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Founded in 1999, The New Shul is a progressive, independent, creative community in Greenwich Village exploring meaningful ways to experience Jewish life and ritual in the 21st century. We have nearly 150 households and over 100 students in our vibrant and creative religious school, a place where families learn together and parents are partners with teachers in passing Judaism to their children.
The New Shul offers adults a path home to their Jewish heritage, where questioning is not only tolerated but encouraged, where men and women can open new doors to their spirituality through learning that excites the mind and ignites the soul. Ours is a community where heart and hand are united, where people rise together to face the challenges of trying to heal a broken world.
We invite you to join us in our ongoing work to build a context for Jewish community that is joyous, meaningful, and relevant to our contemporary lives.
Zach Fredman
Core Rabbi
The New Shul was co-founded by Holly Gewandter & Ellen Gould, close friends & theatre collaborators.
Here are their stories about why — & how — they did it.
by Holly Gewandter, co-founder
In the beginning Nancy and I were just looking for a place to send our daughter, Haley, to Hebrew school. Then I said, "If we're going to do this, let's find someplace that we'll get something out of, too." Seemed reasonable until we started looking. We couldn't find it. Not downtown. So I said to my closest friend and collaborator, Ellen Gould, "How hard do you think it would be to start a shul?"
Many of you know the story. You received the invitation and came to that first Friday night Shabbat service at HUC. None of us quite knew what to expect. But people came. Jen Krause, a rabbinic student who had committed her considerable talents to help create what was to become The New Shul, led the service with Ellen, a gifted singer and actress, playing the role of cantor. When we first sat down, I looked around the chapel and wondered if it would work. Then Ellen started chanting/teaching an old Hasidic nigun, and within moments something amazing happened — we sounded like a community that had been praying together for years.
We had another service and then another. People came back and brought their friends. The idea of starting a downtown shul that was inclusive, warm, welcoming, intellectually stimulating, and community-based seemed to be extremely appealing. I heard everyone's stories, and many of them had a common theme — alienation. People had been damaged by traumatic Hebrew school experiences, bored by uninspired services, turned off by the politics that seemed to be an inevitable part of institutional religion. Still, there remained a longing, either expressed directly or more subtly revealed through a desire to "send the kids to Hebrew school" or "have a place to go for the High Holy Days," to somehow reconnect with their Jewish selves.
On April 19, 1999, about 30 people sat in my living room and decided to form The New Shul. We would proceed thoughtfully — no one wanted to end up with another synagogue that was the punch line of a Jewish joke (i.e., two Jews, three opinions). Instead of an elected board, typically a breeding ground for backbiting and resentment, we agreed to create a self-selected Va'ad that was open to anyone who was willing to take on the commitment of attending meetings and working on projects. Decisions would be made by consensus. At all times we would strive to be grassroots and community-driven rather than institutional and rule-bound. It wouldn't be easy, but the idea of creating a context for Jewish community in downtown Manhattan had broken through our shared skepticism and, like a weed pushing its way out of a crack in the sidewalk, stubbornly refused to yield to common sense. When we found Niles Goldstein, a maverick rabbi, writer, explorer, and intellectual who was looking for a community like ours, we immediately knew he was "the one." Together we embarked on the intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and communal adventure of building a Jewish community that was truly a reflection of the needs and values of its members.
Five years have passed since then, and our achievement is truly astonishing. Our Shabbat services are filled with song and discussion, encouraging the active involvement of all who attend. Holidays and festivals have been explored and re-envisioned, and though not every event has been an unqualified success, each one has had elements of real beauty and engagement. Most importantly, our efforts have been motivated by a genuine desire to understand and experience our Jewishness through participation in a Kehillah Kedoshah, a Sacred Community.
I don't usually pepper my speech with Hebrew phrases like Kehillah Kedoshah — in fact I know very little Hebrew. But what we have created in The New Shul is inadequately conveyed by any English words that come to mind. When I look around at services these days, I no longer wonder if the people in the seats will coalesce into a cohesive group — it's happened. The signs are everywhere. Unasked, at the end of a service, three people start packing the prayerbooks back into their boxes and schlepping them up the stairs behind the altar. A group of children spontaneously comes to the front and leads the Oseh Shalom in sign language. A parent dies and a stream of New Shul members shows up to help make a minyan. People come to services Saturday morning because they know one of our kids is becoming a Bat Mitzvah and they want to be there to welcome her into adulthood. A woman reluctantly goes on our first annual retreat only because of her husband and is so moved by the experience that she volunteers to join the Va'ad.
In the beginning Nancy and I were just looking for a place to send our daughter, Haley, to Hebrew school. Then I said, "If we're going to do this, let's find someplace that we'll get something out of, too." Seems like it's working out.
by Ellen Gould, co-founder
A few years ago, Holly and I saw an ill-fated musical based on the Torah. The idea was great, some of the songs truly affecting, but on the whole, it didn't work. At intermission, I whispered, "Should we stay for Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, or make our Exodus now?"
I still love theater, but like many liberal American Jews, I made my exodus from the synagogue a long time ago. The idea is great, some of the songs truly affecting, but on the whole, it doesn't work.
I suppose it's not surprising that Holly and I would be meshugge enough to tackle the worship challenge. After all, we figured, theater had its roots in religion, and as theater people, we were interested in reclaiming elements of early ritual. In fact, when Holly and I first played with the idea of starting a synagogue, we joked about doing, "Repertory Shabbos" — one Hasidic, one Sephardic, and, of course, an Ancient Temple complete with animal sacrifice. "That one," I kidded, "would be standing-room only."
No, I am not advocating a return to animal sacrifice, but I am left with the inevitable question: Why is it that theater is still the powerful child of early religious ritual, while modern worship is a pale prodigal? Could a theater model be a helpful guide for its lost siblings? I pored over my old textbooks looking for answers. "Theater is a collaborative art. Everyone involved is responsible for the outcome: actors, director, musical director, and audience — each role must be filled before the whole can be more than the sum of the parts." OK. Got it. The rabbi and cantor are the actors and the congregation is the audience. Then what?
Ironically, I found the first hint of a real answer in the writings of the mid-19th century Hasidic mystic, Rebbe Elimelech. Elimelech, like so many of the ecstatic Hasidim of his time, had an extraordinarily rich religious inner life. What did he know that most of us don't? As I read his notes on "preparation for prayer" I was astonished to find an implicit structure almost identical to Stanislavski's performance theory. And then it hit me. The primary problem in modern worship is that the congregation thinks of itself as the audience. But we are not the audience — we are the actors! The rabbi is our director and the cantor, our musical director — each teaching, coaching, and inspiring us to play our parts brilliantly.
So how do we do that? Here are some suggestions from Rebs Stanislavski and Elimelech: Bring our lifetime of experience to the theater (shul); Do our warm up (preparation for prayer) with vocalizing (niggunim) and concentration exercises (silent meditation); Define and focus our objectives (have the proper kavannah / intention) as we interact with the script (siddur). But the action (mitzvah) of performance (prayer) must not be taken for the purpose of "having an experience" (d'vekut / cleaving to God). Our task is simply to take the action (fulfill the mitzvah) with commitment (heart, soul, and mind).
I can hear all my acting teachers echoing the wisdom of the great rebbes. "Remember, your job is just to do the work. The seasoned actor knows that when the objective is to go for a feeling, the result is bad acting. If the scene calls for weeping, the actor who tries to be sad ends up merely posturing. But when the same actor explores and inhabits the circumstances of the script, the tears will likely come. Authentic feeling is a by-product of taking the action, pursuing the objective. The actor's overriding objective is to "encounter" the script. Just as no two actors experience a script the same way and few actors experience it the same way twice, exploring the text of prayer means being willing to open up to what is below the surface — the subtext, the hidden, the unexpected. "The holiest time," said Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, "is when the heart surprises the mind."
People often ask me what it's like to do the same play over and over. "Isn't it boring?" I tell them, "if the script is layered and complex, the director and musical director inspired and inspiring, the company of actors committed and supportive, if I don't let myself 'phone it in' but give it all I have at that moment… it's like prayer."
