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One day I'd finally had enough and stopped calling or returning her calls. I was her only child, and the rift devastated her. She phoned regularly and tried to see me, but I was adamant about needing my own space without her in it. My father, whom she dominated as well, made it his business to stay away from me.
I'm softhearted by nature, so I eventually relented, and my mom and I reverted to our usual tense relationship—but with one difference. I let her know that some of her behavior, such as constantly criticizing my weight, wasn't acceptable and that if she didn't stop it, I'd disconnect again. She knew I meant it and actually managed to change some of her more egregious behaviors.
After my father died following a long illness, my relationship with my mother improved immensely. She'd had to take care of him and had always been very unhappy in her marriage. With him gone, I believe, she was able to lighten up for the last 15 years of her life, during which time we became very close and actually had a lot of fun together, creating memories for which I am profoundly grateful.
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After a full day of work, I like to make a supper that is easy and quick. This soup recipes is satisfying, nutritious and also very affordable.—Joyce McDowell, West Union, Ohio.
- 3 cups or 2 cans (14 ounces each) chicken broth
- 1 large bunch broccoli (about 5 cups), chopped
- 1-1/2 cups chopped onion
- 3 bay leaves
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Add broccoli, onion and bay leaves. Reduce heat and simmer until broccoli is tender; remove bay leaves. Meanwhile, in another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour to make a smooth paste. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat until mixture is hot and thickened, stirring occasionally. Add 1 cup of broccoli stock to milk mixture; stir until well blended. Gradually add remaining broccoli stock to milk mixture. Heat and stir until well-blended. Season with salt and pepper. Yield: 6 servings.
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Arguably ranks as the most recognized member of East Carolina's defense, perhaps even enjoying a quasi-iconic standing after turning in two of the more decorated seasons in Pirate history as a freshman and sophomore ... Intensity and ball awareness have also come at a price with a left shoulder injury that slowed his record-breaking ascend slightly last fall ... Should make his 25th career start at the "mike" inside linebacking positions as a junior in the season opener ... Selected as a 2013 First-Team Preseason All-Conference USA performer by both Athlon Sports and Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine ...Missed the first week of spring drills for precautionary reasons (left shoulder), but was cleared for full contact in the last two scrimmages and netted a combined 10 tackles in both contests ... Booked three, one for lost yardage on April 13, before closing out the spring with seven hits (1.0 TFL) during the Purple-Gold Game a week later ... A quick, responsive and assignment-sound athlete who offers a relentless and dogged "old-school" approach ... Numbers in strength program include a 380-pound bench press, a 500-pound back squat, a 308-pound power clean, a 33" vertical jump and a 4.2 clip in the pro shuttle during spring testing ... Enrolled early at ECU in January of 2010 and participated in spring work as a true freshman to gain valuable experience working with the linebacking corps and adjusting to the speed of the collegiate level ... Currently ranks 11th among active NCAA career leaders in tackles per game (8.5) ... Has already recorded 205 stops (88 solo) in just two seasons, has booked five or more tackles in 21 of 24 contests and netted double-digit hit totals in nine games.
2012: Although numbers dipped slightly because of being targeted by double-team opponent blocking schemes and the aforementioned injury, productivity still earned All-Conference USA honors (honorable mention) ... Started all 13 games ... Led all tacklers for the second consecutive campaign, netting 83 stops (43 solo) ... Booked multiple hits in 12 of 13 contests... A team-best 61 of 83 tackles were on running plays ... Booked a season-high 12 stops (7 solo) against UL-Lafayette in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and registered nine on five other occasions ... Recorded five or more tackles in eight contests ... Named C-USA Defensive Player-of-the-Week (Sept. 3) following his nine-tackle and two forced-fumble performance in the season opener vs. Appalachian State ... Followed with a nine-stop outing and a TFL (-4 yards) at Southern Miss ... Also had TFLs against North Carolina (2.0/-6 yards), UCF (0.5/-1 yard) and Marshall (1.0/-1 yard) ... Posted six tackles vs. Navy and Marshall ... Keyed a unit that held four opponents to less than 100 yards rushing (91/USM, 82/UAB, 28/UH, 9/TUL) ... Ranked among the C-USA leaders in total tackles (32nd) ... Led Pirates in stops at North Carolina (9/6 solo), at UCF (9/4 solo) and UL-Lafayette (12/7) ... Tallied nine stops against Memphis - all on running plays ... Named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List ... Earned the program's "Team Captains-of-the-Year Award (along with Damon Magazu) ... Did not participate in spring drills because of post-surgery rehabilitation efforts.
