact lies in his current physical condition. Anwar claims that the pain and suffering that he's in now due to spinal and back problems was directly caused by the beating he received nearly 3 years ago. Whether or not the cause of his injury is as he claims, the fact remains that he's been bedridden for months on end in a local hospital.
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Of course, the Malaysian government is resisting this proposal as it looks like a convenient setup to try and get Anwar out of the country to a place where he can seek political asylum. In an attempt to accommodate Anwar's needs, the Government has offered to allow all the equipment to be flown in, together with all the specialized staff that Dr. Hoogland may need. And, yet, Anwar's camp, led by his dedicated wife, Wan Azizah cries foul before continuing to brand the government as an inhumane body that is denying her husband the treatment that he needs.
But let's put everything in perspective – even with all the protests to the contrary, the Malaysian government has bent over backwards to accommodate Anwar's needs. He has his own cell in the prison where he is incarcerated. A rare privilege in an overcrowded prison system. During his jail term, he is allowed almost unlimited access to his family and relatives – most other inmates are only allowed visits by their family members just a few times a month. While he has been in hospital (for quite some time now), he has just about every comfort and luxury available to him from his hospital bed – good food, virtually unlimited visitation rights (even his political allies are allowed to visit him now) and a superb panel of some of Malaysia's best doctors looking after his welfare. How many other prisoners, nay forget that, how many other MALAYSIANS can claim to be treated so well by the Government when they are sick?
And still he complains.
Malaysian prison rules are very clear when it comes to prisoners being allowed to leave a country even if for medical reasons: they cannot. So many exceptions have already been made for Anwar, probably because of his previous status as well as the Malaysian government's fear that a heavy handed approach in his case will bring the wrath of the international community. But in this particular scenario, allowing Anwar to have his own way would be just a little too much – if indeed Anwar was going to use his injury as an escape route, the Government would stand to lose it's credibility as a governing institution. Ask any government in the world whether they would take risks that would lead to a similar loss of credibility, and 100% of them would say no. The Malaysian Government has been very reasonable in handling Anwar's incarceration and his subsequent injury; for the world to think otherwise is unfair.
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Pleasure and desire have been important components of the vision for sexuality education for over 20 years. This book argues that there has been a lack of scrutiny over the political motivations that underpin research supportive of pleasure and desire within comprehensive sexuality education. In...
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Today I'm on Lifetime Moms talking about Six Rules of Thumb For Newlywed Couples On When To Leave A Marriage, and I simply had to post Dr. Tina Tessina's incredibly insightful rules when it comes to your marriage.
According to Tina B. Tessina, PhD, (aka "Dr. Romance") psychotherapist and author of Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media) – RULE #1 don't assume that what celebrities do is normal or should be emulated.
"As a relationship counselor, I'm not in favor of "knowing it's time to move on" in relationships. I think a relationship is a precious thing, and it's important to at least give it your best shot before leaving. So many couples allow their relationship to languish and die, when the fix would be really quite simple. If there are not serious problems like violence, infidelity or addiction, the relationship can probably thrive with a little work."
Younger people are quite unrealistic about relationships and what they are all about. Those who grow up in divorced families have no model of the give and take marriage requires. Because of these unrealistic dreams, they get
terribly disappointed when relationships turn out to need work. They learn as they get older, and have some experiences with relationships. Older people are more realistic and understand that relationship is about partnership, not about looks, or other traits. It's much easier to live with someone who is cooperative than to worry about minor personality traits that are different. You need shared core values and good communication, which you can't find out about a prospective partner from just a few dates.
Dr. Tessina says there are FUNDAMENTAL Differences between men and women and their expectations about marriage:
Women see marriage as gaining a family and a partner, but most men see it as a loss of freedom. Women are delaying marriage for career, but men delay it because they don't want to settle down. Career is more important to younger
women than to previous generations. Because of medical advances, they can postpone having a family, and they don't worry about being too old to bear children — so they delay marriage, or they feel they can have children on their own. As a counselor, I've helped lots of couples solve difficult relationship problems, and here are three tips to making your marriage work
1. Don't hold a grudge: Talk about what's bothering you in a rational way. Ask clearly for what you want, and let your partner know why it's important to you. If you can't find a way to agree, go for a counseling session. Resentment will destroy your marriage –for the price of one session, before the problem gets too large, you can save it.
2. Show your appreciation: Let your partner know you appreciate what he or she does, personality traits, (i.e.: his sense of humor, her generosity, his practicality, her hard work) and companionship. The more you praise what you like, the more you'll get of it. We all want to be appreciated. Celebration + appreciation = motivation.