The Rabbinic Chavurah
The Rabbinic Chavurah is a radical new program in synagogue leadership with this principle at its core: that our community will flourish by the wisdom(s) of a plurality of voices rather than one. We believe that a multiplicity in perspective gives rise to the abundance of discourse and more holistic learning.
Coordinated by our Core Rabbi, Zach Fredman, the Rabbinic Chavurah brings rabbis and wisdom teachers from diverse fields with various arena of expertise to share their approach within the vision of The New Shul.
Arnan Raz is a music educator, Hebrew teacher and a Jazz musician. Originally from Merhavia Kibbutz, Israel. Arnan holds a degree in Music Performance from The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Arnan has been teaching Saxophone and Music in several schools around Israel such as Boyer School (Jerusalem), the prestigious MATAT camp of music and many others.
In New York, Arnan is also a music and Hebrew teacher at the Sephardic community center in Brooklyn. In addition, he is a Jazz performer that preforms his own music, along with many different musicians.
Joshua Mikutis is a second year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He studied History, Religion, and Russian at Haverford College. Over the past two years, Joshua worked as an Immigration Paralegal for the New York Legal Assistance Group-- first as an AVODAH Corps Member and then as a grant handler. In his first year in Jerusalem, he worked as a T'ruah Rabbinical Student Fellow and helped plan a trip during Pesach to assist Jewish communities in the Former Soviet Union. He spent the summer working at a World Union for Progressive Judaism outside of Minsk, Belarus.
Sarah Zell Young is a passionate Jewish Educator and Artist. She combines Traditional Text study of Biblical and Talmudic sources with contemporary history of the Jewish body with an emphasis on social justice. She is passionate about reimagining Jewish ritual and empowering her students to integrate creativity and ownership into their personal practices. Sarah recently received her MFA from Hunter College with course work in psychology and education. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of design with a degree in Sculpture and also studied gender studies at Brown University, and Hebrew at Tel Aviv U. Sarah was an arts fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish education from 2010-2011. Sarah has exhibited work, lectured on ideas and taught both nationally and internationally. Most notably she was Artist in Residence in 2012 at Brandeis University at the Hadassah Brandeis Institute. Sarah Currently Sarah is a AJWS global justice fellow and has worked for the past year on the streets of new york providing services to the homeless.
Anielle Fredman is a graduate of Vassar College, where she studied religion, music, and education. Nowadays, she spends her time in various educational settings with Jewish children. In addition to teaching at The New Shul, Anielle works with Bar- and Bat-Mitzvah students in preparation for their personal ceremonies. During the week, she works at the NY Psychiatric Institute/Columbia researching child development and trauma. Anielle plans to eventually go back to school for a degree in child psychology. She is thrilled to meet the new 7th grade BKS class and to begin our collective journey weaving together our own personal threads of Judaism and identity.
Megan Sass is storyteller, musician, and teacher. She is a member of Storahtelling/LabShul, and also works with Temple Emanu-El, SAJ, and The JCC in Manhattan. She has worked as a song leader at several summer camps, including Goldman Union Camp Institute in Zionsville, IN, Passport NYC at the 92nd St. Y, and Camp Yomowha with The Washington Heights Y.
Rabbi Zach Fredman is at the cutting edge of Jewish meaning-making and creativity. He serves as rabbi and music director at the New Shul, a downtown community renowned for its dynamic programming, which seeks to envision how ancient and modern wisdoms can create a place for thriving Jewish investigation and congregation.
In 2011, Zach founded The Epichorus – a band seeking to return Jewish prayer music, to the sounds of the Arabic east and North Africa. With traditional Arabic instruments, a Sudanese master songstress, and a heavy dose of global percussion they are creating a new sound in world music carrying listeners at once to a Tunisian marketplace in festival season or a yoga class in the village. They released their debut album "One Bead" in Spring 2013.
Zach has worked in diverse roles for some of the finest institutions of New York. For StorahTelling, B'nai Jeshurun, CLAL, and Romemu. Zach has served as Service Leader, Program Coordinator, Music Director, Rabbinic Fellow, Midrashic Archivist, and Teacher. Zach was named one of The Jewish Week's 36 Under 36.
Beginning with his undergraduate studies in "Conceptions of God" at NYU's Gallatin school of individualized study, Zach has taken pointed interest in the wisdoms of world religions. In 2009, Zach participated in Auburn seminary's program for Protestant/Jewish seminarians, which culminated with a ten-day trip to Israel/Palestine. He is comfortable teaching Buddhism and Sufism alongside Midrash and Jewish text. Zach was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 2013.
Rabbi James Stone Goodman serves Congregation Neve Shalom in St. Louis, Missouri. He is from Detroit, Michigan. He is a writer and musician who integrates story, poetry, and music in an incantational performance art form, producing seven CDs to date, the most recent Book of Healing. He founded One Life – Whole World Project, serving the underserved: addictions outreach, prison project, and mental illness support. He recently finished an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. His work can be sampled through two websites: www.stonegoodman.com and www.neveshalom.org.
Mama, teacher, speaker, and co-author of Art of Attention, Elena has taught yoga since 1999. After graduating from Cornell University in 1992 with a design degree, she worked as a textile and apparel designer for 6 years, and has been studying with master yoga teachers since 1997. Influenced by several traditions, Elena offers yoga and meditation as a way to approach our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. Her classes are a masterful, candid blend of artful alignment and attention cues for your body, mind and heart. As the Executive Producer of On Meditation, Elena is curating a film project about the relevance and benefits of meditation. She's contributed to Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Well and Good NYC, Positively Positive, The Chalkboard Mag, TheDailyLove, and Elephant Journal, and current classes are available on YogaGlo.com.
Josh Krug is a Steinhardt Fellow in Education and Jewish Studies at NYU.
Josh earned a B.A. with Honors from Yale and an MDiv from Harvard. He is an inspired educator, facilitator, and innovator whose work testifies to how traditional and contemporary Jewish sources can animate and inform the lives of diverse young adults. Josh has collaborated with Genesis Philanthropy Group, KIVUNIM: New Directions, Prozdor, Harvard Divinity School, Moishe House, and Kevah: Making Space for Jewish Learning.
Josh lives in NYC, where he reads and writes, practices yoga, dances, sings, and facilitates intense conversations (sometimes, all at once!)
Rabbi Jonah Geffen serves as Rabbinic Director at J Street. He spent two years singing, davening, meditating and teaching as Rabbinic Fellow at B'nai Jeshurun on the Upper West Side. For nearly ten years Jonah has dedicated himself to teaching and promoting the cause of peace as refracted and understood by the Jewish tradition. He served as Senior Coexistence Educator for Kivunim, was a Senior Educator for the Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution's Rodef Shalom program, and has been a trip facilitator and leader of the Peacemakers' Beit Midrash with Encounter. Jonah attended Young Judaea Year Course, was a Kollel Fellow at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, a summer fellow at Yeshivat Hadar, and a CLAL Rabbis Without Borders Fellow. Jonah received his BA in History and Jewish Studies from Indiana University, an MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, and received an MA in Jewish Studies and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Shir Yaakov is a rabbi, singer, composer, designer, producer, teacher and Aba. Shir Yaakov blends ancient and emerging wisdom to create a spiritual cultural Judaism that is contemporary, alive, and innovative. Shir Yaakov holds non-denominational rabbinic ordination, and works in formal and informal educational settings as a rabbi, teacher, and musician. Whether as Romemu's Creative Director, lifecycle officiant, stage artist performing with The Epichorus or Darshan; in synagogues,yeshivas, and intentional communities around the world; and in Jewish, multi-faith, and non-affiliated spiritual contexts, Shir Yaakov weaves a tapestry of Kabbalistic wisdom, contemporary songwriting, and deep personal spirituality. He has recorded and released four albums of original music. As a spiritual leader, he facilitates ritual in a variety of contexts, from Chabad houses to multifaith, LGBTQ, & permaculture communities.