2011: Turned in one of the best campaigns by a freshman defensive player in East Carolina history ... Became the first Pirate to receive the Conference USA Freshman-of-the-Year award and was also voted to the all-league honorable mention squad and the C-USA All-Freshman Team ... Placed on the Football Writers Association of America, CBSSports.com and FoxSportsNext.com Freshman All-America Teams ... Selected to the Bleacher Report's All-Freshman Team and was a Second-Team Yahoo! Sports Freshman All-America member ... A Phil Steele Magazine Second-Team All-C-USA and First-Team All-Freshman honoree ... Internally, was selected as both the overall MVP and defensive MVP by coaches during the program's annual end-of-the-season awards banquet ... Paced ECU with 122 tackles, 45 solo hits and 77 assists ... Also posted team highs with 85 stops on rushing plays and 36 passing tackles ... Ended the year ranked third in C-USA and 10th among FBS players with 11.1 tackles per game ... Was the only freshman ranked among the FBS level's top 90 tacklers ... 122 hits are the third-highest total by a Pirate in the last 14 seasons and the most by a rookie in program history, surpassing Daren Hart's 97 in 1993 ... Since the start of the 1998 campaign, only Pernell Griffin (153/2001) and Chris Moore (148/2003) booked more hits than the 122 ... Started all 11 games played with only contest missed being at Memphis due to a right shoulder injury ... Finished the season with eight games posting double-digit tackles and became the first ECU player to have 10 or more stops in his first six games of a season since Griffin in 2001 ... Totaled a squad-high five quarterback hurries with one against South Carolina, Tulane and UCF and two versus Virginia Tech ... Added 3.5 tackles for lost yardage (-15 yards) and one sack, against UCF ... Broke up a pass in tilts with Virginia Tech and Southern Miss ... Booked a team-best 75 stops during Conference USA games, 24 more than any other player ... Averaged 10.7 hits per league clash ... Collected 47 tackles with 20 solo stops in four non-conference contests ... In seven East Carolina losses, recorded 80 hits, 34 more than the second-leading defenders ... Registered 40 tackles in road games and 70 during home clashes, with all TFL recorded inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium ... Got the year off to a strong start, booking 66 hits through the first five contests (13.2 tpg) ... Led the team with nine tackles at Marshall and made six in the third quarter, including five hits during the Thundering Herd's 14-play drive ... Tallied 11 tackles against UCF, booking six in the opening half ... Added first career sack in the first quarter versus the Knights, dropping Jeff Godfrey for a loss of nine yards ... Credited with three tackles during UCF's 12-play game-opening drive ... Booked four hits during the Knights' 12-play drive in the third quarter with two tackles keeping Godfrey out of the end zone on first-and-goal and third-and-goal rushes from the ECU two and one-yard line, respectively ... Made eight of 13 tackles versus Southern Miss in the second half ... Credited with three hits during the Golden Eagles' eight-play drive of the third quarter and two on USM's three-play drive in the fourth ... Combined with Michael Brooks to toss Tulane's Albert Williams for a five-yard loss on a screen pass in the fourth quarter ... Registered a career-high eight solo stops at Navy ... Credited with a career second-best 14 stops against Houston, making five tackles on the Cougars' first series of the game and 10 in the opening half ... Booked all 13 hits against North Carolina in the first three quarters ... Dropped UNC's Giovani Bernard for a three-yard loss in the opening quarter for first career solo TFL ... Tallied a career-high 15 tackles with seven solo hits against UAB, the most total stops by a Pirate since Nick Johnson's 16 at Marshall Oct. 3, 2009 ... Registered a personal-best two quarterback hurries versus Virginia Tech and tallied nine-of-12 stops during the first half ... Booked initial tackle for lost yardage of career in the second quarter, combining with Matt Milner to drop VT's David Wilson for a three-yard loss ... Collected a squad second-best 12 tackles against South Carolina in the season opener ... Registered initial quarterback hurry of career in the first quarter, forcing a Connor Shaw incompletion on second down ... Seven-of-12 tackles against the Gamecocks were stops of Marcus Lattimore ... Career's first tackle was hit on Lattimore for no gain on the third offensive play of the game.
2010: Redshirted during initial season with the Pirates ... Made an immediate impact on the scout team and in the weight room ... Originally signed a grant-in-aid with East Carolina instead of a letter-of-intent (per NCAA policy) and enrolled in January 2010, going through spring drills with the Pirates.
High School: A two-year starter for the Patriots' varsity unit ... A honorable mention Big School All-State and First Team All-Monocacy Valley Athletic League selection as a senior ... Recorded 107 tackles, including 19 for lost yardage, as a team captain during final prep campaign ... Also rushed for 337 yards and four touchdowns ... Played for the Baltimore squad in the Maryland Crab Bowl, the state's only high school all-star game ... Tallied 95 tackles, including 16 for a loss, in eight games as a junior despite missing three contests due to an ankle injury ... Regarded as a "solid run-stopper" by head coach Ben Wright ... Ranked by ESPN.com among the top 75 inside linebackers nationally ... Scout.com rated him as the 34th-best prospect in the Mid-Atlantic (region) ... Played his first two seasons at Urbana High in Ijamsville, Md., before transferring to Thomas Johnson ... Was among team leaders in tackles as a sophomore at Urbana ... Clocked at 4.78 seconds in the 40-yard dash during program's timing day ... Turned in a bench press of 405 pounds and a squat of 530 pounds.
Personal: Full name is Jeremy Howard Grove ... Born April 24, 1992 at Frederick, Md. ... Was friends with the late Pitt Panther receiver Billy Gaines, who was from his hometown ... Dedicated himself to playing football at the Division I level as a youth after Gaines died in a fall from a church rafter following his freshman year at Pitt ... An Honor Roll student in the classroom ... A construction management major ... Enjoys four-wheeling and hunting during the off-season.