3. Make time for intimacy: Regard your face to face time as sacred (it is–it will bless your marriage.) Take time to listen to each other. Touch as often as possible (put your hand on your spouse's leg while driving; give him or her a little squeeze now and then, hug and kiss each other.) Create a cuddling space in front of the television, on the porch swing, in your bedroom, and use it.
While these three things aren't all you need to do to create a working, loving partnership; they'll set the tone and create an atmosphere where your relationship can thrive. They're like the water, sun and fertilizer to a plant –the natural necessities of married life.
And just in case you need em (WHO DOESNT)Dr. Romance offers these 3 Guidelines for avoiding divorce
1. Calm down. Couples often feel panicked when something goes wrong in the marriage. Understand that problems are just opportunities to learn and grow, and to find a new and exciting way to do things. You can't think when you're
upset, so don't talk when you are. Take a moment to calm down, take a deep breath, and talk rationally about what's going on. Any problem can be fixed, if you both focus on finding a solution.
2. Avoid drama. Many people grow up with parents who create a lot of drama – fighting, cold silences, leaving and returning, court battles, child custody problems and financial struggles. Drama of that type is never necessary – it's a result of adults acting like upset children. Avoid dramatic pronouncements, scenes and ultimatums when problems arise. Instead, learn to sit down as an adult, and talk about what the solution might be; think and act as you do at work when a problem arises – most people can't throw fits and keep their jobs.
3. Get counseling early. When my husband and I first married, we made a deal: If we couldn't solve a problem on our own in three days, we'd go for counseling. In the first few years, we had a few sessions, which were very helpful in teaching us how to be effective with each other. 29 years later, we are happy and haven't needed counseling in many years. Getting counseling early, before the drama sets in, will help you create a successful marriage together.
For more of Dr. Tessina's NUGGETS OF RELATIONSHIP GOLD check out her site at http://www.tinatessina.com


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Film critic Zak Hepburn joined News Breakfast to chat about the latest film releases, Mommy and X+Y.
Topics: film-movies, art-house, australia
A community's love of film might be the saviour of an art deco cinema on the mid north coast.
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A dark comedy about a man who fakes his grandmother's death to get out of work wins the top prize at Tropfest in Sydney.
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Acclaimed Australian film 52 Tuesdays is the story of a schoolgirl trying to understand her mother as she makes a gender transition. The film was shot over the course of a year, once a week, on Tuesdays. Director Sophie Hyde and actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey spoke to ABC News Breakfast.
Topics: art-house, film-movies, sexuality, australia
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In this episode of the Arts Quarter we take a look at the Tweed Regional Art Gallery which is the new home of the Margaret Olley Arts Centre.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, contemporary-art, art-house, art-and-creativity, performance-art, visual-art, street-art, education, australia
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Tough times on the Tablelands will be put aside momentarily on Saturday with the annual screening of Flix in the Stix in Armidale.
Topics: comedy-film, short-film, film-movies, art-house, armidale-2350
The Sydney Opera House is showing a child-friendly adaption of the Christmas classic, The Nutcracker, to introduce more youngsters into the world of ballet.
Topics: performance-art, art-house, art-and-creativity, sydney-2000
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The Newcastle-based Arts Health Institute says its plan for an arts hub in Hunter Street's derelict post office has the support of state MP, Tim Owen.
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Film writer Michael Winchester considered farming butterflies before he settled on beef cattle.
Topics: beef-cattle, art-house, drama, director, port-macquarie-2444, dungog-2420
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A controversial movie based on the notorious 'bodies in the barrels' murders has premiered in Adelaide.
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The Warner Bros thriller Inception has enjoyed prerelease buzz but no-one seems to know what it's about.
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A film about Melbourne's underbelly wins the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
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Jean Simmons, the British film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, and sang with Marlon Brando in 'Guys and Dolls', has died.
Topics: drama, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, art-house, biography-film, australia
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The race for Hollywood film honours has picked up pace with a key independent movie group unveiling the Spirit Award nominees.
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Balibo and Samson and Delilah are going head-to-head for this year's AFI awards.
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Screen Tasmania is under fire for refusing to read the script for the Tasmanian film, Van Diemen's Land - let alone help fund the movie.
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Two Australian films have made the Cannes Festival line-up.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, art-house, australia
A tale of homosexual love in the wilds of Wyoming, Brokeback Mountain, has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
The art-house Valhalla Cinema at Glebe in Sydney's inner-west has been placed on the National Trust Register.