Niles Elliot Goldstein is Rabbi Emeritus of The New Shul, where he served as its spiritual leader from its founding in 1999 until 2009. Prior to The New Shul, Niles was a senior fellow at CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a program officer at The Steinhardt Foundation, and the assistant rabbi at Temple Israel in New Rochelle. He is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the New York Board of Rabbis.
Niles is the author or editor of nine books, including the award-winning Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith, and his writing has appeared in many publications, including Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Forward, and Moment. He has been featured and interviewed in Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Jerusalem Report, The New York Observer, New York Magazine, The Jewish Week, and Beliefnet, as well as on domestic and international television and radio.
Niles served as the voice behind "Ask the Rabbi" on the Microsoft Network. He is the national Jewish chaplain for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. Niles holds an honors B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and received an M.A. and his Ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Niles teaches across the country and abroad on issues in mysticism and spirituality, values and leadership, the environment, and on new models for religious life in the 21st century.
From the beginning, Ellen Gould's mission as Musical Director/Cantor has been to make the New Shul a singing community. "We don't have a choir, we are the choir."
Says Ellen, "I don't need the attention of a solo singer –- I've been a performing professional for most of my life. My goal is to share with the community the joy of full-throated and full-hearted expression of the spirit that can only come through the use of its own voice."
In the world of theater, Ellen is best known for her double Emmy award-winning musical "Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories." Her many other performance credits include leading roles in productions from Lincoln Center to The Public Theatre, as well as featured roles on HBO, PBS-TV, and NPR. Her writing credits include "Confessions Of A Reformed Romantic," "Seeing Stars," "The Glass House," and "Blessed is the Match" -- all of which received New York productions.
Following the Off-Broadway run and national tour of "Bubbe Meises," Ellen continued to perform the show for Jewish organizations and synagogues throughout the U.S. This experience renewed her interest in Jewish communal life. It also raised the question -- "why can't modern ritual be as transformative as theatre?" In 1999, Ellen co-founded The New Shul (with long-time friend and musical collaborator Holly Gewandter) where she continues to work on the answer.
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Ellen is a graduate of Brandeis University, has an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and was the recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes fellowship in ethnomusicology.
Amy became the Executive Director of The New Shul in June 2003 and has served as its Education Director since 1999, in charge of the religious school and the family life and community education programs.
Amy is a dynamic and innovative educator who brings a passion for Jewish life and rare sense of commitment to all her endeavors. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1998 and did significant post-graduate studies at Teachers College at Columbia University and at the Jewish Theological Seminary. In 2009, Amy completed a year-long advanced-masters course at The Institute for Not-For-Profit Management through UJA and Columbia University. Her experience includes working with the special education district in New York City as part of her Americorps*VISTA fellowship and teaching at various schools both in Maryland and New York City.
Amy has played a leading role in program development and event planning for The New Shul since her arrival. In bringing her passion for Jewish life and commitment to our community to her position as Executive Director, she plays a dynamic role in helping The New Shul achieve its goal of creating a vibrant Downtown Jewish congregation.
Amy lives in Chelsea with her husband and their two children.
Joy comes to The New Shul with an extensive background in both the corporate and non-profit sectors, with expertise in operations, client support, team building, marketing and development. Raised in Massachusetts, Joy grew up as a member of a Conservative shul and attended weekly Hebrew school. Joy has since been involved with numerous Jewish organizations both on professional and personal levels.
Joy attended Boston University, earning degrees in Psychology and Business Administration. Throughout her career, Joy has played a leading role in the growth and sustainability of programs on local, national and global levels.
Beyond Joy's professional capability is her 'glass half-full' nature, her enthusiasm for making meaningful connections, a deep passion for enriching and sustaining the Jewish community, and her commitment to tikun olam including her volunteer efforts with sick children and Holocaust survivors.
Joy currently lives in Manhattan and is thrilled to join The New Shul community.
Michal Weiner is a musician and an educator. Originally from Jerusalem, Israel she has spent the past years living in Boston and working in various capacities at religious schools across New England while attending Berklee College of Music. She graduated from Berklee with a degree in composition and conducting in May 2014 and relocated to NYC this summer. She is very thrilled to be directing Rishonim and teaching at BKS this year, and is especially excited to have found a community of creatively spiritual people to be a part of.
Deena Spaner is finishing her last year as a dance major and religious studies minor at The New School for Liberal arts located in the West Village. Her passion for Jewish studies started at a young age and has been enriched by her experience at college and her recent trip to Israel. Deena has been dancing for 9 years and believes that dance can be used as a tool to express ideas and concepts to their highest potential. She is an advocate for the intelligence of the mind and body as one entity and how it is used to deepen understandings of cultural and social backgrounds.
Raziel is an Israeli native who was born in Jerusalem and grew up in the performing arts community. Dancing was the focus of his childhood, arriving to the US in the late 90's with a tour of Dancers, Raz has performed on Disney World great adventure stages and when he arrived to NYC he pursued acting. Since then Raz has been featured in low budget films as well as writing and making music. You can find him these days focusing on the release of his debut album ONE. In 2004 Raz joined The New Shul faculty and has had the pleasure of working with children in formal and informal education.
"I take my passion for the performing arts and apply it when working with kids, bringing textbook to life. I believe that each child has his/her own voice and I encourage him/her to find it"
Fortune is a video and performance artist and Hebrew teacher. She holds a BFA from The School of Visual Arts and studied at Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel. Jewish identity and the role of woman in Judaism are key subjects in her art. Fortune has exhibited and performed at: Culturfix, Recession Art, Muchmore, Bazaar, NYU Gallery, Figment and The Visual Arts Gallery.
Jessica Deutsch recently graduated from Parsons with a BFA in illustration. After spending a year in the old city of Jerusalem learning at Midreshet Harova she has been pretty obsessed with Torah. Her work is inspired by religious teachings, and is currently in the process of completing a comic book version of the mishna Ethics of the Fathers. She has experience teaching art classes, and is so excited to work with the 7th graders.
Jean came to The New Shul with background studio managing for photographers, most notably for New Shul member Marty Umans! Prior to that, she worked as a theatrical costume designer and stylist for photography, television commercials and films.
Rabbinic Fellow Rabbi Emeritus
Rabbi Zach Fredman
Rabbi James Stone Goodman
Elena Brower
Rabbi Jonah Geffen
Rabbi Shir Yaakov Feit
Josh Krug
Niles Elliot Goldstein
Ellen Gould
Rabbinic Fellow
Rabbi Emeritus
Executive Director Director of Rishonim Director of Big Kids Spirituality Office Manager Rishonim Teacher Rishonim and BKS Teacher Rishonim and BKS Teacher Rishonim Teacher BKS Teacher Rishonim and Teacher BKS Teacher Rishonim Tefillah Leader Past Executive Director
Joy Haims
Michal Weiner
Anielle Fredman
Jean Teuteberg
Deena Spaner
Raziel Mossafi
Arnan Raz
Fortune Chalme
Joshua Mikutis
Sarah Zell Young
Jessica Deutsch
Megan Sass
Amy Eichenwald Golding
Executive Director
Director of Rishonim
Director of Big Kids Spirituality
Office Manager
Rishonim Teacher
Rishonim and BKS Teacher
Rishonim and BKS Teacher
Rishonim Teacher
BKS Teacher
Rishonim and Teacher
BKS Teacher
Rishonim Tefillah Leader
Past Executive Director
Our style of religious observance is eclectic and defies easy categorization. We are an independent Jewish community that is progressive in our approach to traditional worship and wisdom.
Some Friday evenings, you'll find us welcoming in Shabbat at a pub in the Village, other times we'll be gathering on the High Line, or meditating on the beach. Our observances are done in search of greater connection—to ourselves and to our community.
We know no ONE way to accomplish this.
Our services are constantly in flux re-interpreting ancient prayers that no longer speak to us, only to return to them later with fresh interpretation. This reflects who we are and the unfolding nature of our existence.
