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NEW YORK—A coalition of groups with a lawsuit against the large sugary drink ban took to court on Wednesday, asking the judge to delay the ban until he decides if it is legal.
Lawyers representing the coalition argued in Manhattan State Supreme Court that the ban—instead of starting on March 12—should be delayed until the judge rules on the lawsuit.
Judge Milton Tingling said he'd decide within a week whether to delay the drink ban.
The large sugary drink ban, introduced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was passed in October and prohibits drinks larger than 16 ounces with more than 50 calories in any establishment that gets graded by the Department of Health.
Judge Tingling said the coalition should work with the city on the delay proposal before submitting it to the him for a ruling.
The coalition against the ban includes multiple groups, such as the American Beverage Association, representing beverage manufacturers like Pepsi; the Korean Grocers Association of New York, which represents 4,000 businesses, of which 1,400 would have to comply with the ban; and Teamsters 812, which represents workers in the bottling and delivery industries. In total the coalition represents hundreds of thousands of businesses which employ hundreds of thousands of people, according to one of the lawyers.
James Brandt, an attorney representing the coalition, said if the ban starts on March 12, businesses will have to spend money to comply, but the money would be wasted if the ban overturned.
"Nobody would ever spend their money in this way without even knowing if compliance is required," he said.
A key part of the argument against the ban is that the stores governed by the Department of Health—establishments that mainly serve food, marked by letter grades in their front windows—will have to comply with the ban, while grocery stores and other businesses, sometimes right next to the food establishments, will not.
This leaves the food establishments at a loss because customers will choose to buy their drinks at grocery stores or convenience stores such as Duane Reade, said another representative for the coalition. Further, some people will also buy food from these places instead of the letter graded businesses, effectively damaging their revenue stream.
A city representative called this claim absurd, saying convenience stores don't serve ready made food such as pizzas.
The city's representatives said the coalition chose to not name a single store that would be affected, misrepresenting the number of places that would actually be affected by the ban—whether highlighting the potential economic impact on movie theaters or small food establishments.
"What they're trying to do is bootstrap all the businesses that are not being harmed," said Mark Muschenheim, counsel for the city.Brandt said if a store was named, the city's Department of Health might punitively target it, giving the owner a bad letter grade for speaking out.
Up for debate, too, was how enforcement would happen starting March 12, if the ban began.
Muschenheim said during the first three months no fines would happen; instead, the businesses would receive a written form after an inspection telling them they would have to change whatever was not complying with the new ban by June 12, or face a fine.


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Saving teachers' jobs has never been more controversial.
What started in April as an attempt by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to provide $23 billion in federal funds to avert hundreds of thousands teacher layoffs has descended into an ugly battle pitting lawmakers, the Education Department, unions, and education reform groups against one another.
With the measure unable to pass as a standalone, Democratic leadership on the Hill attached the teacher layoff money, now whittled down to $10 billion, to a must-pass military supplemental that is struggling to get through Congress.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., brought the controversy to new heights on Wednesday by offering an amendment that would divert $800 million from the administration's signature education reform initiatives in order to offset the cost of the jobs money. Obey's amendment proposes cutting $500 million from Race to the Top, $100 million from the federal Charter Schools Program and $200 million from the Teacher Incentive Fund.
Pushing back against the Obey initiative, the Education Department stated that the reform programs are the wrong places to cut and alternative sources should be identified. The sentiment was echoed by state education chiefs who have worked to make their states competitive for Race to the Top money, among other federal initiatives.
"Difficult choices have to be made during these troubled economic times," David Steiner, New York's state education commissioner, said in a statement. "But we believe that it is counterproductive and wrong to link together -- and to pit against the other -- funding for critically needed education reforms and jobs for our students' teachers."
Education reform groups are also up in arms about the potential cuts to reform-minded programs. By the end of the day on Wednesday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the Education Trust and the New Teacher Project sent out press releases urging Congress to reject Obey's amendment.
"The Obey bill would quite literally swipe hundreds of millions of dollars in already promised funding," the Education Trust said in a statement.
These same reform groups took issue with the bill at its inception, arguing that the money should not be awarded without requiring states to reform "last-hired, first-fired" layoff policies. Most districts hand out pink slips according to seniority, a practice considered by some to be "quality-blind" when it comes to the effectiveness of teachers.
Lawmakers have also joined the fray.
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., urged his House colleagues to sign a letter to Obey requesting that he reconsider the cuts. The ranking member of the House Education and Labor Committee, John Kline, R-Minn., called the education job money an exploitation of the emergency troop funding. "Democrats have shown their true priorities, jumping at the chance to discard education reform to salvage an unpopular bailout for the education establishment," Kline added in a statement sent early Wednesday.
Worried that Polis' letter could hurt the chances of the education jobs money making it through, the American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second-largest teachers union, retaliated with a letter of its own asking lawmakers not to sign on to Polis' letter.
The House may vote on the supplemental package before recess, but since the Senate is already in recess, the upper chamber wouldn't be able to take it up before July 12.

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This is partly for everyone who might have wanted to join the SheRunsAKL Nike 10 km challenge and hasn't been able to do so yet, or is still thinking about it, and partly for my own satisfaction of seeing everything I've done the previous week laid out in front of me. So here it is, Week 1 of the SheRunsAKL challenge. If you're wanting to get back into running, I reckon this is a pretty good way to start. Click below for more
Monday, Day 1 : After work, at 5:30 PM I headed down to Britomart to join the rest of the SheRunsAKL runners. Instead of a run though, fitness guru/babe/Nike trainer Kirsti Godso took us through a NTC (Nike Training Club) 'get strong' workout, to educate us about functional fitness. These are the kind of workouts I enjoy, working your legs and upper body strength – not that I'm any good at them, but I like them. At the end of the night, we were given a She Runs AKL tote bag and were able to choose between two training programmes : 'Finish the race' or 'Set a new Personal Best', since I've never run much more than 3km before, I chose the 'Finish the race' programme, and collected my 'Count me in' badge to pin on my tote, as proof I was there for the first week. We get a new badge each time we attend a training preparation session for the challenge.
Tuesday, Day 2 : My training bible told me that today was the day I would kick off with an 'easy' 3 km run. Easy, lol. I completed it without stopping and that's all that matters haha. I was lucky enough to get given a Nike Sportswatch GPS last year, and when I plugged it in to my laptop to log my run, it informed me that my last run before tonights was in Sept 2013. Oops.
Wednesday, Day 3 : Warm up with a 800 m run, then a 3km 'tempo' run, cool down with an 800 m run. I had to ask what a 'tempo' run was, and the answer I got was this : "a tempo run is simply a run with a bit of pace – a bit quicker than you would normally run at, but not a sprint! You want to be pushing yourself though, so no jogging." Crap. This was by far the most challenging exercise of the whole week. I kept trying to tell myself that the faster I went, the quicker I'd reach the end, but my body wasn't listening, it wanted to stop, and lie on the road, and cry, or something. It was bloody hard. But I must have been doing it right, cos I ended up clocking up my fastest 1km. I didn't do myself any favours by deciding to run at 330 in the afternoon, while the sun was still blazing hot, with hardly any shade to run under. But I knew if I didn't do it straight after work (I started work at 5 AM, so finish early) I would likely not do it all. When I found a street with lots of shade, I just ran up and down that same little part of the street until I clocked up my last km hahaha. For the 800 m cool down, I walked about half of that, I was SO wasted after the tempo run.