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2014 marks the first year that Albuquerque has hosted the NCAA Indoor Championships. Hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center, the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships will celebrate 50 years of men's championships and 33 years of women's championships
All-Freshman SEC (2006)
All-SEC (2006, 2007, 2008)
All-South Region (2006, 2007, 2008)
SEC Champion (2007)
Two-Time SEC Athlete of the Week (2006, 2007)
SEC Athlete of the Year (2007)
Indoor SEC Freshman Athlete of the Year (2007)
Indoor SEC Champion, Mile (2007)
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Indoor All-SEC, 3,000m (2007)
Indoor All-SEC, DMR (2009)
Indoor NCAA Qualifier, Mile (2007)
Indoor NCAA Qualifier, 3,000m (2009)
Outdoor All-Mideast Region, 5,000m (2007, 2008)
Outdoor NCAA Qualifier, 5,000m (2007, 2008, 2009)
All-Time Rank at Alabama:
Indoor Mile - 4th
Indoor 3,000m - 5th
Indoor 5,000m - 5th
Indoor DMR - 4th
Outdoor 1,500m - 2nd
Outdoor 5,000m - 2nd
Career Bests:
800m - 1:51.64
1,500m - 3:42.02
Mile - 4:01.63
3,000m - 7:57.60
5,000m - 13:43.15
8k XC - 23:19
10k XC - 30:10.23
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Competed in six races for the Tide and led the team at the NCAA Championships...finished in third place at the Crimson Classic...placed 11th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational and ninth at Pre-Nationals...posted a season best 8,000m time of 23:31.26 at the SEC Championships where he finished fifth earning All-SEC honors... member of the SEC Championship team that ended Arkansas' 34-year title streak...finished in 11th place at the NCAA South Region Championships to garner All-South Region honors...ran a season best 10,000m time of 30:25.00 to finish 48th at the NCAA Championships...finished eighth in the 3,000m (8:08.47) and ran the 1,600m leg of the DMR that finished second with a time of 9:47.66 to earn All-SEC at the SEC Indoor Championships...posted a personal best time of 7:57.60 in the 3,000m at the Alex Wilson Invitational that ranked fourth in the SEC...finished 10th in the 3,000m (8:03.73) at the NCAA Indoor Championships...finished fifth in the 1,500m (3:46.37) and eighth in the 5,000m (14:16.95) at the SEC Outdoor Championships...posted a personal best time of 1:51.64 in the 800m at the Florida Relays...ran a personal best 5,000m time of 13:43.15 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational that ranked second in the SEC...placed ninth in the 5,000m at the Mideast Regional running a time of 14:23.20...finished 15th in the 5,000m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 14:23.13.
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Won the Crimson Classic for his first of two consecutive wins to start his career...was the SEC Runner of the Week for two straight weeks...named All-SEC and All-Freshman SEC in cross-country with a 10th place finish at the SEC Cross Country Championships...named All-South Region...won the mile at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:01.74...finished second in the 3,000m at the SEC Indoor Championships...awarded the SEC Indoor Freshman Athlete of the Year...missed All-American honors by on spot placing ninth in the mile at the Indoor NCAA Championships as the only underclassman in finals...finished third in the 1,500m and 5,000m at SEC Outdoor Championships...finished eighth in the 5,000m at the Mideast Regional meet to qualify for the Outdoor NCAA Championships.
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District cross-country champion...Member of 2004 and 2005 District Champion 1600m relay squad...Earned "Position One" distinction in athletics and math...Also competed in soccer, volleyball and track and field in high school, including the long jump and steeple chase...Birthday: April 14, 1988...Parents: Bernard and Pilista Koech...Siblings: Hillary, Julius, Dominik, John, Steve ...Birthday: April 14, 1988...Majoring in Business.


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Like our customers, we've benefited from virtualizing our own green IT infrastructure with the goal of giving our IT folks a break from time spent on maintenance. But we've also reduced our corporate carbon footprint in quite a few ways outside the datacenter as well.
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Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. Its origin is Biblical (Lev. 23:23-25): "a sacred occasion commemorated with loud blasts [of the shofar, the ram's horn]." The term Rosh Hashanah, "beginning of the year," is rabbinical, as are the formidable themes of the festival: repentance, preparation for the day of Divine judgment, and prayer for a fruitful year. The two-day festival falls on 1-2 Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually September in the Gregorian calendar, and starts at sundown of the preceding evening, as do all Jewish observances. Major customs of Rosh Hashanah include the sounding of the shofar in the middle of a lengthy synagogue service that focuses on the festival themes, and elaborate meals at home to inaugurate the new year. The prayer liturgy is augmented with prayers of repentance.
In many senses, Israel begins its year on Rosh Hashanah. Government correspondence, newspapers and most broadcasts carry the "Jewish date" first. Felicitations for the new year are generally tendered before Rosh Hashanah.
Yom Kippur, eight days after Rosh Hashanah, is the day of atonement, of Divine judgment, and of "affliction of souls" (Lev. 23:26-32) so that the individual may be cleansed of sins. The only fast day decreed in the Bible, it is a time to enumerate one's misdeeds and contemplate one's faults. The Jew is expected, on this day, to pray for forgiveness for sins between man and God and correct his wrongful actions against his fellow man. The major precepts of Yom Kippur - lengthy devotional services and a 25-hour fast - are observed even by much of the otherwise secular population. The level of public solemnity on Yom Kippur surpasses that of any other festival, including Rosh Hashanah. The country comes to a complete halt for 25 hours on this day; places of entertainment are closed, there are no television and radio broadcasts (not even the news), public transport is suspended, and even the roads are completely closed. Yom Kippur in Israel has special meaning due to memories of the 1973 war, a surprise attack launched by Egypt and Syria against Israel on that very day.
Sukkot, described in the Bible (Lev.23:34) as the "Feast of Tabernacles" begins five days after Yom Kippur). Sukkot is one of the three festivals that were celebrated (until 70 CE) with mass pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem and are therefore known as the "pilgrimage festivals." On Sukkot, Jews commemorate the Exodus from Egypt (c. 13th century BCE) and give thanks for a bountiful harvest. At some kibbutzim, Sukkot is celebrated as Chag Ha'asif (the harvest festival), with the themes of the gathering of the second grain crop and the autumn fruit, the start of the agricultural year, and the first rains.