We believe, fundamentally, in a Judaism that is rooted in joy, celebration and conversation. Our gatherings reflect this sensibility. Participatory music and dialogue, play key roles in the life of The New Shul.
Although we provide activities for younger children—so that adults can sometimes engage in more serious reflection and prayer—we often strive for events which are intergenerational in nature and feel. And we are as much in favor of excavating old, still-meaningful rituals as in creating new and innovative ones.
One of our defining characteristics is our "come as you are" attitude. This can be expressed in dress, in attitude, or in belief. At The New Shul, everyone is always welcome.
Life-cycle Events
The New Shul offers the full range of Jewish life-cycle events for its members—weddings, baby namings, funerals, conversions, minyans for those sitting shiva.
Va'ad/Governing Body
The New Shul's unorthodox approach to community is exemplified by our governing body, the Va'ad. We believe that participation in decision-making by a self-selected group of community members (rather than an elected Board) reflects our grassroots origins and preserves our values of inclusiveness and communal responsibility.
Va'ad meetings are stimulating and productive — we brainstorm over drinks and dinner and try to achieve consensus through a process of respectful discussion. All New Shul members are invited to attend as observers, although active participation is limited to Va'ad members.
Any New Shul member who makes a commitment to be an active participant in the life of The New Shul and to attend one meeting a month for a term of two years is encouraged to serve on the Va'ad.
For more information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Current Va'ad Members
- Jeremy Davis
- Robyn Dietz
- Rabbi Zach Fredman
- Beverly Israely
- Kathi Jacob
- Linda Kahn
- Claire Lynch
- Marty Umans
- Maia Wechsler


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Launch of Tesco-Tyres.com
As you may have heard – there have been a number of articles in many papers across the country over the last week – Blackcircles.com and Tesco have joined forces to launch Tesco-Tyres.com.
Motorists who use this new service will not only benefit from savings that could reach up to 40% off the high street prices, but Tesco Clubcard members will also earn points with every purchase.
When talking about the new partnership Blackcircles.com founder, Mike Welch said "this launch marks one of the UK's biggest motoring ventures of the last ten years. It has taken four years of careful planning and the result is an unbeatable deal for UK motorists, which is set to have a transformative effect on the UK tyre industry.
"From a Blackcircles.com business perspective, the infrastructure is the same but it offers us an exclusive sales channel with a 13 million person audience."
The idea for the venture was first came to Mike whilst he was working for Ford in Detroit back in 2001. He was quick to notice how the supermarkets in America were the leading retailers in the market. This led Mike to launching Blackcircles.com shortly after returning from the USA.
Mike added, "When I was 16, I had a part time job with Tesco in Liverpool and I remember spending my breaks in the canteen working on my business plan, admiring the retail reach and power of the supermarket. I wanted to create one of the biggest motoring ventures, coupling the best supplier of tyres and understanding of customer needs with the best firepower. Then, I was back with a no capital cost model, and Tesco were sold."
Tesco-Tyres.com will offer UK motorists the best-priced, fully fitted tyres, exclusively from Blackcircles.com, with significant savings compared to the high street. As well as this, an extensive range of quality tyres for cars, vans and motorbikes - including high performance and 4x4 tyres - will be available from major brands including Hankook, Pirelli and Yokohama.

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Two flu shot clinics this week
According to University Health Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending everyone be vaccinated for the flu. Now is the time to get the flu vaccine for the best protection through the peak of the flu season. In order to keep our campus healthy, everyone is urged to get a flu shot.
University Health Services has scheduled the following opportunities to get a flu shot:
Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Herbert Hall, Lobby
Oct. 19, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Allen Hall, 1st Floor
Oct. 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mitchell Memorial Library, Main Floor
Oct. 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lee Hall, Main Floor Foyer
Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., MSU Student Health Center, Room 350
Cost is $20, and cash or checks are accepted. Enrolled students can charge to their MSU student account. All are welcome (over the age of 9). Insurance will not be filed for these services.
For more information, visit Mississippi State's Flu Watch site at http://www.flu.msstate.edu.


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Fall Workshop, August 21, 2014
The fall workshop is an annual tradition at Sioux Falls Seminary. Faculty, staff, administration, and therapists will gather together before the start of the fall 2014 semester.


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- AM/FM radio tuner
- HD Radio ready - Requires Clarion THD301 HD Radio tuner
- iPod control with standard USB cable, simply connect your iPhone or iPod touch and access your entire music library
- Pandora support with USB cable, simply connect your iPhone or iPod touch and stream Pandora
- Power Output: 4 channels x 50 watts peak and 4 channels x 21 watts RMS, CEA-2006 compliant
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- Electronic shock protection with built in buffer
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Melissa L. Hayes, 40, 105 Crossing Lane, Erwin, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, August 1, 2013, from injuries sustained in an auto accident.
She was a native of Hendersonville, NC, and was a daughter of Evelyn Williamson Garland, of Erwin, and Matthew and Francine Munn, of Candler, NC.
Melissa was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey A. Neal; and a sister, Lisa Munn.
In addition to her parents she is survived by her four children, Michael, Jennifer, Randall and Alycia Blangin, all of Erwin; two sisters, Stacy Munn Stefanik, of Asheville, and Angela Munn Faulkner, of Erwin; a step-sister, Sylina Mitchell, of Elgin, SC; two half-brothers, Brandon Howell, of Limestone, and James "Chub" Howell, of Erwin; also several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial service for Melissa will be conducted at 7:00 PM Monday, August 5, 2013, in the Maranatha Tabernacle in Unicoi with Pastor E.L. Wheeler officiating.
The family will receive friends at the church from 6:00 PM until the service hour.
Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com.
Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the Hayes family. 423-928-2245


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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Formerly open only for groups, James Island County Park's Odyssey Challenge Course is now open to the general public every Friday this summer, now through Aug. 16. Individuals and small groups are invited to come experience the thrill and challenge of this dynamic structure without having to make a reservation.
This exciting high course, called The Odyssey, features eight mentally and physically challenging elements and two 230-foot long exit ziplines. Teams of 3-6 participants travel together through the course, engaging in exciting challenges, fun team-building and shared learning experiences, ranging from walking along a cable to climbing a net and flying down a zipline.
Open Days at the Challenge Course will take place every Friday (weather permitting) now through Aug. 16 from 3-7 p.m. Fees are just $12 per person ($10 discount available for Charleston County residents). The Challenge Course is open for ages 10 and up, but registered and paid chaperones must be on site for ages 17 and under.
After climbing an inclined cargo net into the first level, groups will reach a tree house structure. There, the group enters a series of linear course events using overhead safety cables to cross onto the next tree house. After making that journey, individuals exit the course on one of two zip lines.
The Challenge Course offers a unique experience designed to energize people and encourage them to explore their capabilities through the "learning by doing" approach. Each dynamic activity encountered on the course focuses on developing different skill areas in each participant, including leadership, communication, problem solving, trust, and many others.
The new Odyssey Challenge Course officially opened in 2010. Designed to handle 30 or more people at once, participants on the course have a productive, fun and educational experience.
For more information on the Challenge Course, visit www.ccprc.com/challengecourse, or call the Challenge Course Coordinator at 843-762-2172.
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Newspapers can learn a lot from LinkedIn, which was built from the ground up to exploit a carefully targeted, revenue-rich employment vertical and is doing much better than newspapers at reaching that audience, Alan D. Mutter writes in Editor & Publisher.
For example, he suggests:
- Be targeted. Rather than try to be all things to all people, LinkedIn serves a large, valuable, carefully selected and carefully cultivated audience.
- Be focused. Where print and digital newspaper products pride themselves on carrying something for everyone, LinkedIn only invests in features that will enrich the data it sells.
- Be interactive. While newspaper websites for the most part are staff-produced, one-way media designed to serve essentially passive readers, LinkedIn is powered efficiently by users who continuously build — and, therefore, build the value of — its ever-growing database.
- Be viral. Because LinkedIn is explicitly about networking, it is by definition viral. By fulfilling the needs of its community, LinkedIn grows organically and inexpensively, reducing the costs of creating content and marketing its brand.