Thursday, Day 4 : My thighs and legs are killing me today after yesterdays run. On the exercise menu is The NTC Get Toned Beginner Tighten Up Program – you'll need to download the Nike Training Club App from Google Play or iTunes if you want to do any of these. This one is a 45 minute workout that involves a bunch of squats & lunges, high knee runs, push ups and ab work. I was about 30 minutes into it when the app crashed & lost my progress, so you'll just have to believe me when I say I did it It doesn't let you skip through the exercises either, so I screenshot the workout summary and finished off the last few exercises with a timer.
Friday, Day 5 : Stretch / Rest day, wooooohooooo because legs are still sore as.
Saturday, Day 6 : 6 km run Geez, they step it up on you pretty quick ay? For this run, I drove out to Mission Bay just before 10 AM, and though it was later than I'd originally planned to run, and really sunny, running right next to the water means you get a nice, cool breeze pretty much the whole run. I ran from Mission Bay towards the city for about 3.5km and then back towards my car for the last 2.5 km – I timed it this way so that I could get a nice 500m warm down when I walked back to the car. Compared to the 'tempo' run, the 6km was a piece of piss. I definitely benefited from a good nights rest. Also, I wanted to make sure I paced myself well so that I wasn't wasted at the end of the the first 3 km, and perhaps I paced myself a little too well haha, but overall I was pretty stoked with how well I did this run. It took me just under 40 mins to complete 6km, which I know is pretty slow, but that's OK, I can only go up from here, right? I'll try beat this time next week.
Sunday, Day 7 : Rest, enjoying my day off. Legs not so sore anymore.
I don't know if this was helpful at all for you, but I decided from the start that I'd follow the Nike SheRunsAKL training guide by the letter, because I want to run 10 km with confidence at the end of all this. One thing that I haven't been very strict on is my eating, though I've found I did just naturally eat a lot better on the days when I was working out. So feel free to give this week of training a go yourself, or come join us all tomorrow at Britomart at 530 PM


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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Last week Sadie, my 4-year-old, started with a snotty nose and a cough that got progressively worse over the weekend. She never ran fever but her cough wasn't improving and since I was going out of town to work later in the week, I figured I might as well go ahead and take her to the doctor before she got any worse.
She slept in the car on the way to the doctor's office and wanted to be carried inside. At 38 pounds, that's not as easy as it used to be but she was sick so I obliged her. I hauled her into the waiting room and as soon as she woke up she begin getting excited. She could see the candy bowl through the glass and knew that she was only a few hops, skips and jumps from getting to dig through that bowl.
We were called back for her to be measured and weighed and she grinned from ear to ear the whole time. She didn't feel good but she had my undivided attention and was relishing not having to share me. We moved to the exam room where she crawled up and down off the table forty-'leven times before I told her I said, "Get up or get down, but stop it before you fall and get hurt."
She climbed off the table and started opening and closing drawers, the stepstool on the bottom before finally finding the stirrups.
"Don't touch that!" I scolded.
"What is it, Momma?" She whispered.
"You don't want to know, just leave it alone."
"I do want to know. What is it, Momma?" Sadie repeated.
"You don't want to know."
Sadie lunged into my face and got loud, "I do want to know. What is it?"
"You put your feet in them so the doctor can look at your privacy."
Sadie's jaw dropped up and her eyes got huge, just as the door opened and the nurse practioner walked in the room. Sadie quickly leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Momma, do not tell them what you just told me."
I cackled and nodded. After a quick exam and a not so quick cleaning out of Sadie's ears, (which for some reason thrilled her to no end) it was determined that she had a sinus and ear infection and a cough that was teetering towards bronchitis. We left with antibiotics and steroids.
Want to know what's worse than having a sick child? (No, I was not going to say a sick husband.) A sick child on steroids.
I don't like for my kids to be sick, but at least when they don't feel good they're quiet, still and snuggly. A sick kid on steroids totally forgets that they don't feel well and has the energy to act like a total lunatic. Sadie spent the last week going from lying on the couch cuddling, to putting on a stuffed bra underneath one of my shirts and prancing around the house saying, "Hi! I'm Robin. I got big ole boobies. I can cook cake and eggs. I can cook everything and drive a car." Five minutes later I'd find her passed out on the couch.
Sunday night as I tucked her in the bed she started her weekly pitch to stay home from school on Monday.
"But Momma, I'm soooo sick," she coughed to emphasize her point.
"You've taken all your medicine baby, you aren't too sick for school," I countered.
"But Momma, my booty hurts," she said, looking at me sideways. She was fishing for anything to get out of school.
"Really? Well maybe we need to go to the doctor tomorrow," I finished brushing her teeth and carried her to her bed.
Without missing a beat she said, "Huh. That's funny. My booty doesn't hurt anymore. I guess I can go to school tomorrow."
I know her little mind must have flashed back to those stirrups and playing with her friends, taking a nap and playing with her friends some more seemed like a better option — yeah, that's funny, alright.
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The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican party says two leading Democrats pushing for the petition have misused state resources to promote the idea.
Back in August, Democrats Joe Dorman and Richard Morrissette first proposed a $500 million bond issue to fund shelters in schools.
Dorman admits he used his state email system to promote the petition.
"I feel bad. I didn't realize that was a problem," said Dorman. "When I found out I did something wrong, I apologized for it."
Dave Weston, Oklahoma GOP party chair, said, "In my opinion, it looks like Representatives Dorman and Morrissette are trying to make this about themselves more than shelters for kids."
Weston appreciates Dorman's apology but still believes the petition drive should cease and desist until a nonpartisan steering committee can be formed.
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Dorman said, "There is no way the petition is going to stop."
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One of the effects of the ban on the name is that the exact pronunciation has become obscured. For nearly a thousand years the name was not used in daily worship and today we are faced with the question of how to pronounce it. Some of the better-known suggestions are Yahweh and Jehovah. But why the confusion and what is the true pronunciation of the name?