In the five days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, tens of thousands of householders and businesses erect sukkot - booths for temporary dwelling, resembling the booths in which the Israelites lived in the desert, after their exodus from Egypt - and acquire the palm frond, citron, myrtle sprigs and willow branches with which the festive prayer rite is augmented. All around the country, sukkot line parking lots, balconies, rooftops, lawns, and public spaces. No army base lacks one. Some spend the festival and the next six days literally living in their sukkot, while most observers just eat their meals there.
In Israel, the "holy day" portion of Sukkot (and the other two pilgrimage festivals, Passover and Shavuot) is celebrated for one day. Diaspora communities celebrate it for two days, commemorating the time in antiquity when calendation was performed at the Temple and its results reported to the Diaspora using a tenuous network of signal fires and couriers.
The prayer liturgy is augmented with additional prayers, including the Hallel, a collection of blessings and psalms, recited on Rosh Hodesh (the beginning of each lunar month) and on the pilgrimage festivals.
After the festive day, Sukkot continues at a lesser level of sanctity, as mandated by the Torah (Lev. 23:36). During this intermediate week - half festival, half ordinary - schools are closed and many workplaces shut down or shorten their hours. Most Israelis spend the interim days of Sukkot and Passover at recreation sites throughout the country.
The intermediate week and the holiday season end on Shemini Atseret, the "sacred occasion of the eighth day" (Lev. 23:36), with which Simhat Torah is combined. Celebration of Shemini Atseret/Simhat Torah focuses on the Torah and is noted for public dancing with a Torah scroll in one's arms and with recitation of the concluding and beginning chapters of the Torah, renewing the yearly cycle of Torah reading. After dark, many communities sponsor further festivities, often outdoors, that are not limited by the ritual restrictions that apply on the holy day itself.
Hanukkah, beginning on 25 Kislev (usually in December), commemorates the triumph of the Jews, under the Maccabees, over the Greek rulers (164 BCE) - both the physical victory of the small Jewish nation against mighty Greece and the spiritual victory of the Jewish faith against the Hellenism of the Greeks. Its sanctity derives from this spiritual aspect of the victory, and the miracle of the flask of oil, when a portion of sacramental olive oil meant to keep the Temple candelabrum lit for one day lasted for eight days, the time it took for the Temple to be rededicated.
Hanukkah is observed in Israel, as in the Diaspora, for eight days. The central feature of this holiday is the lighting of candles each evening - one on the first night, two on the second, and so on - in commemoration of the miracle at the Temple. The Hanukkah message in Israel focuses strongly on aspects of restored sovereignty; customs widely practiced in the Diaspora, such as giftgiving and the dreidl (spinning top - sevivon in Hebrew), are also in evidence. The dreidl's sides are marked with Hebrew initials representing the message "A great miracle occurred here"; in the Diaspora, the initials stand for "A great miracle occurred there." Schools are closed during this week; workplaces are not.
Tu B'Shevat, the fifteenth of Shevat (January-February), cited in rabbinical sources as the new year of fruit trees for sabbatical, tithing, and other purposes, has almost no ritual impact. But it has acquired secular connotations as a day when trees are planted by individuals, especially by schoolchildren and it serves as the time when intensive afforestation is undertaken by the Jewish National Fund and local authorities. During this month, although it is still cold, the fruit trees begin to flower, starting with the almond tree.
Purim, another rabbinical festival in early spring, occurs on 14 Adar (15 Adar in walled cities), commemorating the deliverance of beleaguered Jewry in the Persian Empire under Artaxerxes, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther. This festival compensates for the solemnity of many other Jewish observances by mandating merriment. Schools are closed, public festivities abound, newspapers run hoax items reminiscent of April Fools' Day, children (and adults) don costumes, and a festive reading of the Scroll of Esther is marked by noisemakers sounded whenever the villain Haman's name is recited. The Orthodox indulge in inebriation, within limits, and carry out an exacting list of duties: giving of alms, evening and morning readings of the Scroll of Esther, exchange of delicacies and a full-fledged holiday feast.
Passover (Pessah), is celebrated in the spring, beginning on 15 Nisan. Passover is the festival celebrating the Exodus from Egypt (c. 13th century BCE) and liberation from bondage. Freedom is, indeed, the festival's dominant theme. The rites of Passover begin long before the festival, as families and businesses cleanse their premises of hametz - leaven and anything containing it - as prescribed in the Bible (Ex. 12:15-20). The day before the festival is devoted to preparatory rituals including ceremonial burning of the forbidden foodstuff. On the holiday evening, the seder is recited: an elaborate retelling of the enslavement and redemption. At this festive meal, the extended family gathers to read the Haggadah and enjoy traditional foods, particularly matza (unleavened bread). The following day's observances resemble those of the other pilgrimage festivals.
Passover is probably second only to Yom Kippur in traditional observance by the generally nonobservant. In addition, a secular Passover rite based on the festival's agricultural connotations is practiced in some kibbutzim. It serves as a spring festival, a festival of freedom, and the date of the harvesting of the first ripe grain. Passover also includes the second "intermediate" week - five half-sacred, half-ordinary days devoted to extended prayer and leisure - and it concludes with another festival day.
On Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, less than a week after Passover, the people of Israel commune with the memory of the six million martyrs of the Jewish people who perished at the hands of the Nazis in the Holocaust. Modern rites of public bereavement and special ceremonies are held. On this day a siren is sounded at 10 a.m., as the nation observes two minutes of silence, pledging "to remember, and to remind others never to forget."
Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars is commemorated a week later, as a day honoring those who fell in the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel and in its defense. At 8 p.m. on the eve of Remembrance Day and at 11 a.m. on the following morning, two minutes of silence, as a siren sounds, give the entire nation the opportunity to remember its debt and express its eternal gratitude to its sons and daughters who gave their lives for the achievement of the country's independence and its continued existence.
Independence Day (5 Iyar) directly follows Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Warsand is held on the anniversary of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948). While this is not a centuries-old celebration, it is a day that means a lot to many citizens who have physically and actively participated in the creation of a new state and its struggle for survival, and have witnessed the enormous changes that have taken place since 1948. On the eve of Independence Day municipalities sponsor public celebrations, loud-speakers broadcast popular music and multitudes go "downtown" to participate in the holiday spirit.
Many synagogues also hold special services of thanksgiving, where Hallel is recited marking Israel's national deliverance.
On Independence Day, many citizens get to know the countryside by travelling to battlefields of the War of Independence, visit the memorials to the fallen, go on nature hikes and, in general, spend the day outdoors picnicking and having barbecues.
Israel Prizes for distinction in literary, artistic and scientific endeavor are presented and the International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth is held. Army bases are opened to the public and air force fly-bys, as well as naval displays, take place.
Lag B'Omer (18 Iyar), the thirty-third day in the counting of the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, has become a children's celebration featuring massive bonfires. It commemorates events at the time of the Bar-Kochba uprising against Rome (132-135 CE).
Jerusalem Day is celebrated on 28 Iyar, about a week before Shavuot, and commemorates the 1967 reunification of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, after it had been divided by concrete walls and barbed wire for 19 years. On this day, we are reminded that Jerusalem is "the focal point of Jewish history, the symbol of ancient glory, spiritual fulfillment and modern renewal." Hallel is recited in some synagogues.
Shavuot, the last of the pilgrimage festivals, when enumerated from the beginning of the Jewish year, falls seven weeks after Passover (6 Sivan), at the end of the barley harvest and the beginning of the wheat harvest. The Bible (Deut. 16:10) describes this occasion as the festival of weeks (Heb. shavuot), for so is it counted from Passover, and as the occasion on which new grain and new fruits are offered to the priests in the Temple. Its additional definition - the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai - is of rabbinical origin. Shavuot is observed among the Orthodox with marathon religious study and, in Jerusalem, with a mass convocation of festive worship at the Western Wall. In the kibbutzim, it marks the peak of the new grain harvest and the ripening of the first fruits, including the seven species mentioned in the Bible (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates).The Ninth of Av (Tisha B'Av, falling in July or early August), commemorates the anniversary of the destruction of the First and Second Temples. On the day itself, numerous rules of bereavement and the Yom Kippur measures of "self-denial," including a full-day fast, are in effect.
Other Celebrations
Ethnic communities observe additional rites and celebrations of their own. Some better-known celebrations include the Mimouna, unique to Moroccan Jewry, on the day after Passover, celebrating the renewal of nature and its blessings; and the Saharana of Kurdish Jewry, after Sukkot, which was the national holiday of the Jews in Kurdistan. Another event is the Sigd holiday of the Ethiopian Jewish community, in mid-November, a celebration which began in Ethiopia, expressing their yearning for Zion, and continues in Israel today as an expression of their thankfulness.
Thus, with its diverse population and multiple lifestyles and attitudes, Israel celebrates the cycle of Jewish festivals and observances in a public manner that underscores the country's Jewishness and its centrality to Judaism.


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Coralee Burrell Bowers, 86, of Westover Drive, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Pine Ridge Nursing Center in Thomasville.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church, where she was a member, by Pastor Matthew Miller. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Mrs. Bowers was born July 18, 1926, in Danville, Va., to Fred Silas Burrell and Mable Long Burrell. She was a retired cafeteria manager for Lexington City Schools.
Surviving are her loving husband, George William Bowers of the home; daughters Nancy Beck and Patti Grant, both of Lexington; grandchildren Kelly Mavropoulos and husband Dimitri of Kannapolis, Ashley Morgan and husband Dan of Durham, Matthew Grant of Charlotte and Cassie Hassan of Lexington; great-grandchildren Colby Mavropoulos and Camden Mavropoulos, both of Kannapolis, Maryem Hassan of Lexington and Macie Morgan and Madison Morgan, both of Durham; and sisters Brenda Hash and Margie Warren, both of Danville, Va., and Mildred Price of Kannapolis.
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I once thought my introductory courses were an opportunity to interest students in geology and recruit geology majors. I never questioned that when I began teaching and actually had intense pressures from my department to do this. Somewhere, I made a radical change. I abandoned trying to use introductory courses to recruit geology majors and began to consider that practice self-serving and maybe a bit unethical.
Like others who have posted here, I like to make class topics relevant to the lives likely lived by laypersons who are the majority of students. So for a long time I've used homes/domestic dwellings as conceptual focus to serve the needs of students I have. In addition to the process based hazards that affect homes (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and subsidence), materials based hazards such as radon, asbestos, expansive soils, domestic water supplies and hazards to the pocketbook that result from poor drainage and moisture and associated issues such as toxic mold, "sick building syndrome" can be realities that many will face. Even effects based on geographic latitude, such as light deprivation are pertinent to design and desirability of living. These make for a very interesting way to present introductory geology--both to students and to me.
It is not necessary that all the hazards be local to be relevant either. We have had a highly mobile population for decades now and students increasingly have an interest in knowing "what's out there."
I also have had students get copies of their parents homeowners insurance policies and draw up a table of what is covered in the policy alongside the local hazards that exist in the area where the home is sited. Many parents are surprised to learn what their policies exclude. I've even known geologists who were surprised by this.