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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2003 Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz arrived in Afghanistan Jan. 14 after a 14-hour flight aboard an Air Force C-17 transport plane from Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Army Lt. Gen. Dan McNeill, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 180, welcomed the deputy to the Afghan base, where Wolfowitz meets today with U.S. and coalition troops and military officials and will tour a road construction site.
The deputy is also slated to travel to the capital city of Kabul to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Defense Minister Fahim Khan and other Afghan leaders.
Along with the meetings, Wolfowitz was scheduled to observe a live-fire exercise at the Afghan national army training range and to visit the Rabia Balki Women's Hospital.
From Afghanistan, he goes to Stuttgart, Germany, for the Jan. 16 change of command ceremony for Marine Gen. James Jones at U.S. European Command. He then heads to Mons, Belgium, for Jones' Jan. 17 change of command ceremony at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Jones, the former U.S. Marine Corps commandant, will take the reins of the two commands at the ceremonies.
A senior Bush administration official told reporters traveling with Wolfowitz that the day-long visit to Afghanistan would give the deputy a chance to assess military operations in Afghanistan and the progress made there to date.
People need to understand that the country has been devastated by more than 20 years of invasions and war, the official noted. From that perspective, he said, the improvements made over the past 18 months have been nothing short of miraculous.
U.S. and coalition operations in Afghanistan are focused on providing military security that will enable economic reconstruction, the official said. As stability is restored and the Afghan government develops the ability to deliver the services people need, its authority will increase, he said.
Building an indigenous defense team is an important part establishing security in Afghanistan, the official added. He said Wolfowitz was particularly interested in seeing how Afghan national army training is coming along and in getting firsthand reports on its troops' first deployment.
During that deployment, an Afghan company went on patrol with a small U.S. team to the town of Orgun-e in Paktia Province. The official said the local population initially thought the Afghan soldiers were Americans in Afghan uniforms because they were so disciplined and well behaved and because they dealt comfortably with local police. U.S. defense officials view the deployment as a positive start for the fledgling national army.
When Wolfowitz last traveled to Afghanistan in July, the official said, Afghan soldiers were just beginning their training. He expected that the deputy's meeting with the Afghan defense minister would focus on how to accelerate recruiting and equipping the Afghan national army.
While in Kabul, Wolfowitz is also scheduled to visit the International Security Assistance Force, another part of the Afghan security picture. Troop visits and equipment inspections of the Dutch, German, Spanish and Turkish contingents are on his agenda. Establishing the international force was crucial to maintaining the neutrality of the capital, the official said.
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Black and White Lodges
|Black and White Lodges
Dale Cooper, The Man from Another Place, seated center, Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge
|Twin Peaks location
|David Lynch, Mark Frost
|Alternate dimension
The Black Lodge is a fictional setting featured in the television series Twin Peaks. It is an extradimensional place which seems to include, primarily, the "Red Room" first seen by Agent Cooper in a dream early in the series. As events in the series unfold, it becomes apparent that the characters from the Red Room, the room itself and the Black Lodge, along with the White Lodge, are connected.
At first it is revealed that there is a mysterious dark presence in the woods that the town's Bookhouse Boys have been combatting for generations. Although they don't know what it is, Native American policeman Deputy Hawk says that the Black Lodge is from the mythology of his people, describing it as:
the shadow-self of the White Lodge. The legend says that every spirit must pass through there on the way to perfection. There, you will meet your own shadow self. My people call it 'The Dweller on the Threshold' ... But it is said, if you confront the Black Lodge with imperfect courage, it will utterly annihilate your soul.
During the second season, Windom Earle relates a past-tense story about the White Lodge:
Once upon a time, there was a place of great goodness, called the White Lodge. Gentle fawns gamboled there amidst happy, laughing spirits. The sounds of innocence and joy filled the air. And when it rained, it rained sweet nectar that infused one's heart with a desire to live life in truth and beauty. Generally speaking, a ghastly place, reeking of virtue's sour smell. Engorged with the whispered prayers of kneeling mothers, mewling newborns, and fools, young and old, compelled to do good without reason ... But, I am happy to point out that our story does not end in this wretched place of saccharine excess. For there's another place, its opposite: A place of almost unimaginable power, chock full of dark forces and vicious secrets. No prayers dare enter this frightful maw. The spirits there care not for good deeds or priestly invocations, they're as likely to rip the flesh from your bone as greet you with a happy "good day." And if harnessed, these spirits in this hidden land of unmuffled screams and broken hearts would offer up a power so vast that its bearer might reorder the Earth itself to his liking.
As the Black and White Lodges become more prominent in the story, Major Briggs claims that during one or more of his disappearances, he had visited the White Lodge and goes on to offer advice regarding it. There is no clear evidence of him being affected by the Black Lodge and it is not clear how he arrives there, aside from a bright flash of light, or what the intentions of his trips were.
Although the Red Room began exclusively as a location within Agent Cooper's dreams, the inhabitants began appearing in other locations in the town, inciting other elements in the plot, to the point where the Red Room and White/Black Lodge stories became one. After discovering a mysterious map in Owl Cave, it becomes evident to Earle and Cooper — both independently and with different motivations for wanting to visit it — that the entrance to the Black Lodge is located in Ghostwood Forest which surrounds the town of Twin Peaks, at a pool of a substance that smells like scorched engine oil and surrounded by 12 young sycamore trees. This area is known as Glastonbury Grove (spelled Glastonberry in the book Welcome to Twin Peaks, ISBN number 0-671-74399-6).
It is said that the key to gain entrance to the Black Lodge is fear - usually an act of brutal murder. This is in contrast to the key to the White Lodge, which is love. Another requirement to enter the Black Lodge through the entrance in Glastonbury Grove is that it may only be entered "...when Jupiter and Saturn meet..." When the above requirements are met and one approaches the pool in Glastonbury Grove, red curtains appear, which the person walks between before the curtains vanish once again.
There is little furniture in the Red Room aside from a few armchairs, a wheeled table and a couple of floor lamps. There is also a statue of the Venus de Milo. There are no doors to speak of; movement from room to room is accomplished by crossing through another set of red curtains that lead to a narrow hallway. The floor is a chevron pattern of black and white, and all sides of any room and all walls of any hallway encountered are covered by identical red curtains. In the final episode, a second room in the Lodge is seen, identical to the first. Between the two rooms is a narrow corridor which has the same floor and "walls" as the other two rooms.
Although the Lodge inhabitants speak English, their voices are warped and strangely clipped and their movements are unnatural (this effect is accomplished by the actors performing in reverse and the footage is then played backwards). Residents often speak in riddles and non-sequiturs. The main inhabitants of the Lodge are The Man from Another Place, The Giant and Killer BOB.
In the final episode of Twin Peaks, Cooper meets The Man from Another Place, who refers to the Red Room as the "waiting room". This coincides with Hawk's claim that every spirit must pass through the Black Lodge on the way to perfection and that the Red Room leads to the White Lodge as well.
The red curtains, zig-zag floors and bright spotlights of the White and Black Lodges have also appeared in several of David Lynch's other films, suggesting that Lynch may view their influences as ongoing in his narrative worlds.[1]
The Black Lodge and White Lodge is home to many spirits and people alike including BOB, MIKE, The Man From Another Place, The Giant, Laura Palmer (passing through the Red Room before ascending to the White Lodge), Chester Desmond, Phillip Jefferies and Dale Cooper. The spirits can take over humans: BOB possessed Leland Palmer and later, Dale Cooper; The Giant possessed the elderly waiter from the Great Northern; and MIKE and The Man From Another Place (MIKE's arm) possessed Phillip Gerard.