The problem with the pronunciation of the name stems from the fact that the Hebrew language records vowels and consonants with two separate and distinct sets of symbols. The consonants are written as letters and the vowels as dots and dashes. For example the word yeled יֶלֶד "child" is written with the consonants yld ילדand the vowels e eֶ ֶ. When it comes to the name it is widely believed that the vowels were systematically replaced with the vowels of the word Adonai (Lord). So modern scholars deliberately ignore the vowels of YHVH which are actually written in the Hebrew text of Scripture and attempt to reconstruct what the "original" vowels were based on all kinds of external arguments and speculations. As a result, scholars arrive at different conclusions as to how the name was originally pronounced. One of the most popular theories is that the name was pronounced Yahweh and there is a virtual scholarly consensus concerning this name. However, this consensus is not based on decisive proof. The Anchor Bible Dictionary explains: "The pronunciation of yhwh as Yahweh is a scholarly guess."¹ If "Yahweh" is a wild guess, what do we really know about how the name was pronounced? And what of the argument that the vowels of YHVH in the Hebrew text are really the vowels of Adonai as scholars universally claim?
Contrary to popular belief the name YHVH itself has not been suppressed from the written text of Scripture. In fact, the consonants of the name YHVH appear some 6828 times in the Hebrew text of Scripture. But what of the vowels? Are they really the vowels of Adonai? To understand this problem we must consider an ancient Hebrew scribal practice called Kere-Qetiv, "the read (Qere) and the written (Ketiv)". Qere-Ketiv occurs when a certain word is written in Scripture one way (Ketiv), but a note in the margin of the biblical text indicates that it is to be read as if it were written another way (Qere). For example, in Gen 8:17 we find the word הוצא hotsie ("take out"). In the manuscripts of Scripture this word is marked with a small circle over it which refers the reader to a note in the margin. The note in the margin says "היצאקרי" "read it haytze". So הוצא hotsie is written in Scripture with a Vav but the marginal note says to read it היצא haytse with a Yod. As in most cases of Qere-Ketiv the marginal note does not change the meaning of the verse, since both hotsie and haytse mean "take out, remove". So why read a word differently than how it is written if it does not change the meaning? Apparently, many of the Qere-Ketivs were formed when the Temple scribes compared two or three ancient manuscripts of Scripture. The scribes found slight differences between the manuscripts and left one form of the word in the body of Scripture while the other they recorded in the margin. The significance of Qere-Ketiv for the question of the divine name is that the Ketiv, the form written in the body of Scripture, is always written with the vowels of the Qere, the way the word is read. In the example above the word is written הַוְצֵא with the consonants of hotsie הוצא but the vowels of haytse ² הוצא! The argument concerning the name is that YHVH has the consonants of the name but the vowels of Adonai and this is presented as fact in every introduction to Biblical Hebrew and every scholarly discussion of the name.
There are two problems with this scholarly consensus. The first is that in all the other instances of Qere-Ketiv, the word which is read differently than the way it is written is marked by a circle in the biblical manuscripts. The circle refers the reader to a marginal note that says "read it such and such". So in the instance of the name we would expect there to be a circle over the word YHVH with a marginal note instructing us "read it Adonai" But no such note exists! YHVH appears 6828 times in the Hebrew text of Scripture but it is never identified as a Qere-Ketiv by either a scribal circle or a marginal note. In response to this scholars insist that YHVH is a so-called Qere Perpetuum. They claim that when a word is always read differently than the way it is written the scribal note is omitted. Now it is true that in such instances that the scribal note is sometimes left out. But in the other instances of Qere Perpetuum the scribal note appears sometimes and is omitted other times for brevity. Yet nowhere in Scripture is there an instance of Qere Perpetuum in which the word written one way but read another way always lacks a scribal note. If we were to apply the Qere Perpetuum rule to YHVH it would be unique in this class of Qere-Ketiv since it never has a scribal note saying "read it Adonai", not once in the 6828 times the word appears.
The second problem with the claim that YHVH has the vowels of Adonai is quite simply that it does not! The vowels of Adonai אֲדׁנָי are A-O-A (hataf patach - cholam - kamats). In contrast, the name YHVH is written יְהוָה with the vowels e---A (sheva - no vowel - kamats). Now in every other instance of Qere-Ketiv, the Ketiv, written in the body of Scripture, has precisely the vowels of the Qere, while the Qere itself is written without vowels in the margin of the biblical manuscript. But the vowels of YHVH are clearly different from the vowels of Adonai! YHVH is written YeHVaH יְהוָה but with the vowels of Adonai it should have been Yahovah יֲהוָֹה!
How is it that the scholarly consensus missed this factual evidence? Up until recently printers of the text of Scripture have freely modified the name YHVH. In many printings of the Hebrew Scriptures YHVH is written with no vowels at all while in other printings it is in fact written as Yahovah with the vowels of Adonai. However, when we check the earliest complete manuscripts of Scripture we find that YHVH is written YeHVaH. This is how YHVH is written in the Ben Asher manuscripts (Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex3) which preserve the most accurate complete text of Scripture. Modern printings which accurately reproduce the ancient manuscripts, such as Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensia (BHS), and Hebrew University Bible Edition (HUB) also contain the form YeHVaH. Today we do not need to rely on these printing since the important Bible manuscripts have been published as lithographic editions with photographs reproducing the actual pages of the manuscripts themselves. In these photographs it is clear that the name YHVH is written repeatedly as YeHVaH and not with the vowels of Adonai as YaHoVaH.
Before considering the vowels of YeHVaH actually documented in the text of Scripture, we must briefly consider the scholarly consensus concerning Yahweh. As already mentioned, scholars disregarded the vowels of YHVH in the biblical manuscripts and look to outside sources to try and recover the original pronunciation of the name. The primary source for this reconstruction is the writings of Theodoret of Cyrus, a so-called Church Father who lived in the 5th Century CE. Theodoret writes concerning the name
"The Samaritans call it IABE while the Jews AIA"4
The form AIA (pronounced A-Yah) indicates that the Jews called God by the abbreviated form of His name יָהּ Yah which appears numerous times throughout Scripture. The form Yah follows an ancient practice of taking the first and last letter of a word to express an abbreviation. So the first and last letters of YHVH produce the abbreviation Yah.5 But how did the Jews get AIA from Yah? One of the characteristics of late Hebrew is the increase of prosthetic Aleph. Prosthetic Aleph is an aleph added to the beginning of a word in order to ease pronunciation. For example, in post-Biblical Hebrew, the common biblical word תְמוֹל t'mol becomes etmol אֶתְמוֹל with a prosthetic Aleph.6 The e- of etmol simply eases pronunciation. The prosthetic Aleph existed in Biblical times and thus the forms *rba (four) and *tsba (finger) were pronounced arba and etsba even in the time of the Bible. But in post-biblical times prosthetic Aleph became rampant and could be added to almost any word. So AIA is simply Yah with a prosthetic Aleph added to the beginning of the word to ease pronunciation. Theodoret of Cyrus is telling us that the
Jews of his day called God by the name A-Yah.