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The world may not be waiting for a feature film showing two obese Mexicans having sex after their attempt to kidnap a baby goes horribly wrong, but Carlos Reygadas says his film captures real life.
Organisers of the Golden Globes have barred the political documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 from consideration for Hollywood's second most prestigious awards.
Topics: documentary, art-house, united-states
A ban on the controversial film Anatomy of Hell has been rejected by the nation's censors.
A record 55 movies have entered the race to win nominations for next year's best foreign film Oscar, including Palestinian, Mongolian and Sri Lankan contenders, according to organisers.
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Organisers of a Melbourne film festival say they have given up on showing the controversial film by Holocaust denier David Irving.
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That's the title and subtitle of a provocative book by attorney Harvey Silvergate. The premise, that "[t]he average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day," is quickly overtaken by examples of myriad federal prosecutions that twist and bend federal criminal laws and regulations to make criminal activities that on their face no law or regulation criminalizes.
From the book's blurb:
In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to "white collar criminals," state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.
You've listened to my rants about the out-of-control U.S. security and legal apparatus, including improper restrictions or harassment of photographers, (to my mind) unconstitutional invasions of privacy and searches at airports, federal prosecutors misusing the grand jury process, etc. Silvergate is of the same mind. From pp. 264-65:
Wrongful prosecution of innocent conduct that is twisted into a felony charge has wrecked many an innocent life and career. Whole families have been devastated, as have myriad relationships and entire companies. Indeed, one of the most pernicious effects of the Justice Department's techniques — too often given warrant by the courts — is that they wreck important and socially beneficial relationships within civil society. Family members have been pitted against one another. Friends have been coerced into testifying against friends even when the testimony has been less than honest. … Newspaper reporters have been pitted against confidential sources. Artists, including those critical of the government, have been subjected to Kafkaesque harassment. … No society can possibly benefit from having its government so recklessly attack and render asunder such vital social and professional relationships.
Highly recommended.
How Bad Is This? Department
Consider this sequence:
- You are a border patrol agent, dealing every day with issues relating to — among other things — drug smuggling.
- You mention "in a casual conversation that legalizing and regulating drugs would help stop cartel violence along the southern border with Mexico."
- You are then fired, supposedly because your comments were "contrary to the core characteristics of Border Patrol Agents, which are patriotism, dedication, and espirit [sic] de corps."
What do you do? Contact the ACLU's local New Mexico office and sue for violation of your First Amendment rights, among other things.
Don't you just love it when those closest to a matter are penalized for criticizing?
Just When You Thought It Was Safe … Department
… safe, that is, to walk down the street while engaged on your cellphone, the following from "States' Lawmakers Turn Attention to the Dangers of Distracted Pedestrians" in The NY Times:
In New York, a bill is pending in the legislature's transportation committee that would ban the use of mobile phones, iPods or other electronic devices while crossing streets — runners and other exercisers included. Legislation pending in Oregon would restrict bicyclists from using mobile phones and music players, and a Virginia bill would keep such riders from using a "hand-held communication device."
In California, State Senator Joe Simitian, who led a successful fight to ban motorists from sending text messages and using hand-held phones, has reintroduced a bill that failed last year to fine bicyclists $20 for similar multitasking.
Does no one worry that we might legislate all the danger right out of the world, and with it all the fun? The nanny state run amok!
Back to the Future Department
I wrote some time ago about the settlement the NYCLU reached with the Feds regarding photography of and on Federal property, a settlement that was unqualifiedly supportive of photographers' rights. Now you can read the official DHS circular pertaining to the matter and, more importantly, make a copy and carry it with you. Here. (Selected portions have been redacted, but the import of the document and its directions to DHS, FPS (Federal Protective Service) and PSOs (Protective Security Officers) are quite clearly stated.)
(Of an opposite and depressing nature, this article from the Miami NewTimes News showing that cops can be, well, cops when it comes to photographers photographing them.)
Meanwhile, Sanity Rules Across the Pond Department
This story from MailOnline of a Canadian citizen returning to Canada through Gatwick Airport who was forbidden to carry a gun on the plane. Makes sense, you say? Read on:
Airport officials ordered a holidaymaker carrying a toy soldier onto a plane to remove its three-inch gun – because it was a safety threat.
Ken Lloyd was stunned when he was told he could not go on the plane with the nine-inch model soldier because it was carrying a 'firearm'.
The Canadian tourist and his wife had bought the toy, which holds a replica SA80 rifle, during a visit to the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp in Dorset.