References in popular culture[edit]
In the two-part Simpsons episode, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?," Chief Clancy Wiggum has trouble solving the case and falls into a dream sequence in which he awakes in the Red Room and Lisa speaks backwards. She gives him clues in reverse-speak, but Wiggum is unable to understand her until she gives up in frustration and speaks normally.[2] As with Twin Peaks - while recording Lisa's lines for the segment, Yeardley Smith recorded the part backwards and it was reversed.[3][4] Several other parts out of the segment are direct references to the dream, including a moving shadow on the curtain, and Wiggum's hair standing straight up after waking.[5]
William Burroughs' 1980 book Cities of the Red Night makes reference to the mystical "Black and White Lodges", pre-dating Twin Peaks and possibly being the inspiration for the Lodges referred to in the show.
Likewise, the Red Room is referenced in the manga/anime series Monster, in which a backroom in a bar that's curtained off serves as a meeting place for the Baby (whose character was partially inspired by the Man from Another Place) and Nina Fortner. During the scene, the Baby also dances in a way reminiscent of the Man from Another Place during his appearances.
The design for 'the black room' in the manga/anime series SoulEater was taken from the Red room also. Although the floor is instead a red and black checkered pattern.
The Red Room from Deadly Premonition is based on Twin Peaks, as is much of the rest of the game.
Black Lodge Studios outside of Lawrence, Kansas was founded by Producer Ed Rose and members of The Get Up Kids who are fans of Twin Peaks.
The Black and White Lodges are referred to in "The New Traveller's Almanac," a companion to Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, in which a vast number (if not the entirety) of fictional characters and places are established. As it is mentioned in Chapter Three: The Americas:
...while travelling further south, just past the logging town of Twin Peaks, with its many interesting Indian legends, we find areas of dense forest sometimes called "The Deep, Deep Woods" by locals. Doll-like creatures have been seen here, thought by some to be escapees from the otherworldly realm we shall hear word of that exists beyond some spatial flaw above the fields of Kansas. Others have insisted that these sinister and smiling toy-like beings have their origins, along with various other extra-human creatures, in a supposedly-haunted dell within the Deep, Deep Woods called Glastonbury Grove, but this cannot be verified.
The Lodges are again referred to in the journal of Orlando, in Chapter Five: Asia and the Australias:
"For not unrelated reasons, I also avoided the mysterious cloudy valley just north of True Lhassa, where two rival cults of sorcerors (or perhaps more-than-human supernatural forces) called the White Lodge and the Black Lodge are believed to be at war, with human souls and freakish twilight entities both as their pawns."
An indie rock/electronica band from Washington, Idiot Pilot, has a music video for their song "Retina and the Sky" (from their album "Wolves") which takes place in The Black Lodge.
The artwork on Glasvegas' third album Later...When The TV Turns To Static was inspired by the flooring pattern in the Red Room.
The Red Room (referred to as the Sitting Room) plays a significant role in the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated when Scooby begins visiting the room in his dreams and learning more about the supernatural forces at play in Crystal Cove from Nova and Horatio Kharon, a character based on the Dancing Man and voiced by Michael J. Anderson. In the episode "Nightmare in Red", the whole gang visits the Red Room and finds that this dimension has been trapping the good personality traits of anyone who has been seeking out the cursed treasure of Crystal Cove.
"Black Lodge" (song)[edit]
Twin Peaks's score conductor Angelo Badalamenti helped write the song "Black Lodge" on the 1993 Sound of White Noise album by Anthrax.
- ^ Stewart, Mark Allyn (2007). David Lynch Decoded. AuthorHouse. p. 113. ISBN 1-4343-4985-3. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia, eds. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 176–177; 180–181. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M.
- ^ Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)". BBC. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Mirkin, David (2005). Commentary for the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)". The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Oakley, Bill (2005). Commentary for the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)". The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
External links[edit]
- Twin Peaks Mythology - Further Study of the Black Lodge


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We were 4 for lunch. Ordered $18.95 special (soup, dumplings, 2 dishes, 2 bowls of rice). Had bean curd veg soup—OK. Dumplings were good; nicely pan fried, slightly underfilled, but fresh. Entrees—stewed beef was tasty and had Chinese spinach. Rich sauce and very fresh. Portion undersized. Ma po tofu was very spicy and in dark sauce Shanghai style-good, but almost overpowering. Again small portion. Had to order extra bowl of rice and got soup dumplings—very good, not too soupy, underfilled, fresh. Total bill was $30 with tax and tip. Probably could've done better just ordering our usual cheapie lunches (whatever over rice or 2 ala carte dishes). OK place but not great. Service good, décor pretty nice for CTown and bathroom clean. Not good enough to bring us back with so many competitors out there.
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i have eaten lunch here a couple of times, ordering one of the specials. the quality and preparation of the food - beef, pork, shrimp, bok choy, etc. - is superlative. i also attended a retirement party here for 35 people - the meal was a banquet and the guests marveled at the meal.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Charleston County Adopt-A-Highway will hold its next litter cleanup on Saturday, May 4. In case of bad weather, the cleanup will be held on Saturday, May 11.
Throughout the county, volunteers will be picking up trash on our roadsides during the cleanup event. Volunteers can pick up supplies on Wednesday, May 1 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at S.C. Department of Transportation's Charleston Maintenance facility located at 2401 Maintenance Way in North Charleston.
"On the cleanup day, drivers are asked to be especially alert and mindful of pedestrians who are working to beautify our surroundings and protect our environment," said Donna Gueldner, Chairman of Community Pride of Charleston County.During 2012, more than 2,000 volunteers removed more than 50,000 pounds of litter from primary and secondary roads. In Charleston County, the Adopt-A-Highway program is coordinated by Community Pride, an organization sponsored by the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service.
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As gas prices rise, Indian River County drivers see dollars turn to fumes
VERO BEACH - Gwen Lamothe isn't always reaching for the keys for her 12-passenger van.
She has many reasons to head out: shuttling her 11 children, ages 3 months to 17 years, and coordinating the St. Helen's Harvest Festival at Dodgertown. That attracts thousands.
But rising gasoline prices are adding up for her four-car family.
Already Lamothe is "hesitating when one of my daughters asks about going to a birthday party" halfway across the county.
"I say they can go if they can get a ride one way or can carpool," she said.
Filling up Gwen's Ford Club Wagon costs $90 a week, said her husband, Gerry Lamothe, a pastoral counselor. The family spends another $60 a week on fuel for the Dodge Caravan he uses in commuting to Barry University in Port St. Lucie to teach a class.
Then there are sons Justin, 17, and Josh, 16, each with cars consuming about $100 in gas every 10 days. They have part-time jobs, but their parents help pay for the gas because the youths help shuttle their brothers and sisters and do errands.
For Gerry Lamothe, gas prices are just one rising cost on his mind.
"A gallon of milk costs $4. I have a lot of small tanks (stomachs) to fill, as well as gas tanks," he said.
A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline could go up 20 to 25 cents by early December, reaching an average of $3.35 in Florida if conditions don't change, according to the American Automobile Association and the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association. A cold winter could keep prices up because of demand for heating oil, said Gregg Laskoski, spokesman for AAA South, based in Tampa.
"As long a crude oil is over $90, you are not going to see a break for consumers," Laskoski said.
Gasoline prices could reach $3.50 or $4 a gallon by next summer, Amanda Kurzendoerfer, a commodities analyst at Summit Energy Services Inc. in Louisville, Ky., forecast earlier this month.
There are several reasons why prices for regular gas rose to $3.21 per gallon Friday from $2.80 the same day in August. Laskoski attributes higher prices to the dollar's decline against other currencies.
For example, the dollar fell to 68 cents to the Euro on Friday, from 76 cents at the start of the year, according to Oanda Corp., which tracks exchange rates.
The decrease has made it more expensive for the United States to buy imported oil, Lakoski said.
Florida Petroleum Marketers Association spokesman Jim Smith blames high crude oil prices on speculation in the commodities markets.
At current prices, just driving 25 miles adds up. Trips from Port St. Lucie to Vero Beach or Hobe Sound can cost $4.80 in gas for a Ford F-150 pickup truck, according to U.S. Department of Energy figures. A four-cylinder Toyota Camry uses about $3.30 in gas on those trips.