By Theodoret's time the pronunciation of the name was supposedly suppressed among Jews by the ban of Abba Saul. Because of this scholars give more weight to the pronunciation of the Samaritans reported by Theodoret. Theodoret says that the Samaritans pronounce the name YHVH as IABE (pronounced Ya-be). Now if we were to translate this directly back into Hebrew we would get something like יֲבֶּה Yabeh. This example highlights some of the problems with using Greek transcriptions to precisely reconstruct Hebrew pronunciation. First, we must observe that ancient Greek did not have an H sound in the middle of words. So the first H in YHVH, whatever the vowels attached to it, would be dropped by the Greek. Secondly, Greek did not have a W or a V sound. So the third letter of the divine name must also be dropped or distorted by the Greek. Finally the vowels of ancient Greek were much different than the Hebrew vowels system. Biblical Hebrew had 9 vowels which do not have exact correspondents vowels in Greek. For example, Hebrew's vocal Sheva (pronounced like a short i in "bit") has no equivalent in ancient Greek. So whatever Theodoret of Cyrus heard from the Samaritans, his mission of transcribing the name in Greek was hopeless.
What of the form IABE? Most scholars claim that the B in IABE is a distortion of a
Hebrew Vav and that the first He of YHVH dropped because Greek does not have a H sound in the middle of a word. As a result most scholars translate the Samaritan IABE back into Hebrew as Yahweh יֲהְוֶה . This is the "scholarly guess" of which the Anchor
Bible Dictionary spoke. The reason this pronunciation is given so much credence is that it is assumed that the Samaritans were not yet under the ban of the Rabbis and still remembered how to pronounce the name in the time of Theodoret. But is this the best explanation of the Samaritan IABE? It turns out that the ancient Samaritans called God יָפֶה Yafeh meaning, the beautiful one. Now in Samaritan Hebrew the letter Pe is often replaced by B. So what probably happened is the Samaritans told Theodoret that God is called Yafeh, "the beautiful one", but in their corrupt pronunciation of Hebrew it came out as Yabe. This seems supported by the fact that the Samaritans did in fact adopt the ban on the name, perhaps even before the Jews. Instead of pronouncing the name YHVH the Samaritans call God שְׁמָא shema. Now shema is usually understood as an Aramaic form of hashem meaning "the name", but we cannot help but observe the similarity between the Samaritan shema and the pagan אֲׂשִימָא ashema, which according to 2 Kings 17:30 was one of the gods worshipped by the Samaritans when they first came to the Land of Israel in the 8th century BCE.7 So already c.700 BCE the Samaritans called upon Ashema and not YHWH.
The scholarly consensus adds a second proof to support the alleged Samaritan pronunciation of Yahweh/ IABE. They point out the connection between the name of YHVH and the root HYH to be. This connection is explicitly made in Exodus 3:13-14, where we read,
"(13) And Moses said to God, Behold when I am coming to the children of Israel and say "The God of your fathers has sent me to you', and they say to me, 'What is His name?', what should I tell them? (14) And God said to Moses, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (I am that which I am), and He said, thus shall you say to the children of Israel, 'Ehyeh has sent me to you'." (Exodus 3:13-14)
So Moses asks YHWH what name he should give the Israelites when they asked about God. YHWH replies that Moses should say that he was sent by Ehyeh which is a verb from the root HYH, to be, meaning "I am". Immediately after declaring Himself to be Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, YHVH further explains that His eternal name is YHVH:
"(15) And God said further to Moses, thus shall you say to the Children of Israel: 'YHWH the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you, this is my name forever, this is my mention for every generation'" (Exodus 3:15)
But how can YHVH be related to HYH, to be? In Hebrew the letters Vav ו and Yod י are weak letters which are sometimes interchangeable with one another. For example, the word yeled יֶלֶד (child) has a variant form valad וָלָד in which the usual Yod is replaced with a Vav. We find a similar replacement in the root HYH to be. The present tense of the verb HYH to be is הׂוֶה hoveh (Ecclesiastes 2:22) with the Yod being replaced with a Vav. This replacement seems to happen especially in names. Thus in Hebrew Eve is called חַוָּה Chavah, "because she was the mother of all that lives ( חָי chay)" (Genesis 3:20). So in Eve's name the Yod of chay חָי is replaced by a Vav of Chavah חַוָּה. We should not conclude that Vav and Yod are always interchangeable but rather when a Hebrew root has a V/Y in it, sometimes the other letter can make an appearance in its stead. So linguistically there is no problem with YHVH being derived from HYH to be. This is why YHVH presents Himself to Moses as Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (I am that which I am), which is a veiled allusion to His name YHVH presented in the following verse.
Building on Exodus 3:14-15, modern scholars argue that the name YHVH must be the piel or form of the verb HYH, to be. In other words, they understand YHVH as a simple verb meaning "He that causes to be". Now the piel or hifil form of YHVH, claim the scholars, is Yahweh יֲהְוֶה. However, this explanation is very problematic. The reason has to do with the Hebrew verbal system. Hebrew has seven verbal patterns called conjugations. Each conjugation takes a given root and changes it slightly, thereby imbuing the root with a different shade of meaning. Some roots can be conjugated in all seven conjugations while others can only be conjugated in a few of the conjugations. In fact, most roots can only be conjugated in 3-4 conjugations while it is rare to find a root which is conjugated in all seven. This may sound arbitrary but this is simply the reality of Hebrew grammar. For example, the root Sh.B.R. in the Qal conjugation means "to break", in the piel conjugation "to smash", etc... All in all the root Sh.B.R. can be conjugated in six of the seven conjugations. But it simply does not exist nor can it in exist in the seventh conjugation (hitpael). Now the verb HYH, to be, from which the name YHVH derives, only exists in the 1st (qal) and 2nd (nifal) conjugations in Biblical Hebrew. This means that the scholarly assumption that YHVH is the piel or hifil form of HYH to be is impossible since this verb does not exist in those conjugations. In other words Yahweh is a non-existent verbal form in Biblical Hebrew. So why do modern scholars universally identify the name YHVH as some fictitious verb that defies the rules of Hebrew grammar? There is a twofold reason for this. Firstly, the non-existent pi'el or hif'il form would result in YHVH meaning "he that causes to be". This fits in perfectly with the theological preconceptions of modern scholars. Secondly, the piel or hifil form Yahweh fits in with the testimony of Theodoret concerning the Samaritan pronunciation of the name.
The attempt to reconstruct the vowels of YHVH by forcibly identifying it as an impossible pi'el or hif'il verb is hopeless for another reason. Most Hebrew names contain verbs in them. However, one of the characteristics of names is that the verbs which form part of the names do not follow the standard verbal patterns. For example, the name Nehemiah, in Hebrew Nechemyah ("YHVH comforts"), contains two elements: the verb "Nechem" (he comforts) and the name "yah" (abbreviation of YHVH). But the verb part of the name Nehemiah, "Nechem", does not follow the standard verb pattern which would have been "Nichem". It is a rule of biblical Hebrew that when a verb is incorporated into a name its vowels are freely modified. Another example of this is the name Joshua, in Hebrew Yehoshu'a meaning "YHVH saves". Again this name contains two elements, the verb yoshi'a meaning יׂושִׁיעַ "he saves" and the name of God Yeho- (short for YHVH). The verb yoshi'a (he saves) is modified when incorporated into the name Joshua/ Yehoshu'a. The Yod of yoshi'a (he saves) drops and the vowels are completely modified creating the form -shua. The form -shua can only exist in a personal name while the form verbal form yoshi'a would be unusual in a name. Indeed, it is the norm for verbs to be modified when incorporated into names. So the name YHVH could easily contain the verbal root HYH without this dictating its vowels. The attempt to force a grammatical verb-form on a name goes against the rules of the Hebrew language.