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Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
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Editor: As a lifelong resident of the Midway community and a parent of students at Midway Elementary, Oak Grove Middle and North Davidson High schools, I wish to express my thanks to the Davidson County commissioners and Chairman Sam Watford along with the Davidson County Board of Education and Chairwoman Carol Crouse for their leadership and successful construction of Oak Grove Middle School. This school is an extraordinary accomplishment and serves as a source of pride and will be a foundation of legacy for our communities for years to come.
Having experienced the severe overcrowding and safety concerns at North Davidson Middle School firsthand, I appreciate the relief Oak Grove has provided for our students. I was pleased to read in an article in The Dispatch dated Sept. 27 that Watford stated, "If there is a need, it's our job to fund it" concerning the construction of a new high school at the site of Oak Grove Middle School. After reading The Dispatch article Oct. 17 titled "Fewer students at Ledford, North middle creates positive changes," I think Watford would agree there is a need for a new high school.
I know firsthand, from having a student at North Davidson High School, the same conditions exist at the high schools that existed at the middle schools before Oak Grove was built, and Watford's wife could surely attest to the overcrowding at North Davidson High School since she is a recent retiree from North. The communities stand ready in supporting Watford and the county commissioners in doing their job of funding a new high school to bring positive changes to the students of Ledford and North Davidson high schools.
Neal N. Motsinger
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For this week's Throwback Thursday, Giant Step President/CEO Maurice Bernstein shares with us about our December 1991 show with Ginger Baker, Jonas Hellborg, and Jens Johansson at SOBs. What do you remember about this night? Any crazy Ginger Baker stories of your own?
Jonas Hellborg is a very talented Swedish bass guitar player who came to prominence in the early 80s. At that time, he was the bassist in the reformed Mahavishnu led by guitar player John McLaughlin. He settled in New York, and I was a big fan of him.
I believe the initial connection came in the form of a call where he called to say he wanted to work with us, which was a big surprise and a thrill for me, me being a fan. I think he noticed the work we were doing at Giant Step with the club and had heard about us from others. Around then, he was working with producer and bass player Bill Laswell who had the Axiom label on Island Records. Laswell would produce records with people like Bootsy Collins, Bernie Morell, Ginger Baker, etc.
Jonas decided that he wanted to do a show with Ginger Baker and Jens Johansson, who was the keyboard player in Yngwie Malmsteen's band.
I was super excited about working with Ginger Baker who is a music legend; he was the drummer in Cream with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, and was the drummer in Blind Faith. Ginger was also famous for his albums with Fela Kuti in the 1970s, and a notorious drug addict as well. He didn't appear very often.


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Food Defense Guidelines for Slaughter and Processing Establishments
Note: This text version is provided to ensure accessibility. A fully-illustrated, PDF version is also available.
These updated FSIS Food Defense Guidelines for Slaughter and Processing Establishments are designed to assist Federal- and State-inspected facilities in developing preventive food defense measures. Operators are encouraged to review their current procedures and controls to address the potential for intentional and unintentional, contamination and make appropriate improvements.
What Is Food Defense?
Food safety addresses the unintentional contamination of food products during processing or storage by microbial, chemical, or physical hazards (foreign objects). This accidental contamination of food products can be reasonably anticipated based on the type of processing. Food defense, on the other hand, focuses on protecting the food supply from intentional and unanticipated contamination with various chemical and biological agents or other harmful substances by people who want to do harm. These agents could include materials that do not occur naturally or are not part of routine food product testing. An attacker's goal might be to harm or kill people or to disrupt our economy. Intentional acts are hard to predict.
Why New Guidelines?
This list of recommendations replaces the agencys first set of guidelines on food defense issued in 2002, FSIS Security Guidelines for Food Processors. These are based on information learned from vulnerability assessments FSIS has conducted. The guidelines are intended to meet the particular needs of FSIS-regulated facilities and to be readily adaptable for each operation. FSIS recognizes that not all of the guidance in this document will be appropriate or practical for every facility. Operators should review each section of the guidelines that relates to a component of their operations and assess which preventive measures are suitable. While these guidelines are voluntary, and operators could choose to adopt measures other than the ones suggested, it is vital that all food businesses take steps to ensure the security of their facility and food products.
Why It Matters to You
An attack on the food supply can be carried out by an organized extremist group, but it also can be carried out by a disgruntled employee or result from an incident in your community (e.g., local citizen protest). While your individual facility might not be directly at risk, there is a high likelihood that an attack occurring even at one establishment will likely impact that entire industry, including international trade. Put simply, it is good business practice to address food defense it protects your business, your employees and your product.
How a Food Defense Plan Helps
A key component to protecting the food supply is to develop a food defense plan. This plan provides an opportunity to identify areas where security measures could be enhanced. Once implemented, the plan will help focus employee training and response and recovery actions. Key areas include:
- inside and outside security,
- slaughter and processing security,
- storage security,
- shipping and receiving security,
- water and ice security, and
- mail-handling security.
There are many potential benefits of having an effective food defense plan in place such as:
- Protects public health and assets;
- Possibly reduces insurance premiums and freight rates;
- Increases public and customer confidence, including trading partners;
- Provides value-added component to product;
- Deters theft and tampering;
- Creates production and distribution efficiencies; and
- Maintains greater control over product through supply chain.
The overall plan should strengthen these areas to protect your facility and products. FSIS has developed guidance on developing a food defense plan that can be found on the Internet at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/ Guidance_Materials/index.asp.
Whether you use FSIS' food defense plan guidance or some other source, the recommendations in this booklet still will provide you with useful information on what elements to consider and address.