A Honda Civic Hybrid is a comparative bargain, at $1.80 to go 25 miles.
If prices keep going up, "we would have to cut back to compensate," Mrs. Lamothe said. "There wouldn't be any other way. Already, we take less frequent road trips for pleasure."
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Mount St. Scholastica's French Refugees:
In Search Of Liberty
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In July 1904, Mother Aloysia Northman, prioress of Mount St. Scholastica, received a letter from Abbot Felix DeGrasse of Shawnee, Oklahoma. Abbot Felix was a native of Lorraine, and had already helped several French sisters to America.
On my return from Europe about 4 weeks ago, when I went to see you at Atchison you gave me to read the application which Madame the Abbess had written to you asking you to receive some of her Sisters. I told you my opinion which is to receive them without fear because I know them. They will never give you any trouble. On the contrary they will be greatly useful to your community.10
Mother Aloysia accepted their application. On October 19, the Mount St. Scholastica Academy catalogue remarks: "Five11 Benedictine Sisters, exiled from France, arrived at the Convent to-day. . . . The French Government has for the past few years been expelling religious from their convents and confiscating their property. . . . It seems cruel that such things must be; but frequently they are only the means for fulfilling God's designs."12
The choir sisters had departed France less than a month before the expulsion.
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Return to 'Transforming the Journey' Index
10MSSA. Letter to Mother Aloysia Northman, July 28, 1904. return
11The fifth sister was Mary Louis Unkel who transferred after two years to a community in Ramsay, LA. return
12MSSA. Catalogue of Mount St. Scholastica's Academy, Atchison, Kansas (Atchison: Abbey Student Press 1905) 37. return


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Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA)-Axis Study in Pediatric Subjects With Perennial Allergic Rhinitis (PAR)
This study has been completed.
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First received: September 28, 2012
Last updated: May 8, 2014
Last verified: May 2014
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The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of 6 weeks of treatment with beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) nasal aerosol versus placebo on HPA-axis function, as assessed by 24-hour serum cortisol weighted mean, and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of BDP nasal aerosol, in subjects 6 to 11 years of age with perennial allergic rhinitis.
Allergic Rhinitis
Drug: Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) nasal aerosol
Drug: Placebo Nasal Aerosol
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, 6-Week Study Designed to Investigate the Effects of BDP Nasal Aerosol on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA)-Axis in Pediatric Subjects (6 to 11 Years of Age) With Perennial Allergic Rhinitis (PAR)
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- 24-Hour serum Cortisol weighted mean after 42 days of treatment [ Time Frame: Baseline to 42 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The primary endpoint is the 24-hour serum cortisol weighted mean for BDP nasal aerosol and placebo after forty two (42) days of treatment.
|Study Start Date:
|October 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) nasal aerosol
Drug: Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) nasal aerosol
Dose: BDP 80 mcg/day (40 mcg/spray, 1 spray/nostril, once daily - total 2 sprays/day)
Other Name: QNASL (TM)
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo Nasal Aerosol
Drug: Placebo Nasal Aerosol
Dose: 1 spray/nostril, once daily - total 2 sprays/day
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Years to 11 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent/(assent - if applicable)
- Male or female subjects 6-11 years of age
- General good health
- A documented history of PAR to a relevant perennial allergen for a minimum of 12 months
- Other criteria apply
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy, nursing, or plans to become pregnant or donate gametes
- Participation in any investigational drug study within the 30 days preceding the Screening Visit 1 (SV1)
- Previous participation in a BDP nasal aerosol study as a randomized subject
- A known hypersensitivity to any corticosteroid or any of the excipients in the study medication formulation
- History of physical findings of nasal pathology, including nasal polyps or other clinically significant respiratory tract malformations
- History of a respiratory infection or disorder within the 14 days preceding the Screening Visit 1 (SV1)
- Use of any prohibited concomitant medications within the prescribed (per protocol) withdrawal periods prior to the Screening Visit 1 (SV1)
- Other criteria apply
- Current smoker or current user of tobacco products at any time during the study; history of smoking or use of tobacco products within the past year
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01697956
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01697956
|United States, California
|Teva Investigational Site 10305
|Long Beach, California, United States
|United States, Georgia
|Teva Investigational Site 10304
|Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
|United States, Minnesota
|Teva Investigational Site 10300
|Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Teva Investigational Site 10302
|Normal, Pennsylvania, United States
|United States, Texas
|Teva Investigational Site 10301
|New Braunfels, Texas, United States
|Teva Investigational Site 10303
|San Antonio, Texas, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
|Principal Investigator:
|Sudeesh K Tantry, Ph.D.
|Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products, R&D Inc.
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|Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
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|Study First Received:
|September 28, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 8, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries:
Pediatric Subjects
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Nose Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Respiratory System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
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By Douglas J. GillertAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1996 Let DoD do what it does best; let contractors do what they do best.
That's the gist of the message Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White sent Congress and told reporters April 5, as he announced the department's plan to improve its combat edge through outsourcing.
White said DoD will look to the private sector to provide an array of goods and services to lower internal costs and improve departmental efficiency.
The decision on what to outsource must be based on three strategic objectives, the deputy secretary said.
"The department is committed to ensuring future modernization, maintaining readiness and improving the quality of life of its forces," he said. "To meet these pressing requirements, we must find more efficiencies and savings in our internal operations through outsourcing."
Focusing on its core competencies and contracting out or privatizing other processes could save DoD billions annually in support costs, White said. An analysis of DoD outsourcing from 1978 to 1994, for example, revealed an average annual savings of $1.5 billion.
Outsourcing won't only reduce operating costs, however. It also will make DoD more efficient, White said, enabling the services to focus on their primary business while improving service quality and responsiveness.
Some specific programs already identified for outsourcing include maintaining software for the Air Force's B-1 and B-2 bombers, upgrading the Army's Paladin howitzer and overhauling the Navy's nonnuclear ships.
White also cited the Defense Logistics Agency as an outsourcing leader. For example, by shipping spare parts directly from contractors to users, the agency cut costs 25-35 percent and improved response times by 75-90 percent, White said.
Prime new outsourcing candidates, White said, include base operating support, property and equipment disposal, distribution and transportation, warehousing, housing, accounting and finance, data centers and depot-level maintenance.
For the latter, DoD will size maintenance depots to provide high-risk, mission-essential capabilities and consider everything else for outsourcing.
To manage depot work efficiently, however, White said DoD has asked Congress to eliminate the 60-40 rule. The rule stipulates federal workers must perform at least 60 percent of maintenance, contractors no more than 40 percent.
White's announcement followed delivery of three reports to Congress.
The reports describe DoD's outsourcing initiative and how the services will establish core depot maintenance requirements. In place of the 60-40 rule, the workload report recommends using DoD's core method to identify minimum essential capabilities that should be retained.
"We're convinced there are major opportunities for savings," White said. "[Outsourcing] clearly is both a source of funding for us to improve modernization and increase our overall capability."


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Mozart, Haydn: Violin Concertos / Skride, Haenchen, et al
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Session U28: Focus Session: Graphene IV
8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Thursday, March 8, 2007
Colorado Convention Center Room: 302
Sponsoring Unit: DMP
Chair: Barbaros Qezyilmaz, Columbia University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.MAR.U28.2
Abstract: U28.00002 : The Structure of Suspended Graphene
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Jannik Meyer
Andre Geim
Mikhail Katsnelson
Kostya Novoselov
Tim Booth
Siegmar Roth
(University of Manchester)
The recent discovery of graphene has sparked significant interest, which has so far been focused on the peculiar electronic structure of this material, in which charge carriers mimic massless relativistic particles. However, the structure of graphene is also puzzling. On one hand, graphene appears to be a strictly 2D material and exhibits such a high crystal quality that electrons can travel submicron distances without scattering. On the other hand, perfect 2D crystals cannot exist in the free state, according to both theory and experiment. This is often reconciled by the fact that all graphene structures studied so far were an integral part of larger 3D structures, either supported by a bulk substrate or embedded in a 3D matrix. We describe individual graphene sheets freely suspended on a microfabricated scaffold. These membranes are only one atom thick and still display a long-range crystalline order. However, our studies by transmission electron microscopy have revealed that suspended graphene sheets are not perfectly flat but exhibit intrinsic microscopic roughening such that the surface normal varies by several degrees and out-of-plane deformations reach 1 nm. The atomically-thin single-crystal membranes offer an ample scope for fundamental research and new technologies whereas the observed corrugations in the third dimension may shed light on subtle reasons behind the stability of 2D crystals.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2007.MAR.U28.2


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The Story Thus Far
These ten chapters tell the history of Tyree Manse. I've left out most of the story elements from them, aside from the set-up, concentrating here on describing the many and varied play styles offered by these ten levels. They're designed to be played versus an opponent online or AI from either the Intruders or the Denizens point of view. We plan to also include single-player only levels based on story concepts from seven great horror writers.