We have seen that the scholarly consensus concerning Yahweh is really just a wild guess.
At the same time we saw that the universally accepted "fact" that YHVH has the vowels of Adonai is factually untrue. The actual vocalization of the name YHVH in the ancient Hebrew manuscripts is YeHVaH. Clearly YeHVaH does not have the vowels of Adonai.
But are these the actual vowels of the divine name? The first thing we may observe about the vowels of YeHVaH is that the vowel following the first he ה is missing. A fundamental rule of the Hebrew language is that a consonant in the middle of a word must be followed by either a vowel or a silent sheva. Now there are sometimes silent letters in the middle of a word that have no vowel or sheva (e.g. the Aleph in bereshit בְּדֵאשִׁית). But this is never the case with a he ה in the middle of a word. In Biblical Hebrew, it is common for H to be silent at the end of a word, but there is no such thing as a silent he ה in the middle of a word. This means that by the rules of the Hebrew language the first he ה in YHVH must have some vowel. So what happened to this missing vowel? Perhaps the answer can be found in another medieval scribal practice. When the biblical scribes wanted to omit a word they would remove its vowels. The medieval reader knew that when he came across a word without vowels that this was a word that was not to be read. It is possible that the medieval scribes omitted the vowel in the first he ה of YeHVaH to prevent the readers from reading the name out loud.
Another point worth noting is that in the Aleppo Codex, the most precise manuscript of the biblical text, the name YHVH gets the vowels Yehovih when it is juxtaposed to the word Adonai. It seems that the "i" (chiriq) in Yehovih is a reminder to the reader to read this word as Elohim (God), since reading it Adonai would result in Adonai twice in a row.
However, this is not a genuine Qere-Ketiv in which the "written" form has all the vowels of the "read" form. Were this a Qere-Ketiv we would expect the vowels of YHVH to be changed to Yehowih יֱהוִֹה (chataf segol - cholam - chiriq). Instead the vowels are Yehowih יְהוִֹה (sheva - cholam - chiriq). This seems to be a unique scribal practice which consists of changing a single vowel in order to remind the reader how to read the name YHVH. Now when YHVH stands by itself, it has the vowels Yeh?vah, the solitary change to the vowels being that the vowel after he ה is dropped after the He. This prevents the reader from accidentally reading the name is it is written. In contrast, when YHVH stands next to Adonai the "a" (kamats) is changed to an "i" (chiriq) to remind the reader to read it Elohim.
What is significant about the form Yehovih is that there is nothing to prevent the reader from accidentally reading the name Yehovih. This form of the name has a full set of vowels and can be read like any other word in the Hebrew language. Now, for some reason the "Masoretic" scribes who copied Scripture in the Middle Ages were concerned about their readers pronouncing the word Yeh?vah but not concerned at all about them accidentally pronouncing the name Yehovih. This must be connected to the ban on the name which the Masoretic scribes clearly accepted. The only reason the Masoretic scribes would have left the form Yehovih without dropping the vowel after the he ה is because they knew this was not the true pronunciation of the divine name. In contrast, when they saw Yeh?vah they knew this to be the true pronunciation of the name and therefore suppressed the middle vowel.
But what is the missing middle vowel in Yehvah יְהוָה? Comparing the two forms Yeh?vah and Yehowih it appears that the missing vowel was "o" (cholam). This means that the Masoretic scribes knew the name to be Yehovah and suppressed its pronunciation by omitting the "o". This is confirmed by the fact that the scribes actually forgot to suppress the vowel "o" in a number of instances. The way scribes copied ancient writings was to read the words either out loud or under their breath. The scribe sometimes made a mistake and wrote what he heard from his own lips, even if this differed from what he read with his eyes. This is a common mistake in modern English as well. When English speakers are writing quickly or typing they often write down "know" instead of "no" or "their" instead of "there". This is not due to ignorance since most people who make this mistake know full well the difference between these homonyms. Instead this is an error stemming from how the words sound. In the case of the divine name the scribe knew that the word YHVH sounded like Yehovah and even though he was supposed to suppress the vowel "o" he left it in, in a few dozen instances. In the LenB19a Masoretic manuscript, the earliest complete Masoretic manuscript and the basis of renowned BHS edition,8 the name is written Yehovah 50 times out of a total of 6828. It is significant that no other vowel besides "o" was "accidentally" inserted into the divine name.
There is other evidence that points to the missing vowel in Yeh?vah being "o". Many Hebrew names incorporate part of the divine name as part of a compound name. For example, Yehoshua (Joshua) means "YHVH saves" while Yeshayahu (Isaiah) also means "YHVH saves". We can see that the divine name when incorporated into other names is Yeho- when it appears at the beginning of a name and -yahu at the end of the name. Proponents of the name as Yahweh often cite the ending form -yahu as proof of their pronunciation. There are two problems with this. Firstly, the divine element -yahu is not consistent with the pronunciation Yahweh. Instead it might suggest some such pronunciation as Yahuvah but not Yahweh. In Hebrew there is even less similarity between Yahweh יֲהְוֶה and –yahu יָהוּ. Yahweh יֲהְוֶה is spelled with a Hebrew vowel called chataf patach while –yahu יָהוּ has the vowel kamats. These are two entirely differently vowels which in ancient times were pronounced completely different. The difference between these two vowels is like the difference between the "a" in father (chataf patach) and the "a" in brawl (so roughly kamats in ancient Hebrew). This is only a mistake that an English or German speaker could make! Secondly, in the name YHVH, the letters YHW- are actually at the beginning of the name not the end. So if we look to names such as Joshua/ Isaiah as our model of reconstructing the pronunciation of the divine name we must choose the pattern Yeho- which is at the beginning of these compound names, not the end. If we combine this piece of information with the form Yeh?vah documented in the biblical text we get the form Yehovah.
It is worth noting that the English Jehovah is quite simply an Anglicized form of Yehovah. The main difference is that the English letter J has crept its way into the divine name. Of course, Hebrew does not have a J sound and the letter in Hebrew is Yod which is pronounced like English "Y". Another difference is that in the Masoretic text the name has the accent on the end of the word. So the name is really pronounced Yehovah with the emphasis on "vah". Pronouncing the name Yehovah with the emphasis on "ho" (as in
English Jehovah) would quite simply be a mistake.