For questions or clarification about these guidelines, contact the FSISOffice of Data Analysis and Food Protection at 1-202-720-5643.
Find these guidelines and other helpful food defense information at:
FSIS Food Defense Guidelines for Slaughter and Processing Establishments*
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/Guidance_Materials/ index.asp
FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products*
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/Guidance_Materials/ index.asp
FSIS Developing a Food Defense Plan for Meat and Poultry Slaughter and Processing Plants*
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/Guidance_Materials/ index.asp
FSIS Guide to Developing a Food Defense Plan for Warehouses and Distribution Centers*
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ Food_Defense_&_Emergency_Response/Guidance_Materials/ index.asp
Guidelines for the Disposal of Intentionally Adulterated Food Products and the Decontamination of Food Processing Facilities
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/ Disposal_Decontamination_Guidelines.pdf
FSIS Podcasts on Food Defense (audio and video)
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/ Food_Safety_Inspection_Podcasts/index.asp
World Health Organization (WHO)-Terrorist Threats to Food-Guidelines for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems (ISBN 92 4 154584 4)
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/ publications/general/terrorism/en/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-Food Defense & Terrorism
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance for Processors, Importers, Transporters, Food Service, and Retailers
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) A Biosecurity C
*Some publications are available in multiple languages.
Food Defense Plan Management
- Designate a person or team to develop, implement, manage, and update your Food Defense Plan.
- Train appropriate personnel in food defense.
- Conduct regular food defense drills.
- Keep details of food defense procedures secure.
- Include emergency contact information for local, State, and Federal Government homeland security authorities and public health officials in the food defense plan. (Find helpful information on State contacts at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/contactmap.html.)
- Review and update this contact information regularly.
- Designate plant personnel who will initiate contact with theseauthorities.
- Include procedures for responding to threats of product contamination in your plan.
- Include procedures for responding to actual incidents of productcontamination in your plan. (Find helpful information at: http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/security/fsig.html.)
- Have procedures that will ensure that adulterated or potentiallyharmful products are not distributed in commerce.
- Have procedures in place for safe handling and disposal of contaminated products in accordance with your Federal or State environmental authorities.
- Encourage employees to report signs of possible product contamination, unknown or suspicious persons in the facility, or breaks in the food defense system.
- Include evacuation procedures in your plan. (Find helpful information at: http://www.osha.gov/dep/evacmatrix/index.html.)
- Have procedures in place that restrict access to your facility to only authorized personnel during an emergency.
- Have a documented recall plan in place that ensures the segregation and proper disposition of recalled products and update the plan regularly.
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Outside Security
- Secure the facility grounds to prevent entry by unauthorized persons (e.g., locked fence, gate, or entry/exit door).
- Post "No Trespassing" signs at the facility's boundaries.
- Ensure that there is enough lighting outside the building to properly monitor the plant premises at night and in the early morning.
- Have self-locking doors and/or alarms in place on all emergency exits.
- Ensure the following are secured with locks, seals, or sensors when unattended (after hours/weekends) to prevent unauthorized entry:
- outside doors and gates,
- windows,
- roof openings,
- vent openings,
- trailer (truck) bodies,
- tanker truck hatches,
- railcars, and
- bulk storage tanks/silos.
- Use controlled-access procedures for people and/or vehicles entering the plant and/or parking in your lot, such as:
- using controlled or guarded entrance,
- identifying employee vehicles with placards, decals, or some other form of visual identification, and
- identifying visitor/guest vehicles using placards, decals, or some other form of visual identification.
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
General Inside Security
- Install an emergency lighting system in the facility.
- If using security cameras in your facility, monitor them regularly.
- Use an emergency alert system and test it regularly.
- Clearly mark locations of controls for emergency alert systems.
- Clearly mark all restricted areas (i.e., areas where only authorizedemployees have access).
- Restrict visitors, guests, and other non-employees (e.g., contractors, sales people, and truck drivers) to non-product areas unless accompanied by an authorized employee.
- Have available up-to-date copies of facility layout/blueprints for local law enforcement, including the fire department.
- Require county records office to notify you when a copy of your blueprints are requested.
- Have procedures in place and periodically check maintenance closets, toilets, personal lockers, and storage areas for suspicious packages.
- Regularly take inventory of keys to secured/sensitive areas of thefacility.
- Ensure that ventilation systems are constructed in a manner thatprovides for immediate isolation of contaminated areas or rooms,if possible.
- Limit access to the controls (e.g., by locked door/gate or to designated employees) for the following systems in the facility:
- heating, ventilation, and air conditioning,
- propane gas,
- water,
- electricity,
- disinfection systems, and
- clean-in place systems or other centralized chemical systems.
- Limit access (e.g., by locked door, pass card, etc.) to the in-plantlaboratory facility to authorized employees only.
- Have procedures in place to control receipt of samples from other establishments.
- Have a procedure in place to receive and securely store laboratory reagents.
- Have a procedure in place to control and dispose of reagents.
- Password-protect access to the facility's computer systems. (Find helpful information at: http://www.umich.edu/~policies/pw-security.html.)
- Ensure that firewalls are built into the computer network.
- Use an up-to-date computer virus detection system.
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Slaughter and Processing Security
- Limit access to product production/slaughter and holding-pen areas to facility employees and FSIS inspection personnel only.
- Monitor production lines that handle and transfer products, water, oil, or other ingredients to ensure integrity.
- Examine packaging of ingredients before use for evidence of tampering.
- Maintain records to allow easy trace-back of raw materials to suppliers.
- Maintain records to allow easy trace-forward of finished products to vendors.
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Storage Security
- Monitor raw product storage areas, including cold and dry storage areas, for unauthorized personnel.