But when he tried to take the £135 keepsake through Gatwick Airport in his hand luggage it triggered a security alert at the scanners.
Adam Forty, curator at the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp, Dorset, said: 'The military museum takes security very seriously, especially around military installations and airports, but this does seem more than a little excessive. It is probably just as well we didn't sell Mrs Lloyd a toy tank.'
A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said: 'Items including firearms and items with the appearance of firearms are prohibited.
Reminds me of my wife being forbidden to carry on her very dull $20 steel knitting needles by a screener (and her supervisor) at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris this past September. I could do more damage with a ballpoint pen.
Avatar Redux Redux Department
A gift to myself this past Christmas was the Avatar "Extended Collector's Edition." I had waited, not getting the initial release, not getting the "Director's Cut" theatrical re-release, until this Avatar to end all Avatars arrived. Amazon.com delivered.
With these DVDs, we are out to three hours (sixteen minutes beyond the eight minutes added in the Director's Cut), including a not-indispensable but highly useful introduction to Jake Sully, James Cameron's physically flawed hero, who as a consequence rises now much closer to the Ron Kovic/Tom Cruise character in Born on the Fourth of July.
I continue to marvel at Cameron's creation. Avatar does in fact create for us a complete world, a realistic ecosystem, and a seemingly-primitive indigenous, pre-literate culture living in Gaea-symbiosis on their alien world.
The added footage is pretty much seamless, and actually in a few instances fills out what were some non-sequiturs in the original.
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A webinar that WPL Publishing will hold later this month will report on what the newest trends are in construction claims and disputes as well as offer advice to industry professionals about how they can minimize problems resulting from these trends.
During the recession, the number of projects and construction companies declined even though the number of claims rose. From this growth, several trends have developed, including declining construction dispute values accompanied by increasing durations, court and appeals board decisions limiting damage recovery, increased use of false-claims allegations in response to contractor claims, and contractors trying to create new forms of claims. The webinar will explore these growing trends and ways to mitigate or avoid their negative impacts on construction claims and disputes. To register for the 90-minute event, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. (EST), visit http://tinyurl.com/nluhvll.
"Trends in Construction Claims and Disputes: The Best Offense is a Good Defense -- Or Vice Versa?" will cover the following topics:
Addressing attendees will be Navigant Construction Forum Executive Director James Zack and Stephen Pitaniello, a managing director with Navigant Consulting Inc.'s Global Construction Practice.
Zack has served as executive director of corporate claims management for Fluor Corp., one of the world's largest publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance contractors working in the areas of energy, chemicals, infrastructure, manufacturing, life sciences, and mining. He also served as vice president of PinnacleOne, PinnacleOne Institute's executive director, and a senior construction claims consultant for CH2M Hill Inc. For nearly 40 years, he has worked on private and public projects. In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis, and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes.
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Make jewellery to support FabLab Jalalabad's wifi project
Local hacker group launches jewellery-making project to support third-world wireless sharing project
Forskningsavdelningen (Swe. "The Research Department"), the hacker collective in Malmo, Sweden is participating in the summer festival from the city area of Möllevången (Swe. "the windmill meadow"). This annual festival grows as an alternative to the official events arranged by the council. It is a community-driven activity where the different associations in the area co-create a friendly and open atmosphere. This year, among the traditional concerts, carnival parade and food-stands, the Research Department will launch a project to help out other hacker communities in the world.
The vibrant Möllevången neighborhood will again be electrified with two intense days of events and happenings. The Research Department will join this effort, hosting open sessions both days. Their sessions are open from 15.00-18.00 both Friday and Saturday.
One of these workshops, hosted by Forskningsavdelningen, is about re-using found electronic parts, either building new things, or remaking them into jewellery. Yes, ear-rings and brooches, made out of the innards of home electronics. The maker pays for the materials, and all these proceeds are sent on to a similar group in a developing country.
The beneficiary of the donation will be the Jalalabad FabLab in Afghanistan. Visitors get to build and wear cool ear-rings, or a brooch, and at the same time, wireless hackers in Afghanistan get support for their community projects. Currently, the Jalalabad FabLab is engaged in the FabFi project, which creatively and cheaply shares Net connections wirelessly. The FabLab recently built and installed FabFi networks in a school, hospital, university, and a non-governmental organization in Jalalabad.
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Forskningsavdelningen's English-language website is http://forskningsavd.se/
The website of Jalalabad FabLab in Afghanistan is http://fablab.af/ which lets you find their blog. The FabFi project can be found at their wiki. FabFi summary is better when you're in a hurry.