One question we must consider is how the Masoretes, the medieval scribes who copied the text of Scripture and suppressed the "o" in Yehovah, could have known the true pronunciation of the name. After all, the ban on the name was supposedly in full force since the time of Abba Saul in the 2nd century CE. One of the things we know about the Masoretic scribes is that they were Karaites. We also know that there were two factions of Karaites, those that required the pronunciation of the name and those that forbade it. It is clear that the Masoretes belonged to the group that forbade the pronunciation of the name and this was why they suppressed the middle vowel from Yehovah. At the same time they heard how the other Karaites pronounced the name so they knew how it was properly pronounced. The 10th century Karaite sage Kirkisani reports that the Karaites who pronounced the name were based in Persia (Khorasan). Persia had been a major Jewish center ever since the 10 Tribes were exiled to the "cities of Media" (2 Kings 17:6) and remained so up until the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. Because Persia was so far from the Rabbinical centers of Galilee and Babylonia, the Jews of Persia were protected from the Rabbinical innovations in the Mishnah and Talmud up until the 7th century CE. It was only when the Rabbis attempted to impose these innovations on the Jews of Persia in the 7th-8th centuries that the Karaite Movement rose up to ensure the preservation of the old ways. So it is not surprising that the Karaites of Persia preserved the correct pronunciation of the name from ancient times. It seems that the Masoretes suppressed the vowel "o" from the divine name to prevent their fellow Karaites from simply reading the name as it was written. Now when these Karaites read the Biblical text, they had to provide the vowel missing from the name themselves.
1 "Yahweh", Anchor Bible Dictionary, D.N. Freedman, et al, (eds.), New York 1992, vol. 6, p.1011
2 It is worth noting that in most modern printings of Scripture the word is written in the body of Scripture with no vowels while the Qere is written in the margin with its own vowels. This modern method is a deliberate departure from the ancient scribal practice.
3 Leningrad Codex is also known as LB19a, and is now available as, The Leningrad Codex; A Facsimile Edition, D.N. Freedman (editor), Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1998.
4 Theodoret of Cyros, Question 15 in Exodus 7
5 This type of abbreviation is very common in Greek. For example, KE is a very common abbreviation for Kourie, Lord.
6 The forms אֶתְמוֹל even appears occasionally in the Tanach but in post-biblical Hebrew becomes the norm.
7 We cannot help but suspect that the origin of hashem is the pagan אֲׂשִימָא ashema, one of the original gods worshipped by the Samaritans mentioned in 2 Kings 17:30.
8 BHS stands for Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (edited by K. Elliger and W. Rudolph, et al, Deutsche
Bibelgesellschaft Stuttgart 1967/77, 1983). To date BHS is the most precise printing of the Hebrew
Scriptures only rarely deviating from the Leningrad Codex. The Leningrad Codex is also the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia (edited A. Dotan, Hendrickson Publishers 2001) and is used in many other editions to fill in the missing portions of the Aleppo Codex (e.g. Keter Yerushalayim, edited Y. Ofer and M. Broyer, N. Ben-Zvi Printing Enterprises 2001).
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A few days later, when Josh's parents, Bill and Marybeth, reported their son missing, Josh could only be seen alive, for the very last time, through the lens of a surveillance camera, which recorded him walking, alone, at the corner of North Pearl and State streets, around midnight.
Growing up with two younger sisters, Beth and Christina, Josh became familiar with being looked up to. At 10 years old, he became the president and CEO of a company called Jin Inc., and later, in his college years, became a radio personality known as "The Stag" for the college radio station, 93.9 FM WQKE, The Quake.
Joshua Szostak was not just any name. People knew who he was.
Slowly putting through the mountain range on that surprisingly warm spring afternoon, Anthony Garafolo noticed a large object in the water.
"I thought it might be the log or something, as I got closer I looked at it and it didn't really look like a log, so I circled it," said Anthony. "I wanted to kind of be sure that it wasn't a mannequin or some kind of dummy."
But on his second trip around the object, Anthony knew it was not a log. It was not a mannequin. It was not a dummy.
The object peacefully floating aside Anthony's boat was the body of Joshua Szostak.
After calling the police, Anthony sat in his boat and waited. He used his time to reflect upon his family and the family of the boy who lay lifeless before him.
"I reflected that this was somebody's loved one, and that I was going to stay with him until help came," said Anthony. "I just felt that the right thing to do was to stay with him until the proper help came. He was fully intact and dressed, but I was sure there was no hope."
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Super Mario 3D World is now available for the Nintendo Wii U and we have a complete guide for finding collectibles, infinite lives, unlocking Rosalina, unlock Luigi Bros Game, find secret 8 bit Luigis, green stars and stamps, shiny file stars and a complete list of items, power ups and suits.
It's not often that a franchise can keep reinventing the wheel and still make it a fun ride. But Super Mario 3D World does just that – while still offering new, fun gameplay mechanics for all ages. Mario the fat plumber still makes for a great platforming star all these years later. Shocking, right?
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Infinite Lives:
This trick will give you infinite 1-ups in few minutes. You'll be able to get all 1,110 and once you get these lives, you can easily max it out. All you need is a regular size character, World 2-1 (Koopa Troopa Cave) and a Koopa Shell.
Unlock Rosalina:
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You need to beat the first 8 worlds of the game or own a copy of New Super Luigi U and have a save copy on your Wii U.
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Varney using the first ATM in 1967
|Reginald Alfred Varney
11 July 1916
Canning Town, Essex, now London, England
|16 November 2008
(aged 92)
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England
|Years active
|On the Buses
|Lilian Varney (m. 1939–2002) (her death); 1 daughter
|Jeanne Varney
|Sid Varney (Brother)
Bella Varney (Sister)
Doris Varney (Sister)
Stanley Varney (Brother)
Reginald Alfred "Reg" Varney (11 July 1916 – 16 November 2008)[1] was an English actor and comedian, notable for his role as Stan Butler in the 1969–73 TV sitcom On the Buses.
Early life[edit]
Varney was born in Canning Town, Essex, now part of Greater London. His father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. Varney was educated at the nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at the Regent Palace Hotel. He took piano lessons as a child and was good enough to find employment as a part-time piano player. His first paid engagement was at Plumstead Radical Club in Woolwich, for which he was paid eight shillings and sixpence (42½p). He also played in working men's clubs, pubs and ABC cinemas, and later sang with big bands of the time. He and his mother decided that show business was the career for him, and he gave up his day jobs.
During the Second World War, Varney joined the Royal Engineers, but continued his performing career as an army entertainer, touring in the Far East for a time. After being demobilised in the late 1940s, he starred on stage in a comic revue entitled Gaytime, with Benny Hill as his partner in a double act.[2] He then went on to become an all-round entertainer, working his way around the music halls.