- Ensure controlled access to restricted non-meat ingredient storage areas.
- Maintain an access log for non-meat ingredient storage areas.
- Ensure controlled access to finished product storage areas.
- Ensure controlled access to external storage facilities.
- Regularly conduct security inspections of storage facilities, including temporary storage vehicles.
- Maintain records on facility security inspection results.
- Regularly check inventory of restricted ingredients (i.e., nitrites, etc.) against the actual use of such ingredients.
- Control product labels and packaging to prevent theft and misuse.
- Regularly check the inventory of finished products for unexplainedadditions and withdrawals from existing stock.
- Limit access to inside and outside storage areas for hazardous materials and chemicals (i.e., pesticides, industrial chemicals, cleaning materials, sanitizers, and disinfectants) to designated employees only.
- Maintain a current inventory of hazardous materials and chemicals.
- Immediately investigate discrepancies in daily inventory of hazardous materials/chemicals.
- Ensure that storage areas for hazardous materials/chemicals areconstructed and safely vented in accordance with local building codes.
- Have a procedure in place to receive and securely store hazardous chemicals.
- Have a procedure in place to control disposition of hazardous chemicals.
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Shipping and Receiving Security
- Keep trailers and tankers on the premises under lock and/or seal when not being loaded or unloaded.
- Closely monitor loading and unloading of vehicles transporting raw materials, finished products, or other materials used in food processing.
- Seal outgoing shipments with tamper-evident seals.
- Document seal numbers on the shipping documents.
- Inspect tanker trucks and railcars to detect the presence of any material, solid or liquid, in tanks prior to loading liquid products.
- Keep records of the inspections of tanker trucks and railcars.
- Maintain chain-of-custody records for tanker trucks and railcars.
- Control access to loading docks to avoid unverified or unauthorized deliveries.
- Require advance notification from suppliers (by phone, e-mail, or fax) for all incoming deliveries.
- Immediately investigate suspicious alterations in shipping documents.
- Check all deliveries against the roster of scheduled deliveries.
- Hold unscheduled deliveries outside facility premises pending verification.
- Require prior notice if off-hour delivery is accepted, and ensure that an authorized person is present to verify and receive the delivery.
- Check less-than-truckload (LTL) or partial-load shipments for content and evidence of tampering.
- Require incoming shipments of raw products, ingredients, and finished products to be sealed with tamper-evident or numbered seals (and documented in the shipping documents). Verify the seals prior to entry.
- At the receiving dock, check incoming shipments of raw products, ingredients, and finished products for evidence of tampering.
- Notify the FSIS Public Health Veterinarian immediately if you receive animals with unusual behavior or symptoms.
- Protect feed and drinking water supplies for live animals from possible intentional contamination.
- When selecting transportation companies and suppliers, consider the company's ability to safeguard the security of the product/animals being shipped.
- Transportation companies should perform background checks on drivers and other employees who have access to product/animals.
- Ingredient suppliers should take steps to strengthen food defense in their facilities and during transport.
- Examine all returned goods at a separate designated area in the facility for evidence of possible tampering before salvage or use in rework.
- Maintain records of returned goods used in rework.
- Follow the procedures outlined in FSIS Directive 9010.1 for return of U.S. exported products. (Find helpful information at: http://fsis.usda.gov/ oppde/rdad/fsisdirectives/ 9010-1.pdf.)
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Water and Ice Security
- Restrict access to water wells (e.g., by locked door/gate or limiting access to designated employees).
- Restrict access to ice-making equipment and storage facilities.
- Restrict access to storage tanks for potable water and to water reuse systems.
- Inspect potable and non-potable water lines for possible tampering (i.e., visual inspection for physical integrity of infrastructure,connection to potable lines, etc.).
- Make arrangements with local health officials to ensure that theywill immediately notify the plant if the potability of the public water supply is compromised.
Mail-Handling Security
- Conduct mail-handling activity in a separate room or facility that is away from in-plant food production/processing operations.
- Train mail handlers to recognize and handle suspicious pieces of mail using U.S. Postal Service guidelines. (Helpful information is provided at http://www.usps.com/news/ 2001/press/serviceupdates.htm).
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
Personnel Security
- Conduct background checks 1 on all employees and contractors (both permanent and seasonal) who will be working in sensitive operations (e.g., grinding area).
- Train all facility employees on security procedures as part of their orientation training. 2
- Identify employees, visitors, and contractors (including construction workers, cleaning crews, and truck drivers) in some manner (e.g., ID badges, colored garb, etc.), at all times while on the premises.
- Control access by employees and contractors entering the facility during both working hours and non-working hours (e.g., coded doors, receptionist on duty, swipe cards, etc.).
- Limit temporary employees and contractors (including construction workers, cleaning crews, and truck drivers) to areas of the plant relevant to their work.
- Use a system to identify personnel by their specific functions/assignments/departments (e.g., corresponding colored uniforms or hair covers).
- Prohibit employees from removing company-provided or protective gear from the premises that could be used to gain unauthorized entry into the facility.
- Maintain an updated shift roster for each shift (i.e., who is absent, who the replacements are, and when new employees are being integrated into the workforce).
- Do not allow personal items into the production area.
- Restrict items that employees and visitors can bring into the facility, and provide a list of prohibited items (e.g., cameras).
Not all recommendations will be applicable to all facilities.
1 - DHS's e-verify is a free program and can be accessed at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/enroll/.
2 - Training information is provided at, http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/FoodSecurity/default.htm or http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodDefense/Training/ucm11400.htm.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, geneticinformation, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income isderived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
December 15, 2009