Chapter 1 - Fall of the House of Bosch
Cornelius Bosch has completed his thaumaturgical fastness, a refuge for his dark experiments. But rival occultist Elias Tyree has come to the door, intent on stealing his secrets. The Intruders must find three items hidden within the house, while Bosch must try and kill all three of them before they reach the Spirit Prism. Bosch has a limited number of ghosts at his disposal, but each time the Intruders find one of the first two objects, he gets reinforcements. Even Bosch himself can't be stopped for long. When the Intruders kill his physical form, he returns as a vengeful spirit that reforms every time it's beaten. For the intruders, it's a race against time. Can they find the final object and banish the evil spirits or will they die trying?
Chapter 2 - The Thing in the Basement
The Denizens player takes on the role of The Golem, Bosch's last, unfinished experiment. Sealed in the basement, it has been activated by the intrusion of Elias Tyree. Tyree has broken the wards Bosch left in place, opening abyssal rifts throughout the basement. The Intruders and the Golem both seek to harness the arcane energies in these rifts for their own benefit. When the Golem reaches the current active rift, angry spirits are summoned to attack the Intruders. If the Intruders beat the Golem to a rift, they can cause a backlash, draining the Golem of power. The Golem is incredibly tough, and although the Intruders can hurt it with their normal attacks, subduing the monster without these backlash attacks is probably impossible.
Chapter 3 - The Cabinet of Dr. Tyree
Doctor Tyree, heir to Elias, has turned the house into a sanitorium for shell-shocked soldiers from The Great War. There he subjects them to an array of horrific experiments, trying to use their nightmares to unlock the secrets of the house. One patient is trying to escape, but not before he steals Tyree's dream serum so he can prove to the world just how much of a monster the hospital administrator really is.
The sole intruder can approach his fellow patients to free them. Some will join his side, while others will transform into horrible monsters. The administrator has cultist hospital attendants who try to recapture the escaped patients. If the administrator himself gets close enough to an escapee, he can sound the alarm, calling in waves of reinforcements, but the administrator is vulnerable, and if he dies, it's all over. Meanwhile, the escaping patients must find the serum and escape from the building, but taking the serum also sets off the alarm. If the escapee with the serum makes it out the door, Tyree's secrets will be revealed to the world.
Chapter 4 - Of Vampires, Terrible Ghosts, Magic, and The Seven Deadly Sins
The sanitorium is shut down, but in the catacombs Dr. Tyree's worst experiments still lurk in the shadows. A new and terrible mistress has taken up residence in the darkness below. There, away from the light, the vampire and her minions are at their most powerful. The Intruders come bearing the ability to place beacons of mystic light, with the goal of lighting up all five main rooms in the catacombs simultaneously.
The beacons illuminate a region around them, allowing the Intruders to see farther and also offering them protection. Once the creatures of darkness enter into the illuminated regions, they become much less dangerous. The three intruders must do their best to protect the fragile beacons and place them throughout the level, but the more beacons they place, the more monsters will be drawn into the fray, enraged at the intrusion into their domain.
Chapter 5 - Moments of Horror for an Eternity of Love
The house is now a museum, host to occult antiquities from around the world and from its own hidden store rooms. An ancient Sumerian sorcerer living under an eternal curse has come to steal some of those artifacts so he can perform the ritual that will return his long-dead bride to him. The Denizens player picks one of four museum guests as his disguise. He then controls all four patrons, moving through the museum. Only he can steal artifacts, and he can, if he chooses, move four times farther per turn than anyone else. But if he's seen doing this, it will clue the Intruders into what he's up to.
The Intruders player has three guards, who can move around the museum and monitor the behavior of the patrons. They can accuse any of the patrons they see of being the Ancient One, but if they pick the wrong person, both the intruder and the guest are removed. The Ancient One can start his ritual at any point, but the more artifacts he has stolen, the faster the ritual will go. If the guards successfully spot him, the ritual starts immediately. During the ritual, the Ancient One can't move, but he also summons forth up a bevy of walking corpses to defend him.
Chapter 6 - Creature Feature
Two rival geniuses are working for the War Department to weaponize the terrors of Tyree Manse, but their intense hatred for one another has driven them over the brink. As they race to reactivate The Golem and turn it into the ultimate weapon, both scientists are prepared to make a dark pact with some of the manse's horrifying residents. Each scientist chooses two of the four monsters, each of which has different powers and the ability to summon unique minions. The two sides fight to be the one to activate the Golem by sacrificing those minions to harvest their occult energies and move the Golem towards their control. If either scientists' forces manage to kill the rival or fully control the Golem, they win control of the ultimate weapon and the house.
Chapter 7 - Cast into Wax
A scared sculptor's assistant hides within the wax museum, disguised as one of the sideshow house of horror's many life-like exhibits. The Maestro, a psychopathic artist who renders down his victims to recreate the house's horrifying history in wax, stalks the halls looking for him. The Intruders must enter the museum and find their friend, wherever he is hiding. But he's not the only one in disguise. The Maestro's minions, the Mimics, are scattered throughout the museum, disguised as wax statues, waiting to slash out at the intruders. Can they rescue their friend and escape the house of wax, or will they become victims to its mad genius and his art?
Chapter 8 - I shall protect thee!
The Chaos Child is a product of the most unholy of unions, the progeny of humanity's best and the worst nightmares of another dimension. There is no more fitting place to raise her than in the Tyree Orphanage. But she is a willful child, who does as she pleases while her nannies and tutors trail along, trying to guide and protect her. She needs that protection, especially on this night, when a group of zealots have infiltrated the orphanage with plans to abduct the Chaos Child. The three intruders need to seize the child when none of her protectors are near her. They have the run of the house, free to set traps and wards and harass the cultist protectors who must stick close to the child as she wanders through the house. But the child is not indifferent to these strange events, and occasionally uses her reality warping powers to aid her "family."
Chapter 9 - Maleific, Negative, and Destructive
The secrets of Tyree Manse have always encompassed the realms of both science and the occult, with neither proving fully capable of containing the house's horrors. Now a brother and sister, both alike in genius and evil intent, have joined their areas of expertise to try and tame the manse. They have already unlocked many of its secrets and are on the brink of greatness when a group of intruders who also mix the arcane and the engineered enter with a device built to cleanse the entire building of ectomorphic energy. The intruders must use their magical ward and disruptor pylons to hold the swarms of creatures at bay while their machine does its work. The Denizen siblings use science and magic to summon forth a never-ending stream of monsters to try and smash the machine before the source of all their power is destroyed.
Chapter 10 - Comes with the Fall
Tyree Manse has seen over a century of horror that has earned it infamy around the world. Now a brave, fame-seeking group of self-styled Ghost Hunters has decided to cleanse the house once and for all, and they're going to do it on live video, streamed to the world. They have no idea what dark forces now inhabit the house nor what challenges they will face. The Denizens player picks any one of the different major inhabitants of the house, each of which has unique minions and play style. The Intruders player casts the documentary crew from the full range of intrepid explorers, leaving it a surprise for the Denizens both what kind of enemies they will face and how they will enter the house. The two sides face off for control of the house and all the secerts therein.