In 1961, Varney was given the role of a foreman in the popular television sitcom The Rag Trade, which made him a household name. He was aware that he was the only performer without West End acting experience and worked hard to make up for it. Also around this time he starred in a show for BBC TV called The Seven Faces of Reg Varney, performing seven different characters in front of a live audience at the Shepherd's Bush Theatre in London. Varney rushed about on stage at a frantic pace as he changed clothes between characters. After that followed another comedy role in Beggar My Neighbour; this also starred Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, and Peter Jones. Pat Coombs played the wife of Varney's character and would later appear in the On the Buses movie. The series ran from March 1967 to March 1968 (24 thirty-minute episodes), and a short special was shown as part of Christmas Night with the Stars on 25 December 1967. In 1966 Varney starred in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery as Gilbert.
On 27 June 1967, the world's first voucher-based cash dispensing machine was installed at the Enfield Town branch of Barclays Bank. Varney was living in Enfield at the time and for publicity purposes he was photographed making the first withdrawal from the machine.[3]
Varney's greatest success was in the sitcom On the Buses. He played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler, a long-suffering but loyal man who never has much luck where romance is concerned. Varney went to considerable lengths to research the role, even taking bus-driving lessons and a test to gain a public service vehicle licence so that he could be filmed driving a bus on the open road. Three spin-off films were made, – On the Buses (1971), Mutiny on the Buses (1972) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). Varney was 52 when the first series was filmed, although his character, who lived with his mother and was often trying to attract young women, was supposed to be about 35. Varney was only eleven years younger than Doris Hare, the second actress to play his mother in the series. Varney was 57 when he left On the Buses, halfway through the final series.
He went on to work as an entertainer on cruise ships and touring Australia with his one-man show. He told an interviewer, "Whatever I did after On the Buses, nobody wanted to know about it. But I can't knock the programme because it brought me offers to do concert tours in Australia, New Zealand and Canada."[4]
Retirement and death[edit]
Varney had a heart attack in 1965, and in 1981 he suffered a more serious one.[5] He then contracted a severe viral infection, which for three years made working difficult for him. In 1989 he suffered a stroke, which left him with an uneven heartbeat.[6] Subsequently he divided his time between his home in a small village near Dartmouth and a villa in Malta.
Varney moved to Devon in the late 1980s and lived alone after his wife, Lilian Emma Varney, died in East Devon in 2002, aged 92.
Varney died aged 92 in a nursing home in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, on 16 November 2008, following a chest infection. He was survived by his daughter Jeanne Varney.[1]
In his retirement years, Varney painted local landscapes in oil, with many to professional standard and at one point some of his works were exhibited in London.[7]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Miss Robin Hood (1952)
- Joey Boy (1965)
- The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
- On the Buses (1971)
- Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
- Go for a Take (1972)
- The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973)
- Holiday on the Buses (1973)
Select television roles[edit]
|The Rag Trade
|Beggar My Neighbour
|Harry Butt
|On the Buses
|Stan Butler
|Down the 'Gate
|Reg Furnell
- ^ a b "On The Buses' Varney dies at 92". BBC News. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ Hudd, Roy; Hindin, Philip (1997). Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts. Robson Books. p. 81.
- ^ Milligan, Brian (25 June 2007). "The man who invented the cash machine". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ^ "Reg Varney: Comic actor and entertainer who found fame in 'On The Buses'". The Independent (London). 18 November 2008.
- ^ http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/22572/reg-varney
- ^ "Reg Varney: Comic actor and entertainer who found fame in 'On The Buses'". The Independent (London). 18 November 2008.
- ^ Guardian newspaper obituary Retrieved 31 October 2014
External links[edit]
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- 2008 deaths
- English male stage actors
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- People from Canning Town
- Infectious disease deaths in England
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The night view of the Bund and modern buildings in the Pudong New District is fantastic. After a whole day of shopping on Nanjing Road, go to the Bund and cruise on Huangpu River with your family as an unmissable part of the Shanghai tour.
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It's so great they have comments with these stories---they really add a lot.
Never mind the spelling, he's right. Many of these comments (usually the shorter ones) display appalling stupidity. They're completely useless, and an embarrassment to our community.
Yes, hardcor24, the "thug" was on his way home from buying skittles.
It could be, in the case you mention, that the black man genuinely felt threatened---I never heard about the story. And I don't spend very much time on Americanthinker.com, which is a little to the right of Attilla the Hun. It would be no surprise if a website like that cooked up the story for "red meat" for its readers. Anyway, a site like that is never sympathetic to a minority individual, unless maybe Clarence Thomas.
I think he WAS set up by Obama, with the help of George Soros. Wait until Limbaugh gets hold of this story!
tvguts---Are you wasting your time, by any chance?
Some crazy person started that rumor. The center will be designed to accommodate passengers waiting for their bus. There will be plenty of seating, don't worry.
Not going nuts---just sad---that there are so many fools around who are gullible enough, and mean spirited enough, to listen to his crap.
But you mention an "agenda" that "goes beyond knot tying." Wow! But then you go on to say that most people "really just don't care and see no need to talk about it," and that there a\re many things more interesting and worthwhile.
How can you say that when the gay scouts have an "agenda?" Aren't you scared that they might one day succeed with their agenda? What IS this agenda?
Yeah, the politically correct is bad, but the mumbo jumbo is a real killer.
He's enjoying life to the fullest, pinpointing Columbus Ave. for us as the home of the east side rowdies and thugs.
Thanks for that information! What would syracuse.com ever amount to without posters like this?
I get the feeling that Madonna is a much better source of ideas than you are, but you think she should just give up fighting against hateful, intolerant people.
I'll bet you don't get mad when billionaires like Sheldon Adelson or the Koch brothers spend millions and millions (which they can easily afford) to influence our politics, while the average Joe struggles to come up with a $50 donation.
You seem to have such abundance of empathy and concern for Wegmans that you'll even say things that are completely off the wall. You ought to apply for a job there---bring copies of your posts. Maybe they'll give you a broom.
That's the kind of humor you see a lot of in elementary school.
And give lyleandrick another notch on the comment leader board.
Obama's budget "did NOT get one Democrat [sic] vote."
One simple question: are you nuts?
True, and very well said. I'd only disagree with you on your saying that there are some republican office holder who are OK---sure, there may be a a very few here and there, but the republican party started going radically insane some years ago, and with the help of Limbaugh and Fox "News," dragged a good part of the country with it.
The photo is up to date. Your joke, however, is not from last year's gay pride parade, but from one further back, maybe 1990 or so.
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I was wondering if anyone had attended one of the tasting events at Coupe Space on Queen St. in Leslieville?
Many of the evenings on their winter program sound interesting (full list at http://www.coupe-mag.com/TASTINGCLUBW... ). I was curious to hear feedback from people who have checked them out.
As a very new resident of the 'hood, I was curious about this new-ish venue only a block from my house.
I was there for a wedding last Summer and the space is lovely... one of the best uses of a smaller space ever!
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As for the classes, Sommelier Anne Martin is hosting a number of the wine/beverage-based ones and I cannot recommend her highly enough.
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I was there last night.