Questions? Just call Olle of Forskningsavdelningen at +46-709-776714.
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If ever there was a good reason for turning again to Jane Austen's work, it's the recently reissued novel by Maria Edgeworth, first published in 1834 (see review on page 10).
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under her characters and her readers, puncturing drama at every turn with her devastatingly understated style. Not only does she rarely moralise, but she has been accused of amorality, a tribute indeed to a parson's daughter who lived the most sober life imaginable.
Of course, no-one needs an excuse to go back to Austen. I'm sure that many readers of this column, like me, turn often to her novels for pleasure, amusement, comfort, or simply to marvel once more at what she achieved with so little apparent effort. As the plethora of TV adaptations, films, such as Becoming Jane, pictured below, and books exploring Austen and her characters shows, this barbed observer continues to attract devotees in numbers more usually associated with platinum albums than literary fiction.
One more bouquet has just been laid at Ms Austen's feet. A Truth Universally Acknowledged, edited by Susannah Carson (Particular Books, £20), is a rag-bag of essays written by the famous – JB Priestley, Virginia Woolf, CS Lewis, Kingsley Amis and fils – and the less famous but no less devoted or shrewd. Interesting but uneven, this smorgasbord is subtitled 33 Reasons Why We Can't Stop Reading Jane Austen. Why only 33, you ask? Good question. If I started to list them now, this column would run through to the back page.
However, before anyone thinks I'm turning into one of those Janeites Kipling referred to – the sort of reader who calls the author Jane, goes into raptures about her novels and cannot tolerate a word of criticism about her – I have to thank inimitable American critic, Lionel Trilling for his essay.
As you'd expect with Trilling, there's not an iota of cant about his outlook. Dispassionately, he observes that there is a repellent aspect to much of the approbation surrounding Austen: "One may refuse to like almost any author and incur no other blame from his admirers than that of being wanting in taste in that one respect. But not to like Jane Austen is to put oneself under suspicion of a general personal inadequacy and even – let us face it – of a want of breeding."
One late convert was, we're told, "able to be at ease with [Austen's novels] only when he discovered that they were charged with scorn of the very people who set the common tone of admiration". Perverse and superior as that sounds, I can sympathise. There is something cloying about the sentimentality that surrounds conversations about Austen. Some of her wiser readers are well aware of this.
As EM Forster ruefully remarked, "I am a Jane Austenite and therefore slightly imbecile about Jane Austen." He and a million others.
For a writer who drew much of her gift from a cold heart and alarming acerbity, her devotees' admiration is not only mawkish but missplaced. By all means revel in Austen for her literary excellence, but please release the author herself from being pawed and drooled over like a puppy, and claimed as queen of the book group brigade as if she were the kind of benign friend who'd suffer watching an iPod's worth of baby photos without a murmur of complaint. Metaphorically speaking, Austen is more likely to turn up at the door bearing prickly pears than cupcakes. Yet, despite an army of pious protectors, you still cannot deny her brilliance or cease to enjoy her work. You could say that's the truest test and surest measure of her talent.


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The July 20 letter, "Fight for change," misleads the public about a sitting county commissioner. It appears our state legislators are enablers of public corruption in Okaloosa County and possibly the state.
Where is our state legislators' public criticism when our sheriff continues to employ senior law enforcement officers who admittedly participated in the former sheriff's kickback scheme?
Where were our state legislators when state auditors purposely did not evaluate the Sheriff's Office's involvement in Law Enforcement Trust Fund mismanagement, when County Commissioner David Parisot specifically asked the auditor general to do so? The Sheriff's Office unilaterally administered and managed the LETF for numerous years, but you wouldn't know that by reading the operational audit report.
Why aren't our state legislators supporting Okaloosa County in obtaining a $3.1 million Department of Juvenile Justice refund for overcharges in juvenile detention fees?
Why were our state legislators quietly trying to gain control over RESTORE dollars from all county governments affected by the 2010 oil spill? After all, it appears the shenanigans at the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in 2013 when our commissioners were subpoenaed to testify were an effort to embarrass them for political purposes — hoping to gain control of RESTORE money — but it backfired!
So a vote for state legislators' endorsed candidates is a vote for sophisticated corruption and more misuse of taxpayer resources.
Don't be fooled by state legislators who turn a blind eye to criminal activity locally and who head political action committees that contribute financially to local candidates' campaigns. Be smart voters (www.smartvoteokaloosa.com).
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