I attended the Nightcaps and Desserts event with Seasoned Sommelier Anne Martin (Canoe and Prego Della Piazza fame)
It was a fantastic event that took you through dessert pairing. You spent an hour and a half sampling 7 different dessert wines (some ports, some muscats), and 6 over the top desserts. The event was instructed very well by Anne, and Sasha was a great host.
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My only problem was that the event space itself is too dark,
Crowd was mostly couples (could be because of valentines).
They have a Tequila/Absinthe tasting coming up!
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How Effective Are SNAP Doubling Programs at Farmers' Markets?
Marie Crise is able to use her SNAP benefits to purchase fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables at the Abingdon Farmers Market in Abingdon, Va. (Laura Elizabeth Pohl)
By Nina Keehan
Food stamps, you might be surprised to learn, were originally intended to be used to buy fresh produce and other staples at farm stands. It was only after the 1984 introduction of the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system, which gave participants debit cards to make purchases, that food stamps were shunned at farmers' markets. Vendors could not afford the technology necessary to authorize payments.
Luckily, over the past few years, farmers' markets have returned to the days when food stamps were readily accepted, and some even offer a special benefit for those making purchases with SNAP (formerly food stamps) dollars.
Some farmers' markets have started to double SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits, meaning if you buy $10 worth of produce at a participating farmers' market, you get another $10 free! This sort of incentive is vitally important, since fresh fruits, vegetables, and local products are so much more expensive than the processed foods sold at convenience and grocery stores.
Last month, I visited a Washington, D.C., FreshFarm Market to see if doubling programs are effective. The Penn Quarter farmers' market has been doubling benefits through its Matching Dollars Program since 2009--it's one of several FreshFarm markets that doubles benefits up to $15.
While not all of the markets can afford to double benefits, FreshFarm decides which ones will support the incentive based on neighborhood data and past response to the program.
Bernie Prince, co-executive director and founder of FreshFarm Markets, said that offering double benefits for SNAP, WIC (Women, Infants and Children), and SFMNP (Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program) coupon holders has drawn a lot of new customers to the market, many of whom become frequent and loyal visitors. Last year, FreshFarm gave over $47,000 in benefits to shoppers.
The Matching Dollars Program is not just beneficial for the customers—the farmers and other vendors at the market are seeing increased sales without having to pay for the transaction technology themselves. FreshFarm handles all SNAP transactions from a table at the market and charges a $2 fee for shoppers using a credit card--that money is immediately folded back into the Matching Dollars Program, which allows the $15 benefit to be self-sustaining.
Programs that double benefits often require a lot of outreach because many communities don't realize the programs exist, so FreshFarm goes directly to the source, by promoting in benefit agencies and senior centers. It is also expanding to reach more people: In 2013, FreshFarm will make its Matching Dollars Program available at several additional D.C.-area markets.
Doubling programs have an enthusiastic, but limited market following. While more than 1,150 farmers' markets accept EBT cards, only a fraction of them do any form of SNAP matching. But data from Wholesome Wave's Double Value Coupon Program (DVCP) has indicated it is one of the most effective ways to draw in SNAP customers, with participating farmers indicating a "300 percent increase in SNAP and WIC use at farmers markets with the introduction of double voucher incentive programs."
Hopefully, as successful programs such as FreshFarm and DVCP continue to thrive, more farmers' markets will participate and help make fresh fruits and vegetables a staple, once again, for low-income shoppers.
Nina Keehan, a media relations intern at Bread for the World, is a senior magazine journalism and public health dual major at Syracuse University.
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We tried to go to a game at Cubs Park on Saturday, but it was cancelled due to inclement weather. That ended my very, very, very long streak of consecutive games without a weather delay, so a bit bummed! We were lucky enough to still go into the ballpark, so as I walked around, I shot some video of the park and put it together as a virtual tour:
That is cell phone footage with a ton of background noise, so my apologies, it's not the greatest quality. It does serve it's purpose though, to show off the awesome new Cubs Park! As you know Wrigley Field is my absolute favorite park and this mini-Wrigley rocked. We went to two other spring training parks- Camelback Ranch and Goodyear Ballpark, and Cubs Park knocks them out of the water in character and convenience! More about those trips coming, but enjoy the video and some of my pictures.


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Recipe by Nelda
"Great for brunch, can be made ahead the night before."
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1 pound
ground pork breakfast sausage
2 cups
shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups
2 pounds
tater tots
I made this for a mom's group that I'm a part of and the ladies loved it! There was only about a spoonfull left over. Like others, I used 4 eggs and about 2 1/2 cups of cheese. I also used the smaller crispy crowns tater tots and baked them for about 10 minutes before adding them to the casserole because I noticed other posters said the tots were a little mushy and it seemed to do the trick. This one is a keeper.
Oddly addictive! Used the popular brand sausage substitute and an additional egg (as recommended by previous reviews) it did need salt but it seemed the more I ate the more I liked it. My toddler tore it up! I did have to add a bit of salt and pepper.
290 Ratings
Wonderful recipe! I frequently use bring this to company breakfasts. I refrigerate the recipe overnight, and stick it in the oven before work. I usually substitute bacon for sausage, but have also made it meatless! Increasing the eggs to 4 makes a huge difference! If you are cooking it after it has been refrigerated, and are using 4 eggs, increase the temperature to 375, and cook for about 40-50 minutes.
We all loved this! I used Turkey Sausage, egg substitute, skim milk and Crispy Crowns instead. I also baked the Crispy Crowns about halfway first and placed them in the pan crunchy side down. The only complaint was that there were no leftovers! MMMMMMMMMM says it all!
mmm...mmm...mmm..Everyone liked it, even my picky eaters. I used 4 eggs instead of 2, was worried it might come out to runny with only 2. With the 4 eggs, it came out with a quiche like texture. Will definately make again. Think I'm gonna try bacon next time!! thanks for the recipe...its nice to have something new for breakfast!
This recipe is wonderful. Made it several times. It's my granddaughter's favorite. But using 4 eggs and increasing cheese to 3 cups makes it even better. Also increase baking time few more minutes.
I made this for my daughter's slumber party, and all 7 of the girls (11 year olds) loved it and wanted seconds. My husband ate what was left, and loved it so much that is going to the store for more tater tots so we can have this again today!! I also used 3 cups of cheese, and 4 eggs, cooked it at 375 degrees for 40 mins...delicious!!!
I had a small group of women and their babies over for an afternoon, and was looking for an easy casserole to make. I was a little hesitant to make a tater-tot casserole at first...it just didn't seem "adult" enough. And, my husband is very "anti-casserole"...he doesn't like them in general. But, since the ingredients seemed simple, and it WAS, after all, a Moms group, I decided to try it. They LOVED it. Everyone absolutely RAVED about it! I couldn't believe it...and every person, INCLUDING my husband who snuck into the kitchen for the goodies, went back for seconds! I did use 4 eggs and 3 cups of cheese as others had suggested, and it worked out perfectly. I have already given out the recipe to friends, and will use this recipe often myself!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Tater Tot Casserole I
Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 475
Calories from Fat: 327
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